Top-Down

Description

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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Psycastria Commodore 64 Front Cover

Commodore 64 (1986), Electron (1986) and BBC Micro (1986)

The Psycastrians have attacked. Using their mind control abilities, they have taken over many world leaders, causing untold war and...

Psychiatric Evaluation Browser Front Cover

Browser (2012)

Psychiatric Evaluation was created for the 24th Ludum Dare competition with the theme "evolution" where it took fifth place. The...

TurboGrafx CD (1992)

Psychic Storm is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player takes the role of four characters who must protect...

Psycho Chaser TurboGrafx-16 Front Cover

TurboGrafx-16 (1990)

Space year X2981Y. Earth has developed battle androids to fight bloodless wars. A new battle android called "Aura" was developed...

Psycho Pigs UXB ZX Spectrum Front Cover

Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988) and MSX (1988)

The object of Psycho Pigs UXB is to eliminate your opponents (who are pigs) by throwing bombs at them. When...

Psycho Pinball DOS Front Cover

DOS (1995) and Genesis (1995)

Psycho Pinball is another pinball game in the style first introduced in Pinball Dreams and later popularized in Pinball Fantasies....

Psyvariar 2 Dreamcast Front Cover

Dreamcast (2004), PlayStation 2 (2004) and Xbox (2004)

Psyvariar 2 is another specimen of the recent breed of "newschool" arcade shoot'em'ups (other examples being Ikaruga and Border Down)....

Psyvariar: Complete Edition PlayStation 2 Front Cover

PlayStation 2 (2002)

Two games in one pack (Psyvariar Medium Unit together with revision), Psyvariar is a vertical-scrolling sci-fi shooter.In the game, the...

Dragon 32/64 (1983)

Destroy all eggs!With that as your only instructions, you are thrown into a room filled with pterodactyl eggs. The controls...

Windows (2004)

Pteroglider is a fast and hectic vertically-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a small craft through the keyboard and uses...

P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations II Windows Front Cover

Windows (1996), Windows 3.x (1996), SNES (1992) and SEGA Saturn (1996)

PTO II is a KOEI game that depicts the conflict between the USA and Japan during World War II. The...

Pub Games ZX Spectrum Front Cover

ZX Spectrum (1986), Commodore 64 (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1987)

Pub games is a themed compilation of seven games that have been popular in public houses (drinking establishments) in the...

J2ME (2003)

The first in iomo's series of Pub games, Pub Pool introduces the familiar setting of the player whiling away some...

Browser (2009)

Pudsey Pairs is a basic picture matching game featuring Pudsey, the Children in Need bear. The player is presented with...

Puerto Rico Windows Front Cover

Windows (2005)

Puerto Rico is the official PC translation of the eponymous board game. The basic rules: Every player (up to five)...

Puerto Rico HD iPad Front Cover

iPad (2011)

Puerto Rico is based on the popular German board game of the same name. As in the original version, the...

Puffy's Saga Atari ST Front Cover

Amiga (1989), Amstrad CPC (1989), Atari ST (1989), Commodore 64 (1990), ZX Spectrum (1989) and DOS (1989)

Puffy and his fortuitously-named girlfriend Puffyn are trapped in an alien world full of threats, traps and surprises. Taking control...

Amstrad CPC (1987) and ZX Spectrum (1987)

Five pulsies were trapped in a maze (49 screens each) and the player, as a pulsator, has to rescue them....

Pulse: Fight the Night Xbox 360 Front Cover

Xbox 360 (2012)

Pulse: Fight the Night is a twin stick shooter with a twist: not only are you fighting hordes of enemies,...

Pulse Warrior ZX Spectrum Front Cover

Commodore 64 (1988) and ZX Spectrum (1988)

Who needs weaponry when you're trying to save the earth from the invasion of the beings of Cirrus Major? Hopefully...

The Punisher DOS Front Cover

DOS (1990), Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990)

When his family was gunned down by gangsters, Frank Castle became The Punisher. As Judge, Jury, and Executioner, The Punisher...

Pure Chess PlayStation 3 Front Cover

PlayStation 3 (2012) and PS Vita (2012)

Pure Chess offers digital chess games on a 3D board with a camera view that can be moved freely. Players...

Pure Pinball Windows Front Cover

Windows (2003) and Xbox (2004)

Pure Pinball contains three different 3D tables with their own themes (Racing, War and Trains) each featuring multiple flippers and...

The Pure Wargame DOS Front Cover

DOS (1995)

The Pure Wargame is a quintessential turn-based wargame. The first one in a proposed series (and the only one released),...

Commodore 64 (1988)

Purple Heart is a top-down shooter à la Ikari Warriors. The player has to guide a soldier through six levels,...

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