What do you think is the worst game of all time?

[leicamaster]

I think ET for the 2600!

[ApolloBoy]

I think ET for the 2600!

E.T. is not really as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I swear, I think most people who diss E.T. have never actually played it. There are far worse games out there.

[Alison DeMeyer]

It depends really. Have you played all the games out there? Ever played Godzilla on NES, a game which received 9% out of 100% in the Nintendo magazine 'Total'? Surely one of the worst games. I played 'Forest' on VCS, which is also absolute rubbish. But to determine which is the worst game of all time you'd have to play them all (worldwide releases) to be even remotely able commenting on this subject.

[Soviet Conscript]

It depends really. Have you played all the games out there? Ever played Godzilla on NES, a game which received 9% out of 100% in the Nintendo magazine 'Total'? Surely one of the worst games. I played 'Forest' on VCS, which is also absolute rubbish. But to determine which is the worst game of all time you'd had to have played them all to even remotely able to make a comment on this subject.

you know godzilla is one of my favorite games ever for the NES acually so is Jaws and that regularly pops up as "the worst".

Hylide almost single handedly turned me off of RPG's in my childhood.

also, and i know theres people who are gonna stick up for it but...Cybermorph on the Jag. sorry, i just hated that game and thought it was dull. Then again i expected alot for the Jaguar when my parents got it for me for christmas. I was so excited and then.....Cybermorph.

[Garry Silljo]

you know godzilla is one of my favorite games ever for the NES acually so is Jaws and that regularly pops up as "the worst".


Another positive vote for Godzilla here. I just wish the sequal built upon and improved this game instead of switching genres. I don't really care for Jaws, but mostly because it's so short, not that it's terrible.

My vote would be for Taboo the Sixth Sense, if that actually counts as a game. If that's disqualified, I can think of something else.

[DigitalSpace]

Hey Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing for PC: you're winner!

Seriously, every single part of the game is broken. I recommend playing it at least once, because it is fun to drive around (and off the course into vast nothingness) and fool around with everything.

[agbulls]

Without thinking too much I'm just going to throw Shaq Fu into the mix.

[8-bitNesMan]

Nights for the Saturn is pretty terrible...

[Technosis]

Atari 2600 Star Ship: A game so bad Atari actually discontinued it for a time in 1979:)

[Overbite]

Festers Quest and Cobra Triangle are the worst games ever made

[Gabriel]

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties

[ApolloBoy]

Festers Quest and Cobra Triangle are the worst games ever made

No way, I find both games (especially Fester's Quest) quite enjoyable. What makes you say they're the worst?

[ryborg]

Easy. White Men Can't Jump for the Jag.

[sizor]

Without thinking too much I'm just going to throw Shaq Fu into the mix.

Noo. :(

[Overbite]

No way, I find both games (especially Fester's Quest) quite enjoyable. What makes you say they're the worst?

well, because they suck

[ApolloBoy]

well, because they suck

In what way(s)? Both games have pretty good graphics and music, and pretty decent gameplay IMO.

[agbulls]

Ok, I'm going to stick with the 90's basketball player theme. Pick your poison:

Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan's Chaos in the Windy City
Barkley Shut Up and Jam
Bill Lambier's Combat Basketball

\\^_^/\\^_^/\\^_^/

[PingvinBlueJeans]

E.T. is not really as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I swear, I think most people who diss E.T. have never actually played it. There are far worse games out there.
I definitely agree...although it did make #1 on PC World's list of the worst games of all time:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127579-page,2-c,games/article.html
That list seriously sucked. Smurf Rescue? Give me a break...that game is great. :roll:

Anyway...worst game of all time? Really hard to say. A lot of the very early Atari VCS titles were awful...ditto for the Odyssey2...but alot of that had to do with the primitive nature of the games and the limitations of the hardware. There are plenty of newer games that suck far more (and have no such excuse) - Dark Castle, Heavy Nova and Batman Forever for Genesis come to mind as games that are unbelievably bad.

[leicamaster]

Nights for the Saturn is pretty terrible...

Take that back!!! Thats my second favorite game!

[leicamaster]

ET is horrible I have it and ive played it!

