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).
blues-brothers-rpg-02

Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5
laser-squad-07

Laser Squad

DOS19923.9/5 Target Games Limited
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
wcs_italy90-1

Italy 1990

DOS19903.9/5 Tiertex Design Studios
18-airborne-03

18th Airborne

DOS19933.9/5
clash-of-steel-07

Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
exile2-04

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
kingsbounty-1

King's Bounty

DOSMac OS19903.9/5 New World Computing
solar-winds-2-02

Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media
adom1.1-05

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
crusade-in-europe-01

Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
overkill-04

OverKill

DOS1992freeware3.9/5 Tech-Noir
sexy-droids-05

Sexy Droids

DOS1992NSFW3.9/5 Eleven Software
arrakis-05

Arrakis

DOS20003.9/5
legendsilvertalisman-1

Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts
robotron-2084-3

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment
atomino-1

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte
nightmareelmstreet-1

A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
fantasy-empires-03

Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
d-zone-01

D-Zone

DOS19923.9/5
nobunaga-ambition-2-03

Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
robot-odissey-01

Robot Odissey

DOS19853.9/5 The Learning Company
Superhero_League_Of_Hoboken-5

Superhero League of Hoboken

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
warp-rogue-01

Warp Rogue

WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5
over-the-reich-07

Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software
blood-and-magic-04

Blood & Magic

DOS19963.9/5 Tachyon Studios
disciples-of-steel-04

Disciples of Steel

DOS19943.9/5
exile3-03

Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
full-metal-planete-05

Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
gnome-alone-02

Gnome Alone

DOS19913.9/5