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Action Hollywood
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- Console
- Arcade
- Release
- 1995
- Players
- 2P sim
- Developer
- TCH / Proyesel
About Action Hollywood
Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:
Action Hollywood (c) 1995 TCH.
A platform game where players must walk around turning over all the squares while eliminating all the enemies in the process.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), PIC16C57 (@ 750 Khz) Sound Chips: OKI6295 (@ 9.09 Khz)
Players: 2 Control: 8-way Joystick Buttons: 3
- TRIVIA -
Action Hollywood was released in June 1995.
The game features several stolen elements:
* The company logo at the start clearly uses the Windows 3.1 shutdown chime. * The attract screen's lion is a poor quality rendering of the iconic MGM lion. * The musical jingle that plays if you select the Galaxy Wars stage is unmistakably the beginning of the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme. * Several stage backgrounds in Transylvania are Doom textures. * Almost every single sound effect seems to have been stolen from either Doom 2, Hexen, or Jazz Jackrabbit. While Doom and its sequel DID use a stock sound library as basis for many of their sounds, Action Hollywood specifically uses the Commander Keen pain sound used in Doom 2's super secret map, which is a giveaway as it was made in-house.
- STAFF -
Overkill Group, Proyesel 1995
Code: Marcos Hernandez GFX-Art: Jose L. Sanchez Game Design: Marcos Hernandez, Jose L. Sanchez, Xavi Artigas Music SFX: Marcos Hernandez, Jose L. Sanchez, Xavi Artigas Testers: Marcos Hernandez, Jose L. Sanchez
Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.
If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.
Open Play on this page to start Action Hollywood. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.
Action Hollywood — play guide
What Action Hollywood wants from you
Action Hollywood is an arcade light-gun / rail shoot cab: clear stages with aim honesty before continues empty. Shot honesty beats spray. Learn Action Hollywood windows cold—do not paste House of the Dead charts blindly. Calm first stages until clean singles are narratable; actionhw chrome is packaging, not free invulnerability or free stage clears on every board for vanity sprays into every silhouette.
First minutes in Action Hollywood
First stages: take clean singles, peek target priority, ignore scenic bait that invites empty-mag spray. Power-cycle once so Action Hollywood chrome stops looking like House of the Dead. Early stages teach Action Hollywood grammar: planned singles before spray routes that miss mid-stage when denser packs arrive on later boards. Hold that grammar before vanity sprays.
Core systems in Action Hollywood
Aim, shot, reload as wired, stage goals, lives/continues, and Action Hollywood UI define the systems. Skill is shot discipline under pressure—not spraying every silhouette into a miss. After continues, reconfirm stage and ammo state before racing again. Keep a one-sentence priority-before-spray rule ready before the second stage starts on this light-gun / rail shoot set.
Score, continues, and resources in Action Hollywood
Stage clears and clean hits score the run; misses and empty mags tax continues. Continues are coins. Fewer panic sprays and fewer ignored peeks keep credits alive. Farming early stages forever without reading denser packs still leaves Action Hollywood unread. Progress is chrome that no longer forces miss loops mid-stage on later boards, not a pasted clear.
Mistakes that burn credits in Action Hollywood
Spray-firing every silhouette, ignoring target priority, never waiting for a clean window, tunneling on scenery while a miss fails you, and freezing until the frame fills burn credits. Power-cycling mid-tilt without a plan burns another credit. Next credit: singles first, priority on plan—stop mash tourism for scenery and spray panic on later boards.
Next steps after Action Hollywood
When Action Hollywood stages clear without constant miss fails, compare House of the Dead deliberately, then return with single-shot drills. Keep playing until panic-spray empties stop ending sessions mid-stage on later boards. Cousin light-gun cabinets help as contrast after Action Hollywood feels automatic—not as escape from stages you still spray for chrome. Clear one full stage carefully before you chase vanity sprays again.
Sources cited below under Further reading.
Cabinet dossier
Action Hollywood is filed in our catalog as a 1995 release.
Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.
Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Maze.
Credit line lists TCH / Proyesel as developer.
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How to play Action Hollywood online
- Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start.
- USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
- On phones, open the on-screen pad from the emulator bar; rotate sits next to fullscreen.
- Save states, load, volume, and fullscreen stay on the emulator bar between credits.
Studio notes — TCH / Proyesel
TCH / Proyesel appears on this cabinet’s credit line. Browse more titles from the same studio on the developer shelf, or stay on this page and try the next cabinets in the same hall.
Questions about Action Hollywood
Can I play Action Hollywood free in a browser?
Yes. Classic Arcade Games hosts Action Hollywood as a Arcade cabinet you can start on this page. The emulator loads in the browser; you do not need to install a separate app.
What controls does Action Hollywood support?
Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start. USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
What genre is Action Hollywood on Classic Arcade Games?
Our catalog tags Action Hollywood under Maze. Open those genre rooms from the tags on this page to find more playable cabinets in the same feel.
Further reading
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