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An incredibly expensive game (which contains 52 games) that delivers nothing like what it advertises. Many of the games are glitchy or unfinished. The thing that makes Action 52 is that the gameplay is so terrible that it's laughable (much like a B movie). If you're looking for enthralling gameplay look elsewhere but if you want a rare collector's item that will make you gasp at how bad it is, there's none better than Action 52. Funny that the original suggested retail price on this game on release was 200 bucks.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This game was released in 1991 and was sold for 200$ It's a multicard and contains 52 games. The majority of the titles included on the cartridge have significant glitches. The graphics aren't good and neither are the control's. Of special note is the last game on the cartridge, The Cheetahmen. The Cheetahmen were Active Enterprises' attempt to compete with the success of multimedia franchises such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Action 52 was released along with a twelve page comic book providing the Cheetahmen's backstory. The game is noticeably superior to most of the other games on the cartridge, and contains considerably fewer glitches. The intro of the Cheetahmen game is nice in my opinion. The only good thing about the game itself is it rarity (who would payed 200 bucks for a game ?). For a gamer this game sucks. But for a collector it's a must have !!! So my score is 3/5 because of the collectors value. If this wasn't so scarce, I would have given it a 1Read full review
Quite frankly, I bought this game, because I want to own a piece of history, as regarded as the worst game ever made by a video game company. I decided to rate this not by the rarity of the product (Yes, it's a hard to find product and it's good for collectors), but to the game itself. I had to rate this a one, but this game deserves far less. Sure, Did you know that when this game came out in 1991, it cost me 199 bucks!? Yikes! After inflation, it probably would cost me right now $499. And the reason this cost 200 bucks because of one thing: There's 52 games on it in one cartridge, which is a clear plastic cartridge revealing the chip board, making the "pictures" on the label hard to see. Anyways, on with this game, or shall I call it "not even" a game. It's 52 games, but each in every game is either broken, a game you don't even want to play, or it's like playing with rubbish characters fighting against shapeless blobs on the screen. Now I am not making this up, but I will give you a quick rundown on some of the 52 "trash" games on this package. In FireBreather, it's a two player game playing as a dragon shooting purple balls at your opponent. Every time you hit your opponent, a weird SFX plays. In Starevil, you hit a block, which is a centimeter right in front of you. That's right! A Block right in front of you when you start the level! In Illuminater, you control what looks like Mario, only with pink hair and a blue hat, throwing yellow cake at white zombies moving left and right. If you don't hit an enemy, the screen goes dark, and you die because you can't see. In Jupiter Scope, you are a rocket shooting at rocks that fall down on the city. Strangely, the rocks don't damage the city, and I was falling asleep as I was playing it. Strangely, 25 minutes went by, and nothing happened. In Sharks, it's a Jaws ripoff, except you fight random sharks. It's just as boring as Jupiter Scope. When you are on the third level, it's almost impassible, because you are fighting jellyfish which rarely appears. In Atmos Quake, you control what looks like a ship made out of cardboard shooting at blobs. The Hit detection is awful, as you sometimes die when you are fifty feet away from the object, or you actually went through the object without dying. In Space dreams, you control a blue pacifier shooting out stars at teddy bears. That's right! I am not making this up. You are a pacifier shooting at teddy bears, toys, and baby pins! In Bubble Gum Rosy, you control what looks like Samus without her suit throwing purple blobs that goes through enemies without hurting them, and you got that impassible jump. In Micro Mike, I can't even get past the first level because I go so fast, hitting walls, get hit by bullets that appear out of nowhere, and constantly ramming into enemies. In Non Human, you control what looks like Shredder with awful controls, and there are green zombies in the bottom of the screen. In Slashers, all you do is poke at black people. Turns out that you can actually go around enemies and not have to fight them to complete the level! In Billy Bob, you control a ripoff of Indiana Jones being constantly hit by falling objects, and constantly missing jumps due to horrible controls. Lastly, in Manchester, it's just plain broken, and that AWFUL Sound when I jump. Well, This is what you get out of 52 games on this pile of waste. Unless you are sick or if you are a die hard collector, avoid this at all costs.Read full review
One word: Crap. This single word can be used to describe every single game on this cartridge. Every single one of the 52 games. Every one! Why? No one even tested these things! Now, you may ask yourself, why the hell did I purchase this game for such a high price? I thought it would be good because there are 52 games on it. Well, here's the reason: you are either mentally retarded or a collector. If you're a collector, then good, don't play this game. Keep it on your shelf away from all the other games in case it bites. If you are mentally retarded, then, well, I can't blame you. But if you are not one of these two groups, stay the hell away from this game, because it is certainly not worth your money. Instead, blow what you could've spent on this game on something decent, like a ShamWow or Uwe Boll dvd.Read full review
This game has brought more suffering, joy, satisfaction and discussion to the Classic Gamer genre than ANY other NES game ever made.(Just ask the Angry Video Game Nerd!!)...and besides it contains one thing even more entertaining than the Action 52 Cart itself......It introduces CHEETAHMEN to the world!! The backstory of Action 52 and CHEETAHMEN is without equal: Florida warehouses,Bahama Banks,Saudi Money and the mysterious and possibly dangerous Vince Perri!! And now STRONG RUMORS of 1,500 newly discovered copies of the unseen, unplayed CHEETAHMEN: THE CREATION which gave birth to the whole CHEETAHMEN phenomenon. I KEEP HEARING: JUST PLAY IT...... YOU LL KNOW WHAT TO DO; everytime I try to get close to the source of the rumor. I can t wait to find out if we could be so lucky as to find another long lost gamecart.Read full review
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