Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Nanotank

Windows 3.x19933.7/5
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Mystical

DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
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Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks
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Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
mspacpc-1

Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia
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Motor City

DOS19944/5 Max Design
moria-5

Moria

DOS1992freeware3.9/5
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Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

Windows 3.x1995protected4/5
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix of first-person and top-down perspective dungeon crawler; the game shows the dungeon in by both perspectives at onc...
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Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware
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Moraff's Revenge

DOS19883.7/5 Moraffware
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Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 Parker Brothers
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation  of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5
monopoly-avalon-02

Monopoly

DOS19854.1/5
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Monday Night Football

DOS19894.1/5 Park Place Productions
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Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems
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Mission: Mainframe

DOS19873.9/5
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Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware3.6/5
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Mini Putt

DOS19883.8/5 Artech Studios
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Minesweeper

Windows 3.x19924/5 Microsoft
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...
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Mines of Titan

DOS19893.6/5 Westwood Studios
Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS, Apple II and Commodore 64.
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Mine Shaft

DOS19834.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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MicroProse Soccer

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Sensible Software
MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United States it was known as Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer.
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software
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Micro Machines

DOS19944.3/5 Codemasters
Micro Machines is an abandoned racing game developed and released by Codemasters in 1994 based on the Micro Machines toy line. Micro Machines was published for DOS, but also for Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System and SNES. Codemasters released a sequel called Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament.
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Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
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MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...