Avoid This Game At All Costs

[TheTrueSephiroth]

Tecmo: Secret of the Stars for the SNES is one of the worst rpgs...no worst games, that I've ever played through to the end. The story is so uninspiring , that characters have no personality, and the battles look really cheezy. I just happened to be looking through my games the other day when I spotted this garbage. For the love of god don't play it.

[Strider Turbulence]

It was decent for it's time. I thought you were gonna mention something like Bokosuka wars.

[Parathod]

A game you should avoid at all costs is Rise 2:Ressurection for the PS1 and PC. It's a very very very slow 2.5d fighting game that is so bad that you can't even laugh at it. It's the worst game i've ever played in my life.

[AntiSocial]

Avoid Universal Studios Theme Park on the GameCube.

[Rig]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 is the worst game ever made. (I had two copies...now I only have one.)

[gmzone]

I remember liking E.T. many years ago. Maybe it's because I was young and didn't know any better.

[spoo]

Tecmo: Secret of the Stars for the SNES is one of the worst rpgs...no worst games, that I've ever played through to the end. The story is so uninspiring , that characters have no personality, and the battles look really cheezy. I just happened to be looking through my games the other day when I spotted this garbage. For the love of god don't play it.

Good game at the time. It was the first RPG I played that had two partys at one time. Fun game but I did get lost a bunch of times.

[TheSlav]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 is the worst game ever made. (I had two copies...now I only have one.) Please tell me one copy was to smash and the other was to piss of unsuspecting people into playing that horrible game. :lol:

[Mr Unoriginal]

ET is a good game. It has much more of a point to it than many other Atari games. People only give it a bad rap because it was overhyped and over produced.

[slidecage]

Tecmo: Secret of the Stars for the SNES is one of the worst rpgs...no worst games, that I've ever played through to the end. The story is so uninspiring , that characters have no personality, and the battles look really cheezy. I just happened to be looking through my games the other day when I spotted this garbage. For the love of god don't play it.

sell it to me for a penny :) i though this was a good rpg i liked it back in the day

[punqsux]

its really easy to look back 20+ years and say et sucks, but have you played any freakin atari games? sure, et is not the best, but couldnt one argue that its just an "enhanced" version of adventure? and adventure freaking ruled! no one was messing with that dot!

[Strider Turbulence]

A game you should avoid at all costs is Rise 2:Ressurection for the PS1 and PC. It's a very very very slow 2.5d fighting game that is so bad that you can't even laugh at it. It's the worst game i've ever played in my life.

You'll love Rise of the Robots, the vastly inferior prequel!

[Mr Unoriginal]

You'll love Rise of the Robots, the vastly inferior prequel!

I remember when this game came out, people were really going ape-shit over the graphics. Too bad the game was horrible.

[punqsux]

i dont remember that mr. u

the characters were insanely small in proportion to the screen, thats what i remember.

[punqsux]

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/rise.jpg

best bottom line ever!!

[Mr Unoriginal]

i dont remember that mr. u

the characters were insanely small in proportion to the screen, thats what i remember.

Maybe I'm thinking of something else. Is Rise of Robots the game where the characters are kinda 3d models and they all look shiny/liquidy?

EDIT, yup, that's the game. I know they may not have pulled off the graphics very well, but I thought that was the 'selling point' of the game.

[CoffeeEdge]

E.T. for the 2600 will always be the worst game of all time...it takes something monumentally bad to manage to bring down the entire videogame industry (well, it's a bit more complicated than that, but still).

I have to toss out a nomination for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, though. That "game" (or rather, semi-working thing in which you slide a truck around a landscape with no competition or laws of physics) is just mind-boggling.

[Dazz]

Avoid Defcon 5 for PSone at all cost

[urzishra14]

hmm.. i want to say Lord of the Rings the fellowship of the Rings for SNES.. worst game i ever played

[javeryh]

its really easy to look back 20+ years and say et sucks, but have you played any freakin atari games? sure, et is not the best, but couldnt one argue that its just an "enhanced" version of adventure? and adventure freaking ruled! no one was messing with that dot!

yeah but ET really was horrid for it's time. I remember when I got it and it was almost impossible to figure out what the hell was going on or what to do. Once you fell into one of thos pits it was almost impossible to get out. Holy crap that was an awful game. There were tons of other crappy games but none quite as anticipated as ET was which is why everyone points to it as the worst game of all time. Adventure was brilliant.

[PsyClerk]

Avoid Defcon 5 for PSone at all cost

I remember this game. I can't remember if I rented it or owned it. I didn't think it was bad, just very very different. So different that the devs had to release their own FAQ/tip sheet. It seems to me that once you figured out how to play, you could restart the game and beat it in under 30 minutes.

[DigitalSpace]

-Space Ace (SNES) - At the beginning, you have to dodge lasers or something. I spent 20 minutes trying to dodge those fucking things and I never got past it. Half an hour later I was at Gamestop exchanging it for something else (this was back when Gamestop still sold classic games).

-Alien Vs. Predator (SNES) - Very generic and boring beat 'em up. Only the boss battles present anything close to a challenge. I got to the third level and switched to something else out of complete boredom.

-Hard Drivin' - Good thing Gran Turismo came along and took the title of "The Ultimate Driving Simulator" because Hard Drivin' definitely wasn't worthy of it. The arcade version had the steering wheel going for it back in the day, but so many driving titles have came along and made it obsolete. The home console versions were never fun to begin with.

-Radical Psycho Machine (RPM) Racing (SNES) - Interplay greatly improved upon the engine with Rock N' Roll Racing, so do yourself a favor and get that instead.

As for current-gen:

Top Gear Daredevil (PS2) - The cars are slow and the controls leave a lot to be desired. The entire game consists of going around different cities collecting coins in a set limit of time - not that impressive considering how many games out there have deeper minigames. Kemco, why did you put the Top Gear name on this turd?

Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling (PS2, Xbox) - Any pity you may feel for Acclaim going out of business will most likely be extinguished after the game freezes on you for the umpteenth time.

[punqsux]

hmm.. i want to say Lord of the Rings the fellowship of the Rings for SNES.. worst game i ever played

i envy you, because that is a mediocre game at worst. totally playable and enjoyable i thought.

[SEGA128DC]

A game you should avoid at all costs is Rise 2:Ressurection for the PS1 and PC. It's a very very very slow 2.5d fighting game that is so bad that you can't even laugh at it. It's the worst game i've ever played in my life.

Well, Rise 2: Resurrection is also on the Sega Saturn. I'm glad, I never bought that game!...:D

[urzishra14]

i envy you, because that is a mediocre game at worst. totally playable and enjoyable i thought.

it was playable.. but i didn't find much enjoyment out of it and being spoiled with really great RPGs for my SNES it just wasn't really an option to play through a game that wasn't on par with Sqaure's amazing games of the generation.

[onikage]

Tecmo: Secret of the Stars for the SNES is one of the worst rpgs...no worst games, that I've ever played through to the end. The story is so uninspiring , that characters have no personality, and the battles look really cheezy. I just happened to be looking through my games the other day when I spotted this garbage. For the love of god don't play it.

If anyone wants to experience this masterpiece first-hand, I have a copy available in my trade list. :mrgreen:

[GuilewasNK]

Avoid Time Killers for the Genesis. If you are the type of person who goes to the zoo to watch elephants take a crap you can get the same experience at home when playing Time Killers.

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/timekillers.htm

[Parathod]

Well, Rise 2: Resurrection is also on the Sega Saturn. I'm glad, I never bought that game!...:D

I payed $60 (PS games started at $60) for it back in 95/96. I've never made a whim decision on a game since then. I even turned down a lot of games at the Circuit City $5 sale.

[punqsux]

it was playable.. but i didn't find much enjoyment out of it and being spoiled with really great RPGs for my SNES it just wasn't really an option to play through a game that wasn't on par with Sqaure's amazing games of the generation.

oh i totally agree, it cannot even be compared to the games that were comming out around the same time, but if you play it for what it is, youll get a totally average adventure game with a lotr setting.

[io]

its really easy to look back 20+ years and say et sucks, but have you played any freakin atari games? sure, et is not the best, but couldnt one argue that its just an "enhanced" version of adventure? and adventure freaking ruled! no one was messing with that dot!

