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).
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King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
DOS1994 MVP Software
Future Classics Collection
DOS1990
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Shamus
DOS1984 Synapse Software
Shamus is a maze action game developed by William Mataga and published by Synapse Software in 1982. The game became popular on various home computer platforms of the early 1980s. In Shamus, players control a detective navigating through a labyrinth filled with enemies and traps, aiming to defeat the villain, The Shadow. The gameplay involves explor...
Windwalker (Moebius 2)
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997
Grand Monster Slam
DOS1989 Golden Goblins
Grand Monster Slam is an action sports game developed by Golden Goblins and published by Rainbow Arts in 1989. The game was released for a variety of platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game is set in a fantasy world where players compete in a sport called Monster Slam. The sport involves two opposing player...
Telengard
DOS1985freeware Avalon Hill
Chess88
DOS1984
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
8088 Othello
DOS1985
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware Norland Software
Solidarnosc
DOS1991 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
L'Empereur
DOS1991 KOEI
Day of the Pharaoh
DOS1989 Chip
Star Control
DOS1990protected Toys for Bob
World tour golf
DOS1985 Electronic Arts
Boston Bomb Club
DOS1991 Silmarils
Galaxy
DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1
DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Laser Squad
DOS1992 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.
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS1991 Paragon Software
Pinball World
DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited
Slicks 'n' Slide
DOS1993
Total Carnage
DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company
Spiritual Warfare
DOS1993protected Wisdom Tree
Trog
DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware