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Best strategy games - Page 5

Strategy games have a long history; ancient games of intellect like Chess have paved the way for modern masterpieces like Starcraft.

Ascendancy dos

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...

Year: 1995 Genre: Strategy

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Earth 2140 dos

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").

Year: 1997 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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Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods dosamiga

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...

Year: 1993 Genre: Strategy

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The Chessmaster 3000 dos

The Chessmaster 3000 is the third edition of the famous chess games series created by The Software Toolworks. The series started in 1986 with The Chessmaster 2000, and continued with The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 in 1988.

Year: 1991 Genre: Strategy

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Homeworld windows

Homeworld is a sci-fi real-time strategy/simulation game created by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra in 1999 for Windows PC. The game concept is very straightforward: ta...

Year: 1999 Genre: Strategy

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Lost Patrol amiga

Lost Patrol is an action strategy game developed by Shadow Development, set during the Vietnam War. It was published by Ocean Software in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was released for DOS the following year.

Year: 1990 Genre: Strategy

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Cultures windows

Cultures is a real-time strategy and city-building game developed by Funatics and released in 2000 for PC. The game was designed by Thomas Häuser (who previously worked on The Se...

Year: 2000 Genre: Strategy

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Utopia: The Creation of a Nation dosamiga

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.

Year: 1991 Genre: Strategy

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Star Control dosamiga

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...

Year: 1990 Genre: Strategy

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Anno 1602: Creation of a New World windows

Anno 1602: Creation of a New World is a construction, management, and business simulation developed by Max Design. It was published in 1998 by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe. In ...

Year: 1998 Genre: Strategy

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Syndicate: American Revolt dosamiga

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...

Year: 1994 Genre: Strategy

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Castles dosamiga

Castles is a video game developed by Quicksilver and published by Interplay in 1991 and 1992 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Castles is a unique blend of strategy, resource management, and medieval warfare.

Year: 1991 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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