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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The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS1992 Evryware
Visual Star Trek
DOS1990
Pac-girl
DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Number Munchers
DOS1990 MECC
Sky Shark
DOS1989 Toaplan
Rollo and the Brush Brothers
DOS1983 Windmill Software
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Monopoly
DOS1985
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Khalaan
DOS1990 Chip
Space 1889
DOS1990 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space ...
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 ...
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Astro Dodge
DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation
Astro Dodge (1982) is basically Frogger — in space. You control a tiny spacecraft tasked with dodging endless waves of meteors, space debris, and possibly your own questionable life choices. There’s no shooting, no exp...
Command Adventures: Starship
DOS1995 Future Vision
Aspetra
DOS1996
Welcome to Aspetra, a 1996 DOS game that tried to cram an epic sci-fi RPG into your beige box PC — and mostly succeeded! Think “Star Trek meets budget constraints.” You explore strange new worlds, meet weirdly sp...
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 Avalon Hill
Dragonflight
DOS1991 Thalion
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Flightmare
DOS1984freeware
Fort Apache
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Gazza 2
DOS1991 Empire Interactive
Hannibal
DOS1993 Starbyte Software
Silly Master Blaster
DOS1985
Alex Higgins World Snooker
DOS1986 Lindensoft
The title Alex Higgins World Snooker might imply world-class snooker. What it delivers is 1986 DOS ball physics that sometimes feel like they were modeled in an alternate dimension. But who needs realism when you have charm, right...
Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road
DOS1988 SNK Corporation
Capture the Flag
DOS1993
No guns. No glory. Just two invisible players navigating a weird Tron-like maze to steal each other’s flag. Capture the Flag is what you get when someone says “let’s make Pac-Man multiplayer and add a dash of par...
Dungeons of Kairn
DOS1989
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS1984 Macrocom