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.
Scubaman's Quest
Views: 2,4581994SharewareAction
Alive Software
The scubaman's quest is apparently to collect treasure and avoid angry sharks and other angry sea creatures. You control … VIEW
Set the Hostages Free
Set the Hostages Free is an interesting game concept, created in 1981 (!) using color ASCII text-mode "graphics". Your … VIEW
Ski King
Views: 2,2951996FreewareAction
Axe Productions
Apparently based on an Atari 800 BASIC game, Ski King is a simple downward scrolling action game where your sole … VIEW
Skyroads
Views: 4,2391993FreewareAction
BlueMoon Interactive
Neat flying/driving/jumping/3D game. As you can tell, it's hard to describe. Basically it's a 3D 'racing' game, but … VIEW
SkyRoads: Xmas Special
Views: 2,7631994FreewareAction
BlueMoon Interactive
SkyRoads: Xmas Special is a holiday themed release of the original Skyroads game which is an action/arcade 3D "racing" … VIEW
Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris
Views: 2,8021996FreewareAction
Jumal Software
Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris has the distinction of sharing the title for longest/weirdest game … VIEW
Snipes
Views: 4,1111982FreewareAction
SuperSet Software Corp
This simple text mode action game with simple but enjoyable Gauntlet-like gameplay. You're in a maze, and you need to … VIEW
Space Adventure
Views: 2,3701988FreewareAction
Fireball Software
Space Adventure is a exploration based shooting game that was originally released for the BBC Micro, and ported … VIEW
Spitwad Willy
Views: 2,4011993SharewareAction
Raoul Said
Despite the opportunities presented to make fun of its name ... this game really is enjoyable. You play Willy, and you … VIEW
Spryjinx
Views: 1,6951997FreewareAction
Jason M. Heim
If you can remember playing QBert, and would like to experience a similar game, you may want to try SpryJinx. It's … VIEW
