Action 52 is an Action game developed by Active Enterprises Ltd. and published by Active Enterprises in 1991 for the Nintendo NES.

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Overall 2.6    Graphics 2.9    Sound 2.9    Addictive 1.8    Story 1.3    Depth 3.6    Difficulty 6.9


Action 52 Review   THEKILLERJUNKER
If there was ever an award for the worst game for the NES, there would be many contenders. Games like Friday the 13th and Wally Bear and the No gang would be possible candidates. But today we’re playing something a little different than just a regular bad game. We’re playing 52 of em. That’s right. You know how just one game like JAWS is hard to sit through? Well imagine a game that has 52 mini games that somehow surpasses every LJN, unlicensed, and sports game in the awfulness factor. Well sadly, a game like that exists simply known as Action 52. When the game hit store shelves, it cost $199.99; more than an NES system. The developers boasted ‘52 new and original games’. And let’s do the math ok? It’s $4 for each game. Wow. Talk about a deal. All of a sudden the $200 price tag doesn’t seem so bad after all. Yes; $200 for a technical abomination of a game. And what do you get for $200? 52 broken, unfinished, and downright god awful games. Let’s start this review shall we? Such an awful game, so little time. Graphics - 2 To begin with where you really expecting a series of 52 games to be even somewhat decent? Whether you had hopes or not, the game destroys any chance of enjoyment the moment you try one of the games. The graphics in each and every game is terrible. The programmers somehow came up with the most putrid colour schemes I’ve ever seen. This is an example of how you DON’T use the NES’ colour palette. When you get over the colours, you’ll be overwhelmed at how bad the stages, enemies, and characters look like. You’ll find many enemies being recycled into other games. The programmers also chose the easiest games to do as at least half of the games are space shooters. Why? Because all you need is a black background where you add white dots to simulate the stars and planets and there you have it; a space shooter. The remaining games still look terrible and show little to no effort at all in the design department. The settings are dull and depressing and the colours are gag inducing. I see blue, green, yellow, pink: it’s like Walt Disney vomited on an NES cartridge. The score is a 2/10 on the graphics department. Sound - 1 Sometimes games redeem drawbacks like bad visuals with a good soundtrack and music. Well this game takes that idea and chucks it down a flight of stairs. The music is just as bad, if not WORSE than the graphics. The music is among the worst the NES has ever offered. Not one game offers a decent tune. Trust me when I say it’s a joy that you have the option to mute the volume. You’re gonna need it. The games offer 5 second loops that sound tiring at best and make chalkboard grating sound like Beethoven’s 9 symphonies. Never does the music sound even somewhat decent. It varies from game to game; sometimes it’s bad, sometimes it’s just plain AWFUL. That’s why Action 52 gets a 1/10 on its sound. Story - 3 There is no story in the first 51 games. There is only one story in the entire game and it’s on the 52nd and final game: The Cheetahmen. Alright. The story is that a boy called the “Action Gamemaster” is playing videogames when suddenly, an arm pops him out of his TV screen, grabs him, and pulls him in. Minutes later, he wakes up and sees 3 gigantic yellow bodies. He quickly realizes that they are anthropomorphic cheetahs known as the Cheetahmen. They come to his aid and set off to find the villains responsible for kidnapping. And there you go. To be honest, this isn’t THAT bad of a story; it’s nice to see something other than the “Save the damsel in distress” story. But like the story tellers they are, THEY NEVER MENTION THE KID AGAIN. What happened? Did he spend the rest of his life in the world of the Cheetahmen? Did he die trying to get back home? You get no answers whatsoever. And to be honest, who cares? You don’t care about the kid because he doesn’t have any significance. The reason why it works for a game like Legend of Zelda is because Princess Zelda keeps control and order in Hyrule. But with the “Action Gamemaster” he’s not someone who has significance like Zelda; he’s a kid playing videogames. Not to mention, the Cheetahmen are a blatant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rip off. And you know the pathetic thing? The company that made this game was planning on making a Cheetahmen FRANCHISE with toys, comic books, and action figures. Yeah, because kids were SO enthusiastic about this game. Overall, I give this game a 3/10 for its story. Addictiveness - 1 The game is by no means enjoyable. It’s like a bad comedy movie; a borefest that’s uncomfortable to sit through. There is no game in the collection worth playing; each game is boring and unbearable to sit through. If there’s one reason why any kid back in the 90s would’ve even BOTHERED to play this game is because there was a contest over one of the 52 games. The game was called Ooze. The contest was that whoever made it to level 5 of Ooze would be entered into a draw. Whoever won the draw would receive the grand prize of $104,000. But they forgot 1 big issue; Ooze crashes at level 3. Because of that, the prize was never handed out. Talk about a plain scumbag move. You set the game to crash so that no one can win your stupid contest. What a slimy move. It’s already bad enough that the game cost $200 and is unplayable but that just takes the cake. Because of these reasons, this game gets a 1/10 for it’s addictiveness. Depth - 1 In terms of replayability, this game offers none of that. There’s nothing about this game that makes you want to play it again. Once you play it for the first time, you never wanna play it again. This was one of the few games that made me regret picking up an NES controller. Nothing about it makes you want to come back for more. The graphics are beyond awful and ugly. The music is some of the worst I’ve ever heard on the NES. The controls are horrible and among the worst for any system. And all 52 games suffer from glitches, crashing, and some just don’t plain work. There is nothing in terms of replayability which is why this game gets a 1/10 for its depth. Difficulty - 5 The game has a polarizing sense of difficulty; some games are plain easy while some of the games are too glitchy to advance beyond the first level. A common issue that the platformers have is that your character dies from falling too great of a height. And it’s not like they die once they hit the ground; I mean they hit the air so hard it kills them before they land on the ground. Another issue that the platformers have is that you press B to jump. Anybody who’s played Contra or Super Mario Bros. knows it’s A to jump and B for actions. And the jumping isn’t even that good. If you move and press B, you don’t jump. You have to press B, THEN move the D-pad. Talk about broken controls at its finest. One common issue that the shooters have is that your aircraft is too fast and that you lose control easily. But then there are games that are so easy that you have no problem playing through the levels; until the game decides to crash and you have to reset your NES. Because of the game’s bipolar sense of challenge, it gets a 5/10 for its difficulty. Overall - 1.5/10 NOT RECOMMENDED This is without a doubt the absolute WORST NES game I’ve ever played. Instead of being one bad title like LJN’s Back to the Future, its 52 horrible games rolled into one cartridge. To this day, it remains as one of the worst games ever made along with Custer’s revenge and Shaq-Fu. Nothing about this game supports its $200 price tag. Even if I were a warden at a prison, I wouldn’t use this as a substitution to the death penalty. This game is one of the biggest scams in the videogame industry; to think people were unfortunate to buy this mess. The game was boasted with having “52 brand new and exciting games all for only $4.00 each”. Well after playing this garbage heap, I can tell you that it’s worth the same amount of effort the programmers put into: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! If you have $200, get a collection of GOOD NES games instead of this garbage. My final thoughts: STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME! To the Reader: If you liked that review, be sure to check out my other reviews such as my JAWS review, my Ninja Gaiden Review, and Silver Surfer review. As always HAPPY GAMING!!!
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 3   Depth 1   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 07-07-15     Review Replies: 9


Action 52: Oh, Dear God, Why?   supersonic44
Why does this game even exist?  Why?  EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME IS WRONG!!!! Story: Since this "game" doesn't have a story, I'll explain why the developers wanted you to buy this game.  Imagine you're a kid in 1991.  You're tired of paying 50-60 dollars for 1 NES game, and you want more bang for you're buck.  Along comes Action 52, a game that, supposedly, gives you 52 "new and original exciting games" all for $200.  That's around $4 a game.  What a deal, right?!  Well, imagine paying $200 for a broken game.  Not broken like snapped in half, but broken in the way old consoles get after years of use.  They work, but not enough to justify the asking price. Graphics: The NES is known for having some graphically impressive games for it's time.  Many NES games released around the time the SNES was around also had to up there ante.  This games graphics look like they could've been done in the NES's launch days.  Not only that, but there are some questionable graphic choices in some of the games, like making protagonists WAY to tiny, and making enemies safety pins.  Yes, safety pins. Sound: Aside from the cheetahmen theme, there is nothing appealing to the ear at all.  You'd rather hear a cat being mutilated to death then the songs in this game.  Not only that, but some of the songs sound oddly familiar.  Am I the only one who thinks silver sword sounds like Aisle dance originally on the music studio for the Atari ST?  Am I the only one who knows what an Atari ST is? Depth: This is the "highlight" of the "game."  The 52 games in here have some variety.  I say some because the variety in this game gets watered down by the excess of platformers/space shooters.  Seriously, there is around 10 2D shooters and 20 platformers.  Not only that, but some games refuse to work.  In fact, playing "Jigsaw" and "Alfred and the fettuc" crashes the game.  Nice.  (On a side note, what the heck is a fettuc?  Is it supposed to be fettuccine?) Addictiveness: The game is supposed to hook you with it's exciting and original games.  Well, pretty much all these games are bad ripoffs of other NES games, so that debunks the original theory.  And Exciting, really?  If you dare, look up gameplay footage of this game and tell me this game looks exciting.  I dare you.  Not only that, but in the 2D space shooter games, you can just spam the fire button and no enemies will spawn. Interesting thing about this game: Believe it or not, there was a contest for people who bought this game.  If you beat level 5 of the ooze game, you would be entered in a drawing where you would win $104,000, ($52,000 spending money and a scholarship of the same amount.)  Unfortunately for the enteries, the game crashed at level 3 unless emulator or exploit, which was against the rules.  The prize was never given out. Overall: This is a horrible game.  The only reason anyone should play this game is curiosity.  Other then that, let this game die out.  Now. 2/10.
      Review Rating: 4.2/5     Submitted: 07-27-11     Updated: 07-28-11     Review Replies: 2


Action 52 Review   Marcmoney
Overall - 5

Action 52 on the NES is said to be the worst video game ever made.  I cannot believe that I am making a review of this game, but I will talk about all the games in Action 52.  This is going to be different since I can't make 52 reviews in one thread so I am just going to explain each game.

First off, let me tell you from the start.  When you play the game, it plays this song that people have heard of and it is kind of weird how they would put it in the game.  The graphics look a bit bad, but it is what it was made for the NES.

Games 1. Firebreather aka Fire Breathers - This is about a dragon game I assume.  There is only a 2-player mode and nothing else.  It looks like a fun game, but it is not fun playing it by yourself.

2. Starevil aka Star Evil - Let me tell you that in the beginning for the first time, you will die because there is a block in your way in one second in the game.  It is a shooting game and it is not that bad, but it is just so annoying (it already gave me a headache for some reason).

3. Illuminator - It is a never ending game.  You are a person that tries to destroy all the enemies, while everything is dark in the game.  No matter how many enemies you kill, they will come back every 3 seconds.  It is a frustrating game and is very stupid.

4. G-force Fgt aka G-force - It is yet another shooting game.  This time it is just a side scrolling game and you just shoot enemies that are coming your way.  Everything seems to be fine, but the only problem is that if you die, you start all the way back, you do not get any checkpoints.

5. Ooze - This game has the worst controls ever.  You know how you hold the d-pad to run and hit a button to jump, well in this game, you just hit the jump button and move to be able to go to another platform.  Horrible graphics too, looks like booger world.

6. Silver Sword - You are a person throwing swords in a green place, weird.  There is no life points of scores in this game.

7. Critical BP aka Critical Bypass - You are a red circle that shoots anything, but the enemies move so weirdly that you cannot even shoot at them.  You have no face so you do not know where you are shooting at.  The background looks like an illusion that makes you want to feel sick inside.

8. Jupitr Scope aka Jupiter Scope - This game is another shooting game.  All you do is shoot meteors and hope that you do not get hit by them.  Probably the easiest game ever if you know what I mean.

9. Alfredo aka Alfred N The Fettuc (WTF?) - You are a chef that hits tanned bananas.  I do not get this at all, but it is already boring me.  Looks like the chef is in a mouse costume.  When you die, he nods his head back and forth at you.  That is a big weird.

10. Operat. Moon aka Operation Full Moon - It is a tank game that looks like you are at a green moon.  You can barely see your bullets come out.  I cannot go over the gray boxes where the enemies come out.  This game is full of crap.

11. Dam Busters - This game is freaky.  I think you are a bear that shoots red balls out and trying to avoid enemies in the game.  Looks like an adventure game, but I highly doubt that.

12. Thrusters - Another shooting game.  Nothing to say about this game, it is basically the same one from all the other shooting games.

13. Haunted Hill aka Haunted Hall - You are a women with huge jugs (bigger than her face) throwing counter-clockwise arrows.  It is not that easy to play.  I would say the best so far.

14. Chill Out - The controls are bad and I do not get the point of this game at all.

15. Sharks - It's obviously a rip off of Jaws.  There is rarely any enemies coming your way.  Not a very fun game.

16. Megalonia - This is yet another shooting game.  It is probably the worst one yet.  You can barely move and when you shoot an enemy, they leave bullets in your way so basically your screwed if you try killing them.

17. French Baker - You are a chef that throw pans (I think) at the enemies.  The enemies look like donuts, envelopes, and other weird things.  It is not that hard, but if you jump down, you will die.

18. Atmos Quake - ANOTHER SHOOTING GAME!! Nothing to talk about for this game cause it is the same shooting game, basically.

19. Meong - I have no idea what this game is.

20. Space Dreams - You will not believe this one.  It is yet another shooting game only this one is childish.  You are a pacifier for a ship and you shoot at stuffed bears.  I do not know why they made this one, it is just so confusing.

21. Streemerz - This is the weirdest game ever.  Whatever you touch will be a green frownie face and if you die, you will turn into a frownie face.  You are a mouse dressed like a clown and you shoot a grappling thing that can move you upward.

22. Spread Fire - Another shooting game.  This is getting annoying.  This is the same as the others except that there is no background music.

23. Bublgum Rosy aka Bubble Gum Rossie - You are a girl that shoots bubbles at enemies.  There is no enemies that you can hit so I am guessing that this game had glitches in it.

24. Micro Mike aka Micro-Mike - It is like a shooting game, only that you are going way too fast and there are enemies coming your way. To prevent from dying, you need to go through small openings and hope to not touch the left side of the level.  It is impossible because you are going so fast that you need to go through small openings while dodging enemies that are twice your size.  This game is obviously impossible to beat.

