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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Dragon 32/64 (1983) and ZX Spectrum (1983) Cruising is one of the simplest computer games possible, and one which probably has been independently invented more than one... |
Nintendo 64 (1996) and Wii (2008) Originally an arcade machine, Cruis'n USA was then released for the Nintendo 64. The game asks players to choose from... |
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Windows (2002) Cruncher in Mazeland is a single-player, 3-D Pac-Man clone. It is very similar to its companion game, Lady Cruncher.The object... |
DOS (1996) and Windows (2011) Crusader: No Regret is a direct sequel to Crusader: No Remorse, its events starting 46 hours after those depicted in... |
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Genesis (1994) Before the time of plants and animals, Earth was completely dark and inhabited by beings we now call 'monsters'. When... |
Windows (1999) and PlayStation (2000) Drake, a loner, toughened by exposure, hardship, and a life of fighting the scourge that destroyed his family as a... |
Windows (2006) Crusaders Of Space is a single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety.The game takes place after a... |
Windows (2006) Crusaders Of Space 2 is the third single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety in the Crusaders... |
Windows (2004) Crusaders Of Space: Open Range is a single person, shareware, space shooter of the fixed screen variety. It is the... |
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DOS (1993) Crusher Castle II is an action game where a character needs to escape a haunted castle by eliminating ghosts and... |
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Windows (2013) You play as Simon, a 19-year old fellow living in Sweden. Simon suffers from anxiety and depression and most likely... |
Windows (2008) Cry of the Infected is a First Person Shooter, in which the player assumes the role of Robert, a civilian... |
Windows (2008) Alexander Nesterov is a meteorologist who was scheduled to get back home from his station "Pole 21" on board the... |
DOS (1997) Cryptic Passage for Blood is a level package for Blood containing 10 single-player and 4 bloodbath levels. |
PlayStation (1997) and SEGA Saturn (1997) Crypt Killer is a horror-themed lightgun shooter. As a tireless adventurer, you are looking for the "Eyes of Guidance", ancient... |
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Atari 8-bit (1995) Crypts of Egypt is a platform game taking place in the secret depths of an Egyptian pyramid; the goal is... |
Atari 8-bit (1982) In The Crypts of Plumbous, the player has to fight alien ships who are trying to raid underground Nuclear waste... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) The Crypt is a single player adventure game in which the player explores a series of dungeons collecting treasure and... |
