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| x Taipan | 1982 | Turn-based strategy |
Taipan! is a turn-based strategy computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80 which was created in 1982. It was created by Art Canfil and the company Mega Micro Computers, and published by Avalanche Productions.
The game Taipan! was inspired by the...
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| x Archon: The Light and the Dark | 1983 | Fighting game | Free Fall Associates |
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a video game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts. It was originally developed for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, but was later ported to several other systems of the day, including...
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| x M.U.L.E. | 1983 | Turn-based strategy | Ozark Softscape |
M.U.L.E. is a seminal multiplayer video game by Ozark Softscape. It was published in 1983 by Electronic Arts. It was originally written for the Atari 400/800, and was later ported to the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System and the IBM PC...
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| x 1K ZX Chess | 1983 | Turn-based strategy |
1K ZX Chess is a chess-playing computer program for the unexpanded Sinclair ZX81, created by programmer David Horne. The game implements most chess rules (castling, queening, and en passant capture are missing), artificial intelligence, and a user...
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| x Reach for the Stars | 1983 | Turn-based strategy | Strategic Studies Group |
Reach for the Stars is a science fiction strategy video game. It is the earliest known commercially published example of the 4X games (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) genre. It was written by Roger Keating and Ian Trout of SSG of Australia...
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| x Bomb Alley | 1983 | World War II |
Bomb Alley is a 1983 computer war game covering the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. Written by game author Gary Grigsby and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI), it runs on the Apple II platform. It has the distinction of being the...
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| x Archon II: Adept | 1984 | Turn-based strategy | Free Fall Associates |
Archon II: Adept is a 1984 computer game developed by Jon Freeman, Paul Reiche III and Anne Westfall, and distributed by Electronic Arts (and Ariolasoft in Europe) for various platforms.
Adept is a hybrid of a tactical board game and action. It's...
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| x Viking Raiders | 1984 | Turn-based strategy | Mark Lucas |
Viking Raiders is a computer game developed by Mark Lucas for the ZX Spectrum and released by Firebird in 1984. It can be played by two to four players, both human and computer.
A turn-based strategy, which involves moving your boats, men and...
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| x Nebula | 1984 | Science Fiction | Julian Gollop |
Nebula is a ZX Spectrum computer game written by Julian Gollop and was published by Red Shift in 1984.
Nebula is a turn based strategy game of galactic conflict. Players play the role of the leader of a race and try to expand and conquer the rest of...
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| x Chaos: The Battle of Wizards | 1985 | Turn-based strategy | Julian Gollop |
Chaos: The Battle of Wizards is a turn-based tactics computer game which was released on the ZX Spectrum in 1985. It was written by Julian Gollop and originally published by Games Workshop.
Chaos was written by Julian Gollop, based on his 1982...
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| x Arnhem | 1985 | Wargame | Robert Smith |
Arnhem: The 'Market Garden' Operation is a battle strategy game by SSI. It was released for MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1985 and for the Commodore Amiga in 1991. In the U.K. it was published by CCS.
The player takes the role of either the...
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| x Lords of Conquest | 1986 | Turn-based strategy |
Lords of Conquest is a 1986 strategy video game developed by Eon Software, Inc. (collectively, Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka and Trevor Western) and produced by Don Daglow.
The original version of the game was programmed for the Apple II...
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| x Annals of Rome | 1986 | Wargaming |
Annals of Rome is a turn-based strategy game from now-defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1986.
Annals of Rome begins in 273 BC with the player in control of the Roman state. Unlike other war-strategy games, the aim is not...
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| x Roadwar 2000 | 1987 | Turn-based strategy | Westwood Studios |
Roadwar 2000, sometimes referred to as Roadwar 2K, is a 1986 computer game published by Strategic Simulations, Inc.. It is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic future which greatly resembles the world portrayed in the Mad Max movie...
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| x Patton Versus Rommel | 1987 | World War II | Chris Crawford |
Patton vs. Rommel is a computer war game designed and programmed by Chris Crawford, and published by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Macintosh and PC systems. The PC version was adapted by Sculptured Software, and a Commodore 64 version was also...
