Computer Games: Action

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Today we wil discuss several computer games from the nineties that could be classified as action games. 

Need for speed (NFS) is a series of racing games, published by Electronic Arts (EA). The first NFS game was released in 1994 and was available for PC and PS1. All the NFS games up until 2002 were only available for PC and Playstation. The other NFS games that were released in the 90's are: Need for Speed II (1997), Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998) and Need for Speed: High Stakes (1999). NFS focuses on racing various races in different types of racing cars. 

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a multi-award-winning video game series that was developed and published by Rockstar. The game focuses on an open world, where the player can choose missions to progress an overall story, as well as engaging in side-activities, such as driving, role-playing, stealth and racing. The games gained some controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The first GTA game was released in 1997, and GTA 2 in 1999. If you still want to play GTA 2, here are some cheats which you can use. You first have to activate the cheats modus by naming yourself GOURANGA:

GODOFGTA - All weapons with 99 ammo

FLAMEON - Infinite flamethrower

VOLTFEST - Infinite electrogun 

EATSOUP - Carshop is free 

RSJABBER - Invulnerability

ARESTAR - Keep you're weapons after being arrested 

IAMDAVEJ - $9,999,999

Starcraft is a military science action real-time strategy video game, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game was released on 31 March, 1998 for Microsoft Windows. In 2009 Starcraft sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, making it 1 of the best-selling games for the PC. The 3 distinct races in Starcraft are widely credited with revolutionizing the real-time strategy genre.

Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels and other media, created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series consists of 4 core games; Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and World of Warcraft (WoW). The first three games are real-time strategy games and WoW is a MMORPG. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans was released in 1994 and Warcraft II in 1995. Here are some cheats for Warcraft II:

On screen - Shows you the whole map.

Make it so - Speeds up building and unit production.

It is a good day to die - Makes your units ultra-powerful.

Unite the clans - Win the scenario instantly.

Glittering prizes - Increases your resources.

Hatchet - Trees can be cut down with two chops.

Deck me out - Gives you all the weapon/armor upgrades.

Every little thing she does - Gives you all spell upgrades.

There can be only one - Takes you to the campaign victory sequence

Quake is a series of first-person shooter video games, produced by id Software. Quake (1996) involves a marine traveling through alternate dimensions to prevent an invasion of inter-dimensional monsters. Quake II has nothing to do with the first Quake, and was originally intended to be a separate franchise. Quake II (1997) involves an assault on an alien planet, Stroggos, in retaliation for Strogg attacks an Earth. The other Quake games were released after the 90's.

Quake 2

Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil is a survival horror video game  by Capcom. The first installment in the Resident Evil series was released in 1996, and was one of the first games to be dubbed a "survival horror". Accordingly, Game Informer refers to the original Resident Evil as "one of the most important games of all time". The Director's Cut of Resident Evil was released in 1997, Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis in 1999 (all later games were released after the 90's).

We will add a little section about the video game Commander Keen, due to a request ;) Commander Keen is a series of video games developed by id Software. It focuses on the adventures of Billy Blaze, and 8-year old boy who travels through space and assumes the identity "Commander Keen". There were several episodes released in the early 90's, 1-3 in 1990, and 4-6 in 1991. The episode Keen Dreams was also released in 1991

This was all on action video games, next time we will discuss construction games!