GT named Superman 64 the worst game of all time! That game isnt that bad!

[Bigjobs]

Hylide almost single handedly turned me off of RPG's in my childhood.

Even after playing Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior II, Hydlide makes you hate...hate so hard. That and Aquaman for the GameCube

[SaturnFan]

wcw backstage assault.

[Overbite]

In what way(s)? Both games have pretty good graphics and music, and pretty decent gameplay IMO.

actually I don't remember. I know I used to own these as a kid and I hated them way back then and I still do.

I tried playing Festers Quest on a rom and i actually got upset playing it, and cobra triangle is annoying and dumb.


so they are bad

[Soviet Conscript]

actually I don't remember. I know I used to own these as a kid and I hated them way back then and I still do.

I tried playing Festers Quest on a rom and i actually got upset playing it, and cobra triangle is annoying and dumb.


so they are bad

I liked both of those games.

[Gandhara]

The worst game ever:

Action 52 hands down. Nowhere can you find 52 games that stink this bad

[bangtango]

actually I don't remember. I know I used to own these as a kid and I hated them way back then and I still do.

I tried playing Festers Quest on a rom and i actually got upset playing it, and cobra triangle is annoying and dumb.


so they are bad

I never liked Fester's Quest that much either but I wouldn't call it the worst game of all time. Cobra Triangle was pretty fun, just a little hard to beat I thought. Actually Fester's Quest was kind of hard, too. Are you sure you just hate those games because they are too damn hard? Better add Ghosts and Goblins, Athena and Battletoads to the list then :p

If those are your ideas of a bad NES game, I'd recommend King Neptune's Adventure. That game will change your mind in a minute. Hell, it's worse than Deadly Towers or Hydlide. I thought Dirty Harry was pretty rotten, too. Although I am sure I would like it better if I played it today, I remember hating NES Jekyll and Hyde (it was called something like that) when I rented it as a kid.

My worst of all time will probably remain King Neptune's Adventure.

[sabre2922]

Nightmare Creatures on N64:puke:

NOT the playstation versions of Nightmare Creatures I actually liked them for some strange reason.

If I remember correctly the Nintendo 64 version of Nightmare Creatures was made by a different developer but published by the same publisher?

Anyhoo I DO remember playing Nightmare Creatures on the Nintendo 64 and it was TERRIBLE in everyway not that the Playstation editions were AAA games or anything but damn the n64 version was almost unplayable with terrible gameplay and ugly ass graphics.

Terrible horid game.

[Push Upstairs]

Overbite is just pulling yer chains...he really has the largest shrine dedicated to Uncle Fester and "Festers Quest" in the northern hemisphere.


My pick for crappiest game of all time:

"Bart vs. the Space Mutants" Acclaim took a dump in a NES cart and sold it to unsuspecting consumers.

[bangtango]

Overbite is just pulling yer chains...he really has the largest shrine dedicated to Uncle Fester and "Festers Quest" in the northern hemisphere.


My pick for crappiest game of all time:

"Bart vs. the Space Mutants" Acclaim took a dump in a NES cart and sold it to unsuspecting consumers.

Bad control, lousy animation, messy graphics and insane difficulty. Yep, that's a crappy game. It doesn't end there, though. Believe it or not, Bart vs. The World was much worse. At least Space Mutants looked and felt like a Simpsons game. Sad when the highlight of Simpsons gaming on the NES was Krusty's Funhouse and if I am remembering right that came out on so many systems it was pointless to settle for the NES version.

[leicamaster]

Beavis and Butthead for the Game Gear was real bad too.:grrr:

[j_factor]

Name That Tune for CDi. It plays some crappy oldies tune that you've most likely never remotely heard of if you're under 60, not even playing the actual song, just a crappy rendition of the tune itself. And then it tells you what the tune was, and you tell the game whether you got it right or not. What the fuck?

[PentiumMMX]

Barney's Hide & Seek Game. 'Nuff said

[AMG]

WWF Attitude / Dreamcast

I found this games to be pretty much unplayable. Worst fighting engine I've ever had the displeasure of playing.

