Worst Star Wars games [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

elvis8atari

10-16-2008, 08:14 PM

Other then some of the ones for the atari what would you say are the worst Star Wars games and why?

What do you think of the Nes Star Wars game?
Do you find the SNES games good or too hard?

And what do you think are the worst of all star wars games?

SpaceHarrier

10-16-2008, 11:00 PM

Super Bombad Racing

Jorpho

10-16-2008, 11:05 PM

Go watch the Gametrailers Star Wars retrospective. It will answer all.

But Masters of Teras Kri and Demolition are likely at the bottom.

(I'd like to say Irritating Stick, but that doesn't qualify.)

Porksta

10-16-2008, 11:25 PM

Obi Wan

/thread

EDIT: Then again, "I'm not sure."

Frankie_Says_Relax

10-16-2008, 11:29 PM

Yoda Stories for GBC gets my vote.

eugenek

10-16-2008, 11:32 PM

Rebel Assault. Because although it had some cool aspects, playing that game was like skating downhill on ice. With only one skate. While drunk.

GM80

10-17-2008, 12:21 AM

Force Commander

Haoie

10-17-2008, 01:20 AM

Nope, none of those.

The Clone Wars on the GBA is the worst.

FrakAttack

10-17-2008, 02:50 AM

Return of the Jedi arcade was a huge letdown after the first two. Like a hot date with triplets, but the third one has a sarlacc in her vagina.

willowmoon93

10-17-2008, 03:14 PM

Three way tie for worst Star Wars games-
Flight of the Falcon for GBA
Masters of Teras Kasi for PSX
Jedi Power Battles for PSX (considering the Dreamcast game was soooo much better, this PSX version just sucked in every way possible, especially with the lo-res graphics, yuck)

Nebagram

10-17-2008, 05:31 PM

Super Bombad Racing. I would say Teras Kasi, but at least my fingers don't spontaneous combust when they touch the case.

heybtbm

10-17-2008, 06:13 PM

Wouldn't it be a shorter list to just compile the "good" Star Wars games?

Arcade Antics

10-17-2008, 07:29 PM

Wouldn't it be a shorter list to just compile the "good" Star Wars games?

QFT. Anything newer than the 80s arcade games is crap that only serves to uncalm the beef min.

The 1 2 P

10-17-2008, 07:33 PM

Star Wars Demolition for the PS1 should have never been made. What the fuck was the point? Also the Clone Wars on Xbox/PS2/GC was less than inspired, to the point where I never went back to playing it after trying it once.

Steve W

10-17-2008, 08:28 PM

I've always loved Star Wars Demolition on the Dreamcast. Yes, some of the pairings are pretty odd (like anyone would go into battle in a Pod Racer) but the game mechanics were an improved version of the Vigilante 8 game engine. Vehicular combat is my favorite genre, and as far as I'm concerned, this one is a winner.

DigitalSpace

10-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Star Wars Demolition for the PS1 should have never been made. What the fuck was the point?

Back then, it seemed like developers were trying to make a Star Wars game for everything. Episode 1 Racer on the N64 and Dreamcast wasn't bad - everything else was just ugly, including Demolition, which is a shame, because I thought it was a good concept that they should have spent more time fine-tuning.

Anything newer than the 80s arcade games is crap that only serves to uncalm the beef min.

I take it you didn't like the SNES games.

Haoie

10-17-2008, 08:37 PM

I have to defend SW: Demolition.

Of course it's non canon, but I don't see what's so bad about it. It's silly and pretty fun.

Damaramu

10-17-2008, 08:48 PM

Another SW: Demolition fan here. My friends and I had a blast playing this. Wish we had a bigger TV when we were doing it though.

I think I'm one of the few people who also liked Force Commander.

But yeah, Teras Kasi, Bombad Racing, Jedi Power Battles...all stinkers in my book.

elvis8atari

10-17-2008, 11:23 PM

What's your opinion of the NES star wars games?

Haoie

10-18-2008, 06:02 AM

Hmm.

Needs a list of all SW games.

