Action 52 (NES)

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Description

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:

1. Fire Breathers
2. Star-Evil
3. Illuminator
4. G-Force Fighters
5. Oooze
6. Silver Sword
7. Critical Bypass
8. Jupiter Scope
9. Alfredo and the Fettucinni's
10. Operation Full-Moon
11. Dam Busters
12. Thrusters
13. Haunted Hills of Wentworth
14. Chill-Out
15. Sharks
16. Megalonia
17. The French Baker
18. Atmos-Quake
19. Meong
20. Space Dreams
21. Streemerz
22. Spread-Fire
23. Bubblegum Rosie
24. Micro-Mike
25. Underground
26. Rocket Jockey
27. Non-Human
28. Cry Baby
29. Slashers
30. Crazy Shuffle
31. Fuzz Power
32. Shooting Gallery
33. Lollipops
34. The Evil Empire
35. Sombrero's
36. Storm Over the Desert
37. Mash-Man
38. They Came From Outer Space
39. Laser League
40. Billy-Bob
41. City of Doom
42. Bits and Pieces
43. Beeps and Blips
44. Manchester Beat
45. Boss
46. Dedant
47. Hambo's Adventures
48. Time Warp Tickers
49. Jigsaw
50. Ninja Assault
51. Robbie and the Robots
52. The Cheetahmen (The Action Gamemaster)

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Alternate Titles

• "A52" -- Abbreviated name

Part of the Following 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: Baby / Toddler
• Protagonist: Female
• Theme: Ninjas
• Theme: Vampires

User Reviews

The most beautifully unsuccessful game ever.	WWWWolf (452)
The 52 worst games ever made.	Servo (57366)
BWAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!	Satoshi Kunsai (2074)
Anyone who buys this off Ebay deserves what he gets.	Marguerite Richardson (28)	unrated
My review of Action 52	OmegaPC777 (7975)
It's everything you read here... and more	Nicolas Agudelo (8)

Critic Reviews

All Game Guide	1998		20
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only)	Apr 08, 2013	1 out of 10	10
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Feb 27, 2005	1 out of 10	10
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	2016		10
Game Freaks 365	2006	0.9 out of 10	9
Questicle.net	Dec, 2012	F	0
GameCola.net	Jun 27, 2012	0 out of 10	0

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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.

Related Web Sites

• 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.)