Abandonware action games sorted by release date
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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DOS19924.2/5 East Technology Corp.
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DOS1992freeware3/5 xLand Games
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DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image
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DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
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DOS19924.1/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19924.2/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19923.9/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19923.8/5 Topo Soft
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DOS19924/5 Bitmap Brothers
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DOS19922.6/5
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DOS19923.6/5 Visual Concepts Entertainment
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DOS19924/5 Microids
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DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software
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DOS19923.4/5 Bizarre Developments
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DOS1992protected4.1/5 Dinamic Multimedia
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DOS1992protected4.1/5 Apogee Software
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DOS19924.3/5 Capcom
Street Fighter 2 is one of the most popular fighting game ever released in the 90s. Street Fighter 2 was designed by Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda, developed and published by Capcom in 1991 for the arcades and then converted for many platforms from Spectrum ZX to DOS (in 1992).
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DOS19924/5 Titus Interactive
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DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19923.9/5 Arcade Masters
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DOS1992protected4.2/5 Titus Interactive
Titus the Fox is a DOS horizontal scrolling platform game developed by Titus Interactive in 1992. As Titus, you have to advance through 15 levels to rescue your beloved Suzy who has been kidnapped. The player can interact with objects by throwing them at foes, or jumping higher. There are bosses at the end of each level and secret rooms spread acro...
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DOS19924.2/5 Flair Software
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DOS19924.3/5 Egosoft
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DOS19923.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Zool was to Amiga what Sonic was for Sega consoles: a cool protagonist (a ninja of the Nth dimension!) for a high adrenaline action platformer. Zool was designed by George Allen and published by Gremlin in 1992 and it was an instant success. It was ported for many platforms, DOS included, and followed by Zool 2 in 1993.
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DOS19933.8/5 Tahoe Software Productions
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DOS19933.1/5 Rozner Labs Software Group
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DOS1993freeware3.9/5 Apogee Software
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DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS19934.1/5 Team 17