Your Top Ten (Worst) Games Ever!!

Myrddin · 29-05-2010 7:00pm #1

Following on from a recent contrversial thread, it made sense to rattle off a list of your top ten hum dinger worst games. Here goes mine, in no particular oder:

1 - Pig Skin Footbrawl (MD)
2 - Skitchin' (MD)
3 - Kevin Keegans Player Manager (SNES)
4 - Time Gal (MCD)
5 - Jonah Lomu Rugby (MD)
6 - Rise Of The Robots (Various, SNES prob worst)
7 - F117 Nighthawk (MD, shudder)
8 - Make My Video (MCD)
9 - Eternal Champions (MD)
10 - Sonic Spinball (MD)

Really this thread should be about games you have expericed/owned/rented...not quotes from a google list. This is actually harder than naming your favoutites, because these games are just so forgettable. Give it a shot, name the game that made you want to vomit all over your console & gargle with battery acid :pac:

ghostchant · 29-05-2010 7:10pm

Hmm, it is tough alright, I would say any of the ps1/n64-era FIFA games..hated them. Would really have to think more about a top 10 list though! Oh and clayfighter 63 1/3.

Myrddin · 29-05-2010 7:12pm

ghostchant wrote: »

Hmm, it is tough alright, I would say any of the ps1/n64-era FIFA games..hated them. Would really have to think more about a top 10 list though! Oh and clayfighter 63 1/3.

Ah Clayfighter, I knew I had a surpressed memory in there somwhere

tman · 29-05-2010 7:24pm

Simpsons Wrestling (PSX)
Italian Job (PSX)
Crysis (PC)
Kane and Lynch (PC)

Erm... That's all that I could come up with... You're right, it is bloody hard to come up with a list of games that you hate!
For the record, I quite liked Clayfighter 2 (?) on the snes:p

Myrddin · 29-05-2010 7:32pm

tman wrote: »

Crysis (PC)

I must be the only man in the land who loved Crysis

Loved Warhead & am dying for Crysis2 ...although admittedly Im not sure if the old 8800GTX is up to the challenge

Lab_Mouse · 29-05-2010 7:49pm

Hooligans:storm over europe(or something similarly sh1te!!)(PC)...

Jack burton · 29-05-2010 8:49pm

Chronicles of the Sword ( PS1 )

Got a loan of the game when i was younger, I COULDNT ****ING FIND MERLIN ANYWHERE!

I'm getting chest pains just thinking about it!

o1s1n · 29-05-2010 9:03pm

This is a list of games I had the misfortune of playing first hand. Either they were bought for me/traded in something fantastic for it or I had the horror of renting them out -

1. Last Battle (MD)
2. Rise of the Robots (MD)
3. Battle of the Ballz (MD)
4. Sword of Sodan (MD)
5. Dirty Challanger (Snes)
6. Lone Soldier (PS1)
7. Battle Arena Toshiden (PS1)
8. Jupiter Strike (PS1)
9. The N64 (We can put in consoles too, right?!

)
10. Halo!

jimi_t2 · 29-05-2010 9:21pm

I could pick ten for the N64 alone. Road Rash, Superman etc...

Some serious howlers about there though. Jurassic Park on the MD, One of the Alien games on the MD and obvo Rise of the Robots come to mind.

ghostchant · 29-05-2010 9:23pm

I love the n64! Completely agree about Ballz though, was terrible! And as bad as Tohshinden was, I did have some fun with it.

jimi_t2 · 29-05-2010 9:31pm

ghostchant wrote: »

I love the n64!

As do I. The amount of nonsense that came out for it was disproportionate to the amount of good games for it though.

o1s1n · 29-05-2010 9:36pm

jimi_t2 wrote: »

As do I. The amount of nonsense that came out for it was disproportionate to the amount of good games for it though.

Unfortunately the nonsense also included the controller. And the console itself. Awful looking things. Bad design all round.

Retr0gamer · 30-05-2010 2:23pm

In fairness the Ps2 is a far uglier console than the N64.

It's really tough to list off worst games ever really since I tend to avoid bad games! The two absolute stinkers I can think of though are Dark Castle on the MD and Mercs on the C64.

Myrddin · 30-05-2010 4:43pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

In fairness the Ps2 is a far uglier console than the N64.

It's really tough to list off worst games ever really since I tend to avoid bad games! The two absolute stinkers I can think of though are Dark Castle on the MD and Mercs on the C64.

