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.
Overdrive is a top-down racer developed by Psionic originally for the Amiga and published by Team17 in 1993. Not the best game of this genre, but it features a fantastic soundtrack...
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Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon is a single-player action RPG designed by Richard L. Seaborne and published by Activision in 1989 for the MS-DOS. Wars and rebellions are commonplace in a world dominated by a tyrant named Krellane.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
fantasy rpg sword and sorcery top-down top-down rpg
Wayne Gretzky Hockey is an ice hockey simulation created by Bethesda Softworks for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS and released in 1988. There were also Macintosh and NES versions, while the C-64/128 version was never completed.
2 players hockey licensed sports top-down winter sports
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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Dragonflight is a fantasy RPG created by Thalion Software and released in 1990 for the Atari ST and Amiga, with a DOS conversion published in 1991. Erik Simon wrote the game concep...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
atari st original fantasy non-linear open world rpg sword and sorcery top-down top-down rpg
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
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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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...
automobile racing street racing top-down top-down racing
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...
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Dragonstone is an action-adventure/action RPG created by Core Design for the Amiga and released in 1994. It's considered a sequel to Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun, although the two games are pretty different.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Jumping Jack'son is a top-down puzzle game that was released by Infogrames in 1990. It was mostly puzzle-based, with a hint of action to spice things up. The game sparked an exciti...
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Airborne Ranger is an action game created by MicroProse initially in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was later ported to MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. The Amiga and ST versio...
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Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat is an arcade racing game that was developed and published by Leland Corporation in 1991. It was later ported to home platforms, including Amiga, NES, Commodore 64.
coin-op conversion competitive flip-screen multiplayer racing top-down top-down racing track racing
Sierra Soccer is a soccer sports game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line UK in 1994 for the Amiga. The game uses a top-down camera view with a broad view of the field of play.
2 players football multiplayer soccer sim sports top-down