Action 52 - The Sega Genesis Review
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2 жыл бұрын52 games on one cartridge! What could possibly go wrong??
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Opening "Sega" jingle is from Astal for the Sega Saturn.
Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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By: Jan Neves
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Intro by Evan S.
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured from the Mega SG.
2. The NES version originally retailed for $199 a few years prior.
3. None of these games have any form of story, cinematics, or endings.
4. This compilation would have been so much better had they just locked down 6 or 8 of the better ideas and fleshed them out some.
5. My daughter, who is in high school now, wasn't available while I was capturing footage for the 2 player games. I did get to try them after the fact to see how they played.
6. Numerous times during capture, I had games hard lock on me. These games have a ton of bugs.
7. The publishers of this actually were in the process of making a SNES version before the company folded.
8. The digitized voice work here isn't bad, but most of the music is throw away GEMS garbage.
9. A ton of rental stores carried this. I can't imagine how many weekends were utterly ruined by it.
@Estorium 2 жыл бұрын
You are finally getting around to the greatest game compilation ever released! Let the praise begin.
@besotoxicomusic 2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaayoooo.
@julianborges1569 2 жыл бұрын
Know about the Great Reset?
@sophiafortyfour 2 жыл бұрын
You will own nothing and be happy.
@julianborges1569 2 жыл бұрын
@@sophiafortyfour yes. It's the real life Spectre.
@simon41978 2 жыл бұрын
@@sophiafortyfour And you'll eat bugs. It's all a humiliation ritual. Masks, scamdemic, vaccs... all of it.
@philmason9653 2 жыл бұрын
This cart actually has a bit of a wild story. The developer of this, Farsight Studios, was founded by Jay Olbernolte, who is now a congressman for California. Looking at his career he went to a technical high school and learned computers, founded Farsight at age 18, and must have done this immediately after he graduated college at 22 or so. The NES version had been done in 3 months (that's all they were given) by 4 young guys who were hobbyist programmers apparently still in college themselves. They were only given a single week of training on an NES devkit, arranged by the guy behind the project, who knew little about the gaming industry but was hoping for the Cheetahmen to become the next Ninja Turtles. Which all accounts for why that release was barely functional. To his credit, when Olbernolte's Farsight was brought in for the Genesis version, he insisted on a year's development cycle to work out the bugs. So this one for all its faults is vastly superior to the material he was handed.
@deementia6796 2 жыл бұрын
As I was watching this video, my thought was, "they took all the demos of recent programming hires in the company doing dev training and released it, didn't they?" A few of the games here have the exact same background, character sprites, etc ..
@arandomuser1723 2 жыл бұрын
@nemo pouncey what is it called?
@StormsparkPegasus 4 ай бұрын
Yeah...Farsight made the concept as functional as was possible with the material they were handed. These games would've been pretty interesting on the Atari 2600. But not on the Genesis.
@John-bu2xt 4 ай бұрын
Well i guess this explains it all.
@FNHot 2 жыл бұрын
I had this as a kid, mom got it off the shopping channel, and was thrilled to give it to us. 52 games! Go have fun! Didnt take my brother and I long to realize it was trash, we pretended to love it and stayed in the basement pretending to play it long enough that she didnt clue in we hated it, but we were done with it 2 minutes after starting it up.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, as a kid I would know within seconds this was total crap. As a kid if you got certain games you would keep playing them because that's all you had but was something like this, no. You couldn't pay me to play this game.
@FNHot 2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu We'd pick it up and play it again, many times, for the reasons you said. We had like 8 games to pick from, eventually you get bored enough to put action 52 back in, and relive how terrible it was all over again.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
@@FNHot I played some truly truly awful games back when I was a kid. All I had was game boy games too so when it was bad it was really really bad. But I have to say it really gave me a deep appreciation for anything even remotely good. Once you've played true trash you then know what a good game truly is.
