lol, I actually sorta liked that game. Never made it past the statue of Jebediah Springfield tho, because couldn't understand fuck of what I was doing
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What was the first game that you realized was bad.
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lol, I actually sorta liked that game. Never made it past the statue of Jebediah Springfield tho, because couldn't understand fuck of what I was doing
BassForever
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Marvel war of the gems for snes, slow, awkward, unfun game
PaulExcellent
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Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles.
I expected so much and got so little.
I expected so much and got so little.
biggersmaller
Banned
I remember being around 10 playing this game with a buddy and both of us realizing the game was utter shit after about 4 hours. I know this game holds a special place in some people's hearts - but I haven't a clue why.
This was pretty close afterwards:
This was pretty close afterwards:
Narpas Sword0
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Maybe terminator on NES, Definitely Last Action Hero on Genesis
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
IcyBlueStrawberry
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I don't think I thought a game was bad until the PS2 days.
Even then, I can't immediately think of a game that I didn't enjoy. The first thing that jumps into my head is Lost Planet 1, and even that was just different from what I was used to rather than bad.
EDIT: Nevermind, it was Castlevania 64. I got that game for Xmas and I hated it.
Even then, I can't immediately think of a game that I didn't enjoy. The first thing that jumps into my head is Lost Planet 1, and even that was just different from what I was used to rather than bad.
EDIT: Nevermind, it was Castlevania 64. I got that game for Xmas and I hated it.
Princess Viola
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game had pretty boss walking animation thoI was really tolerant of games when I was a kid and made sure to understand them and proceed to get any enjoyment possible. I had fun with Superman 64 and loved Sonic 3D Blast.
This though. This was shitty to the max. I hated this game. The controls were ass, and the design all over the terrible place.
As for me, I'm younger than most people here, so it'd probably have to be History Channel: Battle for the Pacific on the PS2. I bought it cause it was history and I love history and I really like learning about WWII.
Game was terrible. You could only walk, no sprinting or running, every single enemy soldier was identical in appearance and said the same three or four sound bites, the water in a boating level was a flat texture like in old RuneScape, the sky in the same level was literally just grey fog, you couldn't cancel the automatic reloading to switch to another weapon, even if you were getting shot at, and lots of other problems.
4+NoConsent
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Fine Ham Abounds
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Nimble Numbers Ned on the Odyssey 2. I think it was supposed to teach math or something, but it was less fun than just doing your math homework.
It also used the voice peripheral. It wasn't until literally 15 years later when thinking about the incomprehensible sounds the voice thing made that I realized it was asking "Which Drill?"
I had been mockingly referring to the game as "Fnitch D'niddl" for years.
It also used the voice peripheral. It wasn't until literally 15 years later when thinking about the incomprehensible sounds the voice thing made that I realized it was asking "Which Drill?"
I had been mockingly referring to the game as "Fnitch D'niddl" for years.
I came in here to post Last Action Hero. I don't know if it was the first game I ever realized was bad, but it's the first to come to mind.
My dad and I used to pick out a game to rent/play every other weekend or so. This is the only game I can remember us returning on the same night that we rented it. We tried playing it for maybe 10 minutes and decided it wasn't worth our time.
Poimandres
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You should be disappointed in yourself, not the game. Battletoads is one of the finest NES games.
For me it was Double Dragon on the Atari 2600.
Loaded Man
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Major League Baseball for the NES by LJN. All games by LJN were absolute garbage.
ProcHoliday
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Super old, but Fester's Quest on NES. The game was confusing, hard, and just plain bad. Anyone that has played it knows *ugh*. Bad game.
commanderpepper
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Batman Forever on the Genesis. What a load of shit that game was, I thought it was going to be good but nope. I was so disappointed with this game.
Poimandres
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I'm kind of shocked by the number of games mentioned in here that aren't bad at all!
Battletoads, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Wizball, Twisted Metal 2, Turok etc... these are not bad games.
Lot's of soul crushing stinkers in here though. All of those terrible Bart games, Xmen NES, Bubsy 2, Rise of the Robots (one of the first terrible examples of bullshots I can remember), Dragon Ball GT.
Battletoads, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Wizball, Twisted Metal 2, Turok etc... these are not bad games.
Lot's of soul crushing stinkers in here though. All of those terrible Bart games, Xmen NES, Bubsy 2, Rise of the Robots (one of the first terrible examples of bullshots I can remember), Dragon Ball GT.
Rhazer Fusion
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Hydlide for NES
WCW Nitro for PSOne
Shadow Warriors for Panasonic 3DO
Modern gamers and reviewers know nothing of bad games. These games will make your systems puke violently.
WCW Nitro for PSOne
Shadow Warriors for Panasonic 3DO
Modern gamers and reviewers know nothing of bad games. These games will make your systems puke violently.
immortal-joe
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Superman on the Atari 2600
Was taken aback by the aimless design of the game. They implemented the cute "phone booth" transformation, then pretty much stopped there.
Was taken aback by the aimless design of the game. They implemented the cute "phone booth" transformation, then pretty much stopped there.
Fucking Shoes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PREzpbsleD0
I got in the submarine once. Then I was done.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Browsing this thread.
Twisted Metal 2
Turok the Dinosaur Hunter
Friday the 13th
Top Gun
Adventures of Dino Riki
Castlevania 2
...Battletoads!?
