The most popular 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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DOS1992 Linel
Bridge 7.0
DOS1992 Artworx Software
Cave Wars
DOS1996
Dominium
DOS1992 Microids
Action in the North Atlantic
DOS1989 General Quarters Software
18th Airborne
DOS1993
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Iron Lord
DOS1990 UBI Soft
Exile: Escape from the Pit
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escape from the Pit. The game is set in a massive underground world called Exile, where the Empire banishes criminals, p...
Global Domination
DOS1993 Impressions Games
Stratego
DOS1990 Accolade
Wembley Rugby League
DOS1996 Denton Designs
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS1988 GameTek
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 64. In Postman Pat 3, players take on the role of Pat Clifton, the friendly postman from the show. Unlike earlier ga...
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DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Visual Star Trek
DOS1990
The Civil War
DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
Super Battleship
DOS1988
PHM Pegasus
DOS1987 LucasArts
Future Classics Collection
DOS1990
Bubble Trouble
Windows XP/98/951998
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected U.S. Gold
Pack-Man
DOS1983remake Magicom Multimedia
Ms Pac PC
DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
Shawl
DOS1986 AcademySoft
Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 Cybron corporation
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Highway Fighter
DOS1995 Safari Software