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.
Star Control II is the sci-fi strategy game sequel to the original Star Control. It was developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in 1992. Initially released for MS-DOS, it was ported to 3DO in 1994.
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Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky is a business simulation/strategy game developed by Ikarion and published by Microprose in 1995 for Amiga and MS-DOS. that puts you in charge of a Zeppelin company in 1900.
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X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC. It is the sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown. This follow-up to the ...
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Syndicate Wars is the second title in the Syndicate series, created by Bullfrog Productions in 1996. Syndicate Wars includes 60 missions spread through 30 different cities. In the ...
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, also known as Warcraft I, is the first game in the popular Warcraft series created by Blizzard Entertainment. It's a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) ...
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Utopia the Creation of a Nation is a strategy game. It was published by Gremlin Graphics, and developed by Celestial Software. It was released in 1991. The game was released for MS DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, and later the Nintendo NES.
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Star Control is an action/strategy game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in 1990 for Amiga and MS-DOS. It is the first installment of the Star Control series tha...
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Space Hulk is a squad-management tactical videogame, released in 1993 for MS-DOS and Amiga. It is based on the popular board game by Games Workshop with the same title. In this hor...
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Shogi Master is the video game version of the Japanese Chess game Shogi, developed and published by Ishi Press International in 1991 for DOS only. Shogi is also known as the Game o...
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Risk is a turn-based strategy game based on the board game of the same name, developed by Panther Programs and released for MS-DOS..
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Master of Orion is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy game developed by SimTex and published by MicroProse in 1993 for Dos and Mac. This title pretty much invented 4X (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) as a genre.
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Scorched Earth is a turn-based artillery game developed by Wendell Hicken for DOS and released originally as shareware in 1991. The game became one of the most popular shareware ti...
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