25. Underground - This game is not that bad, but there are a bit of glitches.  This game is hard, that is all I can say.

26. Rocket Jock aka Rocket Jockey - This game is so weird when it comes to images.  It is like a dream game and ANOTHER SHOOTING GAME.  There are way too many shooting games in this game.

27. Non Human - I do not know who you are, but it is like Pitfall, except it is 5 times crappier.  You just jump on blocks and shoot the enemies and try to not fall into a purple water filled with green skeletons.

28. Cry Baby - This game is pathetic.  You are a baby and can hit enemies with a weapon of some sort.  I think you are suppose to get all the items and kill the enemies to win, but I do not know, I could not beat it.

29. Splashers - This game is different.  It is like Double Dragon, except that you have to attack your enemies before continuing on your adventure. All you fight is Spidermans and hookers.  It is not that bad of a game, probably the best so far.

30. Crazy Shufle aka Crazy Shuffle - I have no idea what to do in this game.  You and the enemies are very small and I can't figure out of you are suppose to kill them or get pieces that appear in the game.

31. Fuzz Power - You are a hairy man with big feet.  I do not get this at all, but when you die, you are naked.  That is just a little weird.

32. Shooting Gal aka Shooting Gallery - Basically, this is just shooting enemies.  You never die and just shoot the enemies till you die of boredom. :)

33. Lollipops aka Lollipop - You are a person that uses a lollipop as a weapon (WTF).  It is just weird how they would make a game like this.

34. Evil Empire - You are a very tiny blue person shooting little balls at enemies.  I do not know if you are suppose to kill all the enemies or try to collect items.

35. Sombreros - I have no idea what this is about, but you are a person wearing a sombrero and you try to avoid cars that will hit you.  It is very stupid cause what is the point of shooting, except for shooting the enemies on the sidewalks.

36. Storm Over D aka Storm Over The Desert - This game is the only one that you can never die on.  You are a messed up old tank and you can just touch, shoot, or run over enemies that are in your way and you will never die.  I do not know why there is a giant person just strolling in the game randomly, but that is just weird.

37. Mash Man - This is like Fuzz Power, only that he is wearing clothes and has no more hair.  I do not know how to beat the game cause it is so confusing.  At least the controls in this game are normal.

38. They Came - Another shooting game, but this time, you can move anywhere.

39. Lazer League - Another shooting game, moving on.

40. Billy Bob - This game has no sound, no music, and pretty much impossible to beat.  At least the game play is different than the others like the person can climb up by pressing the up button.

41. City of Doom - This is kind of like one of the scenes from Spiderman on the GBC.  When you die, you turn into an angel, you cannot go through the windows or you will die.  This game is stupid.

42. Bits N Pieces - It is a monster game, but the only thing you can do is jump so all you do is jump over the enemies and get to the end without dying.

43. Beeps N Blips - Not bad of a game.  It is a shooting game, but you are just moving around and shooting at enemies.  What's weird is that you are a diamond-shape thing shooting plus signs at enemies.

44. Manchester - This is the weirdest game ever.  When you jump, the song pauses and plays a melody and then resumes the song.  This is going to get very annoying.

45. Boss - I can't even get passed the bomb part.

46. Dedant - This is an ant game.  You are a pink ant shooting balls at other colored ants and try to prevent them from coming near you, if they get near you, you die.  It is so boring.

47. Mambo aka Mambos Adventures - Boring game.  It has no value of being made as a game, it is just boring.

48. Timewarp aka Time Warp Tickers - This is the weirdest one yet.  You are a...two fingers and if you die, it will say "Time?" where you died.  That does not make sense.  I would not understand why they would come up with these idiotic ideas.

49. Jigsaw - This is not a Jigsaw puzzle, it is a side scrolling game.  Pathetic.

50. Ninja Asault aka Ninja Assault - This game is not that bad.  I would try this game out, but does the level have to look like a reflection of half the screen.

51. Robbie Robot aka Robbie N The Robots - You are a nerd in a dress (WTF?).  The first level is easy cause all you can do is run and shot rapidly and nothing can kill you, but on the second level, you start jumping over pits.

52. Cheetah man - This game actually has a story out of the other games.  After the story, it says the title is called "Action Gamemaster."  This game is so horrible.  Although, you can do the jumping glitch and it will make you float through the level (if you don't get hit).  The levels are messed up and this is the only game that is bigger than the others (but it still is horrible).

Wrap Things Up...

So obviously, you have realized that this game is just a load of garbage.  I would not recommend trying this game.  It is horrible and I guarantee that you would not want to play it ever again in your entire life.  Stay away from this game, it is a waste of time.

  Graphics 6   Sound 6   Addictive 2   Depth 7   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 09-06-11     Review Replies: 2


Action 52 Review   BestGamer24
Well, today I've decided to play Action 52. Some people say that this is the worst game of all time. Is it the worst?Now I've seen the AVGN review (I'm also a big AVGN fan, but back to the review.) and we're going to see if it is the worst NES game.The company for this game, Active Enterprises, recommended the retail price is $199.99. This game was $200 dollars in 1990, adjusted for inflation, today it would be $350, as of 2015. 350? This game isn't even worth 50 cents! Anyway, enough ranting, here's Action 52.Graphics, 3: Some games look good, some games look, well, bad. Some games have recycled sprites and textures from the other games (if you can even call them games). The recycled textures are fine, but the recycled sprites aren't. Some sprites are WAY too small, you can barely see them sometimes. The intro is Lights, Camera, Action 52! The graphics are very low standard for an NES game.Sound, 3: The sounds aren't that great, the sound effects are mostly beeps, and the music is 99% beeps as well, the only good song being the Cheetahmen theme (We'll talk about Cheetahmen later.). The song "It Takes Two" is also in the intro. Talk about stealing.Addictiveness, 1: This game isn't addictive at all. I could barely get to the 10th game, but I managed to play all 52 games. I couldn't play this game for any longer than 15 minutes. Not that much to say about it. It's just not fun.Story, 2: There's only one story, which is in the 52nd game, Cheetahmen. The Action Game master (The worst name ever.) was at home playing his video game, when suddenly... an arm popped out of his TV, and sucked him in to the game world! He looked up, and saw the Cheetahmen! That's the story for Cheetahmen, It's very crazy, and very simple.Depth, 3: There's 52 games, 2 of them don't work (Alfredo and Jigsaw), and most of them are broken, or don't end. All the focus went in to the 52nd game, Cheetahmen. The manual even says there were Cheetahmen Action Figures coming, but that never even happened. Action 52 doesn't have that much depth. I could talk about all 52 games individuality, but it would be way too long. Difficulty, 5 : This game can be really hard, but it can also be very easy. In some games you can spam B, and win. Other games like Ooze, have awkward controls, and can be very hard.OVERALL: 3.  I wish I could say more, but I really can't. Action 52 speaks for itself. In a bad way. I only mentioned The Cheetahmen 7 times, well, 8 now. So, the question was, Is Action 52 the worst game of all time, no. Worst NES game? Yes, maybe.
  Graphics 3   Sound 3   Addictive 1   Story 2   Depth 3   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 10-12-15     Review Replies: 2


