Worst Games you've ever played?

[SonicBoom]

So, What are the worst games you've ever played? I Say it because i had a simaliar post not too long ago called "What are the hardest games you've played?" and there are some connections. Pretty sure this topic has come up before but, Let's see what you guys think.

[davidbrit2]

Hakai-Oh: King of Crusher.

This game is an utter spectacle. It's so awful, that it's really worth playing in order to see just how bad a game can be. It must have been deliberate. There's no other rational explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VxLWbU0IaM

[Parodius Duh!]

Shadow Fight. Its a GOD AWFUL tekken clone released only in Japan.

[swlovinist]

Shadow War of Succession for the 3DO...final answer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUOeGz7vOo

[Ryudo]

Indigo Prophecy.
What a piece or pretentious narcissistic pile of shit.
I actually burned the disc just so that pile of fucking shit did not recirculate.
David Cage is a dumbass narcissistic douchebag who steals from other genres and denies is and calls his own tripe for a "game". Rejected Lifetime movie director.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Indigo Prophecy.
What a piece or pretentious narcissistic pile of shit.
I actually burned the disc just so that pile of fucking shit did not recirculate.
David Cage is a dumbass narcissistic douchebag who steals from other genres and denies is and calls his own tripe for a "game". Rejected Lifetime movie director.

I hate myself for saying this... but.

You mad?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fahrenheit_indigo_prophecy

*cackles*

Worst games... probably X-Men "by" LJN. I actually rented that shit when I was a kid. :(

[Ryudo]

I hate myself for saying this... but.

You mad?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fahrenheit_indigo_prophecy

*cackles*

Worst games... probably X-Men "by" LJN. I actually rented that shit when I was a kid. :(

Nope but I hate that game and Cage.
It's easily the worst game I ever played and I have played some LJN stuff and supes 64.

[Edmond Dantes]

I can't decide, but I've played a few games I didn't think were that great. Anime-based fighting games, half the stuff on the Taito Legends collections, System Shock 2 (my apologies in advance but I honestly don't see why that game is so beloved), and so many more.

Most of the games I play tend to have some sort of redeeming value even if they're not great, though.

[Aussie2B]

My answer has always and will always be Bubsy 3D.

[Pr3tty F1y]

Hakai-Oh: King of Crusher.

This game is an utter spectacle. It's so awful, that it's really worth playing in order to see just how bad a game can be. It must have been deliberate. There's no other rational explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VxLWbU0IaM

I must play this. :)

I'll add my vote for Bubsy 3D. I wasted a weekend rental on this (and using the word waste is even being too kind). Easily one of the worst games ever that actually had some production values. Terrible graphics, annoying sound and voice, and the fact that a tank is more agile than Bubsy = pure ****.

However, I think we need a horrible games that you love thread. I <3 Revolution X.

[Baloo]

To be honest, I don't think it gets any worse than X-Perts on Genesis. What a piece of shit!

[Natty Bumppo]

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice for the SNES.

The pits.

I would rather get a root canal whilst simultaneously getting a prostate exam than play this turkey again. Only game (other than dupes) that I have ever traded in.

[DDCecil]

The Rocketeer (SNES). They should of just went with a graphical upgrade of the NES version. This "game" (along with Total Recall and Adventures of Dino-Riki) are the only ones I ever took back to the rental place the same day and exchanged them for something better.

[treismac]

The ineffectual cane in Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde for the NES serves a perfect synecdoche for that mind-blowingly horrible game. Why? Why?? Why?!!!?!? The game is so devoid of fun and purpose that it feels like an art game trying to inflict some of its creators misery upon its audience. I could describe the game but I think it's best to experience this crap firsthand with a controller in your hand. Despite the AVGN's warning about this game, I believe that this game is so bad that it is worth experiencing- kinda like how some people want to be tazered to know what it feels like.

[Nirvana]

I second Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde for the NES. That game was such garbage.

