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PC (Personal computer) - one of the most popular home platforms and the only one which doesn’t offer playing video games as its main purpose. PC was born in the 1970s, but it is impossible to give an exact moment of its birth or even a name of its creator. However, IBM is the one who gave computers their present shape, using, at the beginning of the 1980s, an idea of open architecture – which is today one of the most important differences between computers and consoles.The foundations of PC as a gaming platform are currently systems of digital distribution of video games (Steam, Origin, Uplay) and MMO games that mostly work in f2p (free-to-play) model.

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Cossacks: Back To War
Cossacks: Back To War

Strategy 25 September 2002

The second official expansion for Cossacks: European Wars, a real-time strategy by GSC Game World, set between the 16th and 18th century. Cossacks: Back To War is a standalone add-on that, apart from new content, offers the campaigns from the vanilla Cossacks: European Wars and the first expansion, Cossacks: Art of War.

The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

Strategy 25 September 2007

The sixth major installment in the highly popular series of economical strategies started in 1993 by Blue Byte. After the very innovative fifth installment, the developers decided to go back to the good old solutions and only improve them with some new features. The general premise of the game hasn’t changed - the player is still tasked with controlling a small village and transforming it into a modern, well-fortified metropolis.

FIFA 98: Road to World Cup
FIFA 98: Road to World Cup

Sports 17 June 1997

FIFA 98: Road to World Cup is a sports game created for football fans, which is another installment of the popular football cycle. Developers from EA Sports have prepared several fun variants, allowing players to participate in league, cup and international competitions. The game's visual setting contains references to the 1998 World Championships held in France.

F1 2013
F1 2013

Racing 04 October 2013

An extensive simulation of Formula One races, using the official license of Formula One World Championship Limited. The game was produced by the British studio Codemasters Software, whose output also includes such series as TOCA Race Driver and Colin McRae DiRT. Like its predecessors, F1 2013 allows players to take on the role of a race car driver and compete against artificial intelligence or live opponents on a faithfully recreated track.

The Movies
The Movies

Strategy 08 November 2005

The Movies is an economic strategy produced by the Lionhead Studios development team. The action of the game was set in the period of the so-called "golden years" of Hollywood, and the player plays the role of a debuting film producer, whose duties include hiring actors, searching for scripts and providing financial support. The creators carefully recreated the history of cinematography.

Dungeon Keeper 2
Dungeon Keeper 2

Strategy 26 June 1999

Continuation of Bullfrog Productions' perverse and humorous real-time strategy. In the cellars it is again crowded with troublemakers looking for fame and riches. The dungeon guard has his hands full of robots setting traps on intruders, and he dreams of conquering the world on the surface.

Theme Hospital
Theme Hospital

Strategy 14 May 1997

In Theme Hospital the player becomes the owner of the hospital, and his task is to manage and take care of its expansion. Every important aspect of this important medical facility needs to be addressed.

SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn

Strategy 28 November 2003

A cRPG/real-time strategy game hybrid by Phenomic. SpellForce: The Order of Dawn is set in a fantasy world, which has been almost completely destroyed by thirteen mages yearning for unlimited power. The survivors of the cataclysm they brought took refugee on many islands scattered around the world, all that was left of a once great continent, reachable only by means of magical portals. However, the peace did not last long, as the forces of evil are at work yet again.

Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad
Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad

Action 08 October 2003

Sequel of the three-dimensional tactical action game TPP, which was released in 2002 and honored with the prestigious international EMMA (Electronic Multimedia Award). The story again shows us the first armed conflict in the Gulf region in the early 1990s.

2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup

Sports 24 April 2006

2006 FIFA World Cup belongs to the best-selling series of EA Sports football simulations. According to the title, the developers focused on the 2006 World Championships held in Germany.

Championship Manager 2007
Championship Manager 2007

Sports 13 October 2006

Championship Manager 2007 is the next installment of the cult series, initiated by the Sports Interactive - Eidos duo. For the third time the project was commissioned to Beautiful Game Studios, which took over the role of the game producer after SI joined Sega a few years ago to create a competitive Football Manager.

