Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS1993 Stone Interactive Media
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18th Airborne

DOS1993
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Crusade in Europe

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 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.
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Trog

DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Warp Rogue

Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
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Xenon

DOS1988 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon, released in 1988, was a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers. Xenon was initially released for the Commodore 64, and later, it was ported to other platforms, including DOS, the ZX Spectrum and Amiga.In Xenon, players control a futuristic tank-like craft and navigate through levels filled with enemy ve...
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Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
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Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware Inter-Active Arts
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Robotron 2084

DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Burntime

DOS1993 Max Design
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D-Zone

DOS1992
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
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Blood & Magic

DOS1996 Tachyon Studios
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Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 Mindcraft Software
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Over the Reich

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
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Pinball World

DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited
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Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware
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A Nightmare on Elm street

DOS1989 Westwood Studios
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Billy The Kid

DOS1990 Level 9 Computing
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
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Gnome Alone

DOS1991
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Kasparov's Gambit

DOS1993 Heuristic software
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Legions

Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
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Rings of Medusa

DOS1990 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 ...
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 Mastertronic
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Autoduel

DOS1985 Origin Systems
Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.