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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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS1990
Fancy a war under the sea? Battle for Atlantis (1990) asks the age-old question: what if submarines had grudges? This top-down, action strategy title throws you into a deep-sea turf war with clunky controls and a soundtrack that f...
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
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Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS1990 Zigurat Software
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Champion of the Raj

DOS1991 Personal Software Services
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Conquest of Japan

DOS1992 Impressions Games
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Daemonsgate

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
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Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Apogee Software
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Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected Wisdom Tree
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Robbo

DOS1993freeware xLand Games
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Indenture

DOS1995remake
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Liverpool: the Computer Game

DOS1992 Arc Developments
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War of the Lance

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Kingdoms of Germany

DOS1994 Realism Entertainment
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Goal!

DOS1993 Dini & Dini Productions
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Action in the North Atlantic

DOS1989 General Quarters Software
If you’ve ever dreamed of commanding a WWII convoy while cold, stressed, and staring at a pixelated radar screen, Action in the North Atlantic (1989, DOS) has you covered. It’s part strategy, part simulation, and all t...
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Feud

DOS1988 Binary Design
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Exile III: Ruined World

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
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Xenopods

DOS1991 Softdisk Publishing
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Heavy Barrel

DOS1989 Data East
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Cap Man

Windows XP/98/951999
It’s Pac-Man, except it’s… not. Cap Man is a low-budget clone with just enough charm to avoid immediate deletion. You’ve got the dots, the ghosts, the power-ups—but everything feels slightly off, lik...
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Wembley Rugby League

DOS1996 Denton Designs
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services