History VideoGame / ACTION52OWNS

* FragileSpeedster: Sir Schwartz in ''Silver Sword'' has less hit points than Sir Argent, but he's faster and can fire at a faster rate.

* {{Gorn}}: ''Mash Man'' has a rather graphic health bar (as mentioned in DarkerAndEdgier,) and ''Somberoes'' features some pretty gory deaths for two of the bosses.

** ''Sombreros'' has a game play mechanic that seems to work just like the Dead Eye mechanic in the [[RedDeadRevolver Red]] [[RedDeadRedemption Dead]] games.

** After getting halfway through one of the hardest optional segments in ''STREEMERZ'', Joe exclaims [[{{VVVVVV}} "Veni Vidi Vici!"]]

** ''STREEMERZ'' only goes about halfway, turning the game into an {{Homage}} to ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'', with the player part of some kind of elite military squad, going up against a Hitler {{Expy}} who wants to "kill the Earth," but his minions still consist mainly of pie-throwing clowns , creating a very strange and silly juxtaposition.

** ''STREEMERZ'' turns into an homage to ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'', as fitting the grappling hook mechanic of the original game.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Happens to the second boss of ''Sombreros'', after he gets pulled apart by two donkeys. He somehow survives, and appears as a boss who can split himself into two halves, each of which can attack separately.

** The stomping machine boss of ''Mash Man'' is aided by beserk robots, to beat it you have to hit one of the small robots, and make the boss jump on top of the electrocuted wreckage.

** Games like ''STREEMERZ'' and ''Alfredo and the Fettuccine'' does play this straight. Anytime you die, you simply respawn to the last check point (though the latter does force you to start a boss fight over).

* FireBreathingWeapon: The Bug Torcher 5000 in ''City Of Doom''. It kills Mooks very easily and also destroys their projectiles.

* {{Metroidvania}}: ''Alfredo and the Fettuccine'' plays very much like this.

* RPGElements: ''Non-Human'' has them in the form of picking an upgrade.

''Action 52 Owns'' is a FanRemake project. This started as a collaborated effort back on April 2010 to remake all the games from {{VideoGame/Action52}} for the NES, and make them better, appealing, or at the very least: playable. There are 23 out of 52 games recreated so far (including beta and alpha releases), with a couple of them going off to being their own games. The main event, the {{Cheetahmen}}, will be taken by a developer of the project head's choice. Though, because only half the games are finished so far, it may be a while before that will ever happen.

You can download select games [[http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/action52/ here]].

There is [[http://www.sharkarmstudios.com/2011/06/action-52-owns-launcher.html a launcher as well]], containing some games that are not in the other page, courtesy of SharkArm Studios.

The forum topic of the project is [[http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=12439.0 here as well]].

[[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove A work in progress here.]]

** ''Non-Human'' was suppose to be a basic remake. Then the developer (Tales of Games) got too creative with the game and decided to make it stand on it's own. It is included in the Tales of Games Vidcon pack.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Non-Human'' went from being a basic remake to being its own game, because the developer was "too creative" with it. That's what you get when you're involved with [[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden Tales of Game's]]. You can find this version in the Tales of Games Vidcon pack.

* MiniMecha: The player characters of ''Non-Human.''

** Games like ''STREEMERZ'' and Alfredo does play this straight. Anytime you die, you simply respawn to the last check point (though the latter does force you to start a boss fight over).

* EarnYourHappyEnding: In ''Mash Man,'' beating the game ends with [[spoiler: Mash Man being hung by the villagers for destroying the
juice machine ([[WhatTheHellTownspeople the very one that was killing others and destroying the village]] [[AssholeVictim in which the Mash Man saved them from]]).]] However, if you beat the game by [[VideoGameCaringPotential not killing any of the handful of moving creatures in the second area]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes The CheetahMen will come to Mash Man's rescue]].]]

