Abandonware DOS title

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).

Most popular top down games

Raiden
shooterDOS
Grand Theft Auto
action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95
  • reel-fish-04
    DOS19893.7/5 Interstel Corporation
  • grandmonsterslam-2
    DOS19894/5 Golden Goblins
  • gta1-6
    DOSWindows XP/98/9519974.1/5 DMA Design

    In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.

  • gta2-06
    Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 DMA Design

    Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for Windows. In GTA 2 you are a wannabe criminal roaming the streets of a fictional city, stealing and driving vehicles while escapin...

  • gremlins-1-01
    DOS19842.8/5 Atari
  • ground-control-09
    Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 Massive Entertainment

    Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.

  • guerrilla-war-01
    DOS19873.5/5 SNK Corporation
  • gulf-strike-04
    DOS19864.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
  • hack-5
    DOS1984freeware3.8/5
  • hannibal-01
    DOS19933.3/5 Starbyte Software
  • hardnova-9
    DOS19903.8/5 Malibu Interactive
  • heavy-barrel-02
    DOS19893.6/5 Data East
  • heirstothethrone-2
    DOS19923.8/5 German Design Group
  • heroesmightmagic1-6
    DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
  • homm2-10
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 New World Computing
  • homm3-11
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 New World Computing
  • hexxagon-1
    DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
  • hexxagon2-1
    DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
  • hi-command-03
    DOS19924.3/5 Colorado Computer Creations
  • highwayfighter-2
    DOS19954/5 Safari Software
  • highway-hunter-03
    DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
  • hillstreetblues-2
    DOS19914/5 Krisalis

    Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.

  • hillsfar-6
    DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
  • homey-d-clown-01
    DOS19933.5/5 Synergistic Software
  • house-of-cards-04
    DOS19893.3/5
  • icon-ring-04
    DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
  • ikari-warriors-3-04
    DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation
  • ikari-warriors-2-03
    DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
  • incursion-04
    WindowsLinuxMac2007freeware3.8/5
  • indenture-02
    DOS1995remake4/5