Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
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Rockford: The Arcade Game

DOS1987protected Arcadia Systems
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Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected MicroProse Software
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
storm-splash

Storm

DOS1987 Mastertronic
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Super Pinball by Russco

DOS1987 Russco
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS1987 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 Wordworks Software
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2400 A.D.

DOS1988 Origin Systems
Ah, 2400 A.D. A game where you can rebel against a robot police state… by slowly walking around in beige. Released in 1988, it’s what happens when you mix Orwellian dystopia with MS Paint aesthetics. You’ll snea...
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Airborne Ranger

DOS1988 MicroProse Software
Strap in and crawl through the mud - Airborne Ranger (1988) is here to chew bubblegum and infiltrate enemy lines. And it's all out of bubblegum. This tactical action game lets you drop behind enemy territory, blow things up, and l...
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS1988 Westwood Studios
Released in 1988, BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is part RPG, part strategy, part “did I just die in the tutorial again?” You’re a young MechWarrior on the run, assembling allies and blowing stuff up w...
decisive-civil-war-1-03

Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Dolphin Boating Simulator

DOS1988 Dolphine marine systems
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
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Evets

DOS1988freeware SAck Enterprizes
feud-03

Feud

DOS1988 Binary Design
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Fire Power

DOS1988 Silent Software
firezone-04

Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
first-expedition-01

First Expedition

DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
ikari-warriors-2-03

Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS1988 SNK Corporation
infiltrator-2-01

Infiltrator 2

DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
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Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware Apogee Software