Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by title, from Z to A

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).
battletechcrescent-8

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...
btechcrescent-1

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios
battlestar-05

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5
heatsink-03

Battleship

DOS19833.3/5 Mirror Images Software
battleantietam-1

Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
battlemaster-06

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 Personal Software Services
Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.
battle-isle-93-03

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS19934/5 Blue Byte Software
battle-isle-2-01

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
battleisle1-1

Battle Isle

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Blue Byte Software
battle-for-normandy-02

Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
battle-for-atlantis-02

Battle for Atlantis

DOS19903.8/5
batalia-4

Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers
bass-tour-01

Bass Tour

DOS19923.9/5
bassduel-1

Bass Duel

DOS19933.7/5
bandit-kings-ancient-china-03

Bandit Kings of Ancient China

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
ballistix-05

Ballistix

DOS19893.8/5 Reflections Interactive
bad-blood-03

Bad Blood

DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
backgammon-green-valley-02

Backgammon

DOS19862.7/5
backgammon-1

Backgammon

DOS19843.1/5 IBM
b24-combat-sim-04

B-24 Combat Simulator

DOS1987protected3.5/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
axis-allies-iron-blitz-07

Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz

Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Wargaming West
axis-and-allies-05

Axis and Allies

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Wargaming West
avalon-1

Avalon

DOS1998freeware3.9/5 MiG Outpost
auto-duel-05

Autoduel

DOS19853.8/5 Origin Systems
Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.
autobots-1

Autobots

DOS19893.2/5
battleausterlitz-2

Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software
atomix-1

Atomix

DOS19904.1/5 Softtouch
atomino-1

Atomino

DOS19913.9/5 Play Byte
atomic-bomberman-03

Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Interplay Productions