Name: Eden Blues (1987)
License: Abandonware
Author: ERE Informatique
Category: Action

Description: In this real-time adventure you are a prisoner of jail guarded by droids. And you know the roster of their duty: some of them are on beat by day, some by night. [You] have to find the way out of labyrinth using your legs and a knack to bash the doors out. [Your health decreases with time], and you must find the bottles to recuperate. When you are bashing the door, your physical endurance decreases and you must find a food to restore it. In [the] game you'll also find the coins for coffee dispensing machines, but beware of talking portraits and other traps...

Install command:
$> sudo pacman -S dosbox-eden

Name: Goldrunner (1993)
License: Shareware
Author: James Dingle
Category: Action

Description: Taking place in the year 2704 where apparently ladders are still used as a primary means of conveyance (?!) Goldunner is a Loderunner clone where the object is to collect all of the gold on the level, then climb that ladder to escape the murderous robots that are after you. You can burn holes in the ground to trap the robots, which is necessary to reclaim the gold when they pick it up. The graphics are pretty basic, and the sound is through the PC speaker. The docs say that there are between 14 and 18 levels. Overall the controls work well, and there is a two-player simultaneous mode that you can also try with a friend on the same keyboard.

Install command:
$> sudo pacman -S dosbox-goldrunner

Name: Pango (1983)
License: Freeware
Author: Sheng-Chung LIU
Category: Action

Description: This game is a PC version of the arcade classic game which is known in the arcade as "Pengo". In Pango the object is to kick around blocks (of ice in the arcade, here they just look like ... blocks ...) in order to defeat your enemies. There doesn't seem to be a time limit in this version, but even on "novice" difficulty the game is rather tough (for me at least). Bad CGA graphics and equally bad sounds but hey it's a classic! (Also, press 'P' at the menu for the controls, it doesn't use the arrow keys!))

Install command:
$> sudo pacman -S dosbox-pango

Name: J-Bird (1983)
License: Abandonware
Author: Orion Software, Inc.
Category: Action

Description: This is a version of Q*Bert a popular arcade game converted to a PC version. The game is simple and silly but seriously addictive. If you like the cute and simple games of the early arcade gaming style, you will love J-Bird. The game has four rounds on every level. As the levels go up you will find yourself dodging more and more pouncing cats, bouncing balls, deadly snakes and even jumping frogs. Fast paced play, clever graphics, challenging gameplay, and cute music score make this game a thoroughly enjoyable time burner. J-Bird, the game has a total of several characters occurring in it. the J-Bird the main character, which you control, a time sphere to freeze your enemy, and dangerous characters: a cat, a snake, and a red magic globe and frogs called hob and nob. You need to convert the color of all the tiles on a pyramid by jumping on them while making sure you avoid the dangerous characters that can take your life. There are a few flying platforms that you can use to evade danger. If you are clever enough, you can lure the snake of the edge of the platform. The rules of tile conversion will also change as you go up the levels, you may have to jump twice on a tile.

Install command:
$> sudo pacman -S dosbox-jbird