Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware action games

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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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

DOS1991 beat 'em up
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the many adaptations of the Terminator franchise. This one is based on the movie of the same name, but it's not as good as the movie, according...
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The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS1990 platform
The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Paragon Software for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The plot revolves ...
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The Blues Brothers

DOS1991 platform
The Blues Brothers is a platformer that follows the adventures of Jake and Elwood Blues as they try to put their band back together. The player controls one of the Blues Brothers t...
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The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS1993 platform
The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure is a video game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993. It is a sequel to the original The Blues Brothers game, which was based...
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The Castle of Dr. Malvado

DOS2001 platform
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The Cool Croc Twins

DOS1992 platform
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The Final Crusade of Kroz

DOS1990freeware maze
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The Goonies

DOS1985
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The Great Giana Sisters

DOS1987remake platform
The Great Giana Sisters is a platform video game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. It was originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and other...
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The Last Mission

DOS1987 platform, shoot 'em up
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The Lion King

DOS1994 platform
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The Lost Patrol

DOS1991 shooting gallery
The Lost Patrol (1991, DOS) drops you into the brutal jungles of Vietnam, where survival depends on strategy, luck, and maybe divine intervention. You lead a squad of exhausted sol...
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The Lost Vikings

DOS1993 platform, action puzzle
In The Lost Vikings (1993, DOS), three Viking warriors with more brawn than brains find themselves kidnapped by aliens. Instead of raiding villages, they’re solving puzzles w...
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The Punisher

DOS1990 racing: unusual vehicles
Long before comic-book games became blockbuster spectacles, The Punisher (1990, DOS) delivered gritty vigilante action with a side of pixelated attitude. You step into Frank Castle...
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The Rocketeer

DOS1991 racing: unusual vehicles, shoot 'em up
Inspired by the film, The Rocketeer (1991, DOS) lets you strap on a jetpack and soar—well, mostly hover—through an adventure packed with gangsters, Nazis, and mid-centu...
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The Simpsons

DOS1991 beat 'em up
The Simpsons Arcade Game, developed and published by Konami, is a classic side-scrolling beat-'em-up that became highly popular in arcades during the early '90s. Players take ...
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The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness

DOS1991
The Simpsons: Bart’s House of Weirdness is what happens when a platform game decides to take a holiday inside a surreal cartoon fever dream. You control Bart through two wild...
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The Smurfs

DOSWindows XP/98/951996 platform
The Smurfs is a bright and cheerful platformer that brings the tiny blue heroes to life in a world full of mushrooms, forests, and cartoon danger. You run, jump, and bounce your wa...
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The Three Stooges

DOS1987freeware
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The Typing of the Dead

Windows XP/98/951999 word puzzle, rail shooter
The Typing of the Dead is a distinctive video game, essentially a typing adaptation of the classic rail shooter arcade game, The House of the Dead. Initially debuting in 1999 as an...
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The Way of the Exploding Fist PC

Windows Vista/7/82008freewareremake fighting
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Thexder

DOS1987 platform
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Time Bandit

DOS1989 maze
Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was dev...
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Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware fighting