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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Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
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Power Drive

DOS19944.2/5 Rage Games
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
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Zoom!

DOS19884.2/5
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Sensible Soccer

DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
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Ultima 3: Exodus

DOS19854.2/5 Origin Systems
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Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
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Atomic Bomberman

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Interplay Productions
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Star Wars: Yoda Stories

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 LucasArts
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Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
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Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny

DOS19884.2/5 Origin Systems
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Bad Blood

DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
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Warlords

DOS19904.2/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Space Crusade

DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
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Black Moon Chronicles

DOS1999protected4.2/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
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Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
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A-Maze

DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
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Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
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SimCity

DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected4.1/5 Maxis
SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to ...
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Action Soccer

DOS19954.1/5 UBI Soft
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Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS19904.1/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
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Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5
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Infiltrator 2

DOS19884.1/5 Chris Gray Enterprises
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Jackal

DOS19894.1/5 Konami
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Joyous Rebel

DOS1996freeware4.1/5
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Knights of Legend

DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems