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Each game is color coded, with a legend on the first screen when the cartridge is booted up: {{yellow|Expert}}, {{purple|Intermediate}}, {{green|Beginner}}, {{blue|Two Player}}, {{white|Special}}. | Each game is color coded, with a legend on the first screen when the cartridge is booted up: {{yellow|Expert}}, {{purple|Intermediate}}, {{green|Beginner}}, {{blue|Two Player}}, {{white|Special}}. | ||
# '''{{yellow|Bonkers}}''' — 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. | # '''{{yellow|Bonkers}}''' — 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. | ||
| − | # Darksyne | + | # '''{{yellow|Darksyne}}''' — You are a ship stuck in a room with enemies. As in ''Asteroids'', you are bound by gravity, and holding {{B}} and using the D-pad will allow you some limited form of motion. Holding {{C}} gives you a shield with limited energy. {{A}} shoots. Destroy all the enemies without hitting the walls of the level to move on to the next. |
| − | # Dyno Tennis | + | # Dyno Tennis <!--(TODO)--> |
# Ooze | # Ooze | ||
# Star Ball | # Star Ball | ||
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| Action 52 |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Publisher: Active Enterprises |
| Developer: FarSight Studios |
| Game total: 52 |
| Sound driver: GEMS |
Action 52 is a 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.
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.
- Bonkers — 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.
- Darksyne — You are a ship stuck in a room with enemies. As in Asteroids, you are bound by gravity, and holding
and using the D-pad will allow you some limited form of motion. Holding 
gives you a shield with limited energy. 
shoots. Destroy all the enemies without hitting the walls of the level to move on to the next. - Dyno Tennis
- Ooze
- Star Ball
- Sidewinder
- Daytona
- 15 Puzzle
- Sketch
- Star Duel
- Haunted Hill
- Alfredo
- The Cheetahmen
- Skirmish
- Depth Charge
- Minds Eye
- Alien Attack
- Billy Bob
- Sharks
- Knockout
- Intruder
- Echo
- Freeway
- Mousetrap
- Ninja
- Slalom
- Dauntless
- Force One
- Spidey
- Appleseed
- Skater
- Sunday Drive
- Star Evil
- Air Command
- Shootout
- Bombs Away
- Speed Boat
- Dedant
- G Fighter
- Man At Arms
- Norman
- Armor Battle
- Magic Bean
- Apache
- Paratrooper
- Sky Avenger
- Sharpshooter
- Meteor
- Black Hole
- The Boss
- First Game
- Challenge
Physical Scans
| Mega Drive, US |
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 Cart |