The best 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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Body Blows

DOS19934.2/5 fighting

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS19884.2/5 beat 'em up

Comix Zone

Windows XP/98/9519954.2/5 beat 'em up

Comix Zone is a peculiar science fiction and superhero themed action game.It was developed and released by Sega in 1995 for Windows and other platforms. What makes Comix Zone different from other similare titles is that the game world is framed like a comic book.

A-Maze

DOS19894.2/5 maze

Lucky Luke

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 platform

Battle Arena Toshinden

DOS19964.1/5 fighting

Battle Arena Toshinden was the first game in the Toshinden series and was originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1995 and later for DOS. Battle Arena Toshinden introduced 3D graphics to the fighting game genre, allowing characters to move in a three-dimensional space.The game featured a diverse roster of eight playable characters, eac...

Trolls

DOS19924.1/5 platform

PC-Man

DOS1982remake4.1/5 maze

PC-Man is an abandoned top-down Pac-Man clone in every regard: from the shape of the protagonist, to the cute ghosts. PC-Man was designed by Greg Kuperberg, developed by Orion Software and released in 1982 for DOS. As PC-Man, you have to move through a one screen maze to collect dots (pills? wafers?) and avoid being touched by one of the usual Pac-...

Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

DOS19894.1/5 block breaker, action puzzle

Paperboy

DOS19884.1/5

Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...

Lode Runner: The Legend Returns

DOS19944.1/5

Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 platform, run and gun

Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate my Baby Sitter!

DOS19914.1/5 platform

Gauntlet 2

DOS19894.1/5 maze, dungeon crawl

Pinball Dreams

DOS1993protected4.1/5 pinball

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

DOSMac OS19934.1/5 platform

Solomon's Key

DOS19884.1/5

Arachnophobia

DOS19914.1/5

Jetpack: Christmas Special

DOS19934.1/5 platform

Pac Maniac

DOS19934.1/5 maze

X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS1997demo4.1/5 fighting

X-Men: Children of the Atom is a fighting video game developed by Capcom and released in arcades in 1994. The game features characters from Marvel Comics' X-Men series, including popular mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Magneto, among others.The gameplay follows traditional fighting game mechanics, with players selecting a character and ...

Eye of Horus

DOS19894.1/5 platform

One Must Fall 2097

DOS1994freeware4.1/5 fighting

One Must Fall: 2097 is a fighting game released in 1994 by Epic MegaGames. Set in a futuristic world, the game features giant humanoid robots known as HARs (Human-Assisted Robots) controlled by human pilots. The storyline revolves around a tournament organized by the multinational corporation WAR (World Aeronautics and Robotics), where pilots compe...

Frogger

DOS19834.1/5

Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 beat 'em up

Altered Beast is a classic side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Sega. It was originally released in arcades in 1988 and later ported to various home consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Players control a resurrected centurion who battles through five levels filled with undead creatures and other mythical beas...