TheSpaceBetween
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Same. I had played plenty of games from previous generations that weren't exactly great, but this was the first time I really thought a game was downright bad.
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What was the first game that you realized was bad.
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Same. I had played plenty of games from previous generations that weren't exactly great, but this was the first time I really thought a game was downright bad.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
You're right, my bad. It was Ghostbusters for NES. I always remembered it as a SNES game since we rented it on the same weekend that we also rented a SNES system w/SMW.
polyh3dron
Banned
Joking?
BumblebeeCody
Member
Electroplankton. Quite possibly the biggest waste of money I've ever spent (even though it's £30) but it should've been some sort of minigame in an overall bigger game(It couldn't be an application due to the time when it came out). It's pointless and criminal at that price.
Killer Instinct.
I remember going over to a friend's house and just being terrible at it.
I thought it was the dumbest game ever. There just didn't seem to be any flow to the animation, and the responsiveness seemed absolutely terrible. My friend insisted I was just bad at the game. It was years later that I realized that is in fact garbage.
Alternatively: MS Flight Simulator. But I won't put that as my first because I was too young to realize that it was a bad game because it wasn't a game. It was a simulator.
I remember going over to a friend's house and just being terrible at it.
I thought it was the dumbest game ever. There just didn't seem to be any flow to the animation, and the responsiveness seemed absolutely terrible. My friend insisted I was just bad at the game. It was years later that I realized that is in fact garbage.
Alternatively: MS Flight Simulator. But I won't put that as my first because I was too young to realize that it was a bad game because it wasn't a game. It was a simulator.
MrJustinius
Member
Top Gun for the NES.
Pretty sure landing a fighter jet on a carrier would be easier in real life than landing one in that game.
Pretty sure landing a fighter jet on a carrier would be easier in real life than landing one in that game.
Ragnarok
Member
i was assuming Bart vs. the space mutants was going to be like the arcade game. It was not. It was horrible.
Luckily I had TMNT the arcade game to get me through that trying time.
gunstarhero
Member
Smurfs on my Colecovision.
This was even after I played Indiana Jones and E.T. on the 2600 - bu for some reason, Smurfs made me understand what a bad game felt like.
This was even after I played Indiana Jones and E.T. on the 2600 - bu for some reason, Smurfs made me understand what a bad game felt like.
Ragnarok
Member
smurfs was one of my favorite games on the system lol
BlastProcessing
Member
I feel ya.
I would say Superman for the 2600
I freaked out when I saw the cover art.
Then reality set in.
Oof.
Honorable mentions go to Robocop and Dick Tracey on the NES.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That's because The Simpsons has a monopoly on shit games.
Waylon Drums
Member
But did you know it was bad then? I didn't realize it was terrible until I played it as an adult.
Host Samurai
Member
Friday the 13th on the NES. Was so obsessed with horror movies when I was a little kid in grade school but always remembered this game to be such a piece of shit.
undrtakr900
Member
I was playing my friend and it so bad that I just said "screw it" and before the snap I intentionally went off-sides and tackled the quarterback and..... I GOT INJURED -_-
bobbychalkers
Member
Superman 64, stuck with that turd for 5 days.
Phire Phox
Banned
Superman mothafuckin' 64.
Never even seen this game and I think I've seen just about every U.S. PS1 game. Wow. Swagman... I wonder if that's the game Mr. Swag's father worked on. Lol
I remember the feeling of thinking "this game sucks" for the first time with a few N64 games but I can't remember which ones. All I remember is that they were 3d platformers but it was like running around in that patented N64 haze. Man some of those Mario 64 clones were just awful.
Dragon Puncher
Member
This is an easy question for me. At a time where every new game was an exciting enjoyable experience, only one game stood out as so incredibly shit, that it caused me to realise that playing a video game may not actually always be fun...
Yes! Came to post this, such a shitty game. No referee, completly manually controlled goalies, terribly implimented set pieces.. But I actually still had a lot if fun with it together with friends and especially my cousin. It almost became a "so bad it's good" kinda game.
The first game that came to mind after OP post was Bubsy 3D though.. I loved the older Bubsy games (especially 1) so was super exited for another one, with the power of Playstation it had to be even better than the older games.. After 5 minutters it dawned on me that this game truely had no redemning qualities at all.. Just a broken, terrible piece of shit all the way through, never been so dissapointed in my life..
