Decline Decent strategy games that aren't commercially available.

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Original Star Controls are currently unavailable because Stardock vs Toys for Bob legal spat.

List will only mention the first because it is only sort of decent strategy game on series.

Legal dispute is over and games are available again.
Removed entry for SC 1 from the list.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Not related, Haemimont's 2005 Warcraft 3-like Rising Kingdoms is getting re-release on Steam:

I'll edit the list after the re-release.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Warcraft 2 (and 1st one too) has been available on GOG for months already.
Removed the entry for it.

https://af.gog.com/game/warcraft_bundle?as=1649904300

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

MissionForce: CyberStorm released on GOG.
https://af.gog.com/game/missionforce_cyberstorm?as=1649904300

Also Rising Kingdoms will see a Steam re-release today.



I probably should start doing a separate post where I list those games that have been re-released since I started this topic.

 

[sser]

There was an RTS in the early 2000s that involved you 'filming' stuff (riffing on the Iraq Wars presentations) for morale and all that. I don't know if it's on any platform because I feel like I haven't seen it anywhere.

*For the longest time I couldn't find it until I just manually went through a wiki of RTS games by years. Here it is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_Zone

 

[Nemerra]

Theocracy, Aztec theme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy_(video_game)

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Added WarGames (1998), Conflict Zone and Theocracy.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I came across this site that has rather impressive array of mini-reviews of 90's and early 00's strategy games.
https://www.oldpcgaming.net/strategy/

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Warlords 1, 2 and 3 released on GOG.
https://af.gog.com/game/warlords_i_ii?as=1649904300
https://af.gog.com/game/warlords_iii_darklords_rising?as=1649904300

 

[Catacombs]

I came across this site that has rather impressive array of mini-reviews of 90's and early 00's strategy games.
https://www.oldpcgaming.net/strategy/

This is a good site.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Gunlok has been released on Steam.


Thanks for LESS T_T for informing me.

edited the list.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos with its expansion Battle March is now available at least on GOG.
https://af.gog.com/game/warhammer_mark_of_chaos_gold_edition?as=1649904300
https://af.gog.com/game/warhammer_mark_of_chaos_gold_edition?as=1649904300

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Retroism re-released couple games that I haven't listed here.
Command HQ.
https://af.gog.com/game/command_hq?as=1649904300
Across the Rhine.
https://af.gog.com/game/across_the_rhine?as=1649904300

Too lazy to check if those are on Steam too.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Too lazy to check if those are on Steam too.

They both are

 

[JarlFrank]

Against Rome:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/against-rome

 

[CryptRat]

Some games I've spent a lot of time on despite all of them ultimately being quite limited :

Dragon Breath (Dragon Lord) : https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/dragon-lord

You raise dragons, make them raid towns. The goal of the game is to find 3 macguffins and two dragons get to fight each other when they're going to the same town. In theory you can control the dragons in a shmup style, in practice I never managed to, I killed like 2 people while automatic would kill 400. Also allows for local multi, which is fluid, turns are short. Game has some kickass music :

Spoiler

Storm Master : https://www.mobygames.com/game/storm-master

Its steampunk theme and graphics sure are great, but for the rest the game is nothing special. There are 5 levels of difficulty (with an associated story from flourishing empire to plague), in the 4 first difficulties you buy some ships and win in 5 minutes, but int hardest difficulty you need to do some management. Most fun part of the game is spending hours creating new ships from parts which generally can't fly.

Also, since GoG sells emulated version of Wings, Celtic Legends : https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/celtic-legends
Create mages, make then gain some levels, create big units and buff them to max, win. No variety as campaign advances so the game gets a bit repetitive.

 

[Galdred]

Retroism re-released couple games that I haven't listed here.
Command HQ.
https://af.gog.com/game/command_hq?as=1649904300
Across the Rhine.
https://af.gog.com/game/across_the_rhine?as=1649904300

Too lazy to check if those are on Steam too.

How good are these ones and 1942: the pacific Air War?
Did their UI age well?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Machiavelli the Prince released on GOG.
https://af.gog.com/game/machiavelli_the_prince?as=1649904300

Edited the list.

 

[dehimos]

Does this mean that Emperor of the Fading Suns can be seen in GOG?

 

[Guvide]

There is an older title from 1998 I believe, called WarBreeds. I played a demo of it back in the day, so I don't know if it was any good or not, but the mechanics were interesting at least. The action took place on an alien planet and you had this conflict between 3 or 4 alien races. You gathered resources by finding these patches of arable land and then planting various plants on them. But the most stand out feature was that you could collect DNA from fallen enemy units and then splice it with your own, essentially allowing you to make custom units.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/warbreeds

 

[Theodora]

Thanks for the list.

I loved Battle for Middle Earth 2. If any others did, BFME and BFME2/RotWK had their mulitplayer communities resurrected thanks to T3A: Online. There's detailed guides on their forums if you need it.

On top of that, there's also some mods to made them a little easier on the eyes by modern standards:

• BFME HD
• BFME2 HD
• RotWK HD (WIP)

 

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[Citizen]

EOTFS is MASSIVE

 

[Lagi]

EOTFS is MASSIVE

https://sites.google.com/site/emper...ing-suns-emperor-wars---reality-mod---downlao

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Emperor of the Fading Suns has been released on GOG.
https://af.gog.com/game/emperor_of_the_fading_suns?as=1649904300