@soundandvision77 2 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same experience, haha. Except I also remember seeing it on the shopping channel and laughing at it before my mom bought it! Surprise, she got it for us for Christmas anyway. We tried to like it, but didn’t pretend it was good for my mom’s sake. Thankfully we had enough good genesis games as well. But when I got bored of them, I remember playing quite a bit of Bonkers - the tile breaking game, Pong, and sometimes the vertical version of Pong: Dino Tennis. But it was a truly horrible cartridge. The graphics looked so fake, everything was boring and repetitive, and it just felt like it wasn’t a real game. I still have all my old games though, so this one is still hanging around!
@FNHot 2 жыл бұрын
@@soundandvision77 i remember laughing at it on the shopping channel too! lol mom was just trying to be nice, when really it was punishment.
@SoloBoardGamingKnight 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how sad all of the kids that received this for Christmas were
@deshawnheaggans6810 2 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@chiroquacker2580 2 жыл бұрын
As sad as the Christmas when I got an Atari 7800 instead of an NES.
@mullaoslo 2 жыл бұрын
Like me when I got the first turtles game for nes expecting it to the arcade game 😂
@DiabolikalRA 2 жыл бұрын
those are the few adults who don't like games today 🤣
@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын
I like to think these were only bought by rich families, so the kids had dozens of other things to play with in addition to this.
@VenusHeadTrap2 2 жыл бұрын
Sega Lord slowly losing his grip on reality with each and every game is very amusing 😅
@wraithcadmus 2 жыл бұрын
This really reminds me of Public Domain games on the home micros. Usually quite basic and made by one person, but they were free or just the cost of a disk, and often made for experience rather than for commercial reasons.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
They just never took off here in the states sadly. After seeing stuff like this I really wish they had.
@jamesbevan4479 2 жыл бұрын
"You need to end their miserable existence... you know, for fun!?" I found this far funnier than I should have 🤣
@oscarzxn4067 2 жыл бұрын
12:44 I instantly remembered the AVGN with Apple seed and his farmer's voice.
@dannybursace9151 Ай бұрын
Haha me too
@jakescartoons6045 2 жыл бұрын
I think the biggest problem with Action 52 is that all of the games included have infinitely better alternatives elsewhere. For example, "Sunday Driver" is a way way worse version of "Outrun" when you really think about it.
@efuuu 2 жыл бұрын
No, not really
@BB-te8tc 2 жыл бұрын
That was probably part of the scam. To a well-meaning parent buying games for their kid, or a kid seeing still screenshots in a gaming magazine, they probably looked like acceptable alternatives to the real thing.
@jakescartoons6045 2 жыл бұрын
@@efuuu Yes really.
@JustinC721 2 жыл бұрын
Regarding compilations, I've often wondered if the Sega CD could have done better in the market if they would have done more with their compilations. The lower manufacturing cost and increased storage capacity could have been utilized alot better. Just imagine if Sega had included a pack-in title with 10 current gen, AA/AAA titles along with the Sega CD. Something like that could have easily offset the high price point. I feel like the 90s console war could have played out very differently if they had done something along those lines.
@julianborges1569 2 жыл бұрын
Good idea, but have you heard of the Great Reset?
@Oysterblade84 2 жыл бұрын
@@julianborges1569 Is it a modern day Noah's Ark involving all the rich people of the world?
@chiroquacker2580 2 жыл бұрын
Compilations are certainly something that would have worked well at the time and there were a few good CD games such as sonic CD, but IMO the technology of home video game consoles during the 16 bit generation just wasn't advanced enough to make good use of cd-com technology. CD Drives were very expensive, the drives themselves were slow and at times unreliable, the video from a CD-ROM at the time wasn't great, and while there was a huge amount of storage capacity consoles such as the Genesis, TG-16, or SNES weren't powerful enough to benefit much from that storage capacity. It was kind of like draining a 10,0000 gallon swimming pool with a drinking straw.
@supersexysega 2 жыл бұрын
@@julianborges1569 The average consumer isn't looking to pay a premium for old tech. A compilation of Genesis games wouldn't have changed a thing. The Sega CD was always going to be a near impossible sale (the design of the console sucked). If they launched it at $199 without all the extra b.s. that only 10% of the library used anyways. You could have had atleast tried to sell it to Genesis owners as one of the cheapest CD players available at the time. Then subsequent price drops would have made it a legitimate option for the average consumer.
