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The best historical games

Some games are set in a specific historical period, usually a period of time particularly enjoyable for gamers such as the midde ages, the discovery of the Americas or the second world war. Historical games take a step further and try to be more faithful to the time period they are set.
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Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939 - 1943

DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Advanced Destroyer Simulator

DOS19904.1/5 Futura
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Great Naval Battles vol. 4: Burning Steel, 1939-1942

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Divide by zero
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software
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Command HQ

DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
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Advanced Civilization

DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934/5 Holistic Design
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Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43

DOS1994protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected4/5 Ozark Softscape
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Rome: Pathway to Power

DOS19934/5 Millennium Interactive
Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS19934/5 Sierra On-Line
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Conflict

DOS19904/5 Mastertronic
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS19884/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19894/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954/5 White Wolf Productions
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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS19944/5 Mindscape
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MacArthur's War

DOS19904/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS19884/5 Broderbund
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Wolfpack

DOS19904/5 NovaLogic
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS19894/5 Cornerstone Software
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Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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1869

DOS19924/5 Max Design
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Darklands

DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected4/5 MicroProse Software
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG of that kind and beauty. The original game box contained a huge manual with info on european folklore (including the live...
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2

DOS19903.9/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
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Caesar

DOS19923.9/5 Impressions Games