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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Blades of Exile

Windows 3.xMac OSWindows XP/98/951997freeware Spiderweb Software

Blades of Exile is a classic role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It's the third installment in the "Exile" series. The game was released in 1997 for Mac OS, and later for Windows in 1998.In Blades of Exile, players control a party of adventurers who explore the underground world of Exile/Avernum, a vast network of caves and dun...

Blasteroids

DOS1989 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...

Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions

Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS1990 Command Simulations

Block O Mania

DOS1989 Crystal Shard

Blood & Magic

DOS1996 Tachyon Studios

Bloodstone: an Epic Dwarven Tale

DOS1993 Mindcraft Software

Blue Angel 69

DOS1989NSFW

Blues Brothers RPG

Windows XP/98/952004freeware

Bobby Fisher teaches chess

DOS1994 Mission Studios

Bolo Ball

DOS1992 Soleau Software

Bolo Ball is a DOS game from the mid-1990s. It features a physics-based gameplay where the objective is to knock opponent balls out of an arena. When you start the game, you find yourself in a 2D arena set against a starry, space-like background. You control a colorful ball, which, despite being a 2D sprite, appears somewhat three-dimensional due t...

Bomberman

DOS1992 Hudson soft

Bombuzal

DOS1989 Image Works

Boston Bomb Club

DOS1991 Silmarils

Boxer Rebellion

DOS1982

Bravo Romeo Delta

DOS1993

Bridge 7.0

DOS1992 Artworx Software

Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software

Burntime

DOS1993 Max Design

Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS1991 Pc globe

Caesars Palace

DOS1989 Virgin Interactive

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected Sensible Software

Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...