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Big Game Fishing
DOS1991 Simulmondo
If your idea of excitement is waiting... and waiting... and maybe catching a giant digital tuna, Big Game Fishing is your dream come true. Simulate the thrill of casting a line wit...
Black Gold
DOS1991 Starbyte Software
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to o...
Championship Manager 93
DOS1993 Domark Software
Ah, Championship Manager 93, the game that taught us yelling at pixels is a valid emotional outlet. It's you, a keyboard, and a list of players with stamina ratings. No fancy graph...
China Sea Trader
DOS1989
Forget piracy—China Sea Trader makes hauling porcelain and spices across 19th-century Asia feel like a cutthroat business. It’s part economic sim, part geography lesson...
Airlines
DOS1994 InterActive Vision
Think running an airline is easy? Airlines (1994) says “think again.” This old-school management sim hands you a failing fleet and a world map, then laughs quietly as y...
Dinopark Tycoon
DOS1993 Manley Associates
Move aside, Jurassic Park—Dinopark Tycoon (1993, DOS) gave kids everywhere the chance to run their very own dinosaur zoo without the risk of being eaten alive. This education...
Druglord
DOS1991
In Druglord, you’re back on the mean streets, older, wiser, and with slightly better ASCII. Think of it as Drug Wars’s bigger, nastier cousin. You start broke, deal wit...
Gazza 2
DOS1991 Empire Interactive
In Gazza 2, the legendary English footballer Paul Gascoigne lends his name to a soccer game that manages to be as unpredictable as his career. Released in 1991, it’s a curiou...
Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97
DOS1996 Eidos Interactive
Catenaccio! Passion! Endless tactics! Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues delivers Serie A drama in spreadsheet form. You may not smell the espresso or hear the vuvuzelas, ...
Sensible World of Soccer 96/97
DOS1996protected Sensible Software
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware
In Taipan for Windows, you’re not a hero, you’re a 19th-century capitalist trying to get rich trading tea, silk, and the occasional bit of opium in the South China Sea....
Farming Simulator 2009 Gold
Windows Vista/7/82009 GIANTS Software
Wall Street Tycoon
Windows XP/98/951999
Premier Manager 3
DOS1994 Realms of Fantasy
By the time Premier Manager 3 rolled around, the series had cemented its reputation as the thinking fan’s football fix. Released in 1994, it refined the formula once again, o...
Black Friday
DOS1983
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock marke...
On The Ball
DOS1993 ASCARON Entertainment
Search for the Titanic
DOS1989protected IntraCorp
Search for the Titanic (1989) proves that even shipwreck hunting can be turned into a spreadsheet simulator. You manage budgets, hire crews, buy sonar equipment, and hope your sear...
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS1984
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a criminal economist in 1980s New York, Drug Wars has your fix—pun intended. This early DOS classic throws you into t...
The Basket Manager
DOS1991 Simulmondo
Ultimate Soccer Manager 98
Windows XP/98/951998 Impressions Games




















