The Worst Video Games of All Time

[Deck Rickard]

I just looked up this list and was legitimately horrified by some of what's on it. The screenshot and the description of that General Custer game by Atari have pretty much convinced me that game is the worst one ever made. I can't believe this game even exists. That's absolutely despicable.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Never played Superman 64 but I just looked it up. Holy rusted metal. Those are some horrid graphics.

I deadass snorted.

Superman Returns wasn't all too good either from what I remember. It only had nice graphics.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I remember the Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers games that came out in the early 2000s both sucking for completely different reasons. Fellowship was based on the books, which was fine, but it was so damn easy that if you didn’t beat it within like 2 days, you should probably give up playing video games. The other one was based on the films but it was like each level was just a stagnant fight with a bunch of orcs and it was damn near impossible. Graphics were good but you could tell it was rushed.

 

[zeptron]

Ugh yeah I always hated that trope that a lot of games fall into. I remember playing Enter the Matrix and while it’s a fun enough game, it annoyed me that you can’t play as any of the characters I actually cared about. I think that Ghost guy had like one line in the movies and Jada Pinckett’s character wasn’t in them much either.

That's because Enter The Matrix was based on what happened during Reloaded from Ghost and Niobe's point of view.

 

[Deck Rickard]

That's because Enter The Matrix was based on what happened during Reloaded from Ghost and Niobe's point of view.

I know that. But the point is, did anyone care what they were up to? Did it really even matter all that much?

 

[Calvin Ellis]

I deadass snorted.

Superman Returns wasn't all too good either from what I remember. It only had nice graphics.

I have to disagree Superman Returns was a good game and was fun and bridge together some of the gaps missing in the movie that was supposed to be referenced in the sequel. Also Superman: Man of Steel (for Xbox) and Superman: Shadow of Apokolips were very good games as well.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Anyone ever play Aquaman for the PS2? That was abysmal!

 

[Deck Rickard]

LOL I never even knew they made an Aquaman game for PS2! I'm sure I would have hated it though. I think the Mario games ruined water levels in video games for me forever.

 

[BrollySupersj]

I deadass snorted.

Superman Returns wasn't all too good either from what I remember. It only had nice graphics.

The flying and combat mechanics were ok from what I remember. But yeah overall not very good.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Superhero games are being discussed here now, arrrhh.

1. Spider-Man game based on the 90s cartoon, the one released on the SNES and Sega Mega Drive giving you control of a fat Spider-Man with clunky controls and hard enemies to fight.
2. Silver Surfer on the NES is ruthlessly one hit deaths difficult while giving you control of a mostly invulnerable character.
3. Batman & Robin on the PS1.
4. Batman Forever on the Gameboy. This is the same one on the 4th generation of decked consoles, with less buttons to control a game that plays like Mortal Kombat. Make a bad game even much worse? Here you go.
5. Spider-Man 3. I will defend the movie, I will defend the game based on it developed by Treyarch cause it faces scrutiny from complaints about things that are either common with so many other games, or complaints about stuff like the webbing and punching sound effects while nobody complains about better games making the sound of your attack a block of rubber slapping the face of an enemy. There are some legit complaints, but they are few compared to the exaggerated ones. I will defend the PS2/PSP/Wii game for having some interesting ideas and some really fun swinging mechanic that deserves recognition. But the NDS game... OH.. MY... GOD.... grant me patience. you are relegated to using the stylus and the touch screen to initiate and direct an attack by the webhead, while Spider-Man is on the other screen. And this is the game that got good reviews?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Crap, how did I miss that there was a Silver Surfer game for the NES? Even if it was terrible, I need to find it and play it.

Also, I feel like EVERY game on Gameboy deserves a nomination for this list because that god-awful green screen made every game an eyesore. I never understood why Gameboy persevered while Game Gear (Sega's handheld game system) faded, despite better graphics and gameplay.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Crap, how did I miss that there was a Silver Surfer game for the NES? Even if it was terrible, I need to find it and play it.

Angry Video Game Nerd episode covers all you need to know about the game.

Also, I feel like EVERY game on Gameboy deserves a nomination for this list because that god-awful green screen made every game an eyesore. I never understood why Gameboy persevered while Game Gear (Sega's handheld game system) faded, despite better graphics and gameplay.

As someone with a channel dedicated for gameboy games I have to defend that system and game library. The green screen was easy to get used to for me, even though I never liked that choice of color for a screen, and preferred games to be in color.

