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.
 Game Title |
Commodore 64 (1992) Bod the Alien's children have been kidnapped and taken to three different time periods on Earth. Egyptian pyramid, medieval castle... |
DOS (1993) and Amiga (1993) Around the time of the Amiga version of Street Fighter 2, Amiga specialists Team 17 came up with a similar... |
Amiga (1993) In the follow-up to Body Blows, Dan and Junior (two characters from the original, based around programmers Danny Burke and... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) Bodycount is a first person shooter set in a wartorn future in Africa and Asia. Equipped with a arsenal of... |
Genesis (1994) Body Count has a simple story: aliens have invaded the Earth, and a lone soldier who is particularly skilled at... |
Windows (1999) Body Glove's Bluewater Hunter is a game based on the sports of spear fishing and it is endorsed by the... |
Nintendo 64 (1998) The year is 2016. Humanity has been reduced to a few survivors inhabiting the orbital space station Omega. Over the... |
Browser (2008) In Body Ladder, the player takes control of a 3-D stick figure in a top hat who has only one... |
DOS (1994) The end of the 21st century is nearing; despite phenomenal gains in technology, humanity is still plagued by infectious diseases.... |
PlayStation (1996) The player takes the role of an air pilot who is part of an elite first strike air unit. This... |
MSX (1984) Boggy '84 is one of those games of which countless numbers were made in the early eighties during the homecomputer... |
Macintosh (2000) The Bogus Guru is a collection of four mini-games designed by the Foltz brothers. The games are laid out across... |
Windows (2009), Linux (2009), Amiga (2009) and Macintosh (2009) BOH is a top-down shooter with retro graphics and sound, somewhat comparable to Alien Breed.As a member of the Resistance... |
Windows (2005) Saul Myers is a veteran of the French Foreign Legion living abroad in Paris. His daughter Lisa is a journalist... |
Atari 2600 (1983) This is a game rather reminiscent of Q*bert.In this game, you are a bubble named, with great originality, Bubble.
The... |
Commodore 64 (1988) Bojo the Clown is performing at a circus, and must impress the audience by bouncing on a series of trampolines... |
Game Boy Advance (2004) Django has been stripped of his valuable weapon of choice and now must rid the world of evil with more... |
Game Boy Advance (2003) Following in his father's footsteps, you play Django the vampire hunter, who uses the power of the sun to defeat... |
DOS (1995) and Macintosh (1995) This is a remake of the game Bolo for Atari ST. It is a Breakout variant with a twist: Your... |
Linux (2000), Macintosh (1989) and Windows (1999) An early networking experiment between BBC microcomputers, Bolo is a top-down tank deathmatch game with a highly simplified physics model,... |
Apple II (1982) The objective of Bolo is to maneuver your tank through the maze, seek with your radar and destroy 6 enemy... |
Atari ST (1987) Bolo is a "Breakout" clone with a twist. You have to destroy all the bricks on the screen using your... |
Browser (2008) The player guides Bomba, the character, to a series of checkpoints marked by stars. Control of Bomba is done via... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) Bombastic, the sequel to Devil Dice, is a puzzle game where you attempt to clear a field of explosive dice.... |
Windows (2001) BombBlox is a Tetris variant. The basic principle is the same: blocks of different shapes are falling down from the... |
