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.
Master of Magic is a fantasy turn-based strategy game created by Simtex and published by MicroProse in 1994 for MS-DOS. In this turn-based 4X strategy game, which some defined the ...
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Syndicate: American Revolt is an expansion of the original action strategy game created by Bullfrog. It was released in 1993 for MS-DOS and one year later for the Amiga. The data d...
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Ascendancy is a sci fi turn-based strategy game developed and published by The Logic Factory in 1995 and released for DOS. It is referred to as a “4x” game, meaning explore, ex...
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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. Up to 9 players can fight against each other, contro...
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Populous is regarded by many as the first 'god' game, developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Arts in 1989. The game was designed by Peter Molyneux, with Bullfrog creatin...
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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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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe is an updated version of Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon, published by Microprose in 1993, three years after the original game. While the original game was rel...
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Space Crusade is a computer adaptation of the 1990 Games Workshop boardgame set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The video game was created by Gremlin Graphics and released in 199...
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Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods is a sandbox “god” game developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Arts in 1991 for the Amiga. It has since been ported to sever...
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Detroit is a turn-based managerial strategy game developed by Impressions Games and released for PC and Amiga, including an AGA version, in 1994. The title was designed by David Lester, the author of Caesar and Lords of the Realm.
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Defender of the Crown II is the sequel to the original Defender of the Crown. It was developed by Sachs Enterprises and published by Commodore Electronics in 1993 for the Amiga CD32.
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Warlords is a fantasy strategy/rpg series created by Steve Fawkner. The first game in the series was published in 1990 by SSG for Amiga and MS-DOS. It featured eight different clan...
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X-COM Apocalypse is the third entry into the X-COM series, developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse for DOS and Windows in 1997. Apocalypse utilizes the same Cityscape...
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