And boy, that'll be a big list. Well over 100.

swlovinist

10-18-2008, 10:13 AM

I am currently going for every star wars game on a console, as well as the PC titles. I would say that the R-zone games are pretty bad by default. If you are counting games on a "real system", I remember Phantom Menance on the PSX being pretty awful.

roushimsx

10-18-2008, 12:05 PM

Wouldn't it be a shorter list to just compile the "good" Star Wars games?

No, the numbers of really good and really bad Star Wars games are pretty much even. There's a whole lot of crap inbetween, though.

I sure with Obi Won had come out on PC, though. The game might have been enjoyable with a steady framerate.

swlovinist

10-18-2008, 01:38 PM

After having a session of Empire Strikes Back on the INTV, that one is pretty bad as well.

Kid Ice

10-18-2008, 02:22 PM

QFT. Anything newer than the 80s arcade games is crap that only serves to uncalm the beef min.

????

Dude...

Shadows of the Empire?

Rogue Leader?

Super Empire Strikes Back?

Jedi Power Battles?

Jedi Starfighter?

Episode 1 Racer?

Honestly, I couldn't think of a bad one for the list...I kind of liked the fighting game, as silly as it was. Never played Demolition or Super Bombad Racing though.

swlovinist

10-18-2008, 04:06 PM

QFT. Anything newer than the 80s arcade games is crap that only serves to uncalm the beef min.

W T F

kid Ice I am with you, to say that all the star wars games past the games in the 80s from the arcade being crap is just bunk.

I agree with many that Star Wars games are either very bad or pretty decent.

My personal favorite is Rogue Squadron II.

BHvrd

10-18-2008, 04:57 PM

This one:

http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/star_war/

Gabriel

10-18-2008, 07:16 PM

Jedi Arena on the 2600 was a piece of crap.

Both of the NES games are pretty freakin' horrible.

I know the N64 fighter game... is it Rogue Squadron? That one gets a lot of praise but it's an absolute piece of drek. Probably one of the worst aircraft games I've ever played.

heybtbm

10-18-2008, 10:46 PM

I know the N64 fighter game... is it Rogue Squadron? That one gets a lot of praise but it's an absolute piece of drek. Probably one of the worst aircraft games I've ever played.

Drek...really? Did you play it when it was new?

When it was first released (Dec 1998), Rogue Squadron was groundbreaking. It was the realization of the dream of every poor fool (myself included) who fell in love with the first level of Shadows of the Empire two years prior. I can't tell you how f'ing cool that game was when it first came out.

You want drek? Shadows of the Empire is drek. And yes I'm still bitter for paying $99.99 for the damn thing at Toys R Us back in 1996.

j_factor

10-18-2008, 11:12 PM

The list of good ones is much shorter IMO. The only Star Wars games I've really enjoyed are the original arcade game and, funnily enough, Star Wars Arcade and Star Wars Trilogy arcade. Lego Star Wars is pretty good as well. The SNES games were almost on the verge of being alright, but they had rather poor level design, and inexcusable hit detection. For some reason I actually preferred the Game Boy version of Super Return of the Jedi. There was also a Star Wars game for Game Gear that was something approaching decent, but the level design was just too generic. And I've never played Star Wars Chess or Monopoly: Star Wars Edition, but I guess they couldn't be that bad.

As for absolute worst... my vote goes to Obi-Wan's Adventures on GBC.

ScourDX

10-18-2008, 11:28 PM

Star Wars: Force Commander gets my vote.

Kid Ice

10-19-2008, 08:18 AM

When it was first released (Dec 1998), Rogue Squadron was groundbreaking. It was the realization of the dream of every poor fool (myself included) who fell in love with the first level of Shadows of the Empire two years prior. I can't tell you how f'ing cool that game was when it first came out.

You want drek? Shadows of the Empire is drek. And yes I'm still bitter for paying $99.99 for the damn thing at Toys R Us back in 1996.