So fuck you Bubsy 3D, not only did you take months of allowance from me, you also took my hopes and dreams!
this game is a classic
adamantypants
Member
Dark Sector on PS360.
I grew up on Genesis but didn't really have expendable income for games til 7th generation. I generally didn't have bad games and the ones I did have I was young enough that I just attributed the badness of it to my lack of skill
I grew up on Genesis but didn't really have expendable income for games til 7th generation. I generally didn't have bad games and the ones I did have I was young enough that I just attributed the badness of it to my lack of skill
Hey_Blinkin
Member
I remember absolutely hating The Adventures of Bayou Billy and some Noah's Ark bible game my grandmother bought for me. Not sure which came first.
Rychu Supadude
Neo Member
Huh, when I was a kid I used to stare longingly at the Simpsons games for NES and SNES every time I went into Blockbuster, but I didn't have either console... I probably would have enjoyed them anyway.
Anyway, to answer the question, the After School Care at my school, where we would all have to go until our parents got off work and could pick us up, had a N64 with three games: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64... and Aero Gauge.
It was essentially the title that would get pulled out whenever we were really bored with Mario Kart. I was WOWED by the fact that one of the vehicles was a giant N64 controller that you could pilot through these flashing neon cities. Eventually realised that it was just a Wipeout clone minus any of that thing they call "fun".
Anyway, to answer the question, the After School Care at my school, where we would all have to go until our parents got off work and could pick us up, had a N64 with three games: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64... and Aero Gauge.
It was essentially the title that would get pulled out whenever we were really bored with Mario Kart. I was WOWED by the fact that one of the vehicles was a giant N64 controller that you could pilot through these flashing neon cities. Eventually realised that it was just a Wipeout clone minus any of that thing they call "fun".
Peter Bazooka
Banned
I couldn't understand why having Wolverine's claws out caused him to die. And I had no idea about horrible game design yet since I was only 7 years old when I got it.
The only positive about this game is it taught me to avoid anything with the LJN logo.
Superman 64. I was sure I got a buggy cartridge or something and actually showed my dad how the game was screwed. He agreed and took me back to the shop so we could return it. The clerk found it funny and explained that it wasn't a bad cartridge just a bad game. He was still nice enough to let us exchange it for another game (ended up swapping for Donkey Kong 64, which was great).
bronk
Banned
I like its stinker charm. Fond memories of that one.
Infernal Monkey
Member
Ahahahaha! I'd always assumed the Game Gear's Taz-Mania was just a port of the Master System version, but obviously not! This is amazing.
retrogamer84
Member
TMNT on the NES, I was so disappointed as a big Turtles fan. Thanks goodness Konami got the hint and put out the vastly superior arcade game.
MikeE21286
Member
For me I think it was either Turok for N64 or WCW Nitro for PS1
Played Turok at a buddies house and it was not good. I could barely move and it was filled with fog lol
And nitro I got for a bday gift expecting something lie Revenge on N64. Boy was I mistaken...
Played Turok at a buddies house and it was not good. I could barely move and it was filled with fog lol
And nitro I got for a bday gift expecting something lie Revenge on N64. Boy was I mistaken...
Misanthropy
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Lupin the Third
Member
SO TRUE. It's unplayable-bad, but desperation for a DBZ video game skyrocketed.
My first was probably T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage
Twisted Metal 2 on the first PlayStation. Now, I know a lot of people apparently liked that game, and I remember reading so many amazing things about it in Gamepro magazine, but once I actually got it, I thought it was one of the most unsatisfying things I had ever played.
WAT?!?!? Try sucking less
Seriously though, TM2 is THE car combat game, they've never topped it. Head On was close.
I have very few memories of the games I played as a kid and I rarely played games that weren't the well known "good" titles. I'd probably have to go with Vampire Night for the PS2. It was one of the few games I bought without looking into it first and man it was awful. Plus the fact that I paid $70 for it didn't help.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I'm sure that TMNT and Bart Simpson vs the Space Mutants taught a lot of kids lessons about the quality of licensed games and discrepancies between arcade and console titles.
retrogamer84
Member
About the only thing I learned from Bart vs the SM is to avoid everything with that LJN rainbow. The only game of theirs that I enjoyed really was Royal Rumble, and I think that was an accident on their part lol.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Pacman on Atari. Yeesh!