Abandonware DOS title

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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Gnome Alone

DOS19913.9/5
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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.
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Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected4/5 New World Computing
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CD-Man v2.0

DOS19924.1/5 Creative Dimensions
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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The Blue & the Gray

DOS19934.3/5 Impressions Games
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Air Traffic Controller

DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
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Pinball Dreams 2

DOS1994protected3.2/5 21st Century Entertainment
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Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 Eon Software
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Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software
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Pinball Illusions

DOS19953.7/5 Digital Illusions
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Speedball 2

DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
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King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

DOS19943.5/5 MVP Software
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Moraff's Revenge

DOS19883.7/5 Moraffware
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.1/5 Norland Software
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Astro Fire

DOS1994freewareremake3.8/5 ORT Software
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Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Sensible Software
Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...
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Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari
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UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5
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Aleshar World of Ice

DOS19973.8/5
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Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
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The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill
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Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.8/5
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Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts