The best top down games

Top down games were very popular in the 80s and the 90s, when graphic cards were not capable of supporting 3D, and even when 3D started to become popular, 2D games continued to be easier to develop, at least in the infancy of 3D gaming. 2D game offered the player a viewpoint that helped keeping things easily under control (think about top down party-based RPGs or hex-based strategy games).

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NFL Football

DOS19924.1/5 Distinctive Software

NHL Hockey

DOS19934.1/5 Electronic Arts

Othello

DOS19864.1/5

Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake4.1/5

Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Soviet

DOS19904.1/5 Opera Soft

V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games

High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS19924.1/5 Colorado Computer Creations

Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Wild West World

DOS19914.1/5 Software 2000

SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

DOS19914.1/5 Maxis

Frogger

DOS19834.1/5 Konami

Uncharted Waters

DOS19904.1/5 KOEI

Princess Maker 2

DOS19934.1/5 Gainax

Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware4.1/5

Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Westwood Studios

Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 White Wolf Productions

Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5

Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment

TV Sports: Basketball

DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo4.1/5 Cygnus Studios

Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...

Star Wars 2

DOS19894.1/5

Starflight

DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems

Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...

Knights of Xentar

DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software

Toobin

DOS19894.1/5 Domark Software

Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).