* HugeHolographicHead: Remember the giant green heads in the NES Non-Human? The remake justifies those by making them appear on computer screens at the bottom of the level.
* JobStealingRobot: The main premise of Mash Man.
* KarmaMeter: Star Evil has this, though the only real way to go to the evil side is by [[GoshDangItToHeck swearing a lot]]. See DownerEnding above.
* LighterAndSofter: Fuzz Power. Full force.
* LudicrousGibs: Enemies in Non-Human die like this. There's a setting that allows you to turn this up further!
* MadScientist: Dr Murdon from Non-Human. He knows that the player character is out to get him, so what does he do? Turn all the innocent inhabitants of the nearby village into the titular, horrifically-mutated monsters!
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Dr Murdon does this to some of the regular zombies, turning them into bosses.
* ManVersusMachine: The main plot of Mash Man, who gets replaced by a grape-stomping machine [[spoiler: that goes berserk, of course]].
* MoreDakka: Your bot's main weapon in Non-Human can be upgraded to become this. The Protobot takes this further- it can fire out all its special weapons at one go.
* {{Metroidvania}}: Alfredo plays very much like this.
* MiniMecha: The player characters of Non-Human.
* MissionControl: Star Evil has Commander Commodore being moral support to Carmilla.
* MultipleEndings: Games like Mash Man and Star Evil feature this.
* MutagenicGoo: Dr. Murdon from Non-Human uses this to turn humans into the titular monsters. In-game, this damages your mech and causes zombies to mutate into stronger mutants if it touches them.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: One of the alternate robots in Non-Human's final build is a Ninja SpiderTank.
* NostalgiaLevel: The end section of Non-Human features the level layout from the original NES game. Complete with green heads below and even similar enemy placement!
* OneHitKill: Gustav from Non-Human will eat you up if you're in front of him when he opens his mouth- his innards will drag you inside.
* OneHitPointWonder: Some games have this. To balance this out, they also tend to have infinite lives.
** That's not to say there are no consequences for all the games if you die. See DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist above.
* OneWingedAngel: [[BigBad Dr. Murdon]] of Non-Human turns into a giant caterpillar-thing after being defeated in the harder difficulties.

* PuzzleGame: Meong.
* RiseFromYourGrave: The checkpoints from Silver Sword are graves, and when you die, you do indeed rise from the nearest one.
* RPGElements: Non-Human has them.
* SamusIsAGirl: Star Evil stars Carmilla, who is implied to be female.
* SaveThePrincess: Silver Sword has this for the plot. The baby princess has been kidnapped by the mutants in the forest and its up to you to save her.
* SequentialBoss: Dr. Murdon in Non-Human. In Adventure mode, you only fight one form. Each subsequent difficulty adds a new form.
* ShieldedCoreBoss: Gustav from Non-Human. He's normally invulnerable to damage, but attacking him enough makes him cough up his innards. Attack those to deal damage before he swallows them back in.
* SwordBeam: Your weapon of choice in Silver Sword is firing swords from your sword. It even changes properties as it travels, first being a fire sword, then turning into a silver sword, and then an ice sword.
** The Spiderbot from Non-Human also uses these. However, they do more damage if used at close range.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Non-Human lets you know that you are at the final level when you see the original's level layout, including that familiar face...
* TookALevelInBadass: A lot of games, especially Non-Human. Not only does the setting look awesome, but the game play has improved on a vast scale, and the music definitely carries it along more than well.
* TurnsRed: The vampires in Illuminator will chase you if you hit them, requiring a second hit soon after the first to kill (unless you hit them point blank with a fully-charged flashlight)

* TrickBoss: Many bosses of Non-Human start out as a regular zombie Mook... then Dr. Murdon sprays more mutagen on them and they transform into a grotesque creature.
* {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s: The villagers in Mash Man [[spoiler: decide to hang Mash Man after he destroyed their rampaging machine. Even after he saved their lives!]]
* UpdatedRerelease: Non-Human went from being a basic remake to being its own game, because the developer was "too creative" with it. That's what you get when you're involved with [[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden Tales of Games]]. You can find this version in the Tales of Games Vidcon pack.

* WasOnceAMan: All the enemies in Non-Human were once human.
* WaveMotionGun: The third stage of Star Evil gives one of these.
* WhenTreesAttack: Geophyte in Non-Human.
* WordSaladTitle: Gunksmasterjasper from Non-Human.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Dr. Murdon (the villain of Non-Human) has green skin. He's the guy based off the large green heads from the original.
* AsteroidsMonster: The zombies in Non-Human's hard mode can split into multiple smaller horrors.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: A {{Squick}}y example in Gustav from Non-Human. You need to attack him enough so that he coughs up his innards, then shoot those innards to deal proper damage to him.
* BigDamnHeroes: The secret ending of [[spoiler: Mash Man has him saved from being hung thanks to the Cheetahmen coming to his rescue!]]
* BlackoutBasement: Every level in Illuminator, forcing you to use your flashlight to see what's going on and defeat enemies by charging it up to a certain point before turning it on. You can also collect night lights, christmas lights, lamps and strobe lights to plug in and help you see what's going on and spot enemies.
** Certain areas of Non-Human are dark. [[MuzzleFlashlight Fire your weapons to light the vicinity around you]].
* BodyHorror: The intro of Non-Human shows the humans graphically turning into mutant zombies after exposure to Dr Murdon's mutagen. In harder difficulties, said zombies will transform into even more grotesque creatures (and sometimes, multiple) if you take too long to kill them. The FinalBoss also transforms from a green human into a caterpiller-like thing in the hard mode.

