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1940s

Historical theme

Set in the 1940s (from January 1940 to December 1949 CE).

795
games
67
platforms

Alternate name: 194X

Into the Eagle's Nest (Commodore 64)
Into the Eagle's Nest
C64 1987
Crusade in Europe (MS-DOS)
Crusade in Europe
DOS 1985
Up Periscope (Dragon32)
Up Periscope
D32 1983
War in Russia (Atari 400/800)
War in Russia
A800 1984
Hearts of Iron III (Windows)
Hearts of Iron III
WIN 2009-08-07
Corncob 3D (MS-DOS)
Corncob 3D
DOS 1992
B-24 Combat Simulator (Commodore 64)
B-24 Combat Simulator
C64 1987
1942 (Amstrad CPC)
1942
CPC 1986
Dead End (Commodore 64)
Dead End
C64 1988
Midway (EXL 100)
Midway
EXL1 ? *
Battlestations: Midway (Xbox 360)
Battlestations: Midway
X360 2007-01
Objective: Kursk (Atari 400/800)
Objective: Kursk
A800 1984
20th century: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Notable events:
* World War 2 (1937/1939 - 1945)

Popular tags

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Parent group

20th century

Child groups

World War II, Ardennes Offensive

Games by year

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The first 1940s video game was released on January 28, 1947.

SSI, Avalon Hill and MicroProse published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 119
MS-DOS 92
C64 78
Apple II E 75
Linux 41
Amiga 40
ZX Spectrum 39
Atari 400/800 37
Mac OS Classic 36
Atari ST 32
Amstrad CPC 29
TRS-80 14
X360 13
Mac OS X 10
PS3 9
Arcade 9
NEC PC9801 9
Apple IIGS 8
NES 8
Tandy Coco 7
MICRO 7 - FM7 7
BBC 5
Commodore PET 5
MSX 5
Thomson 4
NEC PC8801 4
Win3.1 4
PS2 3
PS 3
Amstrad PCW 2

Most common companies

SSI83
Avalon Hill29
MicroProse26
SSG26
CCS24
PSS16
Simulations Canada16
Capcom11
Three-Sixty11
Discovery Games10
MC Lothlorien9
Mirrorsoft8
Ubisoft8
Koei8
Icom Simulations7