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| x Xconq | 1987 | Turn-based strategy | Alain Brossard |
Xconq is an open source computer strategy game and game engine. First posted to comp.sources.games in 1987, it is notable as one of the first multi-player games to be released for the X Window System. It was for several years the only turn-based...
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| x Earth Orbit Stations | 1987 | Turn-based strategy |
E.O.S.: Earth Orbit Stations was a space station management simulation developed by Karl Buiter and produced by Joe Ybarra for Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Apple Macintosh.
The game focused on both the material and...
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| x Laser Squad | 1988 | Turn-based strategy | Julian Gollop |
Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics video game, originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga and Atari ST and PC computers. It was designed by Julian Gollop and his team at Target Games (later...
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| x Nobunaga's Ambition | 1988 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望, Nobunaga no Yabō) is a series of turn-based grand strategy role-playing simulation video games. One of the first games in its genre, it was first released in March 1983 by the Japanese video game developer Koei.
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| x Famicom Wars | 1988 | Turn-based strategy | Intelligent Systems |
Famicom Wars (ファミコンウォーズ, Famikon Wōzu) is a turn-based tactics military game. Produced by Nintendo, it was released on August 12, 1988 for the Family Computer in Japan and later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on May 19, 2009. It is the first...
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| x Battleships | 1988 | Turn-based strategy | Elite Systems |
Battleships is the international title of a video game based on the classic board game. The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet without him sinking the player's fleet first.
There also have been other versions of battleship for various...
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| Wargaming | Encore | |||||
| x L'Empereur | 1989 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
L'Empereur is a turn-based strategy video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by the Koei company in 1989.
The user controls Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The goal is to...
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1989 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Bandit Kings of Ancient China, also known as Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai (水滸伝・天命の誓い) in Japan, is a turn-based strategy role-playing simulation video game developed and published by Koei, and released in 1989 for MS-DOS, Amiga and the Macintosh and...
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| x Storm Across Europe | 1989 | World War II | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
Storm Across Europe is a grand strategy video game, written by Dan Cermak & originally released for the Commodore 64 and later for the Amiga and DOS. Released in 1989 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It covers the World War II in Europe on a...
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| x Romance of the Three Kingdoms II | 1989 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (released in Japan as Sangokushi II for Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and as Sangokushi II for WonderSwan for WonderSwan) is the second in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series of turn-based strategy games...
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| x Genghis Khan | 1989 | Turn-based strategy |
Genghis Khan, named Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Mejika: Genghis Khan (蒼き狼と白き牝鹿・ジンギスカン) in Japan, is a turn-based strategy game developed by Koei, released for the NEC PC-9801 in 1987, MSX and Sharp X68000 in 1988, the DOS and NES in 1989, and the Amiga...
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| x Cosmic Wars | 1989 | Turn-based strategy | Konami |
Cosmic Wars (コズミックウォーズ, Kozumikku Wōzu) is a turn-based strategy video game produced by Konami in 1989 which is based upon the characters and conflicts of the popular Gradius series. It was released only in Japan. The game received a sequel in 1997,...
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| x Nuclear War | 1989 | Turn-based strategy | New World Computing |
Nuclear War is a single player turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and released for the Amiga in 1989 and later for MS-DOS. It presents a satirical, cartoonish nuclear battle between five world powers, in which the winner is...
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| x Sword of Aragon | 1989 | Computer role-playing game | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
Sword of Aragon is a turn-based strategy and role-playing game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1989. It is also considered to be of the 4X genre. Set in the fictional land of Aragon, the games casts its protagonist as the...
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| x Waterloo | 1989 | Wargame |
Waterloo is a battle strategy game by PSS for the DOS PC, Atari ST and Amiga. It was released in the U.K. by Mirrorsoft in 1989 and in the U.S. by SSI in 1990.
The player takes the role of either Wellington or Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. The...
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| x King's Bounty | 1990 | Computer role-playing game | New World Computing |
King's Bounty is a turn-based fantasy computer and video game designed by Jon Van Caneghem of New World Computing in 1990. The game follows the player's character, a hero of King Maximus, appointed with the job of retrieving the Sceptre of Order...