Ooohh Mercs via C64...now that IS bad.

CiDeRmAn · 30-05-2010 5:22pm

The games I disliked the most, the worst games are:
1-Streets of Rage/2/3
2-Golden Axe series
3-Any thing with anything to do with soccer management.
4-Road Rash on the Gameboy
5-Need for Speed 2 on the PS.
6-Formula One '98 on PS
7-Rise of the Robots
8-FFVII
9-Lone Soldier, good one o1s1n, that was pants.
10-Pit Fighter

Myrddin · 30-05-2010 5:28pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The games I disliked the most, the worst games are:
1-Streets of Rage/2/3
2-Golden Axe series

:eek: Troll

Ruu_Old · 30-05-2010 5:31pm

I loved Skitchin' (jabs OP with cattle prod) and the Road Rashes and the Golden Axes.

Myrddin · 30-05-2010 5:42pm

Ruu wrote: »

I loved Skitchin' (jabs OP with cattle prod)

Leader of the Troll People!!!

:p

That game still haunts me man, the graphics, the sound, the premise....barf.

The was a huge roller blade craze many moons ago and all I used to hear in school was skitchin this skitchin that...then I tried it. Suffice it to say, xtra vision were happy that evening when it was returned 45 mins later.

BUT - Im not hear to criticise, keep listing!

o1s1n · 30-05-2010 6:16pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

In fairness the Ps2 is a far uglier console than the N64.

Not at all.

Lying flat, the ps2 looks crap. The front where the ports are looks awful. But standing up, with only the monolith side showing and the ps2 logo, it looks pretty slick.

The n64 on the other hand hasn't a clue what it's trying to be. It looks like crap from any angle. Completely nondescript lump of black plastic with a few curves thrown in.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The games I disliked the most, the worst games are:

9-Lone Soldier, good one o1s1n, that was pants.

Wasn't it just? This is a weird one though, when I was a kid in 5th class, myself and my friend drew a comic called 'Violence' (!)and the lead character was 'Lone Soldier'.

I saw that game a few years later and had the biggest 'WTF?!' moment. It got even weirder when I looked inside, the booklet had a comic strip in it. Which pretty much looked the exact same as what we'd been drawing.

Either plagarism or our comic was highly unoriginal :pac:

Banjo Fella · 30-05-2010 6:53pm

Here is my list.

Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing

It's an abomination. A beautiful, terrifying abomination.

CiDeRmAn · 30-05-2010 7:10pm

I bought Skitchin a couple of years ago for the MD, not because I love the game or anything, but because it belongs, spiritually at least, to the MD Road Rash series, and I have all of those, RRII being the best imho.
But, try as I might, I couldn't get into Skitchin, odd controls, it shows up the limitations of the Road Rash engine as well, plus it has a really bad name!

Lone Soldier was built up at the time to be huge, and all it was crap.
Same, more recently, with Haze, Fracture, Killzone, Lair, hey, aren't they all on the PS3?

tman · 30-05-2010 7:16pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Unfortunately the nonsense also included the controller. And the console itself. Awful looking things. Bad design all round.

Well you would say that, you're the mod of a Sega forum...

o1s1n · 30-05-2010 7:23pm

tman wrote: »

Well you would say that, you're the mod of a Sega forum...

heh...

I'm also a fine art graduate with a degree from NCAD which says I have the knowledge to state what is aesthetically pleasing and what looks like complete arse.

So from my educated opinion, the n64 looks like complete arse. :pac:

ghostchant · 31-05-2010 10:21am

jimi_t2 wrote: »

As do I. The amount of nonsense that came out for it was disproportionate to the amount of good games for it though.

True enough, though could say the same for many consoles, the ps1 and the DS being the first two that come to mind, the DS being my favourite console of all time.

I really loved the n64 controller, felt really natural to play the likes of Mario 64, F-Zero and Ocarina of Time with it.

Dr Bob · 31-05-2010 11:24am

EnterNow wrote: »

9 - Eternal Champions (MD)

Really this thread should be about games you have expericed/owned/rented...not quotes from a google list. This is actually harder than naming your favoutites, because these games are just so forgettable. Give it a shot, name the game that made you want to vomit all over your console & gargle with battery acid :pac:

While it was no streetfighter Eternal champions was a solid enough 1 on 1 fighter .There was a lot worse released for the meg!

