Top-down perspective

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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Battle Isle

DOS1991protected3.7/5 Blue Byte Software

Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software

Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos

DOS19934/5 Blue Byte Software

Battle Master

DOS19913.5/5 Personal Software Services

Battle Master is a fantasy themed abandoned action-strategy game hybrid (with real-time tactics elements) developed by Personal Software Services. Battle Master was released by Mirrorsoft in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST and Genesis.

Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Battleship

DOS19833.3/5 Mirror Images Software

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception

DOS19884/5 Westwood Studios

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...

Beast

DOS19843.8/5

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware4.1/5

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software

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...

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19854/5 Muse Software

Beyond the Black Hole

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Bicycle Bridge

DOS19924.2/5

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing

Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software

BitStorm

DOS19993.3/5

Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.2/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware4.1/5 Spiderweb Software

Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari

Blasteroids is a video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. in 1987. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Asteroids, which was released in 1979. In Blasteroids, players control a spaceship tasked with destroying asteroids and enemy ships while avoiding collisions and enemy fire. The game features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics co...