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.
Perestroika
Also known as Toppler, this Russian made game (with text in Russian, but its not really necessary to play the game) was … VIEW
Phase2
Views: 2,0191998SharewareAction
Wah-Software
Phase2 is a graphically impressive game with extremely difficult controls which makes it not much fun to play. The goal … VIEW
Pitfall
Views: 17,5521984FreewareAction
Anonymous / Unknown
Pitfall is probably the original "falling down a well" game which likely inspired other similar games like Deep and … VIEW
Pizza Worm
Views: 15,0071997FreewareAction
Zorlim Software
A "worm" style game similar to the QBasic classic "Nibbles". You play a worm who is in search of pizza. It plays much … VIEW
Plebs
Views: 10,1611999FreewareAction
Duncan Scott
Plebs is a simple bouncing game, similar to the classic PC Booter game "Bouncing Babies." Here the object is to bounce … VIEW
Plebs (Ascii)
Views: 9,1041989FreewareAction
Anonymous / Unknown
Plebs (with "(ASCII)" to differentiate it from the other game on DOSGames.com with the same name) is a strange text-mode … VIEW
Pray for Death
Pray for Death is a one-on-one fighting game which tries to transfer some of the excitement from arcade beat-em-ups like … VIEW
Prospector
Views: 12,4361991SharewareAction
Lee Chapel
Prospector is a single-screen (non-scrolling) action game that combines elements of Donkey Kong and other games, perhaps … VIEW
Proton
Views: 7,8181987FreewareAction
Clove Software
Proton is a sort of simple Lazer Tag type game where two teams of combatants shoot at each other trying to score points. … VIEW
