<s>
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unlicensed	O
,	O
multicart	O
video	O
game	O
compilation	O
developed	O
by	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
FarSight	O
Technologies	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
featured	O
"	O
game	O
is	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
Active	O
's	O
attempt	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
franchise	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Teenage	B-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Turtles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
was	O
legally	O
incorporated	O
in	O
the	O
Bahamas	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
offices	O
and	O
development	O
were	O
located	O
in	O
Miami	O
,	O
Florida	O
while	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
product	O
warehousing	O
was	O
located	O
in	O
Orlando	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
became	O
infamous	O
among	O
gamers	O
for	O
the	O
poor	O
quality	O
and	O
functionality	O
of	O
its	O
games	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
often	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
video	O
game	O
collectors	O
value	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
for	O
its	O
notoriety	O
and	O
rarity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
includes	O
games	O
that	O
cover	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
genres	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
types	O
being	O
vertical	O
shooters	O
set	O
in	O
outer	O
space	O
,	O
and	O
platformers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
game	O
is	O
given	O
a	O
brief	O
description	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
for	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
descriptions	O
cover	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
that	O
were	O
very	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
games	O
of	O
corresponding	O
titles	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Jigsaw	O
is	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
involving	O
a	O
jigsaw	O
puzzle	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
as	O
such	O
on	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
is	O
a	O
platformer	O
involving	O
a	O
construction	O
worker	O
avoiding	O
construction	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
is	O
the	O
featured	O
game	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
multimedia	O
franchise	O
and	O
an	O
accompanying	O
line	O
of	O
merchandise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
animated	O
television	O
series	O
,	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
series	O
and	O
T-shirts	O
were	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
advertisement	O
for	O
action	O
figures	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
concept	O
art	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
a	O
promotional	O
comic	O
book	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
these	O
plans	O
were	O
eventually	O
scrapped	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
extremely	O
negative	O
reception	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
advertised	O
a	O
contest	O
involving	O
Ooze	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ooze	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
consistently	O
crash	O
on	O
Level	O
2	O
;	O
therefore	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
impossible	O
to	O
qualify	O
for	O
the	O
contest	O
without	O
using	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
;	O
after	O
the	O
contest	O
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
,	O
a	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
was	O
released	O
which	O
fixed	O
this	O
crashing	O
problem	O
,	O
among	O
some	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Few	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
;	O
although	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
have	O
been	O
retained	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
themselves	O
have	O
been	O
rebuilt	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
,	O
the	O
titular	O
characters	O
rescue	O
cheetah	O
cubs	O
from	O
Dr.	O
Morbis	O
and	O
his	O
minions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creator	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
was	O
Vince	O
Perri	O
,	O
a	O
businessman	O
from	O
Miami	O
,	O
Florida	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
owner	O
and	O
founder	O
of	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
González	O
informed	O
Perri	O
that	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
friends	O
,	O
Javier	O
Pérez	O
and	O
Albert	O
Hernández	O
,	O
were	O
into	O
making	O
games	O
;	O
the	O
trio	O
created	O
a	O
Tetris	B-Device
clone	I-Device
as	O
proof	O
of	O
their	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
Perri	O
showcased	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
at	O
the	O
International	O
Winter	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
used	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
were	O
given	O
three	O
months	O
to	O
complete	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
,	O
leaving	O
little	O
time	O
for	O
playtesting	O
and	O
fixing	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
González	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
programmers	O
,	O
says	O
that	O
Action	B-Application
52s	I-Application
developers	O
were	O
flown	O
to	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
City	O
,	O
Utah	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
were	O
trained	O
for	O
a	O
week	O
on	O
using	O
an	O
NES	O
development	O
kit	O
by	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
which	O
he	O
does	O
not	O
remember	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corroborating	O
this	O
is	O
Action	B-Application
52s	I-Application
use	O
of	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
's	O
NES	O
music	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
pieces	O
of	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
were	O
plagiarized	O
from	O
sample	O
music	O
composed	O
by	O
Ed	O
Bogas	O
for	O
The	O
Music	O
Studio	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
with	O
plagiarized	O
