Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Sid Meier's CivNet

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995 MicroProse Software
CivNet is a multiplayer adaptation of the original Sid Meier's Civilization game, released in 1995. It was developed and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS and Windows. This version of Civilization brought networked multiplayer gameplay to the series for the first time, alongside updated graphics and improved interface elements. CivNet retaine...
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
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Red Baron

DOS1990protected Dynamix
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Austerlitz

DOS1989protected Tactical Design Group
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
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Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Joan of Arc

DOS1989 Chip
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Cossacks: The Art of War

Windows XP/98/952001protected GSC Game World
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
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Crisis in the Kremlin

DOS1991protected Spectrum HoloByte
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Hannibal

DOS1993 Starbyte Software
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Overlord

DOS1994 Rowan Software
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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Lords of the Realm 3

Windows XP/98/952004protected Impressions Games