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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DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software
Reunion
DOS19944/5 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
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Robbo
DOS1993freeware3.8/5 xLand Games
Robot Odissey
DOS19854/5 The Learning Company
Robot Rascals
DOS19873.8/5 Ozark Softscape
Robotron 2084
DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment
Rock 'n Roll
DOS19893.3/5 Rainbow Arts
Rockford: The Arcade Game
DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
Rodent's Revenge
Windows 3.x19914.1/5 Microsoft
Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS19844.2/5 Artificial Intelligence Design
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
Rollo and the Brush Brothers
DOS19833.6/5 Windmill Software
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS19903.9/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny
DOS19934/5 KOEI
Rotox
DOS19914.2/5 Creative Materials
Royal Flush Pinball
DOS19943.5/5 Amtex
Sarakon
DOS19913.8/5 Starbyte Software
Sarge
DOS19893.3/5
Sargon V: World Class Chess
DOS19913.8/5 Activision
Scavengers of the Mutant World
DOS19883.9/5 Interstel Corporation
Scrabble
DOS19893.6/5
Scrabble
DOS19923.4/5 U.S. Gold
Seek and Destroy
DOS19964.2/5 Safari Software
Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short missions to accomplish with your helicopter or your tank (yes, you can choose). At first, missions could seem a bit repetit...
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...
Sensible Soccer
DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software