Games with a historical setting sorted by release date
Some games are set in a specific historical period, usually a period of time particularly enjoyable for gamers such as the midde ages, the discovery of the Americas or the second world war. Historical games take a step further and try to be more faithful to the time period they are set.
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS19893.8/5 KOEI
Berlin 1948
DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2
DOS19894/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Gengis Khan
DOS19893.5/5 KOEI
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Joan of Arc
DOS19894.1/5 Chip
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS19893.8/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Sherman M4
DOS19894.1/5 Loriciels
Strike Fleet
DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts
Sword of the Samurai
DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software
The Big Three
DOS19893.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
DOS19894.2/5 LucasArts
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
Waterloo
DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Advanced Destroyer Simulator
DOS19904.1/5 Futura
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Artech Studios
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Command HQ
DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
Conflict
DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
DOS1990protected4.3/5 Artech Studios
Frontline
DOS19903.5/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Galleons of Glory
DOS19903.6/5 Broderbund
Galleons of Glory is an abandoned educational historical simulation game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990. As Magellan your mission is to circumnavigate the world while managing your crew and ship.
Knights of the Sky
DOS1990protected4.2/5 MicroProse Software
MacArthur's War
DOS19904/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
North and South
DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames
Panzer Battles
DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Red Baron
DOS1990protected4.2/5 Dynamix
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS19903.9/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS19903.8/5 Mindscape
The Oregon Trail
DOS19904.2/5 MECC