Crap games we love

[Cerrax]

It happens to everyone. There's a game that by the general opinion, was pretty damn bad. But for some odd reason, you love it. I know I have a few games that O love, that people (game journalists, gamers, and even non-gamers) would consider to be horrible games.

EOE: Eve of Extinction (PS2)
The graphics suck, the sound sucks, the music is cliche, the enemies are retarded and cliche as well. The movement and fighting is clunky as best, downright annoying at worst. The story is stupid and horribly told. But somehow, this little turd of a game has found its way into my heart.

Power Quest (GBC)
A less than mediocre fighting game that is ridiculously easy, then ridiculously hard. Weak use of GBC color palette. Long and involved story about nothing. I think the music is what attracts me to this no-hitter because it actually has very good (but very short) tunes.

can't think of some others.....

share yours!

[patella femoral syndrome]

Altered Beast!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/risefyg.png

Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/mystery.png


EDIT: oh, and a lot of people disliked that zelda game, but i thought it was okay.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/zelda-02.png

[Amayirot Akago]

Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, and Braindead 13. Fantastic animation, crap games. But frustrating as they are I just can't stop playing them once I get started.

In that same vein, all games by American Laser Games (Mad Dog McCree, among others). Nothing like bad guys falling down in an extremely over exaggerated manner when you shoot em.

Most FMV games just tend to have some quirky charm that makes them worthwhile for me.

[Raziellink]

Devil May Cry 2

Oh wait, i don't love that game.

[Dhsu]

I'm gonna say DMC3 just to make Cerrax mad. :D

Actually, I noticed a lot of flaws in Majora's Mask while playing it through the second time, but I still love it to death.

[Cecilff2]

I'll agree with Altered Beast though I didn't know it was hated. I did not like Guardians of the Realm though.

Definitely Out of this World. People said it looked terrible but I still think it's an awesome game. Then its sequel killed it for me.

[Zutnunzor]

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7106/untitled3ph.png (http://imageshack.us)
Quest 64... lol

[parasoul]

Ikari Warriors II

[Back_Lit]

Puggsy for the Genesis. Its not the best game ever, but I like it :D

[Amayirot Akago]

Definitely Out of this World. People said it looked terrible but I still think it's an awesome game. Then its sequel killed it for me.Fo shizzle. Tho I've always thought (and still do) that it's beautiful, in its own special way.

[Bobwillis]

2020 Super Baseball

[Cyanide cr MK]

Enter The Matrix. Not really that crappy a game IMO, just not polished.

[Txai]

None. I only like good games.

[Oddllama]

Plok ~!

[MajLink]

Fianl Fantasy Mystic Quest.

[Fire in the Hole]

Fianl Fantasy Mystic Quest.

I hesitate to call it crap, but yes.

[parasoul]

Enter The Matrix. Not really that crappy a game IMO, just not polished.

I was really enjoying that game for 2 whole minutes until my game crashed. I've never played a buggier game than that. I hope whoever made the decision to release that game at that time has been fired and will never again hold a job in the video game industry.

[Cáidh]

Mega Man Legends 1/2

[about:blank]

I like this thread.

Honestly, a lot of the games that I really like are considered crap by most.

Exhibit A: The Granstream Saga

http://www.ngemu.com/articles/grandstream_saga-logo.jpg

I don't think I've heard anything mentioned about this game, ever. In my opinion, this game has a very intruiging story, a great soundtrack (I've yet to find a PSF for it though), and the anime style cutscenes would've been awesome if the voice acting hadn't killed them.

Exhibit B: Shadow Madness

http://gamelender.com/images/ps1/1412.jpg

Not many people have heard of this game, and I find that those who have heard of it usually hate it.

I thought this game had a great soundtrack, a really cool story and concept (everything on Disk 1 took place above ground, while the second Disk was of this strange/cool underground world). There were also some first person shooter style mini games, which is pretty much unheard of in an RPG (unless the RPG itself is from a first person perspective). There was also a battle avoidance system, where you would be able to avoid a battle by pressing a certain button when you heard a monster or enemy.

Exhibit C: Jim Power and the Lost Dimension in 3D

http://www.armchairempire.com/images/classic-box-art/Jim-Power.jpg

This game, while having a ridulously long title, is actually pretty cool. It's also insanely difficult, and I've only made it to the beginning of the third level on hard mode. It's also worth noting that this game has an awesome soundtrack that is in dire need of some remixing.

[avaris]

I hesitate to call it crap, but yes.

I agree.

Also Dirge of Cerebrus was a pretty tight game, i didn't mind and didn't notice the gameplay deficiencies. Also it has one the best OST's I've ever heard from a video game. Overall a damn good experience.

[parasoul]

Fianl Fantasy Mystic Quest.

I certainly wouldn't call that game crap. I wouldn't even call it bad. It's just a very simplified RPG and I remember enjoying it.

[Mr. Dream]

Yes, Mystic Quest.

Why did everyone hate it? My theory is everyone hated it because it had the "Final Fantasy" title in front of it. Now granted, it was no FF III or IV (on the SNES of course), but come on, cut it some slack.

Jim Power in 3D: The Lost Dimension (SNES)

Lol, this game I swear, one of the hardest games ever. I have only passed the second level and it took me like a year. Rediculous, still a sweet game and a killer soundtrack.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)

Now, I'm sure most of you would agree with me that you love this game (or at least are moderately interested in it granted it is Kingdom Hearts) but critics would have to shoot Square in the face for converting it to a card based game. Hell, I wanted to shoot Square. I hate that card-based crap almost as much as I hate Uwe Boll movies. Almost... But KH:COM made it good. I liked it. Rumor has it (As I'm sure most of you know) they are releasing a Kingdom Hearts Final Mix + with a full 3D version of COM being released in the fall. Yay.

[Zenogare]

I like this thread.

Honestly, a lot of the games that I really like are considered crap by most.

Exhibit A: The Granstream Saga

http://www.ngemu.com/articles/grandstream_saga-logo.jpg

I don't think I've heard anything mentioned about this game, ever. In my opinion, this game has a very intruiging story, a great soundtrack (I've yet to find a PSF for it though), and the anime style cutscenes would've been awesome if the voice acting hadn't killed them.

Exhibit B: Shadow Madness

http://gamelender.com/images/ps1/1412.jpg

Not many people have heard of this game, and I find that those who have heard of it usually hate it.

I thought this game had a great soundtrack, a really cool story and concept (everything on Disk 1 took place above ground, while the second Disk was of this strange/cool underground world). There were also some first person shooter style mini games, which is pretty much unheard of in an RPG (unless the RPG itself is from a first person perspective). There was also a battle avoidance system, where you would be able to avoid a battle by pressing a certain button when you heard a monster or enemy.

Exhibit C: Jim Power and the Lost Dimension in 3D

http://www.armchairempire.com/images/classic-box-art/Jim-Power.jpg

This game, while having a ridulously long title, is actually pretty cool. It's also insanely difficult, and I've only made it to the beginning of the third level on hard mode. It's also worth noting that this game has an awesome soundtrack that is in dire need of some remixing.

I like ur sig

[Cerrax]

I'm gonna say DMC3 just to make Cerrax mad. :D

Actually, I noticed a lot of flaws in Majora's Mask while playing it through the second time, but I still love it to death.

Actually I hate DMC3. I actually like DMC2 more than 3.

DMC>>>>>>>>DMC2>DMC3

Every version gets more commercialized and bastardized than the one before it. I shudder to think what DMC4 will be like. The previews already make me doubtful that I'll like it.

PS-If you notice in my sig, most of the pics are from 1 and 2. Only two of them are from 3, and one is from the preview for 4.

[Oddllama]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that FF Mystic Quest was, in fact, crap.
I played it and could not bring myself to enjoy it. It was oversimplified, or perhaps horribly rushed and underdeveloped. Things just sorta happened, and neither the graphics or the sound could redeem the poor layout.

[Dhsu]

Actually I hate DMC3. I actually like DMC2 more than 3.

DMC>>>>>>>>DMC2>DMC3

Every version gets more commercialized and bastardized than the one before it. I shudder to think what DMC4 will be like. The previews already make me doubtful that I'll like it.

PS-If you notice in my sig, most of the pics are from 1 and 2. Only two of them are from 3, and one is from the preview for 4.

I know you hate DMC3, that's why I mentioned it because I think it's awesome.

But I guess it doesn't exactly fit in this thread because you seem to be the only one who bashes it, and not even because it's a bad game, but purely because it's too "commercialized" and "mainstream."

[Gollgagh]

Do Mega Man Legends 1 and 2 count? Every place I've seen bashes them for being "too cheesy" and "not true Mega Man games" but I thoroughly enjoyed them.


Another one that probably not too many people have heard of is Azure Dreams.

[Oddllama]

I'm horribly biased against any MegaMan game that isn't a scrolling Robot Master/Maverick-based action title.

But I admit to it.

[megadave]

Altered Beast!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/risefyg.png

Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/mystery.png


EDIT: oh, and a lot of people disliked that zelda game, but i thought it was okay.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/gnawingonfoot/Screenshots/zelda-02.png

I think it's just a case of my mediocre reading comprehension, but did you just refer to the original Legend of Zelda as "okay?"

You kids these days scare the shit out of me.

[Cerrax]

Oddllama: you've got to admit though, the battle music in FFMQ rocked your socks.

Dshu: You make it seems as though I hate things simply because they are popular, which is not the case.

DMC1 had an incredibly tight and well put together style that was quite different from any other game of the time. It was a perfect blend of mature action and storytelling with beatuiful graphics and one of the best non-orchestral soundtracks I have ever heard in any form (movie, game, TV show) of media.

DMC2 featured "new moves" that were just rip-off moves from The Matrix. The sad part is, DMC2 excutes these new features better than the Matrix games, but that's another thread all together. The overall exceution of both graphics and sound was horrible and bland. The music was cookie cutter industrial rock, with no flavor whatsoever. Every level looked the same. The enemies were interesting, but the game was so easy that they weren't terrifying in the least. The story is even more cut and dry than the first. (I personally loved the story of the first game. But I have to admit it was riddled with cliches and some questionable dialouge) However, Dante's character remains mostly intact. He's a little less talkative, but he's still cool hand Dante.