@lazarushernandez5827 2 жыл бұрын
When I picked up the original Sega CD back in the day, it did come with several games; -a compilation disc with Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage -Sherlock Holmes, a detective mystery game which used FMV sequences -Sol-Feace, a horizontal space shooter that was also released as Sol-Deace on the Genesis -and some multimedia CD+G music discs. Later Sega CD hardware releases (Sega CD2, CDX) sometimes came bundled with other titles, this also varied by market. It wasn't as extensive as you suggested but there was an attempt. One of the main issues was that the Sega CD split up the userbase, devs prioritize the larger userbase; a game will usually appear on the Genesis first before showing up on the CD. Also such a compilation Sega might have been limited to the properties they wholly own, that's why the 4 game pack in included the games it did. It would be difficult/costly to amass 10 AA/AAA games that Genesis owners have not played already.
@AldoAraujo85 2 жыл бұрын
I'm inclined to think this game was a future predictor of what microtransactions in games would feel like 😂
@socialistprofessor3206 2 жыл бұрын
Gamesack and Sega Lord X releases greet me in the morning. This is a good start for the day.
@Trevornator 2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you finally reviewed this! The first time I heard of Action 52 was when the Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed it. Have you seen it? It is old, but definitely a classic episode! One of my favourites!
@danielespeziari5545 2 жыл бұрын
Atari games are simplistic but often include deeper strategies that allow you to score more points. Here, on the other hand, you have nothing at all.
@shiningphantasy1393 2 жыл бұрын
Very true; not a single game on this compilation would be something that could be considered timeless, or even engaging for its' time.
@RetroPlus 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, and that's why you can still pick up an atari game and enjoy it today
@Theshark15z 2 жыл бұрын
I only knew about Action 52 because of AVGN.
@Choralone422 2 жыл бұрын
People love to hate on Nintendo (and to a much lesser degree Sega as well) for their restrictive licensing practices in the late 80's and early 90's. But junk like this would have been much more common in the US during the 8-bit & 16-bit era if those licensing practices weren't in place. Absolute crap games like this were a large reason why the North American video game crash of 83 happened in the first place as there was boatloads of absolute junk being released on the Atari 2600 and other systems in the early 80's!
@F4Wildcat 2 жыл бұрын
Yep and this is why restrictions are in a way, needed. Today, both sony and microsoft have litteraly refused to release games on their platforms because they are absolute trash
@chiroquacker2580 2 жыл бұрын
Nintendo was happy to publish junk all day long as long as the check for the licensing fee cleared and there weren't any boobies, crucifixes, or microwaved hamsters in the games. Lest we forget: Back to the Future, X-Men, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Heroes of the Lance, Taboo the 6th Sense, Mecarobot Golf on the SNES, etc. etc. etc.
@chrislaustin 2 жыл бұрын
@@chiroquacker2580 Agreed, as a teenager I soon realized that seal was complete and utter BS. While I do agree it kept crap like this A52 from being sold by regular retail, as a company like this wouldn't pay the fees. But many did, who released just as much crap, and Nintendo got paid either way, which was disgusting.
@yuripetrovic7606 2 жыл бұрын
This game was released on a Nintendo console first tho 😂🤣 And both titles were unlicenced and needed to be bought through magazines. It was literally mentioned within the first 3 minutes of this video. Your post makes no sense other than to hate on people who think Nintendo's monopoly over the industry and strict licencing policies (among limitations, also included essentially pledging full allegiance to Nintendo or they'd bully retailers into discarding your games) is worth criticism. Or TL/DR, you believe if Nintendo wasn't as aggressive as it was, video games would've been exactly like Atari (because a lockout chip and having licences at all just isn't enough) and died. Rather than Nintendo making it as aggressive as it was so that they controlled the video game market and refused any competition.
@ezehogan 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Some of these replies are lamenting about poor quality NES games, and yes, there were bad NES games released that were licensed. However, although games like Back to the Future and Taboo were bad, they were competently programmed and were fully functional. These unlicensed games are often completely broken. Sometimes the game itself won’t boot. Sometimes levels are impassible, collision detection is not present, or the games may even just randomly crash. As bad as the gameplay in Back to the Future might be, the game behaves the way it should. That is what the Seal of Quality guarantees. Without that, companies could have pumped out crappy software that was barely functional.
