Abandonware strategy games sorted by release date
Games based on strategy allow for reasoning and planning of one’s moves and actions. The gameplay may be based on player’s turns (Turn-based Strategy) or it may be in real time (Real-Time Strategy, RTS). These games focus on strategy and tactics rather than action, sometimes with the addition of financial or logistic features.
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Turbo Gomoku
DOS1985 board game
221B Baker Street
DOS1986 board game
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
Backgammon
DOS1986 board game
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics
Desert Rats
DOS1986 turn-based tactics, wargame
Fooblitzsky
DOS1986 board game
Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 cards
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
Ogre
DOS1986 wargame, board game
Othello
DOS1986 board game
Shawl
DOS1986 cards
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS1986 chess
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
DOS1987freeware 4x
Welcome to the future, where space empires are managed entirely via text and colored dots. Anacreon puts you in charge of an interstellar civilization and lets you conquer galaxies with the graphical intensity of an Excel spreadsh...
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 board game
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS1987 wargame
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 board game
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Oligopoly
DOS1987 board game
Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected turn-based tactics
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 board game
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 turn-based tactics
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 board game
The Ancient Art of War at Sea
DOS1987 real-time strategy
The Civil War
DOS1987 wargame, turn-based tactics
Vegas Gambler
DOS1987 cards
Video Casino
DOS1987 cards
Annals of Rome
DOS1988 kingdom simulation
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...