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
Mine Shaft
DOS1983 Sierra On-Line
Decision in the Desert
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
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.
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pango
DOS1983remake
Pinball Magic
DOS1990 Loriciels
Super Pinball by Russco
DOS1987 Russco
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
DOS1989 KOEI
Star Trek Combat Arena
DOS1989
Conquest of Japan
DOS1992 Impressions Games
SkiFree
Windows 3.x1991
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
Zoom!
DOS1988
Fooblitzsky
DOS1986 Infocom
Mad Mix
DOS1988 Topo Soft
Caves of Thor
DOS1989 Apogee Software
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...
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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.
Gazza 2
DOS1991 Empire Interactive
Merchant Colony
DOS1991 Impressions Games
Royal Flush Pinball
DOS1994 Amtex
Jackal
DOS1989 Konami
Action in the North Atlantic
DOS1989 General Quarters Software
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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.
ALF: The First Adventure
DOS1987 Box Office
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games