Bad Games That You Love

[Black Lushus 0]

okay, thinking that Double Dragon was a BAD game in the first place should be an immediate ban!!!! Sure, maybe in TODAY'S world it's lame, but any kid growing up in the 80s knows how kick ass that game was!

[St. Gabe 0]

One of my favorites was Ninja Gaiden...not sure if it is considered bad though, I LOVED Dick Tracy for NES. And I KNOW that was bad. I really loved Caveman games for NES too. The Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball Game for SNES was always my absolute favorite, all the players except griffey had fake names, and you could rename them--me and my buddy used to name them after our little league team.

[TheFranchise 0]

okay, thinking that Double Dragon was a BAD game in the first place should be an immediate ban!!!!  Sure, maybe in TODAY'S world it's lame, but any kid growing up in the 80s knows how kick ass that game was!

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I still play it today, and it's not bad.

 

Coincidently, i'm playing Alex Kidd as we speak.

 

And it's still one of the best games ever.

[AndrewTS 0]

okay, thinking that Double Dragon was a BAD game in the first place should be an immediate ban!!!!  Sure, maybe in TODAY'S world it's lame, but any kid growing up in the 80s knows how kick ass that game was!

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I own the GBA version.

 

The Genesis version was unlicensed, and is supposed to have really crappy control:

http://www.classicgaming.com/doubledragon/rdd1gen.htm

 

One of my favorites was Ninja Gaiden...not sure if it is considered bad though

 

No, considered a classic.

[Black Lushus 0]

I owned the Genesis version and had no issues at all, it was as close to a true blue arcade translation as you could get...ah well, personal opinions and all...

[Carnival 0]

I don't know if these are considered bad by gamer's standards, if they aren't let me know so i can think i'm hip.

 

Fast Food - Atari 2600

Base Wars - NES

RBI Baseball - NES

Aladdin - Genesis

College Football '94 - Genesis - AKA Amish Football, thats what it sound like the announcer says when you start up the game

NFL '95 - Genesis

NBA Action '95 - Genesis

MK 1-3 - Genesis

Ecco the Dolphin - Gensis

Eternal Champions - Genesis

Killer Instinct - SNES

Star Fox 64 - N64

Killer Instinct Gold - N64

MK 4 - N64

[AndrewTS 0]

Star Fox 64 - I loved it.

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That's a great game, actually.

[Black Lushus 0]

^ agreed...

[Guest Fook]

Base Wars - NES

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This game fucking rocked. Robot baseball where you can fight your opponents? I'm so there.

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Aladdin - Genesis

Ecco the Dolphin - Gensis

Star Fox 64 - N64

 

BOOOOO!

[Guest Fook]

Are you booing because you don't like them or because you don't think they're bad games?

 

For the record, I don't think any of those three are bad.

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Definately not bad games by any stretch of the imagination.

[AndrewTS 0]

Aladdin - Genesis

Ecco the Dolphin - Gensis

 

Very good games, even if the latter is kind of boring.

 

Eternal Champions - Genesis

 

Crap, but despite the marketing campaign, that made you think it was an MK clone, it was unique in ways. The art style was kind of cool and the motions for special moves, the way chi was supposed to be limited (so you couldn't fire off specials constantly) were rather unique. Most people seem to praise the CD version, but I only played the Genesis version and thought it quite lame.

 

Killer Instinct - SNES

Killer Instinct Gold - N64

 

KI for SNES was fun, and I played a hell of a lot of it until I had beaten the game with every character and was able to pull off stuff like the Ultimates and Ultra combos. Good 1 player game, but not much fun as a 2-player competition.

 

By the time KI Gold came out, the ship had long sailed. Not much was really added to the gameplay, and the awful animation, choppy feel, and controllers ill-suited for fighting kept me from getting the same enjoyment.

 

Both are notable for their utterly cheeseball soundtracks.

 

MK 1-3 - Genesis

MK 4 - N64

 

IMO:

1. Interesting original project, massively popular, not the deepest game around. Genesis version was good for its time, but could have been better.

2. Great graphics, music, mood, gameplay system even with poor balance. Genesis version kinda blew though.

3. Attempts at innovation that were poorly implemented. Genny version was decent for 16 bits.

4. A huge stinking pile of rehashed crap, without a single original idea to be found anywhere within it. The N64 was a good translation, and the real-time cinemas were even funnier than the pre-rendered ones.

[Anya 0]

MK4 added weapons to the series, which was a pretty big change and one of the few fighting games where you can pick up, drop and throw them.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Back in the day my friends and I enjoyed playing the absolutely terrible Batman Forever games (both the SNES/Genesis versions and the arcade version home game).

 

On a similar note, I guess "Batman Forever" would be a bad movie that I love.

 

The PS1 game Evil Zone (I believe that was the name) was panned as awful but the story mode was so well produced - each character was a 10 episode anime - and unique I loved playing through as every character.

[Guest SP-1]

SATURDAY. NIGHT. SLAM. MASTERS.