Worms 3D
Worms 3D

Strategy 31 October 2003

Worms 3D is a turn-based strategy in a humorous convention, created by Team 17 Software's development team. The game is the first installment of the series using a 3D graphics engine. The creators, however, remained faithful to the basic assumptions of the game, and the players have a lot of freedom in directing the title actions and deforming the game world using various weapons and means of mass extermination.

Homeworld 2
Homeworld 2

Strategy 16 September 2003

The sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 game from Relic Entertainment, which brought the popular real-time strategy genre into the third dimension. Homeworld 2 takes place 100 years after the events of the first game and describes the desperate struggle of the indigenous inhabitants of the planet Hiigara with the Vaygr warrior race, which many centuries ago led to their exile in the unknown regions of space.

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

Action 24 November 1999

Another installment in the popular action adventure game series by Core Design, featuring the sexy archaeologist as the main role. The action of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation starts in Cambodia, in the Angkor Wat temple, but the main part of the plot takes place in Egypt, where the heroine happened to have released the evil god Seth, which threatens the whole humanity.

S.W.I.N.E.
S.W.I.N.E.

Strategy 04 December 2001

S.W.I.N.E. is a fun real-time strategy that focuses on the war between two countries: pigs and rabbits. Players can take on the role of army commander of one of the warring parties and with their tactical genius lead them to victory.

Delta Force: Xtreme
Delta Force: Xtreme

Action 21 April 2005

Delta Force One: Next Gen is a kind of return to the roots of the famous Novalogic studio cycle. Developers from this company have given players a much refreshed and improved version of the precursor of the series, Delta Force, released in 1998.

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests

Strategy 04 November 2003

The second official expansion pack for the third installment in a series of turn-based strategy games developed by Sid Meier and his new studio Firaxis Games. The expansion gives an opportunity to take part in the largest conquests recorded so far by the human history (in Mesopotamia or America for example).

Painkiller: Black Edition
Painkiller: Black Edition

Action 28 August 2005

A collector's edition of Painkiller - a popular FPS game which debuted in 2004 and had been developed by the Polish studio People Can Fly. This compilation includes both the base Painkiller and an expansion released later and entitled "Battle Out of Hell".

Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance

Action 28 June 2002

Operation Flashpoint: Resistance is the official extension to the tactical shooting Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. The add-on introduces a new feature campaign in which the player plays Victora Troske, the commander of the resistance movement on an island attacked by Soviet troops. Developers from Bohemia Interactive studio also managed to improve the quality of graphics and optimize the game engine for multiplayer fun.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall

RPG 30 June 1997

A sequel to the 1993’s RPG by Bethesda, which, despite its numerous bugs and issues, turned out to be a significant commercial success. In The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, we assume the role of a hero who, ordered by the Emperor Uriel Septim VII, sets out to the eponymous city to investigate why the soul of King Lysandus was unable to rest in peace and why it haunts the city’s streets at night.

Quake III: Team Arena
Quake III: Team Arena

Action 15 December 2000

The official expansion pack for id Software's online FPS shooter Quake III: Arena. As the name suggests, the expansion focuses primarily on refining the team gameplay aspect of the game, taking it much further than the previously known classic Team Deatmatch mode.

Gangsters: Organized Crime
Gangsters: Organized Crime

Strategy 10 January 1999

An unusual combination of a strategy game with economic threads. If you would like to make a "non-rejectable proposal" to someone, take on the role of gang leader in the world of America of the 1920s.

Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse

Strategy 12 October 2001

The next installment of the Patrician series, which originally appeared in Germany as a stand-alone extension to the second part of the game. The action takes us back to the historical realities of 14th-century Europe, where we witness the development of the famous association of commercial cities, known as the Hanseatic League.

Sudden Strike: Resource War
Sudden Strike: Resource War

Strategy 04 October 2004

Another title that joins the family of famous real-time strategies "Sudden Strike". "Resource War" is at the same time the last product from the series realized with the use of the old engine (used in Sudden Strike I and II) and shown in a two-dimensional environment.