The best 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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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Hole in One
DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
DOSMac OS1990 Publishing International
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
Nanotank
Windows 3.x1993
PHM Pegasus
DOS1987 LucasArts
Push-Push Penguin
Windows XP/98/952004freewareremake
Push-Push Penguin is an expanded version of the classic Sega's 1982 arcade game Pengo, incorporating features like power-ups, a combo system, and a more diverse array of enemies, breathing new life into Sega's original concept. According to the Freeware Database, among the many Pengo remakes, Push Push Penguin stands out as the best, offering minor...
Rock 'n Roll
DOS1989 Rainbow Arts
Scrabble
DOS1989
Super Pac-Man
DOS1982 Namco
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software
Rescue Rover
DOS1991protected id software
Traffic department 2192
DOS1994freeware P Squared
Legacy of the Ancients
DOS1989 Quest Software
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS1989 KOEI
Spy Hunter
DOS1984 Midway Manufacturing Company
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
Berlin 1948
DOS1989 Time Warp Software
Bass Duel
DOS1993
Blitz Draughts
DOS1992 PC Solutions
Caesars Palace
DOS1989 Virgin Interactive
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware Spiderweb Software
Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
DOS1992 KOEI
Ant Attack!
DOS1994freeware Dataware
EGA-Roids
DOS1986freewareremake Designer Software
Cosmic Crusader
DOS1982 Funatics Software
Frogger Jr.
DOS1984
Hard Nova
DOS1990 Malibu Interactive
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future where players navigate through various star systems. The player takes on the role of a mercenary leader in charge of a s...
Crossfire
DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 Loriciels