Retrospective Investigation - Action 52 Analyzed

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Every game from Action 52 beaten and analyzed. In depth.
0:00 Intro
7:38 Fire Breathers
13:20 Star Evil
20:25 Illuminator
26:49 G-Force Fighters
28:54 Ooze
35:09 Silver Sword
38:15 Critical Bypass
41:57 Jupiter Scope
44:08 Alfredo and the Fettuccinis
46:44 Operation Full Moon
48:41 Dam Busters
51:09 Thrusters
52:13 Haunted Hills of Wentworth
57:03 Chill Out
58:09 Sharks
1:00:17 Megalonia
1:01:58 The French Baker
1:03:12 Atmos-Quake
1:04:50 Meong
1:08:21 Space Dreams
1:09:35 Streemerz
1:13:25 Spread Fire
1:17:37 Bubblegum Rosie
1:21:43 Micro-Mike
1:29:57 Underground
1:33:47 Rocket Jockey
1:34:32 Non-Human
1:36:13 Cry Baby
1:38:59 Slashers
1:41:56 Crazy Shuffle
1:44:57 Fuzz Power
1:48:04 Shooting Gallery
1:50:45 Lollipops
1:56:33 The Evil Empire
2:00:50 Sombreros
2:05:30 Storm Over the Desert
2:07:59 Mash Man
2:09:28 They Came from Outer Space
2:14:59 Laser League
2:16:35 Billy Bob
2:27:04 City of Doom
2:30:57 Bits and Pieces
2:34:26 Beeps and Blips
2:41:38 Manchester Beat
2:46:29 The Boss
2:50:16 Dedant
2:52:30 Hambo's Adventures
2:56:04 Time Warp Tickers
2:59:06 Jigsaw
3:01:47 Ninja Assault
3:07:08 Robbie and the Robots
3:09:35 The Cheetahmen
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@NicoEvaluates 5 жыл бұрын

Apologies for the few editing mistakes during Sombreros especially. Sony Vegas didn't particularly like a 3 hour project, so the render failed 28 times. At some point I just decided it was good enough. This whole video from beginning to end took 130 hours to make. Enjoy!

@Getagirlfriend-y4e 3 жыл бұрын

Do the gensis versoin

@Ballowax 3 жыл бұрын

Why not use adobe premier

@Atlas_Redux 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ballowax I've had the exact same issues with Premiere, and Premiere's UI is a fucking mess to deal with. But it's what I know, so it's what I use.

@KetwunsGamingPad 4 жыл бұрын

I dare someone to build a time machine, , capture a screenshot of the Ooze Congrats screen and send it to Vince Perri in 1991 lol!

@Beepers559 Жыл бұрын

That would probably bamboozle him greatly.

@sarasaland4709 5 жыл бұрын

“Unfortunately, we’re out of the shit and into the fuck.” -Nico Evaluates, 2019.

@ThatOneStuff 2 жыл бұрын

Watching all of this turned my brain into the boss AI.

@zanmolecules4105 6 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

I've seen this video like 100 times and "throwing steamers" cracks me up every single time

@shibaos 10 ай бұрын

aien

@Radman1889 5 жыл бұрын

You seriously played through all of this garbage? Someone get this man a medal... or a pizza!

@mercurialkarlsefni6550 5 жыл бұрын

Or a medal pizza

@alex_-yz9to 5 жыл бұрын

Pizzedal

@TheoZaHero 5 жыл бұрын

I mean... just a pizza would be fine. _Mmm... barbecue chicken..._ 🤤

@depression6261 4 жыл бұрын

Pizza time

@Dadork400 3 жыл бұрын

Metal blade+Pizza=Pizza blade lol

@snufflepuspenguins1234 5 жыл бұрын

i’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda. Action 52 : I'll have two Alfredo and the Fettucini's, a large Alfredo and the Fettucini's, a Silver Sword with extra dip, a Critical Bypass, two Bosses, one with cheese, and a large soda.

@flash4354 5 жыл бұрын

_I'll take an Alfredo, fat boi._

@Real1Gaming 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta give a like just for the dedication alone. Highly impressive.

@nacerdjaafri9919 3 жыл бұрын

The funniest thing about OOOZE is that the arabic section in the manual literally translates to "Avoid the milk or the green leak" hahahahaha

@RayManiac90 2 жыл бұрын

They put so much effort in these translations, I mean look at the quality of this game, I wonder why it didn't win a GOTY price.

@Red_Biker_Dude Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they did any translations at all

@spicybreadproductions1972 11 ай бұрын

@@Red_Biker_Dude I guess they intended a European release?

