The worst super crappy game you love.

[Fuyukaze]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my poison of choice. Some people have said Koei should be stoped before releasing another, I cant wait till they bring it to the handheld though.

[JamesAmbrose]

I enjoy brawling it up in 'Bad Dudes' on the NES every now and then, the introduction sequence and the voice acting are classic. "I'M BAD!"

[EricRyan34]

I would have to say 2 Xtreme for the Playstation, not many people liked that game besides me and my friend. definitly a classic to me and i love it :D

[youruglyclone]

put me down for driver 3 as well...if there wasn't any on foot missions it would've been considered a great game.

although the driver series always had 1 mission later in the game that was nigh-impossible for me

Spoilers!!!!


-Driver 1 - escort the president
-Driver 2 - Chase Jones' Killer
-Driver 3 - Chase Catalina (or whoever the hell Michelle Rodriguez's character was named)


Spoilers end!

otherwise it's a fun game.

[SEGA-SAMMY]

I love Project Horned Owl. Man I bought this one back in late 97 it was really cheap for the time $15 or so.

I was pleastly surprised with the anime cutscenes and fun two player co operation of it. I love how there was chatter between the characters and the control station while you are shooting the baddies throughout the game. :D I still take it out every now and then for some mindless fun. :evil:

[klausien]

I love Project Horned Owl. Man I bought this one back in late 97 it was really cheap for the time $15 or so.

Agreed wholeheartedly. A decent, now dated, gun game that was universally panned for no reason IMHO.


Eight Man (also on the Neo) is pretty good, all things considered.

Right on! I love Eight Man. Still awesome looking with that fantastic Power Rangers/Kamen Rider vibe. The running stages are still great.

As for my personal choices. #1 would have to be Ys III: Wanderers From Ys. Not universally hated, but widely seen as the red-headed stepchild (couldn't resist) of the series. I think the game is not only capable, but excellent in all of its incarnations. Haven't played the PS2 remake. Too $$$$.

Huge fan of Ghostbusters on Master System. Still love it an play it from time to time. Rather poorly made, but it got the license right by me. Also love Shooting Gallery on the SMS. Those ducks are frickin' infuriating :angry:

People have mixed feelings on the original ToeJam & Earl, but with two players it is still fun as hell. Who would have thought walking around aimlessly could be so fantastic. I will admit that you had to be an adolescent in the puffy pants days of MC Hammer and In Living Color to dig it though.

I also like both NanoBreaker and GunGrave, even though they both suck.

Basically, any game gets a chance with with me, but I am never going to like Floating Runner. THAT is true suckitude. What were they thinking!?! (sorry somewhat OT).

[crazyjackcsa]

I loved Batman Forever on the Genny. Universally hated, miserable control, bad voice acting quality. I loved it. I also liked Sega Touring Car on the Saturn.

[Necron99]

M.C. Kids for NES

I loved the idea of playing upside down and thought it so cool when I was a kid. Still love it too!

[XianXi]

Toss up between The Three Stooges and Jet Moto.

[Graham Mitchell]

Toss up between The Three Stooges and Jet Moto.

The Three Stooges is a cool game, actually. I like all the Cinemaware games, in fact. As for Jet Moto...crickets.

[marshmannes]

NES X-Men and Swordquest: Fireworld are games that I like because of how bad they are. I get to use my strange sense of humor on these games. I like to make fun of anything that is bad and these two games are the games to make fun of. Bad graphics, sound, and gameplay are what I like to poke fun at the most.

[ghostangelofcky]

I play Shaq-fu once a month, and then I want to kick my own ass.

[max 330 mega]

Anyhow, I would have to say that I actually like Mutation Nation. It's too hard for me to get through without feeding credits, and it does get pretty bad at parts...but man, there are some nice areas in here! My favorite is actually the museum, that short gallery walkway before you enter the boss room (ram-headed guy who has a t-rex skull come out of his chest - this fellow's on the box art in the back).

i love mutation nation! Its actually kind of a tie between mutation nation and streets of rage 2 as my favorite beat em up ever.

