Top-down perspective

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 Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.1/5 Quantum quality productions

The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac OS19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

The Lost Patrol

DOS19913.7/5 Astros Productions

The Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.

The Magic Candle

DOS19894.1/5 Mindcraft Software

The Magic Candle: Volume 1 is the first chapter of a series of fantasy old school RPGs. The Magic Candle was developed and released by Mindcraft Software in 1989 for DOS but was also published for Apple II and Commodore 64. The whole Magic Candle series is very similar to some of the early Ultima games in every aspect: turn-based combat, top-down v...

The Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty

DOS19913.8/5 Mindcraft Software

The Magic Candle 3

DOS19923.9/5 Mindcraft Software

The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...

The Punisher

DOS19903/5 Paragon Software

The Taking of Beverly Hills

DOS19914/5 Off The Wall Productions

Thunderblade

DOS19893.4/5 Sega

Time Bandit

DOS19894.4/5 MichTron

Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...

Times of Lore

DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems

Times of Lore is an abandoned action RPG designed by Chris Roberts, developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS and many more 8 bit and 16 bit platforms. Compared to Ultima (the much more popular franchise also by Origin) Times of Lore is a washed down RPG, more similar to a NES game. In fact, Roberts was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.

Tiny Skweeks

DOS19923.5/5 Kalisto Entertainment

Titan

DOS19893.5/5 Titus Interactive

TomeNET

Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.4/5

Toobin

DOS19894.1/5 Domark Software

Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).

Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment

Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment

Total Carnage

DOS19943.8/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

Tracon 2

DOS19903.3/5 Wesson International

Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x19933.8/5 Wesson International

Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS19893.8/5 Wesson International

Traders

DOS19924/5 Linel

Traffic department 2192

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 P Squared

Tristan Pinball

DOS19914/5 Littlewing

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.