It's drek and you fell in love with the first level? Heh. I thought the first level was spectacular and the rest of the game was up and down, with some really cool stuff and a couple of weak parts.

roushimsx

10-19-2008, 10:44 AM

You know which Star Wars game really kicked ass? Tie Fighter. Now, X-Wing was cool and all (especially once you bought the B-Wing expansion!), but the way it handled secondary objectives was a bit bullshit. Tie Fighter did it totally right, baby. I'd go so far as to say that Tie Fighter is right up there with Wing Commander II and maybe, just maybe, a hair better.

in contrast, Star Wars Arcade sucked.

:(

FrakAttack

10-19-2008, 07:29 PM

I know the N64 fighter game... is it Rogue Squadron? That one gets a lot of praise but it's an absolute piece of drek. Probably one of the worst aircraft games I've ever played.

Hmm, that's one of my faves, along with Battlefront 1 & 2 and the SNES games.

roushimsx

10-19-2008, 09:04 PM

Hmm, that's one of my faves, along with Battlefront 1 & 2 and the SNES games.

Have you played Renegade Squadron on PSP yet? Adjustment to the control scheme aside, I found it a lot more enjoyable than the previous two Battlefront games. It's just a shame that it's a PSP exclusive and wasn't designed for any other platform. I can only imagine how much more awesome it'd be with higher end graphics, a comfortable controller, and a halfway decent online system.

FrakAttack

10-20-2008, 01:05 AM

Have you played Renegade Squadron on PSP yet?

Nah, don't have a PSP yet, but I'd definitely be interested in that title when I get one. Thanks for the heads-up.

Haoie

10-20-2008, 01:51 AM

Let this topic be a testimony to poor movie licencing.

The 1 2 P

10-20-2008, 02:27 AM

Let this topic be a testimony to poor movie licencing.

If thats the case then someone needs to mention the Batman movie games. Honestly though, I've played much more good Star Wars games in recent years than bad ones.

Mitch

10-20-2008, 03:04 PM

Doonzmore

10-21-2008, 08:09 PM

Add Battle for Naboo to the list of quality star wars games.

Kyle15

10-21-2008, 09:22 PM

Out of all the Star Wars games that I have played, Yoda Stories is the WORST.
It is an absolute mess of a game.

roushimsx

10-21-2008, 09:37 PM

Out of all the Star Wars games that I have played, Yoda Stories is the WORST.
It is an absolute mess of a game.

Which really upset me considering Indy Desktop Adventures was so much fun. Didn't work out nearly as well when they tried the same formula with the Star Wars tiles and whatnot.

Doubleshame that Yoda Stories got released on a CD while Indy Desktop Adventures was on a god damn floppy disk. Guess which one I don't have anymore? :'(

Tupin

10-21-2008, 09:45 PM

What was the name of that one Star Wars game on the PS1 that was all in FMV?

I remember that one being bad, but it had a few good things I liked.

otoko

10-21-2008, 10:31 PM

Being that I've only played the following titles:

Jedi Power battles (DC)
Episode 1 Racer (DC)(N64)
Shadows Empire (n64)

hmm... I thought the list was longer... I might be...

I guess I don't get a vote in this.

Edit: I just remember I played GB Star Wars.
I know that's supposed to be a good game... I didn't like it very much.

Jorpho

10-22-2008, 12:14 AM

Out of all the Star Wars games that I have played, Yoda Stories is the WORST.
It is an absolute mess of a game.
It wasn't so bad. If you can appreciate ZZT and Rogue and the like, you might have some fun with Yoda Stories.

Or are you perhaps referring to the GBA version? I understand that was indeed vastly inferior to the original.

The 1 2 P

10-22-2008, 12:54 AM

What was the name of that one Star Wars game on the PS1 that was all in FMV?

I remember that one being bad, but it had a few good things I liked.

That would be Rebel Assault 2 and I actually liked it. It was the only PS1 game that let you(briefly) pilot the Milleneum Falcon, although they just called it a Corelian freighter.

boatofcar

10-22-2008, 01:27 AM

That would be Rebel Assault 2 and I actually liked it. It was the only PS1 game that let you(briefly) pilot the Milleneum Falcon, although they just called it a Corelian freighter.