@MikeThePsykat Жыл бұрын
That Sunday Drive game reminds me of the driving section of the NES/SMS/C64/Atari 2600 Ghostbusters game, just, without the gas cans, drunk drivers, or vacuuming ghosts.
@Ren-bo7bj 2 жыл бұрын
You know it's bad when he quotes Bubsy of all characters in the description.
@TheStuffMade 2 жыл бұрын
This compilation looks like the result of a Game Jam where you only had 3 hours to make a working game.
@siveon298 2 жыл бұрын
That is an insult to game jams.
@TheStuffMade 2 жыл бұрын
@@siveon298 3 hours is not a lot of time. I think it would still be somewhat impressive.
@shiningphantasy1393 2 жыл бұрын
I think that the Cheetahmen was supposed to be the feature game of the bunch and the official mascot. When a tile sliding game is among the best on offer that's a big problem but it's to be expected that quantity over quality is going to be an issue on a compilation of all previously unreleased games like this. Those are trees on Slalom? They look more like patches of triangular artificial turf? Perhaps they should have given the skier a football helmet to wear. I'll say that the music you had going in Apache wasn't half bad for an 8-bit chiptune.
@rustymixer2886 2 жыл бұрын
Music was cool 😎 you right
@mvl71 2 жыл бұрын
13:22 Looks like the driver has a seizure. Nice touch.
@sco77yg 2 жыл бұрын
The Angry Video Game Nerd video of this cart on NES is one of the funniest things I've ever watched.
@SegaLordX 2 жыл бұрын
Oh it started with the intent of being humorous, but after 52 games, I was crushed under a mountain of despair and depression. Perhaps if I had a partner to offload some of the burden I could have stayed positive, but I was all alone to weather this turd.
@rsreston 2 жыл бұрын
... and I thought TecToy's 20 in 1 had been your worst experience XD Thanks for all the laughs!
@Idelacio 2 жыл бұрын
Who would inflict this on a child?! D:
@mudbutt234 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of these games look like they could've been student projects.
@sogero2 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you managed to make this into an episode without a language warning, but maybe it's just not as broken as the NES version. Octavious has a funny video about that Action 52.
@SegaLordX 2 жыл бұрын
I genuinely felt this game could possibly be hated unfairly. That it was just years of YTer's making fun of it that gave it a bad reputation. I wanted to review it straight. Boy was I wrong. It deserves all its hate and then some.
@MR.SANDMAN1030 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no, not action 52, lol i had it on the nes and cheetah men was the only kinda good playable game with maybe a handful of others that I played..ahhhh not wanting to getthrough this but let's see what genesis had over the nes on this game I always support the channel no matter what, even if it's about action 52 lol
@bubsy3861 2 жыл бұрын
Playing action 52 with kids? Sounds like something that can ruin a childhood XD
@Deathtank75 2 жыл бұрын
btw, your name reminds me of another childhood ruining game......😂😅
@bubsy3861 2 жыл бұрын
@@Deathtank75 Hey! Do some respect! My original game was dissent!
@Deathtank75 2 жыл бұрын
@@bubsy3861 🤣🤣
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
@@bubsy3861 Why couldn't they leave you alone and not try to bring you back from the past where you belong.
@JLAvey 2 жыл бұрын
Yet another instance of how quantity is NOT better than quality.
@allenthinkingpositively6271 2 жыл бұрын
Yes yes!! I have been waiting for this !!
@leokeo6871 2 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid I got a 20$ handheld device that was only in monochrome and claimed to have 100 games in it. All the characters, vehicles, shapes were made of blocks. After playing a few games named like "destroyer, skylight, bomber, etc" you know, I started realizing it's basically the same games with different goals and scrolls in the opposite direction. I was poor growing up in the early 2000's and I played that POS because I couldn't afford a Gameboy. At least I had a nes :) but when we went places I had to play that ugly yellow handheld that I thought would be fun...
@bencox5994 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. Many hours of entertainment!