Ahhh, yes. In my youth I played Adventure more than I play some current gen games. I remember how excited I was when I found out about the "secret" room.

[GTmaster39]

Avoid Tetris Worlds for any system......

[The Dord]

3 words: Batman Dark Tommorow.. B A D.

[Duke Bushido]

Been hanging out for a while, reading and picking up some nifty info, but this thread finally compelled me to register so I could post.

Say what you want about bad games; I think I can top all of the suggestions so far:

The worst game ever published, I do believe, was Double Dragon 5 for the Genesis. Made even Rise of the Robots and K1 Arena positively engrossing......


Duke

[red flare graf]

One of my programming professors worked for Atari when they released ET. He said that the game sold so poorly that they buried nearly 5 million of the cartridges in a landfill. I think that says alot.

[GizmoGC]

One of my programming professors worked for Atari when they released ET. He said that the game sold so poorly that they buried nearly 5 million of the cartridges in a landfill. I think that says alot.

Its still really a rumor. To this day none of the 5 Million cartridges have ever surfaced, and I'm sure people have looked (Rumor is they were bulldozed and cement poured over them as well).

[SkyGheNe]

The lion king on the snes made me tear up and cry when I was a child. I begged blockbuster to exchange it with another rental - but alas - it was too late. Worst heart breaking game ever.

[addicted2games]

Avoid Budakan(sp) for the sega genesis. I played that game back in the day for all of about 2 minutes. Craptacular!

[crazyboxer12]

why did u play it through the end if it was that bad???

[camoor]

why did u play it through the end if it was that bad???

what is the secret of the stars????

[Zmonkay]

A game you should avoid at all costs is Rise 2:Ressurection for the PS1 and PC. It's a very very very slow 2.5d fighting game that is so bad that you can't even laugh at it. It's the worst game i've ever played in my life.

lol, I had fogotten about that game. I saw some ads for it, and really liked the robots and loved any and all fighting games, so I bought it for my Saturn. Gawd that game sucked!

[The Successful Dropout]

The lion king on the snes made me tear up and cry when I was a child. I begged blockbuster to exchange it with another rental - but alas - it was too late. Worst heart breaking game ever.

if this is the same one that was on the genesis, i loved the genesis version....id still play it to this day if i still had it :cry:

[cheapass Gundam]

Resident Evil: Dead Aim was craptacular.

[SBWildBill2004]

avoid any game with the letter z in it

[crickett003]

THE worst game ever= FIGHT FOR LIFE for the Atari Jaguar. a real Virtua Fighter rip-off. It makes the game STREET FIGHTER:THE MOVIE look like a fucking masterpiece!

[SBWildBill2004]

that just sound so horrific i might need to find it

[Strider Turbulence]

THE worst game ever= FIGHT FOR LIFE for the Atari Jaguar. a real Virtua Fighter rip-off. It makes the game STREET FIGHTER:THE MOVIE look like a fucking masterpiece!


Wasn't that game cancelled?

[evilmax17]

Wasn't that game cancelled?
No sir. (http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1083)

It was the last game ever officially released for the Jag (not counting the telegames/songbird/indy releases).

[Backlash]

One of the worst games I've ever played was some fighting game for the 3DO. I forget the name of it though. The only redeeming factor was the White Zombie soundtrack.

[evilmax17]

One of the worst games I've ever played was some fighting game for the 3DO. I forget the name of it though. The only redeeming factor was the White Zombie soundtrack.

Way of the Warrior (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/3do/way_of_the_warrior/overview.php)

Featuring a bunch of live-action-sprite chubby guys picked off of the street with sunglasses on. Ugh.

[Strider Turbulence]

No sir. (http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1083)

It was the last game ever officially released for the Jag (not counting the telegames/songbird/indy releases).


Damn...I wish I still had my Jag. As much as this game was panned the storyline always seemed interesting.

[Backlash]

Way of the Warrior (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/3do/way_of_the_warrior/overview.php)

Featuring a bunch of live-action-sprite chubby guys picked off of the street with sunglasses on. Ugh.

Yes, bad bad memories. The game was pretty much unplayable.

