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x Archon Archon Box Cover 1983 Strategy game Free Fall Associates Ariolasoft
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a computer 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,...
Fighting game Electronic Arts
Turn-based strategy
Board game
x M.U.L.E. The box cover of M.U.L.E 1983 Turn-based strategy Ozark Softscape Ariolasoft
M.U.L.E. is an early multiplayer video game written in 1983 by Dani Bunten of Ozark Softscape. It was published by Electronic Arts. Written for the Atari 400/800, it was ported to the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System and the IBM PC Jr...
Economic simulation Electronic Arts
x 1K ZX Chess Cover of Artic Computing's 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...
x Reach for the Stars Reachforstars 1983 Strategy game Strategic Studies Group Strategic Studies Group
Reach for the Stars 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 and published in 1983 for the Commodore 64 and...
Turn-based strategy
x Bomb Alley   1983 World War II   Strategic Simulations, Inc.
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...
Turn-based strategy
x Archon II: Adept This is the Commodore 64 version of Archon II: Adept 1984 Turn-based strategy   Electronic Arts
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...
Board game
x Viking Raiders Viking Raiders 1984 Turn-based strategy Mark Lucas Telecomsoft
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...
Wargaming
x Nebula   1984 Science fiction Julian Gollop Red Shift
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...
Turn-based strategy
Wargaming
x Chaos Chaos cover art 1985 Turn-based strategy Julian Gollop Games Workshop
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 designs...
Turn-based tactics
Fantasy
x Roadwar 2000   1987 Strategy game 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...
Turn-based strategy Strategic Simulations, Inc.
x Patton Versus Rommel   1987 World War II Chris Crawford Electronic Arts
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...
Turn-based strategy
Wargaming
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...
Wargaming Michael Peters
4X Greg Fisher
Robert Forsman
Stan Shebs
x Earth Orbit Stations Earthorbitstations 1987 Turn-based strategy   Electronic Arts
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...
Economic simulation
Construction and management simulation games
x Laser Squad Lasersquadboxart 1988 Turn-based strategy Julian Gollop Blade Software Ltd
Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics computer game, originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga and Atari ST computers, as well as PC computers. It was designed by Julian Gollop and his team at...
Science fiction Target Games
Turn-based tactics
x Nobunaga's Ambition Genesis cover 1988 Turn-based strategy Koei Koei
Nobunaga's Ambition (信長の野望, Nobunaga no Yabō) is a series of turn-based strategy video games first released in 1988 by the Japanese video game developer Koei. It has been released on a variety of gaming platforms including the Nintendo Entertainment...
x Famicom Wars Famicom Wars 1988 Turn-based strategy Intelligent Systems Nintendo
Famicom Wars (ファミコンウォーズ) 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 game in the...
Wargaming Nintendo
Turn-based tactics
x Battleships File:Battleships Amiga cover 1988 Turn-based strategy Elite Systems 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...
Wargaming Encore
x L'Empereur L' Empereur cover 1989 Turn-based strategy Koei 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...
x Bandit Kings of Ancient China In-game screenshot 1989 Turn-based strategy Koei 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 video game published by Koei and released in 1989 for MS-DOS, Amiga and the Macintosh and in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment...
Turn-based tactics
x Storm Across Europe   1989 World War II Strategic Simulations, Inc. Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Storm Across Europe is a grand strategy computer game, originally released for the Commodore 64 and later for the Amiga and IBM PC. Released in 1989 by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI). It covers the World War II in Europe on a grand strategic scale...
Wargaming
Turn-based strategy
x Sangokushi II Romance of the Three Kingdoms II 1989 Strategy game 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...