@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 2 жыл бұрын
5:51 ....dayyytooonnnaaa - let's lambo-away!!! ......I'll get my coat
@AGZhark Жыл бұрын
“You know, for fun!”
@nilkilnilkil 2 жыл бұрын
Wow those textures on the slalom actually looked like the trees were made of felt ... incredible ...
@darkchild130 2 жыл бұрын
The cats are sleeping you maniac! They’re enjoying the sun!
@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын
The busiest man on KZfaq. Good work, as always!
@SegaLordX 2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@Justforvisit 4 ай бұрын
The most interesting thing to consider is that at one time in history, the department of Sega that granted Licences for their platform had to play this game...if they already had knewn the NES version I onöy can imagine the terror that the employees must have striked when they saw that now a Sega Genesis version was requested for licencing.
@n0isyturtle 2 жыл бұрын
CheetahMen OST is a banger tho
@granzert1711 2 жыл бұрын
"Just keep on skiin', man!" This made my Sunday.
@bonusmemez2739 2 жыл бұрын
Oh boy I'm so ready for this one XD
@Shinobi6407 2 жыл бұрын
I never saw this review coming. This should be fun!
@DocBrewskie 2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! My friend had this when we were kids. I remember we stayed up playing all the games. What a let down lol.
@rafaeltogami 2 жыл бұрын
52 games reviewed in under 24 minutes must say something about the quality of the games… 😂 It reminded me of early (to me) computer games… at school we used to “collect” them and it was common to have hundreds of games in a single floppy disk. Of course those games were awesome for the first 10 seconds and we didn’t bother if the disk failed and we had to start “collecting” all over again.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
It's so weird so many of the games on the school computer I remember where garbage. Then we got some new computers and they had some kind of Beetlejuice game I've never of heard or seen since. (Based on the cartoon I do believe not the movie) it looked cool the sound was good and it had some kind of very addicting puzzle type gameplay.
@TheCommentNinja81 Жыл бұрын
Or the quality of the reviews 😅
@rafaeltogami Жыл бұрын
@@TheCommentNinja81 nah! SLX always delivers!
@TheCommentNinja81 Жыл бұрын
@@rafaeltogami of course! I was just playing and fooling around with words. 🙂 He's my main Genesis reference for games. I only got respect for the guy and his work.
@stulongy6967 2 жыл бұрын
The Angry Video Game Nerd’s review of the NES one is epic too bro! Nice vid 👊🏻
@rednight2476 2 жыл бұрын
All those where various reimplentations of early arcade games, and exactly the stuff people make when learning game coding.
@flubberlane8437 2 жыл бұрын
Oh man can’t wait to see this !
@wirlogx 2 жыл бұрын
Lately there has been a lot of modern games for the genesis. I wonder if you already did a compilation talking about them. Some are amazing
@mtshark7 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome review man!
@videogameobsession 2 жыл бұрын
It's my belief that Active Enterprises went with 52 games to try and deceive people into thinking these were the same bootleg carts, which were becoming quite popular in 1991. 52in1's were being sold in MANY shops in New York, and other big cities at the time., as well as 110in1s. Those were the real deals. 52 and 110, actual Famicom games on a NES cart. Many of the early ones, but still many excellent games, nonetheless -- DK, DKJR, Super Mario Bros, Mario Bros, Tengen Tetris, Balloon Fight, MACH Rider, Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber, Pac-Man, Galaxian, Defender, Joust.... you get the idea. They were also much cheaper, at around $50... Four times cheaper than the Action 52 was being sold for ... a whopping $200!
@simon41978 2 жыл бұрын
My God, what a terrible deal! You could get a Neo Geo AES game for that price.
@rustymixer2886 2 жыл бұрын
@@simon41978 neo geo cost like $600+ even then
@videogameobsession 2 жыл бұрын
@@rustymixer2886 $399 for the Silver AES system. $550 for the Gold AES System. $120 - $170 for the games, at launch. They were originally priced based on the MEG sized. I.E.: League Bowling 20MEG = $120, Top Player's Golf 60MEG = $170.
