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Horrible games that someone gave to you for a gift.
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AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
Expendables for dreamcast.
My father once surprised me with jack and daxter before anyone knew wtf it was and I was upset, until I played it.
My father once surprised me with jack and daxter before anyone knew wtf it was and I was upset, until I played it.
Anticipation?
Really the only one I can remember was the C-64 version of Double Dragon. I was all about the NES version and kept harping on it for Christmas that year. My parents couldn't find it (though my Grandmother in Pensacola did, I still don't know how she had a clue on what to look for). In any event, my parents took a chance on the C-64 version of DD versus no version and dealing with a sulky pouty child.
It was HORRIBLE. The characters all had blank spaces in the middle of them to save memory, none of the moves worked, it was awwwwwwful. If there is a bad port hall of fame, C-64 Double Dragon is the number one exhibit.
Really the only one I can remember was the C-64 version of Double Dragon. I was all about the NES version and kept harping on it for Christmas that year. My parents couldn't find it (though my Grandmother in Pensacola did, I still don't know how she had a clue on what to look for). In any event, my parents took a chance on the C-64 version of DD versus no version and dealing with a sulky pouty child.
It was HORRIBLE. The characters all had blank spaces in the middle of them to save memory, none of the moves worked, it was awwwwwwful. If there is a bad port hall of fame, C-64 Double Dragon is the number one exhibit.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Christmas, 1988. My parents bought me a few games, among them a huge pile of crap called Magmax, a terrible shooter for the NES.
Worst game I ever received as a gift.
Worst game I ever received as a gift.
Blast Processing
Member
Anticipation. Worst Christmas ever.
GillianSeed79
Member
Super Glove Ball I think it was called? For the power glove. If you think motion controls are bad today, the glove was a whole other level of suck.
someguyinahat
Member
Metalic Sand said:
You thought it was bad? Really? What do you think was wrong with it?
Prime crotch
Banned
You are a terrible person, no hyperboleMetalic Sand said:
Night_Trekker
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Den_John said:
The second game was not so bad, I thought. I borrowed it from a friend and had fun with it.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
What the heck is going on in this thread? 16-bit The Lion King? NES Batman? Sid Meier's Pirates?
Those were all excellent games.
Also, my favorite story so far was the Faxanadu version. I remember ripping my friend for owning it and then played it...needless to say, I admitted my error. Phenomenal game.
I think my game that fits this was Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I asked for it, though. It was terrible and the Temple of the Ocean King was the worst idea Nintendo has had in years. Still waiting for a DS Zelda with normal controls.
Those were all excellent games.
Also, my favorite story so far was the Faxanadu version. I remember ripping my friend for owning it and then played it...needless to say, I admitted my error. Phenomenal game.
I think my game that fits this was Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I asked for it, though. It was terrible and the Temple of the Ocean King was the worst idea Nintendo has had in years. Still waiting for a DS Zelda with normal controls.
Blast Processing
Member
Snuggler said:
Bible Adventures - NES
goddamn this game
Why does Noah have nunchucks?
Starwolf_UK
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It wasn't (apart from the usual differences Between Megadrive and SNES). From looking at the back of the box I seem to remember the Game Gear and Gameboy versions had the stampede as a 2D platformer level.Haunted said:
I always asked for what I got so if anyone gave me a horrible gift it was technically myself. Probably works out better that way. Sadly, this makes the thread no fun as it turns into "horrible games of your childhood".
FilthyLies
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Silver_DNA
Member
I got that Die Hard game on Gamecube from my brother.
It has an unskippable tutorial, and that's about as far as I got with it.
It has an unskippable tutorial, and that's about as far as I got with it.
mr_sockochris
Member
One xmas an Aunt of mine got me Talespin on the Mega Drive, that was pretty horrible back then so I dread to see how bad it would be now.
On the flipside, when I got my SNES a year earlier she bought me F-Zero
I'd never even heard of it but it turned out to be one of my fav ever games.
