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Action 52 was an unlicensed game for the NES, made by Active Enterprises in 1991, which was the year the Super Nintendo came out. It promised 52 games that are just as good - if not better than an average NES game. The game cost $199, which is what you would pay for a CONSOLE, let alone a game. But at that ratio - you are paying $4 per game, so it was a relatively efficient price. It was a very good idea, but they butchered it with AWFUL control, painful music, ridiculous games, and more glitches than the Glitch Gremlin could ever dream of. But, there should be at least one good one, right? Let's find out.

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Worst opening screen ever. And you know the worst part - you can't skip it. If you reset the game, which you will have to do because the glitches can make the game crash, you can't skip it. One cartridge I bought on eBay, once you complete a level or die - the game crashes.

Well, the game didn't make a good first impression, but it’s what on the inside that counts.

Before I review a game, I want to mention the annoying menu screens. To go to into a game, you have to press start. B and A don't do anything. To select between options on the game menu, you use the d-pad, right? No - that’s some wishful thinking - you have to use the select button. I hate games that do that. So what are we waiting on, let's review some games!

Game #1 - Fire Breathers

It's a two player game where you are fire breathing dragons, just trying to kill the other player. Pretty self-explanatory. The main thing that annoys me is the lack of variety. You would think that in a game revolving around dragons in combat would be an epic game, but instead you get this. With no music, awful sound effects, sprite flicker worse than any game I've ever seen, and absolutely no variety whatsoever, you get bored in less than a minute. Luckily, you can go to the Game Menu screen when pressing start and select.

Game #2 - Star Evil

It’s a vertical 2-D shooter, and the game's pretty easy. The enemies are a complete joke. The game is glitchy as heck. The first level boss can go through walls, and occasionally, he doesn't even show up, and you’re screwed. Not much else to say, just a poor man's space shooter.

Game #3 - Illuminator

One of the worst games I have ever had the honor of playing. The music is dreadful, and the point of the game boggles my brain to no end. You shoot cheese sandwiches at the sorriest excuses for vampires I have ever seen. They make Dracula from Castlevania II look like a masterpiece. Basically, if you don't shoot the vampires, the room goes dark. Once you shoot a vampire, you get about one second of light before the room goes dark again. There are no other levels, as far as my knowledge goes, and the whole game is just pointless and boring. And, I can't even believe I am making this reference, couldn't it be like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde where you turn into a vampire after getting bit, and you try to dodge cheese blocks fired by a computer or second player? Nope, the vampires kill you - which is typical, but it makes no sense.

Game #4 - G-Force Fighters

A horizontal 2D shooter. It's not horrible, by any means, but you wish you were just playing Life Force instead.

Game #5: Ooze

A title screen. If they went through the trouble of making a title screen, it must be a good game. Right?

Nope, it sucks.

It's a sidescroller, and it's an OK game - with one exception. The controls. First off, B is Jump and A attacks. That's pretty bad right there, but it gets worse. How do you jump over pits? You can hold B and press right on the D-Pad, right ----NO NO NO those are good controls. You have to tap the B button and then press right. If you hold B, you can jump but not move. With that aside, I have a few questions. Why is there so much green in the color scheme? It makes me want to puke. And do you see those bubbles? Would you guess that those are platforms? Yea, next time you are skydiving, just blow some bubbles, you will safely land on them. The music stinks, the attack is tedious, and the enemies are pathetic. Active Enterprises actually set up a contest to see who could get to and beat level five first or something like that – but the game would crash after level 3, unless using an emulator, which was not allowed. Nobody won that contest. Fail.

Game #6 - Silver Sword

If you thought Ooze had a lot of green, look again. The enemies are really weird, like they took a wrong turn at the toy store. The music is pretty good, and the only problem with the attack is that there can only be one sword on the screen at a time. But the controls feel slippery. I really just can't describe it, go pick up a controller your self, and you’ll see.

Game #7 - Critical Bypass

Another horizontal 2-D shooter, but an awful execution of it. Get this, you are an indescribable object shooting at other indescribable objects and avoiding tetris blocks, all while moving 35 miles per hour and getting eyestrain from the horrendous background. The music is worse than anything by Justin Bieber, and it totally sets the mood for this painful excuse for a video game.