DMC3 is when the popular culture takes notice of DMC. Now the game has revived a much more stylish and upbeat nature, but its nowhere near the same environment that was present in DMC1. Dante, instead being a slightly arrogant, but mostly cool headed character, is now a whiny emo kid, complete with hair over his eyes and stupid catch phrases every ten seconds. Not to mention his voice itself is childish (I know this is a prequel, but he ain't that young). The music has regained the energy it lost in DMC2, but now its full-on rock with some industrial thrown in. The gothic-techno atmosphere is completely gone at this point. The only clue as to what this game is about are the demons running around trying to kill you. You could easily do a color palette switch on Dante and swap demons for guys with guns and swords. Then you would have Versus. Which leads to the next point. The cutscenes are basically Versus with demons. I know that the director of Versus was the one who did the cutscenes, and that;'s why it upsets me. They purposefully ignored the original style of DMC and called in some famous guy to do it instead.
Basically, DMC3 claims to return to the roots of DMC, except no one from the original team has any connection with the most important parts of the game. Its a disappointment and I hope that they learn their mistakes for DMC4. Unfortunately, they probably won't.


Just think about this, would you like an FF VII game if it had Cloud as a loudmouth badass tough-guy, instead of the soft-spoken brave warrior he is introduced as? Would you like a Zelda game where the music is all E.S. Posthumous and Enya?

[herograw]

Ikari Warriors II

:P

Swords and Serpents, Yo! Noid, Knights of the Round, Combatribes, the list goes on...

[ProFiction]

I'm fairly certain that I'm the only person on Earth who LOVES Swingaway Golf for PS2. All other golf games for PS2 can get bent.

[Dhsu]

Just think about this, would you like an FF VII game if it had Cloud as a loudmouth badass tough-guy, instead of the soft-spoken brave warrior he is introduced as? Would you like a Zelda game where the music is all E.S. Posthumous and Enya?
If they were PREQUELS in which Cloud and Link are SUPPOSED to be young and immature, then yes that would be perfectly fine. I would actually rather Cloud show some balls rather than being emo like he was in the game and Advent Children (which still had great action scenes).

Maybe I'm reading you wrong, but you sound like those people who complain about OCR because the arrangements are too "different" and don't keep the "spirit" of the original track. Gimme a break, that's not the friggin' point.

But thanks for reminding me I need to watch Versus.

And E.S. Posthumus is awesome BTW.

[Bobwillis]

Maybe some Enya, but not all.

[Old Man Time]

Not sure if anyone has said it, but Sunset Riders! It had the corniest story and voice overs in vg history.

[The Mac Attack]

Maybe some Enya, but not all.

There are Enya games now!?

[Gollgagh]

Maybe some Enya, but not all.
There are Enya games now!?

Context:
Just think about this, would you like an FF VII game if it had Cloud as a loudmouth badass tough-guy, instead of the soft-spoken brave warrior he is introduced as? Would you like a Zelda game where the music is all E.S. Posthumous and Enya?

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[The Mac Attack]

Ah, sorry - missed that.

[patella femoral syndrome]

I think it's just a case of my mediocre reading comprehension, but did you just refer to the original Legend of Zelda as "okay?"

You kids these days scare the shit out of me.

Yes, but fear not, as I've never actually played the game for more than 15 minutes past starting it. I merely included it for humorous purposes--specifically so I could post the screenshot of it in Meka, the world's greatest 8-bit Sega system emulator. Oh, and there's the ancient OverClocked skin that djp made some long time ago. I may include the game next time I make an NES rom disc for my <3Dreamcast<3.

also: Flicky!

[Lizz]

Secretly, I hold a soft spot in my heart for Gex 64.

Who loves ya, you little green gecko, you?

[The Tromboner]

Yo! Noid was one of my favorite NES games as a child. I loved it dearly, and still have it.

I also love The Lion King on the SNES. I don't care that it's a licensed sidescroller, it's tight. It has some great visuals, good music, and a wonderfully creative take on the events of the movie. That, and it's pretty tough.

[Fire in the Hole]

I also love The Lion King on the SNES. I don't care that it's a licensed sidescroller, it's tight. It has some great visuals, good music, and a wonderfully creative take on the events of the movie. That, and it's pretty tough.

Hell yes, I remember that game. All kinds of awesome.

[linkspast]

Yo! Noid was one of my favorite NES games as a child. I loved it dearly, and still have it.

I also love The Lion King on the SNES. I don't care that it's a licensed sidescroller, it's tight. It has some great visuals, good music, and a wonderfully creative take on the events of the movie. That, and it's pretty tough.

Hell yes, I remember that game. All kinds of awesome.


Yeha I loved that game dose BARRY ring any bells?

[Warmech]

Another vote for Quest 64 here. Man was that game hard too...

[watkinzez]

If anyone actually bothered to play it, they'd realise that Grabbed by the Ghoulies was actually quite fun. Not to mention it did the unthinkable and bested Banjo-Kazooie's voice work.

[Effector]

Blasto (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7147). Two player only. The game's utter shit, frankly. Part of the joy of playing it with two players is that your directions via stick and buttons are only a suggestion - the hilarity springs from the lack of control. Also, one person can get hit and keep going for 5+ seconds and not know they're dead. Lends itself to funny situations. Still, game is shit, but a blast (forgive the pun) to break out with some good friends.

[djpretzel]

http://www.mobygames.com/game/cosmic-carnage

Back in high school a friend and I stayed up until 4AM playing this. For some reason, when we crossed the 2AM threshold, it suddenly became both

fun and
completely hilarious

[Ray Falling]

FF: Crystal Chronicles and Starfox Adventures for me.

Many people were so negative about both games yet me and a friend had such a blast with both games.

[Blake]

I loved Starfox Adventures.

[Cecilff2]

Blasto (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7147). Two player only. The game's utter shit, frankly. Part of the joy of playing it with two players is that your directions via stick and buttons are only a suggestion - the hilarity springs from the lack of control. Also, one person can get hit and keep going for 5+ seconds and not know they're dead. Lends itself to funny situations. Still, game is shit, but a blast (forgive the pun) to break out with some good friends.

Haha, I still have that, but for the TI-99. I thought it was funny, that and "The Attack" which had similar controls.

Three games I liked for TI-99 (http://www.rewindmag.co.uk/issue1/features/ti2.php)

[RealFolkBlues]

Way of the Samurai I and II. I frickin' love those games, and there are MANY problems with them, especially the first one. I'm a sucker for most samurai though, so they do play to my weakness.

[XCloud419]

Oh man..Oregon Trail on the old apple computers!

[Unkus]

I have always been religiously fond of Faxanadu and Rygar for the NES, despite how bad they are.

[Petara]

FFX. You loved it. I loved it. It was crap.

[Triad Orion]

I wouldn't call the MegaMan Legends series crap, but I wouldn't call them universally popular.

Personally, I loved Legends to death. So another for both Legends 1 and 2.

[Oddllama]

No no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!

Blast it why can't you ford a 2 foot deep river?!?

[Crazyonr1]

Ha ha, great thread, I'd have to give Yo! Noid another vote, and since no one's mentioned it, MISCHEF MAKERS!!!!! :-D awesome awesome game

[CE]

Ha ha, great thread, I'd have to give Yo! Noid another vote, and since no one's mentioned it, MISCHEF MAKERS!!!!! :-D awesome awesome game

Mischief Makers is not a crap game!

[Dhsu]

Shake shake!

[Mr. Dream]

Mischief Makers was in fact pretty damn amazing.

Gex 64 was also in fact pretty damn amazing (I loved going to the "secret" Titanic level.).

Mystic Quest DOES HAVE AMAZING BATTLE MUSIC
I have both the original boss and battle themes on my MP3 player as well as the Remix by Hellion Sounds (just a 1:00 sample, but nonetheless great track) If you want to hear it just go to ytmnd.com and search for Akuma, scroll down a ways and watch "Akuma did 9/11". Pretty sweet, however if you are offended by the events that occurred at 9/11, then don't watch and don't yell at me.

Sorry guys, but I hate Quest 64. The magic system put me over the top.

I am also only a Megaman fan when it comes to sidescrolling adventures. However, I hate to admit it, but I did play MM Legends all the way through. Wasn't impressed though. MM Lengends 2 was rediculous and the final boss was very very difficult in my opinion.

WDL (World Destruction League) Thunder Tanks

Found this game yesterday after I logged off the computer and played it. This game is so damn terrible but it brought back so many memories of playing 4 player with my friends and brothers. The ONLY game we used the Multi-tap for.

Game and Watch Gallery games

I don't know why I like them, probably cause they are good time wasters, and a generous amount of unlockables.

Btw, I have to just say that Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was my second favorite Zelda game (A Link to the Past is in first) and I found nothing wrong with that game at all. It followed the same principles as Ocarina of Time just without adult Link, which of course bothered me, but I eventually got over it due to the fact that I was absorbed in that game. Playing that game was a blast.

Luigi's Mansion

Don't know how many of you like this game but I sure do. Every day in 5th grade when I stayed home sick, I would take the day to beat this game. Get all 50 boos and an S ranking on the mansion. Loved it.

Final Fantasy II

Hate it and love it. No particular explanation why I love it, probably cause it has FF in the title so I feel I'm obligated to at least moderately enjoy it. It was just bad. And to avoid confusion, I'm talking about the one on the Dawn of Souls for GBA, not FF IV with Cecil and Kain for SNES. I love that one, one of my favs.

Perfect Dark Zero

Now, I personally love this game, despite the fact that everyone runs around like they took a shit in their pants and is running to the potty. Bear with me on this one. I have read reviews and heard from people that PDZ sucks beyond return. I will give them that it is in fact worse than its sequal (in game time, not IRL) Perfect Dark for the N64. That game was Bad Ass. It was like the first game out on the 360 and everyone expected so much out of that game. With the exception of Nintendo, the first games on next-gen systems are rarely good. You know one day a couple years from now you will pick up that game and play online against others that had the same revelation as you.

[PriZm]

NES:
Rygar
Karnov
Fantasy Zone

AMIGA:
Nitro
The Duel - Test Drive II

[Fire in the Hole]

No no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!

Blast it why can't you ford a 2 foot deep river?!?

If I weren't lazy I'd quote this in AIMMS.

[Bobwillis]

2xtreme and its predecessor

[Gollgagh]

2xtreme and its predecessor

I actually hated that game.

But then again, I wasn't very accustomed to console games yet and it's been over 8 years since I played it last.

[RETROMAN]

My Hero for the Sega Master System was quite bad and the graphics were absolutely terrible (the main character looked like a zombie), but I still enjoyed playing it.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/master/my_hero.gif

WOAHHHH CHECK OUT THOSE MINDBLOWING GRAPHICS!

