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    Since all is fair in love and the 16-bit system wars, I thought there should be a list of worst Genesis games to go along with the worst Super NES games list someone started earlier. So, what Genesis games do you feel aren't welcome at the first level, let alone the next one?

    My choice has to be Dark Castle by Electronic Arts. I was actually looking forward to playing this, as Mac owners had nothing but good things to say about their version of the game, and from the box it looked like an appealing blend of old and new ideas. Unfortunately, the game wasn't anywhere near as entertaining as I thought it would be... in fact, it turned out to be one of the worst Genesis games ever released, no small feat when you consider unlicensed bombs like Far Sight Technologies' Action 52.

    Dark Castle is like what would happen if you dipped Prince of Persia in toxic waste. It's got weak graphics, tiny characters, and gameplay that's alternately frustrating and idiotic. In one stage, you're surrounded by a swarm of bats flying overhead, and you're supposed to dispatch them all with rocks to proceed. Unfortunately for you (and luckily for them), aiming and throwing the stones is so bloody hard that you might as well roll up your sleeve and let the bats feast on your arm... it would be less painful. Other stages involve similarly frustrating challenges, and remind you of why Electronic Arts has all but abandoned action games to make endless sequels to John Madden Football.

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    well whatever....everybody knows that "Genesis does what Nintendon't"
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    Hold on there... I'm not bashing the Genesis. I just thought a list of its worst games would go nicely with the worst Super NES games list someone had started earlier.

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    Pit Fighter
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    There's a looong list, for all systems.

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    Shadow of the Beast 2 was the single worst game I'd ever played. I also hate Blaster Master 2 for being a terrible sequel to a great game.
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    It's interesting that Dark Castle showed up; I recently read a glowing review of a color update for the Macintosh. It's...well...I remember playing a game that seemed to be a 2D sidescroller in black and white on a school Mac; had you trying to dodge swinging blades and such. A forumer mentioned the possibility this was Dark Castle; now I'm quite certain this wasn't Dark Castle at all since the character was actually a large size - I remember him as being somewhat lanky and actually tall, probably nearing twice the height of the PoPersia kid and the same width (in pixels). The game also - as I recall - was as graphic as the grayscale would allow.

    Dark Castle, on the other hand, seems to have a tiny character that doesn't look terribly well animated; some people enjoy the "gore free" atmosphere but I feel it's quite simply ugly, especially given the surroundings - for goodness sake, aren't dungeons supposed to be gory? A great example of taking an engine that would've made the original Dracula developers at Konami die from shame, and completely failing to understand what sort of features are appealing to action gamers. While the system includes a Cybernator-style ability (so I gather) to aim up and down and throws in (pardon the pun - it was uninDENTional) physics for projectiles for good measure, the idea you're playing as a character who must throw rocks like some clueless schoolboy is not winning me over to this title. Now perhaps (most certainly) there are some enchanting bits I've missed, and perhaps the game has some well designed levels. Perhaps this brewer who throws barrels is actually my mother's uncle, too. Not bloody likely, seeing that he went down over enemy territory in World War II. Erm. I think I'm safe in giving a caustic (and admittedly underinformed) opinion, because even from a distance and from the glowing review this game is remarkably shoddy and uninspired.

    What's more, Cat Maneki's description of fighting a screen full of bats seems to confirm my suspicion (and let me vent a gripe that many folks seem to share with me) that the developers REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A GAME, but just didn't have the understanding that makes an engaging tech demo into a similarly engaging game. So throw in one part action, one part puzzling, and inscrutable - erm, make that "play time extending" game control, and you've got a disk that should prove great for saving Claris Works documents (in the case of the Genesis cartridge, perhaps you can use it as a paperweight, though why anybody would want to look at this cart while trying to draw inspiration is beyond me). This sort of approach led to Tetsuo Gaiden (or is that Tetsuo Geiden?) on the CD-i, or Daikatana on the PC; that "lots of folks do it, so we can too!" mentality doesn't seem to pay off very often.

    What this all means to me is that the Mac, like the PC, really did the same sorts of games as the PC, but in smaller quantities and thus less successfully taken overall. Duke Nukem's original PC outings were nice, but I have no wish to visit the Dark Castle or any of its ports.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro
    some people enjoy the "Pacino free" atmosphere
    Erm. Why did I write Pacino? I seriously don't know.

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    Earth Defends/Defence

    (to be fair, it's unlicensed, but geez, I can't think of a bigger stinker in the Genny's library.)

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    Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Back in the day, my brother was a big Power Ranger fan and wanted this game for Christmas. It was just another crappy Street Fighter II ripoff. Slow and boring.

    I also didn't care for Sonic 3D Blast. It may not be the worst Genesis game, but in my opinion, it's the worst Sonic game on the console.
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    I always thought Koei games handled MUCH worse on the Genesis as opposed to the SNES.
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    Bubsy II
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    Very bad games. Dear god they're bad. Somehow a friend of mine managed to rent almost every single one of these 'back in the day'. We wasted HOURS playing these damn games, actually beating a couple of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charitycasegreg
    well whatever....everybody knows that "Genesis does what Nintendon't"
    I'm sorry, but I gotta respond along with this. Many games that were release on both SNES and Genesis were usually better for SNES. SNES has better graphics and better sound effects. Everytime I play a Genesis game, I'm pretty sure I hear the same sound effects on another game.

    One example of a game that suckz for Genesis and is extremely good for SNES is Rock N Roll Racing. When the announcer talks during the race, for Genesis, you hear a pause in the music. SNES doesn't do that, and the music sounds 100X better on SNES than on Genesis. And the sound effect, oh man, the sound effects.

    In my opinion, Mortal Kombat II is wayyyyyy better on the SNES and not on Genesis. If you compare on graphics on the first Mortal Kombat, the graphics were better on SNES than on the Genesis version.

    Don't get me wrong, Genesis is good in certain ways, but SNES dominated.

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    RE: Neovenom- how much is gamefaqs paying you? x_x :P

    RE: Nildem- Im not sure about Bubsy II, T2 and Dragon. Bubsy II wasnt great, but it was better than the first :P

    T2 is passable only because without it theres even less menacer games to play, and Dragon because it was 3-player (if im not mistaken).

    Ill toss in World Cup Italia '90 on Mega Drive (aka Sega Championship soccer?).
    Top down soccer has never been so awful.

    Im also surprised nobody's mentioned Shaq Fu. That game evil in its purest form

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    Shaq Fu suckz for both SNES and Genesis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoVenom
    Quote Originally Posted by charitycasegreg
    well whatever....everybody knows that "Genesis does what Nintendon't"
    I'm sorry, but I gotta respond along with this. Many games that were release on both SNES and Genesis were usually better for SNES.


    In my opinion, Mortal Kombat II is wayyyyyy better on the SNES and not on Genesis. If you compare on graphics on the first Mortal Kombat, the graphics were better on SNES than on the Genesis version.

    Don't get me wrong, Genesis is good in certain ways, but SNES dominated.
    ...which is why I always pass up the 6 or 8 Genesis consoles at every thrift I go to...if it was so much better than the SNES, why does no one want them anymore, as opposed to NES (which I see at thrifts but are always priced twice as high as Genny's) or SNES, which I hardly ever see in the wild? IMO, the SNES has aged MUCH better than the Genesis.

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    Prince of persia is much better on the genesis. The Snes version sucks.
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