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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Wayne Gretzky Hockey
DOS19893.9/5 Bethesda Softworks
Conflict
DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Highway Fighter
DOS19954/5 Safari Software
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...
Face Off!
DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan
Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.
Pinball Dreams 2
DOS1994protected3.2/5 21st Century Entertainment
Astro Dodge
DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
Bravo Romeo Delta
DOS19934.1/5
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS19874/5 Arcanum Computing
Settlers of Catan
DOS19984.1/5
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Rings of Medusa
DOS19904/5 Starbyte Software
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS19893.4/5 Activision
The Lost Patrol
DOS19913.8/5 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Antix
DOS1985remake4.3/5
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
Puzznic
DOS19904.2/5 Taito
CHAMP Ms. Pac-man
DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
Robotron 2084
DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment
ZAngband
WindowsMac OSDOSLinux1999freeware4.2/5
Zangband is a variant of the popular roguelike game Angband. Zangband, short for Zelazny Angband, was developed by Chris Weisiger and first released in 1994. The game features a fantasy world with diverse races, classes, and monsters. Players explore dungeons, caves, and other environments in a quest to reach the bottom level of the dungeon, d...
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Nectaris
DOS19954/5 Hudson soft
Fountain of Dreams
DOS19904.1/5 Electronic Arts
The Hunt for Red October
DOSMac OS19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Stratego
DOS19903.8/5 Accolade
Alien Syndrome
DOS19894.2/5 Sega
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...