Game #8 - Jupiter Scope

A vertical 2D shooter, only on this one the screen doesn't move - like Space Inva-no, lets not even make that comparison. In this game, there are barely any enemies. It's like Top Gun, where most of the time all that you are doing is waiting for something to shoot at. Just a sorry version of a Space Shooter.

Game #9 - Alfredo / Alfred N The Fettuc

On an average NES cartridge of the game, this game doesn't work. Here we go with the good old emulator.

Oh my GOD! It's for the better that this game was left out.

You are a chef using an axe, I think, against killer somosas. The jumping controls are the same as Ooze, and the music makes me want to hurl. The less said about this game, the better.

Game #10 - Operation Full Moon

What's up with the title? I would assume that it would be a space shooter, but you are actually in a tank shooting what resemble weapons. It's the ugliest shade of green imaginable, the music is untolerable, and the gameplay is very cliche.

Game #11 - Dam Busters

You are a beaver shooting tomatoes at killer aliens. I hate the music, but the graphics are pretty good, compared to everything so far, and the gameplay is also pretty good. The maze style of the game is actually sorta addicting. Probably the most original and playable game so far.

Game #12 - Thrusters

Another misleading title. How does Thrusters, in any way, make you think of a Space Shooter? That's right - ANOTHER Space Shooter. This is starting to get really redundant. It's basically an improvement of Star Evil, but I don't find it fun because of the abundance of space shooters we have already played are basically the same as this.

Game #13 - Haunted Hall

The best game so far. It's a sidescroller, like Ooze, but the controls are way better. The B and A buttons are still swapped, but the jump controls are 100x better than Ooze. But there's one thing about this game that bothers me. Have you noticed your weapon? It is a CROSS! What a perfect visual analogy - Because Action 52 is hell. In this game, you shoot at ghosts and other generic spooky creatures with your cross. Not a masterpiece, but a whole lot better than what we've done so far. Could this mean that we're working our way into the territory of GOOD GAMES?

Not a chance. I didn't mention the rest of this game's flaws. The ghosts fly in the sky and begin to come down when they see you. Your timing has to be dead on in order to kill him, because the cross will miss if it's not. The most annoying thing of all is - after you survive the ghosts - there is a pit to jump over. Seems simple, right? Well, if you are standing about three pixels from the pit, like normal, you land on the platform, but you STILL DIE. I have tried numerous times, and I just cannot get past the first level.

Game #14 - Chill Out

Well - to say the least, it's one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. You are an eskimo shooting at other eskimos with snowballs, all with some of the worst sprite flicker I've seen in a long time. It's a one screen game, and you climb up ladders to get to platforms to shoot the eskimos. That's fine - but you should be able to drop down from a platform to hit the ground right? Nope - if you fall off of a platform - you are dead. Next game.

Game #15 - Sharks.

You shoot at sharks. Enough said.

Game #16 - Megalonia

How does Megalonia, in any way, translate into a horizontal space shooter? That's what it is - A n o t h e r
S p a c e S h o o t e r! Not really much else to say.

Game #17 - French Baker

Well, you are a baker, and the kitchen was built by an evil PeeWee Herman. Apperantly, every kitchen item wants to kill you, and you have to kill them with your rolling pin. I hate that rolling pen. You can only have one on the screen at a time, and it moves slow. The game sucks - moving on.

Game #18 - Atmos Quake

UGH - AN0THER SPACE SHOOTER? No - just no.

Game #19 - Meong

A puzzle game - sorta. You are an - you won't even believe this - A52 moving in squares and praying that the next square won't blow you up. It's a huge guessing game and I don't find it amusing.

Game #20 - Space Dreams

The worst space shooter ever. You are a pacifier shooting at killer dolls, mutant teddy bears, and evil SAFETY PINS! You can only have one of your projectiles on the screen at a time, and it is horrendous.

