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What, in your opinion is the worst video game of all time? My nomination is Survivor: The Interactive Game (http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/sim/survivor.htm) .

What, in your opinion is the worst game of all time?

those dancing arcade games. and the ones made for the playstation. ARGH :mad:

Postal. Despite the hype and controversy, it was shit.

Second prize to Shadoworlds...which is probably not very well known.

those dancing arcade games. and the ones made for the playstation. ARGH :mad:

yep, i second this

Ahahahahahaha! I haven't read that game review in years. I forgot how great it was. My vote goes for that Survivor game as well.

rugby 2004 by ea sports. Utter crapola

The worst video game or computer game or wahtever the hell it was is generally considered to be Daikatana.

Duck Hunt.

It was amusing at times, and the quaint 'gun' provided for nostalgia later, but really when everyone got a NES it was "Mario Bros!.... and another game too." Duck Hunt was that "other" game.

Gather around children and I'll tell ye a tale.

Ages ago, in the dark era known as the 80s, the dark empire known as Atari developed their evil plan. The critically acclaimed movie ET is making waves, and now they hope to make a video game.

The game was the most horrid peice of rubbish that the video game industry had ever known. Foolishly, the evil Atari Empire ordered 500,000 copies before even conducting studies, believing that notoriety alone would sell the game. They were mistaken.

The game flopped. Atari was driven nearly bankrupt, and the public lost faith in the video-game industry. This one shitty title created what gamers know as the "Video Game Depression of '83".

Today, those 500,000 copies of "ET" have been buried and cemented over (in case they rise from the dead), somewhere in the Arizona desert.

Spyro the Dragon
Every time I played it I would get extremely nauseous, in fact I did vomit once.

There are very few games I can't get any enjoyment out of, bar the GTA series. I'd say that GTA3 and Vice City are my least favourite game of modern times. I haven't played San Andreas.

There are older games that I am sure are worse.... and most "bad" games I haven't played so I can't judge.

oh, and Theme park world. I seriously dislike that game.

SQIJ for the ZX Spectrum. A game so ineptly coded that you actually needed to hack it in order to make any of the control keys work.

"Playable"* online here. (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekplay.cgi?title=Sqij&pub=The+Power+House&year=1987&id=0004793&game=/games/s/Sqij.tzx.zip&emu=3)



* By 'playable' here I mean 'totally unplayable as it was so ineptly coded despite being commercially released'.

What, in your opinion is the worst video game of all time? My nomination is Survivor: The Interactive Game (http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/sim/survivor.htm) .You shouldn't allow things like that to be discussed. There's an endless number of games to stupid television shows that are equally bad. ;)

Duck Hunt.

Hey, at least you could actually play it without hacking into the code. In the dark days of 1981 I spent several quite enjoyable minutes playing the game on a TRS-80 clone.

What, in your opinion is the worst video game of all time? My nomination is Survivor: The Interactive Game (http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/sim/survivor.htm) .

That's not a game. That's a horrible torture-device

That's not a game. That's a horrible torture-device
U got that right :p . Infact that why I nominated it. Its because that game is too crappy to be called a game!

Any game so badly translated you can't understand the dialog.

All you base are belong to us, anyone?

That's not a game. That's a horrible torture-device

so it portrays the show well then

The worst game I ever played was Assassin 2015 (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3627). I got it as a free "gift" from Gameplay (http://www.gameplay.co.uk) when I bought something good... After playing it twice (the first time ending in hysterical laughter) I considered sending it back for a refund.

Today, those 500,000 copies of "ET" have been buried and cemented over (in case they rise from the dead), somewhere in the Arizona desert.

Almost entirely true: you were just an order of magnitude out - it was actually 5,000,000 unsold copies of the "ET" cartridge, not just a paltry 500,000.

Mine would have to be the vile ET (http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/images/buyingsmart/hotorsnot/p1_etvideogame_pic.jpg) or the Horrific crap that is Superman 64 (http://www.gamespot.com/n64/adventure/superman64/review.html)

Almost entirely true: you were just an order of magnitude out - it was actually 5,000,000 unsold copies of the "ET" cartridge, not just a paltry 500,000.

Damn...I forgot the extra zero.

Thank you for correcting me.

One word...PONG.

:sniper: Big rigs. Worst game ever. No sound. bridges didnt work, costs 30. You "raced" in big rig trucks, but you opponent never moved. It stunk. :gundge: :gundge: :headbang:

:sniper: Big rigs. Worst game ever. No sound. bridges didnt work, costs 30. You "raced" in big rig trucks, but you opponent never moved. It stunk. :gundge: :gundge: :headbang:


Couldnt you clip through everything in that game ?

Gather around children and I'll tell ye a tale.

Ages ago, in the dark era known as the 80s, the dark empire known as Atari developed their evil plan. The critically acclaimed movie ET is making waves, and now they hope to make a video game.

The game was the most horrid peice of rubbish that the video game industry had ever known. Foolishly, the evil Atari Empire ordered 500,000 copies before even conducting studies, believing that notoriety alone would sell the game. They were mistaken.

The game flopped. Atari was driven nearly bankrupt, and the public lost faith in the video-game industry. This one shitty title created what gamers know as the "Video Game Depression of '83".

Today, those 500,000 copies of "ET" have been buried and cemented over (in case they rise from the dead), somewhere in the Arizona desert.


My god...I had nearly forgotten. Thank you for bringing back those frustrated memories. I was so dissappointed when I got that game.

As far as worst in the modern era...my kids bought Fuzion Frenzy for the Xbox. What a freaking waste of US$30.

One word...PONG.

PONG was brilliant for it's time. It was the original video game.

Postal. Despite the hype and controversy, it was shit.

Oh fuck, BOTH of them were awful. More "bad" points to Postal 2 for totally fucking up the Unreal Tournament 2004 engine.

I can't find any links to this "game" but its called Baby Universe and all it does is create psychedelic backgrounds to your CD's. I remember when it first came out (for the PSX)... £40. For what is essentially a screensaver.

Superman 64's pretty high up there; its companions include Croc and Spyro (and their sequels). And all kart games ever.

I can't find any links to this "game" but its called Baby Universe and all it does is create psychedelic backgrounds to your CD's. I remember when it first came out (for the PSX)... £40. For what is essentially a screensaver.
40 dollars for a something that crappy? Thats not a game, thats a ripoff. Then again, Survivor: The Interactive Game would still be a ripoff if it's price just a penny.

Dear lord, Charlie and the Chocalate Factory. Puzzle Solving isn't very fun when the first puzzle is exactly the same as the subsequent levels.

Anything with the BARBIE name on it. :sniper:

http://seanbaby.com
click on the nintendo page icon
worst games
worst ideas
hilarious

Worst game:
ever: ET
SNES: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
great music. acceptable graphics. The First Stink'n level is so hard, I haven't even beaten it yet. The place is full of cheap one-hit-kills-you enemies, some of which you have to jump over, and oddly placed enemies. Maids throw pillows at you(wtf? Why didn't they get the pink slip yet), animated mops, bomb throwing madmen, fbi agents in trench coats, hostile hotel personel, pocessed luggage, and ladies who jump back and forth swinging an umbrella. The shoot button is unresponsive and you often can't beat the boss because you accidently found the invincibility glitch, which makes you AND the boss invincible. Seriously, the game wants you to figure out how NOT to break it. The most glitches I've ever seen since Metroid 2 and at least Metroid 2's were well hidden(you actually have to try to get them, not the opposite) and fun.

Notable examples of crap:
Any and all cd-i mockeries of the Zelda name.
Custer's Revenge(you rape indian women tied to cactuses. How can it not be bad?)
Smurfs(no explanation needed.)
Mario Party 4(At least this is where Nintendo dumps their suck so they only have good left)

way too easy:
F-Zero GX. Can you believe people actually found this hard?

As far as games for little ones go...

Care Bears sucks...as does any disney title.

But Mr. Potato Head is endless fun. Even i play myself I admit

DDR and the game with "all your base"(Forget the name atm) are two of the best games I ever played. I bet people who say they suck, probably never played them.

Anyways, the worst game? I dunno. I dont buy games that dont look good. And I get fairly lucky. Superman 64 was pretty bad, though. As is the spiderman game for DS, which I got for free along with super mario ds with my ds... and I still want my money back.

Battle Toads, or Robocop.

Battle Toads was awesome, but it was hard, and when I say hard I mean Jesus could not get through the first level.

Also Robocop on the NES, I get to the first boss, and I can't duck or jump, and he shoots me to death, how do you propose I dodge bullets without jumping or ducking? Shit, the bullets don't even bounce off.


Nevermind, the guy who said Spiderman reminded me. Spiderman 2 for the PC. Now, don't start yelling. Spiderman 2 for the console was bad ass. Spiderman 2 for the PC was like Spiderman 1 + Sesame Street Learning Adventure. When you swung around there were floating spider icons you swung around on, Adam Carolla (I can only assume it is Adam Carolla) was still narrating. I got to the end of the street swinging from floating Spiderman icons and I deleted it.

Bah! I loved battletoads. I consistently made it to the third level :P

dragonballz anything. it is so unlike the series.
and in story mode all the people look like big exclamation marks with faces.
(my younger brother rented it )

DDR and the game with "all your base"(Forget the name atm) are two of the best games I ever played. I bet people who say they suck, probably never played them.

Anyways, the worst game? I dunno. I dont buy games that dont look good. And I get fairly lucky. Superman 64 was pretty bad, though. As is the spiderman game for DS, which I got for free along with super mario ds with my ds... and I still want my money back.

"All your base..." is from the NES title "Zero Wing".

My nominations for worst game ever:

ARCADE -- Kangaroo
NES -- Legendary Wings
PS1 -- Monster Rancher
PS2 -- Katamari Damacy

My nominations for worst game ever:

ARCADE -- Kangaroo
NES -- Legendary Wings
PS1 -- Monster Rancher
PS2 -- Katamari Damacy
Well, you do not have to specify one for each console. we just want to know what your pick for #1 worst game of all time.

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way too easy:
F-Zero GX. Can you believe people actually found this hard?

F-Zero GX? EASY?!!! The story mode? On very hard?!! It's impossible I tell you!!! *explodes*

Ahem... There's lots and lots of obscure games that are crap, but of the "mainstream" I'd have to say just about any game based on a movie. Almost every one of them suck (Star Wars: KOTOR doesn't count; they're canon). At least when talking about modern games. Of the old school I'd have to say Ghosts and Goblins (NES), mostly because it's friggin' impossible.

Oh, and I love all the DDR games (I own 3).

Postal. Despite the hype and controversy, it was shit.

Second prize to Shadoworlds...which is probably not very well known.
Postal is the coolest game ever!!!!
Okay its a bit psycotic but very entertaining :D

Oh and the worst game ever is Driver.

Ahem... There's lots and lots of obscure games that are crap, but of the "mainstream" I'd have to say just about any game based on a movie. Almost every one of them suck (Star Wars: KOTOR doesn't count; they're canon).

I really liked the SNES Star Wars games that were based on the movies.

Postal is the coolest game ever!!!!
Okay its a bit psycotic but very entertaining :D

Go track down a copy of Crusader: No Remorse (or No Regret), if you want to play that game without the overall shittyness or stupid exaggerated violence.

I really liked the SNES Star Wars games that were based on the movies.

I agree. But I was referring to modern movie-based games. The NES and SNES had several enjoyable titles, like the Star Wars games, Gremlins 2 (NES), and others.

Ahem... There's lots and lots of obscure games that are crap, but of the "mainstream" I'd have to say just about any game based on a movie.
Especially games based on bad movies (ex. Catwoman (http://gr.bolt.com/games/xbox/action/catwoman.htm) )

I agree. But I was referring to modern movie-based games. The NES and SNES had several enjoyable titles, like the Star Wars games, Gremlins 2 (NES), and others.

Fair enough. In that case, I totally agree. I can't think of any modern ones that were decent.

Fair enough. In that case, I totally agree. I can't think of any modern ones that were decent.

Spider-Man 2 was actually quite good.

I think I'm still 'winning' here with my game which only recognises the keystroke to start playing, but none of the other controls. I still find it unbelievable.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos bleeds

The best part is watching the extras where the actors pretend that its actually a half decent game.

Star Wars - Force Commander.

Extremely slow gameplay. No guide or noting, so you had to learn all the twenty or so keys which were the ONLY way to, for example, earn money. I never won, not even with all cheats and the easiest enemy. (And I'm not that bad).

Fable is pretty bad, considering all the hype it got.

Fable is pretty bad, considering all the hype it got.

hmmm... I wasn't totally impressed. I hadn't heard the hype to be honest, so I picked it up with an open mindset. A bit too short for my liking, but I did enjoy it. Combat could be a bit awkward at times, though.

Gather around children and I'll tell ye a tale.

Ages ago, in the dark era known as the 80s, the dark empire known as Atari developed their evil plan. The critically acclaimed movie ET is making waves, and now they hope to make a video game.

The game was the most horrid peice of rubbish that the video game industry had ever known. Foolishly, the evil Atari Empire ordered 500,000 copies before even conducting studies, believing that notoriety alone would sell the game. They were mistaken.

The game flopped. Atari was driven nearly bankrupt, and the public lost faith in the video-game industry. This one shitty title created what gamers know as the "Video Game Depression of '83".

Today, those 500,000 copies of "ET" have been buried and cemented over (in case they rise from the dead), somewhere in the Arizona desert.
i heard that one man was responsible for making the entire game within a month... they threw tomatoes at him

Oh and the worst game ever is Driver.
Driver 1 was one of the funnest games I ever played.

So I take it none of ya'll have played Matrix Online yet ....

Worst POS ever.

Oh ... and that Journey game for the Atari pretty much sucked ass.

Shame on people for suggesting DDR. that would go in the other category. I have 1 for the PSX, 3 for the PS2 as welll as 2 japanese ones.

Double Shame for posting Katamari Damacy, i could see if the game sold for 40-50 dollars. However, it is the best game that started at 20 dollars, the soundtrack alone was worth it and the game is cute too.

On to the worst games.
PSX: Superstar Dance Club: worse Music game ever. add anything made by XS Games.
PS2: Strech Panic: Cute Idea but bad execution. its nothing but a series of boss fights, you could beat it in 2 hours from start to finish the first time.

Big Rigs

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

That game was so bloody shit it wasn't even worth the 10p I payed for it on ebay. The novelty of it being so bad soon wears off.

fantavision. enough said.

I'm surprised I'm the only one who mentioned Home Alone 2. Am I the only one here who played that mess off cheap deaths and truly impossible glitchfest of a first boss?

I am quite surpised that only 2 peolpe (excluding me) said Survivor: The Interactive Game (http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/sim/survivor.htm) .

That one was too obvious.

That one was too obvious.
Yes, and even though Survivor pwns all as worst game, some people have never heard of it. I bet they removed it from the shelves, because it so crappy.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the worst game EVER! :eek:

BIG RIGS OVER THE ROAD RACING

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/bigrigsotrr/review.html

The final word, courtesy of the brave Alex Navarro of Gamespot...

