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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Puzznic

DOS19904.2/5 Taito

Pyramids of Egypt

DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep

Qix

DOS19894.1/5 Taito

Questron 2

DOS1988protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios

Rack 'em

DOS19883.5/5 Artech Studios

Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates

Raiden

DOS19944.1/5 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.

Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up format. Players control a spaceship known as the R-9C "Red-Ray" and navigate vertically scrolling levels filled with wave...

Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software

Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software

Rambo 3

DOS19883.6/5 Ocean Software

Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari

Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1994protecteddemo4.1/5 Cygnus Studios

Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee Software. The game was first released in 1994 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms. In Raptor, players control a fighter jet through various levels filled with enemy aircraft, ground targets, power-ups and boss...