List of World War I video games
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  • Red Baron
    Red Baron (arcade game)
    Red Baron is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and released in 1980. A first first-person flight simulator game, the player takes the role of a World War I ace in a biplane fighting on the side of the Allies. The game is named after the nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, German flying ace...

    (1980
    1980 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:* May 22, Namco releases Pac-Man, which is their biggest selling game of all time* December, Nintendo releases the Radar Scope arcade game...

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  • Blue Max
    Blue Max (computer game)
    Blue Max is a video game from 1983 by Synapse Software, released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers. In 1984 it was released for the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold...

    (1983
    1983 in video gaming
    -Events:* A major shakeout of the video game industry begins. By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$3.2 billion to US$0.1 billion.* MCA Universal files suit against Nintendo, claiming that the latter company's video arcade hit Donkey Kong violated Universal's copyright on King Kong...

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  • Diplomacy (1984
    1984 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:* May 10, King's Quest , the first animated adventure game, the first in the King's Quest series, and the first to use the AGI engine.* June 4, Nintendo releases Donkey Kong 3...

    , Avalon Hill
    Avalon Hill
    Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...

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  • Sopwith
    Sopwith (computer game)
    Sopwith is a sidescrolling shoot 'em up created by David L. Clark of BMB Compuscience in 1984. It was originally written to run on the IBM PC under DOS but there was also a port made near the time of its creation for the Atari 520ST. More recent versions have been ported to even more systems...

    (1984
    1984 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:* May 10, King's Quest , the first animated adventure game, the first in the King's Quest series, and the first to use the AGI engine.* June 4, Nintendo releases Donkey Kong 3...

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  • Sky Kid
    Sky Kid
    is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware but with a video system like that used in Dragon Buster. It is also the first game from Namco to allow 2 players to play simultaneously...

    (1985
    1985 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:* Brøderbund releases Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, the first game of the prolific Carmen Sandiego series* Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. on September 13, 1985, which eventually sells 40 million copies making it the best-selling video game of all time until 2008.*...

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  • Red Baron (1990
    1990 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.*February 12 — Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America...

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  • Wings
    Wings (computer game)
    Wings is a World War I flying game, originally released in 1990 for the Commodore Amiga.Wings features a mixture of gameplay styles including 3D dog fights, top down bombing missions and scrolling strafing sections. It is arcade oriented, but featured the story narrative and atmospheric...

    (1990
    1990 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.*February 12 — Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America...

    )
  • Knights of the Sky
    Knights of the Sky
    Knights of the Sky is a World War I combat flight simulator designed by Jeff Briggs and published by MicroProse in 1990 for DOS and in 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST....

    (1990
    1990 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.*February 12 — Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America...

    , MicroProse)
  • Powermonger Expansion Disk (1991
    1991 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*Microprose creates Civilization, Sid Meier's most successful game .*Electronic Arts releases James Pond 2 and Road Rash for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, starting a series of games that were popular in the 1990s....

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  • Dreadnoughts (1992
    1992 in video gaming
    -Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

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  • History Line: 1914-1918
    History Line: 1914-1918
    History Line: 1914-1918 is a turn-based tactics computer game developed in the 1990s by the German team Blue Byte Software. The storyline takes the player through various battles of the First World War...

    (1992
    1992 in video gaming
    -Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

    )
  • Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! (1992
    1992 in video gaming
    -Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

    )
  • Wings 2: Aces High (1992
    1992 in video gaming
    -Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

    )
  • Dawn Patrol
    Dawn Patrol (video game)
    Dawn Patrol is a World War I combat flight simulator by Rowan Software. It was released in 1994 for the Amiga and PC MS-DOS platforms. The game's front end takes the form of a hyperlinked book describing the history of the war in the air, the aircraft, and some of the famous aces who flew them,...

    (1994
    1994 in video gaming
    -Events:*Nintendo calls this year "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".*Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd is established and opened by Hiroshi Yamauchi and effectively ends Mattel Australia's distribution of Nintendo's products throughout Australia.*"Project...

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  • Wings of Glory
    Wings of Glory
    Wings of Glory is a combat flight simulator computer game for MS-DOS, developed by the now defunct Origin Systems. Released in 1994, it is one of the comparatively few World War I simulators.-Gameplay:...

    (1994
    1994 in video gaming
    -Events:*Nintendo calls this year "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".*Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd is established and opened by Hiroshi Yamauchi and effectively ends Mattel Australia's distribution of Nintendo's products throughout Australia.*"Project...

    )
  • The War College (1995
    1995 in video gaming
    -Events:*May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek *May 11-16 — The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is held in Los Angeles, California...