[hobbes13]

Jaws and Silent Service for NES. The plane flying into the
horizon at the end of Jaws always brings a tear to my eye,
beacause the rich tourists that visit the unnamed tropical paradise
will no longer by massacred by a monster shark. :)

As for silent service, there is nothing more fun then sneaking up on ships that look like
theyre made out oflegos LOL

[goldenaxe90]

Karate Kid for the NES - you know you love it

[acem77]

turbo prop racing psx
bimini run genesis
star fox adventure gamecube
fantavision ps2
super scope 6 6 in 1 game pack snes
fmv games (sewer shark,nighttrap,road avenger,cobra command, ect...

i think you can never be a true diehard gamer if you dont like games most people hate...

[Steven]

Tonight I played a game I haven't in 13 years... and if it ain't "bad game you love" I don't know what is!

POWER MOVES (SNES, Power Athlete SFC, Deadly Moves Genesis)

It was so much cheesy fun, and I still found it to be the same today still. :D

[Ed Oscuro]

Anyhow, I would have to say that I actually like Mutation Nation. It's too hard for me to get through without feeding credits, and it does get pretty bad at parts...but man, there are some nice areas in here! My favorite is actually the museum, that short gallery walkway before you enter the boss room (ram-headed guy who has a t-rex skull come out of his chest - this fellow's on the box art in the back).

i love mutation nation! Its actually kind of a tie between mutation nation and streets of rage 2 as my favorite beat em up ever.
It definitely kicks Robo Army's ass, and it's not too far behind Burning Fight graphically (in terms of diversity).

And yeah, SoR II is amazing. :)

[2Dskillz]

Karate Kid for the NES - you know you love it

You've got to love the mini-games, breaking the ice, catching the fly, those were fun.

I enjoyed Jaws and Fantavision (some of the most convoluted cut scene ever, but so fun)

I never really heard much about Sky Odyssey for the PS2, but I loved it, still play it from time to time.

[Oobgarm]

I'm going to have to say Fantavision. Hey, I don't regret paying $54.99 for it at launch!

I'll have to think a bit about my 8-16 bit days. I'm sure there are many questionable games that I enjoyed.

[Avatard]

Are Azure Dreams and StarRaider considered crappy games? For some reason I really liked flyingaround on StarRaider for the 2600 with that extra controller with lots of buttons. I had no clue what any of them did I'd just fly around and get mad and start punching the pad. One day I will get that game again and figure it out.

[GameSlaveGaz]

I play Shaq-fu once a month, and then I want to kick my own ass.

LMAO, this guy in Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA) had a little video game shop and one day me and my boyfriend were there and saw "Incredibly Rare Shaq-fu for the SNES! $325!!!" And we laughed our ass off. The guy did it as a joke because he had a bunch of copies and people kept buying them just because it was an hilariously crappy game. Originally, he had the regular price of like $3 or $5 on it and people went, "No way! A fighting game w/Shaquille O'Neill?!!! I HAVE to see that!" I gotta admit, I have some morbid curiosity to play that game. The same morbid curiosity that wants to see Kazaam or Shazaam or whatever the name of the movie is where Shaq's a genie. So to deter people from buying this monstrosity - or just for a laugh I don't remember exactly, he made the phony sign. That guy's cool as shit, but his little booth kept getting robbed so he moved all video games up into the Japanese import store on the 2nd floor called Tokyo Kid, so at least whenever I'm in Harvard Sq I still run into him. Unfortunately his selection has dwindled since the move. Didn't stop me from getting a Power Pad though!

[pseudonym]

Bubsy and Aero the Acro-Bat for the SNES. It seems like a lot of people don't like these games but love them. The sequels did suck though as a few people have said. Super Pitfall on the NES is another one.

[Steven]

Bubsy and Aero the Acro-Bat for the SNES. It seems like a lot of people don't like these games but love them. The sequels did suck though as a few people have said. Super Pitfall on the NES is another one.

Isn't Super Pitfall called "Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure"? I'm pretty sure it is.

As for Bubsy and Aero, it seems hate or love with those 2. I haven't played either yet but look forward to doing so.

Am I the only sap who enjoys POWER MOVES? That free movement system was cool! :D

[goldenaxe90]

Isn't Super Pitfall called "Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure"? I'm pretty sure it is.



