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The best 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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Ultima 6: The False Prophet

DOS1990protected4.2/5 Origin Systems
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Allan Border's Cricket

DOS19934.2/5 Audiogenic
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Antix

DOS1985remake4.2/5
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia
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Space Federation

DOS19944.2/5 Interplay Productions
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Virtual Pool

DOS19954.2/5 Celeris
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Civilization 2

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 MicroProse Software
Civilization II is a turn-based strategy game developed by MicroProse and released in 1996. It's the second installment in the "Civilization" series, created by Sid Meier. The game builds upon the concept of its predecessor, Civilization, and expands on its gameplay mechanics, graphics, and depth.In Civilization II, players take on the role of a le...
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Mega lo Mania

DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
Mega lo Mania, also known as Mega-Lo-Mania: The Battle for Elysium in some regions, is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Image Works. It was originally released in 1991 for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and later on other systems like the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive). The ...
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X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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Puzznic

DOS19904.2/5 Taito
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Alien Breed: Tower Assault

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Team 17
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Cave Wars

DOS19964.2/5
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Pinball Fantasies

DOS19944.2/5 Digital Illusions
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Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
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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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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
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Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
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Dune 2000

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Westwood Studios
Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...
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Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
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Action Soccer

DOS19954.2/5 UBI Soft
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Air Traffic Controller

DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
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Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Rotox

DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials
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Speedball

DOS19884.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
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Super Stardust

DOS19964.2/5 Housemarque
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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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Seek and Destroy

DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...