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.
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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Alien Breed is a sci-fi top-down shooter created by Team17 originally for the Amiga and released in 1991. The game, heavily inspired by the movie Aliens, is similar to the famous Atari arcade Gauntlet in terms of gameplay.
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Ultima VII: Forge of Virtue is an expansion/DLC for Ultima VII, the famous seventh chapter of the RPG series Ultima created by Richard Garriott. Forge of Virtue was released in Sep...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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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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Bomberman '93 is an edition of the famous Bomberman game released by Hudson in 1993 for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console. The Hudson Soft series began with Bomberman in 1985, a game released for NES and MSX.
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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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SimLife: The Genetic Playground is a simulation game developed and published by Maxis in 1992. The game is part of the long list of "Sim" games created by Maxis, like SimAnt and ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Simulation
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SimCity Enhanced CD-ROM, also known as SimCity Enhanced Cinematic Multimedia, is a remake of SimCity created by Maxis and released by Maxis and Interplay in 1993 for PC CD-ROM and Macintosh.
Year: 1993 Genre: Simulation
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Frogger is an arcade created by Konami and one of the most popular video games ever created. It was released for the first time in 1981, and it has been ported to almost all platforms since then.
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Battle Isle 2, also known as Battle Isle 2200 in America, is a top-down turn based strategy game released in 1994. It was developed by Blue Byte Software, who also published the game in Europe.
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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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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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Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software. I remember watching my father play Jag...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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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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