On a related note, one birthday I wanted a US import of Super Mario Kart. My parents went over to the import shop but they had sold out and came back with a Game Gear instead. I would have still preferred SMK in all honesty but they did good
On another related note I found a 32X in a box under the stairs when I was looking for something near Xmas one year. My mum initially pretended it was for the son of a friend of hers she'd hid here so he wouldn't find it but thankfully she owned up and admitted it was for me. The thing was practically dead already at that time so I dodged a bullet there :lol
On the flipside, when I got my SNES a year earlier she bought me F-Zero
I'd never even heard of it but it turned out to be one of my fav ever games. On a related note, one birthday I wanted a US import of Super Mario Kart. My parents went over to the import shop but they had sold out and came back with a Game Gear instead. I would have still preferred SMK in all honesty but they did good
On another related note I found a 32X in a box under the stairs when I was looking for something near Xmas one year. My mum initially pretended it was for the son of a friend of hers she'd hid here so he wouldn't find it but thankfully she owned up and admitted it was for me. The thing was practically dead already at that time so I dodged a bullet there :lol
VeryGooster
Banned
Dr. Zoidberg said:
When a childhood friend had finally gotten an NES, Magmax was the first game he got outside of SMB/Duck Hunt. We played the hell out of it, but it has to be one of the ugliest games of all time.
Plus it was infuriating after all the effort you'd go to become the robot and you'd end up losing a leg or a head or something.
piratepwnsninja
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I've not received any horrible games as gifts, as I am incredibly anal about what I ask for and extremely specific when I inform people of what I want. However, I was a very bad person two years ago. I worked on The Shield: The Game and GoGamer had the PC version on sale for somewhere around a dollar a copy. I bought a bunch, autographed them, and sent them out as Christmas cards. 
Mango Positive
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My mother gave me the God of War Collection for the PS3 last Christmas. I know, I know... the God of War Collection is a great game, right? Not if you don't have a PS3. I assumed my mother just got confused.
This was all rectified a few short moments later when my sister, who runs a pawn shop with her husband, gave me a PS3 Slim. This was unexpected, as it fell in our family's strict $60 gift category. The moral of the story is that you don't pawn your PS3. You'll only get $60.
This was all rectified a few short moments later when my sister, who runs a pawn shop with her husband, gave me a PS3 Slim. This was unexpected, as it fell in our family's strict $60 gift category. The moral of the story is that you don't pawn your PS3. You'll only get $60.
GregLombardi
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This game was so bad me and my friends still play it to make fun of it. :lol
Davey Cakes
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I remember getting Super Battleship from my uncle many years ago for Christmas.
Herbspiceguy
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I got Total Recall (NES) as a kid. Scarred me for life.
Lumpy Onion
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I tried to enjoy it. I really did. But this was just about the most un-fun christmas present I have ever gotten.
THE Caffeinated
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I've played soccer my entire life so I've gotten a shit load of bad soccer games as gifts over the years.
Goodacre0081
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disappeared
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Not a one, to my recollection. I stopped getting games as gifts a few years ago, but it was always that I'd give my mom or dad a list of five games and tell them to pick two or three. Never failed.
Blu_LED said:
This, I haven't even played the game but I 'm sure it's not horrible. Maybe bad or disappointing but not horrible
Back to the topic:
TMNT PS2
The kid of the (ex, thank god) boyfriend of my cousin gave it to me, just so that he could play it himself on my PS2.
PES 360 - My brother didn't know better
Thats it I think, I always tell everyone that I don't want any games or music or anything else that has something to do with personal taste as gift. Just because the guy is black doesn't mean he can rap.
:lol But yeah Pirates is/was brilliant!
a Master Ninja
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Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Gooster said:
Another thing that pissed me off to no end is that the back of the box says something about "battery backed save" or similar when there is NO SUCH THING. It was either a mistake or just plain false advertising. Sadly, Google fails me at finding a picture of the back of the box to be sure. I think I have it at home, though (the box).
keltickennedy
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Phoenix Fang said:
You can send your copy of MGS4 my way. I will be sure to find it a good home.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball. It was so bad it was good.