Top-down perspective

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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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes

Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1997freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software

Extreme Pinball

DOS19954.2/5 Epic MegaGames

Face Off!

DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan

Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.

Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights

Fantasy General

DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.

Fast Food Dizzy

DOS19894/5 Codemasters

Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank

Feud

DOS19884/5 Binary Design

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Final Frontier

DOS19892.8/5 Bubble Bus Software

Fire Power

DOS19883.7/5 Silent Software

Firezone

DOS19883.1/5 Arcadia Systems

First Expedition

DOS19883/5 Interstel Corporation

Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue

DOS19883/5 GameTek

Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

Flightmare

DOS1984freeware3.6/5

FlixMix

DOS19933.5/5 Celeris

Flying Tigers

DOS19944.1/5 Ticsoft

Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.

Flying Tigers 2

DOS19943.3/5

Fooblitzsky

DOS19864/5 Infocom

Football Glory

DOS1995freeware3.8/5 Croteam

Fort Apache

DOS19923.7/5 Impressions Games

Fountain of Dreams

DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts

Free Enterprise

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media

Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.