@random.explosion 8 ай бұрын

I wonder what the arabic section said in the manual for "the evil empire" where they're literally talking shit about arab people lmao

@nacerdjaafri9919 8 ай бұрын

@@random.explosionit translates to: the Arabian desert has bad "enemies and goblins".... 😂😂😂

@luigibarqs 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, you put a lot more effort into analyzing each game than most people I've seen play this in the past.

@tschak909 2 жыл бұрын

my guess with the manual is that they wrote all the descriptions of the games, before they actually started coding them. It literally was the design document.

@4acrehome168 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. And it could have actually been a semi good game.

@hellmitor2056 Жыл бұрын

One of the best videos on youtube, i always come back to see this.

@JomasterTheSecond Жыл бұрын

Action 52 truly is 52 of the games of all time.

@frenchyproductions9692 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I watched it all. I can't even fathom how you did this. Holy shit. Good work man. Bonus points for showing unused sprites and content too.

@dweston76 Жыл бұрын

I legit have fallen asleep to this on purpose many times! Love the detail and in depth analysis. 10/10

@KaMui_AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Жыл бұрын

Finally I know what Alfredo, also known as "Alfred N the Fettuc", really is!

@JavaMR 3 жыл бұрын

I always end up back at this video, it's really good for background noise when I'm playing video games or trying to sleep. The amount of effort you put into this video is astounding. Good on ya mate.

@moe7659 2 жыл бұрын

3:09:35 The Spanish description mentions the three "Tramposos", which translates to "Cheaters", did they misread "Cheetah Men" as "Cheater Men"?

@paulallen4358 4 жыл бұрын

The ooze description in arabic literally translates to: "avoid the green milk or leak" lmfao 😂😂

@lordmegatron65 2 жыл бұрын

Easily the most detailed review of this game on KZfaq!! You did so well with this. Great work! 😊👍

@ZorotheGallade 2 жыл бұрын

The code gore that surfaces from examining these games is astounding. But even then, I think this is the first and only time someone will ever discover that playing normally through Billy Bob warps you to Cheetahmen.

@flash4354 5 жыл бұрын

If this video doesn't get the popularity Nico's weapons list video gets, I become A N G E R Y.

@arti5882 4 жыл бұрын

It didnt

@jedisalsohere 3 жыл бұрын

angery

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

im here 3 years later and its honestly fucking criminal

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

still angery

@Trail_Lentil 4 жыл бұрын

This is still one of my favourite videos on KZfaq. I've probably rewatched it 4 or 5 times now.

@symphony-of-the-mint2008 3 жыл бұрын

That's 13-16 hours purely on this video. Dang.

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 3 жыл бұрын

That's over half a day of this video. I'm impressed.

@milesipka 10 ай бұрын

For Nico and anybody else considering playing this... Thing... I actually found something Nico overlooked in the "Storm Over The Desert" game (the tank sim). Those giant Saddams are actually 1UPs - letting Saddam run into your tank gives you an extra life. I discovered this by accident when doing my playthrough of that game and while watching the footage noticing the increasing lives in each level title screen (BTW I used a Game Genie hacking cheat code for infinite energy) and I pinned down the cause by watching every second of the playthrough and counting each time I let Saddam run into me... THAT'S why you cannot shoot him down - because he's NOT an enemy. So, if you decide to play that particular game, Saddam is your friend...

@ZorotheGallade 2 жыл бұрын

With the exception of Meong, all 52 games are literally the same with tiny variations. The platformers are identical to the topdown shooters, except with jumps and gravity. The "beat em ups" are just shooters where the attack has a melee range, and so on and so forth.

@Leotsune 5 жыл бұрын

This was so fun to watch, I really liked the video. Thanks for all your effort Nico!

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

I watch this video a couple times a month, sometimes every couple days. It is criminal that the best video EVER released about Action 52 has been doomed to relative obscurity by the epic and lovely youtube algorithm. So many viewers are missing out on this masterpiece. You should definitely start making more investigations about games like this. I subscribed regardless, though, because I am a trusting and patient man. Thank you for the many hours of viewing, king.

@CSXIV 2 жыл бұрын

This might be the first Action 52 video I've seen where Alfredo and the Fettuccine actually worked.

@BlastMaster 8 ай бұрын

Action 52 is the gift that keeps on giving... great doc, thanks!

@KetwunsGamingPad 4 жыл бұрын

Mate this is fantastic! This is literally the ultimate Action 52 video! You deserve way more views for all your efforts and your fabulous in depth technical analysis. I have never seen anyone do this before and you are clearly the most passionate to debunk this pile of garbage! Kudos!