Game #21 - Streemerz

You are a clown with the odd disability not to jump - so you have you use rope, like spiderman. This is one of the weirdest games that I have ever played. In this game, money bags and magic wands kill you. But what does a rabbit in a hat do? Absolutely nothing. The game is known to crash on a cartridge, but I got to level 2 on my emulator, and I can't beat it. The game isn't horrible - rather just ridiculous.

Game #22 - Spread Fire

ANOTHER FLIPPING SPACE SHOOTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's basically a watered down version of Jupiter Scope. Moving on...

Game #23 - Bubblegum Rossie

It's another sidescroller, similar to Ooze. And like Ooze, it had the same stupid controls. In this game, your weapon is a bubble, and sometimes it works, and other times it doesn't. Spikes don't hurt you, the enemies are a joke, and to be honest - I just don't get it.

Game #24 - Micro Mike

Well, you move Mike up and down to avoid crushing into platforms that he is speeding into at maximum speed. You thought you moved fast in Critical Bypass? Well look again. This is why Turbo Controllers were invented, so you can blast and concentrate on moving. But even with a turbo controller - you move way too fast. So fast, in fact, that it's virtually unplayable. This game beat Sega to Blast Processing, but they heavily misused it.

Game #25 - Underground

At first, the game may look half decent. Once you fall, you walk right, like normal. But you all of the sudden die. Once you are restarted you notice that there were some mushrooms that supposedly killed you. So, then you walk left, kill the enemies, climb ladders, you get killed by enemies moving as fast as Micro Mike. To tell the truth, it's just a dead end.

Game #26 - Rocket Jockey

A. Nother. Space. Shooter. I'm not even going to review it.

Game #27 - Non Human

It's another sidescroller with Ooze controls. Not really much else to say - just a poor man's sidecroller

Game #28 - Cry Baby

I honestly have no idea

Game #29 - Slashers

I assumed that it was some sort of horror game, assuming from the title, but it's actually the worst beat em up game I have ever played. Once somebody enters the screen - either a black rapper or some red head girl - you cannot advance any further until you have a punching match to the death. Boredom has never been so boring.

Game #30 - Crazy Shuffle

You are a barely visible sprite shooting at even smaller sprites at Critical Bypass speed. Not much else to say, just a sorry excuse for a game.

Game #31 - Fuzz Power

In this game, you are an overly hairy man avoiding hair shot by guns and killer hairbrushes. If you get hit, you lose your fuzz and you are --- Naked......anyway, my main problem with this game is that your attack doesn't do a darned thing. Your so called attack is a weird somersalt thing, and this is a platformer, so there is need for a projectile. Non human and Ooze had it, so why not this? The music is good, but other than that, the game stinks.

Game #32 - Shooting Gallery

It's the easiest shooter I have ever played. Losing is impossible. When things appear, they can't touch you. They don't disappear until they are shot. There is no time limit, And the screen doesn't move. Wow. If you thought Slashers was boring, look again.

Game #33 - Lollipop

Something I haven't really established yet is that in some of these platformers, you die by touching the air. It did it in Haunted Hall, Ooze, and Chill out, to name a few. In this game, it starts to become a real pain. Your weapon is a lollipop, the jump controls are the stupid Ooze controls, and instead pressing up to go up ladder - you have to jump. It's an OK game, but it makes you want to play Super Mario Bros.

Game #34 - Evil Empire

It's as if you took Chill Out and then made it microscopic. Not much else to say.

Game #35 - Sombreros

You are a sombrero wearing guy walking along on the longest block in the world, all while shooting at strange creatures who jumped from Silver Sword. Just shoot, shoot, and shoot. Moving along...

Game #36 - Storm over the Desert

You are an invincible tank, shooting at highly vulnerable pink tanks, soldiers, and gigantic Saddam Husseins. You can't lose, and it gets boring fast.

Game #37 - Mash Man

Essentially, it's Fuzz Power. Only with Haunted Hall Jump controls, which are a million times better. Only on this game, they knew that their attack in Fuzz Power was so useless, they didn't even bother programming one in this game. It may sound bad, but that's because it is.

Game #38 - They Came . . .

Well, its a space shooter with only one screen. Next.

Game #39 - Lazer League

2D shooter. Next.

