Action 52

The Good
Little. SOME games were sort of fun...in a bad kind of way. The main 'good' point about the game is it isn't as bad as the NES version. The graphics (although they look like they've been drawn on Microsoft paint) are more professional and at least and there aren't about 10000000000000000000000000000 glitches. The music and sound is nothing terrible. Although it is weird when a little red pool ball hits a brick it says "OUCHHH!!!".

The Bad
Some of the games seem unfinished, and some, seem to have had more effort put into them than others (E.G. Cheetahmen, Skirmish) . Many games are cheap knock offs of classic games (like 'Sidewinder' is an 'after burner' rip-off) and others just Like 'Bonkers' just don't work at all. Shoddy concepts!! When playing with a Mega drive joypad, half the games seem unplayable as well. There are many complaints i have about this pile of poo...so many i can't fit half of them on the page. Some include: Shoddy animation Poor sprites and also, half the games are the same with the sprites replaced.

The Bottom Line
Well...this game is so terrible, so awful, so stinky...it's good. If you want a laugh, buy this and have a cackle at how rubbish it is. Really. It's so bad, it's entertaining. This is AWFUL.

The Good
There are 52 games in one cartridge. My kids love the idea of having so many games in one place. There are 3 or 4 games that remind me of old Atari games that are fun to play.

The Bad
The game sounds and background music are almost exactly the same in every game. The games look extremely dated in the Genesis version and would be more appropriate on the Master System. Out of the 52 games there are only about a dozen games worth playing for more than a few minutes.

The Bottom Line
52 games in one cartridge. If you are looking for something to impress an 8 year old with a Genesis then this is a game for you. The games are organized by type and difficulty.

The Good
What's good about this? Well... you do get 52 games. Sort of, because the last game is just a run through the toughest levels of the other games. Obviously many of them use the same sounds, sprites or backgrounds. A few of these games could be described as OK... ish. Stuff you might want to play for more than 2 minutes. Also the order of day seems to be 4 lives and 9 levels per game.

The sounds - there's nothing to actually like, but for the most part they won't bother you. Except for the annoying woman announcing the levels.

Another good thing, I guess, is that the games are colour coded and grouped by type or difficulty. And now I know I'm really grasping at straws when it comes to good things about this. Let's move on to the bad...

The Bad
Considering you had to pay 200 bucks for this thing back in the day, you'd expect a little more quality.

A few games are, as I said, somewhat fun, but most of them are either poorly programmed, poorly designed or full of glitches. Plus any combination of that. Not to mention many look and feel like cheap knock-offs of other games, ranging from Minesweeper to After Burner. There's even some sort of Simon in there and a Pong clone (or the first video game as they call it).

I'm not gonna go on and on about the problems of each individual game. Even the ones that might be worth playing still have problems and aren't genuinely good. So if you were to spend 200$ all at once, on games, back in 1993, you'd be better of buying a few individual titles from the different genres presented in this multicart. You know, proper games like Golden Axe or Desert Strike.

The Bottom Line
Bottom line: if you actually paid 200 bucks for this, you were ripped off. Still, if you do happen to stumble across a copy (or you actually bought it), you might as well give it a try. It's not complete and utter garbage. It's just pretty boring, mostly bad and with a dash of average here and there.