Is this better than the NES version? Hardly.
Story: As far as I know, there aren't any stories to any of the 52 games on here.
Controls: The only good game in the controls department is Bonkers, besides that, the controls are an absolute disaster, especially the jumping controls.
Characters: N/A
Graphics: The graphics are one of the worst things about this game. The graphics look like they should be on the Sega Master System or something like that.
Comments: Well, it's an improvement, but not a very big improvement. There are way less glitches in this version, which is a good thing. Even without the glitches though, this game is STILL very difficult, the way they have it set up and all. If anybody has read this review, then it's not a good idea to play Action 52, when you have better compilations out there.