Game #40 - Billy Bob

Sorta reminds me of Indiana Jones. It has very smooth animation, and I'm stunned. But on the second screen, its a dead end. If you fall, you die in midair, like Lollipop or Chill Out. You can't jump, so it's a dead end.

Game #41 - City Of Doom

You are climbing the tallest building ever made, shooting at random stuff that falls at you. I would rather be in school right now than playing this.

Game #42 - Bits and Pieces

A monster-graveyard game. You have no attack, and all you get is an Ooze jump. All you do is run and pray you have more energy. Once you die, you realized how much human life you just wasted.

Game #43 - Beeps And Blips

A single screen space shooter. Next, please?

Game #44 - Manchester

It's another sidescroller, it's like if Non Human and Lollipop got married and had a kid. It's an OK game, but its kinda hard. Just makes me want to play Battletoads instead.

Game #45 - Boss

You are a frog avoiding bombs. It's pretty difficult, and managing the bomb avoidage is as challenging as riding on a skateboard while standing on your head. Moving along...

Game #46 - Dedant

You are an ant shooting at other ants. Pretty self explanitory. Just very generic, and it has the same mechanics as a lot of the other Action 52 games.

Game #47 - Hambo's Adventures

You are some weird guy who has Ooze jumps, collects 1 Ups, and jumps over 8-Balls. Like Bits and Pieces, it has no weapons, only a jump. Other than awful control and little abilities and playability, it's great.

Game #48 - Time Warp Tickers

One of the weirdest games I have ever played. You are a pair of fingers, flicking worms and making the word "time" appear. There are upside down doors and weird objects and glitches galore. Jee, that is odd.

Game #49 - Jigsaw

Like Alfredo, on an NES cartridge, this game doesn't work. But that is for the better, because this game goes beyond your wildest nightmares. You have a lousy Ooze jump, the enemies move way too fast, and the game is overall unplayable.

Game #50 - Ninja Assult

Alright, same idea as Slasher. When an enemy appears you have to fight it to the death right away. Not much to say, it's just a copy of a game that didn't have a leg to stand on in the first place.

Game #51 - Robbie Robot

Run right and shoot robots. Enough said.

Game #52 – Cheetahmen

This is like the feature presentation. There was a comic book included with the game and a whole line of Cheetahmen merchandise was planned.

Once you start the game, you immediately get the story – one of the worst in history, I might add. You are fighting for some gamer who got sucked into the television, who we never refer to again.

Anyway, the first level is an aerial view, like Zelda, and all of the following levels are sidescrollers. Your jump is a Haunted Hill jump, and your attack varies...I’ll explain as we go.

In the first level, it’s an aerial view. Your attack are some wooden clubs you use with your knowledge of karate. It’s OK, but I’m always afraid that its going to glitch out. There’s always something popping out at the side of the screen, and it’s just unstable. Like I said, it’s OK, but it’s got nothing on Zelda.

The next level is a sidescroller. Your attack is the same, and you can jump now. If you attack while in midair, then immediately jump again, you can actually jump perpetually in midair. I don’t recommend it, though, because there are several enemies in the air – actually more than on the ground.

After you complete the level, you are a different cheetah. You are much larger, and your attack is a stubby little punch. This is where the game starts to get hard. I could describe it in detail, but I haven’t seen past the first level 3 (and yes, there are 2 level threes). From what I have been told, the next level is the same concept, and after that, you are a different Cheetah who shoots arrows. You can only have one on screen at a time, and they are terribly small – so they are practically useless. The next level works the same, then the game is over.

Wow, 52 awful games. This is a disgrace to the NES.

Action 52 was an unlicensed game for the NES, made by Active Enterprises in 1991, which was the year the Super Nintendo came out. It promised 52 games that are just as good - if not better than an average NES game. The game cost $199, which is what you would pay for a CONSOLE, let alone a game. But at that ratio - you are paying $4 per game, so it was a relatively efficient price. It was a very good idea, but they butchered it with AWFUL control, painful music, ridiculous games, and more glitches than the Glitch Gremlin could ever dream of. But, there should be at least one good one, right? Let's find out.

