Action

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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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Psi 5 Trading Co. Commodore 64 (1986), DOS (1986), Amstrad CPC (1987) and ZX Spectrum (1987) Psi-5 Trading company puts the player in command of a space freighter crewed by a host of quirky aliens. The...
Psicotic Atari ST (1989) Psicotic is a multi-screen shoot'em up game coded in STOS. Aliens from the planet ZzalazZ has almost destroyed earth and...
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2: Sengoku Ace & Sengoku Blade PlayStation 2 (2004) Volume two of the Psikyo Shooting Collection contains the following arcade shoot 'em up games:Sengoku Ace Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace...
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3: Sol Divide & Dragon Blaze PlayStation 2 (2005) The third volume in the Psikyo Shooting Collection contains two shoot 'em ups that were previously unreleased on the PlayStation...
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox (2004) and Windows (2005) Psi-Ops is an action game with a twist: no longer do you have to rely solely on big weapons and...
Pssst ZX Spectrum (1983) Growing the best Thyrgodian Megga Chrisanthodil possible is the sole purpose of Robbie the Robot. When insects invade his garden,...
Psybadek PlayStation (1998) In Psybadek, you maneuver a hoverboard through jungle, desert, underworld and ice levels as Xako or Mia to save your...
Psyborg DOS (1992), Amiga (1992), Amstrad CPC (1992) and Atari ST (1992) You are a psyborg named Duncan Norton, who must travel through the vortex from a space vessel trapped in a...
Psycastria Commodore 64 (1986), Electron (1986) and BBC Micro (1986) The Psycastrians have attacked. Using their mind control abilities, they have taken over many world leaders, causing untold war and...
Psychic Force PlayStation (1996) The year is 2010, and people are being born with special powerful abilities, such as the power to control the...
Psychic Force 2012 Dreamcast (1999), PlayStation (1999) and Windows (1999) Psychic Force 2012, the sequel to Psychic Force, is a one-on-one fighting game with a twist. The matches take place...
Psychic Force Complete PlayStation 2 (2005) Psychic Force Complete is a compilation of 3 System 11 / System 12 arcade fighting games: Psychic Force Psychic Force...
Psychic Storm TurboGrafx CD (1992) Psychic Storm is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player takes the role of four characters who must protect...
Psychic World Game Gear (1991), SEGA Master System (1991) and MSX (1988) A scientist and his two female assistants work on ESP research in a remote science laboratory. One day, a section...
Psycho Chaser TurboGrafx-16 (1990) Space year X2981Y. Earth has developed battle androids to fight bloodless wars. A new battle android called "Aura" was developed...
Psycho Dream SNES (1992) Psycho Dream is a side-scrolling action game with light platforming elements, similar in style to Valis games, though less story-driven....
Psycho Fox SEGA Master System (1989) Psycho Fox is a platform game where you play a fox and you must get through seven worlds, consisting of...
Psychonauts Windows (2005), Xbox (2005), PlayStation 2 (2005), Xbox 360 (2007), Macintosh (2011), Linux (2012) and PlayStation 3 (2012) At a summer camp for up-and-coming psychics, a young boy with an unusually high level of psychic ability inexplicably shows...
Psycho Pigs UXB Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988) and MSX (1988) The object of Psycho Pigs UXB is to eliminate your opponents (who are pigs) by throwing bombs at them. When...
Psycho Pinball DOS (1995) and Genesis (1995) Psycho Pinball is another pinball game in the style first introduced in Pinball Dreams and later popularized in Pinball Fantasies....
Psychosis TurboGrafx-16 (1990) and Wii (2008) There is something wrong with your brain. It is being taken over by the Devil Ugar himself! Your only recourse...
Psycho Soldier Amstrad CPC (1988), Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988), Windows (2008), PSP (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2011) Sequel to Athena, the 2d side-scroller which starred a "kawaii" version of the greek goddess Athena as she set out...
Psychotoxic Windows (2004) Psychotoxic is a first-person shooter where the player controls one Angela Prophet, whose mission is simply to save the world...
The Psychotron Windows 3.x (1994) and SEGA Saturn (1995) The Psychotron is an adventure from the early development time of live video, set in a wild Texan environment. A...
Psycho Waluigi Windows (2011) Psycho Waluigi is an unlicensed freeware game made by Thunder Dragon starring Nintendo's character Waluigi as he tries to take...