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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DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware
Day of the Pharaoh
DOS19893.1/5 Chip
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
DOS1991protected4/5 id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.
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DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software
Chess
DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
Gremlins
DOS19842.8/5 Atari
Blasteroids
DOS19893.8/5 Atari
Blasteroids is a video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. in 1987. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Asteroids, which was released in 1979. In Blasteroids, players control a spaceship tasked with destroying asteroids and enemy ships while avoiding collisions and enemy fire. The game features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics co...
D-Zone
DOS19923.9/5
Fidelity Chessmaster 2100
DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected3.9/5 id software
The Grandest Fleet
DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
DOS1990protected4/5 id software
ALF: The First Adventure
DOS19873/5 Box Office
Kick off 2
DOS19904.1/5 Anco Software
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe
Boston Bomb Club
DOS19913.9/5 Silmarils
Merchant Prince
DOS19934/5 Holistic Design
No Greater Glory
DOSMac OS1991protected4.1/5
Night Mission Pinball
DOS19823.6/5 subLOGIC
Oxyd
DOS19923.9/5 Dongleware
Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road
DOS19883.6/5 SNK Corporation
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/9519973.3/5 ComputerHouse
Amazing Maze
DOS19833.2/5
Super Pac-Man
DOS19823.5/5 Namco
A-Maze
DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Alex Higgins World Snooker
DOS19863.7/5 Lindensoft
Pinball Dreams 2
DOS1994protected3.2/5 21st Century Entertainment
Ms Pac PC
DOS1995remake4.3/5 Magicom Multimedia