Exciting! In-depth Gameplay!   clifton123
Wow! 18 Games! Thats like 360$ worth of games back then! 900$ worth of games now! Oh wait...Game 1: "FIREBREATHER"  A strictly multiplayer game. With little collision detection, Overwhelming (laggy) sound effects (eerrrihhh), and 9 different levels! Youll be sure to beat your little brother every time!Game 2: "STAR EVIL" Get ready to dive straight into this ACTION PACKED wall. The first 2 levels (or more, didnt make it that far) plow you directly into a wall and you die... Hold down B to fire your laser slowly, or press it over and over to shot 4x faster! Each level comes packed with Walls and Flying space shuttles! Another game that will have you getting up out of your seat! To do your chores.Game 3: "ILLUMINATOR" I honestly cant review this one too fairly, i couldnt get past the first level. If your one of those guys who like seemingly impossible gameplay for no reward, Be My Guest.. The game starts with 4 floors and a guy on all except one. Climb the ladders to acsend to the top without being able to see ANYTHING.Game 4: "G-FORCE" You guessed it, Your flying and shooting.This game is not so bad, Its controls are reliable and it has simple goals. Shoot down the target ship and proceed to the gem. You fly through a repeating area until you shoot it down. Repeating music. A 4/10 of its time.Game 5: "OOZE" Were you waiting for the bad controls section? Well here it is. You jump over holes and shoot the ooze, you can jump and go forward SOMETIMES other times it dosent work. a true 0/10Game 6: "SILVER SWORD" Ever wondered what Zelda clones looked like in the past? This is a game where you walk forward and shoot the sprites with your.. swords. your throwing swords. 3 hits and you go down. Classy, but not living up to its time on a console. 1/10Game 7: "CRITICAL BYPASS" Your a UFO Flying on the moon and have to avoid cars, bugs, and flying bricks. Ever repeating music and overwhelming *boink*s will have you leaving the game faster than me.Game 8: "JUPITER SCOPE" Be ready to sweep the screen with bullets you deploy one by one in a neverending game that you shoot meteors to rack up points. Pleasant.Game 9: "ALFREDO IN FUTTE?" Game crashes. -1/10 well played.Game 10: "OPERATION FULL MOON" Did you think we were done in space? OPERATION FULL MOON Will make your eyes BLEED if you try to see the tiny pixel of a bullet your shooting. With wall collision and exciting double shot, youll be screaming for less.Game 11: "DAM (N) BUSTERS" If you enjoy sprites that match the color of the ground theyre hovering on, youll puke again when you see this! Dont stick around to fight the enemies or youll be swarmed with bullets! and you thought undertale was the only game that killing enemies made it harder for you.Game 12: If your ready to argue with poor collision detection, then dive right into this and scream for your money back. Shoot stuff, dodge stuff what can i say at this pointGame 13: "HAUNTED HALLS" Throw your crosses at the ghosts to kill them in this epic attempted rip off of castlevania! Then clip straight into the first hole like me.Game 1... no. i wont do it. I cant play this anymore. Consider it me not giving spoilers or something or that some games are similar replicas of others but playing this game any further will spoil my few good remaining brain cells.Play at your own risk.
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Depth 6   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-02-16     Updated: 07-02-16     Review Replies: 5


Action 52- Quantity over Quality   mega man221
Sound: 2. This game has really bad music. The sound effects are also mediocre. The music is mostly just beeping sounds in a random sequence rather than having a true meaning. The sound effects just sound buggy. When they aren't annoying they are "beeps n blips". The only reason that it gets any higher than a 2 is because the Cheetahmen theme song is long and with great depth, along with being epic. It is like taking advil after a migraine. And that is really saying something.Addictiveness: 3. The games themselves don't usually attract you. The game is just so big it keeps you in anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 hours just getting through it all. The actual games only keep most people hooked for a minute or 2. Story: The only story is in Cheetahmen aka Action Game Master, Action Gamer. A claw grabs the Action Gamemaster into his T.V. He helps these mutant cheetah dudes fight the guy who summoned the robo-claw [an evil scientist named Dr.Morbis. A lame story right? Pretty generic I know. Depth: 7. The game only really gets a 7 in this category is because it has 52 games on it. While 50 are functional [because Alfred in the Fettuc and Jigsaw immediately crash] that is still a lot. So it gets it's 7.Difficulty: 10. Oh no the worst part of this game: THE DIFFICULTY. While most games get 10's on difficulty for spamming enemies or crazy jumps, this game relies on it's BUGS to be difficult. Oh,so I guess in this game I can fall so hard the air kills me or if a mutant cheetah falls in a pit he will explode into 4 glowing orbs. This game will tick you off more than being the first guy to a baseball game who  doen't get that bobblehead, more than a kid having to go to bed right at the final boss of that REALLY hard game. Absolute insanity.Extras: Could you believe that this game got a remake on the Sega Genesis The new thing was puzzle games, even though the game is called ACTION 52. There were apparently a ton of ideas for the Active enterprises future. Including a portable game console called the "Action Gamemaster" , Cheetahmen action figures , and even an SNES Action 52. Ooze could possibly be the first game the cursor is on might be because a competition was held to see who could beat Ooze. The  winner got $52,000 dollars. Oh, I wonder why 52,000? Any ways they could also compete in a final match for $104,000 [ Double that 52,000 from the last match] Of course Ooze crashes at the 3rd level so no one won. Probably did that on purpose [Dirty little cheaters]  But just imagine having $156,000! A famous but rare sequel to Cheetah men was made. It was called ''Cheetah men 2" It just took Cheetahmen and made it worse. This one was extremely buggy and came in a recycled Action 52 cartridge with a gold sticker on it. Their storage area actually had to be robbed for them to be taken out. So I only gave it a 1.3 out of 10 mediocre barely fun hard from bugs. Mid air deaths horrible game, just horrible.
  Graphics 3   Sound 2   Addictive 3   Depth 7   Difficulty 10
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-08-14     Review Replies: 7


