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    Default Games That Are Worse Than E.T. (Atari 2600)

    So I'm tired of hearing the media and people who never played it call E.T. for the 2600 the worst game of all time. It's no gem, but I can enjoy it and I have definitely played worse. For instance, I'd rather play E.T. than Urban Champion on the NES.

    What games would you consider worse than E.T.? (Games can be for any system)
    Or do you think it is the worse game of all time?

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    Quite a few games are worse than E.T. I'll mention NFL Football for the NES.

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    10 Yard Fight is not only the worst football game on the NES or the worst football game on any system, it is literally the the worst piece of crap video game ever made on any system.

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    Karate. If you spent money on this abomination you have my sympathies. Those poor souls who bought this crap game should have filed a class action lawsuit for deceptive marketing. What jury after playing this POS could not side with them??? Ultravision actually tried to market this game as an arcade quality video game. They also boasted about their consumer satisfaction guarantee. Well how about a refund Ultravision/Froggo??? Check out the advertisements:

    http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari...ate_11836.html

    http://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00135.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate_(video_game)

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    E.T. isn't even close to being the worst 2600 game, let alone the worst game of all time. I'd easily rather play E.T. than about 25% of the rest of the library.

    How about Ridge Racer DS? What was otherwise a perfect conversion of a favorite Nintendo 64 game and the high point of the Ridge Racer franchise, was absolutely destroyed by the lack of an analog stick on the hardware itself. The game is simply uncontrollable using the d-pad or the touch screen.

    I wish I had that $20 or so back.

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    I'm actually glad that James Rolfe said it wasn't the worst game ever in his review of it. You just have to know how to play it, which most people don't bother to learn. Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, for example, is far more broken.

    Since so many take his word as the gospel, I think the hate for this game will die down some.

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    Most of the early, "numbered" early VCS games.

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    The only thing worse than ET for Atari is a copy of ET for Atari that has spent the last 30+ years buried in a dump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Metalwario64 View Post
    Since so many take his word as the gospel, I think the hate for this game will die down some.
    Been trying to tell my friend the Return of the Joker (NES) review is pretty exaggerated. But he is unconvinced.
    That part in the third level he has trouble at is pretty far from the worst part in the stage (he didn't even mention the moving spike ceiling section. I recall one jump had pretty tight timing to cross a pit without hitting the spiky ceiling. Not to mention he left out the CHARGE SHOT feature, which is how you're supposed to deal with those "unfair" enemies), let alone the game (I couldn't beat the Joker, probably because I'm impatient, but I recall that level was pretty tough).

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    http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/sh...-T-and-Pac-Man

    Too bad Joe's old videos seem to have been made private.
    Last edited by Jorpho; 10-30-2014 at 12:35 AM.
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    Whoa here we go. Here's my worst NES games rite now, and I'd rather play ET then these. Xenophobe, Videomation (even worse possibly then Color A Dinosaur), Bill Elliot's NASCAR. Theres more, but these come to mind. NASCAR isn't TOO terrible, but it's probably even worse then the Days of Thunder game.

    I'd rather play E.T. then Raiders of the Lost Arc. Also, Pac-Man on Atari is quite playable. Its not awesome, Ms. Pac-man was better, and there are better ports of Pac-man, for sure, but it's quite a playable Atari 2600 game. The only issue, I find, is the graphics are disappointing.

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    alf for sms, cool world for nes, mario is missing for nes, bubsy 3d for ps1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkanoid_Katamari View Post
    I'd rather play E.T. then Raiders of the Lost Arc. Also, Pac-Man on Atari is quite playable. Its not awesome, Ms. Pac-man was better, and there are better ports of Pac-man, for sure, but it's quite a playable Atari 2600 game. The only issue, I find, is the graphics are disappointing.
    Uugh! Raiders of the Lost Ark. I can't understand why they made this game so confusing. I so wanted to like this game, I mean its Indiana Jones, but it's just to cryptic for me.

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    New rule: anybody that says ET is the worst video game ever has to play Fun With Numbers for the next 2 hours.

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    I guess the reason ET for Atari is a bad game is because its just boring. I agree its not the worst game ever made, but it might be the most notorious bad game. I would just lump ET together with alot of other Atari 2600 games that I have no desire to play. There are worse 2600 game for sure.
    That being said, if I had had an atari and ET when I was a little kid, I probably would have played it and enjoyed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidbrit2 View Post
    New rule: anybody that says ET is the worst video game ever has to play Fun With Numbers for the next 2 hours.
    Wasn't Fun With Numbers used at Gitmo as enhanced interrogation?

    My favorite Fun With Numbers review was from VIDEO_GAMER324 on GameFAQs ,"I see the Numbers, but I’m still looking for the Fun."

    http://www.gamefaqs.com/atari2600/58.../review-104526

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    As it's been said, ET is far from the worst game ever. A few of the ones I hate way more are Troy Aikman Football and Checkered Flag Racing on Jaguar, Strawberry Shortcake on VCS, Army Rescue on Wii, Space Vultures on Emerson Arcadia, and Infiltrator on NES.

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    Quattro Adventure. I did like the music though

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    Beethoven for SNES. Pit Fighter for SNES.

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    I've posted about this before, but here is why I'm careful about buying games from Costco.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3G2rTbTleo
    Rascal. Was meant to be a kid friendly free roaming game, turned out to be a hard to play turd.

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