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The most popular 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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Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire

DOS1990freeware4/5 Origin Systems
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions
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Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
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Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4/5 Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.
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Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS19863.7/5 Lindensoft
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
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Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters
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A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
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Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected3.7/5 Sensible Software
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Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Holistic Design
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People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Uridium

DOS19883.9/5 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts
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Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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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.
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The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
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Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Digital Illusions
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Rockford: The Arcade Game

DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
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Warriors of Legend

DOS19934/5 Synergistic Software
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Hill Street Blues

DOS19914/5 Krisalis
Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.
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5th Fleet

DOS19943.9/5
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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L'Empereur

DOS19914.2/5 KOEI
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Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
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Ambush at Sorinor

DOS19933.7/5 Mindcraft Software
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software