Top-down perspective

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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Blood & Magic

DOS19963.9/5 Tachyon Studios

Bloodstone: an Epic Dwarven Tale

DOS19934/5 Mindcraft Software

Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW3.6/5

Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5

Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS19944/5 Mission Studios

Bolo Ball

DOS19923.3/5 Soleau Software

Bomberman

DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft

Bombuzal

DOS19893.5/5 Image Works

Boston Bomb Club

DOS19913.9/5 Silmarils

Boxer Rebellion

DOS19823.1/5

Bravo Romeo Delta

DOS19934/5

Bridge 7.0

DOS19923.3/5 Artworx Software

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

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.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS19893/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

Burntime

DOS19933.9/5 Max Design

Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe

Caesars Palace

DOS19893.7/5 Virgin Interactive

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sensible Software

Cap Man

Windows XP/98/9519993.7/5

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Enlight Software

Capture the Flag

DOS19932.5/5

Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds

Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5

Castle of the Winds

Windows 3.x1993freeware4.2/5 SaadaSoft

Castle of the Winds is a fantasy roguelike role-playing game developed by SaadaSoft in the early 1990s. It was designed for Windows 3.x and is notable for being one of the earliest graphical RPGs for that platform. The game features a top-down perspective and incorporates elements of dungeon crawling, exploration, and character development.The game...