Abandonware DOS title

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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F29 Retaliator

DOS1990protected Digital Image Design
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Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

DOS1990protected Artech Studios
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Battlehawks 1942

DOS1988 LucasArts
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Dawn Patrol

DOS1994 Rowan Software
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected Pyro Studios
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101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy

Windows XP/98/951998 Empire Interactive
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People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Space Crusade

DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
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Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected Pyro Studios
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
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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 very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the best gameplay ex...
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Team Yankee

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Axis and Allies

Windows XP/98/951998 Wargaming West
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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 missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz

Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
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Army Men

Windows XP/98/951998 The 3DO Company
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Battle Bugs

DOS1994 Epyx
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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 based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
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Jungle Strike

DOS1995 Electronic Arts
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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 wargame experience that would be further developed in subsequent titles. The game focused on armored warfare and featur...
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Rambo First Blood Part 2

DOS1985 Angelsoft
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
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Pacific Islands

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Seal Team

DOS1993 Electronic Arts