[Tron 2.0]

Mario Hotel ;)

[bangtango]

WWF Attitude / Dreamcast

I found this games to be pretty much unplayable. Worst fighting engine I've ever had the displeasure of playing.

Oh, man. That one was putrid. I'll never forget buying that piece of crap on clearance at Walmart for $5 or $10 thinking I got a hardcore steal. It was a bitch just to win a match and I had to pause the game each time I did a move to make sure I was using the right sequence. All my bouts descended to punching and kicking fests.

[AMG]

Oh, man. That one was putrid. I'll never forget buying that piece of crap on clearance at Walmart for $5 or $10 thinking I got a hardcore steal. It was a bitch just to win a match and I had to pause the game each time I did a move to make sure I was using the right sequence. All my bouts descended to punching and kicking fests.

I got it cheap too, something like $7.99 from Target. So I figured what the heck, I'll give it a go. I feel bad for anybody who bought that game for full retail price.

[Dr. Morbis]

My worst of all time will probably remain King Neptune's Adventure.

Aww man, are you serious? I love that game! It's got a cool map, great underwater graphics, a giant sea monster to fight, lots of treasure to find, etc, etc.

Actually, I think that no matter what game anyone could possibly name in this thread, there will be some weirdo out there who loves it. Even after Big Rigs was brought up, someone replied that it was "FUN" to try it just to mess around with how broken it is. I'm sorry, but if there's even a smidgen of fun involved anywhere, it can't possibly be the worst game ever.

It's like Plan 9 From Outer Space syndrome: people love to hate it, even though the truth is that there are dozens of movies made every year that are a lot less entertaining than that one.

...and anyone who says E.T. is a noob (wear the badge proud, boys ;) )

[Anthony1]

Fox Hunt.

[Sparkster]

The thing about E.T. is that nobody really knew what to do. The other thing is that you should really start on level 3, and work your way toward level 1. It's a hard game for sure, but that, Adventure and Raiders of the Lost Ark got me started on the games where there as an attainable ending, not just going and going until you run out of lives.

However, out of the games I've ever given a chance to, I'd say Dragon's Lair for the NES was the worst. Your character is so slow and weak, you're hard-pressed to make it into the castle - the very first task you have to do. Thanks to mega-cheating with emulation, I've seen it through to the end, and it doesn't get any better.

Dishonourable mention to Back to the Future - vertical scroller, top-view, you walk from location to location dodging bullies, bees (wtf), hula-hoop girls, all within a certain time-frame. And then there's the special sections where you have to throw milkshakes at bullies, repel Lorraine's kisses, catch notes on a guitar, and if you can stomach that, then you can actually try to drive the DeLorian down the street, but if you fail, it's game over. It's even worse than it sounds.

[suppafly]

Bart Vs the mutants its a real piece of shit. I really regret spending days and days playing it...btw I never could beat it :@

[Clong]

I want to throw Hard Drivin' for the Genesis, and Bubsy 3d for the PSX into the mix. Anyone like those games?

[Push Upstairs]

I don't even like the arcade version of "Hard Drivin"...I can't image how horribly choppy the Genesis version is.

[Leo_A]

Name That Tune for CDi. It plays some crappy oldies tune that you've most likely never remotely heard of if you're under 60, not even playing the actual song, just a crappy rendition of the tune itself. And then it tells you what the tune was, and you tell the game whether you got it right or not. What the fuck?


Sounds fun to me, is there a songlist anywhere online showing what songs are on it?

[schnuth]

I'm surprised no one mentioned any of the plethora of crappy FMV games on the Sega CD. So I'll throw out the worst...... Sewer Shark.

Aaron

[OatBob]

in defense of...

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 does deserve its credited role in The Video Game crash of 1983 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_crash_of_1983) for poor Atari's poor management skills. The game was written (not even tested) in less than five weeks by Howard Scott Warshaw who had already created two of the best games for the VCS (Yars Revenge and Raiders of the Lost Ark) Given the short development time, this game is truly is a work of art.

