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.
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Nibbles

Views: 1,9482003FreewareAction Andrea Fazzi
Nibbles is not surprisingly a Snake / Nibbles type game. Although it's named after the classic QBasic / QuickBasic … VIEW
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Nicolausi

Views: 8,1031996Shareware (Full version available)Action TOM Productions
Santa is in trouble! He's lost his presents, and his list telling him which presents go to which house! So he must … VIEW

Night Raid

Views: 12,8851993SharewareAction Argo GamesSoftware Creations
Similar to Ack-Ack Attack, but with a bit more polish. From the publishers of the excellent Hexxagon game comes this one … VIEW

Ninja Blitz

Views: 6,7172020FreewareAction Tomaes
Ninja Blitz is a simple action game, which is a variation on the VIC-20 game Blitz from 1981. In this text-mode game the … VIEW

Nogginnockers 2

Views: 9,0871996FreewareAction Bloodlust Software
Bloodlust Software is probably most often remembered for their unfortunately named yet incredibly historically important … VIEW

One Must Fall 2097

Views: 23,9151994Full versionAction Diversions EntertainmentEpic Megagames
One Must Fall 2097 is a futuristic one-on-one fighting game in the style of other popular fighting games of the time … VIEW

Operation Carnage

Views: 10,6991996Full versionAction Midnight SynergyBeaucomm Interactive
Operation Carnage (originally a shareware title but now released by its developer for free) is a Smash TV inspired arena … VIEW

Orb Wars

Views: 2,8591997SharewareAction Simo Savolainen
Orb Wars is a two-player deathmatch game where you fly around your "orbs" and blast each-other until one of you dies. … VIEW

Outlaw 97

Views: 9,5371994SharewareAction Sandbird Software
Outlaw 97 is a visually-upgraded remake of the Atari 2600 game "Outlaw". Two players choose their fighters from a Street … VIEW

Painters

Views: 4,4241995FreewareAction JJSoft
Painters is a simple painting game where you compete against three other players (actual people or CPU-controlled) and … VIEW

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