Warlords, designed by Steve Fawkner and first released in 1990 for MS-DOS, is one of the foundational titles in the turn-based strategy genre. It predates many of the classics that would come later.
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Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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basketball coin-op conversion licensed sportsFormula 1 Grand Prix (known as World Circuit in the US) is the first title of the racing games series created by Geoff Crammond. It was published by Microprose. Grand Prix 1, whi...
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Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Year: 1996 Genre: Simulation
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