 

Titanic Tim owned you all and could not be stopped.

[AndrewTS 0]

SATURDAY.  NIGHT.  SLAM.  MASTERS.

 

Titanic Tim owned you all and could not be stopped.

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Good game, actually.

 

Scorpion ruled over everyone, though.

[tekcop 0]

Scorpion and the fat guy with a mask (or am I just imaging him) were awesome in that game.

[Guest SP-1]

Sweet. I've never seen or heard of it (that I can remember) outside of the little local video store I rented it from when I was a kid.

 

Man I loved that game. And I'll admit it - I was cheap with Titanic Tim. I'd just keep throwing the other guy into the ropes and massively slamming him on the rebound.

 

Kabuki ruled, too.

[Carnival 0]

I listed those games not cuz i thought they were bad. But abowen33 who is a big gamer likes to make fun of me for those, so figured they were laughed at in the gaming community.

 

My MK opinions

 

1- great idea, the actually game wasn't too good, but for it's time it was new and exciting.

 

2- Better characters, game play a little better. Genesis version murdered the SNES one, the blood was a little much though.

 

3- Looked great, some lame new characters, intro of combos. uppercuts through ceilling was lame. Game play much faster and smoother.

 

4. Looked decent. weapons were a good idea sometimes a little too much. bonebreakers were cool. LAMEST new characters. not much of game play, it was ok. This should have been way better than it was.

[Red Baron 0]

Though a hard game, Top Gun was awesome

[Special K 0]

Though a hard game, Top Gun was awesome

 

Then why'd you post it in this thread?

[Darthtiki 0]

Star Wars: Rebellion for the PC, I spent many a summer night in 98 playing that game. Then I found out how to edit the game and it became a cake walk, Starspeeders being able to outgun a Super Star Destroyer

[Guest Coffey]

Phantom Fighter for NES. I've played through it multiple times. The combat system is terrible. I just liked that you could "upgrade" your fighting moves. Most people think the game is pure trash and shut it off before making it through the first town. I played it through every town and even replayed it a few more times after that. I bought every move and cleared every house.

 

The game really was cheesy but I liked it for some reason. Maybe because I was bored of River City Ransom when I started playing it.

[Jericholic82 0]

I don't know if these are considered bad by gamer's standards, if they aren't let me know so i can think i'm hip.

 

Fast Food - Atari 2600

Base Wars - NES

RBI Baseball - NES

Aladdin - Genesis

College Football '94 - Genesis - AKA Amish Football, thats what it sound like the announcer says when you start up the game

NFL '95 - Genesis

NBA Action '95 - Genesis

MK 1-3 - Genesis

Ecco the Dolphin - Gensis

Eternal Champions - Genesis

Killer Instinct - SNES

Star Fox 64 - N64

Killer Instinct Gold - N64

MK 4 - N64

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I have NFL 95, it was pretty good IMO. Except for the fact that I was able to dominate by using the same pass play every time (in fact the best pass paly for me was the fake punt, meaning my punter threw alot of yardage and tds). The defense was ok and I liked the cheesy sound effects and taunts I still have it but its sorta broke (I must have dropped it hard). I can play exhibition but cant access the season.

[Carnival 0]

I liked the cheesy sound effects and taunts

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"Call an Ambulance!"

"I own you"

"HAAAAAAAAA Can't Take the Heat?"

"I'm Gone!"

"Black Turds!"

 

I never got that last one. I think it's supossed to be "My Turf" or something.

 

And a note about NBA action '95(could be '96), you could dribble down the floor, pump fake your guy at the 3-Point line, and then just keep dribbling. You can pump fake as many times as you want without a traveling call. It was great/horrible.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

Bart's Nightmare for Snes. Got if for a birthday present and didn't rest till I beat it. The Bartzilla stages were alright at least but overall, just another cheap licenced Acclaim game.

[AndrewTS 0]

The Simpsons games...ah yes. Now there's ripe territory for discussion.

 

Hit n' Run is too repetitive and unpolished to be in the same league as the games its knocking off, but it's one of the best attempts at a Simpsons game ever. It's better than the show itself, at least.

 

Road Rage I didn't care for.

 

Virtual Bart sucked, but my cousin had it and loved it, and I got a little enjoyment out of messing around with it.

 

The Arcade Game, though, was quite rad despite the repetitive gameplay.

[Matt Young 0]

I have always really loved Yoshi's Story for N64, and I also have enjoyed many "crappy" wrestling games, such as WrestleMania 21 and WCW Mayhem. I know I enjoyed many rehashed 2D side scrolling beat em up games on 8 and 16 bit systems, but I can't think of any specific names right now.

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The Simpsons Arcade game was the only beat 'em up at the local arcade after a foosball went through the screen of Golden Axe 2 (I wasn't involved) and they shipping out that double cabinet X-Men so I must've ended up beating it at least 10 times because I remember having a full screen of highscores under my name.

 

Anyways, the Lethal Enforcers (both arcade and the snes versions, but more the later) were rather horrible but were fun when you played with both guns at once.