Action 52
- Action 52 (1993 on Genesis)
Description official descriptions
Action 52 features 52 different games in a single cartridge. The games are selected from one of three menus and are mostly side scrolling, platform or shooter action games. The games included are:
- Fire Breathers
- Star-Evil
- Illuminator
- G-Force Fighters
- Oooze
- Silver Sword
- Critical Bypass
- Jupiter Scope
- Alfredo and the Fettucinni's
- Operation Full-Moon
- Dam Busters
- Thrusters
- Haunted Hills of Wentworth
- Chill-Out
- Sharks
- Megalonia
- The French Baker
- Atmos-Quake
- Meong
- Space Dreams
- Streemerz
- Spread-Fire
- Bubblegum Rosie
- Micro-Mike
- Underground
- Rocket Jockey
- Non-Human
- Cry Baby
- Slashers
- Crazy Shuffle
- Fuzz Power
- Shooting Gallery
- Lollipops
- The Evil Empire
- Sombrero's
- Storm Over the Desert
- Mash-Man
- They Came From Outer Space
- Laser League
- Billy-Bob
- City of Doom
- Bits and Pieces
- Beeps and Blips
- Manchester Beat
- Boss
- Dedant
- Hambo's Adventures
- Time Warp Tickers
- Jigsaw
- Ninja Assault
- Robbie and the Robots
- The Cheetahmen (The Action Gamemaster)
Groups +
- Animals: Cats
- Animals: Insects
- Animals: Pigs
- Characters: Clowns, Mimes, and Harlequins
- CheetahMen series
- Gameplay feature: Dragon flying / riding
- Gameplay feature: Scuba diving / Snorkeling
- Genre: Fixed-screen shoot 'em up
- Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
- Protagonist: Female
- Theme: Ninjas
- Theme: Vampires
Screenshots
Credits (NES version)
6 People
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Music and Sound Effects (uncredited) |
Reviews
Critics
Average score: 8% (based on 6 ratings)
Players
Average score: 0.8 out of 5 (based on 46 ratings with 6 reviews)
It's everything you read here... and more
The Good
Nothing at all
The Bad
Well, this game sucks a looong way... if you can stand this game more than 10 minutes... you are a real hero. It lacks spirit, graphics, sound effects, music... but the most important of all... it lack FUN
The Bottom Line
A horrible compilation of 52 horrible "wanna-be-games"... !! Awful !
NES · by Nicolas Agudelo (5) · 2004
The Good
The concept of the idea sounds good. I mean, it's an unlicensed multicart containing 50 games! The music is also pretty good, but those are the only good things about this multicart. (Yes, it's a multicart, not a game.)
The Bad
The games on the cart are unplayable, glitchy, frustrating, and they tend to crash. Also, the price for the NES version is a whopping $200!
The Bottom Line
It's one of the worst games/multicarts ever made, and it's one of the worst NES game ever made!
NES · by OmegaPC777 (8240) · 2016
Anyone who buys this off Ebay deserves what he gets.
The Good
There's something to be said for emulation-unlike the 4 or 5 idiots who wasted 300 bucks on this, I got to experience the pain for FREE. Plus the intro is pretty funny.
The Bad
Two words: BUG CITY
The Bottom Line
Action 52's sheer badness could kill a whole cornfield and cause milk to go sour in cow's udders. None of the 52 so-called "games" work right, if they even work at all, and if by some miracle they actually start, there's an army of bugs guaranteed to make them unplayable. But then, there's the dirty little secret-the games are DESIGNED to be unplayable! Just another facet of Active Enterprises' scam.
NES · by Marguerite Richardson (28) · 2005
Trivia
Contest
There was a contest held for this game. If you were to beat level 5 of Ooze, you could enter in a drawing to win $104,000. Unfortunately, Ooze crashes after level 3 making the contest impossible to win.
Inspiration
The creator of Action 52, Vince Perri, got the inspiration to make this game when he saw his son playing an illegal Taiwanese multicart with 40 games on it.
Music
The music loop in the intro is taken from Rob Base's song "It Takes Two".
Information also contributed by Dracula_Marth.
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Related Sites +
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Video review of Cheetahmen & Action 52 (WARNING : Language)
The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews Cheetahmen on the cartridge Action 52 on NES, Cheetahmen II on NES and Action 52 on Genesis. -
Video review of the first 51 games of Action 52 (WARNING: Language)
The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews the first 51 games of Action 52 for NES.
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Servo.
Additional contributors: Apogee IV, LepricahnsGold, Arejarn, Patrick Bregger, J W.
Game added November 17, 2002. Last modified March 27, 2024.