8 Pre-Internet Video Games That Desperately Needed A Patch

Just saying the name "Action 52" is likely to send a shiver through the spines of some gamers, as this truly was the definition of a video game that was too good to be true and too horrible for many to ever forget.

Rather than being a standalone title, Action 52 sold itself as a gaming anthology comprised of, you guessed it, fifteen games!

Oh is that a bit of a shock to you seeing as the name Action 52 implies you'll be getting 52 video games for one, insanely inflated price? Well technically the game does feature 52 options but you'll be hard-pressed to find more than fifteen that actually !*$% work on this absolute dump of a cartridge. For a svelte TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS back in 1991 you'd be able to slog your way through a mangled mess of titles, some of which were direct rip-offs of much better games, or sit staring at a screen as the data failed to load anything, but the cream of the crap had to be the game that developers Active Enterprises truly wanted to turn into a franchise, Cheetahmen.

This was meant to be the devs attempt at a TMNT-adjacent series, but things kinda stopped dead in their tracks thanks to the game being utterly broken and unfinished. One can only assume the other 51 titles included were to make Cheetahmen look better by comparison, but unfortunately, the only Cheetah gamers were truly feeling was that of being "cheat-harded" by this game's criminal quality.

Therefore I propose we travel back in time and apply a desperate Day One patch that not only makes Cheetahmen actually playable (and adds in an actual ending because the game literally boots you to the start menu upon beating the final boss) but removes the other 51 titles from existence entirely, saving the poor gaming public and their wallets from this gouging monstrosity.