[gamereviewgod]

Wasn't that game cancelled?

You're thinking of FX Fghter for the SNES probably. The developers had a very tough time making it work and dropped it. It ended up on the PC. Still sucked.

[shipwreck]

Everyone should give Amagon (NES) a go. It's frustratingly hard and completely awful at the same time. It was very much the Drake of it's day.

[BustaUppa]

Avoid Time Killers for the Genesis. If you are the type of person who goes to the zoo to watch elephants take a crap you can get the same experience at home when playing Time Killers.

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/timekillers.htmlol me and my friends had some funny matches when we played Time Killers on MAME. We had one match where I used the Viking dude... the fight started, I took one step forward and hit the "right arm" button, the Viking took one swipe and cut the guy's head clean off. That was the whole match. We cracked up. If you want quality, go somewhere else; but if you're not in the mood for "serious gaming" then Time Killers can be a riot (in small doses). The best part is how the character portrait will be decapitated in the post-match screen, after an in-game decapitation.

They need to work dismemberment into another fighting game dammit. Closest we got was Mortal Kombat 5 where you could impale the guy in the middle of a match.

[Reality's Fringe]

Chrono Cross. It was so bad, the SAME day I beat it, I traded in my PSX and an assload of games for a Gamecube. Deadly serious.

[BigSpoonyBard]

Chrono Cross. It was so bad, the SAME day I beat it, I traded in my PSX and an assload of games for a Gamecube. Deadly serious.

There's something very, very wrong with you :lol:

[red flare graf]

Chrono Cross. It was so bad, the SAME day I beat it, I traded in my PSX and an assload of games for a Gamecube. Deadly serious.

What the fuck?

[Reality's Fringe]

I hate Chrono Cross, its static characters, its convoluted story, and boring battle system with a passion that I've never felt in my life. I can say that it's near the top of my "Worst of all time" list. On the upside, I've enjoyed my Gamecube immensely and haven't come across another game that's spawned such vehemont rage since.

[evilomar]

None of these games not even ET come close to Tail of the Sun or Choaniki.

[Darkside Hazuki]

I vote for Aidyn Chronicles.
It was infinitely more entertaining to use as a projectile then to actually play.

[stocker08]

Avoid Time Killers for the Genesis. If you are the type of person who goes to the zoo to watch elephants take a crap you can get the same experience at home when playing Time Killers.

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/timekillers.htm

WOW! That game does look extremly fucking horrible! Another game to avoid would be South Park. It didnt even feel like a video game......it felt like a cold piece of shit that was dressed up as a video game.............

[stocker08]

THE worst game ever= FIGHT FOR LIFE for the Atari Jaguar. a real Virtua Fighter rip-off. It makes the game STREET FIGHTER:THE MOVIE look like a fucking masterpiece!

LOL! i have street fighter the movie for saturn, currentally i am using it as a coster. Tomarrow i plan to play frisbee with it. That game had to be one of the worst games i ever played.

[Dead of Knight]

I hate Chrono Cross, its static characters, its convoluted story, and boring battle system with a passion that I've never felt in my life. I can say that it's near the top of my "Worst of all time" list. On the upside, I've enjoyed my Gamecube immensely and haven't come across another game that's spawned such vehemont rage since.


OMFG someone actually agrees with me! That game sucked so bad.

And Darkside Hazuki is right about Aidyn Chronicles. It is the worst RPG EVER made. The graphics are atrocious even for N64, the battle system makes no sense, the characters have some of the worst designs ever, oh god I could go on and on about that piece of shit. Not to mention the game giving a BSOD upon booting it up. On a fuckin' N64! I believe I returned it the day after I bought it. Gamestop/Babbage's/EB were truly the best stores around when they allowed you to return open games for full credit. I used that privilege so much, but they didn't care since I bought a ton of games and kept them anyway.

[thesilentshadow30]

Its still really a rumor. To this day none of the 5 Million cartridges have ever surfaced, and I'm sure people have looked (Rumor is they were bulldozed and cement poured over them as well).

Not sure where I read it but I do remember reading that they were worried that word would spread about the carts being in the landfill and create a problem with people trying to get a free ET cart that they destroyed the carts or did the cement thing, something like that. I think I read that in an interview that the programer of ET gave. He was actually proud of the game, he programed it by himself in I think it was less than 6 weeks.