Most people discredit it because they don't immediately know how to play it. The manual includes detailed instructions on how to play (and win) the game, and with the age of this classic system, is something many collectors may never see. Once you know how to play, the game is straightforward. I have beaten the game (two completions actually, the game starts over and accumulates score when you "beat" it) and still think it is frustrating, but don't dislike it enough to label it the worst game ever. I'll give it a 4 out of 10 for an Atari game, poor, but I've known worse.

Shaq-Fu is so bad its funny, but it does have nice graphics. It fails everything else, but graphics do count for something. People's distaste for this game displays why graphics before gameplay is not necessarily a wise choice in game design.


and the real losers...

Now, Superman64 is deserving of its ill fame. Chunky graphics and the definitive haze of the generation. Poor controls do not compliment Superman's superhero image and add an unwanted level of difficulty. The storyline is also quite disgraceful.

Personally, my least favorite of all time is Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. It plays like no other Pac-Man game I'm familiar with. The mazes are wrong, and (for a game as simple as Pac-Man) the controls manage to feel chunky and broken.


a phoenix from the ashes, the games industry rises anew

Consumers had already lost faith in third parties as games of poor quality flooded the market, but still held out for what Atari had to offer. The combination of E.T. and Pac-Man broke the games industry for a few years but inspired some important innovations for the future. Nintendo joined the game a couple years later, backing all its licensed games with the Nintendo Seal of Quality, and limiting the quantity of yearly titles on third party developers. While not the most friendly offering to developers, it did ensure a consistent number of quality games being released.

[Daltone]

GT named Superman 64 the worst game of all time! That game isnt that bad!

I think my face just exploded. I love awful games, and I'd say Superman 64 was a real shocker.

The N64 has some really bad games on it. Superman 64, Carmageddon 64 (this game does not get the scorn it deserves - more people need to play it.), Nightmare Creatures, Clayfighter et al were all pretty damn horrible. At least with this latest generation's rubbish the graphics have advanced to a point where even a really terrible, broken, game (like the recently mentioned Beverly Hills Cop) doesn't look quite as bad as those first 3D attempts and so are slightly more playable.

The Game.com can compare to the N64 in terms of prime crap though. Horrible ports of Resident Evil 2, Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat Trilogy all rendered in glorious "WTF-O-Vision" saw to that. On the subject of handhelds - the Game Gear is home to the hardest game in existence in the form of The Terminator. There is no fun in being repeatedly raped by large metal machines. Someone should have told the designers that.

Obviously when you have a really extensive library the chances of there being bad games is more likely. PSX owers were graced with classics like The Fantastic Four, The City of Lost Children and Virus (the one based on the film).

Unfortunately, nothing can compare to the amount of shit on the PC. Big Rigs may technically be awful, broken and damn near unplayable but it is not the worst game ever IMO. Me, I'm going for this game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Cleansing_%28computer_game%29) As far as I can tell it has absolutely no redeeming features.

[mailman187666]

I remember getting soooo pissed off at Captain Planet for the NES when I was little, so I'm gonna go ahead and say that game.

[thetoxicone]

I want to throw Hard Drivin' for the Genesis, and Bubsy 3d for the PSX into the mix. Anyone like those games?

I have a soft spot for Hard Drivin', I think it all comes down to the fact that for a long time it was the only game at a cafe my family liked to dine at about once a week when I was a kid and it was the only thing I could do to pass the time while they sat around and drank coffee. That being said I occasionally pull that or Race Drivin' out for playing on my nomad.

[Graham Mitchell]

2600 Pac-Man is WAAAAY worse than E.T. In fact, there are a ton of Atari games where I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do, or even what I'm controlling on the screen, so those have definitely got to be worse than E.T.

My vote for the worst game of all time: Bokosuka Wars for the Famicom. It looks like shit, I can't figure out what to do, and the music is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Although, it does have the greatest game over screen ever.

[DarthKur]

My pick for crappiest game of all time:

"Bart vs. the Space Mutants" Acclaim took a dump in a NES cart and sold it to unsuspecting consumers.


Bad control, lousy animation, messy graphics and insane difficulty. Yep, that's a crappy game. It doesn't end there, though. Believe it or not, Bart vs. The World was much worse. At least Space Mutants looked and felt like a Simpsons game. Sad when the highlight of Simpsons gaming on the NES was Krusty's Funhouse and if I am remembering right that came out on so many systems it was pointless to settle for the NES version.


