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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Dungeon of Shalan

DOS19883.5/5

Royal Flush Pinball

DOS19943.5/5 Amtex

Heavy Barrel

DOS19893.4/5 Data East

Thunderblade

DOS19893.4/5 Sega

Unnecessary Roughness

DOS19933.4/5 Accolade

Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 Sierra On-Line

Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS19903.4/5 SNK Corporation

Solidarnosc

DOS19913.4/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group

Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems

Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon

DOS19893.4/5 Activision

Grand Slam Bridge

DOS19863.4/5 Cybron corporation

Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5

Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.