[Scorch]

Showdown: Legends of Wrestling never froze on me.. glitched, yes.. but man, I love that game!

Dino Crisis 3, however.. Even $4.99 in the CC sale was too much for that.. man oh man, that was bad.

[c]

OMFG someone actually agrees with me! That game sucked so bad.
Don't worry, you're not alone. My friends and I all vehemently, outwardly, and actively hate and detest the shit that is Chrono Cross.

Strangely, I fucking love Masato Kato and Mitsuda... but that game... is just so slow, boring, pointless, convoluted, unnecessary, emotionless, series-trashing, and anticlimactic that I can't even play it for a few minutes without turning it off in disgust. The music is good, the graphics are good. It has the WORST FUCKING BATTLE SYSTEM OF ALL TIME, and the framerate reminds me of the old NES games when too many sprites were on-screen. Hate hate hate hate hate.

SCHALA HAS BLUE HAIR HATE AND WHY HATE IS THE MASAMUNE HATE IN EL NIDO!!!??!?!?

edit: haha, i got away with saying the f-word. and how appropirate it would be about CC's battle system.

[Dead of Knight]

Don't worry, you're not alone. My friends and I all vehemently, outwardly, and actively hate and detest the shit that is Chrono Cross.

Strangely, I fucking love Masato Kato and Mitsuda... but that game... is just so slow, boring, pointless, convoluted, unnecessary, emotionless, series-trashing, and anticlimactic that I can't even play it for a few minutes without turning it off in disgust. The music is good, the graphics are good. It has the WORST FUCKING BATTLE SYSTEM OF ALL TIME, and the framerate reminds me of the old NES games when too many sprites were on-screen. Hate hate hate hate hate.

SCHALA HAS BLUE HAIR HATE AND WHY HATE IS THE MASAMUNE HATE IN EL NIDO!!!??!?!?

edit: haha, i got away with saying the f-word. and how appropirate it would be about CC's battle system.

Yes, the music and graphics are excellent. But the game is pure shit.

[Reality's Fringe]

The best graphics from Square's "Summer of Shit" were easily from Legend of Mana. Of course, I can't claim to be 100% reliable about the graphics in CC because everytime I see the game I go blind with rage.

[ChoiceStriker]

Its still really a rumor. To this day none of the 5 Million cartridges have ever surfaced, and I'm sure people have looked (Rumor is they were bulldozed and cement poured over them as well).http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp

Anyone ever have the misfortune of playing Shadow: War of Succession on 3DO?

http://www.classicgaming.com/3dotoday/page4/shadboxf.jpg (http://www.classicgaming.com/3dotoday/page4/shadboxf.jpg)

http://www.classicgaming.com/3dotoday/page4/shadboxr.jpg

[Dead of Knight]

The best graphics from Square's "Summer of Shit" were easily from Legend of Mana. Of course, I can't claim to be 100% reliable about the graphics in CC because everytime I see the game I go blind with rage.

Haha I remember that "Summer of Shit" promotion- first up was Legend of Mana I believe, then Threads of Fate, and finally Chrono Cross. Legend of Mana had shit gameplay like CC, but it also had beautiful graphics. Funny how Square's shittiest PSone games also had the best graphics....

[c]

Haha I remember that "Summer of Shit" promotion- first up was Legend of Mana I believe, then Threads of Fate, and finally Chrono Cross. Legend of Mana had shit gameplay like CC, but it also had beautiful graphics. Funny how Square's shittiest PSone games also had the best graphics....
Did anyone even bother with Threads of Fate? I've always wondered if this semi-sequel to Brave Fencer Musashi was any good.

[red flare graf]

I liked Chrono Cross.. I thought it was more highly rated that that. It definitely had drawn me in like no other when I played it. I really loved the story.. that's strange as hell.

[Dead of Knight]

Did anyone even bother with Threads of Fate? I've always wondered if this semi-sequel to Brave Fencer Musashi was any good.

I didn't bother, but it was supposed to be good. But those same reviewers also liked the turds known as CC and LOM.