Lights

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Action 52

Worst opening screen ever. And you know the worst part - you can't skip it. If you reset the game, which you will have to do because the glitches can make the game crash, you can't skip it. One cartridge I bought on eBay, once you complete a level or die - the game crashes.

Well, the game didn't make a good first impression, but it’s what on the inside that counts.

Before I review a game, I want to mention the annoying menu screens. To go to into a game, you have to press start. B and A don't do anything. To select between options on the game menu, you use the d-pad, right? No - that’s some wishful thinking - you have to use the select button. I hate games that do that. So what are we waiting on, let's review some games!

Game #1 - Fire Breathers

It's a two player game where you are fire breathing dragons, just trying to kill the other player. Pretty self-explanatory. The main thing that annoys me is the lack of variety. You would think that in a game revolving around dragons in combat would be an epic game, but instead you get this. With no music, awful sound effects, sprite flicker worse than any game I've ever seen, and absolutely no variety whatsoever, you get bored in less than a minute. Luckily, you can go to the Game Menu screen when pressing start and select.

Game #2 - Star Evil

It’s a vertical 2-D shooter, and the game's pretty easy. The enemies are a complete joke. The game is glitchy as heck. The first level boss can go through walls, and occasionally, he doesn't even show up, and you’re screwed. Not much else to say, just a poor man's space shooter.

Game #3 - Illuminator

One of the worst games I have ever had the honor of playing. The music is dreadful, and the point of the game boggles my brain to no end. You shoot cheese sandwiches at the sorriest excuses for vampires I have ever seen. They make Dracula from Castlevania II look like a masterpiece. Basically, if you don't shoot the vampires, the room goes dark. Once you shoot a vampire, you get about one second of light before the room goes dark again. There are no other levels, as far as my knowledge goes, and the whole game is just pointless and boring. And, I can't even believe I am making this reference, couldn't it be like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde where you turn into a vampire after getting bit, and you try to dodge cheese blocks fired by a computer or second player? Nope, the vampires kill you - which is typical, but it makes no sense.

Game #4 - G-Force Fighters

A horizontal 2D shooter. It's not horrible, by any means, but you wish you were just playing Life Force instead.

Game #5: Ooze

A title screen. If they went through the trouble of making a title screen, it must be a good game. Right?

Nope, it sucks.

It's a sidescroller, and it's an OK game - with one exception. The controls. First off, B is Jump and A attacks. That's pretty bad right there, but it gets worse. How do you jump over pits? You can hold B and press right on the D-Pad, right ----NO NO NO those are good controls. You have to tap the B button and then press right. If you hold B, you can jump but not move. With that aside, I have a few questions. Why is there so much green in the color scheme? It makes me want to puke. And do you see those bubbles? Would you guess that those are platforms? Yea, next time you are skydiving, just blow some bubbles, you will safely land on them. The music stinks, the attack is tedious, and the enemies are pathetic. Active Enterprises actually set up a contest to see who could get to and beat level five first or something like that – but the game would crash after level 3, unless using an emulator, which was not allowed. Nobody won that contest. Fail.

Game #6 - Silver Sword

If you thought Ooze had a lot of green, look again. The enemies are really weird, like they took a wrong turn at the toy store. The music is pretty good, and the only problem with the attack is that there can only be one sword on the screen at a time. But the controls feel slippery. I really just can't describe it, go pick up a controller your self, and you’ll see.

Game #7 - Critical Bypass

Another horizontal 2-D shooter, but an awful execution of it. Get this, you are an indescribable object shooting at other indescribable objects and avoiding tetris blocks, all while moving 35 miles per hour and getting eyestrain from the horrendous background. The music is worse than anything by Justin Bieber, and it totally sets the mood for this painful excuse for a video game.

Game #8 - Jupiter Scope

A vertical 2D shooter, only on this one the screen doesn't move - like Space Inva-no, lets not even make that comparison. In this game, there are barely any enemies. It's like Top Gun, where most of the time all that you are doing is waiting for something to shoot at. Just a sorry version of a Space Shooter.

