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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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...
Stratego
DOS1990 Accolade
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Tracon 2
DOS1990 Wesson International
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...
The Civil War
DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
Capture the Flag
DOS1993
Evets
DOS1988freeware SAck Enterprizes
Backgammon
DOS1984 IBM
Ms Pac PC
DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983 Epyx
Highway Fighter
DOS1995 Safari Software
Oubliette
DOS1983
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware
Caesars Palace
DOS1989 Virgin Interactive
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix
DOS1990 Zigurat Software
Battle Master
DOS1991 Personal Software Services
Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.
BitStorm
DOS1999
Azalta: Cult of the Raven
DOS1996
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
Silly Master Blaster
DOS1985
Cave Wars
DOS1996
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters
DOS1991 Riedel Software Productions
Navy Seal
DOS1989 Cosmi Corporation
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
Frontline
DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Lord of Destruction
DOS1994 Rebelsoft