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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...
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
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Tracon 2

DOS1990 Wesson International
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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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The Civil War

DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
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Evets

DOS1988freeware SAck Enterprizes
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Backgammon

DOS1984 IBM
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 Epyx
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Highway Fighter

DOS1995 Safari Software
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Oubliette

DOS1983
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Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware
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Caesars Palace

DOS1989 Virgin Interactive
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Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
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Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS1990 Zigurat Software
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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.
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BitStorm

DOS1999
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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Cave Wars

DOS1996
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Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters

DOS1991 Riedel Software Productions
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Navy Seal

DOS1989 Cosmi Corporation
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software
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Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Lord of Destruction

DOS1994 Rebelsoft