SEGA Master System

Action Fighter

Overall Action Fighter is a case of the imitator being better than the source material, largely due to the Master System's more powerful hardware. It does lose marks for terrible music, sensitive controls and overall lack of originality. But don't let Action Fighter fool you, it's worthy of your collection.

The concept behind Action Fighter is absolute money, but a few rough edges prevent it from being an elite Master System title. First off, I hate how you instantly explode when you touch a freakin' guardrail. Since the road tends to suddenly branch or become narrow, you'll be crashing on a regular basis, disrupting the flow of the game. If the guardrail just slowed you down, that would have made the game much better. By the same token, I found the controls to be extremely touchy. There's nothing worse that being outfitted with brand new weapons, only to suddenly veer into a guardrail accidentally! Other flaws include the cheesy looping soundtrack and the fact that your score doesn't truly seem to convey how well you played. Action Fighter is fast and addicting, but could have benefited greatly from some fine tuning.

Action Fighter is not a demanding game, with its fairly basic graphics, limited appeal and simplistic gameplay, but it is enjoyable, reasonably addictive and provides a good few hours distraction.

Action Fighter hat gute Ideen, wie das verwandelbare Fahrzeug und die Abwechslung zwischen Fahren und Fliegen, allerdings sind die Level einfach zu lang und zu öde. Hinzu kommen recht langweilige Endgegner. Schlecht ist das Spiel nun nicht, aber über den Durchschnitt kommt es einfach nicht hinaus.

In conclusion, this really isn't a game you should make it a point to own unless you're a collector. Actually, that's not good enough, you should really only be a collector who insists upon having everything if you want this title because it's one of the blandest games I've ever played. It lacks everything even though it had it all there, right in front of it, to do something fun. It just didn't, and it's dismal.