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Terrible Games From A Terrible Year

Posted by Zonk on from the newspeak dept.

1up is running an article written by the ever amusing SeanBaby, wherein he write about some of the worst games from the worst year in gaming. The year was 1984, and the U.S. videogaming industry was close to non-existence. What was released, then, left a lot to be desired. From the article: "Snacks N' Jackson - In this game, you play the part of a clown's head attached to a 4-foot tentacle neck. Your nose detaches itself from your face, and it's the rest of your clown face's job to keep it from bouncing through the window behind you. Also, you have to tentacle your head around to eat levitating breakfast foods. The strange name Snacks N' Jackson was a last-minute replacement of the original title, What Hitler Sees When He Closes His Eyes."

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  1. Uhhh Link? by Minced · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just a heads up about the link not working properly, takes you back to your own account Journal page.

  2. Might... by JonN · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...Want to check the link there, it should be here not https://slashdot.org/admin.pl?op=edit

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  3. Broken link by wed128 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://1up.com/do/feature?cId=3146061&did=1
    The real link...

  4. Another good place for this sort of thing... by Xaroth · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you're into really bad video games, or just poking fun at them, another place to check out is Something Awful's ROM Pit.

    The reviews score the games in various categories (gameplay, sound, etc.) on a scale of -10 to -1, and the writeups are fantastic.

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