@rustymixer2886 2 жыл бұрын
@@videogameobsession indeed i love league bowling aes , I remember in 1992 or so I saw neo geo in store for $600 was crazy thought price would go down since it released 1990 but stayed like that 😆
@rustymixer2886 2 жыл бұрын
@@videogameobsession what was difference between silver and gold did did cone both controllers and game and omg snk v cap 2004 must been 999 meg 😆
@oliverpony Жыл бұрын
And now.......The Cheetahmen
@gens954 2 жыл бұрын
One of my friends had amiga computer . an this games reminded me of some of the games he had for it
@mlstrife 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, first, I love your videos, thanks for them becuase I love Sega also and growing up it was my favorite system too. Nonetheles, even tough you are the Sega Lord I would really love to see you doing the Action 52 from NES review. Action 52 NES from your perspective, I think it will be a nice ecxeption.
@rebelrouzer5318 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this was the only game you had back then.
@FireyPaperMario 2 жыл бұрын
10:32 "But the core is really accessible to younger gamers"? Sega Lord X Sama, did you see the death animation of the player's character in this game? It's gruesome. :U
@jessragan6714 2 жыл бұрын
Even the tanks seem to bleed in this collection! How does that work?
@Solstice0 2 жыл бұрын
Nice look at this title but I am so sorry you had to review this. Was always curious about this back in the day. Interesting to know that I would have doubled my money back today if bought then.
@AdmiralBison 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine having this as a "dessert island" game. Edit. Sigh, I meant “desert”
@PaladinDusty 2 жыл бұрын
Mmmm, dessert island 🍨
@socialjusticewarrior2316 2 жыл бұрын
I could watch your videos all day long
@SegaLordX 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. :)
@Raphael_De_La_Ghetto 2 жыл бұрын
No cap, the in game music at @13:35 is fire tho 🔥 Reminds me of Spider-Man VS the Kingpin on Genesis
@rustymixer2886 2 жыл бұрын
This has a few cool tunes, Apache game has cool loop music too
@philipstrangio4887 2 жыл бұрын
Love seeing those old school 49ers names in NFL '95 ;)
@roberto1519 2 жыл бұрын
If someone told me parents got together and paid some amateur devs to make less than mediocre games so they could buy as a gift for their kids failing at school because they were getting worse grades due to playing too much, this one would be enough reason for kids to start asking themselves if the hobby was worthwhile. Miserable experiences, stuff like that are like disasters that make us wonder the whole thing.
@sonicmario64 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't also mention what happens to the dog in the "Freeway" minigame if you let it get run over by the passing cars. XD
@SegaLordX 2 жыл бұрын
You should never die. The game is super simple.
@jasonz7788 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you segalordx
@ViVaLaRan 2 жыл бұрын
Lights Camera Action 52!
@tommyaddison6539 Жыл бұрын
“These must be Terminators” hahaha
@mikeyyls2044 2 жыл бұрын
I was really waiting for a "what were they thinking!"
@Gatorade69 2 жыл бұрын
No time for a what were they thinking.
@BabusGameRoom 2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, this looks a lot better than the Action-52 on the NES! haha
@Segasocks 2 жыл бұрын
I love this game, I find it hilarious!
@SlyBeast 2 жыл бұрын
Billy Bob looks like he's holding a beer.
@SteveCirelli 2 жыл бұрын
It's like a compilation of college or highschool projects
@JohnnyThousand605 2 жыл бұрын
In '96 we were selling these for like AU$20 bundled with other shovelware. I borrowed it with pretty low expectations and it failed to meet them =\
@OneUponADime 2 жыл бұрын
Never knew there was a Genesis one, neat
@TalkSickMass 2 жыл бұрын
I love SLX's snarky delivery throughout this one.
@TheTartKnight 2 жыл бұрын
10:35 "it's accessible to younger players" *well... except for the brutal death of the poor dog*
@guslima1130 2 жыл бұрын
The Shootout description got me laughing so hard
@attackofthetheeyecreatures3472 2 жыл бұрын
Has anyone looked into the logic behind Action 52? I know they wanted to create a franchise with Cheetah Men. But did the people behind this game look at what was made and say, "yeah that looks like a video game"?
