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.
Rolling Jack
Rolling Jack is a Boulder Dash variant which was originally shareware but was released for free. Apparently the … VIEW
Roomz
Views: 7,5932000FreewareAction
Terry Washington
Roomz is a strange action/adventure game that attempts to duplicate the style of games the author and his friends … VIEW
RVS Bug Shoot
Views: 3,5021995FreewareAction
Rouge Valley Software
Bug Shoot is a basic shooting game. Really, it was coded in Quick Basic. Anywho, there is a bug bouncing around on the … VIEW
Sango Fighter
Views: 24,0171993Full versionAction
Panda Entertainment
Sango Fighter is a game that looks better than it actually plays. Inspired by the extremely popular Street Fighter … VIEW
Sango Fighter 2
Views: 19,4031995Full versionAction
Panda Entertainment
Sango Fighter 2 is more of an updated and improved remake of the original than it is a totally new game. Like the first … VIEW
Save Larisa
Views: 3,9061998SharewareAction
Matthew Raftery
Save Larisa is a simple text-mode game apparently named after the old "The Secret World of Alex Mack" TV show. Sure why … VIEW
Scubaman's Quest
Views: 9,3581994Shareware (Full version available)Action
Alive Software
The scubaman's quest is apparently to collect treasure and avoid angry sharks and other angry sea creatures. You control … VIEW
Sergeant Duffy and the Kidnapped Scientist
Views: 2,8731993FreewareAction
Jeremy Thielen
Sergeant Duffy & the Kidnapped Scientist is not a good game. It's definitely made by someone who was experimenting with … 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
Shaft
Views: 5,8951990SharewareAction
Herringbone Software
Shaft is a monochrome textmode action game which has some similarities to the classic arcade game Elevator Action, but a … VIEW
