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The most popular 19th century games

The 19th century was the age of steam, railroads and remarkable discoveries. It was the age of literary masterpieces like the Sherlock Holmes novels and Jules Verne's sci-fi stories. It's easy to see why some developers chose the 19th century as the setting for their games.
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Railroad Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998 Pop Software
Railroad Tycoon 2 is an abandoned train simulation game designed by Phil Steinmeyer, developed by Pop Software and released by Gathering of Developers for Windows, Linux and Mac in 1998. As the title suggests, Railroad Tycoon 2 is...
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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected Sierra On-Line
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North and South

DOS1990 Infogrames
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1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical ficti...
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L'Empereur

DOS1991 KOEI
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20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS1988 Coktel Vision
Based loosely on Jules Verne’s famous tale, this game lets you live your steampunk submarine dreams with all the elegance of a DOS interface. You command the Nautilus, explore the ocean depths, and encounter strange sea crea...
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

DOS1991 Origin Systems
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams is an abandoned science fiction RPG designed by Jeff George, developed by Origin Systems and released in 1991 for DOS. Martian Dreams uses the Ultima VI engine to depict Mars in a top ...
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Lost in Time

DOS1993 Coktel Vision
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simula...
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 Intergalactic Development
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Treasure Trap

DOS1990 Emerald Software
Treasure Trap is an abandoned isometric action-adventure game published for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST by Electronic Zoo in 1990. Treasure Trap was developed by Emerald Software and designed by Brian Kelly.
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Colorado

DOS1990 Silmarils
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Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected Infogrames
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 Byron Preiss Video Productions
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Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game from 1993 developed by Sierra On-Line and co-designed by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Josh Mandel. Set in the Old West, Freddy Pharkas...
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
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Lost Dutchman Mine

DOS1989 Magnetic images
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Jinxter

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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The Gene Machine

DOS1996 Divide by zero
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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no flash here—just raw, old-school strategy where ...
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1869

DOS1992 Max Design
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a 19th-century merchant sailing the high seas with a suspiciously optimistic outlook on international trade, 1869 is your jam. It throws you into the age of clipper ships, where profit marg...
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS1985 Magicom Multimedia
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Space 1889

DOS1990 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...