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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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5 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...
Blues Brothers RPG
Windows XP/98/952004freeware3.9/5
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.
18th Airborne
DOS19933.9/5
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
Kaiser
DOS19923.9/5
Solar Winds 2: Galaxy
DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media
Crusade in Europe
DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW3.9/5 Eleven Software
Arrakis
DOS20003.9/5
Legend of the Silver Talisman
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts
Robotron 2084
DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
Atomino
DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte
A Nightmare on Elm street
DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
D-Zone
DOS19923.9/5
Superhero League of Hoboken
DOS1994protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
Warp Rogue
WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Daemonsgate
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5 Imagitec Design
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software
Pinball World
DOS19953.9/5 Spidersoft Limited
Blood & Magic
DOS19963.9/5 Tachyon Studios
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected3.9/5 id software
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Billy The Kid
DOS19903.9/5 Level 9 Computing
Disciples of Steel
DOS19943.9/5