Speaking of great graphics *cough*, does anybody remember Pit-Fighter?
Yeah, it was quite awful (hideous animation, iffy controls, drab backgrounds, etc.) but I really liked it "back in the day" (I owned the Sega Genesis version).
There was something incredibly satisfying about using a barrel or chair to crush the brains of thugs with names like "Heavy Metal" and "Mad Miles".
Repeatedly performing Ty's double kicks to a gimp's face was also a high point.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/gen/pit-fighter.gif

THE COLORFUL WORLD OF PIT-FIGHTER!

[Jimmy Jazz]

Guilty gear X - Advance Edition.

Don't get me wrong, console Guilty gear games are awesome, and damn hard too. GGX Advance, on the other hand, Is shit simply because:

a) The enemy AI on one-player is a joke. The whole game can be beat without using any continues on hard - In fact, the whole game can probably be beat without losing any life. At first I was all like ''Yeah! Guilty Gear! On my Gameboy!'' but theres no challenge.

b) Theres no point playing multiplayer if you have a console version of Guilty gear. In fact, theres almost no point playing this if you've got a console version.

However, Its guilty gear, and its pretty useful for practicing. Its also a slight challenge if you go someone your crap with, In my case, Potemkin or Milla Rage. And its also really good for Guilty Gear noobs, as they can learn the basic techniques without getting their ass kicked on the 3rd round of Arcade mode.

[Lemming 1545]

Shining Soul II for the GBA. It's a real-time RPG set in SEGA's Shining Force series, and it got terrible reviews. Nevertheless, it's one of my favorite games, both for the GBA and just overall. The storyline is weak as hell, some animations are pitifully limited (particularly those of the first boss, who has a two-frame, 360-degree axe spin attack) and the enemy AI is retarded - it takes a straight line to you, even if that means trying (and failing) to walk through walls - but the game still manages to be both challenging and awesome. Multiplayer - both co-op and versus - is great, too. I think it might actually be the best game the GBA has to offer in terms of multiplayer. And it never stops being fun to try to continue levelling up your character. Shining Soul II also has what I think is one of the better weapon and spell systems I think I've ever seen in a real-time RPG.

[Spunodi]

DJ Puff for the Commodore 64. It came on a tape and it was essentially the first platformer (other than Sonic 1) which I hammered to death.

You were a dragon, a DJ Dragon, who had his discs stolen by an evil something and you had to collect them, plus also shoot fire at aztec Indians. There was like, 4 levels (massive levels) with a boss at the end of each and there was no ending - the game looped back to the beginning.

The collision detection was awful, the game sluggish and the rewards non-existent however I love it as one of the first things hooking me on gaming. It was colourful, cute and challenging.

I challenge ANY of you to know this game. Also, Slug for the C64 - however, that WAS a great game.

EDIT:

After saying that I had to play it again and my memory (though last I played it I was five) is spot on - check out the Aztec!

http://www.geocities.com/spunodi/DJPUFF.JPG

Yay! I'm gonna have to remix the level tune this year. BTW the game's full name is DJ Puffs Volcanic Capers, which I didn't remember.

[FlameStream]

Rockman EXE RPG games, except the 4th one. I love this series.
Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. That's a given. Sonic Riders too while we're at it, haha.
Final Fantasy VIII and IX. Speaking of this series, I hated VII...

[Sylantnight]

Mighty Morphen Power Rangers for snes. I feel embarrassed even mentioning it but yes.. I liked it.

The background music is TOO redundant and sucky, the action moves look so robotical and Billy (blue ranger) is the only character in the game that prances along like a little sissy girl as he walks.

And Xenophobe! Who can forget Xenophobe? Does that sad excuse for a game even have an ending? The Start song in the beginning is toooo catchy that it'll haunt you for the rest of your life..

[benprunty]

T&C Surf Design's Wood & Water Rage by LJN for the NES. I still kind of like that one. Everyone says its crap, but I still think the skateboarding part was fun. I always used to think that the surfing had some sort of hidden depth that I couldn't grasp. Turns out it just sucked. It was the first game we had for our NES after Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt back in 1988.

[parasoul]

Speaking of great graphics *cough*, does anybody remember Pit-Fighter?
Yeah, it was quite awful (hideous animation, iffy controls, drab backgrounds, etc.) but I really liked it "back in the day" (I owned the Sega Genesis version).
There was something incredibly satisfying about using a barrel or chair to crush the brains of thugs with names like "Heavy Metal" and "Mad Miles".
Repeatedly performing Ty's double kicks to a gimp's face was also a high point.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/gen/pit-fighter.gif

THE COLORFUL WORLD OF PIT-FIGHTER!

Pit Fighter is one of the few games mentioned in this topic that I actually think is bad. Sadly, I too enjoyed it. I played it both in the arcade and Genesis.

[Cerrax]

Final Fantasy VIII and IX. Speaking of this series, I hated VII...

I love FF8 and I hate FF7. But FF9? That one was good. I don't think anybody has a lot of gripes about that one.

[Arek the Absolute]

Watch it! A debate is about to start D: GRAB YOUR SHIELDS MEN D:
lolololololameiknow
Anyhow, Illusion of Gaia. YOU KNOW IT WAS BAD, but at the same time, oh so good.

[friendlyHunter]

I just typed two big ol' rants, only to get logged out when I try to post them. Maybe it's better they'll never be seen again... but I still can't believe nobody posted these yet.


METROID - amazing game, revolutionary, a GREAT challenge, frustrating, unpolished, buggy, repeatative - that game had it all. It was the one of the first games people might call "creepy", and although it was often more of a struggle than it was play - but it's awsome (in my rant I had made an analogy about the painful yet satisfying feat of climbing Everest). It's a great experience because it's so hard, not because of good graphics - ironic how that's the polar opposite of Metroid Prime, which had very immersive graphics, and MP2, which had even better (but less immersive) graphics. One could argue it doesn't need immersive graphics when it has such great music. But is it a bad game?? Just look at it's sequel, Metroid 2 - it's much better (in my opinion), but somehow doesn't get nearly as much love... Well whad'ya know, my metroid rant v2.0 turned out longer and completely different than the first one. I'll try and make this short (Hah!):


WIND WAKER - the long and increasingly boring travels I didn't mind so much - but the fighting was AWFUL: boring, monotonous, mind-bogglingly easy (pause it and select the right item, then target the enemey and press the correct button!!), and no new enemies for the last two thirds of the game (note, I haven't finished the game yet, 1 triforce shard to go). Every fight was like the "hit me 400 times before I hit you 3 times" guy, expect enemies took 1-3 hits and you took 20 (mind you I took slightly less, as I'm not getting any heart containers from bosses.) So what did I love about it? Those insane little details: the characters in the first town, the battleship guy (and his island-ridden counterpart), etc.. Sadly as the game goes on, those details get less and less frequent, and it gets monotonous and looks increasingly rushed (not unlike this rant). The dungeon design sucked too - while they were beautiful, they weren't up to par with all other Zelda dungeons. And the sheer number of islands is dazzling at first, but then it just gets repeatative, and again, their design looks rushed. Am I the only person who thinks the game should've been shorter (again, not unlike this rant shoud've been shorter)?

[parasoul]

I just typed two big ol' rants, only to get logged out when I try to post them. Maybe it's better they'll never be seen again... but I still can't believe nobody posted these yet.


METROID - amazing game, revolutionary, a GREAT challenge, frustrating, unpolished, buggy, repeatative - that game had it all. It was the one of the first games people might call "creepy", and although it was often more of a struggle than it was play - but it's awsome (in my rant I had made an analogy about the painful yet satisfying feat of climbing Everest). It's a great experience because it's so hard, not because of good graphics - ironic how that's the polar opposite of Metroid Prime, which had very immersive graphics, and MP2, which had even better (but less immersive) graphics. One could argue it doesn't need immersive graphics when it has such great music. But is it a bad game?? Just look at it's sequel, Metroid 2 - it's much better (in my opinion), but somehow doesn't get nearly as much love... Well whad'ya know, my metroid rant v2.0 turned out longer and completely different than the first one. I'll try and make this short (Hah!):


WIND WAKER - the long and increasingly boring travels I didn't mind so much - but the fighting was AWFUL: boring, monotonous, mind-bogglingly easy (pause it and select the right item, then target the enemey and press the correct button!!), and no new enemies for the last two thirds of the game (note, I haven't finished the game yet, 1 triforce shard to go). Every fight was like the "hit me 400 times before I hit you 3 times" guy, expect enemies took 1-3 hits and you took 20 (mind you I took slightly less, as I'm not getting any heart containers from bosses.) So what did I love about it? Those insane little details: the characters in the first town, the battleship guy (and his island-ridden counterpart), etc.. Sadly as the game goes on, those details get less and less frequent, and it gets monotonous and looks increasingly rushed (not unlike this rant). The dungeon design sucked too - while they were beautiful, they weren't up to par with all other Zelda dungeons. And the sheer number of islands is dazzling at first, but then it just gets repeatative, and again, their design looks rushed. Am I the only person who thinks the game should've been shorter (again, not unlike this rant shoud've been shorter)?

The original Metroid is one of my least favorite games ever. Overrated POS. I'm glad you realize it's crap though. However, even though I disliked Wind Waker I wouldn't say it was crap.

[Sylantnight]

I just typed two big ol' rants, only to get logged out when I try to post them. Maybe it's better they'll never be seen again... but I still can't believe nobody posted these yet.


METROID - amazing game, revolutionary, a GREAT challenge, frustrating, unpolished, buggy, repeatative - that game had it all. It was the one of the first games people might call "creepy", and although it was often more of a struggle than it was play - but it's awsome (in my rant I had made an analogy about the painful yet satisfying feat of climbing Everest). It's a great experience because it's so hard, not because of good graphics - ironic how that's the polar opposite of Metroid Prime, which had very immersive graphics, and MP2, which had even better (but less immersive) graphics. One could argue it doesn't need immersive graphics when it has such great music. But is it a bad game?? Just look at it's sequel, Metroid 2 - it's much better (in my opinion), but somehow doesn't get nearly as much love... Well whad'ya know, my metroid rant v2.0 turned out longer and completely different than the first one. I'll try and make this short (Hah!):)

Dude you're so right.. I loved that game even tho I played it after Super Metroid came out. Lot's of similar stages they both have.

Has anyone played the game Cobra Command for nes? That game was fun..

[Ero Elohim]

Dude you're so right.. I loved that game even tho I played it after Super Metroid came out. Lot's of similar stages they both have.

There is a VERY good reason why Metroid and Super Metroid have a lot of similar stages. I'll let you figure it out yourself, though.

