The most popular abandonware action games
Action video games are a genre of video games that emphasize physical challenges, hand-eye coordination, and reaction time. These games typically involve fast-paced gameplay, where players control a character who must navigate through a dynamic environment filled with obstacles, enemies, and other challenges. The primary focus is on the player's ability to react quickly and make split-second decisions.
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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
DOS1989 platform
Ah, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior—the game where loincloths are tiny and sword swings are deadly. This 1989 fighter slashed its way onto DOS with decapitations, grunts, and enough low-res gore to make Conan blush. Forget f...
Duke Nukem 2
DOS1993 platform, run and gun
Super Mario Fusion: Revival
Windows 10/112011freewareremake platform
Super Mario Fusion: Revival is a freeware fan-made game project that aims to combine elements from various classic video games, primarily the Super Mario series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series, into a single game. It's esse...
Prehistorik
DOS1991protected platform
Epic Pinball
DOSMac OS1993protected pinball
X-Men: Madness in Murderworld
DOS1989 beat 'em up
Elevator
DOS1986freeware
The Way of the Exploding Fist PC
Windows 10/112008freewareremake fighting
Zool 2
DOS1994 platform
The ninja ant is back—and this time, he brought a friend. Zool 2 doubles down on the sugar-fueled mayhem of the first game with more levels, more enemies, and even more inexplicable candy-based architecture. Choose between Z...
Crystal Caves
DOS1991protected platform
Savage Warriors
DOS1995 fighting
The Great Giana Sisters
DOS1987remake platform
The Great Giana Sisters is a platform video game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. It was originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms, and later unofficially ported to MS-DO...
Krusty's Super Funhouse
DOS1993 platform
Krusty's Super Funhouse is an abandoned action game developed by Audiogenic and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1993 for DOS and for many other platforms, both consoles and home computers. Krusty's Super Funhouse is based on ...
Bubble Ghost
DOS1988 maze
Your uncle is dead, but his ghost can still blow out candles. That’s the premise. Bubble Ghost is a quirky physics puzzler where you guide a delicate bubble through haunted rooms by gently blowing on it—yes, literally ...
Axet
DOS1994freeware block breaker
Few games from 1994 dared to ask the real question: “What if you gave an axe to someone with absolutely no training and dropped them into a dungeon with the reflexes of a sloth?” Axet did. This little-known DOS action-...
Artura
DOS1989 platform
Artura is a hack-and-slash side-scroller that looks like someone tried to draw Gauntlet from memory after a power outage. You’re some kind of Celtic warrior on a mystical mission, but really you’re just trying not to d...
Pinball Dreams 2
DOS1994protected pinball
James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod
DOS1993 platform
Arcade Volleyball
DOS1987 volleyball
In Arcade Volleyball (1987), two pixelated figures smack a ball over a net with all the grace of caffeinated stick figures. It's simple, it's bizarre, and it somehow manages to be insanely fun—especially when your opponent s...
Mageslayer
Windows XP/98/951997 maze
Mageslayer is an action game developed by Raven Software and published by GT Interactive in 1997 for MS-DOS. It stands out as a top-down, hack-and-slash dungeon crawler inspired by games like Gauntlet, but with an original fantasy...
The Smurfs
DOSWindows XP/98/951996 platform
Colorado
DOS1990
Ultimate Body Blows
DOS1994protected fighting
TwinBlok
DOS1996 block breaker, action puzzle
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures
DOS1992protected platform
Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom
DOS1991freeware platform
Magic Pockets
DOS1992 platform
Magic Pockets is a platform game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software. It was released in 1991 for the Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. In Magic Pockets, players control a character known ...
Jazz Jackrabbit
DOS1994protected platform
Bouncing Babies
DOS1984
Ah yes, the golden age of video games: where catching babies yeeted from burning buildings was a fun pastime. In Bouncing Babies, you play as a heroic volunteer with a trampoline, catching pixel infants and launching them to safet...
Antix
DOS1985remake
Antix (1985) is Snake, but with a death wish. Created by the same mad genius behind Tetris, this game takes the familiar snake-trail mechanic and cranks it to eleven. You’ve got to avoid walls, your own tail, and existential...