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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DOS (1994) Tonko is a Korean-made platform game that consists of very small (almost single-screen) stages. Each stage is a platform structure... |
Windows (1996) The follow-up to Tonko takes a different approach to single-screen platforming. The titular little yellow goblin-like hero is now stripped... |
Windows (1997) Tonko 3 attempts to walk the middle ground between the first and the second game in the series. This platformer... |
Windows (1998) Tonko 4 marks the series' departure from single-screen to a 3D action game with very light platforming elements. The titular... |
Windows (1999) The infamous King Kroko swims together with his crocodile gang through the ocean to find a new home. After they... |
Game Boy Color (2000) This is the first handheld version of Tony Hawk's popular skateboarding game. It bears little resemblance to the original Playstation... |
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Game Boy Advance (2001) The Tony Hawk skateboarding series makes its debut on the Game Boy Advance with this adaptation of the second Pro... |
Game Boy Color (2000) The Game Boy Color version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is based off the console game of the same... |
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Xbox 360 (2008) Too Human is the first part of a planned trilogy of games. It mixes Norse mythology with cyborgs to recreate... |
Game Boy Color (2000) Toonsylvania is a side-scrolling platform game based on the animated television series of the same name. In the game Dr.... |
Commodore 64 (1982) and VIC-20 (1981) Play as Plaqueman to fight the plaque D. K. This Plague Germ is covering all the teeth. Your weapons are... |
Atari 2600 (1983) In this game, you are T. P., the Tooth Protector, and are trying to protect some teeth from tooth decay... |
Amiga (1992) and Acorn 32-bit (1991) Top Banana is a game synthesised from everything that was hip, cool and "in" during the early nineties. With members... |
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Macintosh (2008) and Windows (2008) A time-management game based on the TV show of the same name, Top Chef puts you into the shoes of... |
SNES (1992) In the first of three released games for Super NES, players can choose among 4 different cars, each one with... |
Amiga (1994), Genesis (1994), SNES (1993) and Amiga CD32 (1994) This third-person racing game resembles Gremlin's earlier Lotus series, in terms of its general look and feel, right down to... |
SNES (1994) The last game of the Top Gear series for the SNES goes into outer space. Face the challenges found in... |
PlayStation 2 (2000) Going beyond the usual high speed thrills of the past Top Gear titles, Dare Devil has you racing a collection... |
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NES (1987) Top Gun is loosely based on the film of the same name. It is an action game in which the... |
DOS (1996), PlayStation (1996), Windows (1996) and Macintosh (1998) Top Gun: Fire at Will is a flight simulator based on the movie of the same name. You take the... |
Game Boy Advance (2002) and Game Boy Color (2001) Top Gun: Firestorm takes the player to the skies again in twelve missions where numerous aerial and ground based enemies... |
