The 50 Worst Videogame Names of All Time

Game Revolution has a great feature looking at fifty of the worst-named games ever to require a controller. They dig deep here, unearthing gems like 'Yo! Noid!', 'Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!', and 'Huygen's Disclosure'. From the article: "From Dick Butkus to Hootie and the Blowfish to Lake Titicaca, bad names have been with us forever. But thanks to the inevitable collision of reclusive nerds, bizarre artists and painfully unhip marketing execs, the video game industry enjoys some of the worst names of all. The following list was compiled after hours of lively debate, pages of exhausting science and one actual geek fistfight."

Comments

So that's the ticket

[packetmon]

Wild Woody huh... Could've been worse, they could have had a sequel. "Wild Woody meets Mad Pussy" or something

Skidmarks

[Tx]

How is Skidmarks (plan-view racer on the Amiga) not on there? That's got to be /the/ worst videogame name of all time, bar none!

Linkle Liver Story

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, the game was actually called Linkle Liver Story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkle_Liver_Story

Re:Geek fistfight!?

[EggyToast]

They used Donkey because donkey has connotations of being stubborn. And in Japan, they associate Kong with monkey, just like we do here to some degree. Hence, "stubborn monkey" becomes Donkey Kong.

Miyamoto's said as much in his interviews.

Irritating Stick

[spun]

The number one worst named game on the list is based on a real Japanes gameshow where contestants carry a metal rod through a maze with electrified walls, where the walls are only slightly wider than the stick.

I love the Japanese!

Street Fighter

[Otis2222222]

I was going to make a mention of "Street Fighter 2 EX Alpha 2 Turbo Hyper Fighting Zero edition 3 limited" or whatever the name of that game was. Seriously, they had some ridiculously long titles in that series.

Oh, and who could forget the classic Street Fighter:The Movie:The Game? I mean, it was a game about a movie that was based on a game. Has that ever been done before? Movies based on arcade games almost universally suck. And video games based on movies also suck. But a video game based on a movie based on an arcade game? That approaches a level of suckitude that almost cannot be measured. Oh, and getting back on topic: The name sucked too.

Re:"Wargasm" and "If It Moves, Shoot It"

[Nimey]

I always thought that "Wargy" would have been a better name for multiplayer Wargasm.