[ProFiction]

T&C Surf Design's Wood & Water Rage by LJN for the NES. I still kind of like that one. Everyone says its crap, but I still think the skateboarding part was fun. I always used to think that the surfing had some sort of hidden depth that I couldn't grasp. Turns out it just sucked. It was the first game we had for our NES after Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt back in 1988.That game rules. But yeah the surfing blew.

[Gollgagh]

Rockman EXE RPG games, except the 4th one. I love this series.
Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. That's a given. Sonic Riders too while we're at it, haha.
Final Fantasy VIII and IX. Speaking of this series, I hated VII...

I do believe that you have completely missed the entire point of this thread.

[Blake]

I forgot to mention Power Rangers: Fighting Edition. It is the most surprising gem I've played. It's a 2d fighter with pretty deep gameplay mechanics, and the animation and sound is really fighter style. For SNES, it's probably better than Street Fighter Alpha 2.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers_Fighting_Edition_SNES _ScreenShot1.jpg

http://www.juegomania.org/Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers:+The+Fighting+Edition/fotos/snes/1/1281/Foto+Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers:+The+Fighting+Ed ition.jpg

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers_Fighting_Edition_SNES _ScreenShot2.jpg

[parasoul]

I do believe that you have completely missed the entire point of this thread.

Almost everyone has. There haven't been more than 5 games listed that are actually crap.

[Gollgagh]

It happens to everyone. There's a game that by the general opinion, was pretty damn bad. But for some odd reason, you love it. I know I have a few games that O love, that people (game journalists, gamers, and even non-gamers) would consider to be horrible games.

It's not that they actually were crap, it's that everybody else thought that they were.

[Blue Magic]

The Clay Fighters series.

I hated the games, but I couldn't stop playing them because they were so funny. I honestly don't remember beating any of them either. :-?

[benprunty]

I just remembered: Jurassic Park for the Genesis. I used to play that thing to death when I was 11. I thought it was awesome. I dug it out again years later and now I can't stand it. It's just about one of the most sluggish and unresponsive games I've ever played. But when I was a kid I loved it. Dinosaurs! Hot damn! It was awesome.

On a slightly different note, I just started playing Advent Rising which got mixed reviews and it is incredibly fun so far. Cartwheeling in slow motion while simultaneously lifting a monster in the air and shooting him in the face is really satisfying, as is throwing aliens one by one into the void of space and watching them flail around.

[bucky o'hare]

:P

Swords and Serpents
:)
Right on, sir.

That game is all sorts of shitty. My brother and I attempted playing through it a couple times a while back, but always got bored. We had a sort of a love/hate relationship with the game. The in-game humor is just awful and awkward ("who's zooming who"..." coming up... its another... ZOOM TUBE ACITVATED), and of course the gameplay isn't all that interesting. Plus you hear ALL of the game's music within the first couple minutes, so it gets very aggrivating.

So eventually we went back determined, with the 4 score set up, and two controllers to each of us. We beat it, and somehow it almost felt worth it. Almost. We enjoyed it with some sort of ironic distance.

[Triad Orion]

I just remembered: Jurassic Park for the Genesis. I used to play that thing to death when I was 11. I thought it was awesome. I dug it out again years later and now I can't stand it. It's just about one of the most sluggish and unresponsive games I've ever played. But when I was a kid I loved it. Dinosaurs! Hot damn! It was awesome.


I REMEMBER that game. I played it a bunch too. Crazy ass angry paleontologists with rockets! I loved playing as Grant. You were a walking arsenal, even if like half of your weapons didn't do squat.

[Amayirot Akago]

On a slightly different note, I just started playing Advent Rising which got mixed reviews and it is incredibly fun so far. Cartwheeling in slow motion while simultaneously lifting a monster in the air and shooting him in the face is really satisfying, as is throwing aliens one by one into the void of space and watching them flail around.*makes a mental note to reinstall that game sometime in the near future as he never played past the first bit with the car*

[Azure Prower]

Sonic the Hedgehog (the latest one). Got a lot of bad reviews, but I like it.

[RETROMAN]

Vigilante for the Sega Master System was a very easy game with bad graphics and even worse collission detection.
Somehow I liked it back then.

http://www.juegomania.org/Vigilante/fotos/sms/0/237/Foto+Vigilante.jpg

[Mr. Dream]

The entire lineup for the Game Gear system (with the exception of the Sonic games, those were fantastic)

I don't know how Tail's Adventure stood as far as reviews go, but I suspect there would be criticism. Loved those games.

I digress...

Yes, the Game Gear games, still own it, still play it, still love it. Yet, it seems that people hate it so damn much and I just can't grasp why. So if someone could elaborate for me that would be just peachy.

The 32X (some odd system that we used to own and my brother completely freaked out when he got it for Christmas with that graphics chip thingy. It was absolutley priceless because he was like 9 and the exact quote when he ripped the package was, "Oh.....My.....Fucking.........GODTHISISFUCKINGAWES OMEICANTWAITTOPLAYITFUCKMYOTHERPRESENTSIDONTEVENGI VEASHITABOUTTHECLOTHESJUSTLEAVEMEALONEIMGOINGTOMYR OOMIFUCKINGLOVECHRISTMAS!!!!!!!" I know this because we have the Christmas video still on VHS) was also pretty shitty, but I still played it to death. I tried to trick myself into liking it by playing the shit out of it. Lets just say, it worked, for the time. I thinked there was a Star Wars game on there which I played a lot...

Space Channel 5

No comment, I like it, you probably don't. It's hard.

For the people that don't understand... The thread is about crappy games (on a world basis and given bad reviews) that you personally enjoyed or enjoy. Not, "Name Shitty Games to Start Controversy"

For the attention whores that say, "I hated FF VII" way to start a war. I mean, in my opinion, it's not the BEST Final Fantasy game on the market, but it still is rather good. And correct me if I am wrong, that game got pretty fantastic reviews. Now, I will admit that it is a bit overrated, but you can't let that make you hate the game for all it's worth. One problem I DID have with the game is that its story is based off of a book and everyone comments on how good the goddamn story is. It's stolen and as far as I remember, I don't remember seeing the book's title in the credits.

You all are entitled to your opinion, I respect that. But try to stay on track here guys. I mean if I came in here and just simply said, "Hey guys, umm I hate _____________ but love (insert good game series *coughcoughsoniccough* here)!!!" You all would banish me to hell. Now I believe on my second post on this thread I may have done some of that, but I can't really remember. So if I did, I appologize. Please don't just waltz in here and say Sonic is Cool!!!! We all know Sonic is cool, please restrain yourself.

James L
Just read your post stating that you like the new Sonic game. That is fine, I wasn't talking about you with the Sonic jokes. You stated that it didn't get good reviews. That is exactly what this thread is about. Keep it that way! Follow in James L's footsteps.

[Maco70]

Blinx (xbox)
Rampage (NES)
Bosconian

uh.... that's about it...

[Nobinsor]

Super Pitfall on the NES. Man, I can't remember how many times I rented that game as a kid. The thing had the most shrill music in the world, the level(s?) made no sense, your gun was the most useless piece of trash in the world, but for some reason, the game scared the crap out of me. The atmosphere was such that it'd make my young senses tingle with fear as I trudged past black background after black background after black background after HOLY SHIT A SNAKE!


Awful.

[megadave]

Super Pitfall on the NES. Man, I can't remember how many times I rented that game as a kid. The thing had the most shrill music in the world, the level(s?) made no sense, your gun was the most useless piece of trash in the world, but for some reason, the game scared the crap out of me. The atmosphere was such that it'd make my young senses tingle with fear as I trudged past black background after black background after black background after HOLY SHIT A SNAKE!


Awful.

The Super Nintendo Pitfall was hard as hell. I mean 'Ninja Gaiden Black -on - extreme - difficulty' hard.

But that was a decent game - okay, I'm going to get back on topic.

I don't think Legacy of the Wizard is a high quality game, and many say it's total shit, but it has a charm that I can't resist. I still play it every month or two.

To whoever mentioned Rampage - I agree with you. It's basically crap, much like Donkey Kong, Donkey Jr. and Mickey Mousecapades, Golden Axe (the Genesis port, not the arcade) and I still enjoy all of those games.

[Lizz]

No no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!

Blast it why can't you ford a 2 foot deep river?!?

Who DIDN'T like doing this? :)
There was always one idiot who'd kill a bunch of buffalo and waste an assload of ammo only to be able to carry back like 1000 pounds of meat but you killed 10,000. We'd have contests to see who could kill their party the fastest.

Also, you have died of cholera.

[Maco70]

Wow, I remember the original dos version of Oregon Trail. Anyone know where I can download it?

[parasoul]

To whoever mentioned Rampage - I agree with you. It's basically crap, much like Donkey Kong, Donkey Jr. and Mickey Mousecapades, Golden Axe (the Genesis port, not the arcade) and I still enjoy all of those games.

I disagree with your assessment of Rampage, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mickey Mousecapades, and Golden Axe as crap.

[EdgeCrusher]

FFMQ was a great game. If they hadn't put the name Final Fantasy in front of it, it would have been an instant classic. But still, great game.

Clash At Demonhead is still my favorite game for NES. And if you don't like it, then the terrorists have truely won.

[Maco70]

It's not that Rampage was bad, it was just... Mindless? Repetitious? Easy?

[Rexy]

I don't think there's many games in my collection that I thought are much better than what the critics said, but I do like to give Animaniacs on the original Gameboy a shout here. People said that it was an atrocious licence, but for me, it's no longer than Kirby's Dream Land, actually had some decent (remixable?) in-level music and it was the kind of game to keep me occupied while waiting for food every night thanks to its fair share of content and everything.

Yep, like many of you, I sound like a douche. :p

[RETROMAN]

Another kinda crappy game I just remembered having is Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (NOT Alex Kidd in Miracle World, 'cause that one rocked) for the Sega Master System. I'll let this screenshot speak for itself.

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/alexkidd/loststars4.png

Or what about Cyborg Justice for the Sega Genesis? A slow, ugly game with sluggish controls and absolutely no variety in gameplay. I tried to convince myself it was a good game.

http://www.vgmuseum.com/pics3/CyborgJustice-2.gif

[JSZilla]

AS Troll bait I think I will say...

Bubsy 3D.

Anyway, I need to see Oregon Trail again. What an insanely goofy game. I died of Dysentery all the time. =/


EDIT: I hate Bubsy 3D. But I would say Shadowman for N64, but I dont think its crap...Yet everyone I know says it is. I think its awesome. Period.