Turn-based strategy
x Genghis Khan Genghis Khan Cover 1989 Turn-based strategy   Koei
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 NES, Amiga, DOS and MSX turn-based strategy game developed by Koei. The game takes the player inside the virtual life of either Genghis Khan or one of...
x Cosmic Wars Title screen 1989 Turn-based strategy Konami Konami
Cosmic Wars (コズミックウォーズ, kozumikku uozu) 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,...
x Nuclear War Nuclear War Amiga intro2 1989 Turn-based strategy New World Computing U.S. Gold
Nuclear War is a single player turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and released for the Amiga in 1989. It presents a satirical, cartoonish nuclear battle between five world powers, in which the winner is whoever retains some...
x Sword of Aragon   1989 Computer role-playing game Strategic Simulations, Inc. Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Sword of Aragon is a turn-based strategy and roleplaying game designed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1989. Set in the fictional land of Aragon (no relation to the Spanish kingdom), the protagonist of the game is duke of the city of...
Turn-based strategy
x King's Bounty King's Bounty 1990 Computer role-playing game New World Computing Electronic Arts
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...
Turn-based strategy New World Computing
x Lords of Chaos Lords of Chaos 1990 Turn-based strategy Julian Gollop Blade Software Ltd
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...
Turn-based tactics
Fantasy
x Spaceward Ho! Spacward Ho! icon 1990 4X Delta Tao Software 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...
Science fiction
Turn-based strategy
x Centurion: Defender of Rome Centurion: Defender of Rome 1990 Adventure Bits of Magic Electronic Arts
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy computer game with real-time battle sequences by Bits of Magic, designed by Kellyn Beck and published by Electronic Arts. The bulk of the game involved real-time battles (of a nature that can be...
Strategy
Action game
Turn-based strategy
x Radar Mission Radar Mission logo 1990 Turn-based strategy Nintendo 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....
Action game Nintendo Research & Development 1
x Civilization Civilization 1991 Turn-based strategy MicroProse MicroProse
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991. The game's objective is to "...build an empire to stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and...
Microprose Software, Inc Koei
x RoboSport RoboSport title screen 1991 Turn-based strategy Maxis 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...
x Castles Castles Coverart 1991 Turn-based strategy Quicksilver Software Interplay Entertainment
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 on the western coast of England during the 11th century. Castles was quickly...
Strategy game
x Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space 1992 Turn-based strategy   Interplay Entertainment
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...
Construction and management simulation games
x Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters 1992 Turn-based strategy Toho 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, Oodako, Hedorah, and Baragon along with...
x History Line: 1914-1918 History-line-German-boxcover 1992 Turn-based strategy Blue Byte Software 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...
Wargaming Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Turn-based tactics
x Pax Imperia   1992 Real-time strategy    
Pax Imperia is turn-based or real-time space strategy game released for Apple Macintosh in 1992. It was the predecessor of Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain. Pax Imperia is a Latin term, meaning peace from empire. "Games of Fame" page for Pax Imperia
Turn-based strategy
x Gemfire Boxart for SNES version 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...
Fantasy
Turn-based tactics
x 1999: Hore, Mitakotoka! Seikimatsu   Sep 18, 1992 Turn-based strategy Coconuts Japan Coconuts Japan
1999: Hore, Mitakotoka! Seikimatsu (1999ほれ、みたことは!世紀末, "1999: Look, Do you see that?! It's the End of the Century") is a Nintendo Family Computer game that takes place in the year 1999. The player moves around in a board game trying to prevent space...
Board game
x Master of Orion Master of Orion 1993 Turn-based strategy Simtex MicroProse
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...
Science fiction
x Liberty or Death File:Liberty or Death Coverart 1993 Turn-based strategy Koei 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...
x Battleship Battleship NES screenshot 1993 Turn-based strategy Mindscape Group Mindscape Group
Battleship is an NES and Sega Game Gear video game based on the classic 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...
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...
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 at the dawn of the 20th century. The player is responsible for the financing, research and development, design, testing, production,...
Economic simulation
x Colonization Colonization 1994 Turn-based strategy MicroProse 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...
x Panzer General   1994 Turn-based strategy Strategic Simulations, Inc. 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, set on operational level hex maps. One plays lone scenarios from either Axis or Allied side and against a computer...