Game #9 - Alfredo / Alfred N The Fettuc

On an average NES cartridge of the game, this game doesn't work. Here we go with the good old emulator.

Oh my GOD! It's for the better that this game was left out.

You are a chef using an axe, I think, against killer somosas. The jumping controls are the same as Ooze, and the music makes me want to hurl. The less said about this game, the better.

Game #10 - Operation Full Moon

What's up with the title? I would assume that it would be a space shooter, but you are actually in a tank shooting what resemble weapons. It's the ugliest shade of green imaginable, the music is untolerable, and the gameplay is very cliche.

Game #11 - Dam Busters

You are a beaver shooting tomatoes at killer aliens. I hate the music, but the graphics are pretty good, compared to everything so far, and the gameplay is also pretty good. The maze style of the game is actually sorta addicting. Probably the most original and playable game so far.

Game #12 - Thrusters

Another misleading title. How does Thrusters, in any way, make you think of a Space Shooter? That's right - ANOTHER Space Shooter. This is starting to get really redundant. It's basically an improvement of Star Evil, but I don't find it fun because of the abundance of space shooters we have already played are basically the same as this.

Game #13 - Haunted Hall

The best game so far. It's a sidescroller, like Ooze, but the controls are way better. The B and A buttons are still swapped, but the jump controls are 100x better than Ooze. But there's one thing about this game that bothers me. Have you noticed your weapon? It is a CROSS! What a perfect visual analogy - Because Action 52 is hell. In this game, you shoot at ghosts and other generic spooky creatures with your cross. Not a masterpiece, but a whole lot better than what we've done so far. Could this mean that we're working our way into the territory of GOOD GAMES?

Not a chance. I didn't mention the rest of this game's flaws. The ghosts fly in the sky and begin to come down when they see you. Your timing has to be dead on in order to kill him, because the cross will miss if it's not. The most annoying thing of all is - after you survive the ghosts - there is a pit to jump over. Seems simple, right? Well, if you are standing about three pixels from the pit, like normal, you land on the platform, but you STILL DIE. I have tried numerous times, and I just cannot get past the first level.

Game #14 - Chill Out

Well - to say the least, it's one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. You are an eskimo shooting at other eskimos with snowballs, all with some of the worst sprite flicker I've seen in a long time. It's a one screen game, and you climb up ladders to get to platforms to shoot the eskimos. That's fine - but you should be able to drop down from a platform to hit the ground right? Nope - if you fall off of a platform - you are dead. Next game.

Game #15 - Sharks.

You shoot at sharks. Enough said.

Game #16 - Megalonia

How does Megalonia, in any way, translate into a horizontal space shooter? That's what it is - A n o t h e r
S p a c e S h o o t e r! Not really much else to say.

Game #17 - French Baker

Well, you are a baker, and the kitchen was built by an evil PeeWee Herman. Apperantly, every kitchen item wants to kill you, and you have to kill them with your rolling pin. I hate that rolling pen. You can only have one on the screen at a time, and it moves slow. The game sucks - moving on.

Game #18 - Atmos Quake

UGH - AN0THER SPACE SHOOTER? No - just no.

Game #19 - Meong

A puzzle game - sorta. You are an - you won't even believe this - A52 moving in squares and praying that the next square won't blow you up. It's a huge guessing game and I don't find it amusing.

Game #20 - Space Dreams

The worst space shooter ever. You are a pacifier shooting at killer dolls, mutant teddy bears, and evil SAFETY PINS! You can only have one of your projectiles on the screen at a time, and it is horrendous.

Game #21 - Streemerz

You are a clown with the odd disability not to jump - so you have you use rope, like spiderman. This is one of the weirdest games that I have ever played. In this game, money bags and magic wands kill you. But what does a rabbit in a hat do? Absolutely nothing. The game is known to crash on a cartridge, but I got to level 2 on my emulator, and I can't beat it. The game isn't horrible - rather just ridiculous.

Game #22 - Spread Fire

ANOTHER FLIPPING SPACE SHOOTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's basically a watered down version of Jupiter Scope. Moving on...

