The top 25 action games (misc) of all time

From thecrankyhermit

Miscellaneous action games, excluding the subgenres of action/adventures, platformers, vehicular action games, and competitive action games. Includes but is not limited to beat'em ups, Xevious-like shmups, other other arcade-style games, and rhythm games, which fit the definition of 'action game' but aren't big enough to justify having individual top X lists. See GUTCH for information on this genre and its place on the genre hierarchy.

The top 5:
1: Streets of Rage 2 (1993) Genesis
2: Digger (1983) PC
3: NiGHTS into Dreams... (1996) Saturn
4: Golden Axe (1989) Arcade, Genesis
5: River City Ransom (1989) NES

The rest, in alphabetical order:
Asteroids (1979) Arcade
Double Dragon (1987) Arcade
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1988) Arcade
Epic Pinball (1993) PC
Guitar Hero (2005) PS2
Ikaruga (2001) Arcade
Katamari Damacy (2004) PS2
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1989) NES
Pac-Man (1980) Arcade
Pinball Fantasies (1992) Amiga
Punch-Out!! (2009) Wii
Radiant Silvergun (1998) Saturn, Arcade
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994) PC
Space Channel 5 (1999) Dreamcast
Streets of Rage (1991) Genesis
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) Arcade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991) Arcade
Tyrian (1996) Arcade
WarioWare, Inc. (2003) GBA
Xenon 2: Megablast (1989) Amiga, Atari ST