Free alternate history games

Ksaweri · Sep 4, 2004

There is a website called 'Home of the underdogs' where there are quite a few outstanding political and history games. As long as you have DOS you can play them. Look around the site...

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Crisis+in+The+Kremlin

I havent actually downloaded any as work wont let me but I will be soon so tell me how it went.

Prunesquallor · Sep 5, 2004

The games look very interesting, but I've tried without success to download them.

Straha · Sep 5, 2004

simply get civilization II: multiplayer gold edition. Theres lots of historical scenarios you can make become AH.

Ksaweri · Sep 5, 2004

I downloaded Centurion, a Roman empire type game this very morning and it worked fine. Fine I tell you!

Im going to play the Middle East political simulator tommorow and probably World War III once I get the SegaCD emulator online.

robertp6165 · Sep 5, 2004

Ksaweri said:
I downloaded Centurion, a Roman empire type game this very morning and it worked fine. Fine I tell you!

Im going to play the Middle East political simulator tommorow and probably World War III once I get the SegaCD emulator online.

I had this game when it first came out. It is an OLD OLD game that was originally designed for the old IBM 8032 (or something like that) series computers from the late 1980s (even older than the old 286 and onward series of computers). It was a neat game, but very simple and the graphics suck (they didn't back then, of course, but nowadays...). I still have the old 5 1/4 inch floppies (it took two to play the game) that the game came on.

But all in all it was a good game for the period, and very playable. If you can download it, you will probably enjoy it.

Michael · Sep 5, 2004

Civilisation 2 was always good for alternate history scenarios, as is civ 3

Straha · Sep 6, 2004

Michael said:
Civilisation 2 was always good for alternate history scenarios, as is civ 3

BLSPEMER HOW CAN YOU SAY THE NAME OF THE VILE ONE CIV 3!?

Flakktrooper · Sep 7, 2004

What's so bad about Civ 3?

Michael · Sep 7, 2004

I have all the expansions, although I seem to play civ 2 more.
What does "BLSPEMER" mean Straha? Should I be feeling insulted? Offended? Vaguely confused?

FederationX · Sep 8, 2004

Victoia An Empire Under the Sun and Hearts of Iron are great for making alternate history. I mean really good stuff.

Michael · Sep 8, 2004

Got both and they rock! Although they aren't really free are they?

Chewy · Sep 8, 2004

Its a bit hit and miss. I've downloaded a few and some of them work but the majority dont. I've got XP and that seems to mess it up a bit.

Flakktrooper · Sep 8, 2004

Get dosbox. It helps a great deal and its simple to use. Just drag the folder of the program you want into the dosbox exe file.

Also has anyone watched Command Decisions on the History Channel. Its fairly interesting, but it reminds me of something. Back in highschool military history class we played a similar type game that was done on paper. If anyone knows what that is called or where I can find something similar on the net it would be much apreciated.