Top-Down

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Used to describe any game where the main setting of gameplay is represented by a top-down (also known as overhead) view of the playfield. Top-down perspective may be used for a wide variety of genres; among the most common ones are vertically scrolling shooters and most 2D role-playing games.

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Langrisser Millennium Dreamcast (1999) and WonderSwan (2000) Langrisser Millennium is yet another installment of the long-running Japanese strategy RPG series. You control five main characters: Taji, a...
Langrisser V: The End of Legend SEGA Saturn (1998) The story of Langrisser V is closely connected to the one told in Langrisser IV - the two games form...
Laplace no Ma SNES (1995), TurboGrafx CD (1993) and PC-98 (1993) 1924, the town Newcam, Massachusetts. On the outskirts of the town stands the Weathertop mansion. It was just an ordinary...
Lap of the Gods ZX Spectrum (1986) You have been trapped in a vortex by the Gods of Zzam. To escape you must bring them their crystals,...
Laptop Travel & Games Windows (2004) Laptop & Travel Games is a compilation pack from eGames that includes several games that are simple to play and...
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light PlayStation 3 (2010), Windows (2010), Xbox 360 (2010), iPhone (2010), iPad (2010), Android (2012) and Browser (2012) Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is an isometric platform game starring the titular heroine. While she is exploring...
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Prophecy Game Boy Advance (2002) Lara Croft discovers a manuscript which speaks of a mysterious occult magic which will bring desolation on earth in the...
Larn Linux (1991), DOS (1986) and Atari ST (1988) Larn is one of the first Roguelikes (RPG dungeon crawls with top-down or isometric graphics and a high degree of...
Larry Bond's Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare Windows (2006) Larry Bond's Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare (ANW) is an update to the series that simulates naval wargaming, building on...
Larry Bond's Harpoon: Commander's Edition Windows (2007) Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commanders Edition continues to hold the standard in naval wargaming. Building on the community developed Harpoon...
Larry Bond's Harpoon: Ultimate Edition Windows (2010) This edition celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the computer Harpoon series. The two base games included are: Larry Bond's Harpoon...
Larva Mortus Macintosh (2008) and Windows (2008) The international agency in charge of investigating paranormal and strange phenomena have hired a new agent and it seems just...
Laser Chess DOS (1994) Chess and destructive laser beams together at last! Laser Chess, which is a DOS version of the award winning original,...
Laser Cycle DOS (1983) A variation on the TRON-inspired Light Cycle concept; the action takes place in an arena where the player must steer...
Laser Kombat Windows (2003) Laser Kombat is puzzle game played by controlling a tank from a top-down perspective. The tank must be guided through...
Lasermania Atari 8-bit (1990) and DOS (1996) The aim of the game is to destroy all the alarm system sensors by means of a laser beam and...
Laser Snaker ZX Spectrum (1984) Laser Snaker puts you in control of a hungry snake, which must travel around the screen eating all the variously...
Laser Squad DOS (1992), Commodore 64 (1988), Atari ST (1989), Amiga (1989), ZX Spectrum (1988), Amstrad CPC (1989) and MSX (1988) In Laser Squad you control a group of "space marine"-like soldiers (and the occasional cyborg). Before taking them into battle...
Laser Squad: Expansion Kit Two Commodore 64 (1989) and ZX Spectrum (1989) This is the second expansion pack for Laser Squad offered via mail order (initial ZX Spectrum release by Target Games...
Laser Tanks Commodore PET/CBM (1980) Laser Tanks is multiplayer tank battling game. Two players have to duke it out in either an easy or hard...
Laserwars DOS (1994) In artillery games the players are compelled to calculate physical forces such as wind speed and gravity to determine where...
Laser Zone Commodore 64 (1983), Dragon 32/64 (1983), VIC-20 (1983) and ZX Spectrum (1983) One of Jeff Minter's early eighties shoot'em'ups in his typical frantical style, Laser Zone has you controlling not one, but...
Last Action Hero DOS (1994), Amiga (1994), SNES (1993), Genesis (1993), Game Gear (1992), Game Boy (1993) and NES (1993) Danny Madigan is watching a sneak preview of the latest film of his favourite hero, Jack Slater, when he is...
Last Alert TurboGrafx CD (1989) In the near future, a cabal of 4 very evil, powerful men known as The Force is planning world domination...
Last Armageddon NES (1990), TurboGrafx CD (1990), PC-98 (1990), Sharp X1 (1988), MSX (1988) and FM Towns (1989) The Earth has changed. We don't know yet what happened to humanity, but we know it was eradicated. The new...