Category description: Action games focus on fast reflexes and eye-hand coordination. Since the earliest arcade games, video games have required expert timing, memorization, and quick player responses. In contrast to more cerebral text adventures or strategy games, action games get the heart pumping and the pulse racing.
MaxMan
Views: 11,6111990SharewareAction
Christopher G. Gunn
MaxMan is "slightly similar to PAC-MAN" says the included documentation, which is pretty accurate, since it's not really … VIEW
Maze Runner
Views: 15,6821988FreewareAction
Apogee Software
Maze Runner is an action maze game (duh) where the object is to navigate your way to the exit. The trick is that you … VIEW
Megatron VGA
Views: 13,8851991SharewareAction
Stanley Design Team
This was, at the time, one of the few modem-to-modem multiplayer games available. It's basically a simple maze game … VIEW
Memory Hog Hunter
Back in the late 80's Intel Corporation created their "Above the Board" solution to the 640k conventional memory limit … VIEW
Men in War
Views: 3,2881996SharewareAction
Imagination Development
Men in War is a two or three player deathmatch game, where you battle your friends (while likely bumping each other as … VIEW
Metaltech: Battledrome
This demo of Sierra & Dynamix's Metaltech: Battledrome allows you to battle your mech one-on-one against another mech. … VIEW
Meteor
Views: 18,6852001FreewareAction
James Bunting
The oddly named Meteor is a really great action/adventure game. As a soldier, you must complete various missions. There … VIEW
Microgame Plus
Views: 2,2121996FreewareAction
Václav Cinert
Microgame Plus is a previously-lost DOS game that was discovered by its author Václav Cinert and submitted to the … VIEW
Mindcube
Views: 11,4001990SharewareAction
Soleau Software
Mindcube is an action / puzzle game from Soleau Software, which is famous for its puzzle games, although this particular … VIEW
Mine Bombers
Views: 17,8941996Full versionAction
Skitso Productions
Mine Bombers is a takeoff of the popular "Bomberman" type game, where the object is to run around a playing field … VIEW
