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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DOS19893.4/5 Infogrames
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DOS19913.4/5 Flair Software
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DOS19843.4/5
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DOS1983remake3.4/5 Magicom Multimedia
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DOS19923.4/5 Bizarre Developments
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DOS19833.4/5 Sydney Development
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DOS2006remake3.3/5
Ghostbusters is a abandoned action game based on the 80s hit movie Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was released in 2006 as a remake of the game of the same name developed by Activision in 1984 for a number of platforms including C64, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum.
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DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1991freeware3.3/5 Scenerio Software
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DOS19893.3/5 Infogrames
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DOS19883.3/5 Binary Design
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DOS19893.3/5 Capstone
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DOS1995protected3.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
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DOS19953.3/5 Capstone
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DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19893.3/5 Silmarils
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DOS1995freeware3.3/5
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DOS19873.3/5
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DOS19913.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS1984remake3.3/5
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DOS19883.3/5 Silent Software
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DOS19943.2/5 Mirage Technologies
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DOS19903.2/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
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DOS19953.2/5 Teeny Weeny Games
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DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
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Windows XP/98/952004remake3.2/5
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DOS19833.2/5
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DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems
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DOS19933.1/5 Rozner Labs Software Group