Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware strategy games

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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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected turn-based tactics, wargame
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS1989 kingdom simulation
Based on a classic Chinese novel, Bandit Kings of Ancient China combines strategy, RPG elements, and about 800 names you’ll never remember. You play one of 108 outlaws trying to overthrow a corrupt regime — think Roman...
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 turn-based tactics, board game
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Genocide

DOS1996freeware artillery
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Shawl

DOS1986 cards
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected wargame, turn-based tactics
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985 board game
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Siege

DOS1992 turn-based tactics
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS1997 real-time tactics
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Champion of the Raj

DOS1991 kingdom simulation
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS1992 real-time strategy, shoot 'em up
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 board game
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the classic board game into a high-speed duel of wits...
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Monopoly (Adam Stevens)

DOS1998 board game
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Cyrus

DOS1985 chess
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Global Domination

DOS1993 kingdom simulation
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Gengis Khan

DOS1989 kingdom simulation
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Socrates

DOS1993 chess
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 wargame, turn-based tactics, board game
fort-apache-02

Fort Apache

DOS1992 real-time tactics
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 wargame, turn-based tactics
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Video Casino

DOS1987 cards
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Power Struggle

DOS1988
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Battle Master

DOS1991 real-time tactics
In Battle Master (1991), you play as a heavily armored murder-hobo leading an army across a fantasy world that really doesn’t want you there. It’s part action-RPG, part tactical slog, with clunky pathfinding and surpri...
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Super Battleship

DOS1988 board game
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected wargame, turn-based tactics