I've got to disagree with those two assessments, along with a couple others. Both Bart Vs. games are indeed very challenging but that's a good thing. Who wants a game that's super easy to beat? Frankly, I feel that the NES version of Bart vs. the Space Mutants is much more easy to control than the Sega Genesis one. Of coarse that's probably because the NES version is the one I learned the game on and dedicated many hours of playing. The two NES Bart games are among the very few games that I've actually bothered to play through to completion.
I do agree that the Krusty's Funhouse game does leave much to be desired.
I also must support both E.T and Starship for the 2600. E.T. is one of my favorite VCS titles. I really don't see what all of the fuss is about. It's not that hard to play. I complete it on a continuous basis. Starship, while obviously not being the most graphically stunning game, has to be credited with being the first FPS space game, as far as I can recollect. I remember having a hard time tracking that game down back in the early 80's. I ended up buying off some guy in the local bowling alley where I spent a lot of time burning through quarters on various arcade machines. I recall getting reprimanded for loudly cussing out the red ghost in Pac-Man all the time. To this day I still have it in for the red one. :wink 2:

[bangtango]

The thing about E.T. is that nobody really knew what to do. The other thing is that you should really start on level 3, and work your way toward level 1. It's a hard game for sure, but that, Adventure and Raiders of the Lost Ark got me started on the games where there as an attainable ending, not just going and going until you run out of lives.

However, out of the games I've ever given a chance to, I'd say Dragon's Lair for the NES was the worst. Your character is so slow and weak, you're hard-pressed to make it into the castle - the very first task you have to do. Thanks to mega-cheating with emulation, I've seen it through to the end, and it doesn't get any better.

Dishonourable mention to Back to the Future - vertical scroller, top-view, you walk from location to location dodging bullies, bees (wtf), hula-hoop girls, all within a certain time-frame. And then there's the special sections where you have to throw milkshakes at bullies, repel Lorraine's kisses, catch notes on a guitar, and if you can stomach that, then you can actually try to drive the DeLorian down the street, but if you fail, it's game over. It's even worse than it sounds.

Back to the Future 2 and 3 was worse, regardless of how much my kid sister likes it. At least the first game had something to do with the movie. 2 & 3 was just some bad platformer with scant references to the movies. You do these frustratingly cheap minigames to collect a few dozen items, WTF?

[leicamaster]

I don't even like the arcade version of "Hard Drivin"...I can't image how horribly choppy the Genesis version is.

Hard Drivin for the genesis sucks! The sound is horrible! The Graphics arent all bad! What is really anoying of this game is the turning! JESUS!

[Push Upstairs]

I've got to disagree with those two assessments, along with a couple others. Both Bart Vs. games are indeed very challenging but that's a good thing. Who wants a game that's super easy to beat?


Bart vs. The Space Mutants has a somewhat interested premise but is
left with some terrible control and really is a waste of a good TV license.

I don't mind a game being challenging, but not when it is because of poor control.

[8-bitNesMan]

Take that back!!! Thats my second favorite game!

So what is your favorite game?

[cyberfluxor]

Name That Tune for CDi. It plays some crappy oldies tune that you've most likely never remotely heard of if you're under 60, not even playing the actual song, just a crappy rendition of the tune itself. And then it tells you what the tune was, and you tell the game whether you got it right or not. What the fuck?

That is seriously funny. I'd expect a good number of the most horrible games landing on systems: 3DO, CDi, 32X, Jaguar, VCS, PC, NES and some other older systems. Then there are the bad games that have come out recently to attempt a break or win situation and just couldn't cut it. I guess you can contribute this to cheap DEV kits available to college drop-outs that believe they can make it like in the 60's-80's gaming and computer boom and the more recent 90's-00's internet boom.

[j_factor]

I'm surprised no one mentioned any of the plethora of crappy FMV games on the Sega CD. So I'll throw out the worst...... Sewer Shark.

Sewer Shark really isn't that bad... in fact I'd say it's easily one of the better FMV games. Have you played NFL's Greatest?

