Games featuring PvP multiplayer mode sorted by release date

Of all the multiplayer modes available for a game, PvP (Player VS Player) is one of the most appreciated. The thrill of competing in some way against a human opponent is something that changes the way you're playing and is often completely different than fighting a computer opponent. In fact, the first games in history lacked a computer opponent (it needed more resources, more code, etc.), there was PvP before everything else.

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QBasic Nibbles

DOS1991freeware4/5 Microsoft

Risk

Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth

Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected4/5

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...

TV Sports: Boxing

DOS1991freeware3.6/5 ACME Interactive

Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected4/5 Interplay Productions

Bomberman

DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5

Dinosaur Balls

DOS19923.3/5 Amwa (HK) Computer Co.

Dominium

DOS19924.1/5 Microids

European Championship 1992

DOS19923.9/5 Tecmo

International Athletics

DOS19924/5 True Emotions Software

Kaiser

DOS19924/5

Laser Squad

DOS19923.9/5 Target Games Limited

Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.

Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 Parker Brothers

Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.

NFL Football

DOS19924.1/5 Distinctive Software

Powermonger

DOS19923.9/5 Bullfrog

Powermonger is a real time strategy game where the player must defeat the opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in his/her favor. This is done by giving orders to soldiers and captains and by accumulating enough resources (food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.

Scrabble

DOS19923.4/5 U.S. Gold

Speedball 2

DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers

Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob

Street Fighter 2

DOS19924.3/5 Capcom

Street Fighter 2 is one of the most popular fighting game ever released in the 90s. Street Fighter 2 was designed by Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda, developed and published by Capcom in 1991 for the arcades and then converted for many platforms from Spectrum ZX to DOS (in 1992).