Abandonware DOS title

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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The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 Mindcraft Software
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Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
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Outbound

Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.9/5
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V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
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Boston Bomb Club

DOS19913.9/5 Silmarils
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Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.9/5
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Kasparov's Gambit

DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
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Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS19903.9/5 Zigurat Software
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Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.
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Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS19873.9/5 Pandora
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Unnatural Selection

DOS19933.9/5 Maxis
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Oxyd

DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware
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The Aethra Chronicles

DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS19933.9/5 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clone of the classic M.U.L.E., set underwater on an oceanic world.
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Power Dolls

DOS19943.9/5 Kogado Software Products
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
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Chess

DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
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Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Super Speed

DOS19953.9/5
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
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4Play

Windows 3.x1995NSFW3.9/5
4Play is a multi-player board-like strategy party-game for adults released for Windows 3.1 in 1995. 4Play is a board-game very similar to Monopoly in which players have to perform certain (adult) actions in response to events happening on the board.
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Uridium

DOS19883.9/5 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Goal!

DOS19933.9/5 Dini & Dini Productions
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La Grande Armee

DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises
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MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
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A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Adventure Construction Set

DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...