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 will find exciting...
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 is Atari...
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 Mindscape, Inc. and...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC Booter, ZX Spectrum → 1986
Players:
8/10
A platform game with beat ’em up elements, Bruce Lee follows the martial artist as he makes his way through a wizard’s tower in search of wealth and the secret of...
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 the game is...
Game released: Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-88, SEGA Master System, VIC-20 → 1984
A horizontally scrolling arcade shooter about a combat helicopter pilot rescuing hostages from camps in the territory of the Bungeling Empire. The player attacks...
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 find and destroy...
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 section of the...
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 cube’s color, and...
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 to gather a set...
Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, MSX, PC Booter, SG-1000, TRS-80 CoCo, ZX Spectrum → 1984
This platform action game follows Pitfall Harry as he explores the caves and wilderness of Peru in search of the Raj diamond and his niece Rhonda and their animal...