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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Othello

DOS1986
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
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Soviet

DOS1990 Opera Soft
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Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar

DOS1985freeware Origin Systems
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is one of the most influential and innovative role-playing games (RPGs) in video game history. Released in 1985 by Richard Garriott under the Origin Systems banner, it is the fourth installment of th...
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
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A-Maze

DOS1989 New Era Software
If you’ve ever thought, “What if Pac-Man got lost in a modernist art gallery?”, then A-Maze is your oddly specific dream come true. Released in 1989 for DOS, this game is a labyrinthine puzzle fest where the grap...
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Atomix

DOS1990 Softtouch
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble molecular structures by moving individual atoms arou...
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Stone Age

DOS1992
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Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected Cavedog Entertainment
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Gemfire

DOS1992 KOEI
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Prophecy of the Shadow

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992
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SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony

DOS1991 Maxis
SimAnt is a life simulation and strategy game developed by Maxis, released in 1991, and part of the "Sim" series. Created by Will Wright, SimAnt focuses on simulating the life of an ant colony. In SimAnt, you play as the blac...
dynablaster-01

Bomberman

DOS1992 Hudson soft
It’s Bomberman (1992, DOS), the legendary bomb-dropping game where you play a suspiciously cute guy with an infinite bomb supply and questionable indoor safety habits. You move through grid-like mazes, drop bombs, destroy wa...
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Jurassic Park

DOS1993 Ocean Software
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Dreamweb

DOS1994freeware Creative reality
Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the...
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Princess Maker 2

DOS1993 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...
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Nebulus

DOS1988 Hewson Consultants
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home comput...
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Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Cobra Mission

DOS1992NSFW MegaTech Software
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Gauntlet 2

DOS1989 Atari
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Times of Lore

DOS1989 Origin Systems
Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Ori...
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo Cygnus Studios
Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Rap...
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Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Toobin

DOS1989 Domark Software
Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversi...
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Wild West World

DOS1991 Software 2000
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design