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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Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 Mindcraft Software

Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

DOS1994protected Cyberlore studios

Lawn Mower

DOS1987

Risk

Windows 3.x1991 Azeroth

Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software

Color Lines

DOS1992 Gamos

War in Middle Earth

DOS1989 Synergistic Software

War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...

Aleshar World of Ice

DOS1997

Donkey BAS

DOS1981 Microsoft

Outbound

Windows XP/98/952001freeware

International Soccer

DOS1994 Zeppelin Games

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

Windows XP/98/951999 MicroProse Software

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation is a turn-based strategy video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game was developed by MicroProse Software and published by Infogrames for Windows in 1999. Players take on the role of one of five major Star Trek races: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Ca...