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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Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
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...
Conflict: Europe
DOS1989 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
DOS1992 KOEI
18th Airborne
DOS1993
Trog
DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
House of Cards
DOS1989
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS1990 New World Computing
Bolo Ball
DOS1992 Soleau Software
Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...
Global Effect
DOS1992 Millennium Interactive
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
Royal Flush Pinball
DOS1994 Amtex
Day of the Pharaoh
DOS1989 Chip
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Moraff's World
DOS1991 Moraffware
The Lost Patrol
DOS1991 Astros Productions
The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Snack Attack 2
DOS1982 Funtastic
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 Chip
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
Block O Mania
DOS1989 Crystal Shard
Liverpool: the Computer Game
DOS1992 Arc Developments
Sargon V: World Class Chess
DOS1991 Activision
Ajax
DOS1989 Konami
Crossfire
DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997
Gremlins
DOS1984 Atari
Final Frontier
DOS1989 Bubble Bus Software
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...
Joyous Rebel
DOS1996freeware