Game #23 - Bubblegum Rossie

It's another sidescroller, similar to Ooze. And like Ooze, it had the same stupid controls. In this game, your weapon is a bubble, and sometimes it works, and other times it doesn't. Spikes don't hurt you, the enemies are a joke, and to be honest - I just don't get it.

Game #24 - Micro Mike

Well, you move Mike up and down to avoid crushing into platforms that he is speeding into at maximum speed. You thought you moved fast in Critical Bypass? Well look again. This is why Turbo Controllers were invented, so you can blast and concentrate on moving. But even with a turbo controller - you move way too fast. So fast, in fact, that it's virtually unplayable. This game beat Sega to Blast Processing, but they heavily misused it.

Game #25 - Underground

At first, the game may look half decent. Once you fall, you walk right, like normal. But you all of the sudden die. Once you are restarted you notice that there were some mushrooms that supposedly killed you. So, then you walk left, kill the enemies, climb ladders, you get killed by enemies moving as fast as Micro Mike. To tell the truth, it's just a dead end.

Game #26 - Rocket Jockey

A. Nother. Space. Shooter. I'm not even going to review it.

Game #27 - Non Human

It's another sidescroller with Ooze controls. Not really much else to say - just a poor man's sidecroller

Game #28 - Cry Baby

I honestly have no idea

Game #29 - Slashers

I assumed that it was some sort of horror game, assuming from the title, but it's actually the worst beat em up game I have ever played. Once somebody enters the screen - either a black rapper or some red head girl - you cannot advance any further until you have a punching match to the death. Boredom has never been so boring.

Game #30 - Crazy Shuffle

You are a barely visible sprite shooting at even smaller sprites at Critical Bypass speed. Not much else to say, just a sorry excuse for a game.

Game #31 - Fuzz Power

In this game, you are an overly hairy man avoiding hair shot by guns and killer hairbrushes. If you get hit, you lose your fuzz and you are --- Naked......anyway, my main problem with this game is that your attack doesn't do a darned thing. Your so called attack is a weird somersalt thing, and this is a platformer, so there is need for a projectile. Non human and Ooze had it, so why not this? The music is good, but other than that, the game stinks.

Game #32 - Shooting Gallery

It's the easiest shooter I have ever played. Losing is impossible. When things appear, they can't touch you. They don't disappear until they are shot. There is no time limit, And the screen doesn't move. Wow. If you thought Slashers was boring, look again.

Game #33 - Lollipop

Something I haven't really established yet is that in some of these platformers, you die by touching the air. It did it in Haunted Hall, Ooze, and Chill out, to name a few. In this game, it starts to become a real pain. Your weapon is a lollipop, the jump controls are the stupid Ooze controls, and instead pressing up to go up ladder - you have to jump. It's an OK game, but it makes you want to play Super Mario Bros.

Game #34 - Evil Empire

It's as if you took Chill Out and then made it microscopic. Not much else to say.

Game #35 - Sombreros

You are a sombrero wearing guy walking along on the longest block in the world, all while shooting at strange creatures who jumped from Silver Sword. Just shoot, shoot, and shoot. Moving along...

Game #36 - Storm over the Desert

You are an invincible tank, shooting at highly vulnerable pink tanks, soldiers, and gigantic Saddam Husseins. You can't lose, and it gets boring fast.

Game #37 - Mash Man

Essentially, it's Fuzz Power. Only with Haunted Hall Jump controls, which are a million times better. Only on this game, they knew that their attack in Fuzz Power was so useless, they didn't even bother programming one in this game. It may sound bad, but that's because it is.

Game #38 - They Came . . .

Well, its a space shooter with only one screen. Next.

Game #39 - Lazer League

2D shooter. Next.

Game #40 - Billy Bob

Sorta reminds me of Indiana Jones. It has very smooth animation, and I'm stunned. But on the second screen, its a dead end. If you fall, you die in midair, like Lollipop or Chill Out. You can't jump, so it's a dead end.

Game #41 - City Of Doom

You are climbing the tallest building ever made, shooting at random stuff that falls at you. I would rather be in school right now than playing this.

Game #42 - Bits and Pieces

A monster-graveyard game. You have no attack, and all you get is an Ooze jump. All you do is run and pray you have more energy. Once you die, you realized how much human life you just wasted.

