Abandonware DOS title

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).
cave-quest-05

Cavequest

DOS19853.3/5
questron2-1

Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
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Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
taking-of-beverly-hills-02

The Taking of Beverly Hills

DOS19914/5 Off The Wall Productions
logo-1

Logo

DOS1990NSFW3.8/5 Starbyte Software
warmiddleearth-1

War in Middle Earth

DOS19883.9/5 Synergistic Software
battle-isle-2-01

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
conquest-of-japan-02

Conquest of Japan

DOS19924.1/5 Impressions Games
chess2100-1

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.9/5 Software Toolworks
champ-ms-pacman-05

CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
rackem-2

Rack 'em

DOS19883.5/5 Artech Studios
atomino-1

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte
chess-1

Chess

DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
unnaturalselection-2

Unnatural Selection

DOS19933.9/5 Maxis
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Flying Tigers

DOS19944.1/5 Ticsoft
Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.
styx-1

Styx

DOS19843.9/5 Windmill Software
starcontrol1-6

Star Control

DOS1990protected4/5 Toys for Bob
a-line-in-the-sand-03

A Line in the Sand

DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
speedball-1

Speedball

DOS19884.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
pango-02

Pango

DOS1983remake4/5
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill
legacy-of-the-ancients-05

Legacy of the Ancients

DOS19893.7/5 Quest Software
super-zzt-05

Super ZZT

DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
v4vmarket_007

V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
sensible-world-of-soccer-01

Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected3.7/5 Sensible Software
legend-of-the-sword-03

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884.1/5 Silicon Software
wild-west-world-02

Wild West World

DOS19914.1/5 Software 2000
tracon1-02

Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS19893.8/5 Wesson International
battle-isle-93-03

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS19934/5 Blue Byte Software