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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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.

Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS19893.5/5 Capcom

Lawn Mower

DOS19873.8/5

Legacy of the Ancients

DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software

Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884/5 Silicon Software

Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected3.5/5 Softdisk Publishing

Legions

Windows 3.xMac19943.7/5 Mindscape

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games

Liverpool: the Computer Game

DOS19923.3/5 Arc Developments

Llamatron 2112

DOS19923.8/5 Llamasoft

Locomotion

DOS19924.2/5 Prestige Softwareentwicklung

Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software

Loopz

DOS19903.8/5 Audiogenic

Lord of Destruction

DOS19942.6/5 Rebelsoft

Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 Eon Software

Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

DOS19954.3/5 Maelstrom Games

Lords of the Realm

DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4/5 Impressions Games

Lords of the Realm is top-down kingdom simulation game set in medieval Europe (England and Germany), designed by Christopher J. Foster and David Lester, developed by Impressions Games and released 1994 for DOS, Windows and Amiga.