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 |
Atari 5200 (2007) This homebrew Atari 5200 cartridge is a direct, yet unofficial sequel to the Atari 2600 action role-playing classic Adventure. The... |
NES (1986), Game Boy Advance (2004), J2ME (2004), Wii (2007), DoJa (2005) and MSX (1986) In the South Pacific, Master Higgins lives peacefully wearing only a grass skirt and a cap. That is until the... |
NES (1992) and Game Boy (1993) Your girlfriend is once again kidnapped by aliens, and you have to rescue her, forcing your way through various levels.The... |
Game Boy (1992), NES (1991), Wii (2011) and Nintendo 3DS (2011) In Adventure Island II the player takes the role of Master Higgins who has to save his cavegirl from aliens... |
Macintosh (2000) Adventure Joe is a side-scrolling puzzle game in which players take the role of Adventure Joe, daring explorer. Joe has... |
DOS (1997) The adventure of Tipi is a Korean-made side-scrolling platformer with cartoon-like characters and animations, similar to games like Elfland, Realms... |
Windows (2001) It starts when you receive a note and map from your long lost grandfather, along with the promise of the... |
Xbox 360 (2008) There once was a notorious gambler named Johnny Five Aces, who hid a treasure somewhere. There is a map to... |
Commodore 64 (1987) Players control their character around a maze of passages, and the object is to find the way out. Along the... |
Genesis (1995) Based on the award-winning TV series, The Adventures of Batman and Robin pits the player against the diabolical Mr. Freeze... |
SEGA CD (1995) In The Adventures of Batman and Robin, Robin and Commissioner Gordon have both gone missing. The Dark Knight suspects that... |
SNES (1994) Konami's game based on the 90s animated series starring the Caped Crusader sends him against his most famous enemies in... |
Game Gear (1995) The game is based on the famous 1990s animated series of the same name. The player takes control solely of... |
NES (1988) Your best girl Annabelle has been kidnapped by the evil Gordon, the "gangster king of Bourbon Street", and as Bayou... |
DOS (1990) A truly bizarre game which was rather popular at the time. It's an action game of sorts, in which you... |
Amstrad CPC (1986) and Commodore 64 (1986) The player controls Basildon Bond, whose task is to collect a series of codes within five hours, under orders from... |
Xbox 360 (2010) Adventures of Captain Becky is a puzzle platform game starring the titular female pirate captain. The goal of each stage... |
DOS (1988) and NES (1989) You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been... |
PlayStation 2 (2000) Cookie and Cream are two cartoon bunnies who are on their way home on the night before their clan's yearly... |
Browser (2006) The Adventures of Dangerous Dave & Brutal Bob Part 1: Mole Surfing was made to promote a British bicycle shopping... |
PlayStation 2 (2006) One night the monkey Darwin dreamt of a meteoroid flying towards the earth and destroying all life. Only he would... |
Windows (2008) and Macintosh (2008) Obviously another entry in the VGNG competition, Emo Harvest on the Oregon Trail casts the player as Death, harvester by... |
NES (1987) Somewhere in the land of dinosaurs, a hero known as Dino-Riki sets out to battle against the beasts of the... |
SNES (1993) Franky and his girlfriend Bitsy are planning a vacation to New York. There's just one problem: Bitsy doesn't have a... |
Game Boy Advance (2004) The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Attack of the Twonkies is a Game Boy Advance game based on... |