"Just how bad is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing? It's as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend. It is so disturbingly bad that even its budget price tag seems like a slap in the face. It really makes you wonder if the company that put out this dreck even took so much as a half minute to glance at the game that it was releasing. The game's readme file does assert that the game was thoroughly tested on various PCs, but the end result seems to suggest otherwise. The fact is, even if you tried, you couldn't play Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing the way it was seemingly intended to be played, and even if you could, you wouldn't want to."

Even from the two minutes of the stunningly awful gameplay in the video review, I could tell it was friggin' awful :headbang:

Also Robocop on the NES, I get to the first boss, and I can't duck or jump, and he shoots me to death, how do you propose I dodge bullets without jumping or ducking? Shit, the bullets don't even bounce off.
Actually there is a trick to ducking in that game. You have to hit the down button.

Me I would have to nominate the only two games that I have ever purchased that after playing once I quietly hid them away somewhere where human eyes would never set eyes on them again. Those games are Mob Rule and Toxic Mayhem.

Has no one considered "Tomorrow never dies" for PS1? That game was awful in every way. It came years after goldeneye but sucked. Goldeneye was 200 times better (conservative estimate). Does anyone else here hate smartarse games where the cheats have been removed? It's not funny and I wish it would stop (I'm talking to you specifically, makers of Midtown madness 1 & 2)

Does anyone have any ideas about the hardest boss ever? Apparently there's a boss on a Final Fantasy game that is impossible to beat (it's got a name like 'ruby weapon' or something along those lines).

Does anyone have any ideas about the hardest boss ever? Apparently there's a boss on a Final Fantasy game that is impossible to beat (it's got a name like 'ruby weapon' or something along those lines).
omega weapon. it can be a bitch but its beatable (it requires you pull some rather dumb stunt but oh well)

Does anyone have any ideas about the hardest boss ever? Apparently there's a boss on a Final Fantasy game that is impossible to beat (it's got a name like 'ruby weapon' or something along those lines).
Yeah, Ruby weapon was one that I never could beat. There’s supposed to be a trick to beating it but I couldn't ever get it to work. Thankfully that is a boss that can easily be skipped.

omega weapon. it can be a bitch but its beatable (it requires you pull some rather dumb stunt but oh well)
Omega weapon was easy compared to both emerald weapon and Ruby weapon

Does anyone have any ideas about the hardest boss ever? Apparently there's a boss on a Final Fantasy game that is impossible to beat (it's got a name like 'ruby weapon' or something along those lines).

In FF7 you have Emerald Weapon and the slightly weaker Ruby Weapon. Both are incredibly difficult and can only be defeated with a great deal of work (Leveling high and obtaining the most powerful Summon and other Materia). I can brag about having accomplished it, though. ;)

In FF8 you have Omega Weapon, who most likely would be impossible to beat if not for a handy little item that makes all of your characters invincible for a short time. Again, I have succeeded here.

The most difficult, if not impossible, boss I've seen is the final boss of Star Ocean 2. That is, if you do a little plot thingy that turns his "limiter" off making him über powerful. Almost impossible to hit (due to extreme speed), with 1.5 million HP, and a few instant kill-all attacks. This I have not succeeded in defeating.

Who here has beaten Trevelyan on 'Goldeneye' for N64?

Does anyone have any ideas about the hardest boss ever? Apparently there's a boss on a Final Fantasy game that is impossible to beat (it's got a name like 'ruby weapon' or something along those lines).
This thread is about the worst game, not the hardest game boss. If you want to talk about the hardest boss, start a new thread about that.

The worst video game or computer game or wahtever the hell it was is generally considered to be Daikatana.

Agreed.

This thread is about the worst game, not the hardest game boss. If you want to talk about the hardest boss, start a new thread about that.
can't be arsed. Be generous with ur thread. Chill man! (this is as clsoe as im going to come to a concerted argument)

Simpsons virtual springfiled was pretty crap

The Aqua-Man game. *Shudder* I rented it and returned it 2 days early.

That Survivor game looks pretty bad. Damn funny review though :)
And that truck game looks pretty awful, too.