Myrddin · 31-05-2010 11:58am

luas_dublin wrote: »

While it was no streetfighter Eternal champions was a solid enough 1 on 1 fighter .There was a lot worse released for the meg!

I found it horrific man. Really forgettable game, in terms of one on one fighters - Kung Fu on the 2600 was better

komodosp · 31-05-2010 4:56pm

Hmmm... of games I owned or had extensive access to...

Chase HQ (C64)
Altered Beast (Megadrive, but esp C64) - though it was a bit of a guilty pleasure
Universal Soldier (Megadrive) ... Not a particularly awful game, but marked because it was a fantastic game before it was made and somehow became a mediocre game in a sort of negative-game-making experiment...
Double Dragon (C64)
Final Fight (C64) - in fact most C64 conversions of arcade games were like this
Ace 2 (C64)
WWF Wrestemania (C64) - Wiggle the joystick really fast? I'm convinced it wrecked at least one of my joysticks...

More as I think of them

Myrddin · 31-05-2010 7:11pm

komodosp wrote: »

WWF Wrestemania (C64) - Wiggle the joystick really fast? I'm convinced it wrecked at least one of my joysticks...

Ah..."Atari 2600 Decathlon Syndrome"...

That game wrecked many a joystick

Retr0gamer · 31-05-2010 7:50pm

It's Daley Thompsons Decathalon syndrome for me but that game rocked

Hmm... have a new game that I really hated. The Darkness on the 360 really didn't sit right with me. The supposed excellent story was rubbish other than one or two good cutscenes. Gameplay was non existent with you spending most of your time shooting lights out instead of shooting enemies and when you did get to shoot enemies their AI was the worst I've seen in a very long time. That's not to mention your helper minions that didn't exactly help since they spent most of the time getting stuck in the walls.

Myrddin · 31-05-2010 8:29pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's Daley Thompsons Decathalon syndrome for me but that game rocked

Was it not just called Decathlon, or were there a few of them?

Decathlon, destroyer of joysticks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUe2t3EgL60

Retr0gamer · 31-05-2010 9:59pm

The Daley Thompson game came out later in 86 or 88 on the C64, CPC and Speccy.

Swarlez · 31-05-2010 10:42pm

euro racer on the PS1. just no

CiDeRmAn · 01-06-2010 10:19am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Daley Thompson game came out later in 86 or 88 on the C64, CPC and Speccy.

Nope, I had it back in 84,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daley_Thompson's_Decathlon

It was the killer of many joysticks because of all the waggling.
The Quickshot 2 was a huge hit in those days, cheap and slightly cool looking (by 80's standards) all the kids had them,

It used crappy contacts though and Daley Thompsons killed most of them, I used to fix them!

I had a far better Competition Pro stick, with a Kempston interface, and this thing is still on the go, the recent C64 in a stick was a replica of one.
They had microswitched contacts and a steel shaft (wa hey!) much more robust.

Retr0gamer · 01-06-2010 2:33pm

Had a newer version of the quickshot myself, although I was late to the game only getting my C64 at christmas 1990, maybe 1991. I was only 7 or 8 then. I always wanted that bug joystick, they seemed really comfortable iirc.

o1s1n · 01-06-2010 3:26pm

Speaking of ****, I remember my cousin had a Batman joystick for the Speccy. Wtf was that about? Most uncomfortable thing I've ever used. Batman is not ergonomically shaped!

ghostchant · 01-06-2010 3:50pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Speaking of ****, I remember my cousin had a Batman joystick for the Speccy. Wtf was that about? Most uncomfortable thing I've ever used. Batman is not ergonomically shaped!

I had one of them, for the NES. Looked it up a while ago and they were made by Cheetah as far as I can tell. They made a Bart Simpson one as well.

Anyway I remember getting it when I was 5 or 6, and noticed that the controls were flipped, i.e. you move the joystick left and mario runs right etc. I only remembered this a few years ago and realised I was holding the stick so that Batman was looking at me, never occurred to me that turning him round would fix the problem!

EDIT: here it is:

http://tim-burton.webs.com/goodiesjeuxvideo.htm

briany · 03-06-2010 5:33pm

I have such a hard time remembering the games of older consoles in order to distinctly remember the good ones let alone the bad ones but here goes anyway.

FIFA 64 : From the days when Nintendo went on the 64 being appended to titles which never entirely let up mind you. Anyway an ugly messy blocky travesty of a game which I must admit I played a lot at the time because I really didn't know any better. It took a rental of ISS 64 to show me the error of my ways but since then I have been a Konami convert.