@Jordan10704 2 жыл бұрын

This video doesn’t get enough love. Great job and analysis - you can tell you put a lot of effort into this! Would love to see you analyze more games beyond the Mega Man series.

@MCDreng 2 жыл бұрын

For city of doom the intent of that bizzare death sprite change + the windows being enemies is that it'll come together and look like the tenant threw you off the building. Unfortunately they didn't make another death for when you don't die in the window.

@poppybasers 4 жыл бұрын

This must be the best video I have ever seen on this game. Very thought out and a great evaluation, showing a lot of interesting things that I knew nothing about (I've been obsessed with this game and story since 2008, spending countless hours digging into it). Thanks a lot for this great video, hoping for Action 52 for the Sega Genesis next?!

@fredrichfernando6798 3 жыл бұрын

Timestamps for each game: 7:38 Fire Breathers 13:20 Star Evil 20:25 Illuminator 26:49 G-Force Fighters 28:54 Ooze 35:09 Silver Sword 38:15 Critical Bypass 41:57 Jupiter Scope 44:08 Alfredo and the Fettuccinis 46:44 Operation Full Moon 48:41 Dam Busters 51:09 Thrusters 52:13 Haunted Hills of Wentworth 57:03 Chill Out 58:09 Sharks 1:00:17 Megalonia 1:01:58 The French Baker 1:03:12 Atmos-Quake 1:04:50 Meong 1:08:21 Space Dreams 1:09:35 Streemerz 1:13:25 Spread Fire 1:17:37 Bubblegum Rosie 1:21:43 Micro-Mike 1:29:57 Underground 1:33:47 Rocket Jockey 1:34:32 Non-Human 1:36:13 Cry Baby 1:38:59 Slashers 1:41:56 Crazy Shuffle 1:44:57 Fuzz Power 1:48:04 Shooting Gallery 1:50:45 Lollipops 1:56:33 The Evil Empire 2:00:50 Sombreros 2:05:30 Storm Over the Desert 2:07:59 Mash Man 2:09:28 They Came from Outer Space 2:14:59 Laser League 2:16:35 Billy Bob 2:27:04 City of Doom 2:30:57 Bits and Pieces 2:34:26 Beeps and Blips 2:41:38 Manchester Beat 2:46:29 The Boss 2:50:16 Dedant 2:52:30 Hambo's Adventures 2:56:04 Time Warp Tickers 2:59:06 Jigsaw 3:01:47 Ninja Assault 3:07:08 Robbie and the Robots 3:09:35 The Cheetahmen

@NicoEvaluates 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I added them into the video.

@Rgoid Жыл бұрын

1:22:57 “from HERE to THERE”

@dodoguy Жыл бұрын

Action 52 drinking game Take a shot everytime they use the boss Ai

@Atlas_Redux 2 жыл бұрын

You're an absolute madman. I loudly applaud you.

@Hyreia 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. A definitive video on Action 52. Thank you.

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

That was really funny and informative. Good job!

@noirlavender6409 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite video ever

@AlphaxZero28 5 жыл бұрын

Mm what a quality video For such a poor quality game

@singingcoyote1370 2 жыл бұрын

imagine getting this game cartridge for your birthday in the 90s. man you would cry yourself to sleep every night the next 12 months in silence in ur bed.

@Zolega89 2 жыл бұрын

You would have been a rich kid at that point

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

😔 Poor kids

@eplatamx2017 5 жыл бұрын

great proyect, im not sure if it still counts as a video, its more like a documentary or a movie

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 жыл бұрын

It's still a video though isn't it? Technically a film is a video.

@BogusChip 5 жыл бұрын

Great video mate, love it!

@Flashlight237 4 жыл бұрын

1:47:50 I was able to get past that not by manipulating the X-axis of the character, but rather the Y-axis. Yeah, I tried glitching Fuzz Power instead of resorting to hacks beforehand, but the game is ridiculously stable for an Action 52 game.

@snufflepuspenguins1234 5 жыл бұрын

Coming next April fools... Nico evaluates Action 52 for the Sega Genesis

@randomguyontheinternet7940 3 жыл бұрын

He didn't do Cheetahmen yet.

@MrTekKnowledge Жыл бұрын

Developers jobs are hard enough. They should NOT be in charge of product decisions and specifications, nor making the final go or no go on their own code. This is a cautionary tale. It also seems that they wrote the manual too.

@supersmashbro596 2 жыл бұрын

3 months, huh? and not a single one of the three devs decided to test this thing? yeah it's a miracle this thing came out at all.

