Abandonware DOS title

The most popular modern warfare games

Wargame is a niche genre born during the dawn of the video gaming scene. Since the beginning of wargaming, two of the most important aspects were the setting and the time period such as the classical era, Napoleon wars, World War 1 or 2, modern times, or even the future. Modern warfare is exactly that: war happening in modern times. That said, by "modern times" we mean that period which goes from the post-world wars to the present day. Modern warfare was also extensively used as a theme for other genres such as combat flight simulations.
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Carriers at War

DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Megafortress

DOS1991protected Artech Studios
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You ...
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The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol (1991, DOS) drops you into the brutal jungles of Vietnam, where survival depends on strategy, luck, and maybe divine intervention. You lead a squad of exhausted sol...
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Top Gun

DOS1987 Ocean Software
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the tit...
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Falcon AT

DOS1988 Sphere
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Fleet Defender

DOS1994protected MicroProse Software
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Super Huey II

DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
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Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software
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Infiltrator

DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Infiltrator drops you into the boots of a helicopter pilot who also happens to be a stealth operative—because the ’80s had no patience for specialization. Between air m...
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Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 Rowan Software
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ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986
This 1986 DOS classic sounds way cooler than it is — ACE: Air Combat Emulator promises combat, but delivers what feels like flying a lawnmower through molasses. Still, for it...
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Infiltrator 2 basically asks: “What if we took everything from the first game and doubled down?” The result is a sequel that’s larger, louder, and just as gleeful...
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Falcon 3.0

DOS1991protected Sphere
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Falcon

DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
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Gunboat

DOS1990protected Accolade
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step into the Korean War with Conflict: Korea, where you command UN forces and discover that even in strategy games, North Korea is a problem. It follows the same system as the res...
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Thud Ridge

DOS1988 ACME Interactive
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Tomahawk

DOS1987 Digital Integration
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 Creative Materials