Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was a real-time strategy game released for DOS and Mac OS back in 1995 and 1996, respectively. Not only was Warcraft II a groundbreaking real-time strategy game at the time, but it opened up a whole dialogue for the lore of Warcraft. First title in the series. Hybrid with side-scrolling platform game. First title in the series. Hybrid with RTS elements. Sequel to SimCity. Updated version of Moonbase. First title in the series. Sci-fi version of SimCity. Sequel to Caesar.

Doom

Doom is the legendary first-person shooter created by Id Software and released for DOS in 1993. It was Id Software’s follow-up to their genre-defining Wolfenstein 3D. This was the first game to popularize multiplayer for this genre.

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Doom II

Doom II is Id Software's follow-up to their award winning Doom. Published by GT Interactive, it was released for DOS in 1994, just one year after its predecessor. Unlike most sequels, this one is actually good.

Year: 1994Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 3dfpshorrorscience fictionshoot em uptexture map

Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter developed by Id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1992 for DOS. It has since been ported for several systems including PC-98, Mac, Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Year: 1992Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 3dfpsscience fictionshoot em uptexture mapww2

Contra

Contra is a run-and-gun style platformer developed by Konami and published by Erbe Software initially in 1987. It was released in arcades and on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad PC to start with.

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Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by Bungie Studios for Microsoft and released for the Xbox in 2001, then ported to Windows and Macintosh by GearBox in 2003.

Year: 2003Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-03-22Tags: aliensaviationfirst-personflightscience fictionshoot em uptankwar

Quake

Quake is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996. With the success it had with Doom (1993), id Software decided to capitalize its m..

Year: 1996Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 3d3d accelerationfpsmultiplayerscience fictionshoot em uptexture map

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Duke Nukem 3D

Duke Nukem 3D is a sci-fi first-person shooter created by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software for PC in 1996. The game is the sequel of Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II, two shooters/platformers created by Apogee Software.

Year: 1996Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 3dadultcomedyfirst-personfpsnorth americascience fictionshoot em uptexture map

Quake II

Quake II doesn't need any introduction. The first-person shooter created by id Software was released in December 1997. The legendary John Carmack worked personally on coding this gem, that was not planned to be a sequel to Quake.

Year: 1997Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2020-01-03Tags: 3dfirst-personfpsmultiplayerscience fictionshoot em uptexture map

The Ultimate DOOM

The Ultimate Doom is an updated version of the popular first-person shooter created by idSoftware and designed by Shawn Green, Sandy Petersen, and John Romero. Ultimate Doom was r..

Year: 1995Genre: ShooterUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: first-personfpshorrorscience fictionshoot em up

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy game created by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. It was later ported to PlayStation.

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: europereal-timertsscience fictionwar

Dune II: The Battle For Arrakis

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (a.k.a. Dune II: Battle for Arrakis) is the second entry in the Dune series and it's one of the most influential video games of all time. It w..

Year: 1992Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: moviesreal-timertsscience fictionwar

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X-COM: UFO Defense

X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe) is a science fiction strategy game developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse Software (Geoff Crammond’s former company) and released for Amiga and DOS in 1994.

Year: 1994Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: agaaliensrpg elementsscience fictionsquad managementturn-based

Dyna Blaster

Bomberman, or as it's known in Europe, Dyna Blaster, is one of my all-time favorites games. Originally created in 1983 for the PC, it was later ported to the Atari ST and the Amiga.

Year: 1991Genre: ArcadeUpdated: 2020-02-08Tags: 2 playersarcadecompetitivemazemultiplayerscience fictiontop-down

Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares

Master of Orion II: Battle At Antares, the sequel to Master of Orion, is a popular turn-based 4x space empire game designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd and developed by Simtex. Th..

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 4xbusiness simulationmanagementscience fictionturn-based

Sid Meier's Civilization II

Sid Meier's Civilization II, or simply Civilization 2, is the second chapter of the most famous turn-based strategy video game ever created. The game's objective is to 'Build an empire to stand the test of time'.

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2018-02-11Tags: 4xbusiness simulationmanagementturn-based

Heroes of Might and Magic II

Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is a turn-based strategy game published in 1996 by the 3DO Company. It is the second installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic ..

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: fantasyrpg elementsturn-based

X-COM: UFO Defense

X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe) is a science fiction strategy game developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse Software (Geoff Crammond’s former company) and released for Amiga and DOS in 1994.

Year: 1994Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: agaaliensrpg elementsscience fictionsquad managementturn-based

Lords of the Realm II

Lords of the Realm II is a strategy meets resource management computer game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line in 1996. It is the second game in the Lords of the Realm series.

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: europemanagementmedievalreal-timeturn-based

Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares

Master of Orion II: Battle At Antares, the sequel to Master of Orion, is a popular turn-based 4x space empire game designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd and developed by Simtex. Th..

Year: 1996Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 4xbusiness simulationmanagementscience fictionturn-based

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Heroes of Might and Magic is a fantasy role-playing game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for DOS. This game is strongly based on King’s Bounty, another game by New World Computing.

Year: 1995Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: fantasyrpg elementsturn-based

Worms

Worms is a turn-based artillery game developed by Andy Davidson for Team17 and released in 1995 for Amiga and MS-DOS by Ocean. It is the first game in the Worms series and thanks ..

Year: 1995Genre: PuzzlerUpdated: 2019-07-17Tags: amiga original gameartilleryblitz basiccomedyturn-basedwar

Master of Magic

Master of Magic is a fantasy turn-based strategy game created by Simtex and published by MicroProse in 1994 for MS-DOS. In this turn-based 4X strategy game, that some defined th..

Year: 1994Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 4xfantasymanagementturn-based

Sid Meier's Colonization

Sid Meier's Colonization is a strategy game themed on the European colonization of the New World, starting from the Discovery of America in 1492. The player has time until 1850 to reach independence.

Year: 1994Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-07-17Tags: 4xagabusiness simulationhistorical battlehistorymanagementnorth americasouth americaturn-based

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

X-COM: Terror from the Deep, the sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown, is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC This follow-up to the original X..

Year: 1995Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: science fictionturn-basedwar

Sid Meier's Civilization

Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based '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'.

Year: 1991Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: 4xbusiness simulationhistorymanagementtop-downturn-based

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Panzer General

Panzer General is a top-down, turn-based, historical battle game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc and released for DOS in 1994. It was one of the first games (..

Year: 1994Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: historical battlehistorymilitaryturn-basedwarwargameww2

X-COM: Apocalypse

X-COM Apocalypse is the third entry into the X-COM series, developed by Mythos Games and published by MicroProse, it was released for DOS and Windows in 1997. Apocalypse utilize..

Year: 1997Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: aliensreal-timescience fictionturn-based

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Nuclear War

Nuclear War is a strategy game developed by New World Computing and published in 1989 for Amiga and MS-DOS. The American company until that moment had only presented two entries of the saga Might and Magic.

Year: 1989Genre: StrategyUpdated: 2020-04-02Tags: board gamecold warhumourturn-basedwarwargame