Action
Action is a genre of video games in which the success of completing a task depends on the player's reaction speed and ability to make quick, correct decisions. The dynamics of such games are high, although some allow for a slower pace. Most often, this genre includes fighting games, shooters, platformers, and some sub-genres of real-time strategy. Action games may include elements of exploration, racing, puzzles, and more, but the foundation is always built on visual-motor coordination.
Years
Platforms
NESCommodore 64ZX SpectrumBBC MicroMSXSharp X1PC-88Amstrad CPCFM-7PC-98Atari 5200Odyssey 2OricApple IIElectronVIC-20Atari 2600Arcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 1984 (Game released)
Game released: Android, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Intellivision, iPhone, MSX, Neo Geo Pocket Color, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 October 2009
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
58/100
Pac-Man is a top-down arcade action game. You have to guide Pac-Man through the maze and eat all the dots without being caught by the ghosts. You...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, NES, PC-88, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1983
Players:
8/10
Mario Bros. is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the developers of Nintendo Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PC-88, PC-98, SEGA Master System, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum → 1986
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
56/100
Xevious is a third-person action game with shooter elements from developers from Namco Limited and Namco Bandai Games. The game is published by...
Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum → 1983
Players:
5.5/10
Galaxian is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Namco Limited studio. The main publisher of the game...
Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BREW, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, FM-7, J2ME, PC-88, PC Booter, Thomson TO, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Windows Mobile → 1983
This platform game follows Bounty Bob, a Mountie searching abandoned uranium mines for a wanted criminal. To clear each level, he must traverse every...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Electron, FM-7, Game Boy, iPhone, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC Booter, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1984
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
86/100
Boulder Dash is an arcade puzzle game set in underground caves, where Rockford tunnels through the earth to collect diamonds. Each cave requires him...
Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, DOS, Game Boy, Intellivision, J2ME, Mophun, MSX, NES, Odyssey 2, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 → 1983
Players:
7.5/10
This arcade game centers on an isometric pyramid of cubes that the protagonist must recolor by hopping from one to another. Each landing changes a...
Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
Game released: BBC Micro, Electron → 20 September 1984
Players:
7.7/10
Elite (1984) — a space simulator with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will take control of an intergalactic ship to...
