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/ Genres / Strategy / The Ancient Art of War / Play in browser

The Ancient Art of War - Play Online

DOS - 1984
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Mac - PC-88

For small DOS games like The Ancient Art of War, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.

Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 9 MB English English
RefCard RefCard 1
Extra file
DOS 951 KB English English

Comments and reviews

Escozul 04 Oct. 2025

Oh my god! Does this game have an EGA version? That's so cool! I've never played it with so many colors!
It's an excellent game and this color upgrade made it as if it's a new release «The ancient art of war 2»!!!

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Grillski 12 Mar. 2023

2023 and I still come back to this game to get a quick and fun strategy fix. It's 40 years old!! They really did make a brilliant game here

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Bojak 06 Nov. 2020

I LOVE this game. Incredible for its time and that it is so great to play all these years later. If anyone has a good idea how to get the level editor to work.. please leave some instructions..

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howetee 16 Feb. 2019

Not working

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Will 30 Nov. 2018

The Old Game Could Use A Mouse, What Happened?

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Kill me 01 Apr. 2018

I will kill you

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BenGeekn 08 Mar. 2017

This was already a great game, but the editor letting you create your own levels took it way over the top!
I remember making a bunch of different levels as a kid and playing them against the computer. Ahh, such good times.

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