World War II
Wargaming
x Master of Magic Master of Magic 1994 Turn-based strategy Simtex MicroProse
Master of Magic is a single-player, fantasy turn-based strategy computer game created by Simtex and published by Microprose in 1994. The player controls a wizard attempting to rule two worlds. From a small settlement, the player must grow an empire...
Fantasy
4X
x Lords of the Realm Lords of the Realm Coverart 1994 Turn-based strategy Impressions Games 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...
Real-time tactics
x Hammer of the Gods image:hammer_box.jpg 1994 Turn-based strategy Holistic Design, Inc. New World Computing
Hammer of the Gods is a 1994 turn-based strategy computer game developed 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 one of the games that spawned the...
4X
x Operation Europe: Path to Victory Boxart for SNES version 1994 Strategy game Koei Koei
Operation Europe: Path to Victory is a multiplatform war game where one or two players can compete in World War II action. The object of the game is to fulfill any one of the military objectives for either the Axis or the Allied forces. Players...
World War II
Turn-based strategy
Console role-playing game
x Fantasy Empires antasy Empires Coverart 1994 Wargaming Silicon Knights Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Fantasy Empires is a fantasy wargame for the PC 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...
Turn-based strategy
Computer role-playing game
x TacOps 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...
Wargaming
Turn-based tactics
x Dark Legions Dark Legions Apr 1994 Strategy game Silicon Knights Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Dark Legions is a 1994 action strategy game for DOS. It was developed by Silicon Knights and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). Some key features of this game include: Many reviewers and players note it as an updated version of the...
Computer role-playing game
Action game
Turn-based strategy
x The Hybrid Front   Jul 22, 1994 Turn-based strategy Sega Sega
The Hybrid Front is a Sega Mega Drive war game, released in Japan on July 22, 1994. It was re-released on 29 May 2007 for the Virtual Console. The game takes place in the third millennium. A hostile group of Russian war hawks have revolted against...
x Stars! Stars!BoxCover 1995 4X   Empire Interactive
Stars! is a complex turn-based computer game based around the management of planets and fleets of spaceships following the 4X game model (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit & eXterminate). The game has been around since 1995, and still has a strong following....
Science fiction
Turn-based strategy
x Ascendancy Ascendancy 1995 Turn-based strategy The Logic Factory Virgin Interactive
Ascendancy is a 4X science fiction turn-based strategy computer game for DOS, released in 1995 by The Logic Factory. The game is a galactic struggle to become the dominant life force, to ascend into a higher plane of existence. The player chooses an...
4X
Science fiction
Isometric projection
x Battleground 2: Gettysburg Battleground 2 - Gettysburg Coverart 1995 Real-time tactics TalonSoft TalonSoft
Battleground 2: Gettysburg is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by TalonSoft in 1995. It simulated combat at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, using both a video version of miniature wargaming and board gaming. Terrain hex maps are 3D or 2D...
Turn-based strategy
x Allied General AG box art Gamershell 1995 World War II Strategic Simulations, Inc.  
Allied General is a turn-based strategy video game set in World War Two that features the Allied side of operations. Players can progress through four campaigns as an Allied general against Axis forces controlled by the computer. The playable...
Turn-based strategy
x Blood Bowl Bloodbowl box 1995 Sports game Strategic Simulations, Inc.  
Blood Bowl is the turn-based strategy video game adaptation of the popular Games Workshop miniatures game, originally developed for MS-DOS computers by MicroLeague. The game is a fantasy version of American football, with a violent twist in that...
Sport management
Turn-based strategy
x Heroes of Might and Magic PC version box art Aug 31, 1995 Turn-based strategy New World Computing New World Computing
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for MS-DOS. A spin-off of New World Computing's Might and Magic series of computer role-playing games, the success of...
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