Far Cry 2: Much more recent but it has to be included. Definately one of the worst follow ups ever. Indentikit enemies? Check. Repetitive? CHECK. Beautiful but yet oddly boring looking? Check. Enemies that re-spawn constantly? Check. It's like the developers said "Let's take what made the first game great and get rid of it" Can not believe anyone liked that game.

Far Cry Vengeance (Wii) : More Far Cry milking only the milk is sour and green!
A garbled broken game and not helped by the fact that the Wii is just not powerful enough to render the Far Cry island world in all it's glory. It has doors that may or may not open depending on a broken script meaning you may or may not be able to finish the game. Not that you would want to.

WWE Raw (Xbox): I really enjoyed the THQ wrestling games on the N64 so how could they mess up on the Xbox? I mean it's a more powerful console so that means better graphics and more options. Wrong. Horrible clunky game. No fluidity whatsoever.

Myrddin · 03-06-2010 5:42pm

briany wrote: »

It has doors that may or may not open depending on a broken script meaning you may or may not be able to finish the game.

Is that true?? :eek: Christ almighty if it is its shocking

nyarlothothep · 04-06-2010 3:52pm

1. The Sims
2. Morrowind Oblivion
3. Diablo
4. Black and White
5. Baldurs Gate Throne of Bhaal
6. Back to the Future 3 (megadrive)
7. Ghostbusters (nes)
9. Spore
10. Sega touring car

marcuspheonix · 04-06-2010 9:11pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Unfortunately the nonsense also included the controller. And the console itself. Awful looking things. Bad design all round.

surprised at this comment. the n64 console was innovative and has shaped the design off todays controllers. it was one of the first controllers to use analog and the rumble feature. as for the console itself, i was a ps1 man personally, but i didnt see anything wrong with the design of the n64

as for the worst games i have ever played, its a toughie. from recent memory scarface on the psp was a shocking game. i can recall playing lone soldier on the ps1 at my mates house and it was crap. im sure ive played alot of crap games through the years but i just cant think of them now

CiDeRmAn · 04-06-2010 9:14pm

I didn't like Far Cry 2 the first time around, but returning to it 6 months later it was a different story.
The respawning enemy checkpoints are about the only irritating thing about the game, it looks gorgeous, the physics are solid, the story is good, it lets you take your time and make your own adventures or follow the slow burning main story.
The vehicles are good, perfect given the setting, and what a setting, Africa has never been rendered so well.
So, don't just take cars, take the bus to save time, or try to get around the gangs by taking a boat down one of the many rivers.
I was very impressed with it second time around, not expecting the wonder game promised by the early previews but very entertained by the grown up and mature gaming experience it provided.
It really isn't a FarCry title though and this may have mislead many folk, a new name would have perhaps been better.

o1s1n · 04-06-2010 9:35pm

marcuspheonix wrote: »

surprised at this comment. the n64 console was innovative and has shaped the design off todays controllers.

Thankfully no, it hasn't shaped the design of todays controllers. Controllers now have two handles and a bit in the middle that holds them together. Pretty much like all controllers ever have. They've just gradually become more ergonomic.

The n64 on the other hand has three handles. Three. Do I have three hands? I do not. And to make matters worse, when you hold the main handle (The middle one) your left hand is lower than your right one. It's a crap design and should never have been released.

marcuspheonix wrote: »

it was one of the first controllers to use analog and the rumble feature.

The rumble pad was a giant lump that slotted into the bottom of the controller. And it took batteries. Wtf? Batteries for a few vibrations? No thanks!

The analog stick is too high, the top isn't comfortable and it slips off your thumb as it's so small. The thing it sits in is also non circular and as I've said before, just isn't right. They wear out really quickly too and most of them now feel like you're mixing cement with a spanner.

The Sega Saturn 3d controller came out the same year and the analog is much more comfortable to use. (And still works perfectly to this day)

/Edit - I also forgot how hard they were to store! Ahh, no room, no room!

marcuspheonix wrote: »

as for the console itself, i was a ps1 man personally, but i didnt see anything wrong with the design of the n64

Aesthetically, it's totally non descript. I think they made the controller shape extra wacky to compesate for this.

As for games..there are some great ones alright. Just not enough. you could have a collection of 10-20 and pretty much own everything worth playing.

