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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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected Artech Studios
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Mychess

DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
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Betrayal

DOS1990protected
Ah, Betrayal—a game with a name that really sets the tone. Is it about backstabbing? Politics? Lost love? Not really. It’s actually a hybrid of strategy and role-playin...
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Death by Backgammon

DOS1990
Only in the early ’90s could a game like Death by Backgammon exist with a straight face. It’s 1990, you’re on DOS, and suddenly backgammon isn’t just a quie...
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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Epic Baseball

DOS1995 MicroLeague Multimedia
If you’ve ever wondered what baseball would look like if someone crammed the entire sport into a DOS machine and sprinkled a bit of 90s attitude on top, Epic Baseball has you...
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Star Command

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Facts in Action

DOS1992 Park Place Productions
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Socrates

DOS1993
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Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
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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 rang...
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PC Pool

DOS1984
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Nerm of Bemer

DOS1984 COMPUTE! Publications
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Subbuteo

DOS1990 Goliath Games
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Stellar Trader

Windows Vista/7/82008freeware
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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House of Cards

DOS1989
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Remote Control

DOS1989 Softie
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Before WWII games flooded the market, Knights of the Desert (1983, DOS) was already reenacting the North African campaign in pixels. You command Rommel’s Afrika Korps—o...
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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’...
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Othello

DOS1986
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The computer edition of Scrabble

DOS1989 Leisure Genius