Action 52
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Action 52 | ||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
Publisher: Active Enterprises | ||||||||||
Developer: FarSight Technologies | ||||||||||
Game total: 52 | ||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||
Genre: Compilation | ||||||||||
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Action 52 is an unlicensed collection of 52 original games on one cartridge released on both the Genesis and the NES, developed by FarSight Studios and published by Active Enterprises. It was originally sold for $199 US dollars under the guise of each game being worth $3, and all of the games are infamous for being of terrible quality.
Contents
List of Games
Each game is color coded, with a legend on the first screen when the cartridge is booted up: Expert, Intermediate, Beginner, Two Player, Special.
All games have pause with START ; hitting![C](/images/thumb/8/88/CButton.svg/16px-CButton.svg.png)
Promotional material
Print advert in GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
Print advert in EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[2]
Physical scans
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# Bonkers |
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You control a green ball that will bounce all the way up and all the way down on a vertical field. You can move it left and right with the D-pad; the other buttons do nothing. The ball will destroy blocks of matching colors; touching a grey block with a different color will change the ball's color (however, the ball cannot be changed back to green using the gray blocks with green in the middle). Hitting a grey block with a black + in the middle will make you lose one ball and revert the ball color to green. After all colored blocks are removed, simply remove the remaining blocks with green in the middle to clear the level. | |
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'# Darksyne' |
You are a ship stuck in a room with enemies. As in Asteroids, you are bound by gravity, and holding ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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'# Dyno Tennis' |
Simple tennis game. Player 1 is the orange dinosaur; Player 2 is the purple one. ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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'# Ooze' |
Platforming run-and-gun... in a very prototypical state. ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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'# Star Ball' |
Simple pinball game. ![]() ![]() | |
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'# Sidewinder' |
After Burner/G-LOC clone, except you can move freely to the left and to the right (with scrolling too!). ![]() | |
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'# Daytona' |
Simple 3D racing game. Hold ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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'# 15 Puzzle' |
...15 puzzle. D-pad to move cursor; ![]() | |
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'# Sketch' |
Line art canvas. D-pad moves the pencil. Hold ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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'# Star Duel' |
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'# Haunted Hill' |
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'# Alfredo' |
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'# The Cheetahmen' |
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'# Skirmish' |
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'# Depth Charge' |
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'# Minds Eye' |
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'# Alien Attack' |
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'# Billy Bob' |
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'# Sharks' |
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'# Knockout' |
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'# Intruder' |
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'# Echo' |
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'# Freeway' |
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'# Mousetrap' |
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'# Ninja' |
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'# Slalom' |
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'# Dauntless' |
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'# Force One' |
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'# Spidey' |
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'# Appleseed' |
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'# Skater' |
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'# Sunday Drive' |
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'# Star Evil' |
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'# Air Command' |
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'# Shootout' |
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'# Bombs Away' |
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'# Speed Boat' |
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'# Dedant' |
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'# G Fighter' |
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'# Man At Arms' |
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'# Norman' |
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'# Armor Battle' |
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'# Magic Bean' |
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'# Apache' |
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'# Paratrooper' |
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'# Sky Avenger' |
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'# Sharpshooter' |
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'# Meteor' |
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'# Black Hole' |
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'# The Boss' |
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'# First Game' |
Pong clone. | |
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'# Challenge' |
An endurance test which puts the player into a random series of the highest levels of the other remaining games. |
Sega Retro Average | ||||||
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40 | |
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Based on 1 review |
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40 | |
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Based on 2 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1993-05 | Cartridge |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:GamePro US 034.pdf, page 16
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 359
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid
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