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| x Lords of Chaos | 1990 | Turn-based strategy | Julian Gollop |
Lords of Chaos is a turn-based tactics video game, published in 1990 by Blade Software. It is the sequel to Chaos and an ancestor of the popular X-COM series of games, also written by Julian Gollop. In Lords of Chaos each player controls a wizard...
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| x Spaceward Ho! | 1990 | 4X | Delta Tao Software |
Spaceward Ho! is a turn-based science fiction computer strategy game that was written by Peter Commons, designed by Joe Williams (Joedelta) and published by Delta Tao Software. The first version was released in 1990, and further upgrades followed...
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| x Centurion: Defender of Rome | 1990 | Adventure | Bits of Magic |
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy video game with real-time battle sequences, designed by Kellyn Beck and Bits of Magic and published by Electronic Arts. Originally released on the DOS platform for the PC in 1990, the game was...
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| x Radar Mission | 1990 | Turn-based strategy | Nintendo |
Radar Mission (レーダーミッション, Rēdā Misshon) is a Nintendo Game Boy title developed and released in 1990 in Japan and North America by Nintendo. It was one of the earliest Game Boy titles, and was the first military-based game released for the Game Boy....
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| x Civilization | 1991 | Turn-based strategy | MicroProse |
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy "4X"-type strategy video game created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley for MicroProse in 1991. The game's objective is to "Build an empire to stand the test of time": it begins in 4000 BC and the...
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| x RoboSport | 1991 | Turn-based strategy | Maxis |
RoboSport is a 1991 turn-based strategy computer game. It was created by Edward Kilham and developed and published by Maxis Software
The player creates teams of robots and maneuvers them around a board to map out one "turn" of movement. The other...
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| x Castles | 1991 | Turn-based strategy | Quicksilver Software |
Castles is a video game developed by Quicksilver and published by Interplay Entertainment in 1991 and 1992. The game involves the construction of a series of castles in Wales and the Welsh Marches during the 11th century. Castles was quickly...
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| x Lost Admiral Returns | Jan 18, 1991 | Turn-based strategy |
Lost Admiral Returns is a turn-based naval strategy game by Fogstone, the creator of The Grandest Fleet, Lost Admiral 2, Lost Admiral, and Conquered Kingdoms. The game uses a game play similar to rock paper scissors except with ships
The gameplay...
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| x Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space | 1992 | Turn-based strategy |
Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, frequently abbreviated BARIS, is a 1993 space simulation and strategy game for MS-DOS. The player takes the role of Administrator of NASA or head of the Soviet space program with the ultimate goal of being the first...
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| x Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters | 1992 | Turn-based strategy | Toho |
Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The player controls military forces trying to prevent Godzilla and other giant monsters from destroying cities. Mothra, Gezora, Hedorah, and Baragon along with...
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| x History Line: 1914-1918 | 1992 | Turn-based strategy | Blue Byte Software |
History Line: 1914-1918 (released in USA by SSI as Great War: 1914-1918) is a turn-based tactics computer game developed in the 1990s by the German team Blue Byte Software. The storyline takes the player through various battles of the First World...
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1992 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny is the third in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series of turn-based strategy games produced by Koei and based on the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This version was released in...
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| x Pax Imperia | 1992 | Real-time strategy | Heliotrope Studios |
Pax Imperia is a 4X game for the Apple Macintosh, released in 1992. The game won praise for its complex gameplay, real-time mode and ability for up to 16 players to join a single game using AppleTalk.
Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain was released in 1997...
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| x Gemfire | Jun 24, 1992 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Gemfire (released in Japan as Royal Blood or ロイヤルブラッド, Super Royal Blood or スーパーロイヤルブラッド in its Super Famicom version) is a medieval war game for the MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, FM-Towns, Mega Drive/Genesis, MS-DOS, and later...
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| x 1999: Hore, Mitakotoka! Seikimatsu | Sep 18, 1992 | Turn-based strategy | Coconuts Japan |
1999: Hore, Mita koto ka! Seikimatsu (1999ほれ、みたことか!世紀末, "1999: Look, Do you see that?! It's the End of the Century") is a Family Computer video game that takes place in the late twentieth century right up through the year 1999.
