Abandonware DOS title

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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First Expedition

DOS19883/5 Interstel Corporation
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Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue

DOS19883/5 GameTek
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Frontline

DOS19903/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS19833/5 SoftSide Magazine
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Pac Gal

DOS19823/5
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Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS19893/5 Oxford Mobius
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac19903/5 Activision
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Snack Attack 2

DOS19823/5 Funtastic
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The Punisher

DOS19903/5 Paragon Software
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5
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Wembley Rugby League

DOS19963/5 Denton Designs
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Batalia

DOS19862.8/5 The Right Brothers
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Windwalker (Moebius 2)

DOS19892.8/5 Origin Systems
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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Final Frontier

DOS19892.8/5 Bubble Bus Software
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Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari
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Empire Soccer 94

DOS19942.8/5 Graftgold
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Alien Olympics

DOS19942.7/5 Dark Technologies
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Backgammon

DOS19862.7/5
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Lord of Destruction

DOS19942.6/5 Rebelsoft
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Capture the Flag

DOS19932.5/5
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Storm

DOS19872.5/5 Mastertronic
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Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS19872.3/5 Gold Hill Software