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

The business guy had more cash than talent

@TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic, I LOVE this video! A mass analysis of Action 52! It's like a weird, terrifying nerdy dream! And as an angry European from the UK, you're overestimating our skills if you think Brexit makes as much sense as Action 52.

@PeterAckarey 3 жыл бұрын

Peed myself laughing at 47:06. Thanks for that.

@Flashlight237 4 жыл бұрын

I think the developers might've had some strokes when making the manual.

@narusferree6506 5 жыл бұрын

This is the sound of a dog being made to play Action 52. *screams of a million tortured souls*

@PointlessCarp 2 жыл бұрын

Only just at game #2, but I'm already learning new stuff! This game is such an anomaly, one thing I'd like to see an explanation to is why some things work on emulator and not on actual hardware and vice versa. For example the fourth level of Star Evil does work on hardware (later revision, I believe, with working Alfredo and Jigsaw)

@JavaMR 2 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen, emulators are a bit more tolerant with errors. Take the Sonic 3 prototype that was released a while ago. On original hardware, whenever Tails grabs onto a rope the game crashes, but on some emulators the game keeps going (albeit with severe graphical glitches)

@DeadKoby 2 жыл бұрын

I've played this........and seen many people's reviews.... Nice to see the levels that few ever get it.

@anevilghost670 5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Lollipops is actually supposed to be one of those "Looks cute, but actually gets really dark later on." Hence why the music in Level 3 is so messed up (If you play on a real cartridge, then it actually sounds like music.) If the creators actually managed to finish this, then maybe there'd be a real story. But alas, it's shit like all the others.

@KnakuanaRka 5 жыл бұрын

AnEvilDude Funny; I’ve heard that was a bug.

@NicoEvaluates 5 жыл бұрын

@@KnakuanaRka I'm quite sure it's a bug, as it's level 3. But I'd like to see the source for the claim made here.

@tschak909 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your sacrifice.

@Jdcryno 5 жыл бұрын

This game is better than my internet connection

@warlordofvideogameglitches 3 жыл бұрын

*Dial up sounds*

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

It's crazy to imagine that some kid in a third-world country somewhere probably played this game every day. It must have happened at least a few times.

@nyx9208 3 жыл бұрын

This needs views this is crazy

@COMBOY 5 жыл бұрын

1:56:33 And a meme was born: "Arabian desert has bad Arabians".

@elecboi3067 5 жыл бұрын

COMBOY not really

@mercurialkarlsefni6550 5 жыл бұрын

Where was this comment made, Alabama?

@depression6261 4 жыл бұрын

That's a strike !

@belstar1128 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and also good and neutral Arabians.

@seireiart Жыл бұрын

I watched the entire video, twice 😁 (This is a great production and analysis of the games.) It sure is a fascinating story of a small team trying to make 52 games in a short period back in the early 90s. but AVGN sums it up the best when he said: "Quality over Quantity, that's our lesson here.",

@SamnissArandeen 2 жыл бұрын

Action 52 discourse is incomplete until angry Russian Kermit plays it.

@tron.44 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing your child playing a Taiwanese bootleg should not inspire you, Period. The eiffel tower was built in 2 years and some change. But that's how long action 52 should have gestated. Then, maybe, it would have been decent. I also appreciate all the work you put into this video.

@infyranna9004 Сағат бұрын

I play this game when drinking with my friend, its so bad its good. I even got my wife to play it and she laughed her ass off, as she never plays video games at all. ty for the video, it is great.

@DeskoDev 5 жыл бұрын

it starts at 0:00, thank me later

@marlonmontelhiggins8570 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, my gosh. I never knew that. Thank you so much. Really helped out.

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks champ

@hpswagcraft Жыл бұрын

appreciate it brother

@GinoSC 5 жыл бұрын

now THIS was a experience

@feezee82 3 жыл бұрын

Nico, in the Cheetahmen video you mentioned that enemies from the other games get reused and what to make of it. But in the instructions manual it clearly says that the Gamemaster transforms into one of the Cheetahmen and must battle enemies from the other 51 games. So the reason is actually explained.

@ZorotheGallade 2 жыл бұрын

That's because Doctor Morbis decided it was Morbin time and morbed all the sprites into the game.

@scottjefferson4048 Жыл бұрын

Not like it makes it look any better, they are literally reused assets and no amount of "lore" will change that, if the rest of the games were decent, it wouldnt look as bad and that is not the case.

