Action

Description

In action games players are required to have good reflexes and quick reaction in order to overcome challenges. Action games typically focus on combat, during which the player must press buttons or keys rapidly or in timed intervals in order to execute attacks and other moves. Non-combat challenges may include avoiding traps, jumping, running, completing tasks within a pressing time limit, etc.

Common action sub-genres are shooters, fighting, and platform games.

Though most racing / driving, sports, and many simulation games contain action-oriented gameplay, they can be considered action games only if they specifically emphasize arcade-like, reflex-based gameplay.

Action games may include extensive non-violent exploration and/or puzzle-solving, or combine themselves with other genres, e.g. role-playing or driving.

Quick thinking is often required to succeed in action games; however, games that specifically emphasize quick thinking over reflexes are usually real-time strategy or puzzle games.
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Megamania Atari 2600 Front Cover

Atari 2600 (1982), Atari 5200 (1983) and Atari 8-bit (1983)

Megamania is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a spaceship at the bottom of...

Mega Man II Game Boy Front Cover

Game Boy (1991)

Dr. Wily has broken into the Chronos Institute and stolen a machine called Time Skimmer. According to Dr. Light's calculations,...

Mega Man III Game Boy Front Cover

Game Boy (1992)

Dr. Wily is at it again! This time, he's set up an oil rig in the middle of the ocean...

Mega Man IV Game Boy Front Cover

Game Boy (1993)

In the year 20XX...Dr. Wily has broken into the local Robot Museum and has stolen the bodies of his previously...

Mega Man Legends Windows Front Cover

Windows (2001), PlayStation (1997), Nintendo 64 (2000) and PSP (2005)

In a world covered almost entirely in water, there exist small islands that hide huge treasures. And where there's treasure,...

Mega Man Legends 2 PlayStation Front Cover

PlayStation (2000) and PSP (2005)

Mega Man returns in this, his second 3D outing. The Blue bomber and his teammate, Roll, must journey to a...

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X PSP Front Cover

PSP (2005)

Set a century after the events in the original Mega Man series, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a remake...

Mega Man Network Transmission GameCube Front Cover

GameCube (2003)

Based between the events of the Game Boy Advance titles, Mega Man Battle Network 1 and 2, Lan and the...

Mega Man Powered Up PSP Front Cover

PSP (2006)

Dr. Light had an idea: He would build a bunch of good and handy robots to help him and others...

Mega Man: Rush Marine BlackBerry Front Cover

BlackBerry (2009), BREW (2009), J2ME (2009) and Windows Mobile (2009)

Mega Man: Rush Marine is a shoot em up style game featuring characters from the Mega Man universe.Dr. Wily has...

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2007)

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja, along with Zerker X Saurian, is the sequel to Mega Man Star...

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Saurian Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2007)

Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Saurian, along with Zerker X Ninja, is the sequel to Mega Man Star...

Mega Man Star Force: Dragon Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2006)

Many years in the future, humankind has finally discovered extraterrestrial life. In an effort to make contact with aliens, they...

Mega Man Star Force: Leo Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2006)

Many years in the future, humankind has finally discovered extraterrestrial life. In an effort to make contact with aliens, they...

Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus Nintendo DS Front Cover

Nintendo DS (2006)

Many years in the future, humankind has finally discovered extraterrestrial life. In an effort to make contact with aliens, they...

Mega Man: The Wily Wars Genesis Front Cover

Genesis (1994)

Mega Man: Wily Wars is a collection of the first three NES Mega Man titles. It features enhanced graphics and...

Mega Man V Game Boy Front Cover

Game Boy (1994)

Mega Man's greatest adventure has come to the Gameboy!One peaceful day, Mega Man and his sister Roll are enjoying a...

Browser (2004)

Megaman vs Ghosts&Goblins is, not entirely surprising, an unofficial mash-up between the Mega Man and Ghost 'N Goblins series. The...

Mega Man X SNES Front Cover

SNES (1993), DOS (1995), DoJa (2007), iPad (2011), iPhone (2011) and Wii (2011)

Mega Man X is a robot designed by Dr. Light to choose his own path in life. Years after he...

Mega Man X2 SNES Front Cover

SNES (1994), DoJa (2008) and Wii (2011)

Sigma, the leader of the Maverick army, was destroyed when he underestimated his opponent: a lone warrior, awakened into a...

Mega Man X3 Windows Front Cover

Windows (1996), PlayStation (1996), SNES (1995), SEGA Saturn (1996) and DoJa (2010)

A Reploid scientist named Dr. Doppler begins creation of a new city for Reploids, which will bring a new era...

Mega Man X4 Windows Front Cover

Windows (1998), PlayStation (1997) and SEGA Saturn (1997)

Mega Man X, the reploid leader of the 17th unit Maverick Hunters, and his best friend Zero have to stop...

Mega Man X5 Windows Front Cover

Windows (2002) and PlayStation (2000)

Years after the Reploid Wars, all seems peaceful in the world. But peace was not meant to last forever. When...

Mega Man X6 PlayStation Front Cover

PlayStation (2001)

It's been 3 weeks since the space colony "Eurasia" crashed into the Earth. Since then, the Earth has become a...

Mega Man X7 PlayStation 2 Front Cover

PlayStation 2 (2003) and Windows (2003)

The year is 21XX. Earth is recovering from the Eurasia Incident and the Nightmare Crisis. Slowly but surely, it seems...

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