Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A
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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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny
DOS1993 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS1990 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingd...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS1989 KOEI
Rollo and the Brush Brothers
DOS1983 Windmill Software
Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1984 Artificial Intelligence Design
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes an...
Rodent's Revenge
Windows 3.x1991 Microsoft
Rodent's Revenge is a puzzle video game originally released in 1991 as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows. Developed by Christopher Lee Fraley, the game is simple, with gameplay revolving around a small mouse cha...
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected Arcadia Systems
Rock 'n Roll
DOS1989 Rainbow Arts
Robotron 2084
DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
Robot Odissey
DOS1985 The Learning Company
Robbo
DOS1993freeware xLand Games
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS1989 Mastertronic
Risk
Windows 3.x1991 Azeroth
Rings of Medusa
DOS1990 Starbyte Software
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of...
Reunion
DOS1994 Dinamic Multimedia
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Rescue Rover 2
DOS1991protected id software
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected id software
Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983 Epyx
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Redhook's Revenge
DOS1993 ImagiSoft
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS1993 Frontline Software
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...
RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 Wesson International
Rampart
DOS1992 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a nu...
Rambo 3
DOS1988 Ocean Software
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different ...
Rally Championships
DOS1994 Flair Software