Action 52 in 1 near mint condition

I've got Action 52 in 1 for the Mega Drive / Genesis. It is in a near perfect condition, with a clamshell box. The only thing preventing me from saying it's in perfect mint condition is the label of the cart, which is starting to peel off very slightly on the left and right upper corner. The rest is really as good as it gets.

I do not have a manual for the game.

I tested the game on a modded Mega Drive with region set to NTSC-US. It worked and no problems were noticed (other than the games being shitty).

Here are some pictures. One was taken with a lightflash and has more detail, the other was taken in fading sunlight this evening, just to show there is no mark or damage at the upper left corner of the box, obscured by the lightflash on the first pic.

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As you can see, the game is called Super 52 in 1 on the front cover, however there is an Action 52 in 1 logo on the side of the box.

Edit: After receiving no offers at all, the game has been put up on ebay. The link to the auction can be found at post #15

I can ship to worldwide from Germany, as long as you pay the shipment.

Not trying to threadcrap here, but: I'm pretty sure this is actually a bootleg version of Action 52, possibly made by Supervision. I own the original version of Action 52, and it uses a non-standard cart shell somewhat similar to an Accolade cart -- it looks like the cart being held in the Cheetahman's claw.

Here are a couple threads on NA that discuss the "Super 52-in-1" release:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/mes...threadid=61105

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/mes...threadid=70380

A few of our posters who are well-versed in pirate games, e.g. Azathoth, would probably know more.

Damn, I tried to research if my copy is somehow non-legit. Didn't find any information about it though, just pictures and descriptions, no price range.

[Edit:] Price update.

why anybody would a bootleg version of action 52 is beyond me... Still, that is a very interesting oddity of a cart. It's probably pretty rare too.

I didn't find it on ebay, just the real Action 52 carts. As usual, ebayers were being greedy and let the game start at $70-80 just for the cart.

Maybe this version is so rare, it's even MORE expensive than the real Action 52 ; )

[Edit]: Also, I can imagine a few reasons for bootleging it. The original doesn't come in a clamshell and might be not PAL compatible. This version is.

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Originally Posted by goldenband

Not trying to threadcrap here, but: I'm pretty sure this is actually a bootleg version of Action 52, possibly made by Supervision. I own the original version of Action 52, and it uses a non-standard cart shell somewhat similar to an Accolade cart -- it looks like the cart being held in the Cheetahman's claw.

Here are a couple threads on NA that discuss the "Super 52-in-1" release:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/mes...threadid=61105

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/mes...threadid=70380

A few of our posters who are well-versed in pirate games, e.g. Azathoth, would probably know more.

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I've looked into the links provided in the first nintendoage thread and the guy (spoonman) is wrong, what he thinks about is some other multicart. What I have matches up with an Action 52 ROM for the Genesis. I've also gone through the trouble of testing almost all of the games and watching videos on youtube about it, etc. It's all the same.

I'm sure the games on the cart are the same, but I still think your copy is a pirate. For one, I don't think there was ever an "official" release of Action 52 outside the US -- it made a huge point of emphasizing "Made in the USA!" -- and the original release came with a fairly thick manual.

The Spoonman post is a red herring -- don't pay that one any mind; there are other posters who have the right idea.

What does the back of your box look like? Is there Chinese writing, like this?

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Well yes, my copy is a pirate. Then again, what is the original Action 52? It is not licensed and doesn't use the official cart mold either. It's also a kind of pirate.

The link you posted doesn't work. I'm pretty sure there is no chinese writing on the back though. I will make another picture when I come home today.

Sorry about the broken link, just fixed it.

Actually, yes, that is how it looks like. My copy has more color though and on the side there is the Action 52 logo.

Now the rarity and value of this copy were clarified and I've made a price update in the first post.

It's already been a week and there still are no offers whatsoever, which is a surprise for me. Does the fact that this copy is a chinese one make it so much less intersting?

I'd like some feedback about how interesting people think this particular copy is. Because if there is only interest in the NTSC first-release Action 52 here, I'll just put it up on ebay, end of story. I thought I'm doing a favor to collectors here by opening this thread, but as it seems, no one is interested?

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Well yes, my copy is a pirate. Then again, what is the original Action 52? It is not licensed and doesn't use the official cart mold either. It's also a kind of pirate.

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It's the exact same as Pier Solar. People don't consider it kind of pirate and bootlegs of it wouldn't be sought after unless they were like $5 - $10. But even then, the market would only consist of people who actually buy pirate carts (not everyone) and those who would don't care about working over WaterMelon.

Pier Solar was not licensed by Sega, because Sega allowed them to do everything they wanted, as long as they are not mentioned. Any kind of licensing was declined. They discontinued the Mega Drive for a loong time already...

Action 52 wasn't licensed either, but afaik it came out while the Mega Drive was still supported. To me that means there is not much difference between that "original" Action 52 cart and the copy that I have.

Oh well, if it's not that interesting, I'll just put it up on ebay.

In case someone is actually interested, I'll pull a necromancer and resurrect this thread, by posting a link of my ebay auction. It took me longer than expected to get around to this, but now it's here on German ebay.
The shipment costs of 2 EUR are of course just meant for local buyers. I'll ship to wherever, but the cost will differ.