Thats the Genesis version, might be on SNES too

there is an actual game on NES called Super Pitfall. Its pretty pathetic, but does have a kind of charm

[MegaDrive20XX]

Anyhow, I would have to say that I actually like Mutation Nation. It's too hard for me to get through without feeding credits, and it does get pretty bad at parts...but man, there are some nice areas in here! My favorite is actually the museum, that short gallery walkway before you enter the boss room (ram-headed guy who has a t-rex skull come out of his chest - this fellow's on the box art in the back).

i love mutation nation! Its actually kind of a tie between mutation nation and streets of rage 2 as my favorite beat em up ever.
It definitely kicks Robo Army's ass, and it's not too far behind Burning Fight graphically (in terms of diversity).

And yeah, SoR II is amazing. :)

I actually loved Burning Fight, you really had to applaud the company who did that for at least trying

[Anthony1]

Bubsy and Aero the Acro-Bat for the SNES. It seems like a lot of people don't like these games but love them. The sequels did suck though as a few people have said. Super Pitfall on the NES is another one.



Aero the Acrobat is actually a very good game. I don't think it can really be considered crap. Anybody that is really into mascot type games, would probably very much enjoy Aero if they gave the game a decent chance. As for Bubsy, ok, I think Bubsy could qualify as somewhat craptastic.


Regarding Aero, I remember an issue of Die Hard GameFan that featured Aero on the cover, and they had a huge 5 page spread on Aero, with Halverson basically hyping it up to the 10th degree. Of course, Halverson is well known for falling madly in love with certain games and blowing them out of proportion. Still, Aero is a fine game, especially for somebody like me that has a soft spot for run and jump type games.

[The Great Dane]

Deadly Towers 8-)

This is considered one of the worst games ever made for the NES, but I personally think it is a spectacular game. The story is very detailed and original, especially for it's time, the music is very captivating, the weapons and special items are interesting, the level design is unique and challenging to get through. I admit that the game is VERY VERY hard, but it is also very fun.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

I'll second Sorceror for 2600. It's just so random and awful that I can't draw away from it. That 'music' is beyond awful, but I get it stuck in my head every now and then.

Also, Circus Maximus for Xbox. I put hours and hours of time into this, and really didn't have any issue with controls, as most reviews cited. My only complaint was there was no 2-player co-op in story mode (just in arena matches)

[starsoldier1]

I also thought the Guy Game wasn't that bad. I wish there were more adult friendly games out there.

[Kroogah]

SPRUNG. Oh God the game is hilarious. And you can get it for like 8 bucks now.

[James]

Haunted Castle - Arcade. Castlevania game sort of, really really impossibly hard and badly designed game, has good music though.

[Ed Oscuro]

Haunted Castle - Arcade. Castlevania game sort of, really really impossibly hard and badly designed game, has good music though.
Hah, yes, that's one I like too. Wouldn't call it badly designed, but the wierd hit box on the morning star...and the US versions are much harder than the Japanese...they took away all the asthetics on the cabinet sideart and make it impossible to play. Go figure.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Tecmo Secret of the stars SNes

[sickdrummer420]

Burn Cycle [CD-i]

good call!

[Steven]

here's another one, while not crappy, it could have been SO MUCH better.

NBA Give N Go on SNES. It's just not fast enough! Other than that, love the big sprites, love the Run N Gun-ish feel.

[Snapple]

Are Azure Dreams and StarRaider considered crappy games?

I don't think Azure Dreams is a panned game. It's just a mostly unknown game. I LOVE it though, and I don't know why. But I just had to always reach that next level of the tower.

I also love Mischief Makers. I wouldn't consider that a panned game at all. Same thing with Super Scope 6. I wouldn't count any of those three.

I don't know if I have any universally-hated games that I like. Perhaps the closest would be California Games. For some reason, I've heard that game slammed a lot the past few years. But at the time, I loved it, and my brother did too. I still enjoy it in fact.

[DDCecil]

Drakkhen and Hydlide. I've beaten both games numerous times, and I still play them today. Though I will admit, Hydlide's song sounds like some theme from an ice cream truck...

