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.
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.
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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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Space Crusade: The Voyage Beyond was both a data disk and an extended standalone version of Space Crusade, released in 1993 by Gremlin Graphics. The Voyage Beyond is an excellent addition to the classic 1993 game Space Crusade.
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Stratego is an adaptation of the popular board game. It was developed by Imagitec and published by Accolade for the Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh and Amiga in 1991..
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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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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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Millennium: Return to Earth is a sci-fi strategy/resource management sim created by Ian Bird and published by Electric Dreams. It was released for Atari ST, Amiga, and DOS in 1989.
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King's Bounty is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing. The title was released in 1990 for MS-DOS, C64, and Apple II, while the Amiga, Genesis, and Macintosh versions arrived in 1991.
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Herzog Zwei is a real-time strategy game developed by Technosoft and released in 1989 for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis. This groundbreaking title stands as one of the most influenti...
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Dragon Lord, released initially as Dragon's Breath in Europe, is a fantasy action-strategy game released in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The concept and gameplay of this t...
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a wargame/strategy game created by Koei. It was released in Japan in 1988 for MSX2. In 1990, it was ported to the US/European markets for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh.
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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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Conquest, developed by Sean O'Connor and released for Windows in 2004, is a streamlined turn-based strategy game ispired to Risk. Even if it draws direct inspiration from the cla...
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