Retr0gamer · 05-06-2010 10:30am

The one thing I hate about the N64 is how fragile the controllers are. I have 3 controllers and only one of them is useable and it's still a bit wonky. The analogue sticks go so easily and don't register that you are pushing them to their limit.

Took a while for me to get into Farcry 2 and I think it takes way too much flak for not being like the original (which isn't as good as people remember, it died on it's ass when the mutants appeared). It's actually a really original game that's a lot of fun and at least tried something different from the genre norms.

ghostchant · 05-06-2010 11:23am

The n64 controller having three handles never bothered me, I can't think of a situation where I needed to use all three parts when playing. Just meant that it was easy to use either the d-pad or the stick if needed. The position of the stick with respect to the face buttons seemed fine.

I mean look at the xbox 360 pad. The d-pad is located in a really inconvenient location, and is not very accurate on the ones I have, making Symphony of the Night a pain to play (50% of the time I duck, Alucard also turns left, on more than one controller).

The analog position on the playstation pads doesn't feel optimal either, similar to the d-pad on the 360

CiDeRmAn · 05-06-2010 12:27pm

I really like the N64 controller, and seeing as I do indeed have three hands it's perfect for me.
I constantly feel marginalised by controllers with a two handed setup as my third hand gets bored and wanders off to find trouble, especially when playing COD:MW2 or Halo, this has never happened when playing Super Mario 64 or Pilotwings 64 thanks to the three handed approach pioneered by Ninty.

Thanks Nintendo!

justbrian · 07-06-2010 7:31pm

A few people mentioned skitchin, man I loved that game back in the day. Don't currently have it so not sure how it would hold up today. Also mentioned was Sonic Spinball, that game was and is still great,

My personal 10 worst list is as follows.

in no order

Rise of the robots (any format) (Also in my top 10 favourite, as I love cheesy sh***)

Action 52 (NES MD) Most glitch ridden crap fest ever

White men can't jump (Jaguar) They also can't make basketball / street sims with usable camera angles or good graphics.

E.T. (You don't need more info)

Catfight (PC 199? 5 6) I am all for a game with a bit of titalation (sp?), but this is just OTT sexist junk.

Jumpman (Apple C64) Well we have this man and he jumps and... oh wait that's it.

Wild Woody (Sega CD) Well we have this pencil and he (she it?) jumps and... repeat joke. Well it can throw dynamite as well.

Princess tomato in salad kingdom (nes) I have no witty remarks for this one. The title alone should tell you all you need to know.

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland (Snes I think or was it nes) Played Qix? Well this is that only not good.

Chef's love shack (ps1) words can not describe this crapola.

Retr0gamer · 07-06-2010 8:19pm

justbrian wrote: »

Princess tomato in salad kingdom (nes) I have no witty remarks for this one. The title alone should tell you all you need to know.

Ah no, leave Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom alone. Sure it has a crap name and some woeful box art but it's actaully a fantastic text adventure with loads of charm and actually quite humourous. I'm serious here, it's actually one of my favourite NES games ever.

justbrian · 07-06-2010 8:47pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Ah no, leave Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom alone. Sure it has a crap name and some woeful box art but it's actaully a fantastic text adventure with loads of charm and actually quite humourous. I'm serious here, it's actually one of my favourite NES games ever.

Hmmm I don't get it's appeal.

Retr0gamer · 07-06-2010 8:52pm

It's an adventure game like Monkey Island or Sam and Max but instead of a mouse you have a menu system. If you aren;t into those types of adventure games then you won't get it's appeal. It's more story than game with some puzzles. It takes a while to get into if you haven't playd one before since the genre is pratically dead. It's regarded as an overlooked classic these days but still gets bad rep because of the weird name and artwork.

Augmerson · 07-06-2010 9:22pm

America's 10 Most Wanted
Brutal: Paws of Fury
Italia '90 (Ireland wasn't in it ffs)
Urban Chaos (PSX version)
Terminator (Mega Drive)

That's all I can really think of.

Mcjmetroid · 09-06-2010 12:19am

Gaelic games( ps2)
alien syndrome ( wii)
Super monkey ball: banana blitz( wii, it's not bad on 1 player to be fair but its a freaking multiplayer game)
robocop vs terminator( only on the snes)
superman 64( n64)
grand theft auto: london(ps1)
sonic fighters( arcade but was on sonic gems collection)
sonic r
pacman 2600( Atari 2600)
custers revenge( atari 2600, I havent played it but well... you know)

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