[Collector_Gaming]

to be truthfully honest it would be E.T for the Atari 2600

and i am not saying that because all your publications say its the worst blah blah blah

But i honestly have never played a game worse then that game.

Its the only game i ever played with intent on sitting through it and beating it and turning it off about 10 minutes later cause i couldn't figure out what the hell i was doing. Pit after pit after pit after pit. what is this.. I don't remember et falling into this many pits... The moon has less craters then this game! this game sucks *turns atari off*

[Atarileaf]

to be truthfully honest it would be E.T for the Atari 2600

I knew this was eventually going to get mentioned. *sigh*




But i honestly have never played a game worse then that game.

Then you haven't played many Atari 2600 games, or games for many systems at all, past or present.


*turns atari off*

Probably the smartest part of your post. ;)

[treismac]

Then you haven't played many Atari 2600 games, or games for many systems at all, past or present.

I've played crate loads of 2600 games with a good many of them being crap, BUT I still recall E.T. being a special brand of irritating. Those pits... How could you ever forget them? *Shudder*

[The 1 2 P]

to be truthfully honest it would be E.T for the Atari 2600

and i am not saying that because all your publications say its the worst blah blah blah

But i honestly have never played a game worse then that game.

Its the only game i ever played with intent on sitting through it and beating it and turning it off about 10 minutes later cause i couldn't figure out what the hell i was doing. Pit after pit after pit after pit. what is this.. I don't remember et falling into this many pits... The moon has less craters then this game! this game sucks *turns atari off*

Agreed. Even back when I was a kid and didn't know that much about game quality this game stuck out as not only being bad but being the worst game ever at that time. Another recently played horrible game was Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes. Get ready to die falling....alot. And I hope you like semi-responsive controls because thats all you get here.

[Atarileaf]

I've played crate loads of 2600 games with a good many of them being crap, BUT I still recall E.T. being a special brand of irritating. Those pits... How could you ever forget them? *Shudder*

The pits are actually quite easy when you get the hang of moving left or right immediately when the screen changes from the pit to the surface.

[Collector_Gaming]

I knew this was eventually going to get mentioned. *sigh*



Then you haven't played many Atari 2600 games, or games for many systems at all, past or present.



Probably the smartest part of your post. ;)

i guess my signature picture doesn't show here displaying what i own..

i own about 60 atari 2600 games (which i don't own ET but played it via of a cousin of mine back when i was younger.). Played a majority of them.
I own over 100 NES games. played alot before i did this whole collecting so some of my child hood games i don't own.. just more so played through relatives and friends and such. Which most of the games (except for the stupidly rare ones) that AVGN reviews for the NES i own (what happens when you buy stuff in bulk i guess. you get alot of bad apples with your golden eggs haha)
which thats not saying i got a bigger E-Penis then the next person... its just stating its not like i own 1 of each and then base my opinion from that

Yea i guess i haven't played any classic games to compare to.
And my review i state about the game is from memory of me from when i was about 7 or 8 years old. I didn't read video game publications and G4 didn't exist. So outside from what i had for games at the time i didn't know what was good what was bad or anything. But yet that game.. That one game stood out as clear as filtered water.

[Rob2600]

Some of the worst games *I've* played are:

2600:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

NES:
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
Days of Thunder
Deadly Towers
Karate Champ
Paperboy
Remote Control
Super Pitfall
Taboo: The Sixth Sense (does this even count?)

Genesis:
Dark Castle
The Last Battle

SNES:
Batman Forever
Pit-Fighter
Street Combat

N64:
ClayFighter 63 1/3
Dark Rift

[Collector_Gaming]

NES:

Taboo: The Sixth Sense (does this even count?)


not saying it shouldn't be here but i personally wouldn't count it.
Its a simulator.
Its as much a game as stock market app on my Iphone lol

But it does fall into that "what were they thinking" category of things of video game past

[Pr3tty F1y]

Some of the worst games *I've* played are:

NES:
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum


I had Dash Galaxy back in the day. So much potential. It was a really cool game, but the jumping mechanics just sucked and the oxygen limit on the map screen was a bunch of crap.