I liked that game too--it's one of the few non-adventure DOS games I've ever played for an extended period of time.

swlovinist

10-22-2008, 10:29 AM

Thought I would list my favorite and worst Star Wars Games

My Top Favorite(Not in any order)

1. Tie Fighter Collectors Edition
2. Knights of the Old Republic
3. Rogue Squadron II Rogue Leader
4. Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
5. Star Wars Racer

Rogue Squadron III get honorable mention due to having a two player Co-op of Rouge Squadron built into the game.

My Top Hated Star Wars Titles(not in any order)

1. Phantom Menace(PS1)
2. Super Bombad Racing
3. Star Wars Flight of the Falcon
4. Star Wars Empire Stikes Back(Game Boy)
5. Jedi Arena(2600)

As mentioned before, The Tiger R-zone games are bad by default...they are on the frigging R-zone. I did not know if those even count.

Going through the library of Star Wars games, there are quite a few that I have gone back and played. I would say that there are as many good than bad. I think that it is easy to say that many(like half) Star Wars Games(not all) lack a certain A+ polish that make them stand out more than an above average game. For every decent game they make, there is also a stinker thrown in. With that being said, I still want to collect them all.

Kyle15

10-22-2008, 11:03 AM

It wasn't so bad. If you can appreciate ZZT and Rogue and the like, you might have some fun with Yoda Stories.

Or are you perhaps referring to the GBA version? I understand that was indeed vastly inferior to the original.

No, the GBC version. The thing is, I really tried. I wanted to like it, but it felt like a poorly made rip-off of that style of game.

Slate

10-22-2008, 02:42 PM

Doubleshame that Yoda Stories got released on a CD while Indy Desktop Adventures was on a god damn floppy disk. Guess which one I don't have anymore? :'(

Using the lord's name in vain bothers me.

I tried to play a Star Wars Game on the Atari 2600, could have been Jedi Arena. I think my game was broken because all I could do was shoot in one direction... Star Wars Arcade on 32x was pretty boring too. Can't think of any other ones I didn't like at the moment.

Frankie_Says_Relax

10-22-2008, 06:06 PM

It wasn't so bad. If you can appreciate ZZT and Rogue and the like, you might have some fun with Yoda Stories.

Or are you perhaps referring to the GBA version? I understand that was indeed vastly inferior to the original.

I know I was referring to the GBC release.

The PC game was passable for what it was.

The GBC version is downright vomit-inducing.

I think it might be the worst GBC game I've ever played.

The single instrument, out of tune, midi version of the Star Wars theme that plays endlessly throughout the game is enough to make you want to hurl your gameboy out the window and then watch in glee as it smashes into a million bits of plastic on the pavement.

jb143

10-22-2008, 06:21 PM

I know I was referring to the GBC release.

The PC game was passable for what it was.

The GBC version is downright vomit-inducing.

I think it might be the worst GBC game I've ever played.

The single instrument, out of tune, midi version of the Star Wars theme that plays endlessly throughout the game is enough to make you want to hurl your gameboy out the window and then watch in glee as it smashes into a million bits of plastic on the pavement.

Agreed...It gets my vote as well. It feels as though it was programmed for 3'rd graders by 3'rd graders.

vintagegamecrazy

10-22-2008, 06:55 PM

Nes star wars was pretty awful.

roushimsx

10-22-2008, 07:07 PM

Using the lord's name in vain bothers me.

I tried to recall the post, but Walmart broke the street date.

Haoie

10-23-2008, 01:25 AM

From the looks of things, the bad SW titles outweigh the good.

Can't say the same about the movies though.

Or can you?

Volcanon

10-23-2008, 09:56 AM

From the looks of things, the bad SW titles outweigh the good.

Can't say the same about the movies though.

Or can you?

You can.

Good Movies:
Episode 4
Episode 5

Bad Movies:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 6
Clone Wars
Christmas Special