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: 10,6521996Full 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: 7,3201990SharewareAction
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: 9,4001988FreewareAction
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: 8,4761991SharewareAction
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
Memory Hog Hunter
Back in the late 80's Intel Corporation created their "Above the Board" solution to the 640k conventional memory limit … VIEW
Meteor
Views: 10,9222001FreewareAction
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: 7,1101990SharewareAction
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: 10,3251996FreewareAction
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: 4,8501991SharewareAction
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