Abandonware DOS title

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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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite...
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Dungeon of Shalan

DOS1988
Dungeon of Shalan is one of those games that greets you with the words “You awaken in a dark room” and then proceeds to make that darkness your entire reality. Released...
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Star Trek Combat Arena

DOS1989
If Star Trek Combat Arena had a motto, it would be “talk diplomacy later.” Released in 1989 for DOS, this game tossed Starfleet’s peaceful ideals right out the ai...
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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House of Cards

DOS1989
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Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS1990 Zigurat Software
In Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix, you’re tossed straight onto the track with the grace of a rookie who definitely didn’t read the manual. The game tries hard to recreate t...
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Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware
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Cosmic Crusader

DOS1982 Funatics Software
Cosmic Crusader is proof that sometimes simple is perfect. You’re a lone pilot defending space against endless waves of enemies, in a game that’s basically a love lette...
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Thunderblade

DOS1989 Sega
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Khalaan

DOS1990 Chip
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PC Pool

DOS1984
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Mini Putt

DOS1988 Artech Studios
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Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
If you wanted a mix of Clue, D&D, and a dash of text-parser frustration, Legends of Murder: Volume 1 – Stonedale Castle (1989) was your game. You play a detective dropped...
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Maelstrom

DOS1992 Merit Software
Released in 1992 for DOS, Maelstrom is what happens when Asteroids grows up, joins the Navy, and gets a taste for chaos. You pilot a ship through frenetic fields of asteroids, enem...
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Navy Seal

DOS1989 Cosmi Corporation
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Snack Attack 2

DOS1982 Funtastic
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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IBM Strategy Games

DOS1983 IBM
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Mortal Pong

DOS1995freeware
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Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS1984 Free Fall Associates
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Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters

DOS1991 Riedel Software Productions
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters is a Looney Tunes spin on the classic edutainment formula. As Daffy, you’re on the trail of a nefarious plot to steal the alpha...
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Subbuteo

DOS1990 Goliath Games
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
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Squarez Deluxe!

DOS1993freeware Adept Software
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 Creative Materials