Abandonware action games sorted by release date

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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Monster Bash

DOS1993protected3.3/5 platform

Mortal Kombat

DOS1993protected4.3/5 fighting

Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular 1 on 1 fighting games. No wonder it spawned many sequels. You can play as one of the seven digitized characters and must fight everyone else to the top. One of the distinctive features of Mortal Kombat is the fatality: a special move to finish off the adversary.

Pac Maniac

DOS19934.1/5 maze

Pac-in-Time

DOS19933.9/5 platform

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.

Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 pinball

Prehistorik 2

DOS1993protected4.1/5 platform

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

DOSMac19934.1/5 platform

Sango Fighter

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware3.5/5 fighting

Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS19933.4/5 platform

Silverball

DOS19933.7/5 pinball

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.

Sleepwalker

DOS1993protected3.9/5 platform

Spiritual Warfare

DOS1993protected3.6/5 maze, JRPG

Sword of Honour

DOS19933.8/5 beat 'em up

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 platform

The Geekwad: Games of the Galaxy

DOS19933.7/5

The Lost Vikings

DOS19934.2/5 platform, action puzzle

The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious vikings!), each with a single skill of its own.

Tom and Jerry

DOS19934.2/5 platform

Xargon

DOS1993freeware4/5 platform, run and gun

Ant Attack!

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 maze

Axet

DOS1994freeware3.7/5 block breaker

Blackthorne

DOS19944.2/5 platform

Blackthorne is a sci-fi / fantasy abandoned action platform game designed by Ronald Millar, developed by Blizzard Entertainment (yes, the creators of Diablo and World of Warcraft) and was released by Interplay Productions in 1994 for DOS and Mac. Blackthorne was also published for SNES, Sega 32X, Game Boy Advance and other systems.