"They Came..." I mean honestly good for them.

Every time I look up Action 52, I just end up learning more about how much of a dirty crook its creator was.

I’d have loved to have been in the marketing meeting when the question "How much should we charge for this?" was posed…. Imagine trying to keep a straight face when the Boss stroked his chin and said "How about $199?”

As a programmer, the kind of laziness that makes you do more work is very much my brand of laziness too. I will quite happily spend six months writing a program to automate a task that would have taken ten minutes.

I love how she progressively gets drunk on car coolent every time a space game appears. Also 41:43 XD

James Rolfe look out, this girl's coming for your crown! I love that this covers different games, has more background research, and I'm one of about twelve Americans who gets that David Cameron joke. Fantastic video.

My brother and i were conned into buying this off tv shopping as kids. Our cartridge played Alfred n the Fettuc just fine. That ladder glitch in Underground just blew my mind, i never knew about that.

I was so sure that breakdown website was going to lead into a Sponsored By Squarespace ad

To quote Lawyer Mike Dunford "Oh my. It's actually dumber than I thought."

Sadly I actually own this. My parents bought this for us from the Home Shopping Channel (Canada). What a mess, these were all broken tech demos or prototypes at most. I was so envious of my friend who had a Chinese bootleg cart with 80+ real games. His dad was a garbage man and you'd be surprised the stuff his dad would bring home sometimes. Sadly my folks didn't learn from this and bought the Genesis/Mega Drive version years later. The only cool thing about this is the clear cart at the time (matched my older brother's clear landline phone 😆)

"Oh its for my car" - "Its like a Pac Man ghost that failed the audition" - "...equal parts swastika and sphincter" Thats good writing. I laughed loud enough to elicit looks quite a few times. Its so rare to find clever comedy these days....well done. I just discovered your channel, and i love it. You are quite talented. Excuse me while i watch your entire backlog of videos now. Know that you brightened the day of someone who needed it.

Excellent video as always. No matter how down I feel, your videos do make me smile. Look forward to the next one.

You’ve beautifully put the Action 52 to right! Many thanks for your time to do this! Thank you. 👍 X

Alfred the Fettuc is supposed to Alfred the Fettuccine, as in a pun on Fettuccine Alfredo, they just didn't have the competence to realize it was cut off (or they just didn't care). 🤷 … 15:17 - They spelled Fettuccine wrong. 🤦

I was not aware I needed a near 50 minute video on Action 52, but I - in fact - needed a near 50 minute video on Action 52. I salute your mental fortitude.

Octavius King: Tetris is Tetris, you can't go wrong Cleopatra: Hold my Pyramid.

You could read me the telephone directory, and I’d listen to every word you say. .. great to see a lady with fantastic humour and comic comments. . Keep up the good videos.

This is easily the best Action 52 vid on YT. Always pumped when I get a notification that you’ve uploaded because it’s always good haha

Holy crap... My sides!! 🤣Thanks for the laughs, and thanks for pushing through and making this video. 😊

Fantastic video Octy, very entertaining and a lot of fun to watch :)

I've watched this video four times by now, yet it keeps showing up in my feed. I'll watch it again and again and again... Greetings from Germany.

I like the additional detail in Silver Sword when you shoot down the sword is pointing the wrong way. Quality!

My kids woke up while I was watching this one night and have kept asking me to watch it since. Thanks for the wonderful content.

Much love from across the pond, and than you for continuing to entertain and educate all us fans!

When I was a kid, my school actually had that Activision music program that they ripped off music from. It was extremely bizarre when I first saw some playthroughs of these "games" and heard some of those tunes again for the first time in years.

gorgeous rat 🐾🐾 my school chemistry teacher brought her fancy rats into school & everyone in my class freaked out. i was the only one who held one. I ended up caring for one of my teachers rats when she was in a car accident - a gorgeous black & white rat. travelling to work on the bus I often talk to a guy who has a rat with him, just in his coat pocket. don't know him but just saw he had a pet rat & we started talking think he's a wizard

Great stuff. Thoroughly entertained. And in the most respectful manner , you seriously rock a cat suit. Magnificent! Been watching for years and your content and humor/wit never disappoint.

2:57 omg I had this one when I was a kid! What a throwback! Didn't expect to see it in your video :)

I can't believe I'm anxiously awaiting the next video. I'm anxiously awaiting the next video.

