Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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).
dogs-of-war-01

Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
great-war-14-18-02

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
knights-legend-01

Knights of Legend

DOS19894.2/5 Origin Systems
nobunaga-ambition-2-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
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Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
frogger-2

Frogger

DOS19834.1/5 Konami
atomix-1

Atomix

DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
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Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 Microsoft
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...
kickoff2-8

Kick off 2

DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software
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Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

DOS19904.1/5 New World Computing
airborne-ranger-04

Airborne Ranger

DOS19884.2/5 MicroProse Software
exile1-01

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts
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Legacy of the Ancients

DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software
faceoff-3

Face Off!

DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan
Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.
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Star Control

DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob
keen3-1

Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
logo-1

Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software
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Xenon

DOS19883.9/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was ported to other platforms, including DOS, the ZX Spectrum and Amiga.In Xenon, players control a futuristic tank-like craft and navigate through levels filled with enemy ve...
avalon-1

Avalon

DOS1998freeware3.8/5 MiG Outpost
grandest-fleet-03

The Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions
magiccandle2-6

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
archon-3

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
zzt-2

ZZT

DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
spacecrusade-1

Space Crusade

DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
highwayfighter-2

Highway Fighter

DOS19954/5 Safari Software
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Aleshar World of Ice

DOS19973.8/5