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.
The Castle
Views: 17,8211991FreewareAction
Sami Tammilehto
The Castle follows the tradition of two-player angle & velocity battle games such as the simplistic Gorillas (included … VIEW
The Tomb
Views: 13,5751992SharewareAction
Nexus Software
The Tomb (not to be confused with Pharaoh's Tomb, also available on DOSGames.com) is a remake of, or at least highly … VIEW
Threads
Views: 11,3891992SharewareAction
Murray Brandon
Threads is a Missile Command clone which looks decent, but due to some gameplay issues ends up being merely okay. The … VIEW
TigerFox
Views: 2,4331990FreewareAction
Everett Kaser Software
TigerFox is a game by Everett Kaser, who is well known for his DOS and later Windows puzzle / strategy games. This is a … VIEW
Time Hunters
Time Hunters is at its core a simple shooting gallery game, where you gun down dinosaurs for points. Why? Not sure, … VIEW
Timeslaughter
Views: 15,6011996Full versionAction
Bloodlust Software
Timeslaughter (aka Time Slaugher) is a one-on-one fighting game with gratuitous violence. No relation to the almost … VIEW
Tommy's Air Raid
Views: 4821986SharewareAction
Tommy's Toys
Tommy's Toys! Text mode! Beepy! Numerous! Often incomprehensible! All of these descriptions are accurate. This is … VIEW
Tommy's Blob
Views: 5431986SharewareAction
Tommy's Toys
Tommy's Blob is one of the many, many, text mode games created by Tommy's Toys, some of which are decent, others not so … VIEW
Tommy's Chariots
Views: 1981986SharewareAction
Tommy's Toys
Tommy's Chariots is a textmode chariot racing game, which sounds a lot more fun than it is. Perhaps the best part is the … VIEW