I love your channel. I am sorry that you had a bad year. Praying for you.

This is the kind of stuff you'd play as a kid and remember decades later in a fever dream esc flash back, wondering if it was ever real or if you're just tripping balls.

This is probably one of your best. Very funny, interesting to watch, and your cool research.

Thanks for the David Cameron joke. Always brightens my day!

Love your humour and the writing, very refreshing.

Your videos make me laugh and pick me up when I'm feeling shitty, thanks Octavius.

Always happy to you upload a new video.

Action 52 has more shovelware than the Nintendo e-shop

Another excellent video, I love how Flape keeps making an appearance in them. Does anybody know the name of the music used at the end? I know it was used on stream too for "How do I love thee" read by Mr Johnson.

40:46 a Frogora. And I laughed a lot with this video. I hope you do one about top shooters also. One of my favorite genres!

Alfred n the Fettuc (Alfredo) is the ninth game in Action 52. The full title of the game is listed as 'Alfredo and the Fetucini's' in the manual, but when starting the game from the menu it shows the title 'Alfred n the fettuc'.

Your sense of humour is so wonderfully dark. Love it lol

My grandparents got me one of these multigame carts sometime in the late 80s. For years I lied to my grandpa about how it was the best game in my collection (so I could see him beam with pride at his "amazing" gift). This was over 30 years ago, my grandpa passed on in 2003 and that horrible cart is now one of my most precious video game posessions.

Keep up the awesome review videos I have been enjoying them all!! Just recently subscribed.

Awesome video (this doesn't mean I like to see you suffer) very funny, and I had no idea about the off brand consoles. That's just crazy. also I spat out my drink at that david cameron joke XD. So glad I found your channel

Am I the only one who's leg jerked when the doctor was hammering at the patient's knee?

13:47 He's throwing the sword backwards with the handle first.

AVGN also pointed out that it always starts at Ooze.

That sounds like the version of Aladdin I want to see.

Two things. One, love the video! Too funny! Two, love the finger claws, they look so cool! Have a wonderful rest of the year!

I've finally got round to seeing this after Nostalgia Nerd's video. Crikey. Brilliantly done.

A local furniture store where I live used to do game and movie rentals to supplement their business back in those days and they had Action 52 for both NES and Genesis... aaaaand I absolutely rented them. At least a couple times each. Couldn't tell ya why, I was a weird kid I guess. I mean I'm still weird but I know better now. Okay, that's a lie, I'd probably still go rent them if I could.

I took a sip just before 19:40. Now there's beer dripping from my nose. Thanks, Octavius.

Your editing's really nice :)

Thanks for another great video Octavius. Although, for some reason at first I thought this was Cascade's Cassette 50 (notorious on the Spectrum/C64/8-bit computers in the UK). It would make for a great companion piece.

This is the first video of yours that I've seen. Awesome stuff! I subbed. :)

Excellent in depth work, long duration fully required 😍

It may be Action 52 but the Octavius wit and charm makes everything better.

What are those adornments on your fingers? They look cool, and I can't help but think how useful they'd be in my admin job

Thanks for more great content Octi. Stay safe xx

"Like a Pac-Man ghost that failed the audition." Brilliant. Minus-8 appreciates your strict criteria.

Alfredo probably works at a Wetherspoon

Absolute epic video m8, wish I knew what a fettuc is myself.

Best video in ages. Back to your old sense of humour. Very cool.

Can't wait to get my Policestation 5 for christmas

Streemerz walked, so that Bionic Commando could run (its franchise into the ground).

Thank you for playing this because no one else would want to you deserve a bloody knighthood

I want to see all 51 of these games try to fight each other. The winner will inevitably be we, the audience, who gets drunk while we watch.

Absolutely loved this one. Your writing and timing has never been better.

I didn't know what was happening to me. I had fallen into a malaise, nothing could bring me out of it...I didn't know where it came from nor it's source. i was bereft, wondering, scouring me every fibre for what had bought on this ever-increasing ennui. Then, as I opened youtube it was there, my sprits lifted, the clouds were blown away, the sun shone, the birds sang and the grass smelled oh so sweeter for here was OK's new upload. Sometimes life is worth living.

