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.
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Double Snake

Views: 4,6031993FreewareAction A. Troshin
Double Snake is a quite competent version of the popular Snake / Nibbles type game. It has decent controls (featuring … VIEW
Tags: action  snake  nibbles  food  worm

Drilling Billy

Views: 21,6661997DemoAction Northwind Software
Drilling Billy (aka "The Worlds of Billy") is a Lode Runner style single-screen platforming game where the goal is to … VIEW

Dschump!

Views: 13,4621993SharewareAction Peter HinzHomebrew Software
Dschump (according to the docs, it's pronounced "jump" and is sometimes simply referred to as Jump?) is an interesting … VIEW

Duck Hunt

Views: 13,6231993FreewareAction ALO-Soft
First I have to note that NO, this is not a clone or remake of the classic NES Zapper-based game with the annoying dog … VIEW

Duel

Views: 10,5061995SharewareAction Matt Ebel
Duel is a two-player deathmatch game done in high-res text mode. One of its big features is a built-in editor which … VIEW

Dueling Dragons

Views: 5,4841989SharewareAction Christopher G. Gunn
Dueling Dragons is a Snake / Nibbles / Tron variant where the object is to outlast your opponent and make them run into … VIEW
Tags: action  snake  nibbles  ega

Dungeons of Drakklor

Views: 11,7121992SharewareAction Mark NeriWestWorld Computer Services
Dungeons of Drakklor is an action adventure game with some unique elements. Although it may look like it could be an … VIEW

Dzzee

Views: 5,1852020FreewareAction Thomas Perl
Modern DOS games are still being created, and Dzzee is a great example of a simple but graphically impressive game that … VIEW
Tags: action  3d  tempest  gaps

Elevator

Views: 9101986FreewareAction Wordworks Software
Elevator is, according to its Mobygames entry this game is similar to the 1982 game "Spy's Demise". It's a simple CGA … VIEW

Elevators from Hell

Views: 12,0221992SharewareAction John Shramko
The elevators in the game Elevators from Hell are actually quite normal. They aren't evil in any way. It's the robot … VIEW

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