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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Locomotion

DOS1992 Prestige Softwareentwicklung

Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products

Speedball

DOS1988 Bitmap Brothers

Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected id software

Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.

War in Middle Earth

DOS1989 Synergistic Software

War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...

Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering

Mech War

DOS1992

Gengis Khan

DOS1989 KOEI

Dark Legions

DOS1994protected Silicon Knights

Storm

DOS1987 Mastertronic

Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS1989 Capcom

V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games

Star Control 3

DOS1996protected Legend Entertainment

Beverly Hills Cop

DOS1990 Tynesoft Computer Software

The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...

Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 Arcanum Computing

Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo Software Dynamics

Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 Impressions Games

Star Command

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

ALF: The First Adventure

DOS1987 Box Office

Extreme Pinball

DOS1995 Epic MegaGames

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS1989 Apogee Software

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected id software

God of Thunder

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Adept Software

God of Thunder is a classic computer game developed by Adept Software and released in 1993. It's a puzzle platformer with a fantasy theme. In the game, you control Thor, the Norse god of thunder, on a quest to save Midgard (Earth) from the evil god Loki and his minions.The gameplay involves navigating through various levels filled with obstacles, e...

Berlin 1948

DOS1989 Time Warp Software

Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected 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.

Acquire

DOS1989 IBM

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware

Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...