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    Ground Zero Texas for the Sega CD. I was so excited to get it, but man is it terrible. And don't rag on me for anticipating an FMV game. I was young! And Tex Murphy had inspired me so much!

    Oddly enough, I too picked up Back to the Future on a whim years ago. I blame R. Zemeckis for making such a great movie. Speaking of, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was also a game I looked forward to playing, but could never figure out what to do in it. Except punch Roger in the face.

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    Pit Fighter for the Arcade was a lot better, try it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ro-J View Post
    Frogger for the SNES. I love Frogger and I just can't believe how poorly ported this game was, especially considering it was released in 1998. It doesn't even have any music!! Without a doubt it is one of the WORST arcade ports ever released.
    I've never played the SNES version, but I think the PS1 version is just icky. I guess that when you think about it "Frogger with 3D graphics on the PS1" sounds kinda cool, but sluggish controls and blocky, blurry graphics just ruined it. Perhaps it's the Worst. Port. Ever.

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    I don't even know if I played it correctly. All I remember was that Flanders was insanely broken.
    Stupid broken Flanders.


    (On a slightly related note I thought that Simpsons Hit & Run and The Simpsons Game are pretty good. I also thought that Simpsons Skateboarding was mediocre, but not too terrible. I do agree that Simpsons Wrestling was bad.)
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    Oh, and about Railroad Tycoon II: The best part of the game was the story mode, and that remains one of my favorite PC games to this day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryaan1234 View Post
    (On a slightly related note I thought that Simpsons Hit & Run and The Simpsons Game are pretty good. I also thought that Simpsons Skateboarding was mediocre, but not too terrible. I do agree that Simpsons Wrestling was bad.)
    Simpsons Road Rage is a good one, too.

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    Oh, god yes. Don't forget Last Battle. Terrible, terrible game. The early Genesis days were a dangerous time if you based your purchases on box art and magazine screen shots only.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cityside75 View Post
    Wild 9 for Playstation. I was so excited for this game, as it was Shiny's next game after MDK which is still among my all time favorites. The screenshots looked cool, and the whole "rig" idea sounded fairly interesting, but the game ended up being pretty repetitive and boring. Plus, I hated the lame voiceovers of the main character.
    God, I loved Wild 9. Dangling the dudes before their deaths and hearing their screams is something I will always remember from the Playstation days.

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    Ok. I am taking this back a few years. AstroChase looked absolutely awesome on the box art. And the intro screen was truly beautiful for its time. But then the game started and I remember being quite disappointed.

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    topic title is ironic

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    I think that its a well known fact that E.T. for Atari 2600 was probably the worst game ever, seeing as Atari actually recalled the "defective" cartridges and buried them in concrete in a California landfill. I played it once, and I can vouch for the fact that it is worth burying in concrete.
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    Sonic '06. It looked like it was going to be good. The opening cutscene showed promise. But the game turned out to be a piece of canine fecal matter that disgraced the Sonic name.

    If Sonic 2 on Genesis is 100 and Superman 64 is 0... Sonic '06 is about a 14. It's that bad.
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    King Arthur and the Knights of Justice.

    Just blew chunks - so bad it was the only game that I ever have traded in.
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