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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Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
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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...
jurassic-park-04

Jurassic Park

DOS19934.1/5 Ocean Software
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS19874.1/5 Arcanum Computing
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Raiden

DOS19944.1/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...
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Army Men

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 The 3DO Company
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Carnage

DOS19934.1/5 Warped Minds
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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Block O Mania

DOS19894.1/5 Crystal Shard
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac1996demo4.1/5 LucasArts
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Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 Atari
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Digital Illusions
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Champion of the Raj

DOS19914.1/5 Personal Software Services
keen3-1

Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.1/5 id software
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Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
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Global Effect

DOS19924.1/5 Millennium Interactive
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NFL Football

DOS19924.1/5 Distinctive Software
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NHL Hockey

DOS19934.1/5 Electronic Arts
othello-03

Othello

DOS19864.1/5
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
sherlock-1

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Everett Kaser Software
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Soviet

DOS19904.1/5 Opera Soft
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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware4.1/5 Origin Systems
Ultima IV is remembered as one of the best Ultima games ever released, designed as usual by Richard Garriott. Garriott took the Ultima series to a whole new level by introducing the eight virtues: honesty, compassion, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, spirituality, humility. Ultima IV started the trilogy known as "Age of Enlightenment".
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Soko-Ban

DOS19844.1/5 ASCII Corporation
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Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Auran Games
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
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Tyrian 2000

DOS1999freeware4.1/5 Eclipse Software
Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS19924.1/5 Colorado Computer Creations