Abandonware DOS title

Games with a historical setting sorted by release date

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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Aces Over Europe

DOS1993 Dynamix
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1993 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Hannibal

DOS1993 Starbyte Software
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Lost in Time

DOS1993 Coktel Vision
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Merchant Prince

DOS1993 Holistic Design
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Rome: Pathway to Power

DOS1993 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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Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape
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Shadow President

DOS1993 DC true
Shadow President is a geopolitical simulation video game developed by DC True in 1993 for MS-DOS. In Shadow President, players take on the role of the President of the United States, tasked with managing both domestic and international affairs. The game provides a realistic simulation of the challenges faced by a world leader during the Cold War er...
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS1993 Impressions Games
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 Broderbund
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history. Players take on the role of a detective working for the ACME Detective Agency. The objective is to track Carmen S...
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Aces of the deep

DOS1994 Dynamix
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Colonization

DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected MicroProse Software
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games
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Dawn Patrol

DOS1994 Rowan Software
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Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
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Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS1994 KOEI
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Overlord

DOS1994 Rowan Software
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
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Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 Avalon Hill