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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Lawn Mower
DOS19873.8/5
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19854/5 Muse Software
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Alien Syndrome
DOS19894.2/5 Sega
Action Soccer
DOS19954.3/5 UBI Soft
Arrakis
DOS20003.9/5
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.
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Crusade in Europe
DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Pack-Man
DOS1983remake3.5/5 Magicom Multimedia
Pong Kombat
DOS1994freeware3/5
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Kaiser
DOS19923.9/5
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates
MicroProse Soccer
DOS1988protected4.2/5 Sensible Software
MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United States it was known as Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer.
5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5
CHAMP Ms. Pac-man
DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software
Berlin 1948
DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
240 Racing
DOS19984/5
ZZT
DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
Gauntlet 2
DOS19894.1/5 Atari
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
Decision in the Desert
DOS19853.8/5 MicroProse Software
Into the Eagle's Nest
DOS19873.9/5 Pandora
Battle of Antietam
DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Seek and Destroy
DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...