The most popular abandonware action games
Action video games are all about speed, fast moving and dexterity. The main action varies according to the kind of game, which can include jumping from platforms, running, beating up other human players or computer controlled adversaries, etc.
If the action is focused on shooting adversaries, the game belongs to the shooter genre. There's also the action-adventure genre, where the action elements are less intense and the gameplay incorporates one or more adventure elements such as inventory management, puzzles and a lot more thinking in general.
There are quite a lot of action sub-genres. In maze games, the action takes place in a labyrinth (the mother of all maze games is Pac-Man). Platformers are action games where you're going to spend most of the time jumping on some kind of platform (Bubbgle Bobble, Prince of Persia). There's also two types of games that involve physical combat: fighting games and beat 'em ups. Fighting games are all about 1 vs 1 combat in a single screen (Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat). In beat 'em ups (Golden Axe, Double Dragon) you have to fight hordes of enemies and advance to the next level.
Recently added and trending action games
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DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software -
DOS19823.6/5 subLOGIC -
DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames -
DOS19843.7/5 -
DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Infogrames -
DOS1995freewareremake4/5 -
DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive -
DOS1990remake4.2/5Mario Bros VGA is a fan made remake of the original Mario Bros by Nintendo, the game that popularized the character of Mario, the italian plumber first saw in Donkey Kong. Mario Bros VGA is a fixed-screen platform arcade game that truly shines when played in co-op with a friend.
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DOS19873.6/5 Game Arts -
DOS19893.9/5 Sega -
DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants -
DOS19873/5 Box Office -
DOS19904/5 Arc Developments -
DOS19913.7/5 Astros ProductionsThe Lost Patrol is an abandoned multi-type action game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. The Lost Patrol was developed by Astros Productions (DOS version) and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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DOS1995freeware3/5 Moonlite Software -
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software -
DOSLinux19963.7/5 Sleepless Software -
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DOS19893.6/5 Konami -
DOS19844.5/5 TecmoBomb Jack is a classic arcade platform game developed and published by Tecmo in 1984. The goal of the game is to collect bombs while avoiding enemies; the whole game takes place in a fixed screen. Bomb Jack for DOS is a conversion from the arcade original version. The arcade and the conversions were a huge commercial success.
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DOS1990protected4/5 Softdisk Publishing -
DOS19843.8/5 -
DOS19853.8/5 Konami -
DOS19873.7/5 Silicon Beach Software -
DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan -
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Shiny Entertainment -
Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5