The best 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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Super Battleship
DOS19883.3/5
Tracon 2
DOS19903.3/5 Wesson International
Cavequest
DOS19853.3/5
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown
DOS19883.3/5 Mindscape
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games involving survival in a post-apocalyptic environment.
Oubliette
DOS19833.3/5
Death by Backgammon
DOS19903.3/5
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Xenopods
DOS19913.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
Rescue at Rigel
DOS19833.3/5 Epyx
Flying Tigers 2
DOS19943.3/5
The Civil War
DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill
Liverpool: the Computer Game
DOS19923.3/5 Arc Developments
Redhook's Revenge
DOS19933.3/5 ImagiSoft
Pinball Dreams 2
DOS1994protected3.2/5 21st Century Entertainment
Autobots
DOS19893.2/5
Dragonfly
DOS19863.2/5
Knight Exchange
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Fleet Sweep
DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software
Highway Hunter
DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Snack Attack 2
DOS19823.2/5 Funtastic
Zoop
DOS19953.2/5 Hookstone
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS19903.2/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters
DOS19913.2/5 Riedel Software Productions
Future Classics Collection
DOS19903.2/5
Accordion
DOS19903.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
The computer edition of Scrabble
DOS19893.2/5 Leisure Genius
Amazing Maze
DOS19833.2/5
Sensible Golf
DOS19943.2/5 Sensible Software
Sensible Golf is a golf video game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS.Unlike traditional golf simulations of its time, "Sensible Golf" featured a more arcade-style gameplay with simple controls and colorful graphics. Players could choose from a variety of fi...