This Sucks   goodanswer
Action 52 was an unlicensed game for the NES, made by Active Enterprises in 1991, which was the year the Super Nintendo came out. It promised 52 games that are just as good - if not better than an average NES game. The game cost $199, which is what you would pay for a CONSOLE, let alone a game. But at that ratio - you are paying $4 per game, so it was a relatively efficient price. It was a very good idea, but they butchered it with AWFUL control, painful music, ridiculous games, and more glitches than the Glitch Gremlin could ever dream of. But, there should be at least one good one, right? Let's find out. Lights Camera Action 52 Worst opening screen ever. And you know the worst part - you can't skip it. If you reset the game, which you will have to do because the glitches can make the game crash, you can't skip it. One cartridge I bought on eBay, once you complete a level or die - the game crashes. Well, the game didn't make a good first impression, but it’s what on the inside that counts. Before I review a game, I want to mention the annoying menu screens. To go to into a game, you have to press start. B and A don't do anything. To select between options on the game menu, you use the d-pad, right? No - that’s some wishful thinking - you have to use the select button. I hate games that do that. So what are we waiting on, let's review some games! Game #1 - Fire Breathers It's a two player game where you are fire breathing dragons, just trying to kill the other player. Pretty self-explanatory. The main thing that annoys me is the lack of variety. You would think that in a game revolving around dragons in combat would be an epic game, but instead you get this. With no music, awful sound effects, sprite flicker worse than any game I've ever seen, and absolutely no variety whatsoever, you get bored in less than a minute. Luckily, you can go to the Game Menu screen when pressing start and select. Game #2 - Star Evil It’s a vertical 2-D shooter, and the game's pretty easy. The enemies are a complete joke. The game is glitchy as heck. The first level boss can go through walls, and occasionally, he doesn't even show up, and you’re screwed. Not much else to say, just a poor man's space shooter. Game #3 - Illuminator One of the worst games I have ever had the honor of playing. The music is dreadful, and the point of the game boggles my brain to no end. You shoot cheese sandwiches at the sorriest excuses for vampires I have ever seen. They make Dracula from Castlevania II look like a masterpiece. Basically, if you don't shoot the vampires, the room goes dark. Once you shoot a vampire, you get about one second of light before the room goes dark again. There are no other levels, as far as my knowledge goes, and the whole game is just pointless and boring. And, I can't even believe I am making this reference, couldn't it be like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde where you turn into a vampire after getting bit, and you try to dodge cheese blocks fired by a computer or second player? Nope, the vampires kill you - which is typical, but it makes no sense. Game #4 - G-Force Fighters A horizontal 2D shooter. It's not horrible, by any means, but you wish you were just playing Life Force instead. Game #5: Ooze A title screen. If they went through the trouble of making a title screen, it must be a good game. Right? Nope, it sucks. It's a sidescroller, and it's an OK game - with one exception. The controls. First off, B is Jump and A attacks. That's pretty bad right there, but it gets worse. How do you jump over pits? You can hold B and press right on the D-Pad, right ----NO NO NO those are good controls. You have to tap the B button and then press right. If you hold B, you can jump but not move. With that aside, I have a few questions. Why is there so much green in the color scheme? It makes me want to puke. And do you see those bubbles? Would you guess that those are platforms? Yea, next time you are skydiving, just blow some bubbles, you will safely land on them. The music stinks, the attack is tedious, and the enemies are pathetic. Active Enterprises actually set up a contest to see who could get to and beat level five first or something like that – but the game would crash after level 3, unless using an emulator, which was not allowed. Nobody won that contest. Fail. Game #6 - Silver Sword If you thought Ooze had a lot of green, look again. The enemies are really weird, like they took a wrong turn at the toy store. The music is pretty good, and the only problem with the attack is that there can only be one sword on the screen at a time. But the controls feel slippery. I really just can't describe it, go pick up a controller your self, and you’ll see. Game #7 - Critical Bypass Another horizontal 2-D shooter, but an awful execution of it. Get this, you are an indescribable object shooting at other indescribable objects and avoiding tetris blocks, all while moving 35 miles per hour and getting eyestrain from the horrendous background. The music is worse than anything by Justin Bieber, and it totally sets the mood for this painful excuse for a video game. Game #8 - Jupiter Scope A vertical 2D shooter, only on this one the screen doesn't move - like Space Inva-no, lets not even make that comparison. In this game, there are barely any enemies. It's like Top Gun, where most of the time all that you are doing is waiting for something to shoot at. Just a sorry version of a Space Shooter. Game #9 - Alfredo / Alfred N The Fettuc On an average NES cartridge of the game, this game doesn't work. Here we go with the good old emulator. Oh my GOD! It's for the better that this game was left out. You are a chef using an axe, I think, against killer somosas. The jumping controls are the same as Ooze, and the music makes me want to hurl. The less said about this game, the better. Game #10 - Operation Full Moon What's up with the title? I would assume that it would be a space shooter, but you are actually in a tank shooting what resemble weapons. It's the ugliest shade of green imaginable, the music is untolerable, and the gameplay is very cliche. Game #11 - Dam Busters You are a beaver shooting tomatoes at killer aliens. I hate the music, but the graphics are pretty good, compared to everything so far, and the gameplay is also pretty good. The maze style of the game is actually sorta addicting. Probably the most original and playable game so far. Game #12 - Thrusters Another misleading title. How does Thrusters, in any way, make you think of a Space Shooter? That's right - ANOTHER Space Shooter. This is starting to get really redundant. It's basically an improvement of Star Evil, but I don't find it fun because of the abundance of space shooters we have already played are basically the same as this. Game #13 - Haunted Hall The best game so far. It's a sidescroller, like Ooze, but the controls are way better. The B and A buttons are still swapped, but the jump controls are 100x better than Ooze. But there's one thing about this game that bothers me. Have you noticed your weapon? It is a CROSS! What a perfect visual analogy - Because Action 52 is hell. In this game, you shoot at ghosts and other generic spooky creatures with your cross. Not a masterpiece, but a whole lot better than what we've done so far. Could this mean that we're working our way into the territory of GOOD GAMES? Not a chance. I didn't mention the rest of this game's flaws. The ghosts fly in the sky and begin to come down when they see you. Your timing has to be dead on in order to kill him, because the cross will miss if it's not. The most annoying thing of all is - after you survive the ghosts - there is a pit to jump over. Seems simple, right? Well, if you are standing about three pixels from the pit, like normal, you land on the platform, but you STILL DIE. I have tried numerous times, and I just cannot get past the first level. Game #14 - Chill Out Well - to say the least, it's one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. You are an eskimo shooting at other eskimos with snowballs, all with some of the worst sprite flicker I've seen in a long time. It's a one screen game, and you climb up ladders to get to platforms to shoot the eskimos. That's fine - but you should be able to drop down from a platform to hit the ground right? Nope - if you fall off of a platform - you are dead. Next game. Game #15 - Sharks. You shoot at sharks. Enough said. Game #16 - Megalonia How does Megalonia, in any way, translate into a horizontal space shooter? That's what it is - A n o t h e r S p a c e S h o o t e r! Not really much else to say. Game #17 - French Baker Well, you are a baker, and the kitchen was built by an evil PeeWee Herman. Apperantly, every kitchen item wants to kill you, and you have to kill them with your rolling pin. I hate that rolling pen. You can only have one on the screen at a time, and it moves slow. The game sucks - moving on. Game #18 - Atmos Quake UGH - AN0THER SPACE SHOOTER? No - just no. Game #19 - Meong A puzzle game - sorta. You are an - you won't even believe this - A52 moving in squares and praying that the next square won't blow you up. It's a huge guessing game and I don't find it amusing. Game #20 - Space Dreams The worst space shooter ever. You are a pacifier shooting at killer dolls, mutant teddy bears, and evil SAFETY PINS! You can only have one of your projectiles on the screen at a time, and it is horrendous. Game #21 - Streemerz You are a clown with the odd disability not to jump - so you have you use rope, like spiderman. This is one of the weirdest games that I have ever played. In this game, money bags and magic wands kill you. But what does a rabbit in a hat do? Absolutely nothing. The game is known to crash on a cartridge, but I got to level 2 on my emulator, and I can't beat it. The game isn't horrible - rather just ridiculous. Game #22 - Spread Fire ANOTHER FLIPPING SPACE SHOOTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's basically a watered down version of Jupiter Scope. Moving on... Game #23 - Bubblegum Rossie It's another sidescroller, similar to Ooze. And like Ooze, it had the same stupid controls. In this game, your weapon is a bubble, and sometimes it works, and other times it doesn't. Spikes don't hurt you, the enemies are a joke, and to be honest - I just don't get it. Game #24 - Micro Mike Well, you move Mike up and down to avoid crushing into platforms that he is speeding into at maximum speed. You thought you moved fast in Critical Bypass? Well look again. This is why Turbo Controllers were invented, so you can blast and concentrate on moving. But even with a turbo controller - you move way too fast. So fast, in fact, that it's virtually unplayable. This game beat Sega to Blast Processing, but they heavily misused it. Game #25 - Underground At first, the game may look half decent. Once you fall, you walk right, like normal. But you all of the sudden die. Once you are restarted you notice that there were some mushrooms that supposedly killed you. So, then you walk left, kill the enemies, climb ladders, you get killed by enemies moving as fast as Micro Mike. To tell the truth, it's just a dead end. Game #26 - Rocket Jockey A. Nother. Space. Shooter. I'm not even going to review it. Game #27 - Non Human It's another sidescroller with Ooze controls. Not really much else to say - just a poor man's sidecroller Game #28 - Cry Baby I honestly have no idea Game #29 - Slashers I assumed that it was some sort of horror game, assuming from the title, but it's actually the worst beat em up game I have ever played. Once somebody enters the screen - either a black rapper or some red head girl - you cannot advance any further until you have a punching match to the death. Boredom has never been so boring. Game #30 - Crazy Shuffle You are a barely visible sprite shooting at even smaller sprites at Critical Bypass speed. Not much else to say, just a sorry excuse for a game. Game #31 - Fuzz Power In this game, you are an overly hairy man avoiding hair shot by guns and killer hairbrushes. If you get hit, you lose your fuzz and you are --- Naked......anyway, my main problem with this game is that your attack doesn't do a darned thing. Your so called attack is a weird somersalt thing, and this is a platformer, so there is need for a projectile. Non human and Ooze had it, so why not this? The music is good, but other than that, the game stinks. Game #32 - Shooting Gallery It's the easiest shooter I have ever played. Losing is impossible. When things appear, they can't touch you. They don't disappear until they are shot. There is no time limit, And the screen doesn't move. Wow. If you thought Slashers was boring, look again. Game #33 - Lollipop Something I haven't really established yet is that in some of these platformers, you die by touching the air. It did it in Haunted Hall, Ooze, and Chill out, to name a few. In this game, it starts to become a real pain. Your weapon is a lollipop, the jump controls are the stupid Ooze controls, and instead pressing up to go up ladder - you have to jump. It's an OK game, but it makes you want to play Super Mario Bros. Game #34 - Evil Empire It's as if you took Chill Out and then made it microscopic. Not much else to say. Game #35 - Sombreros You are a sombrero wearing guy walking along on the longest block in the world, all while shooting at strange creatures who jumped from Silver Sword. Just shoot, shoot, and shoot. Moving along... Game #36 - Storm over the Desert You are an invincible tank, shooting at highly vulnerable pink tanks, soldiers, and gigantic Saddam Husseins. You can't lose, and it gets boring fast. Game #37 - Mash Man Essentially, it's Fuzz Power. Only with Haunted Hall Jump controls, which are a million times better. Only on this game, they knew that their attack in Fuzz Power was so useless, they didn't even bother programming one in this game. It may sound bad, but that's because it is. Game #38 - They Came . . . Well, its a space shooter with only one screen. Next. Game #39 - Lazer League 2D shooter. Next. Game #40 - Billy Bob Sorta reminds me of Indiana Jones. It has very smooth animation, and I'm stunned. But on the second screen, its a dead end. If you fall, you die in midair, like Lollipop or Chill Out. You can't jump, so it's a dead end. Game #41 - City Of Doom You are climbing the tallest building ever made, shooting at random stuff that falls at you. I would rather be in school right now than playing this. Game #42 - Bits and Pieces A monster-graveyard game. You have no attack, and all you get is an Ooze jump. All you do is run and pray you have more energy. Once you die, you realized how much human life you just wasted. Game #43 - Beeps And Blips A single screen space shooter. Next, please? Game #44 - Manchester It's another sidescroller, it's like if Non Human and Lollipop got married and had a kid. It's an OK game, but its kinda hard. Just makes me want to play Battletoads instead. Game #45 - Boss You are a frog avoiding bombs. It's pretty difficult, and managing the bomb avoidage is as challenging as riding on a skateboard while standing on your head. Moving along... Game #46 - Dedant You are an ant shooting at other ants. Pretty self explanitory. Just very generic, and it has the same mechanics as a lot of the other Action 52 games. Game #47 - Hambo's Adventures You are some weird guy who has Ooze jumps, collects 1 Ups, and jumps over 8-Balls. Like Bits and Pieces, it has no weapons, only a jump. Other than awful control and little abilities and playability, it's great. Game #48 - Time Warp Tickers One of the weirdest games I have ever played. You are a pair of fingers, flicking worms and making the word "time" appear. There are upside down doors and weird objects and glitches galore. Jee, that is odd. Game #49 - Jigsaw Like Alfredo, on an NES cartridge, this game doesn't work. But that is for the better, because this game goes beyond your wildest nightmares. You have a lousy Ooze jump, the enemies move way too fast, and the game is overall unplayable. Game #50 - Ninja Assult Alright, same idea as Slasher. When an enemy appears you have to fight it to the death right away. Not much to say, it's just a copy of a game that didn't have a leg to stand on in the first place. Game #51 - Robbie Robot Run right and shoot robots. Enough said. Game #52 – Cheetahmen This is like the feature presentation. There was a comic book included with the game and a whole line of Cheetahmen merchandise was planned. Once you start the game, you immediately get the story – one of the worst in history, I might add. You are fighting for some gamer who got sucked into the television, who we never refer to again. Anyway, the first level is an aerial view, like Zelda, and all of the following levels are sidescrollers. Your jump is a Haunted Hill jump, and your attack varies...I’ll explain as we go. In the first level, it’s an aerial view. Your attack are some wooden clubs you use with your knowledge of karate. It’s OK, but I’m always afraid that its going to glitch out. There’s always something popping out at the side of the screen, and it’s just unstable. Like I said, it’s OK, but it’s got nothing on Zelda. The next level is a sidescroller. Your attack is the same, and you can jump now. If you attack while in midair, then immediately jump again, you can actually jump perpetually in midair. I don’t recommend it, though, because there are several enemies in the air – actually more than on the ground. After you complete the level, you are a different cheetah. You are much larger, and your attack is a stubby little punch. This is where the game starts to get hard. I could describe it in detail, but I haven’t seen past the first level 3 (and yes, there are 2 level threes). From what I have been told, the next level is the same concept, and after that, you are a different Cheetah who shoots arrows. You can only have one on screen at a time, and they are terribly small – so they are practically useless. The next level works the same, then the game is over. Wow, 52 awful games. This is a disgrace to the NES.
  Graphics 3   Sound 2   Addictive 2   Depth 5   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 06-30-14     Review Replies: 3


