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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DOS19884.2/5 Technos Japan
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DOS19923.9/5 Epic MegaGames
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DOS19924.1/5 Epic MegaGames
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Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Eurocom Developments
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DOS19944.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
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.
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DOSLinux19963.6/5 Sleepless Software
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DOS1990freewareNSFW4.2/5
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DOSMac19834.2/5 Broderbund
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DOS19903.8/5 Images Software
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DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
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DOS1987remake4/5
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DOS1993freeware4/5
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DOS1992freeware3/5 xLand Games
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DOS1999freewareremake3.7/5
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DOS19964.2/5 Tamsoft Corporation
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DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
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Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993freeware3.6/5 Panda Entertainment Technology Co.
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DOS19924/5 Bitmap Brothers
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DOS19904.1/5 Ocean Software
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DOS1991freeware3.5/5 Microsoft
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DOS19934.1/5 Graftgold
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DOS19894.1/5 Atari
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DOS19893.8/5 Psygnosis
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DOS19914/5 Syntetic Dimensions
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 to critics. Terminator 2 is an action game developed by Syntetic Dimensions and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS. It was also published for C64, ZX Spectrum, A...
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DOS19883.8/5 Capcom
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DOS1993protected3.8/5 Digital Extremes
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DOS1991protected4/5 id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.
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DOS1994freeware4.1/5 Diversions Entertainment
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DOS19904.1/5 Silmarils
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DOS19903.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises