JoannaDark Posted June 4, 2007 Wow! First thread! So we just got back from Spain there yesterday, where we spent an inordinate amount of time trawling through arcades trying to find some hidden gem that we could somehow convince the proprietor to have shipped over to us. We didn't, although we did find a cardboard cutout of mario to take lewd pictures with. All the old shite games got us thinking about other old shite games, that nostalgia has recreated as timeless classics the likes of which will never be seen again, but in reality, were a bit shite. ExistentialistJones' one is bart vs the space mutants. mine was this game i had on the amiga when i was a kid called colorado. I'd spent soooo long rhapsodising about this game, and then when i eventually found it again, i had to admit after about five seconds that it was pure and utter crap. and not in a techie way, some of my favourite games are ancient! just in a...crap way. But i'll still find the time to play through it again. Any contenders for worst-but-best game ever? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted June 4, 2007 Given the recent trauma of playing the Double Dragon demo on Xbox Live Arcade, I'd say that has to be a pretty strong contender. Not quite sure I get your point, though. Care to embellish? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted June 4, 2007 Bart Simpson vs the Space Mutants. Best but worst. And emphasis on "worst". But also, emphasis on "best" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eljay Posted June 4, 2007 Yes, I'll add a third vote for Bart vs Space Mutants. I loved that game, while simultaneously being well aware that it was terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted June 4, 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Arcade Game would also be one to nominate I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted June 4, 2007 Yes, I'll add a third vote for Bart vs Space Mutants. I'd like to, but I was too young to know better. My most recent guilty pleasure was playing Mortal Kombat on a Master System. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 4, 2007 So is this thread about games that have aged? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoannaDark Posted June 4, 2007 So is this thread about games that have aged? more just about games that you're nostalgically attached to but are shit. one of my friends here is after offering toejam & earl, for instance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 4, 2007 Dragon's Lair. I played it like a million times, never getting past the third or fourth screen. Uh, there's probably more, but, unlike some, I'm not one to make lists of shit games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted June 4, 2007 Joust is still great. But I never even played that as a kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted June 4, 2007 Rocky Rodent for the SNES. Some cheap Sonic ripoff that got put onto a nintendo system to compete for attitude points. As I recall, he was out to save some aryan looking bimbo by using the power of hairspray cans to give him killer style that he'd use to fight his opponents. The mohawk that could be thrown like a boomerang, for example. Such shit, but I can still hear his digitized "YEEEOWCH!" when I think about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lechimp Posted June 5, 2007 Starship Titanic is a pretty lousy game but I still enjoyed it because it was by Douglas Adams. And Battletoads, even though it took me 15 years to get past the third level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsps Posted June 5, 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Arcade Game would also be one to nominate I think. As opposed to the first NES TMNT game, which was just plain shit. more just about games that you're nostalgically attached to but are shit. one of my friends here is after offering toejam & earl, for instance. Also, JoannaDark, what exactly are you saying about Toejam & Earl? There's nothing guilty about that pleasure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted June 5, 2007 I'm sure I've got loads of these mofos that, even at the time they came out, I could never really recommend to anyone... Can only think of one right now, though... Billy the Kid God knows there's more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 5, 2007 Anyone play Lost Dutchman Mine on the Amiga? Back in the day I always played all the games aimlessly, never really trying to win. Like that game, Persian Gulf Inferno. Did they expect you to be able to complete that game in one sitting? Those crazy motherfuckers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted June 6, 2007 If we're including recent games too, I should really mention Earth Defense Force 2017 and God Hand, two of the best awful games I've played in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted June 6, 2007 I played Lost Dutchman Mine on PC. It's positively awesome. I think I spent half of my childhood playing that and Jones in the Fast Lane from Sierra. Lawnmower Man games are god-awful but I remember them fondly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted June 6, 2007 but... I don't play games that are crap... or at least, I don't think they're crap... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted June 6, 2007 but... I don't play games that are crap...or at least, I don't think they're crap... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted June 6, 2007 err.... Yeah but I'm not nostalgically attached to it. And that was what this thread was about. I was only playing that game to complete the PoP story line.. sort of. But I'll never play it again, but it was annoying as hell. As a matter of fact, I bought and finished Darwinia while I was still trying to complete PoP: WW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted June 6, 2007 I was only poking fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted June 7, 2007 OK, this one definitely falls under the category of "guilty pleasure." I'd always told myself that if Stubbs the Zombie went under $20, I'd give it a shot. Well, I discovered earlier this week that that's now its price on Steam, so I downloaded and am playing it now. Aside from some frustrations getting my 360 controller working with it, it's wonderfully dumb. Shallow gameplay and purile humour, but still clever enough at times and still fun enough to keep me going. It's actually quite a bit of fun. I don't feel particularly smart or enriched while playing it, but I'm not about to stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted June 7, 2007 I bet loads of the Atari/Amiga games I loved are actually pretty shit. When you're a kid you tend to enjoy anything, and develop really good memories about them regardless of whether or not the games were crap. I don't think a lot of people realise this as they don't go back to them. It's like I absolutely loved the Dizzy games, but I tried emulating one a few years ago and it actually started to corrode my good memories immediately. I wiped out the entire emulator so my memories could stay intact, which they wouldn't have done if I'd kept on playing and erased my hazy and nostalgic mind's memory of the game. Some weirdly survive like Monkey Island, but the majority of 80s and early-90s games I've had a look at have aged badly in every conceivable way. At least we had original games, though. Loads of kids today will grow up fondly remembering a billion cheap kid film games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted June 7, 2007 Yeah, but going back to them = Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