[sobjac]

never did like the n64 bring on sega game gear

[sobjac]

sewer shark for the sega cd was long boring prefer to watch paint dry

[k8track]

I thought this subject looked familiar. Check out these (albeit a bit old) threads in Classic Discussions:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11018

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19731


Might be interesting to compare today's answers with those of a year or two ago. Have the opinions changed?

[Gameriley]

Worst game that I own/played - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (NES)

I've heard many bad things about Superman 64, E.T., Action 52 and Sega CD FMV games as well.

[bangtango]

Sewer Shark really isn't that bad... in fact I'd say it's easily one of the better FMV games. Have you played NFL's Greatest?

Yeah, Sewer Shark ain't bad. I used to own it and a Sega CD. Say, is NFL's Greatest similar to Mike Ditka's Quarterback Attack? QB Attack was my favorite FMV game.

[Daltone]

I thought this subject looked familiar. Check out these (albeit a bit old) threads in Classic Discussions:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11018

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19731


Might be interesting to compare today's answers with those of a year or two ago. Have the opinions changed?

Oddly it was one of those lists that made me want to seek out the very worst in computer entertainment. In hindsight some of my answers there are nuts. I suppose we have the disclaimer that we were voting for favorites and least favorites (in which case I stand by a few, my choice of 'worst' games seems to be the ones that disappointed me the most in a few cases.)

My choice for the Worst Game of all Time (Supreme Warrior on the Mega CD - Awful FMV rubbish) seemed about right at the time. It is certainly still in the top ten somewhere.

[Overbite]

also i hate that SHUT UP AND JAM basketball game with charles barkley or someone in it.

[j_factor]

Yeah, Sewer Shark ain't bad. I used to own it and a Sega CD. Say, is NFL's Greatest similar to Mike Ditka's Quarterback Attack? QB Attack was my favorite FMV game.

I've never played Quarterback Attack... NFL's Greatest was basically just a bunch of stock footage of the 49ers and Cowboys. You pick a play, and then watch it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Final Fantasy VII, but I'm a bit biased against Bishysephypoopoomomma'sboy. :p

[bangtango]

I've never played Quarterback Attack... NFL's Greatest was basically just a bunch of stock footage of the 49ers and Cowboys. You pick a play, and then watch it.

Quarterback Attack is a little different. For starters, the teams are generic and you are focusing solely on playing as the QB. You pick plays on offense and actually control what happens, whether you complete a pass, get sacked or throw an interception. You see the field from a behind-the-back view and there are a few different difficulty levels to choose from. The control isn't that great but you can move around in the pocket and you are able to "read" coverage meaning you don't have to throw blindly. You can clearly see what guys are covered and who you shouldn't pass to, unless you want to throw a pick. You don't control anything on defense, though, the computer predetermines the result which seems a little dumb but it keeps the game moving along at a pretty fast pace.

What you also get a lot of is dialogue from the coach (Mike Ditka), your teammates and opposing players. It changes based on how well you're doing. There are also scenes and dialogue which take place in the locker room, so not everything happens on the field. It is rather decent. I'm sure a lot of people who play it pick the "wrong" plays on purpose just to tank the game and watch Ditka get madder by the minute. See, one advantage of this game is that you don't ever "die", the worst that could happen is you lose royally. So you are guaranteed to finish the game and won't end up dying 10 seconds in and have to restart.

I can't say you'd like it but it was on the Saturn and 3DO, both versions are easy to find. I find it to be more playable than most games in the FMV genre.

[boatofcar]

Ok, I'm going to stick with the 90's basketball player theme. Pick your poison:

Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan's Chaos in the Windy City
Barkley Shut Up and Jam
Bill Lambier's Combat Basketball



Don't forget David Robinson's Supreme Court!

[boatofcar]

2600 Pac-Man is WAAAAY worse than E.T. In fact, there are a ton of Atari games where I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do, or even what I'm controlling on the screen, so those have definitely got to be worse than E.T.


True words. I've plugged in many a 2600 game to be greeted by a bunch of abstract symbols and no earthly idea what to do. At least with ET I at least knew what on the screen I was supposed to be controlling.