Why...Just...Why...   AquaTurtle20
I don't get it...Why did they make this game? It's horrible. It's not worth $200. Now, yes, NES games back then cost about $50, and this is giving you 52 games for $200 (Roughly $4 each game) but it's not worth it. Here's why. Graphics: The Graphics are horrible. Sometimes there will be a whole lot of glitches, sometimes there will be graphics that look like puke, and sometimes...Well, let's just say you might go blind. 1/10 Sound: The Music and Sound effects are normally either neutral or annoying in my opinion. Some music is music I would be fine with but not exactly like. But some music can really kill my ears. I get a headache from listening to 1 thing of music for a whole minute. 2/10 Addictiveness: ...I think you can already tell from the other Ratings, but I'm saying this anyway, because I have to. The game is not addicting at all. Maybe, your first time playing, you'll think that only some of the games are bad, and some of them are so good it'll make up for it. I wish that'd be true. But it's not. All the games are bad. 1/10 Story: This would be rated 3/10, but there's 52 games, and only one has a story. So I made it 1/10. The story to the game "Cheetah Men" is that you play as the "Action Game Master" who got grabbed by the crotch (Yeah, I know.) into the game world, where he meets the Cheetah Men and they're helping him get back to the real world. I know most NES games have very simple stories, but they could've done better. This was made the same year the Super Nintendo came out. 1/10 Depth: ...I honestly can't think of a long way to say this part of the review, but here's the longest explanation I can say. The game is...Well, if it was your first time playing, and you didn't know anything about the game, it'd be about 45 minutes probably. But I'm only giving it a 1/10 because it has so many games that are very short. 1/10 Difficulty: The game is really hard, but it's only because of glitches, tiny graphics, etc. Some of the only games in it that are easy are Fire Breather, and Storm over the Desert. Fire Breather is only hard if you're playing with an expert at the game, and on Storm over the Desert it's impossible to die. 7/10 Final Thoughts: Well, that ought to do it. That's my review for Action 52. I mean, I think all 52 games are very bad, as I've said. But really, why sell this for $200? I think they should maybe sell it for 52 cents...Okay, that's too low. Maybe about $13. Because that's a quarter a game, and the games, to me, look a lot like arcade games more than average NES games. So does Pac-man, sure, but that's a good game. It's price is reasonable. But these games are so bad...I take it back. It should be 52 cents. Overall Rating 1.5/10
  Graphics 1   Sound 2   Addictive 1   Story 1   Depth 1   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 05-24-14     Review Replies: 2