music	O
include	O
Fuzz	B-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
Silver	O
Sword	O
,	O
French	O
Baker	O
,	O
Streemerz	O
,	O
Time	O
Warp	O
Tickers	O
and	O
Ninja	O
Assault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
González	O
also	O
confirms	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
many	O
unused	O
tiles	B-Application
,	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
has	O
8	O
extra	O
game	O
templates	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
distributor	O
configured	O
the	O
cartridges	O
to	O
contain	O
60	O
games	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
González	O
,	O
the	O
gaming	O
press	O
's	O
characterization	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
scam	O
"	O
is	O
incorrect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Perri	O
knew	O
little	O
about	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
business	O
when	O
he	O
launched	O
his	O
venture	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
made	O
serious	O
errors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
entrusting	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
programmers	O
who	O
had	O
too	O
little	O
experience	O
,	O
and	O
giving	O
them	O
an	O
insufficient	O
length	O
of	O
time	O
to	O
develop	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perri	O
's	O
expectation	O
that	O
the	O
multicart	O
would	O
launch	O
a	O
multimedia	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
franchise	O
was	O
similarly	O
not	O
well-founded	O
,	O
given	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
low	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
FarSight	O
Technologies	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
Jay	O
Obernolte	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FarSight	O
insisted	O
that	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
playtest	O
it	O
before	O
its	O
release	O
;	O
thus	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
multicart	O
had	O
far	O
fewer	O
glitches	O
than	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
released	O
two	O
years	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
was	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
October	O
1993	B-Application
but	O
was	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
also	O
planned	O
to	O
have	O
FarSight	O
develop	O
another	O
multicart	O
titled	O
Sports	O
5	O
,	O
but	O
Active	O
folded	O
without	O
releasing	O
either	O
game	O
soon	O
after	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
copies	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
NES	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
prototype	O
cartridges	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
is	O
embossed	O
on	O
the	O
underside	O
of	O
the	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
4th	O
,	O
original	O
,	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
game	O
;	O
only	O
two	O
known	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
prototype	O
I	O
cartridge	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
biggest	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
is	O
missing	O
from	O
the	O
prototypes	O
,	O
which	O
instead	O
include	O
a	O
different	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Action	O
Gamer	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
52nd	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
only	O
two	O
levels	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
incomplete	O
,	O
and	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
abandoned	O
initial	O
attempt	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
game	O
(	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
character	O
named	O
the	O
Action	O
Gamemaster	O
in	O
its	O
introductory	O
sequence	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
menu	O
template	O
of	O
the	O
prototypes	O
is	O
identical	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
other	O
,	O
illegal	O
multicarts	O
containing	O
52	O
pirated	O
games	O
,	O
indicating	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
pirate	O
multicarts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
Perri	O
had	O
asked	O
movie	O
and	O
video	O
game	O
distributor	O
Greg	O
Pabich	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
partner	O
in	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
released	O
the	O
result	O
as	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Creation	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2011	O
;	O
boxed	O
,	O
red	O
game	O
cartridges	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
of	O
1	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
reproduction	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
comic	O
book	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
included	O
with	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
another	O
Prototype	O
I	O
cartridge	O
was	O
put	O
up	O
for	O
auction	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
original	O
box	O
,	O
marked	O
"	O
SAMPLE	O
—	O
Not	O
for	O
sale	O
—	O
Demonstration	O
purposes	O
only	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
rare	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
promotional	O
materials	O
were	O
included	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seller	O
started	O
a	O
blog	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
identified	O
himself	O
as	O
"	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
Developer	O
#4	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
his	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
multicart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reaction	O
to	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
has	O
been	O
consistently	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entirety	O
of	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
famously	O
reviewed	O
by	O
internet	O
personality	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
content	O
creator	O
James	O
Rolfe	O
(	O
as	O
his	O
persona	O
,	O
the	O
Angry	O
Video	O
Game	O
Nerd	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
90th	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
fifth	O
season	O
,	O
which	O
originally	O
aired	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
