The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
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The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
Commando is a 2D action shooter arcade created by Capcom in 1985. It was ported first to the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum. After its release, it was ported to multiple platforms, incl...
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1943: The Battle of Midway is a shoot 'em up developed and published by Capcom for arcade machines in 1987. Later on, the title was ported to several computers and consoles such as...
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S.W.I.V. is a top-down shooter for 1 or 2 players created by Random Access and published by The Sales Curve in 1991. The game was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and other platforms.
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Dogs of War is a shooter created by Vectordean for the Atari ST and then ported to Amiga. It was published in 1989 by Elite. The game, for one or two players, is heavily inspired b...
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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain was developed by Silicon Knights and published by Crystal Dynamics. It was first released for the PlayStation in 1996. The Windows port was made by Semi ...
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Supercars International is the third game in the Super Cars series and is an arcade racing game developed by Magnetic Fields. It was published by Hit Squad in 1996 for DOS. At it...
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Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues is a sci-fi top-down shooter created by Team17 exclusively for the Amiga and released in 1993. It's the sequel to Alien Breed and Alien Breed: Special Edition 92.
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Super Cars is a top-down racing game created by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was also released for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.
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True Lies is a top-down action shooter developed by Beam Software and released in 1994 by Acclaim for both Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Based on James Cameron's action blockbus...
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Nitro is a racing game produced and published in 1990 by the British company Psygnosis for the Amiga and Atari ST. The company from Liverpool, known for releasing masterpieces such...
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ATR: All Terrain Racing is an isometric racing game created by Team17 and published in 1995 for the Amiga and Amiga CD32. The game is similar to Super Cars and Micro Machines with a top-down view and small cars.
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Speedball is a video game created by The Bitmap Brothers based on a violent futuristic sport and probably inspired by the 1975 sci-fi movie Rollerball. Initially developed for Amig...
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Arcade Pool is a pool simulation/arcade game developed by Antitesi and published by Team 17 in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS. Ofter considered the best pool game ever created for the A...
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Dino Dini's Goal (also known as Goal!) is a soccer game created by the famous British game designer and programmer Dino Dini. Dini was also the author of Kick Off and Kick Off 2.
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