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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The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill

Liverpool: the Computer Game

DOS19923.3/5 Arc Developments

Redhook's Revenge

DOS19933.3/5 ImagiSoft

Autobots

DOS19893.2/5

Dragonfly

DOS19863.2/5

Knight Exchange

DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing

Highway Hunter

DOS19943.2/5 Safari Software

Kingdom of Kroz 2

DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software

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

Fleet Sweep

DOS19833.2/5 Mirror Images Software

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...