Perhaps the most infamous game on the NES is Action 52, despite not being that well known. This game contains 52 Games in one NES Cart, and many of the games are of different genres. Sounds like good fun, yes? Ha Ha Ha...THAT'S WRONG! 
Action 52 has got to be the worst thing I have ever seen to appear on the beloved NES. The games are buggy, difficult, and just not much fun. However, the real reason I'm covering this game today is because of Number 52 on the cart: The Cheetahmen.
Cheetahmen was the result of some genius' idea to cash in on the whole animal hero craze from the 90s. Needless to say, that someone found that it was harder to accomplish than expected. A whole line of merchandise was planned for Cheetahmen, but due to Action 52's failure, it all fell through. Cheetahmen is a disgrace, not just to gaming, but to everything in general. It's just...wrong.
Oh, and it doesn't stop there. Active Enterprises, the Developer of Action 52 got the bright idea to develop a sequel, Cheetahmen II.
Fortunately, this tragedy was stopped. Despite the game being mostly complete, A.E. decided not to release it, and for good reason. The world was safe from the Cheetahmen once and for all...right? WRONG...AGAIN!
In 1996, someone discovered 1,000+ Copies of the game in a warehouse. Oh, joy.
They were put up for sale on the secondary market, and sold rather quickly. Now, why would anyone want this game? It's simple: The number of copies of it. There were not many, and now it is now very hard to find. In fact, one copy sold for over 1000 Dollars, and a box of the game sold for over 400 Dollars. Needless to say, this game is valuable, despite it's lack of quality.
So, you may be asking yourself: Is there ANYTHING good about Action 52? Yeah. The cartridge looks pretty cool. Here's a picture of it.
[img width=300 height=306]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/DarkTheThief/action_52_nes_game.jpg[/img]
Anyway, on with the story. I decided that I want to own this game, if only for the reason that I'm trying to get as many NES Games as humanly possible. Knowing that it was an awful game, I figured I could find it cheap on eBay. I could not have been more wrong. It was 400 Dollars. Of course, I could never afford this, so I'm left with the option to get a Repro of it, if making one is even possible.
Something else comes to mind: ROMhacking has made many unplayable games playable and actually fun over the years. Sometimes I think to myself, what if someone hacked Action 52 and fixed it? Would it really be any better? Only time will tell if this happens.
On a funnier note, check out the following video. It's a Cheetahmen II Rap made by the very talented Duane and Brand0.
Man, these games are awful. I honestly feel sorry for anyone who has played either of them.
That's it. Thanks for reading!
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