Abandonware DOS title

Games set during World War I

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.

World War I: most popular games

Empire Earth
Empire Earth
strategyWindows XP/98/95
The Last Express
The Last Express
adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95, Mac OS
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
vehicle simulationDOS
Sopwith
Sopwith
shooterDOS
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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...
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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’...
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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" serie...
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Evasive Action

DOS1993 Particle Systems
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Flying Corps

DOSWindows 3.x1997protected Rowan Software
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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 Simulat...
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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 customizabl...
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Red Baron

DOS1990protected Dynamix
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware BMB Compuscience
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
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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 Worl...
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