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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Adventure Construction Set
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Solar Winds 2: Galaxy
DOS1993 Stone Interactive Media
18th Airborne
DOS1993
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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.
Trog
DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/951997 ComputerHouse
Warp Rogue
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
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...
Power Dolls
DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware Inter-Active Arts
Robotron 2084
DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
Burntime
DOS1993 Max Design
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Acquire
DOS1989 IBM
Blood & Magic
DOS1996 Tachyon Studios
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design
Ambush at Sorinor
DOS1993 Mindcraft Software
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
Pinball World
DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware
A Nightmare on Elm street
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
Billy The Kid
DOS1990 Level 9 Computing
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
Gnome Alone
DOS1991
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS1993 Heuristic software
Legions
Windows 3.xMac OS1994 Mindscape
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 ...
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS1989 Mastertronic