Strategy games have a long history; ancient games of intellect like Chess have paved the way for modern masterpieces like Starcraft.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Strategy games have a long history; ancient games of intellect like Chess have paved the way for modern masterpieces like Starcraft.
Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is an early managerial simulation created by George Blank for the TSR-80 in 1978. The game's source code (written in BASIC) was published in SoftSide magazine.
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Civilization II: Test of Time is an enhanced version of Civilization II, created by MPS Labs and released in 1999 for PC. As we know, the first Sid Meier's Civilization, the turn...
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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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Rock Star Ate My Hamster is a fun managerial game written and programmed by Colin Bradshaw‑Jones for Codemasters. It was published in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and Atari ST, and later ported to Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum.
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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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Pirates! Gold is the remake of Sid Meier's award-winning Pirates! and was developed by MPS Labs and published by MicroProse in 1993. After the initial release for PC and SEGA Genes...
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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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Centurion: Defender of Rome is a strategy game developed by Bits of Magic and published by Electronic Arts. Initially released for PC in 1990, it was ported to Amiga and SEGA Genesis in 1991.
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Caesar II is a city building strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line in 1995 for DOS and Windows. It was released for Mac in 1996. Starting in ...
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Caesar III is a city-building historical sim created by Impression Games and published by Sierra in 1998. It's the third chapter of the popular series Caesar, created by David Lester.
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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...
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Castles: The Northern Campaign is an expansion and an improved version of Castles, the strategy game developed by Quicksilver. The original game and the expansion were released i...
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Pharaoh is a city-building simulation game set in ancient Egypt, developed by Impressions Games. It was published by Sierra Entertainment in 1999 for Windows. The game uses the Caesar III engine, with a 2D isometric view.
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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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