Abandonware DOS title

Top-down perspective sorted by release date

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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Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

DOS1994protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side t...
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XQuest

DOS1994remake
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4Play

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenge...
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Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 Avalon Hill
Think you’re good at making tough decisions under pressure? Advanced Civilization dares you to prove it by turning diplomacy into passive-aggressive warfare. Based on the cla...
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Albion

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 Blue Byte Software
Albion is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by German studio Blue Byte Software. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for Amiga. Albion...
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AlphaMan

DOS1995
Ever wondered what would happen if a roguelike and a B-movie had a radioactive baby? AlphaMan is the answer. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutant banana slugs might be your...
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Command & Conquer

DOS1995freeware Westwood Studios
The original Command & Conquer (1995, DOS) is the game that launched a thousand LAN parties. It’s gritty, fast-paced RTS warfare with full-motion video cutscenes so chees...
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS1995 Future Vision
In Command Adventures: Starship (1995, DOS), you’re the captain, the admiral, and occasionally the guy who has to fix the hyperdrive when it’s on fire. This obscure gem...
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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
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Entomorph: Plague Of The Darkfall

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1995protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Part action-RPG, part body-horror fairy tale, Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall (1995) is the game where you slowly transform into an insect and, somehow, that’s not even the...
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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 ...
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Extreme Pinball

DOS1995 Epic MegaGames
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Football Glory

DOS1995freeware Croteam
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995 New World Computing
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Highway Fighter

DOS1995 Safari Software
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Hole in One

DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company
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Indenture

DOS1995remake
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Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

DOS1995 Maelstrom Games
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS1995 Supersonic Software
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Mirror Magic

Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
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Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

Windows 3.x1995protected
Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol is fantasy RPG game released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, but it runs flawlessy even Windows XP (see this faq if you want to play Mordor in a virtual...
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Mortal Pong

DOS1995freeware
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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NHL 96

DOS1995 Electronic Arts
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Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake
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Pinball Illusions

DOS1995 Digital Illusions
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Pinball World

DOS1995 Spidersoft Limited
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Psycho Pinball

DOS1995 Codemasters
Released in 1995, Psycho Pinball is what happens when traditional pinball eats too much sugar and loses its mind. It’s loud, colorful, and gleefully unhinged, with four disti...