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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Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Super Pinball by Russco
DOS1987 Russco
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
FlixMix
DOS1993 Celeris
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
Mini Putt
DOS1988 Artech Studios
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Iron Lord
DOS1990 UBI Soft
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Bolo Ball
DOS1992 Soleau Software
Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...
Hole in One
DOS1995 Really Interesting Software Company
Super Bomber Blast Beta
DOS1997remake
Tiny Skweeks
DOS1992 Kalisto Entertainment
Knight Exchange
DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
Styx
DOS1984 Windmill Software
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS1988
War of the Lance
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Scrabble
DOS1989
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...
Battleship
DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
Front Lines
DOS1994 Impressions Games
England Championship Special
DOS1991 Tiertex Design Studios
Ms Pac PC
DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
Rescue at Rigel
DOS1983 Epyx
Shawl
DOS1986 AcademySoft
Monday Night Football
DOS1989 Park Place Productions