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.
Captain Eric
Views: 2,7881992SharewareAction
PC Solutions
Captain Eric is a vaguely Gauntlet-like game that involves avoiding or shooting enemies ("aliens"), collecting powerups, … VIEW
Carmageddon
This demo version of the formerly popular car racing / gore game give you a taste of what the full game had to offer; … VIEW
Catacomb
Views: 3,3731990DemoAction
Softdisk Publishing
Before the Catacomb series went 3D, it started as a 2D action / maze / Gauntlet-like game. Similarly to how Wolfenstein … VIEW
Catacombs of Nemon, The
Views: 4,4471983FreewareAction
Ron Dubren Associates
The Catacombs of Nemon is not an RPG/adventure game, as you might assume from its name. In fact in this game you play as … VIEW
Colossal Cave Adventure
Views: 4,2531990Public DomainAction
Kevin Black
This is a bit before my time ... however, it's worth playing at least once, just to see one of the first text adventure … VIEW
Crash
Views: 4,1431996FreewareAction
DIGITAL Nightmares
Crash is a simple Snake or TRON cycles clone game. It starts off well, with a nice title screen and menu system, and the … VIEW
Cyberdogs
Views: 3,8061998FreewareAction
Ronny Wester
A top view Gauntlet style shooter. It's simple, fast and a heck of a lot of fun, especially in two player mode. First, … VIEW
Cycle Warz
Views: 2,3831993SharewareAction
VectorScope Software
This is a clone of the Tron / Snakes / Nibbles light-cycle style game where the object is to make your opponent(s) crash … VIEW
D/Generation
Views: 4,0241991DemoAction
Mindscape Inc
D/Generation is a unique isometic view action/puzzle game set in a large office building. You play a package delivery … VIEW
Death Rally
Top-down racing games are sort of a sub-genre of the larger racing genre, and Death Rally is a good example of how to do … VIEW
