Abandonware DOS title

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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Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware real-time strategy
Back in 1999, Warzone 2100 felt like a glimpse into the future of strategy gaming. Forget endless waves of faceless soldiers; here you could actually design your own tanks and chop...
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected turn-based tactics, wargame
Waterloo (1989, DOS) is not here to entertain you with flashy graphics or arcade thrills. Instead, it calmly places Napoleon and Wellington on the table and expects you to think. A...
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Waterworld

DOS1997 real-time tactics
Based on the famously chaotic 1995 movie, Waterworld (1997, DOS) somehow manages to be more confusing than the film itself—and that’s saying something. This action-adve...
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992 board game
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Worms

DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo artillery
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X-COM: Apocalypse

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo turn-based tactics
X-COM: Apocalypse takes the familiar alien invasion formula and tosses it into a sprawling futuristic city, where things feel both more chaotic and oddly more personal. Instead of ...
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X-COM: Terror from the Deep

DOS1995protected turn-based tactics
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (also known as X-COM 2) is a DOS science fiction tactical strategy game and the sequel to one of the most popular DOS games in history, X-COM: UFO ...
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X-COM: Ufo Defense

DOS1994protected turn-based tactics
X-COM: UFO Defense is the granddaddy of tactical strategy, the game that made countless players paranoid about what might be lurking just outside radar range. It blends base manage...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Online

Windows XP/98/952005 collectible card game, cards
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Joey the Passion

Windows XP/98/952004 cards, collectible card game
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion, released by Konami in 2004, is a PC video game that brings the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game to life. This game is the third and f...
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Kaiba the Revenge

Windows XP/98/952004 cards, collectible card game
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny

Windows XP/98/952003 collectible card game, cards
This is the game where Yugi Moto teaches you how to duel—and then proceeds to obliterate you with Dark Magician. Yugi the Destiny is slick, nostalgic, and full of cards you'l...
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Z

DOS1996protected real-time strategy
Welcome to Z, the real-time strategy game where psychotic robots with British accents duke it out over territory in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Think Command & Conquer if the...