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The most popular World War I games

World War I (also known as The Great War) was the first of the two world conficts of the modern era. Quite a few video games are set during those years: combat flight simulations, naval simulations and even shoot'em ups.
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Empire Earth

Windows XP/98/952001protected Stainless Steel Studios
Empire Earth is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released by Sierra Entertainment in 2001. It's often compared to the "Age of Empires" series due to its similar gameplay mechanics and histor...
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The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo Smoking Car Productions
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersiv...
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Dawn Patrol

DOS1994 Rowan Software
Take to the skies in Dawn Patrol (1994), a flight sim that remembers when aerial combat meant fabric wings and machine guns bolted onto wooden planes. Set in World War I, it’s less about speed and more about finesse—do...
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Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18

DOS1996protected Divide by zero
Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18 is an abandoned naval simulation game, developed for DOS only by Divide by zero and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1996. As the title implies, Great Nav...
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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Red Baron

DOS1990protected Dynamix
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Flying Corps

DOSWindows 3.x1997protected Rowan Software
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware BMB Compuscience
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Evasive Action

DOS1993 Particle Systems
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Knights of the Sky

DOS1990protected MicroProse Software
Knights of the Sky (1990, DOS) throws you into the cockpit of a biplane during WWI, where every dogfight is a dance of death and machine oil. With dynamic campaigns and customizable aircraft, it offered one of the most authentic a...
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Blue Max: Aces of the Great War

DOS1990protected Artech Studios
Forget missiles—Blue Max: Aces of the Great War takes you back to when air combat meant leather helmets, canvas wings, and a healthy fear of gravity. Released in 1990 for DOS, it’s a flight sim that drops you into WWI&...
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