It has plenty of gems like Adventure Island, Link's Awakening (first Legend of Zelda game to have cutscenes), Super Mario World series (not the same games on the SNES), some cool Batman games, one Spider-Man game that I love and think is fun and playable, the birth of Pokemon franchise, some nice entries under the Final Fantasy logo, Metroid II, Castlevania Adventure II, Kid Dracula (I kid you not), solid ports of fighting games from SNK, and many more.


The less said about ports of Mortal Kombat games to that system the better, especially Mortal Kombat 1 where none of the special moves function for you while the system can use them against you, and Mortal Kombat IV on the Gameboy Color.

 

[Iron_Stark]

LOL I never even knew they made an Aquaman game for PS2! I'm sure I would have hated it though. I think the Mario games ruined water levels in video games for me forever.

Correction, it was only for the Gamecube and Xbox. I played it once, it was terrible.

I remember a reviewer calling it "drunken barfight swimming", or something to that effect. Basically what you did in that game, or at least what I remembered, you swim to a group of bad guys, fight them, then, swim again, find the next group of bad guys, fight them, find the next group, fight them, over and over again.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Correction, it was only for the Gamecube and Xbox. I played it once, it was terrible.

I remember a reviewer calling it "drunken barfight swimming", or something to that effect. Basically what you did in that game, or at least what I remembered, you swim to a group of bad guys, fight them, then, swim again, find the next group of bad guys, fight them, find the next group, fight them, over and over again.

LOL, sounds gooooood.

 

[Silvermoth]

Yoshi’s cookie was super annoying. At the time everyone was playing yoshi’s story but cookie was cheaper so as a kid I got that one. Turns out it was just a Tetris skin

 

[Deck Rickard]

Ugh, yeah I feel like all the Tetris clone games (Dr. Mario, Yoshi's Cookie, etc.) deserve nominations here. They may not actually be the worst of the worst but none of them compare to Tetris despite their best efforts to emulate it. It's kinda funny how such a simple game has persevered as a fan favorite while all the wannabes that tried to improve on its concept have faded over the years.

The closest game to Tetris that I actually enjoyed was Snood. Anyone remember that one? It was a similar concept but wasn't an outright ripoff like some of those other ones.

 

[CJ]

Some stinkers I remember from my childhood..

Krusty's Fun House (NES)
Tonic Trouble (N64)
Earthworm Jim 3D (N64)
Rugrats Scavenger Hunt (N64)
Muppets Chaos at the Carnival (NES)
Beethoven's 2nd (SNES)
Mario's Time Machine (SNES)
Itchy and Scratchy (SNES)
Where's Waldo (NES)
Sonic 2 (Game Gear)
Sonic Spinball (Genesis)

 

[Deck Rickard]

Oh man, I used to love Sonic Spinball.

Does anyone remember Shaq-Fu? I never actually played it but I’m pretty sure it was one of the worst games ever made.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Does anyone remember Shaq-Fu? I never actually played it but I’m pretty sure it was one of the worst games ever made.

I played a bit, I didn't hate it that much. I think I should play it again to estimate how bad it really is, but it certainly is not worse than Superman 64 from what I experienced.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Oh man, I used to love Sonic Spinball.

Does anyone remember Shaq-Fu? I never actually played it but I’m pretty sure it was one of the worst games ever made.

Back in the early 2000's when I was playing fighting games competitively, At a Street Fighter 3 event they did a joke Shaq Fu side tournament that I entered and much to my delight and shame, won.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Back in the early 2000's when I was playing fighting games competitively, At a Street Fighter 3 event they did a joke Shaq Fu side tournament that I entered and much to my delight and shame, won.

Hahaha well congratulations on that!

Man, the 90s were a strange era. They tried SO hard to make Shaq a bigger thing than he should have been (no pun intended), shoehorning him into (terrible) movies and bizarre video games like that one.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Oh man, I used to love Sonic Spinball.

Does anyone remember Shaq-Fu? I never actually played it but I’m pretty sure it was one of the worst games ever made.

You threw it baaaaaaack lol. It was a sucky game but I gotta admit, I always liked the cover.

Shaq was channeling his inner Bruce Leroy.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

This was another fighting game that was wack for SNES

The very first Power Rangers game on SNES and the Movie game for Genesis was much better than this.