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).
house-of-cards-04

House of Cards

DOS1989
hattrick-02

Hat Trick

DOS1984 Bally Sente
pcpool-01

PC Pool

DOS1984
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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...
starcommand-4

Star Command

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Snack Attack 2

DOS1982 Funtastic
robot-odissey-01

Robot Odissey

DOS1985 The Learning Company
if-it-moves-shoot-02

If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS1989 Emerald Software
mystical-04

Mystical

DOS1990protected Infogrames
mortal-pong-02

Mortal Pong

DOS1995freeware
subbuteo-03

Subbuteo

DOS1990 Goliath Games
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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Sorcerer Lord (1987, DOS) drops you into a fantasy world at war, with strategy rather than sorcery as your weapon. You command the forces of good against the evil Shadowlord’...
turbo-gomoku-01

Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
18holeminiature-1

Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
death-backgammon-01

Death by Backgammon

DOS1990
Only in the early ’90s could a game like Death by Backgammon exist with a straight face. It’s 1990, you’re on DOS, and suddenly backgammon isn’t just a quie...
gertrude-secrets-01

Gertrude's Secrets

DOS1982 The Learning Company
egaroids-2

EGA-Roids

DOS1986freewareremake Designer Software
As the name suggests, EGA-Roids is a colorful take on the classic Asteroids formula, adapted for the EGA era. You pilot a ship through space, blasting rocks and dodging debris in f...
yatch-racing-simulator-02

Yacht Racing Simulator

DOS1986
Yacht Racing Simulator proves that even in the '80s, developers were brave enough to turn the thrilling world of rich people boating slowly into a video game. With graphics that co...
wembley-rugby-league-03

Wembley Rugby League

DOS1996 Denton Designs
no-greater-glory-04

No Greater Glory

DOSMac OS1991protected
renegade-legion-interceptor-01

Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
thunderblade-05

Thunderblade

DOS1989 Sega
germ-nation-02

Germ Nation

Windows XP/98/952000freeware
othello-03

Othello

DOS1986
monday-night-football-04

Monday Night Football

DOS1989 Park Place Productions
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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Operation Harrier

DOS1990 Creative Materials
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Before WWII games flooded the market, Knights of the Desert (1983, DOS) was already reenacting the North African campaign in pixels. You command Rommel’s Afrika Korps—o...
titans-warring-suns-03

Titans of Steel: Warring Suns

Windows XP/98/952003 Vicious Byte