31:28 “The music only mildly makes me want to ram tent-pegs into my ears.” Don’t play _Lollipops_ beyond Level 2, then, or you will soon change your mind as the music completely glitches up and it sounds dreadful!

You could make a 52 video playlist of videos about action 52 and what a load of bobbins it was, and this would be the best one. Absolute comedy gold.

Hello I I am new to your channel I really enjoy watching your episodes keep up the great work

Thanks for sharing with us!

Thank you for this video! It was great fun!

That Cowboy in space thing reminded me of a Carl Barks comic where Dagobert Duck has a Race against other billionaires to the venus(?). One of them is from Texas and to get rid of him they make Cows out of asteroids. The Texan can’t resist and catches them with a lasso…. Edit: sorry, I remembered you know him eventually only as Scrooge McDuck.

Love you and your vids!

Keep doing your thang! Here's to the next year being less shitty than the last.

I was thinking about cutting about today, but then I realized it was going to take too much energy, so instead I just sat here in my pajamas watching videos on the KZfaqs.

I always love your videos. Also the silver finger things but mostly the videos

Mr. Squishes! Been too long since I've seen him. Cool, clever humor as always Octavius. ^_^

Oh! You should look at some of the games from the Action 52 Owns compo. I believe there were a few really nice ones, but unfortunately the nicest one - Non-Human never got the full release outside of being a bonus for backing Barkley Gaiden RPG 2 on Kickstarter. There is a video of the full version on youtube, and it's glorious. Other highlights are Fuzz Power, Streemerz, BubbleGirl Rozy and MashMan.

Thank you for another comedic treat.

At least two versions of the Action 52 cart exist, one of which has functional versions of Alfredo and Jigsaw. Pat The NES Punk did a review of that cart. The ROM is exactly the same on each cart. What's different is the "teeth" of the circuit board where you insert the cart into the NES. The newer version - labelled as "Revision B" - has some of its "teeth" removed. Apparently, the cart was made on an NES clone with less complete hardware than a legit NES, so it made the cart less stable when run on NES-licensed hardware. Revision B fixes this problem by removing the cart components that write to those problem-making NES addresses. But even though Revision B was more functional, the physical change made it look defective. Chances are those who noticed sent it back for a refund or replacement.

Another cracking video from Octavius 👍👍👍

In Meong, there are actually clues to show what squares will blow you up, if you move slowly, the squares that will blow you up have animations, although, if you stay still too long you will also die.

10:06 “look at that enemy,..” Me: yea it looks like a banshee from ha- “And tell me it doesn’t look like a dildo” Me: oh,…

Your videos are genuinely funny

The octopus is back yet no longer speaking in Yar's Revenge. Sad.

Someone plz tell me what bishops pronk is

I thought you where from Manchester area! Now I'll have to keep my eye out for you to say thanks for everything you do 🤘

47 seconds in...my first video of you and I'm already close to hitting subscribe...

I just realized what the player characters sprite is supposed to be in "not human". If you look really close there's a man in its head. It's supposed to be like a Mech type vehicle lol.

To be fair, these look like AAA titles compared to Cascade’s Cassette 50 for 80s era microcomputers.

What a great video. Thanks for this. :-)

26:45 I recognize that from Michael Huang’s I Can Make a Difference!

Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Thank you. KZfaq made posting like this more difficult at some point. need to change the msg every 20 vids or so. lol.

Nice video. Surprised you don't have more subs.

Nobody is allowed to say anything positive about any of what are basically tech demos because saying "OH MY GAWWWWD!!!!!! ITS SOOOOOO BAAAAAAD!!!!!!" 52 times is the funniest thing ever. There are some ideas that had the developers been given more time to work on could have been made into something decent. You can see that some of the animation frames had some effort put into them. It wouldn't surprise me if whoever was working on the finger game was trying to make the player character a full hand, but couldn't complete his idea due to time constraints and probably technical limitations of sprite size that the dev wasn't aware of or thought he could work around somehow. Some of the color palates are vibrant and unique and even nice in my opinion. At least they are original games and not just straight up ROM hacks of existing games. I like the atmosphere of that horror themed game, even if it isn't an actual game. Too bad the devs were pushed to bring quantity over quality.

Oh, this is gonna be a treat.

Stay strong Sarah x we’re here x