@hpswagcraft 11 ай бұрын

@@ZorotheGallade the morbin time meme is a year old already now? jesus. i fucking HATE time. absolutely horrifying

@ZorotheGallade 11 ай бұрын

@@hpswagcraft One year? I thought it was years ago.

@thrillhouse4151 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha this started playing on auto play, thought it was a commercial playing the Cheetahman theme and I had to run over and see what was going on hahhaha.

@materiagrezza9331 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Italian, and reading the terrible translations from the manual is so hilarious AF, I'm out of breath.

@TheBestToasty 3 жыл бұрын

Damn what a ride

@Mattfromthepast 2 жыл бұрын

So in 91 you could get a SNES for Christmas or this. How many kids got this for Christmas and got themselves emancipated?

@Eltro920 2 жыл бұрын

It's a common misconception that Action 52 took up 2 MB of cartridge space for all the graphics and code. In reality, it was an unfinished game due to lack of programming experience on NES hardware, a deadline that was a month after the start of development, and a changes in direction in the middle of development. The end result didn't come near filling up 2 MB.

@MandrakeFernflower 2 жыл бұрын

There's also a fuckton of copy-paste code in the rom

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

Iirc it's full of really unoptimized lookup tables. There's a video looking at the code I saw. I think it's just copy n pasted over and over, the same stuff.

@Lordhermitcrab Жыл бұрын

You must have brain damage from playing through each and every one of these games. I applaud you

@anibarukyouran1145 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome content man! you shown more of this game than anyone else thanks for torturing yourself for our amusement. I know sounds like a pain but if you can split this video into smaller sections and make it like a series or something like that, would do better on views. Also I love how this game gradually transforms you into an angry nerd XD

@tylerthecreator4169 5 жыл бұрын

:) good job

@Enan63. Ай бұрын

I really miss this type of content. Since it was very ambitious! However, these video take a LONG time to produce. So I respect your decision Nico for not making any more of these videos.

@mahbodkaramoozian6409 2 жыл бұрын

I consider this action 52 the movie

@Nx_Joey_D 3 жыл бұрын

I hope at some point you decide to review the Genesis version of Action 52 because I REALLY want to see when you find out that, on that port, they turned the Cheetahmen into .... wait for it .... a clone of ILLUMINATOR!! .... not kidding!

@jc.1191 2 жыл бұрын

🤣 Good catch

@hpswagcraft 11 ай бұрын

as much as id hate to see him torture himself again, i would watch the shit out of this.

@Gigidag77 2 жыл бұрын

I wish AVGN would have encountered the Billy Bob -> Cheetahmen Glitch

@GODCONVOYPRIME 2 жыл бұрын

3 HOURS HELL YEAH BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@KonEl-BlackZero 2 жыл бұрын

I use this video as background sound to study.

@Specter227 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit.

@RobinLeGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Funny - I was basically planning to do the exact same thing^^

@riam850 2 жыл бұрын

48:55 - Wait, is that Shrek!?

@zanmolecules4105 Жыл бұрын

Time?

@Metabadd 3 ай бұрын

From what I've heard, the reason the song on level 3 of Lollipops is so glitched is because it's registering the sprites and sound effects as part of the music, so every time you do something it adds these awful noises to it.

@alex_-yz9to 5 жыл бұрын

Damn i couldn't stay for the entore thing... But 1 and a half hours is good enough right?

@flash4354 5 жыл бұрын

Watch it periodically. Like, a few game segments a day.

@davidpeters6743 5 ай бұрын

Green and blue grass on the moon, checks out.

@megamanmarchek8293 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Nico, do you plan on evaluating Action 52 on the Genesis?

@NicoEvaluates 4 жыл бұрын

Not in awhile.

@megamanmarchek8293 4 жыл бұрын

@@NicoEvaluates Hopefully within the next few years you do evaluate it. Watching this made me learn all kinds of things about the game I didn't know. Fantastic Job!

@tengudwn57 5 жыл бұрын

Is this a documentary? Or is it just a video?

@altosforteaquax5083 Ай бұрын

Developer = devil upper, you can't unhear it

@Cp-71 2 жыл бұрын

1:56:56 good god, I'm stealing this one!

@Hyreia Жыл бұрын

In Star Evil, It would have been so easy to just have more than one pool of sprites. Three qtips on screen at once. Four enemies at once. Done.

@June28July Жыл бұрын

2:26:55 you don't play those Billy Bob levels?

@frankez1975 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for suffering for our entertainment brother….

@mistertagomago7974 7 ай бұрын

I still cant get over the fact that enemies dont actually move. Also i dont think you mentioned but in Sombrero i noticed things blocking your path have hitboxes that arent tied to the sprites.