** Non-Human was suppose to be a basic remake. Then the developer (Tales of Games) got too creative with the game and decided to make it stand on it's own. It is included in the Tales of Games Vidcon pack.
* CallBack: Some games will reference it's source material. Non-Human and ''VideoGame/{{STREEMERZ}}'', for example, plays the same game music from the original in the title screen.
* CastFromHitPoints: The Electroz robot from Non-Human's final build. It shares its life bar with its energy bar, so attacking will make it lose health, but ammo pickups will give it back health.
* CloseRangeCombatant: The Spiderbot in Non-Human.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Illuminator went from slaying vampires with the lights out most of the time to a survival-horror about using your flash light to combat dark abominations.
** Space Dreams is about a baby having a dream of a pacifier in a shoot-em-up setting, that slowly descends to a nightmare inducing setting.
** Star Evil certainly seems to be more depressing than we remember.
** Mash Man to a lesser degree. His toes represents hit-points, that appeared to get [[{{Gorn}} ripped right off]] just for taking a hit. Plus [[spoiler: the ending involves him being hung.]]
** Even Non-Human (already quite dark) gets turned up here. Enemies die by exploding into LudicrousGibs, and then there's the BodyHorror zombies.

* DegradedBoss: A number of the {{Elite Mook}}s in Non-Human are weakened versions of the {{miniboss}}es.
* DirectContinuousLevels: Non-Human's level scheme is pretty much one long, horizontal plane that gradually proceeds from one area to another as the player progresses through the bosses.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Mash Man gets cast away from his village, until he learns about the rampaging machine. He saves the town, but gets hung anyway since he destroyed a helpful machine...]]
** Star Evil ends with [[spoiler: Carmilla (the pilot) making a HeroicSacrifice by destroying Star Evil. [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Not that she had much of a choice otherwise.]] ]]
*** Of course, if you're evil, [[spoiler: Carmilla joins Star Evil to become the Star of Death and [[KillEmAll eradicates Earth.]] ]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In Mash Man, beating the game ends with [[spoiler: Mash Man being hung by the villagers for destroying the juice machine ([[WhatTheHellTownspeople the very one that was killing others and destroying the village]] [[AssholeVictim in which the Mash Man saved them from]]).]] However, if you beat the game by [[VideoGameCaringPotential not killing any of the handful of moving creatures in the second area]], [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes The CheetahMen will come to Mash Man's rescue]].]]
* EasyModeMockery: Non-Human has Adventure and Challenge mode, where the game is shorter than Extreme Mode. When the Final Boss is beaten, the words "[[AWinnerIsYou Wow good job]]" appear on screen, then the game ends. Extreme Mode however allows you to do a NewGamePlus.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: In Silver Sword, each enemy is weak to either fire, silver or ice. Hitting them with their weakness deals 10 damage. Hitting them with the incorrect attack deals [[ScratchDamage 1 damage]]. The main challenge comes when you have to adjust your distance, as your sword's element changes depending on how far it travels.
* EliteMook: The FinalBoss of Illuminator is basically a superpowered vampire, taking a ton more hits to kill than a normal one.
** In Non-Human, the {{Degraded Boss}}es (Geophyte and Gunksmasterjasper) act as these. They only appear in the hard mode, however.

* FallenHero: [[spoiler: The protagonist of Star Evil slowly descents to this to the end, if the fangs are any indication. You have the option to dive it further by [[GoshDangItToHeck swearing at your enemies]].]]

* FlunkyBoss: The TrueFinalBoss of Non-Human.
* FragileSpeedster: Sir Schwartz in Silver Sword has less hit points than Sir Argent, but he's faster and can fire at a faster rate.
* GiantMook: The large orange head-things and the eyeball spitters in Non-Human.
* GlassCannon: The Spiderbot in Non-Human. It has low health, but it's very fast and hurts a lot especially at close range. And then you get the attack rate upgrade...
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Carmilla of Star Evil.]]
* {{Homage}}: Lollipop's opening (according to a video) seems quite similar to how Super Castlevania 4 starts.
** Sombreros has a game play mechanic that seems to work just like the Dead Eye mechanic in the [[RedDeadRevolver Red]] [[RedDeadRedemption Dead]] games.
** A couple of games play just like NES games, like Meong and ''STREEMERZ''. ''STREEMERZ'' even got an NES port.
** Non Human's graphics are pretty reminiscent of Super Metroid. The FinalBoss is even fought in a similar manner to Crocomire- you need to shoot into his open mouth to push him back into a meat grinder, while he tries to back you into a BottomlessPit.
* HulkSpeak: The characters in Chill Out.