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 |
Amiga (1990) Emerald Mine 3 Professional is an Boulder Dash variant and features no gameplay changes in comparison to its predecessor. The... |
Amiga (1988), Commodore 64 (1988) and Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1989) Emerald Mine II is an Boulder Dash variant and features no gameplay changes in comparison to its predecessor besides the... |
Amiga CD32 (1994) The Emerald Mines CD contains the Boulder Dash-clone Emerald Mine and a collection of 177 level sets for it, each... |
Wii (2008) In Emergency Mayhem, the player takes control of the emergency services of a metropolis aptly named Crisis City. The player... |
Windows (2000) As the name suggests, you control a group of firefighters in a "Sims" like environment, and must complete tasks, mainly... |
Amiga (1987) In Emetic Skimmer, set in 5354, the first AI has gone rogue and needs to be stopped. It is the... |
Windows (1999) Em@il Games: X-COM is a turn-based game played over email loosely based on the original X-com game. The units and... |
Amstrad CPC (1989), MSX (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989) and DOS (1989) In this tennis simulation, the player is Spanish tennis hero Emilio Sanchez Vicario. The player can play tennis against the... |
Windows (2001) Emperor: Battle for Dune represents the seamless combination of cutting-edge 3D graphics and perfected real-time strategy gameplay. In your conquest... |
Windows (2001) This Collector's Edition of Emperor: Battle for Dune contains the following:
The original Emperor: Battle for Dune
Audio CD with... |
Commodore 64 (1986), ZX Spectrum (1986), DOS (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1986) The ultimate goal in Empire! is to build a great galactic empire protected by a huge frontier shield. Before this... |
MSX (1988) and NES (1987) In this arcade hall conversion of Empire City: 1931 which is set in 1931 you are a federal agent that... |
ZX Spectrum (1985) The Empire you fight for has been weakened significantly in recent years, and its space has now been filled with... |
Windows (2003) From Rick Goodman, lead designer on Age of Empires, and the studio that created Empire Earth comes Empires: Dawn of... |
Windows (2009) Enchanted Katya and the Mystery of the Lost Wizard is a time management game with a fantasy theme. The player... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) Enchanted Land is set in the peaceful land of Damiran. But as it is in video games, an evil wizard... |
Game Boy Advance (2007) Enchanted: Once Upon Andalasia is based on the movie Enchanted and begins with Giselle telling a bedtime story to young... |
DOS (1989) In the year 1522 a peace-loving magician discovered, while reading a crystal ball, that the Earth would be destroyed in... |
Xbox (2002) and Windows (2003) Enclave is a third-person action game, pitting you as one of twelve different characters in a medieval era.During a great... |
DOS (1984) Somewhat similar to Space Invaders, you pilot a craft that is flying through space while avoiding pieces of your destroyed... |
Commodore 64 (1984), Atari 8-bit (1983), Amiga (1991) and Atari ST (1991) Encounter! is a fast paced arcade game set in a sci-fi environment which features fast moving three dimensional graphics. You... |
Atari 2600 (1982) Using an anti-matter launcher, you must defend the starbase L5 against a non-stop horde of blue Megalyte warrior ships and... |
Browser (2010) A young dwarf is set on a journey by his late father's bequest, to set past wrongs right. Merely a... |
PlayStation 2 (2002) Endgame is an futuristic action light-gun shooter which has been compared to Time Crisis games.The story is about an evil... |
Windows (2003) Endless Ages bills itself as a "Massive Multi-Player Online Real Time First Person Shooter Role Playing Game".Players in this online... |
