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).

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Panzer Battles

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Panzer General

DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.

Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts

PC Pool

DOS1984

PC-Man

DOS1982remake Orion Software

PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you ...

People's General

Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

PHM Pegasus

DOS1987 LucasArts

Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS1989 Oxford Mobius

Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected Digital Illusions

Pinball Dreams 2

DOS1994protected 21st Century Entertainment

Pinball Fantasies

DOS1994 Digital Illusions

Pinball Illusions

DOS1995 Digital Illusions

Pinball Magic

DOS1990 Loriciels

Pinball World

DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited

Pipe Dream

DOSWindows 3.x1989 The Assembly Line

Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's si...

Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo MicroProse Software

Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32. Pirates! Gold is a remake of the game Pirates,...

Pizza Tycoon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected Software 2000

Planet's Edge

DOS1991protected New World Computing

Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1987 Gold Hill Software

Pong Kombat

DOS1994freeware

Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected Bullfrog

Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue

DOS1992 Alternative Software

Postman Pat 3 is a retro video game based on the popular British children's television series Postman Pat. Released in 1992 by Alternative Software, it was available for platforms like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 6...

Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products

Power Drive

DOS1994 Rage Games

In Power Drive, rally racing comes with an extra dose of “don’t hit the tree.” It’s all about navigating winding tracks with a sense of timing that borders on clairvoyance. The game rewards cautious drivers...

Princess Maker 2

DOS1993 Gainax

Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes...