Abandonware DOS title

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).

Most popular top down games

Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Civilization 2
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Grand Theft Auto 2
action-adventureWindows XP/98/95

Top down games

  • hunt-for-red-october-01
    DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
  • lost-patrol-03
    DOS19913.7/5 Astros Productions

    The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

  • magiccandle-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Mindcraft Software

    The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

  • magiccandle2-6
    DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software
  • magiccandle3-5
    DOS19924/5 Mindcraft Software
  • perfectgeneral-1
    DOS19914.2/5 White Wolf Productions

    The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...

  • taking-of-beverly-hills-02
    DOS19913.5/5 Off The Wall Productions
  • thunderblade-05
    DOS19893.4/5 Sega
  • time-bandit-08
    DOS19894.2/5 MichTron
  • timesoflore-4
    DOS19894/5 Origin Systems

    Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.

  • tinyskweeks-1
    DOS19923.5/5 Kalisto Entertainment
  • titan-03
    DOS19893.5/5 Titus Interactive
  • tomenet-04
    Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.3/5
  • toobin-2
    DOS19894.2/5 Domark Software

    Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

  • total-annihilation-03
    Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Cavedog Entertainment
  • total-annihilation-kingdoms-02
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
  • total-carnage-07
    DOS19944.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • tracon-for-win-01
    Windows 3.x19934.1/5 Wesson International
  • traders-02
    DOS19923.8/5 Linel
  • trafficdepartment-4
    DOS1994freeware3.8/5 P Squared
  • tristanpinball-1
    DOS19914.1/5 Littlewing
  • trivial-pursuit-03
    DOS19893.3/5
  • trivial-pursuit-deluxe-01
    DOS19923.3/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
  • trog-04
    DOS19904.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • tubular-worlds-04
    DOS19943.6/5
  • tunnels-and-trolls-02
    DOS19904.2/5 New World Computing
  • turbo-gomoku-02
    DOS19853/5
  • tv-sports-basketball-3
    DOS1990freeware4.1/5 Cinemaware
  • tyrian2000-02
    DOS1999freeware4.1/5 Eclipse Software

    Tyrian 2000 is an old DOS science fiction classic shoot'em up, developed by Eclipse Software and designed by Alexander Brandon, Jason Emery, Daniel Cook. Tyrian 2000 is one of the most popular shoot'em ups ever published for DOS and it's still remembered by retro gaming fans to this day.

  • ultima1-3
    DOS19874.1/5 Origin Systems

    This is the first of the very popular RPG saga Ultima. The setting is the land of Sosaria, the enemy to defeat is Mondain. It's a classic cRPG. The wilderness and cities are represented from a top down perspective, while dungeons can be explored in a first person 3d view.