Twisted Metal 2
Turok the Dinosaur Hunter
Friday the 13th
Top Gun
Adventures of Dino Riki
Castlevania 2
...Battletoads!?
acheron_xl
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Everything on the 2600. Arcades soured me a bit on everything on that platform. Especially the vector games.
Airwolf for NES was the first bad game I spent money on. That was a goddamned mistake that helped me learn how to spend my money wisely.
Airwolf for NES was the first bad game I spent money on. That was a goddamned mistake that helped me learn how to spend my money wisely.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
So glad Megadrive Fantasia is on the first page. I brought it and was so excited to have the sequel to Castle of Illusion early, so early that magazines had not reviewed it yet... ohhh now I know why.
Valuable lesson learned early on in my gaming hobby. probably saved me many $$$ over the years.
Valuable lesson learned early on in my gaming hobby. probably saved me many $$$ over the years.
Sonic 3D Blast.
I remember playing it for an hour or so before going back to replay Sonic 3. Shit was so damn bad especially considering its pedigree.
Edit:
Okay Sonic 3D might not be the first bad game I played, but it was the first I was truly disappointed. First bad game is probably one of the turds on the MSX.
I remember playing it for an hour or so before going back to replay Sonic 3. Shit was so damn bad especially considering its pedigree.
Edit:
Okay Sonic 3D might not be the first bad game I played, but it was the first I was truly disappointed. First bad game is probably one of the turds on the MSX.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Crazy Buck Bumble is from Ubisoft. They really came a long way.
No way, TMNT was awesome, and Bart Simpson vs the SM pretty cool too.
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Deleted member 74300
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Fuck this game and fuck you Izzy. Worst rental ever.
Stannis Baratheon
Banned
I thought all games were good until I was like thirteen. This game molded my cynical mind.
scoobidoo112
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Within the first 10 minutes of playing, I got to a part with a fire extinguisher and a door that was on fire. 1:05. Instead of just normally being able to put out the fire, all of a sudden the entire room, including the furniture caught fire and everything that wasn't bolting down started flying through the room like a cyclone until I eventually burned to death.
I knew then and there that this game was fundamentally broken.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Oh my days.
Narpas Sword0
Member
I got it for Christmas and it took me a while to give up on it
Unless I'm missing something, Rise of the Robots did not have bullshots, it actually looked very, very good. The problem was it played very very poorly.
Terrible_Majesty
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Top Gun NES. Dat landing sequence.
Poimandres
Member
Oh it certainly did! Super high-res screenshots were passed off as MD/SNES grabs when they weren't even close to the real deal. I was bitter at the time.
Terrible_Majesty
Member
Robocop for NES had a big learning curve. It's like the Demons Souls of NES games. Once you get how to play the game its quite rewarding
Platinum_D
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Without a doubt Superman 64..it was just horrible but at the same time it made me laugh at how bad the game was
Brock_Landers
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Out to Lunch for SNES
Sister got it for Christmas, and since I only had a handful of games, I put in a decent amount of time into it. Couldn't beat it, always got pissed trying because I hated everything about it. Hated the controls, the timer, the dumb weapons. Everything. Haven't played it in 15 years so I don't know if any of that is changed
Sister got it for Christmas, and since I only had a handful of games, I put in a decent amount of time into it. Couldn't beat it, always got pissed trying because I hated everything about it. Hated the controls, the timer, the dumb weapons. Everything. Haven't played it in 15 years so I don't know if any of that is changed
Rise of the Robots (Mega Drive)
Look at this shit. What impressionable young lad in his right mind would pass this up?
I rented it from a local video shop called "Choices" at the time.
Went there every weekend or so, looking for a fresh experience with my hard-earned pocket money.
The place had that nostalgic sweet/dirty popcorn smell, kind of like a cinema lobby.
It was around before Blockbusters was a thing, and it was my treasure trove.
But then... on that very same day I realised I'd made a terrible mistake.
After about an hour or two of playing, I knew my afternoon - nay, my weekend - would be ruined if I continued to suffer this tripe.
I marched right back down the hill into town, and told the lady behind the counter how awful it was. I described every detail of how bad it was, how the box art tricked me into thinking it was cool, and how I was loyal to the store before "loyalty" was even a thing. I must have surprised my own 10-year-old self with such outrage.
As she knew my face, she was a saint and let me swap it for another one. I think I was too shaken by the idea of "new experiences" that day, so I went with Streets of Rage 2 (never disappoints, even today).
And that was the first time I knew that a game was bad.
Look at this shit. What impressionable young lad in his right mind would pass this up?
I rented it from a local video shop called "Choices" at the time.
Went there every weekend or so, looking for a fresh experience with my hard-earned pocket money.
The place had that nostalgic sweet/dirty popcorn smell, kind of like a cinema lobby.
It was around before Blockbusters was a thing, and it was my treasure trove.
But then... on that very same day I realised I'd made a terrible mistake.
After about an hour or two of playing, I knew my afternoon - nay, my weekend - would be ruined if I continued to suffer this tripe.
I marched right back down the hill into town, and told the lady behind the counter how awful it was. I described every detail of how bad it was, how the box art tricked me into thinking it was cool, and how I was loyal to the store before "loyalty" was even a thing. I must have surprised my own 10-year-old self with such outrage.
As she knew my face, she was a saint and let me swap it for another one. I think I was too shaken by the idea of "new experiences" that day, so I went with Streets of Rage 2 (never disappoints, even today).
And that was the first time I knew that a game was bad.