ArkFullofSorrow.  Yes, ArkFullofSorrow.



Though it might be the best game on this collection,  they did not think enough if it to make a title screen... probably because it's just too damn boring.

8) 15 Puzzle

Likely the first time you'll think to yourself "Seems like these guys succeeded in doing what they were trying to do!"  Only problem is the concept is not exactly worth doing at all.

Imagine those those slide-puzzle games with 15 pieces and a single open space where the (unstated) goal was to arrange the squares in the proper order.  Of course, we always used to just rip the pieces out and either put them in order that way or use them as weapons.  We all received them as party favors whenever we'd attend a birthday party.  If you were friendless enough not to have such an experience, imagine the puzzle mini-game in Final Fantasy.

There's nothing apparently wrong with this working of this concept of Action 52.  Hell, the game even mixes it up right in front of your face for you so if you're autistic enough you can probably memorize the order and work in reverse.  But did you ever think to yourself, "I gotta play me some slide puzzle!" 

Perhaps I would play this thing if there were achievement points or 100 GP to be had as a result of completion.  If I must relive past games from childhood parties, I'd prefer Smear the Queer (a roundtable discussion about the aerodynamics of rain and hail) or Ow! My Balls! (some poor soul's stones are repeatedly smashed to the point of sterility... preferably done to somebody of inferior genetic makeup, so Chrono Trigger fans were always optimal targets).

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