Games set in medieval times sorted by release date
These games are not of the fantasy kind: no dragons, no elves, no dwarves and absolutely no magic. These are all games set in medieval times. This means castles and villages, alchemy and saints, kings and queens, monks and abbeys, knights and tourneys.
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Bushido
DOS1983 Ebenel enterprises
Holy Grail
DOS1984
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Shogun
DOS1986 Virgin Interactive
The Black Cauldron
DOS1986freeware Sierra On-Line
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS1987 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Knight Games
DOS1988 Mastertronic
Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" action game and came up with he idea behind Knight Games.
Lancelot
DOS1988 Level 9 Computing
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
DOS1988 Starsoft Development
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS1989 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS1989 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 Chip
Nobunaga's Ambition 2
DOS1989 KOEI
Sword of the Samurai
DOS1989protected MicroProse Software
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess
DOS1990protected Interplay Productions
Betrayal
DOS1990protected
Castle master
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Castle master 2
DOS1990 Incentive Software
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
DOS1990 Sierra On-Line
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
DOS1990 Horror Soft
Iron Lord
DOS1990 UBI Soft
Spirit of Excalibur
DOS1990 Synergistic Software
Tom and the Ghost
DOS1990 Blue Byte Software
Castles
DOS1991protected Quicksilver Software
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
DOS1991protected Sierra On-Line
Defender of the Crown
DOS1991protected Cinemaware
Defender of the crown is a strategy game set in the middle ages, in England. You control a Saxon and must fight Normans to control the country. The player can conquest territories, lay siege to castles, join tournaments, rescue damsels.
Profezia
DOS1991NSFW Trecision
Profezia is an adventure video game developed by the Italian company Trecision and released in 1991. It was available on both the Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. The game is notable for its multiple-choice interface, where the storyline unfolds automatically, and the player is presented with sets of choices that affect the progression of the game. Unli...
Realms
DOS1991 Graftgold