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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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 command military forces in a region that is perpet...
F-15 Strike Eagle II
DOS1989 MicroProse Software
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 Rowan Software
Super Huey II
DOS1988protected Cosmi Corporation
ACE 2
DOS1987 Artronic Limited
In ACE 2 (1987, DOS), you and a buddy can engage in split-screen dogfights so slow they make real air combat look like fast-forwarded ballet. The graphics are simple, but the charm is in the rivalry — few things bond friends...
Gunboat
DOS1990protected Accolade
Platoon
DOS1987 Ocean Software
Falcon
DOS1987protected Spectrum HoloByte
MiG-29M Super Fulcrum
DOS1989 Simbiosis Interactive
The Lost Patrol
DOS1991 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari...
Thud Ridge
DOS1988 ACME Interactive
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Infiltrator
DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS1981 Avalon Hill
Ever wanted to be responsible for ending the world in fewer than ten keypresses? B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1981) gives you that chance, wrapping global annihilation in glorious monochrome and a user interface that feels like it was desi...
Tomahawk
DOS1987 Digital Integration
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Seal Team
DOS1993 Electronic Arts
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 its time, it gave players the thrill of joystick jos...
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Operation Harrier
DOS1990 Creative Materials
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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