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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Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue
DOS19923.5/5 Alternative Software
Power Dolls
DOS19944/5 Kogado Software Products
Power Drive
DOS19944.3/5 Rage Games
Princess Maker 2
DOS19934.1/5 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 and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...
Prophecy of the Shadow
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon
DOS19893.4/5 Activision
Psion Chess
DOSMac OS19853.9/5 Psion Software
Psycho Pinball
DOS19954.2/5 Codemasters
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
DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software
Rambo 3
DOS19883.6/5 Ocean Software
Rambo III is an action video game based on the 1988 action film of the same name, featuring the iconic character John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. The game was developed and published by various companies for different platforms, including Sega for its consoles and Ocean Software for home computers. The game follows the plot of the ...
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/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo4.1/5 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...
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS19934/5 Frontline Software
Redhook's Revenge
DOS19933.3/5 ImagiSoft
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Rescue at Rigel
DOS19833.3/5 Epyx
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected3.9/5 id software
Rescue Rover 2
DOS1991protected3.1/5 id software
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software
Reunion
DOS19943.7/5 Dinamic Multimedia
Rings of Medusa
DOS19904/5 Starbyte Software
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorceress Medusa who has taken control of the city of Olympus. The game world is ...
Risk
Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth