Warlords I + II

This isn't a game I'd recommend to a modern player. Some games, like Dungeon Hack, a modern player could pick up and they'd think it was OK. This is not such a game. By modern standards it's extremely clunky and almost comically simplistic. However I played Warlords 2 Deluxe a lot in the mid/late 90's and from that perspective it's just as good as I remember it. After about half an hour I figured out how the strategy works and I'm thumping everyone just like it's 1997. It's well worth it for a retro player. No crashes. I'm very happy with the game. A big turnoff is that the publisher didn't bother to build a launcher for this. So the shortcut you get on your desktop only loads Warlords 1. You have to go into Steam and change a setting to play Warlords 2 and even then, you can only start Warlords 2 through the Steam interface. If you click the shortcut you'll only ever get Warlords 1. It's a small thing but look - they didn't write the game. They didn't write the emulator. The truth is most of us could download this off an abandonware site and have it working through DOSBox in about half an hour, but we're too lazy. So the least the publisher could do is make a launcher. It's their one job. It's literally all they're bringing to the table. So it's a worthwhile game and it's very cheap. Whether the publisher should get a reward for being that lazy is an open question. They're not doing anything you can't do yourself so if you already are a regular DOSBox user (I'm not) you're probably best off just downloading it yourself and setting it up.

Addictive. Computer controlled warlords are aggressive and capable.

Me and my dad play it, used to be his choldhood game, though keep crashing.

So it is the old and a good Warlords as you remind It .. Old... Ulgy.... Clunky... But hell of an addictive, great and awesome Game... Very funny to play. Almost 30 years later and I still LOVE It. It has the essence of good old games. A masterpiece on its own way.

I played Warlords 1 and 2 back when it first came out around the ages of 8 to 11 and now replaying it again at the age of 44 brings good memories flooding back. i recommend this game to anyone child or adult that wants to play a game that isnt too detailed and less stressful to handle.

So I run this game through RetroArch, and it looks like this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3440937727 It's eerie how nostalgic this feels. I love it, it really makes me feel like I'm back in the 80's, in someones basement room, or upstairs living room. That panel wall really sets it off, and I played a lot of games on a monitor almost exactly like that one. I even knew people with some of those posters... I've seen them all. It's hard to convince me the 80's were not the best decade ever.

Loved playing Warlords II on my PC in the early 90's. Still enjoying it today.

I Played Warlords 1 on an old computer my step dad had way back and loved it. I spent so many hours on it. Had to get it for the nostalgia.