This game is similar...
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| x Just Breed | Dec 15, 1992 | Turn-based strategy | Enix |
Just Breed (ジャストブリード, Jasuto Burīdo) is a tactical role-playing game published by Enix for the Family Computer. It was released exclusively in Japan in 1992. Although it is somewhat obscure and was overlooked due to its late release, it is notable...
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| x Master of Orion | 1993 | Turn-based strategy | Simtex |
Master of Orion (MoO or MOO) is a turn-based, 4X science fiction computer strategy game released in 1993 by MicroProse on the MS-DOS and Mac OS operating systems. The purpose of the game is to lead one of ten races to dominate the galaxy through a...
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| x Liberty or Death | 1993 | Turn-based strategy | Koei |
Liberty or Death is a turn-based strategy video game for DOS, Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis released by Koei in 1993. Liberty or Death is part of Koei's Historical Simulation Series.
The player can choose to control any of six Commanders-in-Chief...
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| x Battleship | 1993 | Turn-based strategy | Mindscape Group |
Battleship is an NES and Sega Game Gear video game based on the board game of the same name.
The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet without him sinking the player's fleet first. In this updated version, both the player and the computer...
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| x Global Domination | 1993 | Turn-based strategy | Impressions Games |
Global Domination is a 1993 strategy computer game modeled closely on the popular board game, Risk. Impressions Games expanded on the game dividing the world into more territories, adding unit types which could be controlled in a mini-game, adding...
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| x Detroit | 1993 | Turn-based strategy | Impressions Games |
Detroit is a turn-based business simulation game that puts one in charge of a fledgling automobile company starting in 1908 (the year the Ford Model T was introduced). The player is responsible for the financing, research and development, design,...
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| x Colonization | 1994 | Turn-based strategy | MicroProse |
Sid Meier's Colonization is a computer game by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier released by MicroProse in 1994. It is a turn-based strategy game themed on the early European colonization of the New World, starting in 1492 and lasting until 1850. It was...
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| x Panzer General | 1994 | Turn-based strategy | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
Panzer General is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1994 and set in World War II.
Panzer General is turn-based game, set on operational level hex maps. One plays lone scenarios from either Axis or Allied side and against a...
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| x Master of Magic | 1994 | Turn-based strategy | Simtex |
Master of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based strategy computer game created by Simtex and published for MS-DOS by Microprose in 1994. It is of the 4X genre. The player is a wizard attempting to dominate two linked worlds. From a small...
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| x Lords of the Realm | 1994 | Turn-based strategy | Impressions Games |
Lords of the Realm is a turn-based strategy computer game published and developed by Impressions Games. It was first released on June 15, 1994, and is the first game in the Lords of the Realm series.
The game takes place in a medieval setting, with...
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| x Hammer of the Gods | 1994 | Turn-based strategy | Holistic Design, Inc. |
Hammer of the Gods is a 1994 turn-based strategy computer game developed by Holistic Design and published by New World Computing for MS-DOS. The events of the game take place in viking age Europe, with a Norse fantasy setting. Hammer of the Gods is...
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| x Operation Europe: Path to Victory | 1994 | World War II | Koei |
Operation Europe: Path to Victory is a combat strategy video game for multiple platforms where one or two players can compete in World War II action. The MS-DOS version of the game was only released to North America.
The object of the game is to...
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| x Fantasy Empires | 1994 | Wargaming | Silicon Knights |
Fantasy Empires is a fantasy wargame for DOS made by Silicon Knights and published by SSI in 1993. It uses the Dungeons & Dragons license, and is set in the world of Mystara.
As the player, you create a character along iconic Dungeons & Dragons...
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| x TacOps | 1994 | Turn-based strategy |
TacOps is a turn-based wargame originally released in 1994. The game, developed by Major I.L. Holdridge, USMC (ret), details modern, hypothetical combat between U.S. and Canadian troops versus the OPFOR who are armed with various equipment from...
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