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Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles. more

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Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Rise of the Triad: Dark War

Action 21 December 1994

Rise of the Triad is Apogee Software's FPS, allowing you to become a High-Risk United Nations Taskforce (HUNT) team member who has to go through thirty stages alone and defeat a madman trying to destroy the world.

Great Qin Warriors
Great Qin Warriors

Action 07 June 2003

Three-dimensional FPS game, referring to Chinese history and legends. The storyline takes us back to 221 BC, when the Qin Dynasty and Emperor Shi Huang Di began reigning in the Middle Kingdom.

Underworld
Underworld

Action 19 September 2003

Underworld is a Lucky Chicken Games Third Person View (TPP) action game based on the theme of a spectacular film of the same title. Player takes part in the ongoing war between vampires and werewolves, playing the beautiful vampire Selena or Raze's lykan.

Arthur’s Quest: Battle for the Kingdom
Arthur’s Quest: Battle for the Kingdom

Action 21 August 2002

Three-dimensional action game with an outstandingly arcade character. The program allows us to trace the King Arthur's expedition to the Excalibur sword embedded in stone, which is a source of great power and a peculiar key to the throne of the ruler of Britain.

Captain Scarlet: Retaliation
Captain Scarlet: Retaliation

Action canceled

A tactical action game based on a popular fantasy science television series of the same name, first broadcast in Great Britain at the end of the 1960s.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Action 10 July 2003

Three-dimensional arcade game, based on the third part of the popular film series Spy Kids (Mali Agents), addressed primarily to children.

CTU Marine Sharpshooter
CTU Marine Sharpshooter

Action 07 March 2003

An FPS game that allows you to become a member of an elite military group called the Counter Terror Unit, delegated by the U.S. government to fight global terrorism.

Seal Team
Seal Team

Action 30 June 1993

Tactical action game, which is a kind of a protagonist of the popular series "Conflict: Desert Storm. The main role here is played by a four-man unit from the Navy Seals military unit, a special group of the US Navy, commanded by the user.

Zombies: The Awakening
Zombies: The Awakening

Action canceled

Action/FPS game, containing adventure and survival and horrifying elements (see the popular saga Resident Evil). The action was set in a dark city, slowly digested by hordes of corpses and other terrible creatures from hell.

Exteel
Exteel

Action 04 December 2007

Exteel is a three-dimensional action game, representing the genre of network shooting. It is one of NCsoft's online proposals, which are available for free and do not require subscription fees.

Desert Thunder
Desert Thunder

Action 18 November 2003

Shooting with a strong emphasis on arcade gameplay. The player sits at the helm of a top secret prototype M1A6 tank which is part of the experimental division and takes part in several fictional missions.

Alien Blast: The Encounter
Alien Blast: The Encounter

Action 09 February 2004

A futuristic shooter set in 2060, somewhere in a distant part of the cosmos, beyond the reach of human civilization. You defend the planet from alien hordes on your own.

Strife (1996)
Strife (1996)

Action 12 June 1996

A unique adventure game based on the Doom Engin. At Strife, in addition to massacring hordes of enemies, you'll also have to talk to passers-by you meet, carry out assignments for them and collect items.

Fox Jones: The Treasures Of El Dorado
Fox Jones: The Treasures Of El Dorado

Action 12 June 2003

Quite a simple arcade game made mainly with younger players in mind. As the title Fox Jones we go to the legendary El Dorado, where we fight against the demon Necroche and the hordes of his servants.

Ringriker
Ringriker

Action 12 October 2002

An action game set in a fictional fantasy world. The land to be explored has been controlled by the evil forces commanded by a certain Vorge. He is the Lord of demons. Vorge plans to destroy the world. The player's task is, of course, to thwart these plans.

Stargunner
Stargunner

Action 19 November 1996

Stargunner is a space shooter created by Apogee in 1996. Although the action of the game is observed from the side, the program has a lot in common with another product of this concern - Raptor: Call of the Shadows.

Trinity
Trinity

Action canceled

Another work of developers, who have made such items as Return are Castle Wolfenstein and Kingpin: Life of Crime. Trinity is a dynamic action game presented from the first person perspective (FPP).

Humvee Assault
Humvee Assault

Action 15 April 2003

A dynamic action game in which we are becoming a brave American army soldier, guarding peace. The whole is characterized by simplicity of control and attractive three-dimensional graphic design. During the clashes we drive mainly a Humvee combat vehicle, but there are also infantry missions.

Action Man 2: Destruction X
Action Man 2: Destruction X

Action 30 June 2001

Action Man 2: Destruction X is an action game that allows all players to take on the role of the great Action Man's super hero, who tirelessly fights to defend the good in the world.

CIA Operative: Solo Missions
CIA Operative: Solo Missions

Action 07 May 2001

As Jack Noel, the CIA's stand-alone operational agent, we receive a number of combat missions against a global criminal and terrorist organisation.

Rapid Gunner
Rapid Gunner

Action 15 April 2004

Rapid Gunner is a virtual simulation of an extended shooting range. Programmers from the Czech studio 7FX (creators of Team Factor, among others) are responsible for producing the full version of the game. Each of the missions implemented in the described program allows you to practice accuracy, precision, perceptiveness and tactics - the main task here is to hit the designated objects as quickly as possible.

MechWarrior 4: Black Knight
MechWarrior 4: Black Knight

Action 02 November 2001

Add-on to the well-known action tactical game MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, which enriches the basic version of the game with a new campaign and a number of elements that make the game more attractive.

Comar Barbarian
Comar Barbarian

Action 21 December 2001

A game designed mainly for the youngest players, combining adventure elements with action elements. It has a non-linear plot, a large number of addictive stages, fabulously colourful graphics and a large dose of humour.

Die by the Sword
Die by the Sword

Action 15 April 1998

Die by the Sword is an adventurous action game with an extensive element of fighting with small arms. The player takes on the role of a swordsman named Enric, who travels through a dangerous, fantastic world in search of his missing sister, Maya. Developers from Treyarch studio used an innovative VSIM system, which allows for realistic simulation of duels with the use of a sword.