The Worst Game You Ever Played!

[KatieHal]

Let's hear about it! What was THE worst computer or video game you ever played? Why was it so bad? And, perhaps, what would change to make it better?

[Baggins]

Cups...

Gotta, find hte hidden ball, but the person involved is probably cheating...

HOw ot make it better? Arrest the cheater.

Luckily I wasn't playing for money or anything, LOL.

[KatieHal]

Perhaps I should've been more clear about meaning computer/video games

[Baggins]

Possibly, most of the Back to the Future games? Thank goodness I never actually bought the NES games, they were horrible...

Telltale is the only one has done it right...

[wilco64256]

ET on Atari, hands down.

[Baggins]

I could never figure out what to do on ET game... I always had fun trying to figure what I was supposed to do, but I never played the game for more than 10 minutes  (or however long the timer was) at a time :p...

Ya, it was pretty bad.

[Haids1987]

Ghosts and Goblins on NES!  It was impossible.  Literally.  I'm pretty sure it's not physically possible to beat that game, and you should earn a PhD in gaming if you can! 

EDIT: I just youtubed the ending...apparently there IS one!  And it's a terrible ending, too--"this is all an evil plot devised by Satan!"   Really?  Ugh.  The directors of this game need to be kicked.

[Blackthorne]

"Fight Night" on the Atari 7800.


I got the 7800 in the mid-80's, while other kids were getting Nintendos.  The games for it were never as cool as the NES's.... Fight Night looked kinda cool from the box - there was all these colorful graphics, and the boxing moves appeared to be cartoonish and fun.  Thing was, the computer could do all these special moves that had cool animations.... but you couldn't!  You could just throw normal punches.  It stank.  I got the cartridge for my birthday one year and it was a letdown!


Bt

[Arkillian]

Broken Sword was fun to play but it had the WORST ending! There's alot of games I didn't like as a kid, but most of them were because I wasn't good at playing them like Wolvenstein

[Enchantermon]

ET on Atari, hands down.

Ha! You beat me to it! Speaking of which...

For me, I think it's a tie between ET and Custer's Revenge (NSFW).

[wilco64256]

"Fight Night" on the Atari 7800.


I got the 7800 in the mid-80's, while other kids were getting Nintendos.  The games for it were never as cool as the NES's.... Fight Night looked kinda cool from the box - there was all these colorful graphics, and the boxing moves appeared to be cartoonish and fun.  Thing was, the computer could do all these special moves that had cool animations.... but you couldn't!  You could just throw normal punches.  It stank.  I got the cartridge for my birthday one year and it was a letdown!


Bt

I love this about Atari games - the box art and cartridge art always gave you the impression the game would be super fancy, but then a lot of them were just absolute crap.  There are several that are still fairly fun though.

[Blackthorne]

You know something funny?  I love ET for the Atari 2600.  It sucks, and man was it frustrating, but after a while, I kinda had fun fallin' in holes, sticking my neck out and floating and avoiding FBI agents.  Man, what a weird game.  I remember my 6 year old self playing it and being like "WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"  Much like the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" game for the 2600.  However, when I figured it out, I liked it.  It was the two controller scheme that got me.  I never read instruction manuals back in the day!


Bt

[wilco64256]

My first gaming memory ever is actually courtesy of Atari - some football game that my brother wanted me to play with him when I was only five and the only way I could accomplish anything was by hiking the ball and running backward into my own endzone every time it was my turn.  That game was actually pretty bad too, just different colored squares running around chasing each other?  Ya the football games have come a long way since then...

[FFL2and3rocks]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure on the NES. It's totally bogus.

[LadyTerra]

For me, it was A Bug's Life for the PS1.  Not only was it one of my worst Christmas memories, but I didn't even like the movie that horrible game spawned from.

[Jump In Well]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure on the NES. It's totally bogus.

Oh man is that game is SO awful, I'm glad I only rented it all those years back. Apparently in that game, it's very dangerous to walk on grass, except in the case where it lets you walk on grass for no reason. When you start up the game, a little music diddy will play for a couple of seconds and never again, leaving you to play the rest of the game in horrible, agonizing silence. Not to mention how you have to pretty much hold your controller diagonally to make sense of how to move around.

[Enchantermon]

For me, it was A Bug's Life for the PS1.  Not only was it one of my worst Christmas memories, but I didn't even like the movie that horrible game spawned from.

I thought A Bug's Life was pretty good.

The movie, not the game.

[Arkillian]

My first gaming memory ever is actually courtesy of Atari

I love this forum. People here have played on computers older than an XT- I feel like you all understand me 

[LadyTerra]

For me, it was A Bug's Life for the PS1.  Not only was it one of my worst Christmas memories, but I didn't even like the movie that horrible game spawned from.

I thought A Bug's Life was pretty good.

The movie, not the game.

I just couldn't get into it when I saw it.  The whole joke about the ladybug being a man was funny, but that was the only thing redeemable about that movie (though I will admit my biggest problem was how annoying Dot was).

[Ravager]

The worst game I ever played is Wrath of the Demon. The game is nothing but scrappy levels. Enemies rush you so fast left and right that you can't possibly react in time. You practically need to memorize every inch of every levels. Worse, you lose the ability to use your sword as your progress, despite the fact that you still carrying it with you. You get unlimited retries, but it's not enough to save this game from the bottom of the barrel.