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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Wild Streets Commodore 64 (1990), Amstrad CPC (1989), DOS (1990), Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1989) and ZX Spectrum (1990) New-York, Year 1998. The once most prestigious city in the world, has now become a fighting zone. Half of the...
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Wild Water Adrenaline featuring Salomon PlayStation 2 (2005) Wild Water Adrenaline is a game based on whitewater kayaking and rafting. Up to four players, in single kayaks or...
Wild West Guns Wii (2008) Wild West Guns is a shooting game for the Wii in the tradition of the classic laser games. There are...
Wild West Quest Windows (2008), Android (2012), iPad (2012) and iPhone (2012) A woman is cleaning the attic of her grandmother's house when she finds a trunk filled with wild west antiquities....
Wild West Seymour Commodore 64 (1992), ZX Spectrum (1992) and Amstrad CPC (1992) You are Seymour, a round, happy fellow with legs and arms. You are an aspiring film producer, and you're about...
Wild West Wendy Macintosh (2005) and Windows (2005) Meet Wendy, a girl who was sent away from home to safety after her parents' ranch was attacked by outlaws....
Wild Wheels Amiga (1991), Atari ST (1990) and DOS (1991) Wild Wheels is an action game in which two teams of five cars each try to bring a ball into...
Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin Windows (1999) A short while after the end of the American Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Ulysses S....
Wild Woody SEGA CD (1995) An adventurer named Dusty returns home with an enchanted Totem Pole. Due to an assortment of rare events, the spirits...
Will Fight for Food Linux (2012) and Windows (2012) Will Fight for Food is a fighting brawler that incorporates many role-playing elements. The protagonist is the WWF wrestler Jared...
William and Sly Browser (2009) The teleporting runestones William has arranged in the forest area around his cabin have been disabled. William suspects area gnomes...
William and Sly II Browser (2011) In response to unspecified transgressions, gnomes have stolen William's notebook and strewn its 25 pages across a vast sylvan landscape,...
Williams Arcade Classics DOS (1995), Windows (1996), PlayStation (1996), Dreamcast (2001), SNES (1996), Genesis (1996), SEGA Saturn (1997) and Game.Com (1997) Williams Arcade Classics is a compilation that includes the following games: Defender Defender II Joust Robotron: 2084 Sinistar The PC,...
William Shatner's TekWar DOS (1995) You're an ex-cop who was sentenced to cryo sleep. When you awake you are recruited by the Cosmos Detective Agency...
Willow DOS (1988), Atari ST (1988), Amiga (1989) and Commodore 64 (1988) Based on the movie. Willow consists of various action sequences which recreate different scenes from the movie including an escape...
Willow NES (1989) Willow is an action RPG based on the movie with the same name. The player assumes the role of Willow,...
Will Rock Windows (2003) Will Rock has been described as Serious Sam set in Greece.A budget First Person Shooter where you take the role...
Willy The Worm DOS (1985) You play a worm that has to get to the bell at the top of the screen without hitting blocks...
Willy the Worm Part II: The Big Trip Home DOS (1987) The invertebrate Willy has just finished his first adventure, and now it's time to go home to Mommy. The sequel...
Wimbledon Championship Tennis Genesis (1993), Game Gear (1992) and SEGA Master System (1993) The oldest of the four Grand Slam tournaments, held in London on grass every July, is the basis for this...
WIN32.DLL Windows (2008) Like SM Word before it, WIN32.DLL is an explicit stab at some of the perceived interface failings and, here, security...
WinAmp 5.5 (included game) Windows (2007) A user of the WinAmp media-playing software might have idly double-clicked on the logo of the new Bento skin from...
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon PlayStation 2 (2006) and Xbox (2006) A third-person action game which centers around the exploits of a crisis response team. The three player characters, Craig Contrell,...