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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Questron 2

DOS1988protected Westwood Studios

Questron II is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Westwood Associates and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) in 1988. It serves as the sequel to the original Questron (1984) and builds upon its predecessor’s f...

Rack 'em

DOS1988 Artech Studios

Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware Gray Design Associates

Raiden

DOS1994 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 f...

Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software

Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS1993 MicroProse Software

Rally Championships

DOS1994 Flair Software

Rambo 3

DOS1988 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 ...

Rampart

DOS1992 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 nu...

RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1994protecteddemo 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 Rap...

Reaping The Dungeon

DOS1993 Frontline Software

Redhook's Revenge

DOS1993 ImagiSoft

Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 Epyx

Rescue Rover

DOS1991protected id software

Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected id software

Return to Kroz

DOS1990freeware Apogee Software

Kroz returns, and with it, your CRT monitor’s worst nightmare: ASCII graphics! Return to Kroz takes you back to a time when @ meant “you,” and everything else was trying to kill you. Using only your wits, a whip,...

Reunion

DOS1994 Dinamic Multimedia

In Reunion, you return to a solar system that’s moved on without you—like showing up to your own birthday party two centuries late. Your mission? Rebuild civilization, survive political drama, and master a UI that seem...

Rings of Medusa

DOS1990 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...