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.
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Action games
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DOS1993NSFW3.8/5 MegaTech Software
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DOS19883.8/5 Silent Software
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DOS1992remake3.8/5
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DOS1994protected3.8/5 Epic MegaGames
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Windows XP/98/952001remake3.8/5
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DOS19933.8/5 Tahoe Software Productions
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DOS19893.8/5 Software Toolworks
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DOS19933.8/5 Silmarils
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DOS19923.8/5 Topo Soft
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Windows20063.8/5
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DOS1997freeware3.8/5
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DOS19863.8/5 Palace Software
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DOS19913.8/5 Distinctive Software
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DOS1990freeware3.8/5 Apogee Software
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DOS19893.8/5 Paragon Software
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DOS19903.7/5 Astral Software
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DOS19893.7/5 Dynamix
Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.
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DOS19833.7/5 Magicom Multimedia
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DOS20013.7/5
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DOS19863.7/5 System 3
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DOS1994freeware3.7/5 Dataware
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DOS19933.7/5 Kalisto Entertainment
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published for other platforms such as Amiga, Game Boy, Mac, SNES. Pac-in-Time is essentially Fury of the Furries reskinned with Pac-Man as the main character.
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DOS1999freewareremake3.7/5
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DOS19903.7/5 Pangea Software
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DOS19873.7/5 Atari
Marble Madness is an abandoned isometric action game designed by Mark Cerny and originally published by Atari as a successful and iconic arcade game. It was later converted for many platform in 1986 and for IBM PCs in 1987 by Atari.
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DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft
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DOS19903.7/5 Tecmo
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DOS19903.7/5 Access Software
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DOS19903.7/5 Loriciels
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DOS19913.7/5 Atari