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  • Great Naval Battles V: Demise of the Dreadnoughts
    Great Naval Battles
    Great Naval Battles is a series of computer games by Strategic Simulations which simulate combat between naval vessels. It consist of five separate games, four of which depict various phases of World War II. Each game combines a wider view of the action on a fleet scale, as well as controls for...

    (1996
    1996 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*January 29 — Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals, and a genre-redefining title for first person shooters....

    )
  • Flying Corps
    Flying Corps
    Flying Corps is a 1996 World War I flight simulator developed by Rowan Software and published by Empire Interactive. It was one of the most popular flight simulators of its time due to its accurate flight models and graphics, and also the novelty factor of a First World War dog fight simulator...

    (1996
    1996 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*January 29 — Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals, and a genre-redefining title for first person shooters....

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  • Imperialism (1996
    1996 in video gaming
    -Notable releases:*January 29 — Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals, and a genre-redefining title for first person shooters....

    )
  • Red Baron II (1997
    1997 in video gaming
    -Events:*October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi dies after a double car accident.*November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association launched.*3rd annual E3...

    )
  • The Last Express
    The Last Express
    The Last Express is a video game created by Jordan Mechner and Smoking Car Productions, published in 1997. It is an adventure game that takes place on the Orient Express, days before the start of World War I. It is noted as being one of the few video games that attempts to realistically simulate...

    (1997
    1997 in video gaming
    -Events:*October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi dies after a double car accident.*November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association launched.*3rd annual E3...

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  • Red Baron 3D
    Red Baron 3D
    Red Baron II is a computer game for the PC, developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the follow-up to the immensely successful flight simulation Red Baron, released in 1990. Red Baron II was released in 1997...

    (1998
    1998 in video gaming
    -Events:*Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards...

    )
  • Diplomacy (1999
    1999 in video gaming
    -Events:*British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 2nd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards*March – Game Over republished as “Game Over: Press Start to Continue”...

    , MicroProse)
  • Hogs of War
    Hogs of War
    Hogs of War is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Infogrames Studios and published by Infogrames Europe, released for the PlayStation and PC in 2000 for Europe on June 6 and North America on August 5. The game is set in a First World War-era where anthropomorphic pigs engage in combat...

    (2000
    2000 in video gaming
    -Events:* May 11–13 — 6th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo ; the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³* June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association...

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  • Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
    Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
    Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun is a real-time strategy game by Paradox Entertainment . It covers its namesake the Victorian period, specifically 1836-1920 and runs on a modified version of the Europa Universalis engine. The lead game programmer was Johan Andersson...

    (2003
    2003 in video gaming
    -Events:*February 27 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Yu Suzuki of Sega to the AIAS Hall of Fame....

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  • The Entente: Battlefields World War I
    The Entente: Battlefields World War I
    The Entente: Battlefields World War I is a real-time strategy PC game published in 2004 by Buka Entertainment. It simulates World War I from the perspective of the five main combatants: Russia, France, Germany, Britain and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire...

    (2004
    2004 in video gaming
    -Events:*January 20 — Wireds Vaporware Awards gives its first "Lifetime Achievement Award" to recurring winner Duke Nukem Forever.*March 4 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Peter Molyneux into the AIAS Hall of Fame*March 22-26 — Game...

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  • WWI Medic (2004
    2004 in video gaming
    -Events:*January 20 — Wireds Vaporware Awards gives its first "Lifetime Achievement Award" to recurring winner Duke Nukem Forever.*March 4 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Peter Molyneux into the AIAS Hall of Fame*March 22-26 — Game...

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  • Diplomacy (2005
    2005 in video gaming
    -Events:*March 6 — The television show 60 Minutes tackles issues within video game controversy. This segment of 60 Minutes has been criticized by video game players for encouraging video game censorship....

    , Paradox Interactive
    Paradox Interactive
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  • First Eagles: The Great War 1918
    First Eagles: The Great War 1918
    First Eagles: The Great War 1918 is a PC game that focuses on World War I between 1917 and 1918....

    (2006
    2006 in video gaming
    -Events:* January 26, 2006 -- Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface.* January 26, 2006 -- Konami Corp...

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  • Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
    Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
    Snoopy vs. the Red Baron is a flight combat game released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PC in 2006. As the name implies, the protagonist is Snoopy, the dog in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts...

    (2006
    2006 in video gaming
    -Events:* January 26, 2006 -- Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface.* January 26, 2006 -- Konami Corp...

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  • Victoria: Revolutions (2006
    2006 in video gaming
    -Events:* January 26, 2006 -- Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface.* January 26, 2006 -- Konami Corp...

