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These games are quite dated but generally well regarded (with the possible exception, I am informed, of the Army Men games), particularly Railroad Tycoon and Freedom Force vs.

The Third Reich, and one of the nice things about RTS games, and strategy games in general, is that they don't rely on cutting-edge visuals to succeed.

In fact, I look at this screen from Railroad Tycoon 2, released in 1998, and aspect ratio aside I think it looks pretty sweet.

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