Top-down perspective sorted by release date

Top down applications

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  Star Trek Combat Arena

  DOS19893.7/5
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  Star Wars 2

  DOS19894.1/5
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  Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula

  DOS19894.2/5 Binary Systems
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  Sword of Aragon

  DOS1989protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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  Sword of the Samurai

  DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software
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  Tangled Tales

  DOS19893.5/5 Origin Systems
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  Teenage mutant ninja turtles

  DOS19893.6/5 Konami
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  The computer edition of Scrabble

  DOS19893.2/5 Leisure Genius
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  The Magic Candle

  DOS19894.1/5 Mindcraft Software

  The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

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  Thunderblade

  DOS19893.4/5 Sega
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  Time Bandit

  DOS19894.2/5 MichTron

  Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...

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  Times of Lore

  DOS19894/5 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 Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.

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  Titan

  DOS19893.5/5 Titus Interactive
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  Toobin

  DOS19894.2/5 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 conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

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  Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

  DOS19893.5/5 Wesson International
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  Trivial Pursuit

  DOS19893.4/5

  Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.

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  Vampyr: Talisman of Invocation

  DOS19893.4/5
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  Wayne Gretzky Hockey

  DOS19894.1/5 Bethesda Softworks
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  Windwalker (Moebius 2)

  DOS19892.8/5 Origin Systems
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  Ys: The Vanished Omens

  DOS19894.1/5 Nihon Falcom

  Ys: The Vanished Omens (also known as The Ancient Land of Ys) is an abandoned top-down open-world action RPG designed by Masaya Hashimoto, developed by Nihon Falcom and released by Kyodai Software Marketing for DOS in 1989. Ys: The Vanished Omens was published (earlier) for quite a few other home computers and console.

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  Accordion

  DOS19902.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
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  Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club

  DOS19903.9/5
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  Atomix

  DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
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  Bad Blood

  DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
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  Battle for Atlantis

  DOS19903.8/5
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  BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

  DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
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  Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

  DOS19903.6/5 Command Simulations
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  Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

  DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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  Centurion: Defender of Rome

  DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic

  Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.

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  Cloud Kingdoms

  DOS19903.6/5 Logotron