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The best military games

The navy, the army, the air force, were all an inspiration for a number of games belonging to many different genres, from run and gun action games to flight simulations. Whether or not you like military themes, the top quality of these games was often enough to attract lots of players.
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F-19 Stealth Fighter

DOS1988protected MicroProse Software
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
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Team Yankee

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected Pyro Studios
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StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three ...
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Axis and Allies

Windows XP/98/951998 Wargaming West
Board game night went digital in 1998 with Axis and Allies, a strategy title that lets you rewrite WWII—assuming you don’t forget where you left your infantry. Fans of the tabletop classic will feel right at home maneu...
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Seek and Destroy

DOS1996 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short mis...
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare

DOS1993 Vektor graphics
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Tornado

DOS1993protected Digital Integration
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EF 2000

DOS1995 Digital Image Design
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy

Windows XP/98/951998 Empire Interactive
So you think you're ready to storm Normandy? Think again. 101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy drops you into the chaos of World War II with all the grace of a paratrooper landing in a barn. This is a tactical strategy game that...
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688 Attack Sub

DOS1989 Electronic Arts
Dive, dive! This 1989 DOS simulator puts you in control of a nuclear submarine, though most of the action involves pushing buttons and waiting very patiently. Think of it as the “Microsoft Excel of naval warfare,” only...
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
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The Perfect General

DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's b...
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Conqueror

DOS1990 Rainbow Arts
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Steel Panthers

DOS1995 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical...
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1942: The Pacific Air War

DOS1994protected MicroProse Software
This one’s a flight sim for people who think Top Gun didn’t have enough fuel gauges. 1942: The Pacific Air War puts you in the cockpit of World War II fighter planes, complete with dials, switches, and enough acronyms ...
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
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Flying Corps

DOSWindows 3.x1997protected Rowan Software
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Rambo First Blood Part 2

DOS1985 Angelsoft
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Pacific Islands

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Seal Team

DOS1993 Electronic Arts
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simula...
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Aces Over Europe

DOS1993 Dynamix
Strap into your Spitfire, because Aces Over Europe (1993, DOS) is here to show you that flying over 1940s Europe was as dangerous as it was polygonal. As a follow-up to Aces of the Pacific, this one tightens the mechanics, adds gr...
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Battle Bugs

DOS1994 Epyx
What if ants could use bazookas and beetles had battle plans? Battle Bugs answers this crucial question by turning your screen into a war zone where tiny insects wage strategic warfare over leftovers. The stakes are high and the t...