[Sunnyvale]

Buster Douglas KO Boxing, SMS. I haven't pulled a cart of out my system so quickly (and gingerly!) in a long, long time.

[Rob2600]

I just remembered another one:

Wall Street Kid (NES)

[Collector_Gaming]

another good mention i have played i just remembered that no ones played would be

Rocky for the Sega Master System
before you fight is just why...... wtf..... are you serious?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE
Thanks angry video game nerd for telling us how you feel.

[substantial_snake]

This is actually kinda hard, I can't really think of too many just outright bad games that I've played. I guess I just don't dwell on them much.

My vote has to go for Dark Castle on the Sega Genesis.

The AVGN brought this memory back up and it probably is the worst game I've ever played that I can recal.

[jammajup]

Some of the worst games *I've* played are:

2600:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Dark Rift


NoooooOOOOOOOOO! lol its one of my favourite Atari 2600 games,i think 3D Tic-Tac-Toe and some of the Atari 2600 sport and board game titles like Atari Soccer,Bowling,etc are trash even back in the day.After playing these you realise there is little wrong with E.T and Pacman they were just rushed productions.
Geof Capes Strongman on Zx Spectrum springs to mind,Zool is poor too on any format and i never liked Punch Out on Nes even though i hear endless praise for it.

[Collector_Gaming]

Geof Capes Strongman on Zx Spectrum springs to mind,Zool is poor too on any format and i never liked Punch Out on Nes even though i hear endless praise for it.

i know this is based on personal opinions.
But can i ask why you never liked Punch Out and Zool? Just wondering cause i always loved those 2 titles
like if there was something i overlooked or something i missed just to force myself to like them haha.

Some people i have heard actually hate Zombies Ate My Neighbors (IRategamer hates this game) but thats 1 of my all time favorite games. *shrug*

[Sadler]

Ballistix on the TG16 might get my vote.

[c0ldb33r]

Ballistix on the TG16 might get my vote.
Damnit really? I just bought that boxed. I was hoping that its good.

[Sadler]

Damnit really? I just bought that boxed. I was hoping that its good.

I mean, you might like it. It's kinda air hockey with the stupid twist that you have to shoot balls at the puck. I guess I should admit I didn't play it for more than maybe 20 minutes before getting so frustrated I had to give it up. It might get better! :)

[Hawksmoor]

Smashing Drive for the GCN and Fighting Masters for the Genesis are the first ones that came to mind for me.

[old_skoolin_jim]

This is a pretty recent discovery, but I'd have to vote for Castelian/Tower Toppler on the NES/C64 respectively. Inaccurate "Rotating graphics" be damned, this game is a turd.
What were the devs thinking?
"Let's give zero indication of when a floor tile will give way!"
"Let's make the NES version only use 1 button, even though there are two on the controller!"
"Let's give the game an unreasonably short time limit!"
HULK SMASH.

[The 1 2 P]

another good mention i have played i just remembered that no ones played would be

Rocky for the Sega Master System
before you fight is just why...... wtf..... are you serious?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE
Thanks angry video game nerd for telling us how you feel.

I played that games at my cousins when I was younger because his friend was the only one that didn't have an Nes like the other 99% of American kids. From what I remember I actually liked it but that was a long ass time ago. I definitely don't remember it being so bad that it would have emotionally scarred me me like ET did.

[j_factor]

I'm trying to remember the name of a first-person shooter for Saturn that was only released in Japan. I bought it back in 1998 because it was pretty cheap at a local store, and I'd never heard of it at all. I don't know if it was the worst game I've ever played, but it was close.

edit: Found it. Tokusou Kidoutai J SWAT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2qxSC0_00). Awful, awful game.

[jonebone]

It's hard to answer this thread, because if a game is truly that horrible, I probably take it out after 5 minutes of playing and totally forget that I ever played it.

I'll put a spin on this thread and ask, "What's the worst game you've ever finished?" For me, probably Zelda Phantom Hourglass on DS. It was so repetitive and quite annoying, yet I felt compelled to finish it since I was a Zelda fan.

