The best 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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King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
DOS1994 MVP Software
Last Action Hero
DOS1993 Psygnosis
Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012
DOS1989 Capcom
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
Moraff's World
DOS1991 Moraffware
Mystical
DOS1990protected Infogrames
Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue
DOS1992 Alternative Software
Postman Pat 3 is a retro video game based on the popular British children's television series Postman Pat. Released in 1992 by Alternative Software, it was available for platforms like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 6...
Rally Championships
DOS1994 Flair Software
Squarez Deluxe!
DOS1993freeware Adept Software
Super Battleship
DOS1988
Super ZZT
DOS1992 Epic MegaGames
Tangled Tales
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Tiny Skweeks
DOS1992 Kalisto Entertainment
Titan
DOS1989 Titus Interactive
Unnecessary Roughness
DOS1993 Accolade
Waterworld
DOS1997 Intelligent Games
XQuest
DOS1994remake
Zoop
DOS1995 Hookstone
Imagine if Tetris, Columns, and a pack of highlighters had a baby. That’s Zoop. You’re in the center of the screen, and colorful shapes are marching toward you from all sides like angry abstract art. Your job? Blast th...
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
Solidarnosc
DOS1991 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
Blue Angel 69
DOS1989NSFW
Caution: subtlety not included. Blue Angel 69, released in 1989 for DOS, is basically what happens when a programmer tries to mix erotic art with a tile-based puzzle game and ends up somewhere between genius and “please don&...
Rack 'em
DOS1988 Artech Studios
Shawl
DOS1986 AcademySoft
Marble Cooking
DOS1994NSFW Negative
Pack-Man
DOS1983remake Magicom Multimedia
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
Guerrilla War
DOS1987 SNK Corporation
Solar hockey league
DOS1992 Bethesda Softworks
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS1988
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware Apogee Software