[patella femoral syndrome]

Wow, I remember the original dos version of Oregon Trail. Anyone know where I can download it?

I take it you mean the original for the TIES system that the teletype machines used?

I think you do because the DOS version was 21 years away from being the original one.

And here: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=2972

[IamtheAlieo01]

HEHE i can't belive you are forgetting the crappest game of them all, Battle Toads for the Genesis. The game was all sorts of crappy. The enemies where annoying, and stupid at the same time (damn Ravens). The 1st and 2cd Air/jetski levels where so annoyingly hard that you wanted to tear you eye-balls out. Finally the last reason was that it was so damn additive that you kept coming back for more torture. :)

[Eon_Blue]

Has anyone said Pokemon Snap? Because I swear to god I'll say it.

[Kenobio]

Pokemon Snap was awesome (also got some pretty high reviews across the board).

[patella femoral syndrome]

Pokemon Snap was awesome (also got some pretty high reviews across the board).

And this Sega fanboy says it's the only reason to own an N64.

best Panzer Dragoon rip-off ever! (well, excluding Rez.)

[jaysiff]

crappy games everyone likes ehh? how about halo 2? think about it. it may not truley suck, but compared to the original its terrible. and not only that with all the modders, standbyers, boosters, and glitchers online theres no one playing the game legit anymore. lets just face it. halo 2 got ruined by everyone who only cared about having a high rank, and didnt care about enjoying the game. Oh and How about most of these games based on anime? dude I swear the only people that buy those games are not gamers, but only the fans of that anime. the game usually sucks itself. especially those Full metal alchlemist , and inuyasha games. Although there are a few good games based on anime such as budokai, and naruto(not the crappy american version of the naruto game with the gay voices, but the japanese one) and finally I know i am so gonna get flamed for this but i dont care...

MEGAMAN SERIES!!!

Im sorry, but megaman was great in his first 30 games, but the whole idea of the megaman series has been way too over used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mega_Man_games

go there! lol!
I counted 100 megaman games! and i didnt even count all his cameo apperances in games like marvel vs capcom.

all good things must come to an end so please if in anyway possible can we kill the blue bomber?!!!

[chfuji]

I'm going to have to concur with whoever went to the trouble of dredging up the horrible traumas that are Mickey Mousecapade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mousecapade) and Clash at Demonhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_at_Demonhead).

Man, Mickey Mousecapade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mousecapade)...I think myself and my two younger brothers each forced our way through that horrible game. I think anyone who has played it knows the fun of the invincible Minnie Mouse, and the pain that is the four seasons of the forest stage. Nothing beats the ending though...all that effort for @#%$-ing <spoiler> Alice <spoiler>!! Some secret friend...

Clash at Demonhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_at_Demonhead) I feel I played at too young of an age, along with a metric crap-ton of other NES games. The problem with growing up with the 8-bit generation's start is that I played a lot of games at an age that was younger than the target audience may've been. Clash was perhaps a game like that for me. That game was so weird though. And it's opening sequence, featuring full female upper-back nudity, so daring. (I'm looking at you Tekken 3 U.S. version...)

[Gollgagh]

stuff


You're doing it wrong.

[Zutnunzor]

Another vote for Clash at Demonhead. Everytime you fell in the pit, I wanted to throw my controller at the wall cuz the game spewed legions of minions at you and you can only hope the exit is right next to you. If you didn't blow on the cartridge either, the game would glitch, and start you off on the mountain with no money or items or anything, it was scary.

Oh yeah, try playing the first final fantasy again, funny translations and purposely-annoying sounds... I'm amazed I even got through a quarter of that game.

[parasoul]

Oh yeah, try playing the first final fantasy again, funny translations and purposely-annoying sounds... I'm amazed I even got through a quarter of that game.

I thought the first 3 FFs were pretty bad. They didn't get decent until SNES imo.

[patella femoral syndrome]

I thought the first 3 FFs were pretty bad. They didn't get decent until SNES imo.

Agreed. They were bland until Square started copying Phantasy Star.
...just like they copied Space Harrier and OutRun.

[JSZilla]

Clash at Demonhead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_at_Demonhead)


Clash was fraggin crazy!!! The idea was neat but it sucked so bad. Or so I say.

[Broken]

I forgot to mention Power Rangers: Fighting Edition. It is the most surprising gem I've played. It's a 2d fighter with pretty deep gameplay mechanics, and the animation and sound is really fighter style. For SNES, it's probably better than Street Fighter Alpha 2.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers_Fighting_Edition_SNES _ScreenShot1.jpg

http://www.juegomania.org/Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers:+The+Fighting+Edition/fotos/snes/1/1281/Foto+Mighty+Morphin+Power+Rangers:+The+Fighting+Ed ition.jpg

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers_Fighting_Edition_SNES _ScreenShot2.jpg

I almost forgot about that game. Good times were had being that flying blue lion guy w/ the gold armor.

Now, how many of you remember Fighters Destiny 2 (N64)? I was helplessly in love with that game. And to its credit, it did put a different spin on the fighting genre. Moves were interesting to watch (although clunky), and the graphics were decent for the time, but in the end the game was just a button masher (darn counters were too hard to use.) And the bosses were not only stupid in design ( ie. a fighting cow/ a hooker), but they were hard as crap to beat.

To this day I've never remained in the ring with Mou for more than 60 seconds.

[Citris]

Shining Soul II for the GBA. It's a real-time RPG set in SEGA's Shining Force series, and it got terrible reviews. Nevertheless, it's one of my favorite games, both for the GBA and just overall. The storyline is weak as hell, some animations are pitifully limited (particularly those of the first boss, who has a two-frame, 360-degree axe spin attack) and the enemy AI is retarded - it takes a straight line to you, even if that means trying (and failing) to walk through walls - but the game still manages to be both challenging and awesome. Multiplayer - both co-op and versus - is great, too. I think it might actually be the best game the GBA has to offer in terms of multiplayer. And it never stops being fun to try to continue levelling up your character. Shining Soul II also has what I think is one of the better weapon and spell systems I think I've ever seen in a real-time RPG.

Shining Force 2 got bad reviews? I downloaded a ton of GBA roms not too long ago and that's the only bearable one. I love it.

I forgot to mention Power Rangers: Fighting Edition. It is the most surprising gem I've played. It's a 2d fighter with pretty deep gameplay mechanics, and the animation and sound is really fighter style. For SNES, it's probably better than Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Is this the one that came out at the same time the movie where they get the ninja zords did? Because I rented that one and played it endlessly until it was time to return it. The ninja zord was the best.


Also Dragon Crystal for Game Gear. Repetitive, confusing, and THE DRAGON DOESN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH IT EVOLVES! Not to mention the ability to end your game if you pick up the wrong item. I love it though. Every so often I'll sink hours into this game.

[EdgeCrusher]

Anyone who went to the pre phpbb forums here probably seen where I would request remixes of Clash At Demonhead about every 3 months. I did for a while on here too. I still try to get Shawn Phase to do a cover of it, which he said he would for NYPWP 7. He better, or I shall kill...

[Strike911]

http://www.psxa2z.com/gpgs/frnts/BT1415FB.jpg

[ifirit]

Bram Stoker's Dracula (SNES) (http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/gamesbram.html)

This film-to-game title had something like 10 different releases on separate consoles. The controls weren't very reponsive, the levels weren't cohesive, the action was cheap, the platforming was frustrating and the ending completely sucked. But, for some reason I love this title. Really great music, especially on the later levels.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Bram_Stokers_Dracula_SNES_ScreenShot1.jpg

Rule of Rose (http://www.atlus.com/ruleofrose/)

Game magazines absolutely hated this game! Their ratings were almost as bad as those for Superman 64. Problem is that I don't agree with them one bit. Sure, the fighting was terrible, but that was just from a poorly-designed collision-detection program. Great story, awesome music by Yutaka Minobe (Panzer Dragoon, Skies of Arcadia), beautiful character designs and FMVs. I love it.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/Ifirit0/untitled.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/Ifirit0/jennifer.jpg

[JSZilla]

I wanna be a prick for just a second.

Has anyone posted FF7 yet?

Perhaps Metal Gear Solid?

I'm shocked no one mentioned SUPERMAN 64!!!!!!!

[Back_Lit]

I'm shocked no one mentioned SUPERMAN 64!!!!!!!

Sadly thats a game not even a developer could love.

[JoeFu]

Didn't read through the whole thread, but because it seems everybody hates on it... Baten Kaitos. I really liked that game.

[Gollgagh]

I wanna be a prick for just a second.

Has anyone posted FF7 yet?

Perhaps Metal Gear Solid?

Yes, but you're doing it wrong.

Read the first post carefully.

[Soveriegn_Legend]

I thought Shadow the Hedgehog was alright. But it got a 1 out of 5 on X-Play and I think 3 out of 10 on IGN. So I guess the general opinion doesnt agree. Then I again I can't say I loved it and it's not in my top 20 favorite games but it was OK.

[GhostMercXIII]

Top Gear for the SNES all my friends hated but me.

[Chizniz]

Baten Kaitos.

Fire BURST, Chronos BLOW, Light FLARE, Light FLARE, Fire BURST,
Ha~a! *hits enemy with a "ripe banana" card or some dumb shit which would not hurt*


It's because of her that I will never finished that game.
My GOD the bitch just clucks on and on and on. If you weren't stuck with her 90% of the time I could see myself actually picking it up again. She ruins everything.

Anyone know if the second one is any better or worse?

[realpolitik]

Zelda II, and not because of its music. I fucking slaughtered my pro friend at Soul Calibur II one time by using strategy from that game, haha.

ps I'd never played it before too. Pretty humiliating.

[SosusOCR]

I use to play an SNES game called PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations) it was a shoddy turn based WWII sim from Koei. Everything about the game was either slow (combat, building units) or ugly (Music and Graphics that would a NES laugh out loud) but I really dug the game so much I got it on import.

[SPIKENOX07]

Two words, Animal Crossing. This game for the Game Cube has the graphics of a game from the 64 and is only interesting for about 1 hour a day. But because the days in the game are exactly like days in real life I want to play everyday. During the game special events happen only on certain days and I don't want to miss these days either. Also because the game time is exactly like real time the store is only open at certain time of the day. So to recap... This game is not great but is very addictive.

[atmuh]

Two words, Animal Crossing. This game for the Game Cube has the graphics of a game from the 64 and is only interesting for about 1 hour a day. But because the days in the game are exactly like days in real life I want to play everyday. During the game special events happen only on certain days and I don't want to miss these days either. Also because the game time is exactly like real time the store is only open at certain time of the day. So to recap... This game is not great but is very addictive.
Animal Crossing is a great game I do believe you are confused.

