Strategy games have a long history; ancient games of intellect like Chess have paved the way for modern masterpieces like Starcraft.
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Strategy games have a long history; ancient games of intellect like Chess have paved the way for modern masterpieces like Starcraft.
Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition is an enhanced remake of Dan Bunten's groundbreaking 1984 exploration and colonization game. The remake was developed by SEGA and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for MS-DOS systems.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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Shadowfire, released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and other 8-bit platforms, is a unique blend of tactical strategy and sci-fi adventure. It stood out sharply from the crowd in its era.
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Railroad Tycoon II is a railroad simulation and strategy game developed by PopTop Software and released for Windows in 1998. As you can imagine, the game is a management game focused on building and operating a railroad empire.
Year: 1998 Genre: Simulation
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by KOEI is a foundational title in the world of historical strategy games. First released in Japan in 1985 for the PC-88, it was one of the earliest a...
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Sid Meier's Gettysburg! is a wargame released in 1997 for Windows by Firaxis Games. Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs founded the studio after they departed from MicroProse. It marked a si...
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Chris Crawford’s Eastern Front (1941) is a wargame released in 1981 for the Atari 8-bit family. It is widely recognized as one of the earliest examples of a truly sophisticated computer wargame for home systems.
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Earth 2140 is a real-time strategy game released in 1997 for MS-DOS and later Windows. It was developed by Polish studio Reality Pump (then known as TopWare’s in-house team "Trans Fiction").
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The Settlers III is the third chapter of the famous real-time/city-building strategy game by Blue Byte. It was released in 1998 for Windows. This third chapter stands as one of th...
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Warrior of Rome II is a real-time strategy game developed by Micronet and released in 1992 for the SEGA Genesis. It is the direct sequel to Warrior of Rome, released a year earli...
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy game created by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. It was later ported to PlayStation.
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Battle Chess is a chess game created by Interplay initially for the Amiga and published in 1988. It was so successful that it had been ported to most platforms available, including...
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North & South is an action/strategy game based on the comic books "The Blue Jackets", released in 1989 for Amiga and Atari ST. It was ported later for DOS, ZX Spectrum and other platforms.
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Sid Meier’s Alien Crossfire, released in 1999 as an expansion to Alpha Centauri, is a turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games. While it carries Sid Meier's name, the ...
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