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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DOS19833.7/5 Magicom Multimedia
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Windows 3.x19913.9/5
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DOS19893.9/5 Westwood Studios
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DOS19894.1/5 New Era Software
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DOS19883.3/5 Binary Design
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DOS1989remake4/5
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DOS1987remake3.9/5 Yahoo Software
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DOS19873/5 Box Office
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DOS19893.9/5 Polarware
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DOS19844.3/5 Synapse Software
Alley Cat is an arcade platform game designed by Bill Williams, developed by Synapse and released for IBM in 1984. As a cat, your goal is to jump around the neighborhood, enter apartments - each being a mini-game - to find your lost loved one.
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DOS19903.9/5 Infogrames
Alpha Waves (also known as Continuum) was the ultimate relaxing experience for PC. As a platform game, Alpha Waves it's an ok game; not bad, not very good, but if you consider the whole relaxing experience, it's worth a try. Alpha Waves stands the test of time, after all these years it's still fairly playable. Try it on a lazy evening and you might...
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DOS19904.1/5 Sega
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DOS19833/5
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DOS1994freeware3.8/5 Dataware
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DOS1985remake4.1/5
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DOS1992remake3.8/5
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DOS19914.1/5 Blue Sky Productions
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DOS19873.3/5
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DOS19913.3/5 Apogee Software
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DOS19884.1/5 Taito
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DOS19894.1/5 Taito
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DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems
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DOS19964.2/5 Infogrames
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Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Interplay Productions
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Windows XP/98/952001remake3.8/5
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DOS19893.8/5 California Merchandising Concepts
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DOS19882.5/5
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DOS19894.1/5 Palace Software
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DOS1994freeware3.5/5
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DOS19913.9/5 Loriciels