Top-down perspective sorted by release date
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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Gauntlet
DOS1986 Mindscape
Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 Cybron corporation
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Knightmare
DOS1986 Konami
Ogre
DOS1986 Origin Systems
Othello
DOS1986
Shawl
DOS1986 AcademySoft
Starflight
DOS1986 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space explor...
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS1986 The Software Toolworks
Yacht Racing Simulator
DOS1986
Adventure Construction Set
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Long before Minecraft let us build worlds, Adventure Construction Set handed you a digital Lego box and said, “Go nuts.” Want to make a dungeon full of orcs and ham sandwiches? Sure. A sci-fi epic with talking robots a...
ALF: The First Adventure
DOS1987 Box Office
Remember ALF? The sarcastic alien who really had it in for cats? Well, in ALF: The First Adventure, you get to live the dream—or nightmare—of controlling the furry menace himself. Released in 1987 for DOS, this Pac-Man...
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
Guerrilla War
DOS1987 SNK Corporation
Infiltrator
DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Into the Eagle's Nest
DOS1987 Pandora
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Lawn Mower
DOS1987
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Moebius
DOS1987 Origin Systems
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
PHM Pegasus
DOS1987 LucasArts
Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf
DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.