Abandonware DOS title

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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Rescue Rover 2

DOS1991protected id software
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Mine Shaft

DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
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Decision in the Desert

DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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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.
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Pango

DOS1983remake
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Pinball Magic

DOS1990 Loriciels
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Super Pinball by Russco

DOS1987 Russco
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Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 Impressions Games
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SkiFree

Windows 3.x1991
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Zoom!

DOS1988
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Fooblitzsky

DOS1986 Infocom
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Mad Mix

DOS1988 Topo Soft
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Caves of Thor

DOS1989 Apogee Software
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Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown

DOS1988 Mindscape
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games involving survival in a post-apocalyptic environment.
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Gazza 2

DOS1991 Empire Interactive
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Merchant Colony

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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Royal Flush Pinball

DOS1994 Amtex
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Jackal

DOS1989 Konami
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS1989 General Quarters Software
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
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ALF: The First Adventure

DOS1987 Box Office
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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS1994 Impressions Games