Abandonware DOS title

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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England Championship Special

DOS1991 Tiertex Design Studios
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Chessmaster 3000

DOS1991 The Software Toolworks
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Pizza Tycoon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected Software 2000
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Checkers for Windows

Windows 3.x1997
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Legend of the Silver Talisman

DOS1996freeware Inter-Active Arts
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Moebius

DOS1987 Origin Systems
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Scavengers of the Mutant World

DOS1988 Interstel Corporation
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS1990 Leland
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spect...
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 Epyx
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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software
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Toobin

DOS1989 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 conversi...
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Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected Sensible Software
War never changes—but it does get oddly cute in Cannon Fodder. Guide your tiny commandos through missions filled with explosions, carnage, and dark humor. The game mixes arcade action with light strategy, and the body count ...
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Raiden

DOS1994 Seibu Kaihatsu Inc.
Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Seibu Kaihatsu and first released in arcades in 1990 and later for many home computers and consoles. Raiden follows the classic vertical scrolling shoot 'em up f...
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Dragonfly

DOS1986
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Dolphin Boating Simulator

DOS1988 Dolphine marine systems
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Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982
Before realistic fighting games, there was Boxer Rebellion—a 1982 title so primitive, it makes Pong look flashy. It’s boxing with fewer rules and more pixels per punch. The controls are stiffer than a week-old baguette...
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M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport

DOS1990 Golden Goblins
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Styx

DOS1984 Windmill Software
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Oubliette

DOS1983
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O-Pong

DOS1996
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Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
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Sarakon

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the classic board game into a high-speed duel of wits...
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OverKill

DOS1992freeware Tech-Noir
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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Arrakis

DOS2000
No relation to Dune (except for being a total rip-off), Arrakis is a homebrew strategy game that feels like a tribute to the sandiest planet in sci-fi. You mine spice, fight vaguely Harkonnen-looking enemies, and try not to crash ...
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group