Games Game Genres Action

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.

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Best Games in the Action genre of 1985 (Game released)

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Super Mario Bros.

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii → 10 July 2004

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Super Mario Bros. — The goal of the game is to destroy all enemies appearing on the level. Mario and Luigi can move left and right and can also jump. The main...

Galaga

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Atari 7800, MSX, NES, Palm OS, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1987

Metacritic: 66/100

Galaga is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from Namco Limited and Namco Bandai Games studios. The main publishers of the game...

Dig Dug

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, MSX, NES, Palm OS, PC-88, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 1983

Metacritic: 65/100

Dig Dug is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action from the masters from the Namco Limited studio. The main publisher of the game is Atari, Inc.. Dig Dug...

Front Line

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: Atari 2600, ColecoVision, MSX, NES, PC-88, Wii → 1984

Front Line is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is published by Coleco...

Battle City

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: Game Boy, NES, Wii → 9 August 1991

Players: 9.2/10

Battle City is the legendary tank arcade with a view of the top and a worked out level editor. Your main task is to defend the base from gradually appearing tanks...

Soccer (1985)

Action, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: NES, Wii → март 1987

Soccer (1985) is a top-down action game with a dash of sports from Iwasaki Electronics Co. Ltd.. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd...

1942

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Historical

Game released: Amstrad CPC, BREW, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy Color, J2ME, MSX, NES, PC-88, Wii, PC, Windows Mobile, ZX Spectrum → 1986

Players: 7.2/10

1942 is a dynamic top-down shooter with the ability to play together with a friend on the same screen. The year is 1942, you have to try on the role of a fighter...

Castle Excellent

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98 → ноябрь 1985

Players: 10/10

Castle Excellent is a third-person arcade, action, platformer, puzzle and fantasy game from ASCII Corporation. The main publisher of the game is ASCII Corporation...

Hydlide

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-88, Sharp X1 → март 1985

Players: 3.6/10

Hydlide is a top-down role-playing game with a dash of action and fantasy from the developers at T&E Soft, Inc.. The game is published by T&E Soft, Inc...

Mach Rider

Action, Shooter, Racing, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cyberpunk

Game released: NES, Wii → 21 November 1985

Mach Rider is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter, racing and sandbox from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The game is published by Nintendo of...

Karateka

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, PC-98, ZX Spectrum → 1986

Karateka is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the developers from the studio Brøderbund Software, Inc.. The game is published by...

Star Luster

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: NES, Wii → 6 December 1985

Star Luster is a first-person arcade game with simulator, action and shooter elements from the developers of Namco Limited. The game is published by Namco Limited...

Brian Bloodaxe

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum → 1985

Brian Bloodaxe is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Edge studio, The. The game is published by Edge, The. For some reason...

Chack'n Pop

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: MSX, NES, PC-88, Wii → 1984

Chack'n Pop is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and puzzle from the developers at Taito Corporation. The main publisher of the game is...

Elevator Action

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Game Boy, MSX, NES, SG-1000, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 11 August 2001

Elevator Action is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is published by Taito America Corporation. The...

Ghosts 'N Goblins

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BREW, Commodore 64, DOS, DoJa, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, NES, PC-88, Wii, Windows Mobile, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Players: 10/10

Binary Land

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: NES, Game Boy Advance, MSX, Mobile → 19 December 1985

Players: 9.7/10

Binary Land is an action game with a mixture of strategy and puzzles from the masters from the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The game is published by Hudson...

Bomb Jack

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, ExEn, Game Boy, J2ME, Mophun, PC-88, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1988

Bomb Jack is a third-person arcade game with action elements from the developers from the Tehkan Ltd. studio. The game is published by Softbank Corp.. The PC...

Sammy Lightfoot

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Apple II, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, FM-7, PC-88 → 1983

Sammy Lightfoot is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Sierra On-Line, Inc.. The game is published by Sierra On-Line, Inc...

Bomberman (2004)

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, MSX, NES, Sharp X1, ZX Spectrum → 10 July 2004

Metacritic: 55/100

Geimos

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: NES → 28 August 1985

Geimos is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action and shooter from the Micronics studio. The main publisher of the game is ASCII Corporation. But Geimos...

Xevious

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

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

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...

Castle (1985)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98 → апрель 1985

Players: 10/10

Castle (1985) is a third-person arcade game with a mix of action, platformer, puzzle and fantasy from the masters at ASCII Corporation. The main publisher of the...

Thexder (1987)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, DOS, FM-7, Mac, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1, TRS-80 CoCo → 1988

Thexder (1987) is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, platformer, anime or manga game and robot simulator from the masters of the Game Arts Co., Ltd...

Penguin-Kun Wars

Arcade, Action, Isometric

Game released: Game Boy, MSX, NES → июль 1990

Penguin-Kun Wars is an isometric arcade game with a touch of action from the developers of the ASCII Corporation studio. The game is published by ASCII Corporation...

Duck Hunt (2004)

Action, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: MSX, NES, Wii U → 11 August 2004

Duck Hunt (2004) is a first-person action game with sports game elements from the masters at Nintendo R&D1 studio. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd...

Tritorn

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1 → 1986

Tritorn is a third-person role-playing game with a dash of action and fantasy from the developers at Sein-Soft. The main publisher of the game is Sein-Soft. There...

Dragon Slayer

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM Towns, FM-7, Game Boy, MSX, PC-88, Sharp X1 → 1992

Dragon Slayer is a top-down role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Nihon Falcom Corp.. The game is published by Nihon Falcom...

Swashbuckler

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Apple II, FM-7, PC-88 → 1982

Swashbuckler is a third-person action game with fighting game elements from the Datamost, Inc. studio. The game is published by Datamost, Inc.. Swashbuckler may be...

Märchen Veil 1

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1 → 1987

Märchen Veil 1 is a top-down action game with a touch of shooter and fantasy game from developers from the System Sacom studio. The game is published by System...

DoorDoor

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98 → 1984

DoorDoor is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters from the studio Chunsoft Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Enix...

Ice Climber

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PC-88, Sharp X1, Wii → 10 July 2004

Metacritic: 66/100

Sky Destroyer

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: NES → 14 November 1985

Sky Destroyer is a third-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The main publisher of the game is Taito...

Volguard 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots

Game released: NES, Wii → 7 December 1985

Volguard 2 is a third-person action game with elements of a shooter and robot simulator from developers from the dB-SOFT studio. The game is published by dB-SOFT...

Flicky

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Genesis, MSX, PC-88, SG-1000 → 1991

Onyanko Town

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: NES → 21 November 1985

Players: 10/10

Onyanko Town is an action game with a third-person view from the masters from the Micronics studio. The main publisher of the game is Pony Canyon, Inc.. The PC...

Spelunker

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, Wii → 1983

Spelunker is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Micro Graphic Image. The game is published by Micro Graphic Image. There has...

Antarctic Adventure

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: ColecoVision, MSX, NES, Wii → 1984

Antarctic Adventure is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action from the masters from the Konami Industry Co. studio. Ltd.. The main publisher of the game...

Raid on Bungeling Bay

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Helicopters

Game released: Commodore 64, MSX, NES → 1984

Raid on Bungeling Bay is a top-down action game with shooter and helicopter simulator elements from developers from the studio Brøderbund Software, Inc.. The...

Astro Robo Sasa

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: MSX, NES, Spectravideo → 1984

Astro Robo Sasa is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and platformer from the studio Mass Tael Co., Ltd.. The game is published by ASCII...

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