[Gollgagh]

Someone needs to add to the thread title, in all caps, "READ THE DAMN THREAD TITLE AND UNDERSTAND"

;)

[xinster]

cave story if that counts as crap

[JoeFu]

Fire BURST, Chronos BLOW, Light FLARE, Light FLARE, Fire BURST,
Ha~a! *hits enemy with a "ripe banana" card or some dumb shit which would not hurt*


It's because of her that I will never finished that game.
My GOD the bitch just clucks on and on and on. If you weren't stuck with her 90% of the time I could see myself actually picking it up again. She ruins everything.

Anyone know if the second one is any better or worse?
Well... you could just turn off the voice acting...

And Baten Kaitos: Origins has like 400 thousand times better voice acting and localization. Namco Hometek did the original, but Nintendo localized BK:O. Namco Hometek is known to suck at localizing stuff.

[Mouser X]

I am also only a Megaman fan when it comes to sidescrolling adventures. However, I hate to admit it, but I did play MM Legends all the way through. Wasn't impressed though. MM Lengends 2 was rediculous and the final boss was very very difficult in my opinion.Megaman Legends (both) are considered crap? Really? Where? They are *EASILY* my favorite Megaman games, *EVER.* Also, the main guy to MML2 was really easy for me. Though, that might be because I had the laser cannon maxed out in every stat I could... Sure, I got beat up, but I had plenty of restoritive stuff. I'd be surprised if I spent even 5 minutes beating that boss... (I did spend about 24 hours total playing the game. There was probably a lot of time spent collecting Zenny so that I could upgrade weapons.)

I *really* need to go back through, and play MML1&2 again. If only I had the time... I still haven't even finished The Misadventures of Tronn Bonne (which, while it technically takes place in the MM universe, it's the farthest thing from a MM game that I've ever seen. Missions? Hunt down items? Puzzles? Where's the big bad guys? Not a whole lot of those to be found in that game... Not complaining mind you. I thought the game was great, and very light-hearted).

But yah, as far as I've ever seen, MML1&2 got decent reviews (IGN gave MML an 8.4, and MML2 got an 8.1. Even Tronn Bonne got a 7.5 from IGN. MM64 [MML ported to the N64] is the "black sheep" at a 4.5). So, I'm pretty sure this game (and series the MML series in general) doesn't belong in this thread. Mouser X out.

[Deathtank]

Im gonna say: Lufia, that game got me hooked, probably becuz was my first RPG, aside of its very good music, the graphics sucked and was a very repetitive game, and I hated to battle every damn second!

From the games of today I gotta say: Eagle-eye Golf for the PS2, its a rip-off of Hot shots golf but with uglier graphics and horrible voice acting and ok music but I like it :p

[Drakonis GTR]

I have no idea what the reviews on this game were (good or bad), but it rarely ever gets mentioned so I nominate:

Silhouette Mirage (PS1)

Extremely colorful is probably the best way to describe it. The whole game concept could be described as "Huh?". The fighting sytem was kind of hard (turn left for red damage, turn right for blue). The bosses were retarded and rather difficult. But the whole game was just hilarious and addictive. I only beat it once, but I played it for 2 months straight. I might just decide to play it in a few.

I also throw in a vote for FFMQ. There are other games mentioned that I would vote on, but I'm suffering from short term memory loss right now, and cant be bothered to go back thru the thread.

And for those of you who continue to try to light the fire by using this thread as an excuse to say "FFVII/Metal Gear/Legend of Zelda/Mega Man SUCKS!!!!111!!1", do the rest of us a favor and shut the hell up. Its nice that you are capable of forming an opinion for yourselves (even if it did require outside help), but whether you like the games or not, we don't need to be reminded every single thread. God knows the rest of us already know where you stand.

[Karth]

Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu.

Terrible voiceovers, weird walking controls, chunky battle system. But I loved the music, the plot, and the monster merging feature.

[GhostMercXIII]

Starwars Bounty Hunter for Gamecube was fun as hell. Everybody hated it, but playing as Jango Fett and going around killing/capturing bounties was fun for me.

[Gollgagh]

I am also only a Megaman fan when it comes to sidescrolling adventures. However, I hate to admit it, but I did play MM Legends all the way through. Wasn't impressed though. MM Legends 2 was ridiculous and the final boss was very very difficult in my opinion.

Megaman Legends (both) are considered crap? Really? Where? They are *EASILY* my favorite Megaman games, *EVER.* Also, the main guy to MML2 was really easy for me. Though, that might be because I had the laser cannon maxed out in every stat I could... Sure, I got beat up, but I had plenty of restorative stuff. I'd be surprised if I spent even 5 minutes beating that boss... (I did spend about 24 hours total playing the game. There was probably a lot of time spent collecting Zenny so that I could upgrade weapons.)

The somewhat difficult bosses were the charm of the games for me when I was younger. Even if I got really frustrated trying to learn the best tactics to beat a boss, it was utterly satisfying to beat them.

[Drack]

Top Gear for the SNES all my friends hated but me.Oh man, I really like this game. My cousin and I used to play the hell out of it.

And why was it so screwed up that the white car the only one worth using?

So lovable, especially with things like the speech bubbles when you use a nitro or hit something. I wasn't aware the majority thought it was crap though!

[Back_Lit]

Secret of Evermore...nothing more needs to be said about this game for me.

[uthlu]

Dragon Warrior Monsters. Almost no story, but I liked the breeding system and the way skills were inherited and upgraded.

[friendlyHunter]

cave story if that counts as crap

Ummmm... no?

Read the first post, please =) and have a nice day!

Can't believe this hasn't turned into some kind of "flame war" yet ^^ Well, let's continue the thread...


How about the "Trogdor" game on homestarrunner.com? It's utterly bland and unfair, but sooo addictive!! You waste minutes upon minutes just so you can see "Fry 'em up, Dan!" one more time.... It makes fun of its own crappiness like no other game can.

[Chizniz]

Well... you could just turn off the voice acting...

And Baten Kaitos: Origins has like 400 thousand times better voice acting and localization. Namco Hometek did the original, but Nintendo localized BK:O. Namco Hometek is known to suck at localizing stuff.

Shit, I had just assumed there was no such option since many huge RPGs dont seem to let you do that. Hmmmm, I guess that makes the game playable now.

As for crap games I like, I guess Bubsy for snes. It was a total rip off of every platform game ever.

Talking animal hero: check

Wears random article of clothing: check

Has an "attitude:" check

Speaks in an early 90s lingo: check

Was marketed as the fasted coolest most original wild thang ever: check.

But I loved the bastard despite the cheese and originality.

[atmuh]

Im gonna say: Lufia, that game got me hooked, probably becuz was my first RPG, aside of its very good music, the graphics sucked and was a very repetitive game, and I hated to battle every damn second!

ahahahahaha lufia = bad ahahahahahahaha are you SERIOUS?????

ok I guess it's time I contribute to this thread claymates freaking ROCKED...not sure if it classifies as a crap game though

[Keiseth]

Lufia? Bad? Eh. The story interested me, I liked the graphics and the music... the battles were nothing exciting but they weren't bad.

What was bad, then? THE ENCOUNTER RATE. Holy tap-dancing Cthulhu, that was insane. Its sequel, however, MORE then made up for ANY flaw the original had. It was much more unique; infact, the encounters weren't random, you could bump into an enemy to start, and they'd move a lot. You could nab them with arrows to freeze them... basically, clever tricks could cause you to avoid boring fights. The way they moved only when you did sort of reminds me of roguelikes.

[FuriousFure]

Top Gear: Overdrive

Bad game, Good Times

[I-n-j-i-n]

Secret of Evermore...nothing more needs to be said about this game for me.

Still great production values. I'm not quite sure you can classify it as a thoroughly crap game.

My favorite bad game is Tom and Jerry for the NES. Ridiculously cheap and frustrating platform game I can't believe I beat.

And maybe Nightmare on Elm's Street NES 4 player. Possibly the worst 4 player ever made, but still strangely fun.

[SVDoctorD]

Although I wouldn't call all of them crap games, save for a few:

Starfox Adventures - Pretty hard at some parts, but I ended up beating it in a 5-day rental. It wasn't the best and a lot of people hated it, I loved it!

Quest 64 - I don't even remember if this was a bad game... All I remember was that it was hard as hell! I rented the game like 8 times when I was a kid but never got past the forest part. I forgot why, but there was something about it that I loved.

Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - It definitely wasn't one of the great Final Fantasy games, but it was the only one I had. Because of this game I ended up renting Final Fantasy X and instantly became obsessed with the series. Now I own most of the games in some format or another.

Final Fantasy X-2 - I played it through a lot.
-Hated the story and how it ruined the first game.
-Only a few musical tunes I liked from it (Memories of Light & Wave, Besaid, Yuna's Theme...)
-Rikku looked like a Hawaiian hooker and was extremely annoying this time around.
-And they resurrected Tidus if you got the good ending. ARGH, I hated him!

But I still loved it for those same reasons and others. Battle system was cool too.

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GC) - Spent a lot of time with this too (especially the Chao garden). But as I grew up, I realized that this game really wasn't that good, and a lot of the voice-acting overlapped...

There are definitely more, just too lazy to mention them.

P.S. - Great topic!

[Eternal Testament]

The Armored Core series.

Building your mech, designing your emblem and tweaking it till it was just right was fun. But the combat was just a little to awkward.

[realpolitik]

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GC) - Spent a lot of time with this too (especially the Chao garden). But as I grew up, I realized that this game really wasn't that good, and a lot of the voice-acting overlapped...


Ha? Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even ILL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS


The voice acting was totally shitty, but it was a fun game. My fucking chaos never evolved :( I got a tails chao from doing one quest on Phantasy Star Online, that was pretty cool.

[DiLEWSKI311]

MC kids. __________

[JSZilla]

Yes, but you're doing it wrong.

Read the first post carefully.

I love you.

[SVDoctorD]

Ha? Faker? I think you're the fake hedgehog. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even ILL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS

Exactly, lol! Did it happen in the Dreamcast version too? Or was it due to the Gamecube having a better processor? *shrug*

Anyway, it was a fun game the first couple times through. :)

[MagFlare]

Marvel Nemesis. The missions are probably the worst things ever - I'm glad that all the game's content can be unlocked through versus mode - and nearly all the non-Marvel characters are depressingly lame, but throwing cars at people never gets old. Especially as Spider-Man or Magneto.

