Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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 Aethra Chronicles

DOS1994
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected Bitmap Brothers
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions
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Total Carnage

DOS1994 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware P Squared
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Tubular Worlds

DOS1994
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Uncover It

DOS1994NSFW
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Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

DOS1994protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create units. Each side tries to destro...
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XQuest

DOS1994remake
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4Play

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult themes. It was intended to be played in social settings, often among friends or couples, with the goal of breaking the...
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Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 Avalon Hill
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Albion

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Blue Byte Software
Albion is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by German studio Blue Byte Software. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for Amiga. Albion is notable for its blend of traditional RPG elements with a unique setting and storyline.The game takes place on the planet Albion, a world with a rich history and diver...
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AlphaMan

DOS1995
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Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS1995 Future Vision
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
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Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Exile: Escape from the Pit

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escape from the Pit. The game is set in a massive underground world called Exile, where the Empire banishes criminals, p...
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Extreme Pinball

DOS1995 Epic MegaGames
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Football Glory

DOS1995freeware Croteam
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
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Highway Fighter

DOS1995 Safari Software
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Hole in One

DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company
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Indenture

DOS1995remake
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Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

DOS1995 Maelstrom Games
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS1995 Supersonic Software
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Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
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Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

Windows 3.x1995protected
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual machine). Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is a mix of first-person and top-down perspective dungeon crawler; the game shows the dungeon in by both perspectives at onc...
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Mortal Pong

DOS1995freeware