Abandonware DOS title

The most popular modern warfare games

Wargame is a niche genre born during the dawn of the video gaming scene. Since the beginning of wargaming, two of the most important aspects were the setting and the time period such as the classical era, Napoleon wars, World War 1 or 2, modern times, or even the future. Modern warfare is exactly that: war happening in modern times. That said, by "modern times" we mean that period which goes from the post-world wars to the present day. Modern warfare was also extensively used as a theme for other genres such as combat flight simulations.
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The War Engine

Windows XP/98/952001 Boku Strategy Games
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Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter

DOS1991protected MicroProse Software
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Chuck Yeager's Air Combat

DOS1991 Electronic Arts
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1991 by Electronic Arts. The game is named after and endorsed by the real-life aviation legend, Chuck...
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ACE: Air Combat Emulator

DOS1986
This 1986 DOS classic sounds way cooler than it is — ACE: Air Combat Emulator promises combat, but delivers what feels like flying a lawnmower through molasses. Still, for it...
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F-15 Strike Eagle III

DOS1992 MicroProse Software
F-15 Strike Eagle III is a combat flight simulation video game released in 1992. It was developed by MicroProse and is the third installment in the F-15 Strike Eagle series. T...
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Gunship 2000

DOS1991 MicroProse Software
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Thunderhawk AH-73M

DOS1992 Core Design
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LHX Attack Chopper

DOS1990 Electronic Arts
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MiG-29 Fulcrum

DOS1991 Simis Limited
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Top Gun

DOS1987 Ocean Software
Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the tit...
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Flight of the Intruder

DOS1990 Rowan Software
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Gunship

DOS1986demo MicroProse Software
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Carriers at War

DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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F-15 Strike Eagle II

DOS1989 MicroProse Software
F-15 Strike Eagle II takes everything that made the original a classic and cranks it up like a jet engine at full throttle. The visuals are sharper, the missions are more varied, a...
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Infiltrator

DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Infiltrator drops you into the boots of a helicopter pilot who also happens to be a stealth operative—because the ’80s had no patience for specialization. Between air m...
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Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Infiltrator 2 basically asks: “What if we took everything from the first game and doubled down?” The result is a sequel that’s larger, louder, and just as gleeful...
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Gunboat

DOS1990protected Accolade
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Megafortress

DOS1991protected Artech Studios
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F-15 Strike Eagle

DOS1985demo MicroProse Software
F-15 Strike Eagle is one of those games that practically defined what a combat flight simulator should be in the 1980s. It drops you into the cockpit of the legendary F-15 and tell...
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 Creative Materials
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Tomahawk

DOS1987 Digital Integration
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F-22 Lightning 2

DOS1996 NovaLogic
F-22 Lightning II brings the flight sim genre into the late ’90s with faster action, flashier visuals, and a jet that feels like it came straight out of a sci-fi movie. The F...
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step into the Korean War with Conflict: Korea, where you command UN forces and discover that even in strategy games, North Korea is a problem. It follows the same system as the res...
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Tornado

DOS1993protected Digital Integration
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MiG-29M Super Fulcrum

DOS1989 Simbiosis Interactive