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
NESSNESGame BoyZX SpectrumTurboGrafx CDAtari 8-bitGenesisSEGA Master SystemPC-98FM TownsSharp X68000SEGA CDDOSTurboGrafx-16Neo GeoGame GearArcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Action genre of 1992 (Game released)
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, iPhone, Sharp X68000, SNES, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1991
Players:
9.7/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fight — The main character of this game is the mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar. One day he receives an anonymous phone call, and a voice tells him that...
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
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 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
Players:
7.5/10
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...
Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based
Game released: Amiga, Atari ST → октябрь 1992
Air Support is a first-person simulator with elements of action, strategy and flight simulator. The game is published by Psygnosis Limited. But Air Support has not...
Game released: 3DO, Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, SNES, Windows 3.x, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 21 October 1994
Players:
8.8/10
Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...
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
Q*bert (1983) is a third-person arcade game with action elements from the developers of the studio D. Gottlieb & Co.. The game is published by Parker Brothers...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, iPad, iPhone, Mac, NES, Nintendo 3DS, SAM Coupé, SEGA CD, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, iOS → 1990
Players:
8.1/10
Prince of Persia is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. While the Sultan of Persia is waging war in a foreign country, his Grand Vizier Jaffar...
Game released: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Genesis, NES, PC Booter, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000 → 1986
Players:
6.5/10
Marble Madness is an isometric arcade game with action elements from the developers at Atari Games Corporation. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, J2ME, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1988
Players:
7.5/10
Bubble Bobble is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Taito Corporation. The game is published by Firebird Software Ltd.. Bubble...