Otherwise, nothing really comes to mind.

[Nightowljrm]

Pretty much all of the typical staples of crappy video games:
Color Dreams games,
Superman 64,
Bubsy 3D,
X-Men: Next Dimension,
Hunted: The Demon's Forge,
and a few others...

[starsoldier1]

I have two games that I think are equally terrible:
Color A Dinosaur (NES), a pointless colouring game that barely even works. I even did a video review where I got pretty upset at a small kid.
http://youtu.be/xp8UujAP9IU
Gunboat (TG-16), a Godawful 3D boating simulation with a terrible frame-rate and even worse controls.

[Fuseki]

Street Smart. Never have I played a more boring game in my life. On top of that, the game was in a converted Tron cabinet...

[treismac]

Gunboat (TG-16), a Godawful 3D boating simulation with a terrible frame-rate and even worse controls.

I couldn't agree more. It is a ridiculously horrible game.

[turbofan1]

Ballistix on the TG16 might get my vote.

I never played Ballstix.I remember playing A game For the Turbo grafx 16 almost twenty years ago called Battle Royal.It was beyond bad.I think the game was supposed to take advantage of the multi tap.The characters moved like they were cement.I think the programmers of this game,must of spent a whole week making this piece of crap.

[Skullkid]

AD&D Heroes of the Lance for the NES is pretty much unplayable.

[JSoup]

Rascal for the PS1. Thankfully I got it cheap when Costco was clearing out all their PS1 games, way back when.

[ButtonMasher123]

Some of the worst games *I've* played are:

NES:
Paperboy



What's so bad about this one

[j_factor]

What's so bad about this one

The NES version is a really, really weird port. I don't know that I'd call it one of the worst games, though.

[SNESAustin]

I know the SNES pretty well so I will stick with that.

Here are some gutter-trash games that really stand out:

Bebe's Kids: HORRIBLE brawler that has to be seen to be believed.

Race Drivin: Amazingly bad, this game has a course you cannot even finish

Pit Fighter: The WORST game I have ever played, bar none. Utterly broken in every way.

Captain Novolin. A game where you play as a diabetic superhero and must avoid bad junk food or die. Funny, though

RapJam: Volume 1: Terrible basketball sim from the makers of Bebe's Kids.

Obitus: Abysmal D and D ripoff effort. Worst RPG on the system

Mario is Missing: Boring educational game starring luigi.

Revolution X: Laugh out loud funny! Play it even though it is bad!

Waynes World: Great game: NOT!!!

Super Noah's Ark 3D: Funny but flawed shooter by the developer who brought you Bible Games.

All of these are pretty bad. I had to suffer through all of them!

[Informationator]

NES:
Deadly Towers
Fester's Quest
Rambo

[Rob2600]

NES:
Deadly Towers
Fester's Quest
Rambo

Totally agree.

[davidbrit2]

NES:
Deadly Towers
Fester's Quest
Rambo

I wonder if I'm the only person on earth that likes Deadly Towers.

[Rob2600]

I thought of another terrible game I've played:

The Tick (SNES)

[Hep038]

I wonder if I'm the only person on earth that likes Deadly Towers.


I do not think so, every time someone says Deadly towers is the worst game ever a few people with defend it. I hated it , but I just thought that was because I sucked at it.

[Graham Mitchell]

I do not think so, every time someone says Deadly towers is the worst game ever a few people with defend it. I hated it , but I just thought that was because I sucked at it.

People hate Deadly Towers because it's hard. It probably requires that you get out your graph paper. If the game had auto-mapping it might be seen as a bit repetetive but not unplayable. It's not perfect, and the difficulty when starting the game is a bit extreme, but it's actually got good music and cool visuals for the era.

I grew to love the game when I was a kid by using a cheat code: start the game and kill yourself. Push start to go to the password enter screen. Change the first 2 letters of the password to "FE" or "EF" and hit start. The game will start you with the best armor, swords and gauntlets. You can therefore skip the "searching for items and armor" segment of the game and go straight to the towers.

