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Post by getmepower on Apr 24, 2006 22:59:29 GMT
I played a horrible game again, which I burned.
Fighting Angels has got to be the cheapest cheapshot fighting game ever. It was originally "The Catfight: Joneko Densetsu". I don't know why those Euro game companies fixed up good games to make it play so badly, but like I said, they FAILED! *hics*
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Post by shadoboy on Apr 25, 2006 3:58:19 GMT
Mallet Madness. My mom bought a Playstation CD thinking that it *really* contained I don't know how many Nintendo Games...
It ended up with a game consisting of hitting Pokemon with something like a ball (It wasn't a mallet at all). The controls didn't made any sense, and it didn't even had any background music!
Later, in a magazine I learned how to make Shurinkens out of CDs.
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Post by Shwoo on Apr 25, 2006 4:18:08 GMT
I used to have this Amiga game called "LAWNMOWER". It's where you press and hold down the fire button, and this guy mows the lawn. And that's all there is to it.  Is there a time limit? After which a giant kiler kangaroo zombie shows up and eats the lawn then the guy's brain? That would be cool. |
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Post by numbuheightbitstar on Apr 25, 2006 12:50:08 GMT
Thinking back on this topic, I can't really say there's a "worst" game, because feelings are fickle things and time softens the blow. So it's always I play a game that I think is the most horrible thing in the world... then forget, and play something else which I then think was just so awful, etc.
I still mostly agree with my original list, though there's some I would add, though the list would be based more on memory than recent experience.
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Post by Numbuh Googol on Apr 25, 2006 17:59:09 GMT
I used to have this Amiga game called "LAWNMOWER". It's where you press and hold down the fire button, and this guy mows the lawn. And that's all there is to it. Is there a time limit? After which a giant kiler kangaroo zombie shows up and eats the lawn then the guy's brain? That would be cool. Man, I only wish! |
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Post by DR. INTOXICÅTION on May 8, 2006 0:14:39 GMT
Man, I rented a horrible game for the PS2, Driver: Parallel Lines. I didn't even know about that game until my brother bought it a few weeks ago. That game made me realize that Driver 3 is 10 times better than Driver: Parallel Lines. I don't do missions anymore, I just take rides around the city. So all I do is drive like a maniac, jump cars over other cars, and run from the police. Just like in Dukes of Hazzard. |
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Post by dragonman on May 8, 2006 3:32:32 GMT
New game: Bob the Blob. You jump around as a grey blob......
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Post by SAVE_US.WBTC on May 8, 2006 5:01:46 GMT
Barney's Hide and Seek Adventure. Actually, I've never played it, but just the fact that I typed the words "Barney's Hide and Seek Adventure" should give you an idea of why this is here.
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Post by hoagiegal1970 on May 8, 2006 13:49:26 GMT
Barney's Hide and Seek Adventure. Actually, I've never played it, but just the fact that I typed the words "Barney's Hide and Seek Adventure" should give you an idea of why this is here. Barney and video games are mutually exclusive terms!!! You would think so, anyway... Barney was totally banned from my house. No way was I weaning the kids on that trash. I'm glad my kids are getting past the "brain-dead kiddie shows" age. I really don't believe in "educational" shows. Early learning should come mostly from parents, not TV. My baby doesn't have any "Baby Einstein", "Dora", "Barney", or other cruddy DVDs of that ilk...she'll only watch SpongeBob or KND. I refused to succumb to that "smarter baby video" trend. Back on topic... |
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Post by Numbuh Googol on May 8, 2006 18:19:35 GMT
Well then she's gonna turn out to be a really cool kid!
I've heard of that - I might have even played it. But if I did then it obviously didn't stick in my memory for very long!
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Post by Numbuh 0xFF on May 8, 2006 18:21:56 GMT
I dimly remember a game called 'Evolva' (I think) that, apparently, consisted of naught more than running around a featurless landscape getting killed by plants. Over and over again. Ugh. But James is right...you can't really say something is the worst game.
@hoagie's Gal
Speaking of educational TV, my country had a wonderful series of state sponsored educational series that I adored as a kid. I was very fond of one about chemistry that had a College chem teacher do all kinds of experiments some of which seemed almost magical. So I disagree that all Educational TV is perforce bad.
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Post by hoagiegal1970 on May 8, 2006 21:04:07 GMT
Then there's a perfect example of America "dumbing down" things. There's no reason this country can't produce a good, fun show like that...but American parents are hung up on having safe, boring, inane characters in educational programming. Sigh...
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Post by SAVE_US.WBTC on May 8, 2006 22:32:33 GMT
What about Sesame Street? I don't know how much it's changed since I watched it as a little kid, but I always considered it the one exception to the mindless, degrading drivel of preschool TV, although I wish they would switch back to Big Bird for their official/unofficial mascot rather than Elmo.
BTW, Hoagie's Gal, have you ever seen Death to Smoochy? That was a hilarious satire on kids' TV, and Robin Williams' best performance since he gave up crack.
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Post by hoagiegal1970 on May 8, 2006 23:14:18 GMT
No, but I heard of it. I'll put it on my list of "books and movies that were recommended by the KND fan forum". The list is getting pretty long. ;D
Sesame Street came out the year before I was born. My mom swore by that show. A lot of critics have complained that Elmo has dumbed it down a lot. That I agree with--Elmo's cutesy-pie baby talk routine drives me insane.
There were much better educational shows in the 70s (Electric Company, Zoom, School House Rock). They managed to get that part of kids' TV right back then, even if Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoons stunk up the airwaves.
I tried to get my kids to watch SS (the older shows), and they didn't like it at all, so I stopped. Maybe Elmo turned them off. ;D They didn't like him at all. (I don't have one Elmo toy in this house.) I dunno.
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Post by numbuheightbitstar on May 9, 2006 2:08:42 GMT
Heh. Sesame Street was also the inspiration for one of my favorite Atari 2600 games: Big Bird's Egg Catch. In it you play as Big Bird, you've got a nest on your head and you've gotta catch these eggs as they come down pipes. At first it's really easy: all you have to do is make sure BB is under the right pipe. But if you turn up the difficulty the game finds new ways to make it challenging. The eggs come faster, the pipes disappear and reappear, the egg is invisible so you have to deduce what pipe it comes from, and simply the pipes themselves go from being straight lines to zig-zagging and criss-crossing in complex patterns.
What made it really fun was the music. When the egg is coming down a pipe, half a ditty plays. When you catch the egg, you get the other half of the ditty. That tune alone was part of the joy of Big Bird's Egg Catch.
But don't take my word for it, find an Atari 2600 emulator (I recommend Stella) and a ROM of this game!
... And quit giving me funny looks.
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