130 Games found
SSI 1994
Genre: Strategy
Rating: 5.5/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
A classic of turn-based strategy games which became the basis for a long series of similar games. But none of them could match the quality of the original.
You can surely question to take World War II as the background for a game but that´s not going to be discussed in this review. Instead let´s move on o the game itself: The player, a high-ranking general, takes control either of the Allied or Axis forces. There are single scenarios and whole campaigns which mostly are based on historical battles.
You can surely question to take World War II as the background for a game but that´s not going to be discussed in this review. Instead let´s move on o the game itself: The player, a high-ranking general, takes control either of the Allied or Axis forces. There are single scenarios and whole campaigns which mostly are based on historical battles.
Martin Gelter 1992
Genre: Strategy
Rating: 4/6
Language: Deutsch
Licence: Shareware
System: PC
Sometimes, one small idea is enough to make a good game. Kaiser is a great C64 classic many people know. There are also lots of remakes. Only few of those tried to expand the gameplay, though.
Microprose 1990
Genre: Strategy, Action
Rating: 6/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga, PC
Arr, Jim-boy! After three years, the vicious pirates have finally found their way to the prosperous shores of the Amiga. But instead of the ageing, sea-worn face of the original, we get a completely new and streamlined version - all the wealth which has been amassed in the meantime shows!
Microprose 1993
Genre: Strategy, Action
Rating: 5.3/6
Language: English, Deutsch, Francais
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
As gameplay is basically the same to the original version of 'Pirates!' I won´t get into detail about that. Have a look at the review of 'Pirates' instead.
So, what has changed since then?
So, what has changed since then?
Microprose 1994
Genre: Strategy, Action
Rating: 6/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga
First of all, all comparisons are referring to the original Pirates! and the PC version of Pirates! Gold. Read the first review for a detailed covering of the gameplay itself. It is almost identical in this version.
Alternate Names: "Pizza Tycoon"
Software 2000 1994
Genre: Strategy
Rating: 4.3/6
Language: Deutsch, English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Pizza Tycoon is not only the original tycoon game that started a whole niche, but also one of the best ones. It had all: a relatively simple concept, a mix of several gaming styles, money and property management and cartoonish graphics. Add to it tacky music, several amusing sub-games and several ways to make money, and you have something that should be hardly bearable to a hardcore gamer. However, include a very deep business strategy, mix it all together, and suddenly you have a very decent game that everybody would like.
Bullfrog 1989
Genre: Strategy
Rating: 4.3/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Maybe one of the first true real-time-strategy games Populous quickly became one of the most famous games of its time and today is a deserved classic. As the god of your people your goal is to defeat another god with his respective people. To achieve this you can alter the landscape and send plagues upon your enemy.
Bullfrog 1993
Genre: Strategy
Rating: 5/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
Populous 2 is a brilliant successor to the first Populous game which evolves the innovative game concept even further. Again you're a god leading your people to victory by changing landscape and casting various spells but this time you're not just any god but rather a son/daughter of the Greek godfather Zeus. Your final goal is to beat him in the 1000-level (yup!) conquest game.
Klein & Ulrich 1994
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 4/6
Language: Deutsch, English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC
'Ports of Call' is an early business simulation classic which especially on the Amiga found lots of fans. You're in control of a fleet of tramp ships which means that you don´t actually buy and sell goods yourself but rather look for charters to deliver.