@JohnDoe-wq5eu 2 жыл бұрын
This thing was always a scam, I refuse to believe they had any intentions of making anything besides the bare minimum. My guess is they acquired some cheap games compiled them onto a single cart and sold them hoping they'd get as much as they could before people caught on.
@oddojaggins 2 жыл бұрын
I definitely have to say it seem SLIGHTLY better than the NES version, but oh boy. New games were anywhere from $35 to $80 new back then so I see where a well meaning relative would think this is wonderful deal. That disclaimer at the beginning was a hilarious attempt to avoid litigation as well
@chaospoet 2 жыл бұрын
Sharks surprised me because I didn't know an even worse version of NES Jaws existed.
@user-is4jf8yr4z 2 жыл бұрын
That's what I call a real tour de force
@jackbernskoetter7558 2 жыл бұрын
9:26 bro the imposter has hair and diving gear
@ivanguardiola1905 Жыл бұрын
I think these games have a special charm for the person who is learning to program video games. So, I found a bootleg copy and bought it.
@Boogie_the_cat Жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's worth mentioning, but Freeway is only fun for younger gamers until the see the brutal way the dog dies when the cars run it over. I'm fine with violent video games (in 1994 Doom was basically a second parent) but it's a lot more palatable when humans (or demons) die, and not cute animals.
@videogamepolak0 2 жыл бұрын
i remember when i got this for NES collecting, im thinking woah this cart is clear, 52 games..this will be sweet..then realized pretty much it was a scam, all the games were unplayable and worsely coded then the atari 2600 similar 1 screen games.
@Boogie_the_cat Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem with action 52 was its $99 price tag. Because those games were barely acceptable at $1 each, charging $99 added insult to injury. Charging $49 for the game would have been bad enough.
@Oysterblade84 2 жыл бұрын
The ATGAMES 40 games built into their Mega Drive/Genesis beats this. Why? Well because at least with the 40 crappy ATGAMES built in games there are only 40 of those and with this this you're stuck with 52 of them oh lord!
@arcticridge 2 жыл бұрын
you have to do Cheetahmen now..
@slashrose3287 2 жыл бұрын
I actually fell asleep while watching this cr.. ehm great compilation....kudos for resisting till the end playing it, now SHOOT to the game cartridge !! :)
@MoneyHoneyBunny 2 жыл бұрын
Man I dont know how you got through this one! Props to the Sega Lord for getting through this. Anyone know if he's got a discord? feel like a Sega discord community for OG Sega gamers would be pretty awesome, a place we could suggest games we never got a chance to try back then.
@RetroRespawn 2 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they didn't go with "Mine's Eye"
@Scurge237 2 жыл бұрын
They were selling this for two hundred usd back then. Lol wtf coulda got a few good games or a whole new console lol
@Dsun4456 2 жыл бұрын
Street Skater is a real Catastrophe!
@andrewdowell6474 2 жыл бұрын
I hope the developers of these games still can't sleep at night.
@blackenedheart9592 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 I cracked up when he wrote This Sux!! Lol 😂😂
@sneakyskunk1 2 жыл бұрын
Well, if nothing else at least Dino Tennis was playable. It is kind of hard to screw up a concept like Dinosaurs playing tennis.
@tommyaddison6539 Жыл бұрын
Finally got to see Alfred N the Fettuc
@Mattfromthepast 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine buying this new at the time and paying $50 more for it than the cost of a Genesis system with Sonic the Hedgehog, I would have felt so ripped off as a kid.
@velvetpilot2008 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see this on the Genesis Mini 2
@mr.tie-rex9577 2 жыл бұрын
They were in the process of the SNES version but was canned, well I guess you got Hong Kong 97 to make up for the dumpster. Which Hong Kong 97 is worse than both versions of Action 52.
@FuelAirSparkTime 2 жыл бұрын
I still hear that 5 second loop from hell in my head from time to time.
@thefunkdroid2777 2 жыл бұрын
The main difference being Hong Kong '97 was made bad on purpose.
@chrisr529 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if all these games take place in the same universe 🤔
@TommyDeonauthsArchives 2 жыл бұрын
The big crime about the Genesis version of Action 52 is that it doesn't have the awesome Cheetamen theme!
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