Lights! Camera! Action 52!   stonerocks
All I can say is... Nope.avi to this game... what? Not enough? Ok fine, let's dig deeper into this pile of what the typical person would call "garbage" mostly because it is. Enough stalling; let's get into the games.The graphics are?not very impressive. More or less something you'd find out of an early NES or master system game. Characters are too small, random characters (because, heck, you play as a pair of fingers in one of the games for crying out loud!), and they recycle the same sprites in most games.Game play? Oh that mix mashed controls where A and B are switched? Yeah, it is one of those games! Honestly what were they (and other game designers) thinking about switching what was implanted since childhood? Not to mention the games are too hard, too easy, can't win, can't lose, make no sense whatsoever and the worst part is most games don't want to work or start up, even on an emulator most of the time.Story? What story? Well... to be fair cheetah men does have a story, but it doesn't make much sense and I never saw the ending... so screw that.The sound on most games are very unappealing. The only ones I enjoy are the cheetah men theme and the cry baby song; just in my opinion.Addictiveness... well unless you're crazy or something; this game won't appeal for long.Depth. Well there's 52 games, yet they all suck, so don't bother.Difficulty is out of control... well at least in cheetah men, Billy bob, boss, and haunted hills to name a few.Now overall, this game just isn't worth it, but I'm not stopping you from playing it so... yeah.
  Graphics 2   Sound 3   Addictive 4   Story 1   Depth 2   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 04-26-14     Updated: 04-26-14     Review Replies: 1


Bad   cplegogame25
Ok i'm gonna try and make a real review this time. Graphics:The graphics in the game are meh, this game came out in 1992, the same year the SNES came out. There is to many sprite flickering and the color sceam is just dull with mostly green, black, and dark blue.Sound:The sound makes my ears numb, it sounds like someone is just scratching a chalkboard and screaming at the same time. The only song I like is the Dam Busters theme, at least that one doesn't hurt my ears.Story:...um... there is no story in this game, except in cheetahmen but it's so dumb, a gamemaster gets sucked in his tv and finds 3 cheetahmen and they will fight for him... so dumb!Gameplay:This game has platformers, shooters, puzzles, and yeah thats it. They all suffer from glitches, bad controls, and crashing. I'll describe a few games. A game called Ooze is a platformer where you jump with the B button, if you press B and right at the same time you will lock in a vertical jump until you let go of B... WHY????? A game called Alfredo doesn't even work, another game like that doesn't work is called Jigsaw. Most of the games are space shooters i believe 14 of them, their all the same except with differnt graphics.Final Verdict:This game is bad, bad controls, no story, bad glitches, games that don't work, games that crash, games that suck, and bad graphics. Also they charged $200 dollars for the game
  Graphics 2   Sound 3   Addictive 1   Story 1   Depth 1   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 11-27-13     Review Replies: 1


i would parking lot attack the creators   TetraDigm
Graphics: every game on this cart has graphics that would have been acceptable...if this came out when the nes did. In fact, it came out 5 years into the life of the system, and has terrible graphics in comparison to games of this time. You generally cannot tell what you are, what your trying to kill, or what missile(if you have one) you are shooting. Things tend to be either 1 or 2 colors, or a mass of every color on the palette in no form of design, as if they just threw a couple cans of paint at the design, and said "yup, that's good". A few have decent graphics for a starting nes game, but not for 1991.  Sound: every sound in the game is ear wrenching. Its difficult to acurratley describe midi sounds, because its all just blips and boops made from a signal generator. Well these guys had no idea how to use a signal generator, and ended up reusing alot of the "screechiest" sound effects from alot of generic nes games. The music isnt particularly panel, but its all dull and boring. Several second loops of uninspired nonsense thrown at you in a way that makes it obvious nobody actually played any of these games before trying to sell this thing. Addictiveness: the games are all boring, many being very hard to impossible, and the rest being so easy that you literally cannot loose, or they have no goal whatsoever. This game is about addictive as running into moving cars. Story: there is no story. Its a collection of essentially Atari games thrown together to try and rip off as many nes games as possible. Only 1 game has a "story", and that's cheetahmen. But the story is never mentioned again because the game has no ending. Or if it does, I cant find it due to glitching out levels. Depth: there ARE alot of games here, but they are literally all the same. Oh sure you have platformers, or shooters, but every shooter is the same. platformer is the same. They all share terrible engines that cannot handle more then about 20 sprites on screen at any time, they all are incapable of processing 2 moving sprites on the same lines, and they are all boring as hell. Difficulty: most of the games are the type you cannot win. Why? Because there is no ending. Or there is no health display. Or your available health is a random amount that is not shown, but by counting the hits you can see that sometimes you'll take upwards of 30 hits to die, and sometimes only 1. Mind you these problems aren't in every game, but alot of them. The rest are filled with badly made copy/pasted levels, or enemies just spawning in random spots at random times. Often times you'll have no idea when playing a shooter, if something is background or foreground, as your bullets pass right through, but you die upon impact. Overall: this game is a waste of computer memory, every trace of it should be wiped clean from existence, and the makes should be hunted down and prosecuted for acts of terrorism. The game is full of "games" which cannot be completed either because they go on forever in an old pacman style, or they have glitches that prevent progression, or they simply do not work. Everything about every game on here is terrible. The ones that are obvious copies of other games are badly copied and dumbed down. All in all, I am quite offended at this games very existence.
  Graphics 2   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 1   Depth 2   Difficulty 6
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 10-13-13     Review Replies: 2


Underrated Games - Action 52   TheFadedWarrior
This is TFW here with another review. This time, I'm reviewing Action 52 for the NES. Most people think this game is horrible. I think It's fairly good. It comes with 52 minigames. The only real downside about this game is the fact that it costs, well, $200. 52 fairly small games for $200. That has to be the most stupid idea I have ever heard of. And $200 back when this game came out is more than $200 is now. Alright, let's start the review!Graphics

The graphics are somewhat inferior to other games on the console. There are some games that have bad graphics, like Ooze, and there are some games that have fairly good graphics, like Cheetahmen. However, in Cheetahmen, depth perception does not exist. You can never tell if you're below or in the middle of a pit. Seeing as some graphics are bad and some are fairly good, I give the graphics section of this game a 6. 

