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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Light Cycle ZX Spectrum (1983) and Oric (1983) This was an early interpretation of the Tron Light Cycles game style, in which the players (two on here, with...
Light Cycles Atari ST (1990) Light Cycles is as the name implies a light cycles game. Two players tries to navigate their light cycles so...
Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar Genesis (1992) The Galaxy Federation has defeated the forces of the Orn Empire. But the former allies of Orn have united into...
Lightfish Windows (2011), Xbox 360 (2011), Macintosh (2011) and Linux (2011) Lightfish is a fast-paced game where the user controls a small fish who unleashes a thread behind him, allowing to...
Lightforce ZX Spectrum (1986), Amstrad CPC (1986) and Commodore 64 (1987) The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear...
Light Force Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1989) This compilation contains four games. Bio Challenge IK+ R-Type Voyager
Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibōken PlayStation (1996) The ancient country of Japon has existed for millennia, through times of peace and war. However, long ago, an evil...
LightWeight Ninja Windows (2001) LightWeight Ninja is a platform scroller/jumper in a similar style to Sonic, Super Mario Bros. and Commander Keen, but is...
Limbo Xbox 360 (2010), PlayStation 3 (2011), Windows (2011) and Macintosh (2011) Limbo is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer set in a sinister, monochromatic world. The player controls a protagonist simply known as...
Line 1 Browser (2008) Technologically, the Japanese have long had a reputation for efficient and stylish minimalist miniaturizing -- no matter the product, they...
Lineage: The Blood Pledge Macintosh (2002) and Windows (2001) In this online RPG of Korean origin, the player can explore the medieval world of Lineage as one of the...
Line of Fire Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990), Commodore 64 (1990), ZX Spectrum (1990) and Amstrad CPC (1990) Unusually, this Operation Wolf-influenced shoot 'em up sees you start behind enemy lines, and gradually attempting to escape. As you've...
Line of Fire SEGA Master System (1991) A man by the name of Jack infiltrates an enemy base and discovers a secret weapon. Soon he is hunted...
Line of Sight: Vietnam Windows (2003) You are a sniper of the american 5th special forces compound in Nha Tong, Vietnam. Your mission in simple. Disrupt...
LineWars DOS (1990) Cobra Mark IV multi-purpose General Contact Vehicle is an astonishing stellar vehicle. It's got beam lasers mounted up front and...
LineWars 2 DOS (1994) 3-D space shooter a la Wing Commander but on shareware. You are some sort of space marshal/cop, and have to...
Linkle Liver Story SEGA Saturn (1996) Linkle Liver Story is an action-oriented RPG that takes place on a distant planet called Mamuuna whose inhabitants are humans...
Link's Crossbow Training Wii (2007) Link's Crossbow Training is bundled with the Wii Zapper peripheral and allows players to step into the boots of Link...
Link: The Faces of Evil CD-i (1993) This is one of three Zelda-based games released for the CD-i. Ganon and his cronies have seized the island of...
Lion DOS (1995) and Windows 3.x (1996) Lion is a sequel to Wolf: you are now placed in the same simulation environment, but this time you simulate...
Lionheart Amiga (1992) As Valdyn aka "Lionheart", you will have to travel deep into the territory of your king's enemy to retrieve a...
The Lion King DOS (1994), SNES (1994), Genesis (1994), Game Boy (1995), Game Gear (1994), Amiga (1994), SEGA Master System (1994), Windows (1996) and NES (1995) Young Simba just can't wait to be king. His father is the current King of the Savannah and the young...
Lions of the Universe Commodore 64 (1994) Lions of the Universe is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up set in space, with a feel resembling Armalyte in many...
Liquid Kids Amiga (2003), TurboGrafx-16 (1992), SEGA Saturn (1998) and Wii (2008) In Mizubaku Daibouken, you play Hipopo the Hippopotamus who must venture through a large number of enemy-packed levels in search...
Litil Divil DOS (1993), Amiga CD32 (1994), CD-i (1994) and Windows (2011) A little devil named Mutt is a rather lazy character who prefers to do nothing in his own cozy part...