Category
Retro Action Games
This action collection spans DOS combat and handheld homebrew. Some games ask you to move and aim independently; others build a whole challenge around a few buttons. Check each game's platform and controls, especially when switching between a mouse-driven DOS title and a Game Boy game.
Browse all 16 games ↓A few places to start
- Abuse
Keyboard movement and free mouse aiming let you retreat while firing in another direction. Its tutorial also introduces switches and save consoles.
- Deep Scan for GBC
Drop depth charges from either side of a Game Boy Color ship, allowing for submarines to move while the charges sink.
- Max Pirate
Fight through a port town with a close-range anchor and a cannon. Save the limited cannon supply for targets beyond the anchor's reach.
Archive entries
↑↓ Select · Enter Open| Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3D BomberA first-person bombing duel where each surviving player scores a point and the first to five wins the match. | DOS | 1998 | Action | PLAY |
AbuseRun, jump and aim independently in Abuse, Crack dot Com’s side-scrolling science-fiction shooter. This source-built browser edition adds touch aiming and persistent original save slots. | DOS | 1995 | Action | PLAY |
Attack on VoxelburgPilot a small craft over a voxel landscape, hunt down enemy defence pods and evade their charged shots in this Game Boy Advance jam prototype. | Game Boy Advance | 2022 | Action | PLAY |
Body BlowsA limited DOS fighting-game demo with two characters, one round and separate keyboard layouts for two players. | DOS | 1993 | Action | PLAY |
Deep Scan for GBCMove a surface ship and drop depth charges on passing submarines in TeamKNOx’s colour Game Boy homebrew Deep Scan. | Game Boy | 2021 | Action | PLAY |
Grub GlideGuide a flying grub through moving rings in Grub Glide, balancing a single lift button against the pull downward. | Game Boy | 2021 | Action | PLAY |
Little FighterChoose a fighter and enter Little Fighter’s DOS arena battles, with distinct movement, attack and jump keys for each player. | DOS | 1997 | Action | PLAY |
Max PirateExplore a port town as a pirate captain, swing an anchor at the undead, and save cannon shots for enemies beyond melee reach. | Game Boy | 2024 | Action | PLAY |
MeteoRain (GBA Jam 2021)Dodge falling meteors for as long as you can in Dr. Ludos’s MeteoRain, a survival game made for GBA Jam 2021. | Game Boy Advance | 2021 | Action | GUIDE |
One Must Fall 2097Choose a pilot and a giant robot in One Must Fall 2097. Punch, kick, block and jump through arena fights in the DOS 2.1 shareware edition. | DOS | 1994 | Action | PLAY |
piuGBA (demo)Follow five-panel rhythm charts in the archived piuGBA v1.10.0 demo, with nine songs and a built-in controls tutorial. | Game Boy Advance | 2020 | Action | PLAY |
Race for the PS9Race through three galaxies for the last PS9, firing separate left and right weapons while trying to recover a one-minute time deficit. | Game Boy | 2025 | Action | PLAY |
Rio InmaculadoRecover a stolen Vespino in Rio Inmaculado, a DOS schoolyard adventure with close-range fights and doors to investigate. | DOS | 2025 | Action | PLAY |
Shock LobsterBuild a magical lobster loadout, manage energy and charges, and turn each combat run into a higher Game Boy score. | Game Boy | 2021 | Action | PLAY |
The AxeTime your steps around a moving axe in this small GBA Jam 2022 game, with quick retries after a collision. | Game Boy Advance | 2022 | Action | PLAY |
Trogdor for Game Boy AdvanceGuide Trogdor around the countryside, stomp peasants and burn thatched cottages in this Game Boy Advance adaptation. | Game Boy Advance | 2023 | Action | GUIDE |
