Abandonware DOS title

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).

Most popular top down games

Raiden
shooterDOS
Grand Theft Auto
action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95
  • monopoly-avalon-02
    DOS19854.1/5
  • monopoly-stevens-01
  • monopoly-deluxe-virgin-01
    DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 Parker Brothers

    Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation  of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.

  • moraffrevenge-2
    DOS19883.8/5 Moraffware
  • moraff-world-03
    DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware
  • mordor-dephts-dejanol-07
    Windows 3.x1995protected4/5

    Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix of first-person and top-down perspective dungeon crawler; the game shows the dungeon in by both perspectives at onc...

  • moria-5
    DOS1992freeware3.9/5
  • motor-city-1
    DOS19944/5 Max Design
  • mspacpc-1
    DOS1995remake4.2/5 Magicom Multimedia
  • mspacman-2
    DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • Murder_on_The_Zinderneuf-03
    DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
  • mychess-1
    DOS19843.8/5 Software Toolworks
  • mystical-04
    DOS1990protected3.5/5 Infogrames
  • nanotank-3x-03
    Windows 3.x19933.7/5
  • navy-seal-02
    DOS19894/5 Cosmi Corporation
  • nebulus-1
    DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants

    Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...

  • nectaris-5
    DOS19954/5 Hudson soft
  • nfl-football-03
    DOS19924.1/5 Distinctive Software
  • nfl-pro-league-03
    DOS19894.3/5 Micro Sports
  • nhl_96-07
    DOS19954.2/5 Electronic Arts
  • nhl_94-06
    DOS19934.1/5 Electronic Arts
  • nightmissionpinball-1
    DOS19823.6/5 subLOGIC
  • no-greater-glory-04
    DOSMac1991protected4.2/5
  • nobungasambition-3
    DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
  • nobunaga-ambition-2-03
    DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
  • nobunaga-ambition-6-03
    DOS19943.8/5 KOEI
  • northandsouth-2
    DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames
  • nuclearwar-1
    DOS19894.1/5 New World Computing

    Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...

  • number-munchers-04
    DOS19903.5/5 MECC
  • opong-1
    DOS19963.1/5