[XYXZYZ]

I don't know what would make a game the "Worst of all time", but the games I hate the most are:

Sword of Sodan, Genesis
Final Fantasy VII, PSX
Morrowind, Xbox

I can't say I really hate E.T, when I play it I just spend a little time seeing if I can do anything remotely interesting with it, and then turn it off.

[Cryomancer]

Am I really the ONLY person who likes 2600 pacman? Sure it isn't the same, but it's forever classic in my mind. I love those damn sound effects. I think I prefered jr pacman at that age, but i still have fond memories and occasionally play 2600 pacman.

[Terminusvitae]

This many posts and I'm the first person who's going to offer "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu?" I never would have bought the game if it hadn't been a black cart for $2.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Ok, I'm going to stick with the 90's basketball player theme. Pick your poison:

Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan's Chaos in the Windy City
Barkley Shut Up and Jam
Bill Lambier's Combat Basketball

\\^_^/\\^_^/\\^_^/

You forgot Magic Johnson's Fast Break. Nice Bomb, indeed.

[swlovinist]

Of the 4000 games I own, three come to mind that deserve the recognition of being the "suck of the sucky games". I know that there are others that I dont own, but these are the ones that I have played and laughed about how bad they are.

3rd on my list of "suck of the sucky" goes to Rap Jam Vol 1. Rap people playing basketball, without their music playing. This piece of crap Snes game was no more than a ploy to promote Rap CDs. The game is bad, but not as bad as the concept of using Rap and Hip Hop artists playing sports.

2nd on my list goes to Drake and the 99 Dragons for the Xbox. This game has a special place of suckness that needs to be recognized. First of all, the animation of the main character is just bizarre, the only way I can describe it is controlling an lame comic book character born with out elbows and given , on top of one of the worst cameras ever made in a video game. From lame character design to by far one of the most boring second levels made in a game....they just took the first level and reversed it....without enemies....lame....

Top award for my worst game ever publically released for full price would have to go to Shadow War of Succession for the 3DO. When the intro screen looks unfinished, you know that you are in for a treat of suckiness. Try to imagine a really bad Mortal Kombat ripp off made by college students who flunked animation and acting school. It is so funny and bad, I recommend it for anyone to show how to not make a video game.

[bangtango]

Am I really the ONLY person who likes 2600 pacman? Sure it isn't the same, but it's forever classic in my mind. I love those damn sound effects. I think I prefered jr pacman at that age, but i still have fond memories and occasionally play 2600 pacman.

That was the first version of Pac Man I ever played. To this day, I've only played Pac Man games on either an Atari system (2600 or 7800), on the NES or in the arcade. I thought the 2600 version was all right, too. Yeah, Ms. Pac Man and Jr. were better games on the 2600 but my memories of Pac Man for the system were also positive. I am still amazed to hear some of the same sound effects you mention in popular culture, in tv shows and commercials which use those sounds to represent a video game.

It helps quite a bit that I didn't froth at the mouth waiting for the 2600 version to be released after logging a bunch of hours with Pac Man at the arcade. I played it when I was 3-4 years old in 1983/1984 and it was my first exposure of any kind to the franchise. So I didn't have any sort of expectations and am obviously less disappointed (or hostile) about the game than some of our fine, upstanding early 1980's arcade veterans here :)

In fact, there are a lot of popular games from the classic era that I only know from having played them on a 2600, 7800 or Intellivision so those versions will always be the first ones that come to mind when I think of certain classics. That was what I owned and getting into the arcade wasn't a regular thing. At that age, Asteroids, Defender, Missile Command, Centipede, Dig Dug, Space Invaders, Pac Man and Galaxian were all games I never even heard of until I saw a 2600 cart in my living room and popped it in. Good ports or bad, those versions all bring back various memories to me, mostly good ones. Sacrilege? Perhaps. The bigger problem is not having better arcades near my home as a kid or owning a wider variety of computers (Atari/Commodore) or consoles (ColecoVision/5200).

[leicamaster]

So what is your favorite game?

Ocarina of Time!!! Actually NIGHTs is my 3rd favorite game! My second favorite is got to be Super Mario Bros. 3