[FireMillen]

the arcade version of 10 yard fight. Bought the arcade machine for 50 buck and it had 56 dollars worth of quarters inside it but I got greedy and sold it on ebay. wish i had it back. :(

[marshmannes]

Ground Zero Texas is a panned game that I like. The game changes each time you play, which increases the replay value to a shallow genre.

[Zadoc]

I really, really liked the SNES version of Jurassic Park. Most of my friends hated it and most of the review were bad and everyone I know prefers Blue Sky's version on the Genesis, (and I am a Sega fan), but IMO this game is/was excellent.


-note: I have not played it since its release.

[pseudonym]

Bubsy and Aero the Acro-Bat for the SNES. It seems like a lot of people don't like these games but love them. The sequels did suck though as a few people have said. Super Pitfall on the NES is another one.



Aero the Acrobat is actually a very good game. I don't think it can really be considered crap. Anybody that is really into mascot type games, would probably very much enjoy Aero if they gave the game a decent chance. As for Bubsy, ok, I think Bubsy could qualify as somewhat craptastic.


Regarding Aero, I remember an issue of Die Hard GameFan that featured Aero on the cover, and they had a huge 5 page spread on Aero, with Halverson basically hyping it up to the 10th degree. Of course, Halverson is well known for falling madly in love with certain games and blowing them out of proportion. Still, Aero is a fine game, especially for somebody like me that has a soft spot for run and jump type games.

I like Aero as well but the game is hard. There are a few stages that if you don't know what you're doing, you can lose a lot of lives - Roller Coaster Rampage, Rotor Ride, Barrel Roll Bonanza, one of the museum stages, and the last stage, Edgar Ektor. The game has a lot of secret 1-ups though. If you finished the game before and with some luck you can get around 50 lives by the time you reach the last stage but you will likely lose about 10 or so trying to finish that stage.

[marshmannes]

Deadly Towers 8-)

This is considered one of the worst games ever made for the NES, but I personally think it is a spectacular game. The story is very detailed and original, especially for it's time, the music is very captivating, the weapons and special items are interesting, the level design is unique and challenging to get through. I admit that the game is VERY VERY hard, but it is also very fun.
The real worst NES game is X-Men. There are more cases of slowdown and flicker than I have ever seen. The graphics are terrible for an NES game (Only slightly better than Atari VCS games). The sounds give me a headache and the music is annoying. The controls are unresponsive and the gameplay makes no sense at all. It is worse than a sword that makes it look like he is urinating (A reference to Deadly Towers). Super Pitfall is lame too. Super Pitfall is the second worst because of how bad it is compared to the Atari VCS games. At least the control is somewhat responsive. Super Pitfall was not even made by Activision (FCI/Pony Canon) made it. The NES is my favorite system of all time, but it is far from a perfect system.

[Julio III]

SPRUNG. Oh God the game is hilarious. And you can get it for like 8 bucks now.

I really liked Sprung, ok, it did get down to a lot of trial and error but it was good fun and pretty funny.

[mjluther]

Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose for the SNES. Someone left this at my house back in The Day, and it's been a guilty pleasure ever since. I still pop it in every few months. Not sure what it is...but I enjoy it.

Also, there are folks here and there who sing its praises, but Keith Courage in Alpha Zones seems pretty widely disliked. I love it, though. It, Bonk's Adventure, Splatterhouse and Neutopia are the only TG16 games I keep in constant rotation.

[tritium]

Nobody ever seems to like the Genesis version of Altered Beast but me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/atomicthumbs/alwayshave.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/atomicthumbs/alteredbearbubble.jpg

I like it.

[klausien]

Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose for the SNES. Someone left this at my house back in The Day, and it's been a guilty pleasure ever since. I still pop it in every few months. Not sure what it is...but I enjoy it.

Another hidden treasure. Anyone who considers this beautiful Konami platformer a "super crappy game" should just quit playing. A sleeper at this point, but it is a excellent game.

Good choice!

[Roi]

Virtua Striker 2 for the Dreamcast, it's even one of my favorite games of all time 8-)

[Truffle]

Godzilla for the SNES.
I hated the game for years after buying it new. After finally figuring out the battle system its pretty fun....
Until you die and realize you cant continue that is.

