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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.

X-COM: Apocalypse dos

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...

Year: 1997 Genre: Strategy

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Syndicate amiga

Syndicate, released by Bullfrog Productions in 1993, is a landmark in real-time tactical games. The game blends strategic squad management with a gritty cyberpunk setting that remains iconic to this day.

Year: 1993 Genre: Strategy

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Ports of Call amiga

Ports of Call is a business/strategy game created by Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich in 1987 for the Amiga. The game was ported a few years later to MS-DOS. This title is an absolute classic.

Year: 1987 Genre: Strategy

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Horde: Northern Wind windows

Horde: The Northern Wind (in Russian, Orda: Severnyi Veter) is a fantasy real-time strategy game developed by 7th BitLabs. It was published by Buka in 1999 for Windows..

Year: 1999 Genre: Strategy

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Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire windows

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 ...

Year: 1999 Genre: Strategy

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Heroes of Might and Magic dos

Heroes of Might and Magic is a fantasy role-playing game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for DOS. This game is strongly based on King's Bounty, another game by New World Computing.

Year: 1995 Genre: Strategy

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Defender of the Crown II amiga

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.

Year: 1993 Genre: Strategy

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Syndicate Wars dos

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 ...

Year: 1996 Genre: Strategy

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Stronghold dos

Stronghold is a real-time strategy game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1993. This game is set in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy univ...

Year: 1993 Genre: Strategy

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Warlords dosamiga

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.

Year: 1990 Genre: Strategy

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Scorched Earth dos

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...

Year: 1991 Genre: Strategy

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Railroad Tycoon II windows

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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Battle Isle 2 dos

Battle Isle 2, also known as Battle Isle 2200 in America, is a top-down turn based strategy game released in 1994. It was developed by Blue Byte Software, who also published the game in Europe.

Year: 1994 Genre: Strategy

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Space Crusade amiga

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...

Year: 1992 Genre: Strategy

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