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).
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Hill Street Blues

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.
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Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
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Hole in One

DOS19953.8/5 Really Interesting Software Company
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Homey D. Clown

DOS19933.5/5 Synergistic Software
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House of Cards

DOS19893.3/5
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ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
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Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.5/5 SNK Corporation
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Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
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Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac2007freeware3.8/5
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Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5
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Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures

Windows 3.xMac1996demo4.1/5 LucasArts
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Infiltrator

DOS19874.2/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
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Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
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International Soccer

DOS19943.9/5 Zeppelin Games
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Into the Eagle's Nest

DOS19873.9/5 Pandora
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Iron Cross

DOS19943.5/5 New World Computing
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Iron Lord

DOS19903.4/5 UBI Soft
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Ishido: The Way of the Stones

DOSMac19903.8/5 Publishing International
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It Came from the Desert

DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware
It Came from the Desert is an abandonware action-adventure game developed by Cinemaware and released in 1990 for PC (DOS) and Amiga. It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game with a peculiar flavor: it's set in the 50s, in the USA, and it's based on those old monster movies like Them! (also involving killer ants).
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Italy 1990

DOS19903.9/5 Tiertex Design Studios
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS19904.2/5 Leland
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum and a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Super Off Road is a classic fixed-screen track-racing similar to S...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS19974.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

DOS19904/5 Interplay Productions
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is an abandoned fantasy top-down DOS RPG game set in the The Lord of the Rings universe. The Lord of the Rings I was developed and released by Interplay Productions in 1990. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien and it's focused on the f...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

DOS19923.9/5 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 in 1992. The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is based on the popular The Lord Of The Rings book by J.R.R. Tol...
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Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip
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John Madden Football

DOS19894/5 Electronic Arts
John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Apple II and Commodore 64 and later released for DOS (in 1989). The Madden series became extremely popular and the sequels...
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Jones in the Fast Lane

DOS19914/5 Sierra On-Line
Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...
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Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5
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Jurassic Park

DOS19934.1/5 Ocean Software