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The best Italy games

The land of La Dolce Vita and world-famous cuisine isn’t particularly renowned for its contributions to the world of game development, nor does it often appear as a prominent setting in classic PC games. When the Italian peninsula does make an appearance, the focus is usually on ancient Rome, a choice that makes perfect sense given its rich history and global influence.
However, this narrow scope leaves much of Italy’s diverse culture, landscapes, and modern identity unexplored in gaming. A few exceptions stand out, such as games set in the picturesque city of Venice, with its iconic canals and architecture, or in the world of soccer, where Italy’s passion for the sport shines through. After all, it’s impossible to talk about Italy without mentioning its love for calcio!
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Caesar 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected Impressions Games
Polished to a shine worthy of a senator’s sandals, Caesar 3 finally gets it right. Gorgeous 2D visuals, elegant gameplay, and voiceovers that say “No more workers!” like they’re scolding your ancestors. You...
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Caesar 2

DOS1995 Impressions Games
Bigger, bolder, and with more statues of yourself than ever, Caesar 2 builds on its predecessor like Rome after a good tax season. Now you get to manage both cities and provinces, making sure barbarians don’t redecorate your...
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DOS1989protecteddemo LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "I...
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Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS1990 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll b...
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Championship Manager Italia

DOS1993 Sports Interactive Limited
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La Abadia del Crimen

DOS1987 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer syst...
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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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Italy 1990

DOS1990 Tiertex Design Studios
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Caesar

DOS1992 Impressions Games
Ever dreamt of running ancient Rome without the toga chafing? Caesar hands you the reins of a budding province and expects you to not burn it to the ground—ideally. This city-builder mixes SimCity with Latin homework. Sure, ...
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Murders in Venice

DOS1990 CobraSoft
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Tomb Raider II

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Core Design
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Annals of Rome

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...
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Hannibal

DOS1993 Starbyte Software
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