The worst game I've played myself must be Hooligans. A lot of controversy about it - was banned in some countries I think - so I bought it. Man, did I regret that. :headbang:

I'm not sure about worst ever, but the worst I have played has to be Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Never in my life have I been so disappointed.

Gather around children and I'll tell ye a tale.

Ages ago, in the dark era known as the 80s, the dark empire known as Atari developed their evil plan. The critically acclaimed movie ET is making waves, and now they hope to make a video game.

The game was the most horrid peice of rubbish that the video game industry had ever known. Foolishly, the evil Atari Empire ordered 500,000 copies before even conducting studies, believing that notoriety alone would sell the game. They were mistaken.

The game flopped. Atari was driven nearly bankrupt, and the public lost faith in the video-game industry. This one shitty title created what gamers know as the "Video Game Depression of '83".

Today, those 500,000 copies of "ET" have been buried and cemented over (in case they rise from the dead), somewhere in the Arizona desert.

^^^

This guy knows his stuff! That game was the pits -- quite literally, as that's where they dumped them. Almost feel sad for them, really...

If it wasn't for the 'Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's Sweet 16' game, I would vote for the entire GTA series.

To the Olsen twins game, WHY?!?!?!?! (I bought it as a gag for my little brother for his 16th birthday, if you want to know why I know of it).

Then the entire GTA game, WHY!?!??!? Its not really action, its not really a shooter, just somewhere in between. And if you want to smack some hos, get a better night job! ;)

Then the entire GTA game, WHY!?!??!? Its not really action, its not really a shooter, just somewhere in between. And if you want to smack some hos, get a better night job! ;)

It's still fun, though. Isn't that what really matters?

(I bought it as a gag for my little brother for his 16th birthday, if you want to know why I know of it).

Uh huh, suuure you did, we believe you :p.

It's still fun, though. Isn't that what really matters?
I never found too much enjoyment from playing it personally. Just when it would come to the chance for my friends to punch some cops, I would steal the controller for one second of enjoyment, anymore than that would bore me. Luckily the Olsen Twins did make a game so I could vote for something besides GTA.

Breakfast is the best meal of the day. Essential for growing boys and girls.

I never found too much enjoyment from playing it personally. Just when it would come to the chance for my friends to punch some cops, I would steal the controller for one second of enjoyment, anymore than that would bore me. Luckily the Olsen Twins did make a game so I could vote for something besides GTA.

Hmm. Well, I will say that I found GTA 1 the most fun out of the series. (Didn't get to play San Andreas before it was banned here...)

Who here has beaten Trevelyan on 'Goldeneye' for N64?
Better question, who here hasn't? -_-

Another completely horrid game I own I would have to say is Fatal Relations

That Survivor game looks pretty bad. Damn funny review though :)

Thats why I linked to that review: GameRevolution reviews for crappy games tend to be really funny

Why is there no more replies here? There are plenty of crappy gmes out there, such as:
Survivor: The Interactive Game (http://gr.bolt.com/games/pc/sim/survivor.htm) (a.k.a. Survivor: The Interactive Torture Device)
Catwoman (http://gr.bolt.com/games/xbox/action/catwoman.htm)
Sprung (http://gr.bolt.com/games/ds/sim/sprung.htm)
Superman 64 (http://gr.bolt.com/games/n64/action/superman.htm)
Big Rigs (sorry, no link)
and many more...

Survivor: Interactive got 2.4 on IGN, where most crap games usually get a 4 or 5... this game must be bad. (Never played it...)

those dancing arcade games. and the ones made for the playstation. ARGH :mad:

Hard to beat, but try He-Man... enough said, worst £1.50 I ever spent

Survivor: Interactive got 2.4 on IGN, where most crap games usually get a 4 or 5... this game must be bad. (Never played it...)
Yes. On IGN, crap games get a higher score than they deserve. Games that deserve a 3 get a 4 or 5. And I can't believe Survivor got 2.4 when it deserved lower. Their grading system does not make sense.