If you do this, you may find something to enjoy in it.

Adding to the list of worst games:
-Bokosuka Wars for the Famicom--so visually and aurally repugnant that the game becomes a chore to play just to put up with the horrendous audio. And it's not fun. The game over screen is hilarious, however.

-Impossible Mission for the Atari 7800--the game is broken and is missing items in the U.S. release, so it can't be finished. But they published it anyway, and didn't revise it. Europe got a working version.

-Strider for the SMS--When this came out I remember Gamepro raving about what a great port it was. They gave it a REALLY high score if I remember. The truth is, it's absolute shit. The character movement is so sluggish and the collision detection is so dodgy it's almost unplayable. And the music is just nauseating. Most SMS games that arrived on the scene after the Genesis caught on are really shitty, rushed ports. There's not reason to really play any of them becuase there's always a better Genesis version. It's just too bad because in the first few years the SMS had some great games that looked awesome.

[Informationator]

I thought of another terrible game I've played:

The Tick (SNES)
Oh man, I forgot about that one... I once resolved to play through the entire game.

Hours later I couldn't bear to do the same thing anymore.

[retroman]

Rocket Ranger for the NES was very bad.

[SpaceHarrier]

I have two games that I think are equally terrible:
Color A Dinosaur (NES), a pointless colouring game that barely even works. I even did a video review where I got pretty upset at a small kid.


I've never played the actual cart, but tested this out on a friend's ROM-filled Xbox. So I'd go along with this as worst.

However, if I were counting only games I'd legitimately played, Suzuka 8 Hours on SNES gets the honor of worst game. Ugly mode 7 effects, simplistic backgrounds, terrible sound and wonky gameplay. I rented this and spent less than 5 minutes on it before tossing it aside for the rest of the rental period.

[Flashback2012]

I've maintained an intense hatred for Amagon on NES for decades now. I simply could not/cannot stand the game and found it beyond stupid. I've gotten more enjoyment from playing Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game (which isn't that bad :ass:).

The DS version of Bust-A-Move is pretty terrible IMO. I thought it silly that I had to use the stylus to play and the cannon was replaced with a quasi-slingshot. I don't understand why motion controls HAVE to be implement just because it's on a system that uses a stylus. Games like Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ and Underwater Attack would have been fine if they DIDN'T have special controls.

[treismac]

Ikki for the Famicom is fairly bad. For starters, you have to press your farmer character to the very edge of the screen to move him, giving you no idea of where you are going. Pure kusoge (Japanese for "shit game"). Even if enemies didn't pop out of nowhere on occasion, killing you without giving you the slimmest chance of avoiding their shurikens, you would grow so bored of collecting coins that you'd wish they would go ahead and end your turn as cheaply as they could.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/ikki-1.png

It does, however, have ninjas, which covers over a multitude of gaming sins.

[Canadian Psycho]

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice on Super NES. Horrid.

Data East's Werewolf on NES is another one. They even switched around the attack and jump buttons, brilliant...

P.S. I, too, hated Deadly Towers with a passion. Amagon and Predator on NES are masterpieces compared to this abortion of a game.

[Nescollector]

drakkhen snes, I was so pissed at this game after I bought it, that I put a screwdriver through it. Only time I ever destroyed a game.

[c0ldb33r]

drakkhen snes, I was so pissed at this game after I bought it, that I put a screwdriver through it. Only time I ever destroyed a game.seriously? That's funny. I owned it too and quite liked it. I ended up beating it.

I always found it spooky. I think it was the music.

[djshok]

Time Killers for Genesis, I mean seriously WTF.

[Emperor Megas]

Genesis:
The Last BattleDude, I fucking LOVE Last Battle. That game is all sorts of awesome on SO many levels.


Waynes World: Great game: NOT!!!This made me literally double over laughing! It's just one of those mornings I guess. LOL

[Graham Mitchell]

seriously? That's funny. I owned it too and quite liked it. I ended up beating it.

