The most popular 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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DOS19843.8/5
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DOS20013.7/5
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DOS19874.2/5 Beam Software
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DOS19893.9/5 Opera Soft
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DOS1986remake3.8/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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DOS19933.5/5 Zeppelin Games
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DOS1990freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
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Windows XP/98/9519992.8/5
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DOS19904/5 Micro F/X Software
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DOS1993protected3.9/5 CTA Developments
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DOS19943.8/5 Junkyard
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DOS19933/5 Codemasters
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DOS19904/5 id software
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DOS19892.7/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
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DOS19853.6/5
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DOS19833.5/5 Windmill Software
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Windows XP/98/9520063.8/5
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DOS19884/5 Bubble Bus Software
Starquake is a weird DOS science fiction platform game developed by Bubble Bus Software in 1988 and designed by Stephen Crow and Dave Collins. The Commodore 64 version boasts a wonderful soundtrack. Unfortunately, the PC version comes with CGA graphics and no soundtrack.
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Windows XP/98/952007remake3/5
Finders Keepers is an abandoned free platformer game with a medieval setting. It's a remake of the original Finders Keepers, developed by David Jones and released by Mastertronic in 1985 for a number of 8 bit platforms (C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC).
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DOS19893.8/5 Software Toolworks
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DOS1987freeware3.6/5 Cinemaware
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DOS19893/5 Konami
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DOS19922.6/5
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DOS19823/5
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DOS19893.3/5 Infogrames
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DOS19833/5
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DOS19893.5/5 Titus Interactive
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DOS1994protected3.1/5 21st Century Entertainment
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DOS19933.7/5 Tsunami Media
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DOS19843.4/5 Sierra On-Line