Abandonware DOS title

The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.
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Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye

DOS1995 KOEI
Celtic Tales (1995) throws you into the misty, myth-soaked hills of ancient Ireland, where diplomacy is just war with more steps. You’re a clan leader trying to outwit druids...
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Beyond the Titanic

DOS1986 Apogee Software
Before Titanic was a movie with a lot of weeping, there was Beyond the Titanic, a text adventure where surviving the iceberg is just the beginning. The game takes the historic disa...
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Dracula in London

DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
Released in 1988, Dracula in London was part strategy, part board game, and all atmosphere. You weren’t just staking vampires; you were managing resources, characters, and ti...
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Global Domination

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS1993 Blue Byte Software
A game with a name like Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos clearly means business. Released in 1993, it’s an expansion-slash-standalone with new missions, harder AI, and an ...
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Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)

DOSLinuxMac OSWindows XP/98/952001freeware
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Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake
The 1996 Hamurabi remake takes one of the oldest strategy concepts in gaming and gives it a modest DOS-era facelift. At its core, it’s still about managing resources, feeding...
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later por...
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When Two Worlds War

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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The Price is Right

DOS1990
Ready to guess wildly about the cost of household objects from the comfort of a DOS screen? The Price is Right (1990, DOS) brings the TV game show to your keyboard with a mixture o...
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House of Cards

DOS1989
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Scrabble (U.S. Gold)

DOS1992 U.S. Gold
This 1992 DOS version of Scrabble takes the world’s most civilized word battle and turns it into a duel between man and silicon. The AI opponent doesn’t cheat (much), b...
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Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS1993
Think you're smart? Arcade Trivia Quiz (1993) is here to humble you with rapid-fire questions about pop culture, history, and whatever else the developers could fit on a floppy dis...
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Laserwars

DOS1994
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Power Struggle

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
Power Struggle is the kind of strategy game that quietly asks, “Would you like to control the world?” and then immediately throws you into a geopolitical mess. It&rsquo...
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War of the Lance

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Win, Lose or Draw

DOS1988 Softie
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The War Engine

Windows XP/98/952001 Boku Strategy Games
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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected Artech Studios
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Socrates

DOS1993
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
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Front Lines

DOS1994 Impressions Games
Front Lines, released in 1994, is a straightforward DOS action game that wears its inspiration proudly. You’re thrown into military combat scenarios with minimal narrative fr...
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Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group