Does anyone buy Action 52 to play?
Maybe some don't realize this, but Action 52 is too big to fit on the PowerPak and Everdrive N8, maybe other uncommon flash carts too. The only other options to play Action 52 is the original cartridge or emulators on newer platforms. I know most people here have no qualms about using emulators, but has anyone here actually bought an Action 52 cartridge to play?
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Of course, that being said, I'm one who likes to play everything I get. Nothing is just a "collector's item" for me other than, say, prototypes and other few exceptions. Everything else is first and foremost a game to me.
As far as Action 52 is concerned, you'd have to be a fucking moron to pay $200 just to play that game. Although I could say that about any old Nintendo game to be honest.
I don't own the game yet, but seeing as I like to beat NES games, I will probably try and work through it as much as I can whenever I get a copy.
Heh, with some of the games unwinnable, it might test even your patience.
I don't own the game yet, but seeing as I like to beat NES games, I will probably try and work through it as much as I can whenever I get a copy.
Heh, with some of the games unwinnable, it might test even your patience.
And if you don't have the "fixed" version of Action 52, some of them don't even load.
I don't own the game yet, but seeing as I like to beat NES games, I will probably try and work through it as much as I can whenever I get a copy.
Heh, with some of the games unwinnable, it might test even your patience.
And if you don't have the "fixed" version of Action 52, some of them don't even load.
This is the major reason why I haven't bought the game yet. Well, that and the price.
Of course at tge time it was only around 100 so not a big dent in the wallet. I got lucky and found it in a system and games lot on ebay not mentioned for 75. One of my better early finds.
I don't own the game yet, but seeing as I like to beat NES games, I will probably try and work through it as much as I can whenever I get a copy.
Heh, with some of the games unwinnable, it might test even your patience.
And if you don't have the "fixed" version of Action 52, some of them don't even load.
This is the major reason why I haven't bought the game yet. Well, that and the price.
There are some "inventive" games, grading on a curve of course. Illuminator and Streemers come to mind. The music on some games is relatively good, although I think a lot of it was stolen.
Tons of generic shooters, with no powerups, no difference in enemies, no special weapons, and only a couple have bosses (that may or may not show up.)
Originally posted by: pegboy
The Action 52 ROM is only 800K or whatever, it's not "too big" to fit on a flash cart. If it doesn't work, it's because they didn't support it properly.
As far as Action 52 is concerned, you'd have to be a fucking moron to pay $200 just to play that game. Although I could say that about any old Nintendo game to be honest.
The original Action 52 cartridge has 16Mbit / 2MB total ROM (4Mbit / 512KB PRG, 12Mbit / 1536KB CHR). Unless there happens to exist a trimmed version which has only 4Mbit / 512KB CHR, then neither the PowerPak or Everdrive will play it because both max out at 4Mbit / 512KB for both PRG and CHR ROM banks.
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I bought mine because i wanted to play the games and and since I was fascinated by the history of it. I've put a lot of time into it trying to figure out and beat all the games. Most of the music is very bizarre while some are good tracks. A lot of games loop after a few levels, some are broken, some have an ending, and some are unbeatable. There is a lot to discover and have fun with in 52 games. If you play enough you'll discover certain characteristics like enemy sprites that carry over from one game to the next. Overall, it's a fascinating experience.
^What he said, except for the part about buying it (I've only played it in an emulator). From a consumer's point of view, it's a disaster, whether at MSRP or current prices; from a researcher's or explorer's point of view, it's fascinating in its strangeness, and many of the games are quite playable in a mirror-universe sort of way.
The random ones like Sharks, Storm Over the Desert, and They Came, though...those are exercises in torment. But we've proven this year that they can all be beaten -- or at least, can be played to their loop point or until they crash -- if you have the right ROM variant.
I enjoy playing Billy Bob, (even if the controls are atrocious)
Dude Billy bob surprisingly has some really nice prince of Persia animations.
I remember my friend and I tried to figure out how to jump the pit for the longest time. We were blown away when we found out that to do the long jump, you have to do the smallest tap of the b button. Also this is another action 53 game where you can shoot backwards through yourself. And you can screw up the animations to make it look like billy bob is using an invisible jump rope in midair.
I guess you just overwrite save files on games too? Jeesh.