[Graham Mitchell]

Godzilla for the SNES.
I hated the game for years after buying it new. After finally figuring out the battle system its pretty fun....
Until you die and realize you cant continue that is.

For that matter, Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for the NES is pretty great, too. Developed by Compile. It's got the same sound scheme as the Guardian Legend and Zanac. It's pretty cool!

[Daltone]

Clayfighter 63 1/3 is a game that I keep coming back to play. There are very few redeeming features, but there's something about it that has me hooked. Unlike Superman 64 pr Carmageddon 64 (both of which are in the running for the inglorious title of "Worst Game I've Ever Played), actually being able to play Clayfighter defintiely increases its appeal.

[Mangar]

Pataank for the 3DO - It always got these horrible reviews, but i absolute love the game. Even my non-gaming friends would play this some years ago with me.

A virtual pinball game where you **ARE** the ball? Classic :)

[Poofta!]

postal 2. everyone hates this game, i love it. the load times dont bother me, i think its one of the funnest games ever, and i dig all the jokes.

[Ruudos]

Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose for the SNES. Someone left this at my house back in The Day, and it's been a guilty pleasure ever since. I still pop it in every few months. Not sure what it is...but I enjoy it.

Another hidden treasure. Anyone who considers this beautiful Konami platformer a "super crappy game" should just quit playing. A sleeper at this point, but it is a excellent game.

Good choice!

This is not a supercrappy game at all. Quite some people like this game a lot, and it got high scores back in the days.

[Sparky]

PS2 Clock Tower 3, Sparky likey!!! :) i dont think there are alot of fans

[bangtango]

None of these have been mentioned:

1. Evil Zone for Playstation
-Anime fighting game that has cheesy dialogue and a fighter (Erel) with HUGE cans......:)

2. Eternal Eyes for Playstation
-RPG 101 that is without a doubt the simplest RPG on any gaming system, another $10 PS1 game (like Evil Zone)

3. Club Drive and Fight for Life (Atari Jaguar)

4. Zelda II: Adventure of Link
-every single gaming magazine tears this one to shreds, just read EGM, Game Informer, the list goes on.......

[retroman]

well i think this game is great....but some reviewers slam it and my friends and family think it is crap to...the game is Pit Fighter...for arcade or Genesis, Lynx. The other one did stink in my opinion

[Kitsune Sniper]

Legend of Success Joe.

I think I'm the only person to have ever written an FAQ for the game.

[fergojisan]

Miniature Golf for the Atari 2600. Everyones hates it, but I enjoyed it a lot.

:love: I hope you voted in the DP Top 25 games thing. I was thinking my vote for 2600 Miniature Golf would be the only one. :D

I also loooove Human Cannonball. It's really cool that they couldn't fit "ouch" on one line. And the sounds are top notch! LOL

[kedawa]

Virtua Athlete 2K has to be the worst game I actually enjoy.
I only play it with friends and I only really get into a few of the events, like long jump, javelin, and shot put.
The others I suck at and I just end up making fun of the terrible graphics and goofy presentation.

[Auxilla]

Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball on SNES


I loved that game at one time too.That god for the brick to the head.

[cavein2000]

Tough call. I have recently picked up Crue Ball for Sega Genesis. It features the Motley Crue songs Dr. Feelgood and Home Sweet Home. It is a pinball game that has a couple sidequest type things (hidden rooms and such), kind of like revenge of the gator for gameboy but not even close to as good. I cant actually say I love it, but it is interesting and will stay in my collection for awesomely bad factor!!

[RetroYoungen]

Time Killers. For some reason I love this game. It's just so bad, but when I first played it I couldn't stop playing until I ran out of quarters.

[PDorr3]

Steel Harhinger on PSX. God awful game about a cyborg stripper looking girl who is also a cannibal, how could you not love that?

[cavein2000]

Time Killers. For some reason I love this game. It's just so bad, but when I first played it I couldn't stop playing until I ran out of quarters.

I'm dying to pick up a copy of this for the genesis. Anyone looking to off their copy for some cash??