Abandonware DOS title

False 3D viewpoint games

Before the first real 3D techniques started to become popular in RPGs, some developers used to "mimic" a 3D perspective without 3D technology. The RPG that popularized that kind of "false 3D" was Dungeon Master. Fake 3D environments were also widely used in SSI Goldbox RPGs and a few others.

Most popular false 3D games

False 3D games

  • bardstale1-3
    DOS19874/5 Interplay Productions

    The Bard's Tale 1 is the first chapter of a popular first person RPG series by Interplay. You control a group of six adventurers with the task of defeating the evil wizard Mangar the Dark. You will fight monters, explore the city of Skara Brae, solve riddles and guide your party into earning levels, gold and glory.

  • bardstale2-3
    DOS19884/5 Interplay Productions
  • bardstale3-2
    DOS19904.2/5 Interplay Productions
  • thelegacy-5
    DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.9/5 Magnetic Scrolls

    The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.

  • the-third-courier-5
    DOS19894.1/5 Manley Associates

    The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.

  • treasuresfrontier-1
    DOS1992protected4/5 Stormfront Studios
  • ultima2-08
    DOS19834/5 Origin Systems

    The second chapter of the Ultima saga is much similar to the first one (same top down visual, same dungeon 3d visual, same gameplay), although there are many small improvements. The series begins to take the shape of the detailed, deep, rpg saga that gamers will always remember.

  • whales-voyage-06
    DOS19934/5 neo Software Produktions

    Whale's Voyage is an abandoned science fiction first-person view party-based RPG, developed by neo Software Produktions and released by Pro One Software in 1993. Whale's Voyage is currently abandonware and it was published for PC (DOS) and Amiga.

  • wizardry1-2
  • wizardry2-1
    DOS19823.8/5 Sir-tech Software
  • wizardry-3-01
    DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
  • wizardy-4-5
    DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
  • wizardry-5-5
    DOS19883.5/5 Sir-tech Software
  • wizardry-6-4
    DOSLinuxMac1990protected4/5 Sir-tech Software
  • wizardry7-05
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxDOS1992protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software

    Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is a first-person perspective party-based RPG developed and released by Sir-tech Software in 1992 for Windows, Linux and DOS. Wizardry 7 is the seventh chapter in the Wizardry series and it's part of the Dark Savant trilogy, set in a world where sci-fi themes (space travel, androids) are mixed with fantasy...

  • xenomorph-02
    DOS19904/5 Pandora
  • yendorian-tales-book2-ch2-03
    DOS19963.8/5 SW Games
  • yendor3-05