Game #43 - Beeps And Blips

A single screen space shooter. Next, please?

Game #44 - Manchester

It's another sidescroller, it's like if Non Human and Lollipop got married and had a kid. It's an OK game, but its kinda hard. Just makes me want to play Battletoads instead.

Game #45 - Boss

You are a frog avoiding bombs. It's pretty difficult, and managing the bomb avoidage is as challenging as riding on a skateboard while standing on your head. Moving along...

Game #46 - Dedant

You are an ant shooting at other ants. Pretty self explanitory. Just very generic, and it has the same mechanics as a lot of the other Action 52 games.

Game #47 - Hambo's Adventures

You are some weird guy who has Ooze jumps, collects 1 Ups, and jumps over 8-Balls. Like Bits and Pieces, it has no weapons, only a jump. Other than awful control and little abilities and playability, it's great.

Game #48 - Time Warp Tickers

One of the weirdest games I have ever played. You are a pair of fingers, flicking worms and making the word "time" appear. There are upside down doors and weird objects and glitches galore. Jee, that is odd.

Game #49 - Jigsaw

Like Alfredo, on an NES cartridge, this game doesn't work. But that is for the better, because this game goes beyond your wildest nightmares. You have a lousy Ooze jump, the enemies move way too fast, and the game is overall unplayable.

Game #50 - Ninja Assult

Alright, same idea as Slasher. When an enemy appears you have to fight it to the death right away. Not much to say, it's just a copy of a game that didn't have a leg to stand on in the first place.

Game #51 - Robbie Robot

Run right and shoot robots. Enough said.

Game #52 – Cheetahmen

This is like the feature presentation. There was a comic book included with the game and a whole line of Cheetahmen merchandise was planned.

Once you start the game, you immediately get the story – one of the worst in history, I might add. You are fighting for some gamer who got sucked into the television, who we never refer to again.

Anyway, the first level is an aerial view, like Zelda, and all of the following levels are sidescrollers. Your jump is a Haunted Hill jump, and your attack varies...I’ll explain as we go.

In the first level, it’s an aerial view. Your attack are some wooden clubs you use with your knowledge of karate. It’s OK, but I’m always afraid that its going to glitch out. There’s always something popping out at the side of the screen, and it’s just unstable. Like I said, it’s OK, but it’s got nothing on Zelda.

The next level is a sidescroller. Your attack is the same, and you can jump now. If you attack while in midair, then immediately jump again, you can actually jump perpetually in midair. I don’t recommend it, though, because there are several enemies in the air – actually more than on the ground.

After you complete the level, you are a different cheetah. You are much larger, and your attack is a stubby little punch. This is where the game starts to get hard. I could describe it in detail, but I haven’t seen past the first level 3 (and yes, there are 2 level threes). From what I have been told, the next level is the same concept, and after that, you are a different Cheetah who shoots arrows. You can only have one on screen at a time, and they are terribly small – so they are practically useless. The next level works the same, then the game is over.

Wow, 52 awful games. This is a disgrace to the NES.

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Wow man......you actually REVIEWED action 52? all 52 games? why you should get a medal now!
Wow man......you actually REVIEWED action 52? all 52 games? why you should get a medal now!
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I don't know how you could go through all 52 games and NOT come out the other end as a pile of bones, ive never played this game, and im glad I never have. like the guy above me said, you honestly deserve a medal for going though all 52 games, and LIVE.
I don't know how you could go through all 52 games and NOT come out the other end as a pile of bones, ive never played this game, and im glad I never have. like the guy above me said, you honestly deserve a medal for going though all 52 games, and LIVE.
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I could have done with a better description of the games. Even though I already know what they look like because of the Angry Video Game Nerd's review on Action 52, I'd prefer if the descriptions for the 52 games would have a bit of an improvement. But other than that, I can't really complain
I could have done with a better description of the games. Even though I already know what they look like because of the Angry Video Game Nerd's review on Action 52, I'd prefer if the descriptions for the 52 games would have a bit of an improvement. But other than that, I can't really complain
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