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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10six Online Windows (1998) 10six Online is an on-line only action/adventure game, meant to become the world's first 1 million player game. It runs...
118 118 Nummerjakten Windows (1999) This game puts you in the shoes of a warehouse employee who must break open the wooden crates scattered across...
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1213: Episode 1 Windows (2005) This is the first part of the trilogy featuring prisoner 1213 (Twelve Thirteen). Locked up in a dark cell and...
1213: Episode 2 Windows (2006) In the second episode of the trilogy starring prisoner 1213, he continues his quest to escape the facility where he...
1213: Episode 3 Windows (2006) Episode 3 concludes the story of prisoner 1213's escape. Unlike the previous instalments, access to the entire game is only...
1213: Special Edition Windows (2006) 1213 (Special Edition) is a bundle of the three games in 1213 series of which the individual instalments were given...
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1337 Ship Deathmatch Xbox 360 (2009) and Windows (2009) 1337 Ship Deathmatch is a simple space shooter game which focuses on multiplayer combat. The player takes control of one...
13 Ghosts TRS-80 (1984) As the Great Venicksia, legendary conjuror and Ghost Exterminator Extraordinaire, you may have finally met your match. This town is...
16t Genesis (1991) 16t is a scrolling platform action game similar to Teddy Boy, in which the player controls a youngster in prison...
177 PC-88 (1986) and Sharp X1 (1986) 177 is the number of the Japanese criminal legislation paragraph that forbids rape. The game, however, does just the opposite:...
1849 Gold Rush Mophun (2003) Take the role of a gold miner of the 19th century. You have been searching for a long time, and...
187: Ride or Die PlayStation 2 (2005) and Xbox (2005) 187: Ride Or Die combines fighting and car racing through different game modes, including online play. In all game modes,...
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal Windows (2004) In this installment of the series, you will transport cargo across America, Mexico and Canada with your rig. There are...
1916: Der unbekannte Krieg Browser (2011), Macintosh (2011) and Windows (2011) 1916: Der unbekannte Krieg is a short survival horror student game set in the trenches during World War I. Players...
1941: Counter Attack SuperGrafx (1991) The prequel to 1942, like the other games in the 194x series, is a top down shooter set in WWII.One...
1942 NES (1985), Game Boy Color (2000), Commodore 64 (1986), ZX Spectrum (1986), MSX (1987), Amstrad CPC (1986), BREW (2006), J2ME (2004), PC-88 (1987), Wii (2010), Windows (2001), Windows Mobile (2001) and FM-7 (1987) Originating in the arcades, 1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter for one or two players. The year is 1942, and...
1942: Joint Strike PlayStation 3 (2008) and Xbox 360 (2008) 1942: Joint Strike is a remake of 1942 featuring HD graphics. Player fly their plane in a top-down, 3rd-person perspective...
1943 Kai TurboGrafx-16 (1991) This is an enhanced version of 1942: The Pacific Air War, with most of the graphics and sounds reworked. There...
1943: The Battle of Midway NES (1988), Amiga (1988), Commodore 64 (1988), Atari ST (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1988) The sequel to 1942, which is still a vertically scrolling shooter, has the player once again fighting over the clouds...
1945 AirWar J2ME (2004) 1945 AirWar is a vertically-scrolling 1942 clone. There is no story, players control a small plane fighting many waves of...
1945 I & II: The Arcade Games PlayStation 2 (2004) and PlayStation 3 (2012) This compilation includes the arcade games Strikers 1945 and Strikers 1945 II, though "Strikers" was removed from the title everywhere...
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1985: The Day After Commodore 64 (1985) and ZX Spectrum (1985) The control of Big Brother (referring to George Orwell's novel 1984, hence the game's title) has been overthrown, and mankind...