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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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Video Casino

DOS1987 Mastertronic
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS1990
Fancy a war under the sea? Battle for Atlantis (1990) asks the age-old question: what if submarines had grudges? This top-down, action strategy title throws you into a deep-sea turf war with clunky controls and a soundtrack that f...
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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8088 Othello

DOS1985
There’s something oddly poetic about 8088 Othello, a 1985 take on the classic board game that feels like it was programmed by someone who had a personal vendetta against flashy graphics. The visuals are almost nonexistent, t...
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Sorcerer Lord (1987, DOS) drops you into a fantasy world at war, with strategy rather than sorcery as your weapon. You command the forces of good against the evil Shadowlord’s army, and every move counts. Think of it as ches...
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Hollywood Squares

DOS1989 GameTek
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Facts in Action

DOS1992 Park Place Productions
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Fooblitzsky

DOS1986 Infocom
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Quest for the Unicorn

DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware
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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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House of Cards

DOS1989
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Jeopardy! Junior Edition

DOS1989 Sharedata
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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a sta...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Trivia

DOS1990 Micro F/X Software
So, you think you know Star Trek? The Next Generation – Trivia (1990, DOS) is here to prove you wrong. This is a straight-up quiz game, packed with hundreds of questions ranging from the obvious (“Who’s the capta...
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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PC Pool

DOS1984
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine
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Jeopardy! Second Edition

DOS1988 Sharedata
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Nerm of Bemer

DOS1984 COMPUTE! Publications