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The 20 Worst Games Ever

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-real dept.

EGM's Seanbaby has a 'director's cut' of a list of the top 20 worst videogames, a list published in the 150th issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly earlier this year. While some top lists may claim authority, this one is the real deal: these games are utter crap. From the article: "#10: Revolution X (SNES) This game is biblically horrific. You're overthrowing an oppressive world order. With Aerosmith. And music is your weapon. That scream of terror you just heard was probably you. Using your weapon, music, you'll fight a massive army of soldiers sent by the government to keep you from rocking. And since the artists were lazy, the army is made up entirely of a man in a yellow jacket and his several thousand identical twins."

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  1. yay for old news by floatingtrem · · Score: 5, Informative

    this might have been interesting if i hadn't read this, oh i dunno, 6 or 7 years ago when this article was published.

  2. Old/10 by Kyokugenryu · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think I still have this issue of EGM, from, oh, 2003 or so? How is this on the front page?

  3. Big Rigs: YOU'RE WINNER! by Poro · · Score: 5, Informative

    At least according to a race sim maniac like me, "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing" would be a good candidate for a more up to date version of the worst games ever list. Wikipedia has some nice words about this quite extraordinary game.

  4. Re:This info is rather stale (like the 2600) by gozar · · Score: 3, Informative
    I agree on #1 though. I cannot forget how much ET sucked (and I was a little tyke around this time). I had JUST gotten exposed to the 2600 and the crappy Pac-Mac clone released for it when the console abruptly was shoved into the closet never to see the light of day again.

    I don't know why everyone hates E.T. much. I still dig it out from time to time to have ET put the transmitter together and phone home. People hate the pits... Here's a pointer for you, stay away from them! It's not like ET has any control issues, just keep him away from the pits.

    E.T. follows the movie pretty well given the limitations of the 2600. You have ET, you have Elliot, and you have the bad guys trying to get ET.

    Plus you get to revive a flower.

    --
    What, me worry?
  5. Re:Plumbers don't wear ties? by Pluvius · · Score: 4, Informative

    Penn and Teller's Smoke and Mirrors game package (it never made it big, surprisingly).

    That's probably because it was never released commercially.

    Rob

  6. Re:Ultima 9: Ascension by Pluvius · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hear that U9 is quite a bit more playable now than it was when it came out, especially if you include the fanmade patches.

    Rob

  7. Extreme PaintBrawl by ESqVIP · · Score: 4, Informative

    Another possible missing game is Extreme PaintBrawl; as far as I know, it got the lowest rating ever on IGN in 1998 (0.7 out of 10) and since then has never been topped (uhm, "topped" doesn't seem the right word for such games...).

    1. Re:Extreme PaintBrawl by Quietude · · Score: 4, Informative

      PC Gamer gave it a single-digit rating, which led to the lead programmer writing them a letter and begging them to re-review it after the patch that added AI to the game was released.

  8. Re:The list by lisaparratt · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Sir"? The word you're looking for is "Mistress"!