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  • Shells of Fury
    Shells of Fury
    1914 Shells of Fury is a submarine simulation set during World War I. The game centers on commanding Kaiserliche Marine U-boats from the beginning of the War in 1914 to its end...

    (2007
    2007 in video gaming
    -Events:*March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows - Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launched on May 8.*March 27: Microsoft announces the new "Xbox 360 Elite" stock-keeping unit . The revision comes with a bigger hard drive and the ability to output HDMI...

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  • Guns of August
    Guns of August
    - Game :Guns of August is a 2007 World War I strategy game developed by Adanac Command Studies and published by Matrix Games....

    (2007
    2007 in video gaming
    -Events:*March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows - Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launched on May 8.*March 27: Microsoft announces the new "Xbox 360 Elite" stock-keeping unit . The revision comes with a bigger hard drive and the ability to output HDMI...

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  • Knights of the Sky (2007
    2007 in video gaming
    -Events:*March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows - Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launched on May 8.*March 27: Microsoft announces the new "Xbox 360 Elite" stock-keeping unit . The revision comes with a bigger hard drive and the ability to output HDMI...

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  • The Trenches (2007
    2007 in video gaming
    -Events:*March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows - Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launched on May 8.*March 27: Microsoft announces the new "Xbox 360 Elite" stock-keeping unit . The revision comes with a bigger hard drive and the ability to output HDMI...

    ) (A modification of the GoldSrc Engine)
  • Jutland
    Jutland
    Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

    (2008
    2008 in video gaming
    Notable events of 2008 in video gaming. See also history of video games. The release dates listed in this article are the games' original release dates.-Events:...

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  • Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War
    Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War
    Rise of Flight is a World War I combat flight simulator originally developed by the Russian IT Company, Neoqb and currently being developed by 777 Studios....

    (2009
    2009 in video gaming
    The year 2009 saw the release of many video games, including several sequels.-Events:-Scheduled releases:List of games scheduled for release in 2009 in North America....

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  • Darkest of Days
    Darkest of Days
    Darkest of Days is a first-person shooter video game developed by 8monkey Labs and published by Phantom EFX. It was released in North America on September 8, 2009 for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360...

    (2009
    2009 in video gaming
    The year 2009 saw the release of many video games, including several sequels.-Events:-Scheduled releases:List of games scheduled for release in 2009 in North America....

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  • NecroVisioN
    Necrovision
    is World War I "alternate" history horror first-person shooter developed by Polish developer The Farm 51 and published by 505 Games. It was released for the Microsoft Windows platform on 20 February 2009. The game was also published by Aspyr Media in the United States, on May 25, 2009, and Canada...

    (2009
    2009 in video gaming
    The year 2009 saw the release of many video games, including several sequels.-Events:-Scheduled releases:List of games scheduled for release in 2009 in North America....

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  • Trenches (2009)
  • World War I : Source (2010
    2010 in video gaming
    The year 2010 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games, including several new titles.-Events:-Game releases:List of games scheduled for release in 2010 in North America....

    ) (A modification of the Source Engine)
  • Toy Soldiers
    Toy Soldiers (video game)
    Toy Soldiers is an action-strategy video game by Signal Studios released on Xbox Live Arcade on March 3, 2010.-Gameplay:Players control one of two armies of miniature toy soldiers on a World War I model diorama with wooden and plastic landscapes...

    (2010)
  • Victoria 2
    Victoria 2
    Victoria II is a grand strategy wargame by Paradox Interactive, sequel to 2003's Victoria. It was announced on 19 August 2009 and was released on 13 August 2010.Virtual Programming published the Mac OS X version of the game on September 17, 2010....

    (2010)
  • NecroVisioN: Lost Company (2010
    2010 in video gaming
    The year 2010 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games, including several new titles.-Events:-Game releases:List of games scheduled for release in 2010 in North America....

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  • Battlefield 1942-Mod: Battlefield 1918
    Battlefield 1942-Mod: Battlefield 1918
    Battlefield 1918 is a mod for FPS computer game Battlefield 1942. Battlefield 1918 has had several versions released since its launch in 2004 and is still actively updated to the present time.- Development:...

    (2011)
  • 1916: Der Unbekannte Krieg (2011)

Not Released

  • To End All Wars (TBA) (Announced in 2007. Most likely turned to vaporware
    Vaporware
    Vaporware is a term in the computer industry that describes a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually released nor officially canceled. Vaporware is also a term sometimes used to describe events that are announced or predicted,...

    . No news has been heard since 2007. PS3 Xbox360)
  • Verdun Online (To be released in 2011)
  • The Trench (Release date : Q3 2012)
  • Men of War Mod WW1 (Q1 2012)
  • Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad-Mod: Iron Europe: 1914-1916 (TBA)

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