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Real-time combat

Video game concept

Combat runs in real-time while rest of the game is turn-based.

85
games
21
platforms

Alternate name: Real-time action sequences

Darkhorn (Apple II E)
Darkhorn
IIE 1985
Archon III: Exciter (Commodore 64)
Archon III: Exciter
C64 1985
Armada 2526: Supernova (Windows)
Armada 2526: Supernova
WIN 2011-04-14
Archon: The Light and the Dark (MICRO 7 - FM7)
Archon: The Light and the Dark
FM7 1988-04
Archon: The Light and the Dark (MS-DOS)
Archon: The Light and the Dark
DOS 1984
Boson (Linux)
Boson
LIN ? *
Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood (Windows)
Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood
WIN 2007-05
Crown of Arthain (Apple II E)
Crown of Arthain
IIE 1980-08
Battleboard (Windows)
Battleboard
WIN 1998
Archon: The Light and the Dark (Apple II E)
Archon: The Light and the Dark
IIE 1984
Archon II: Adept (Commodore 64)
Archon II: Adept
C64 1984
Sword of the Stars (Windows)
Sword of the Stars
WIN 2006-08-22
Related:
* Turn-based combat
* Active pause

Requires the games are marked as turn-based.

Note that it is redundant (and therefore pointless) to tag games with this when they run fully in real-time. A bit like saying "this game runs in real-time; also note that combat in it runs real-time."

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Games by year

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The first Real-time combat video game was released on August 1980.

Electronic Arts, SSG and Wildfire Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 23
Linux 17
MS-DOS 7
Apple II E 6
C64 5
Mac OS X 4
Amiga 3
Atari 400/800 2
iOS 2
Mac OS Classic 2
ZX Spectrum 2
BSD 2
Amstrad CPC 2
NEC PC8801 1
Nintendo DS 1
NES 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
Sharp X1 1
Unix 1
Solaris 1
Apple IIGS 1