Active Enterprises

Action 52

Active Enterprises had the biggest hopes of any company producing games for the NES.  The first game the Bahaman-based company released was Action 52. It contained 52 games that were...well... bad.  Separate from the games, the only notable part that Active managed to put in the cartridge was the intro music. When you first start the game jamming music can be heard consisting of "ya's" and "whooh's"
repeating again and again and....  It is quite superior to Konami's Blades of Steel voice clarity. You can't tell whether the announcer is saying get the pass, or @!#  the ass.

After viewing the title screen and hearing, "Make your selection now." The game selection screen comes up. It consists of three different screens which can be changed by pressing the select button. Once a game is chosen, a generic title screen appears which tells the name of the game and gives the user an option between one player or two.

When the game begins it is immediately obvious that you're in for a ride. Usually the music is beepy and sounds like a hungry baby beeing beat on with a cat. The graphics aren't too great either...  When character's frames are changed it looks as if they are dancing. (See left.)