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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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...

Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami

Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip

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...

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 ...

Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5

Jurassic Park

DOS19934.2/5 Ocean Software

Kaiser

DOS19924/5

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Kasparov's Gambit

DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software

Keys to Maramon

DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software

Khalaan

DOS19903.6/5 Chip

Kick off 2

DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software

King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table

DOS19943.3/5 MVP Software

King's Bounty

DOSMac19903.9/5 New World Computing

King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design

Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software

Kingdom of Kroz 2

DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software

Kingdoms of Germany

DOS19943.5/5 Realism Entertainment

Knight Exchange

DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing

Knightmare

DOS19863.6/5 Konami

Knights of Legend

DOS19894.2/5 Origin Systems

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Knights of Xentar

DOS1994NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software

Kurtan

DOS19903.4/5 TbiliSoft

L'Empereur

DOS19914.2/5 KOEI

La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW3.8/5 Opera Soft

La Grande Armee

DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises

Laser Squad

DOS19923.9/5 Target Games Limited

Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.