Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by year, newest first

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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Bomberman

DOS1992 Hudson soft
It’s Bomberman (1992, DOS), the legendary bomb-dropping game where you play a suspiciously cute guy with an infinite bomb supply and questionable indoor safety habits. You move through grid-like mazes, drop bombs, destroy wa...
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Bridge 7.0

DOS1992 Artworx Software
Finally, a game for people who think solitaire is just too wild. Bridge 7.0 is the digital equivalent of sipping tea with your grandparents while arguing about trumps and bidding strategies. Released in 1992, it simulates the clas...
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Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
This sequel takes the same D&D-in-space formula and tries to go bigger, bolder, and... okay, maybe just more complicated. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed continues the galactic struggle with improved combat depth and a slightly mess...
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If you ever wanted to command the Pacific fleet without getting wet, Carrier Strike is your game. Set during WWII, it’s a turn-based wargame where numbers, radar, and weather reports matter more than reflexes. You’ll p...
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CD-Man v2.0

DOS1992 Creative Dimensions
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Challenge of the Five Realms

DOS1992protected MicroProse Software
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Cobra Mission

DOS1992NSFW MegaTech Software
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Color Buster

DOS1992
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Color Lines

DOS1992 Gamos
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 Impressions Games
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D-Zone

DOS1992
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Darklands

DOSLinuxWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1992protected MicroProse Software
Darklands was a unique historical isometric RPG that mixed real historical data from medieval Germany during the 15th century with a touch of folklore and fantasy. Unfortunately it was also the only Microprose RPG o...
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Dominium

DOS1992 Microids
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Dune II: The building of a dynasty

DOS1992 Westwood Studios
Dune II, released in 1992, is a pioneering real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios. Set in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune, players command noble houses in a battle for control over the planet Arrakis. With base-bu...
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Fort Apache

DOS1992 Impressions Games
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gemfire

DOS1992 KOEI
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
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Global Effect

DOS1992 Millennium Interactive
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Heirs to the Throne

DOS1992 German Design Group
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

DOS1992 Interplay Productions
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings II was developed and released by Interplay Productions ...
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Kaiser

DOS1992
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La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW Opera Soft
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 Target Games Limited
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS a...