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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 Gaul get too uppity. It’s part turn-based strategy, part “HR simulator,” as you shuffle around senators, manage legions, and wonder why everyone keeps revolting. The interface is about as intuitive as a stone tablet, and there’s more politics than combat, but that’s half the fun. It’s like Civilization’s cranky grandfather who insists things were better before roads.