The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
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.
arcade competitive maze chase multiplayer pc engine original top-down turbografx-16 versus
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
boardgame conversion mecha rpg science fiction tactical-rpg top-down turn-based rpg war
Warlords III: Reign of Heroes is the third chapter of the saga of fantasy turn-based strategy games created by Strategic Studies Group. The game was released in 1997, exclusively for Windows.
rpg elements strategy tactics top-down turn-based strategy wargame
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...
2 players amiga original game brutal sports cyberpunk futuristic sports sports top-down
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...
2d arcade aviation coin-op conversion historical battle shooter top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling ww2
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
aga business simulation ecology macintosh original game management nature open world simulation top-down
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
isometric rpg squad management strategy tactical-rpg top-down
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...
arcade coin-op conversion multi-scrolling shooter run and gun shooter top-down war
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.
2 players aga aliens amiga original game horror multi-directional multi-scrolling shooter shooter top-down
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising is a turn-based strategy game published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The game developed by Intelligent Systems is the direct seq...
gba original game military science fiction strategy top-down turn-based strategy
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 ...
action-adventure action-rpg dark fantasy fantasy hack and slash rpg horror rpg elements top-down vampires
Roadkill is a violent racing sim with a top-down view created by Vision and released by Acid Software in 1994 for the Amiga CD32 and Amiga 1200. The game, written in blitz basic, a...
aga amiga cd32 amiga original game blitz basic multi-directional racing top-down vehicular combat simulator
Arcade Snooker is a billiards (more precisely, snooker) game developed by Team 17 for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000. The full game was released as the CU Amiga magazine cover disk in July 1995.
aga amiga original game coverdisk pool snooker sports top-down
Gauntlet II is the sequel to the popular hack and slash fantasy arcade created by Atari Games. Released in 1986, one year after the original game, Gauntlet II was ported to the Ami...
arcade co-op coin-op conversion fantasy hack and slash multi-scrolling shooter multiplayer top-down