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Sound

The sound of this game is, erm, less than I expected. It sounds ringy even for an NES game. The sounds are pretty bad, but the tuns are kinda catchy. Once I get the Cheetahmen theme stuck in my head, it's tough for me to get it out. Here is the Cheetahmen theme and here is the full soundtrack from the game. I was going to give the sound a 5.5, but seeing as I can't do decimals, I'll give it a 6 because I'm cool.

Gameplay/Addictiveness

Mmh, the gameplay is always fun to describe. There are 52 games in the cartridge that you can play. Each game is almost completely different than the rest. Aaand, it just hit me. There are 52 games that are completely different that I would have to describe. I guess I'll just go ahead and describe a few.

Ooze is an action / adventure game where you try to avoid ooze dripping from the ceiling onto your head. If you get hit, you die. Oh, and you shoot pickles that are in your path.

Cheetahmen is possibly the best game on the cartridge. It's one of the longest, the funnest, and the best looking. Basically, there are a few (I think 3) levels where you play as a different cheetah each time. You throw knives at your enemies and try to avoid the water and ditches. You have, what, 4 health points before you die. If you get hit by an enemy, 1 health point goes away. If you touch the water or fall into a ditch, you die and you have to restart the whole level all over again.

I have to say that Action 52 is a pretty fun game to play. I'm sorry, but if you think different than me, you think wrong.

Since I think the game is pretty fun, you'd think it would be pretty addictive. The depth (we'll get to that later) keeps bringing you back for more to play, but I really don't think of this game as a very addictive game. I'm not really sure why. I give the gameplay/addictiveness a glorious 7.

Story

There is no story since it's, you know, 52 games in 1. The only game that really has a story is Cheetahmen. You're a kid, playing on your snazzy looking NES, when all of a sudden a robot arm reaches out of the TV and grabs your crotch. It pulls you inside and talks about the Cheetahmen. I give the story a fabulous N/A.

Depth

So, you've probably known this for quite awhile now - Action 52 has 52 small games. Each game has its own depth, and I'd reckon that Cheetahmen is the longest (with only 3 levels). Even though they're all short, you need to realize that there are 52 small games to play. It's like an old Mario Party game, except almost nothing like it. Seeing as Action 52 has, yes, 52 games, I give the depth something amazing: A perfect 10!

Difficulty

Most NES games are pretty tough in my opinion. Action 52 is little exception to this opinion. Some of the games are pretty tough, while some of the games are pretty easy. Cheetahmen (can you tell it's my favorite game yet?) is pretty hard because of the depth perception thing. I'm also not very good at NES games, and it's kind of hard for me to get used to the controls on my computer. I give the difficulty a 7.

Overall/The End

Overall, I give this game a surprising 7. The graphics and sound really aren't that good, and the game is fairly tough, but the depth of the game is large and the games are pretty fun and addictive to me. All of this brings me to my conclusion: I truly do think that Action 52 is an extremely underrated game. It's not necessarily a masterpiece, but it's still pretty good.

I hope you enjoyed reading this review (if you actually read it instead of looking at it then judging my review). I suggest you try out Action 52 if you haven't already and give me feedback of what you think about the game. Feel free to criticize my opinions and my review. I plan on reviewing more underrated games to make a whole series of "Underrated Games Reviews." Thank you for reading my review! This is TheFadedWarrior, erm, signing out from his review!

This is possibly my worst review yet. Sheesh!

  Graphics 6   Sound 6   Addictive 7   Depth 10   Difficulty 7
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-21-13     Updated: 07-21-13     Review Replies: 6


Spend your $200 elsewhere.   RedHotToddy

  Graphics 3   Sound 2   Addictive 2   Depth 4   Difficulty 9
      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-21-13     Updated: 07-21-13     Review Replies: 3


One of the worst games in existence   IgorBird122
Action 52, probably one of the worse games that has ever in existence, seriously, I bought this game on this site, not back when it in was released for the NES for us$200, seriously for that much, you would spend that much for a game that completely sucks at a level it's even unbearable to even play, it's a huge rip-off, even if the game costed at us$20. If it costed us$5 at launch, I would of understand.

When you first heard about this game, you can be able to play 52 games in one game all for us$200, and that's the normal cost for 3-4 new games, it's a good bargain to have when you buy this game, but the truth, it's not, it's more of a rip-off that a bargain, you'll spent us$200 for nothing but a very bad game that is extremely faulty to even play, plus, half of those games are the same thing just about.

Buying this game is like throwing us$200 away in the trashcan or burning it all.

The Graphics:

Some of the graphics are ok on a couple games but compared to the rest of the game, the rest of the games on Action 52, the graphics are very faulty, they glitched up easily, and can't even play it because of the graphics, plus half of them don't even work.----------

The Sound/music:

The sound and music on this game are horrible, mostly because they do not fit with the game your playing, and they don't even sound like to be on a NES system.

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The Addictiveness:

I can tell you, once you pay this game once, you'll be so horrified with this game, you never, ever want to play this "game" ever, ever again.

It's not even recommended to play it at first because it's that bad.

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The Story:

They isn't any story with this game, well only one of the 52 games and that story in the game doesn't make any sense.----------

The Depth:

I do have to say that you do have 52 different games to choose from and none of them are even worth trying.

A big selection, but they all are bad to even play.

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The Difficulty:

This game is so hard, you can't even play this game, I would give this an 11, or better yet, a million because of how hard thing thing is.

You can't even beat one game because it being too hard.

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Overall:

I can say that this it one of the worst games in existence, mostly in my point of view I think this game when it was released was a scam for the money they sold it, it's got 52 games that ain't even worth a dime for each game on Action 52.

Just don't pay this game, it isn't highly recommended.

I would tell you, it's better to save your money then buy this, whatever this "thing" is. Because for us$200, it isn't worth it, mostly, you'll waste all that money for nothing because you'll never, ever want to play this game again. 
  Graphics 3   Sound 1   Addictive 1   Story 1   Depth 4   Difficulty 10
      Review Rating: 2.3/5     Submitted: 05-22-13     Review Replies: 0


Action 52   VideogamemanX

  Graphics 7   Sound 6   Addictive 2   Story 1   Depth 3   Difficulty 5
      Review Rating: 2/5     Submitted: 12-23-13     Review Replies: 1

Get 52 "New and Original" exciting games for play on your Nintendo System. Try to get Billy Bob out of the Dungeon where he is imprisoned, to save MARYLOU. Go along with the ACTION GAMEMASTER as he changes into one of the fearsome CHEETAHMEN to try to defeat all of the ACTION 52 evil attackers. These two games plus an additional 50 games on this one "Multi-GamePak" will keep you entertained for a long time.

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