[Deathtank]

I remembered World Heroes!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!! crappy as hell but I liked it! XD

[Mukaro]

Pokemon snap if that counts :p.

Superman 64... I didn't really LIKE the game but I mean.. I thought it was hilariously bad. Playing it was funny. Thankfully I only rented it, though still kinda a waste of money but some good laughs :).

Ren and Stimpy: Veediots for SNES

Power Rangers the Movie for Sega Genesis

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for Gamecube if that counts as crap.

Rampage for N64.. pretty crappy.

Gauntlet for Gamecube.. how repetetive.. but fun.

MC Kids for NES. I used to play that like crazy with my bro when I was a wee lad. Haha it was trying to be so kid-friendly. Geez they made the characters a white kid and a black kid. How thoughtful. Fun though.. I gotta say. I HAVE to admit too.. I was playing this a few days ago XP. Nice game though it's all about McDonalds.

A Boy and His Blob for NES... don't know what else to say about this.. I had my fun with it though heh.

Darkman for Gameboy.. game made me laugh my ass off. It SUCKED though. I'd just play it for quick kicks and laughs.

Buster Busts Loose for SNES.. Tiny Toons game.. yeah. Pretty short, nice platformer.

Pacman 2: The New Adventures. Um well.. it was interesting. It was different. It was short, but a nice change from usual games, though Pacman was kinda a prick sometimes and wouldn't listen to you. You basically have a slingshot and that's how you interact with Pacman besides telling him to look in certain directions. It was hilarious too, the interactive environments. You could shoot people and they'll get mad at Pacman, break stuff.. AND another thing! Pacman had so many different emotions that would effect like what actions he'd do in certain scenarios. Pretty tight game.. Give it a try if you find the time.. and if you can find the game XP.

Glover.. it had a charm to it, though it was really bad. Couldn't get myself to finish it or even stick with it long, but I love the concept I've gotta say.

Bart's Nightmare and another old Simpson's videogame with like different stories that I can't remember. They were pretty interesting.

Cool Spot.. the one for Playstation AND the one for SNES. Yeah it was basically an advertisement.. hell I bought a lot of 7-up after playing the games. It worked. Not gonna say I didn't like the games though. But I could call them crap.

Sunset Riders for SNES

Uniracers for SNES

That's all I can think of right now :).

[Doc Funky]

Someone else mentioned it in the first few pages, but I have to bring up Advent Rising again. Every review I've ever seen bashes the hell out of this game, but I absolutely adore it. From flipping all over the battlefield while wielding dual rocket launchers to using Push to deflect missiles right back at their launchers...the game does a hell of a job of making you feel like the baddest ass ever.

I also liked True Crime: New York City despite all its bad reviews. The controls were a little clunky, but I ended up liking the core gameplay a lot more than that of the GTA games.

[DiLEWSKI311]

Uniracers for SNES


Uniracers was unequivocally NOT crap.

[The Womb]

I Guess by popular vote this game was crap but I loved it to death
Perfect Dark Zero was a ton of fun, I had one friend who absolutely hated it with a passion, but other then him all my friends loved it. I remember staying up till the wee hours of the morning on a couple occasions just playing X box live or trying to beat it on perfect agent, but I haven't heard one other person on the interweb share my opinion

[Kureejii Lea]

Exactly, lol! Did it happen in the Dreamcast version too? Or was it due to the Gamecube having a better processor? *shrug*

Anyway, it was a fun game the first couple times through. :)

Apparently it was because the Japanese dialogue fit into the scene fine, but they had to attempt to mash the English dialogue into the same amount of time.

I love SA2: Battle. Even if it's got camera issues and all, there's a ton of variety in there.

[MagFlare]

I love SA2: Battle. Even if it's got camera issues and all, there's a ton of variety in there.

Sort of a mixed blessing, really. Sure, now that I've beaten the game I sometimes enjoy going back and replaying the Emerald hunting levels, but when I was playing it through for the first time I was endlessly pissed when a hunting level stopped me from getting at the speed-oriented levels I wanted to play at the time.

[sephfire]

Don't be dissing the Cool Spot. Sure, it's a big fat 7up ad, but somehow they managed to make a top-notch game out of it.

Edit:
Final Fantasy X-2

Too many people have been too hasty judging this game. I defend its honor regularly.

[atmuh]

Don't be dissing the Cool Spot. Sure, it's a big fat 7up ad, but somehow they managed to make a top-notch game out of it.
one of my favorite soundtracks ever

[Vurez]

Athena (NES)
Rambo (NES)
Legend of Kage (NES)
Breakthru (NES)


These are mostly from an era where I liked any game I played and never really saw the flaws. They still hold a fond nostalgic value to me though.

[SosusOCR]

Uniracers was unequivocally NOT crap.

Hell yeah, Unirally rocked in every department and it was pretty funny too (The Hedgehog speed joke was worth the price tag alone)

[Armoured Priest]

Don't be dissing the Cool Spot. Sure, it's a big fat 7up ad, but somehow they managed to make a top-notch game out of it.

Edit:


Too many people have been too hasty judging this game. I defend its honor regularly.

Agreed. I actually had more fun playing X-2, then X.

Also, Cobra Command, Road Avenger, Time Gal, and Way of the Ninja for the Sega CD. I always get a kick out of those crappy FMV games.

[Triad Orion]

Don't be dissing the Cool Spot. Sure, it's a big fat 7up ad, but somehow they managed to make a top-notch game out of it.


Oh, man. I remember that game! That was one of my favorites as a kid! I loved the bonus levels when you were in the two-liter bottles of 7-Up. Those were awesome!

[AmishNinja]

harvest moon...seems like the stupidest concept ever but it is just addicting.

[Cecilff2]

I loved Cool Spot as well, rented it quite a few times...never went out and bought it though.

One I'm gonna add to the table is Sonic Spinball. Sure it had its glitches(Agh I hated falling through the flippers if you moved to fast) and was kinda crappy but in some ways it just seemed better than it really was.

[Woe Is You]

I love Big Rigs, because it's so horrible. And yes, I'm a terrible person for funding such a bass ackwards company that puts out the sort of dreck that is Big Rigs.

[friendlyHunter]

In Donkey Kong 64, you could unlock some really old old "Jetpac" game, in which you collect fuel that falls from the sky onto the unspecified planet/moon to refuel your ship, only to watch your fully fuelled rocket run out of fuel on the way up and come back down countless times, sometimes replaced by a newer, broken ship. And the fuel says "FUEL" on it. VERY addictive, very challenging (even a bit unfair), great replay (infinite levels of laser-shooting and flying madness). I don't know what it was made for, but each 16/16 square of pixels could only have two colours in it at once (black and another colour), and everything made little clicking or blipping noises. I've gotta look that game up.

And while I'm at it.. I kinda liked the rest of DK64 too.....

[Edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac
1983?? Written by one guy!? Wow I take that back, that game is NOT crap, not in the least. But I still love it ^^ And the wikipedia entry even has some images with a humourous caption - this game made my day... or at least the previous two minutes of it....

[BabyfaceGlasses]

Now and then we'll dust of the 2600 for a round of Custers Revenge. Get a room full of people cheering you on as you feverishly tap the red button while everyone is chanting GO! GO! GO! GO!

It is a sight to be seen.

[Lizz]

I Guess by popular vote this game was crap but I loved it to death
Perfect Dark Zero was a ton of fun, I had one friend who absolutely hated it with a passion, but other then him all my friends loved it. I remember staying up till the wee hours of the morning on a couple occasions just playing X box live or trying to beat it on perfect agent, but I haven't heard one other person on the interweb share my opinion

I wouldn't really call it crap. It was disappointing after how awesome the original PD was, but by no means crap. So don't worry, I share your opinion.
I find A Boy and his Blob quite addictive. And that music... it gets stuck in your head for days at a time.
A truly crap game I've had fun with has to be... ET. Yes, that blasted little alien on the 2600. When I first found our old Atari, I knew I had to play this game. I found some kind of sick amusement in shouting at the TV and wrenching that poor little joystick.

[Big0Jack]

Chopper Attack for the N64 (aka Wild Choppers in Japan).

Not neccessarily crap, but definately not a good game either. Hell-as-short campaign, and no multiplayer, and not to mention way too easy to beat.

What I do love about this game is just the SHMUPs factor here; basically, it's fun blowing crap up. And the music is cool, albeit repetative.

[chrono26]

the uncanny x-men for NES. all the charecters looked like blocks and all they did was shoot colored stuff at the enemies(even wolverine, whose powers are in no way a projectile). but still its fun to play eventhough every level is basically the same. good music too.

[Emanon]

Halo. Apparently it's considered a crap game by everyone here. I still liked it though.

[Maco70]

Halo. Apparently it's considered a crap game by everyone here. I still liked it though.

I always liked the first halo. Halo 2 was crappy.

[SVDoctorD]

Hmm, would BattleTanx for the N64 be considered crappy? Because I remember spending a lot of time with it (and Global Assault) and loving it when I was younger...

[watkinzez]

In Donkey Kong 64, you could unlock some really old old "Jetpac" game, in which you collect fuel that falls from the sky onto the unspecified planet/moon to refuel your ship, only to watch your fully fuelled rocket run out of fuel on the way up and come back down countless times, sometimes replaced by a newer, broken ship. And the fuel says "FUEL" on it. VERY addictive, very challenging (even a bit unfair), great replay (infinite levels of laser-shooting and flying madness). I don't know what it was made for, but each 16/16 square of pixels could only have two colours in it at once (black and another colour), and everything made little clicking or blipping noises. I've gotta look that game up.

And while I'm at it.. I kinda liked the rest of DK64 too.....

[Edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetpac
1983?? Written by one guy!? Wow I take that back, that game is NOT crap, not in the least. But I still love it ^^ And the wikipedia entry even has some images with a humourous caption - this game made my day... or at least the previous two minutes of it....

Donkey Kong and Jetpac were included due to their significance in each company's history.
Though indeed, Donkey Kong 64 is probably the better suited game for this thread.

[PlaceboFX316]

Forsaken 64!

I can't even remember why I ever ended up playing that game for the first time... but I ended up getting hours of multiplayer fun out of it.

[AmishNinja]

I always liked the first halo. Halo 2 was crappy.

i agree...halo 2 was the real slap in the face

[Big0Jack]

Halo. Apparently it's considered a crap game by everyone here. I still liked it though.

Meh, I've noticed that pretty much any forum with alot of anime fans on it has a general anti-Halo bias. Dunno why. Guess they're all Half-Life fans. :p


Also, I kinda liked the very mediocre Army Men series of games. Except for Sarge's War. That game just sucked balls.

