Category description: Action games focus on fast reflexes and eye-hand coordination. Since the earliest arcade games, video games have required expert timing, memorization, and quick player responses. In contrast to more cerebral text adventures or strategy games, action games get the heart pumping and the pulse racing.
Marshmallow Duel
Views: 7,1341996Full versionAction
Duncan Gill
Two-player combat action! However, it isn't combat in the usual 3D shooter sense. Here, your task is to push your … VIEW
Matter Blaster 2
Looking for a really crazy shooting/action game that doesn't make a lot of sense, but involves a lot of acton? Matter … VIEW
MaxMan
Views: 4,9891990SharewareAction
Christopher G. Gunn
MaxMan is "slightly similar to PAC-MAN" says the included documentation, which is pretty accurate, since it's not really … VIEW
Maze Runner
Views: 6,1471988FreewareAction
Apogee Software
Maze Runner is an action maze game (duh) where the object is to navigate your way to the exit. The trick is that you … VIEW
Megatron VGA
Views: 5,6391991SharewareAction
Stanley Design Team
This was, at the time, one of the few modem-to-modem multiplayer games available. It's basically a simple maze game … VIEW
Meteor
Views: 7,2502001FreewareAction
James Bunting
The oddly named Meteor is a really great action/adventure game. As a soldier, you must complete various missions. There … VIEW
Mindcube
Views: 4,5731990SharewareAction
Soleau Software
Mindcube is an action / puzzle game from Soleau Software, which is famous for its puzzle games, although this particular … VIEW
Mine Bombers
Views: 6,8461996FreewareAction
Skitso Productions
Mine Bombers is a takeoff of the popular "Bomberman" type game, where the object is to run around a playing field … VIEW
Minelayer
Views: 1,8681991SharewareAction
Carr Software
Minelayer is a strange game that at first appears to be a prototype to Carr Software's more well-known Islands of Danger … VIEW
Miniwar
Views: 4,6231998SharewareAction
Jussi Aittoniemi
This is a two-player battle game in which you and a buddy fight it out using various weapons. The levels you fight on … VIEW