The best 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.
Action games
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DOS19893.9/5 Cinemaware
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DOS19913.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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DOS19923.9/5 Arcade Masters
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DOS19843.9/5 Windmill Software
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DOS19833.8/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
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Windows 3.x1993freeware3.8/5
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DOS19893.8/5 Psygnosis
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DOS19853.8/5 Datasoft
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DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive
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DOS19883.8/5 Brian A. Rice
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DOS19833.8/5 Namco
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DOS19903.8/5 Images Software
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Windows 3.xMac19943.8/5
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DOS19913.8/5 Mr. Micro
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DOS19903.8/5
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DOS19883.8/5 UBI Soft
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DOS1995freewareremake3.8/5
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DOS1986remake3.8/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan
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DOS19973.8/5 Capcom
X-Men: Children of the Atom is an abandoned fighting action game developed by Capcom and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1997 for DOS and it's a conversion from the arcade version. X-Men: Children of the Atom was also published for consoles: Sega Saturn and PlayStation. As the title suggests, it's based on the Marvel comics characters known as...
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DOS19853.8/5 Konami
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DOS19953.8/5 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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DOS19893.8/5 Tiertex Design Studios
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DOS19933.8/5 Digital Extremes
Silverball is an abandoned DOS pinball action game developed by Digital Extremes, designed by James Schmalz and published by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1993. Silverball is one of the best pinball games of the 90s published for DOS, part of the Epic Pinball series.
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DOS19823.8/5 Data East
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DOS19933.8/5 Codemasters
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DOS19843.8/5
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DOS1993protected3.8/5 Digital Extremes
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DOS19893.8/5 California Merchandising Concepts
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DOS1998freeware3.8/5 Brainchild Design