/vr/ - Retro Games

Illuminator is pretty innovative and challenging with the dark gimmick.

Megalonia is probably one of the better titles of the collection. Your kill count on the drones determines the boss' health meter.

Streemerz is another playable title.

Underground is playable if you time the beginning shots properly.

Non-Human is one of my favorite title simply for those vampire heads.

Slashers also has some hidden depth to it as well.

Lollipops after level 1 gets unsettling. Anyone play level 3?

Evil Empire is also playable and also unlosable.

Billy Bob makes me wonder how much money they had in general. Some games today don't have that amount of detail in their spritework.

Bits and Pieces is a playable title. Very misleading with the description.

Beeps and Blips is very fun. Very hard near the end.

Manchester is a guilty pleasure.

Hambo's Adventures is playable if you time that jump properly. People don't do that at all.

Ninja Assault is another impressive title. Again, I question how much budget they had.

Cheetahmen lastly, has the most polish and that's saying something.

Overall, Action 52 is one of my favorite games unironically. It serves as what a game should never become. It's a piece of education. I was fucking crazy about the game for years. The Genesis version was somewhat more polished, but not as memorable. Plus Cheetahmen got downplayed a little.

Anyway, take a look at this. Active Enterprises planned a third game along with Sports 5 and an SNES version of Action 52. I wonder if the comic is still somewhere online.