[Cerrax]

A truly crap game I've had fun with has to be... ET. Yes, that blasted little alien on the 2600. When I first found our old Atari, I knew I had to play this game. I found some kind of sick amusement in shouting at the TV and wrenching that poor little joystick.

GASP

And I thought I was the only one who liked ET.

[Maco70]

Also, I kinda liked the very mediocre Army Men series of games. Except for Sarge's War. That game just sucked balls.

Woah, I forgot about those games.

People hated them, but I thought they were tons of fun.

Especially co-op in "Air Attack".

[CC Ricers]

MC kids. __________

Oh yes! MC Kids! Another food corporate shill game, but come on, at the least the levels were decent and some of the music wasn't too bad. It was also one of the first games I played with the infamous "collect X widgets to unlock the next world" method of progression.

[Big0Jack]

Oh yes! MC Kids! Another food corporate shill game, but come on, at the least the levels were decent and some of the music wasn't too bad. It was also one of the first games I played with the infamous "collect X widgets to unlock the next world" method of progression.

From what I heard, most people actually thought it was decent. Well, except for this guy: http://www.screwattack.com/Flash%20HTML/ANN/MC/mckidsintro.html

[Strike911]

TROUBLE SHOOTER
SEGA GENESIS


nuff said.

[parasoul]

Halo. Apparently it's considered a crap game by everyone here. I still liked it though.

I wouldn't call Halo crap...just very average.

[Triad Orion]

I wouldn't call Halo crap...just very average.

QFT.

To add to the list, I really liked the old Bubsy games on my Genesis. Generic platformers they were, but I admit I had a lot of fun with them despite how punishing Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind was.

[SVDoctorD]

Woah, I forgot about those games.

People hated them, but I thought they were tons of fun.

Especially co-op in "Air Attack".

Agreed. I forgot all about those games. "Air Attack" was a lot of fun.

[Nutritious]

Some Big Foot monster truck game for NES I rented twice as a kid.

"Races" consisted of tapping the left and right direction on the controller as fast as possible to make your truck move faster (resulting in very sore thumbs on those old NES controllers if I remember right). You could never seem to beat the computer player on tractor drag races no matter what. You could buy new and better parts for your truck though, so I guess that's why I liked it.

[Petara]

Rule of Rose (http://www.atlus.com/ruleofrose/)

Game magazines absolutely hated this game! Their ratings were almost as bad as those for Superman 64. Problem is that I don't agree with them one bit. Sure, the fighting was terrible, but that was just from a poorly-designed collision-detection program. Great story, awesome music by Yutaka Minobe (Panzer Dragoon, Skies of Arcadia), beautiful character designs and FMVs. I love it.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/Ifirit0/untitled.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b338/Ifirit0/jennifer.jpg

Chalk another one up for Rule of Rose. I bought this game knowing full well of the ratings it got. Like ifirit said, the only thing wrong with this game is the battle system and it sure hasn't stopped me from enjoying this game in the least. If you love survival-horror, there's a very good chance you'll like this game.

[Dafydd]

State of War. It reeks of unprofessionalism but it's still fun to play.

[wintermadness]

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[Screaming Cucumber]

Aero Fighters Assault for the N64. That was so many shades of awesome.

[DukeNukem007]

There was an Apple II BASIC game once called Terminal Boredom, which was one of the many "Maniac Mansion engine" adventure games out there where you typed in commands to do things in front of big stationary graphic screens.

It started with saying that "you are playing a very boring computer game and are about to fall asleep." gee, nice self-reference...

If you typed "Drink Coffee" because there was a cup of coffee in front of you, you spilled it on the keyboard and electrocuted yourself. Game over, man!

Best feature of the game: If you were on the ProDOS prompt and tried to figure out how to advance in the game by LISTing the BASIC code, it told you "Row, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream" and wouldn't list anything!

I LOVED some of those cheap Apple II games out there you could find on disk collections.

John Romero of id Software fame got his start by programming Apple II clones of Defender, Pac-Man, and other arcade classics and putting them on those disks.

[Citris]

Best feature of the game: If you were on the ProDOS prompt and tried to figure out how to advance in the game by LISTing the BASIC code, it told you "Row, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream" and wouldn't list anything!

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhh!!! I know what that's from but my brain won't make the connection! Please someone tell me before I go insane!

[Gollgagh]

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhh!!! I know what that's from but my brain won't make the connection! Please someone tell me before I go insane!

How old are you, again?

[Citris]

How old are you, again?
Hey. I just finished a 15 hour workday on 2 hours of sleep. Just tell me what's it's from.

Edit:
Please.

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Wargames? For some reason Wargames pops into my head.

[Dhsu]

I think it's from a nursery rhyme.

[Citris]

I think it's from a nursery rhyme.

No. I mean I know there is a movie where the guy is trying to stop a malevolent computer from doing something and all it says is "Row row row your boat, gently down the stream..."

[Geoffrey Taucer]

The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse.

Cheezy as hell, but definitely a fun play.

[Cerrax]

The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse.

Cheezy as hell, but definitely a fun play.

This man speaks truth. First glance makes you want to put it away, but it is hella fun.

[TaVeRnErO_RuDd]

This man speaks truth. First glance makes you want to put it away, but it is hella fun.

i have that one....awesome game...but really crappy

[linkspast]

i have that one....awesome game...but really crappy

How can a game be crappy and awesome? this game is not crappy by any means.

[chrono26]

The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse.

Cheezy as hell, but definitely a fun play.

how bout Mickey Mousecapade on NES. you have no clue what the game is about till the end. but man is it fun.

[Mazedude]

Hehe, Mickey Mousecapade. I owned that one back in the day.

The Adventures of Bayou Billy. I remember one day I got in the zone, and I actually beat it. And it only happened once. But man, was that sweet.

[DukeNukem007]

No. I mean I know there is a movie where the guy is trying to stop a malevolent computer from doing something and all it says is "Row row row your boat, gently down the stream..."

Really? I'd never heard of that.

I was wondering why for several posts people seemed to be playing dumb about a line they'd heard since they were toddlers...I just chalked it up to sarcasm and went back to my regular board-reading schedule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat <--The Hackers reference seems to be the closest to what you're referring, but the game predated that movie by ~10 years.

[Chickenwarlord]

Cannon Fodder. Little Virgin Interactive title that entertained me for hours. Who could forget the struggles of Jools?

[Cyanide cr MK]

Hey yeah Magical Quest was an awesome game! So was Pitfall The Mayan Adventure. Although I dunno if I would consider either crappy. Magical Quest had some great level design. Or at least I thought it did last time I played it......

[FuriousFure]

No. I mean I know there is a movie where the guy is trying to stop a malevolent computer from doing something and all it says is "Row row row your boat, gently down the stream..."

maybe you mean, "daisy, daisy give me your answer true..."? which would be from 2001: space oddissey.

[Amayirot Akago]

Cannon Fodder. Little Virgin Interactive title that entertained me for hours. Who could forget the struggles of Jools?Cannon Fodder wasn't crappy.

Any game with its own theme song that fit on a single Amiga disk deserves to be called better than that.

[Dhsu]

Really? I'd never heard of that.

I was wondering why for several posts people seemed to be playing dumb about a line they'd heard since they were toddlers...I just chalked it up to sarcasm and went back to my regular board-reading schedule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat <--The Hackers reference seems to be the closest to what you're referring, but the game predated that movie by ~10 years.
Heh, maybe Hackers got it from the game.

[DragonFireKai]

I was addicted to Robotech: Battlecry for a while.

[Ser371]

Has anyone here ever played Evil Zone? oh man for some reason I LOVED that game...

[Brycepops]

Has anyone here ever played Evil Zone? oh man for some reason I LOVED that game...

I own it. It's actually quite fun :D

[OptimusShr]

Chopper Attack for the N64 (aka Wild Choppers in Japan).

Not neccessarily crap, but definately not a good game either. Hell-as-short campaign, and no multiplayer, and not to mention way too easy to beat.

What I do love about this game is just the SHMUPs factor here; basically, it's fun blowing crap up. And the music is cool, albeit repetative.

OMFG!

I thought I was the only person who played that game! And it is a bit repetitive but blowing shit up is FUN.

[HideousBeing]

-Commando for the NES was hilarious in how horribly made it was.
-Equinox for SNES is actually a really challenging game with all its puzzles. It's sorta like an endless Zelda dungeon.
-This one football game for NES (not Tecmo Bowl, I don't remember what it was called exactly). It was hilarious when the ref would say "first down" or "touchdown". If you're not paying attention to the game, you wouldn't be able to distinguish. He utters, in both cases, something like "Ffhzzm.":lol:

[Maco70]

Harvest moon.

I still can't figure out if I hate it or love it... ><;;

[Brithor]

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7106/untitled3ph.png (http://imageshack.us)
Quest 64... lol

This game rocked :D

[chrono26]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flll-OwG1vY

Star Voyager....i wouldnt call it a crap game necessarily, but its pretty ridiculous. my brothers and i have never completed it. and it gets way too boring if you play for too long. but its cool as long as you stay interested. and you get the cool NES spaceship-handle-stearing-thing.

[SoloGamer]

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7106/untitled3ph.png (http://imageshack.us)
Quest 64... lol
The second RPG I ever played (first was Mario RPG) and loved every minute of it (except for the blue cave)



Also, I liked Final Fight: Streetwise, if only for the final level with all those zombies and the boss fights against the Four Horsemen (I always made it a point to finish them with a dropkick)

and cockroach stomping

[Ragnor]

Suikoden IV

*nods*

[Oyerth]

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7106/untitled3ph.png (http://imageshack.us)
Quest 64... lol
Yes. <3 Quest 64. :)

[Alexis]

I don't know if it's considered a crap game or not, but I like the Jak and Daxter series...and I'm sad because I can't find the Jak 2 disc. :(

[Thin Crust]

Durge of Cerberus. Hey yodaisbetter, your sig is halarious.

[Paratha]

Star Ocean 1.

The graphics were absolute top notch for the SNES, but everything else was sub-par. Till the End of Time was pretty good, though this first installment was a disappointment.

[Degree]

Quest 64..

Lol. I seriously liked that game.

[Ruth Loose]

I don't know if you guys consider the SEGA Genesis' Gain Ground to be a crap game nowadays (it is on the Virtual Console for download) but the cooperative multiplayer is Gauntlet meets Ogre Battle. Try getting to level 4 and lasting long... it gets pretty tough!