I always found it spooky. I think it was the music.

Drakkhen is a great example of how good atmosphere and music can save a mediocre game. I love Drakkhen both for the creepy atmosphere and the fairly fun and unique gameplay. It's got issues, sure, but if you know what you're doing it's very playable and interesting. Parts of that game still put chills down my spine. Oddly enough, the Amiga version doesn't have any music and totally lacks the charm, as such.

And I'll defend Last Battle as well. It's so quotable. "I serve the Duke." "What kind of being is Duke?" Or my favorite: "Arzakh, save the world!" "I will save the world!"

[LaughingMAN.S9]

indigo prophecy.
What a piece or pretentious narcissistic pile of shit.
I actually burned the disc just so that pile of fucking shit did not recirculate.
David cage is a dumbass narcissistic douchebag who steals from other genres and denies is and calls his own tripe for a "game". Rejected lifetime movie director.

how....dare....you sir!!!

[kupomogli]

I'll agree with others on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Also.
Back to the Future 2 and 3 (NES)
Fist of the North Star (NES)
Eternal Eyes (PSX)
Ballz 3D (SNES/Genesis)
Street Fighter/Fighting Street (Arcade/TG16)
Tobal No.1 (PSX)
Dragon Ball GT Final Bout (PSX)

[Nescollector]

seriously? That's funny. I owned it too and quite liked it. I ended up beating it.

I always found it spooky. I think it was the music.

Yes true. When the snes came out, I bought games knowing nothing about them. It seemed like the snes launch/ first few months where kind of weak, so I was dying to buy a new game and really felt like I pissed away $50.00 It was stupid on my part to wreck the game.

[lookfun78]

I really hat zelda 2. It's not the fact that it's hard, but the fact that the music and the stupid attack along with the annoying little enemies make it a game I just can't stand at all and would play 98% of other games over this.

[Tokimemofan]

I'll agree with others on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Also.
Back to the Future 2 and 3 (NES)
Fist of the North Star (NES)
Eternal Eyes (PSX)
Ballz 3D (SNES/Genesis)
Street Fighter/Fighting Street (Arcade/TG16)
Tobal No.1 (PSX)
Dragon Ball GT Final Bout (PSX)

Eternal Eyes? Seriously? I found that one to be quite good. Cosmic Carnage (32x) made a good test cart but...

[HappehLemons]

Final Fantasy X
Seriously one of the only games I've ever just flat out stopped playing because I thought it was so bad.

[Ryudo]

Final Fantasy X
Seriously one of the only games I've ever just flat out stopped playing because I thought it was so bad.

http://i.imgur.com/Fdn9X.jpg

[Blitzwing256]

people at work convinced me to try one of their girly first person shooters, I played battle field 3 for 33 seconds, died 3 times, seriously the least fun gaming experience I ever had.

seconded only by my unfortuante time trying to play panzer dragoon on the saturn, which has been officially renamed "unfun triangle shooter dragoon" by my then group of friends.

OH NO LOOK OUT THE BLUE TRIANGLE THING IS SHOOTING AT YOU!!!!

[ownerizer]

people at work convinced me to try one of their girly first person shooters, I played battle field 3 for 33 seconds, died 3 times, seriously the least fun gaming experience I ever had.


You must be doing it wrong. I LOVE First Person Shooters, and have been pwending at Battlefield 3 for the past month or so.

[Ryudo]

people at work convinced me to try one of their girly first person shooters, I played battle field 3 for 33 seconds, died 3 times, seriously the least fun gaming experience I ever had.

seconded only by my unfortuante time trying to play panzer dragoon on the saturn, which has been officially renamed "unfun triangle shooter dragoon" by my then group of friends.

OH NO LOOK OUT THE BLUE TRIANGLE THING IS SHOOTING AT YOU!!!!
With ya brotha. They got me to play Cod4 and Halo 3 and it was fucking boring as hell and repetitive as hell. FPS is the most bring genre I have ever played