Action 52: The Cheetahmen

  • Id: 669
  • Platforms: NES
  • Abbreviation: a52cm
  • Display Name: Action 52: The Cheetahmen
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Even the worst video games ever made can make for a good TAS.
This movie speedily plays through "The Cheetahmen", game #52 of a compilation of horrid games called Action 52. While the game is pretty horrible in general, it has a rather catchy BGM.
EZGames69 and Samsara improve the previous movie by 44.76 seconds, thanks to better optimisation and using a warp in the 5th level to spawn the last boss early in a glitched up level.
There are also two published runs of the unreleased sequel, Cheetahmen II. One plays through all the levels, whilst the other starts from level 5 from power-on, due to abusing the fact that some games do not initialize their states before reading them.
Even the worst video games ever made can make for a good TAS.
The Cheetahmen is game #52 in Action 52, probably the most infamous multi-game cartridge released for the NES. The story goes that the "Action Gamemaster" (i.e. some guy) was playing his video game when three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ripoffs pull him through the TV and into their world. They tell him that there are enemies in their world and then leave him behind to fight the enemies.
In this run, EZGames69 and Samsara decide not to use any warps that can skip large portions of each level. This includes the glitch in level 5 that can warp the player to a grey void that has a chance of spawning the final boss.

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TypeNameTitle OverrideRegionVersionPlatformHashes
Unlicensed Action 52 (Active Enterprises) (REVA) [!].nes U Rev A NES SHA1: 67AF5FC47F5A93485E900F22CE302F6F61B5C709
MD5: DCD2C8FD954EFFD36C47440980499261
Unlicensed Action 52 (Active Enterprises) [!].nes U NES SHA1: 3e16baa271d6885758135f019492f3a2e658722f
MD5: c31de1832309f01bd497d0aad8d0beeb
Unlicensed Action 52 (USA) (Rev A) (Unl).nes U Rev A NES SHA1: D5BE7B587E58496DA3E4C11EA18FEE902B1B6596
MD5: B3061FB1ED31B7C1FE69D0F81E0DB859