This topic is meant for what you think is quite possibly the worst video game ever made. State what it is, reasons for thinking so, and a link to it or describe what it's like.
Quite frankly, I think it's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO. It was a ~$50 game for a ~$700 system that bombed HORRIBLY, only utilized the 3DO's capabilities in the intro cutscene, has no actual gameplay to speak of, and the entire game can be replicated through YouTube annotations. And the only plumber in the game is wearing a tie, so you can't even trust the title. No, I'm not joking. It even controls BETTER through YouTube than the actual game. Here's a link so you can see what it's like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMAG5IDnek
Quote from: Mystery on August 05, 2010, 07:29:52 PM
This topic is meant for what you think is quite possibly the worst video game ever made. State what it is, reasons for thinking so, and a link to it or describe what it's like.
Quite frankly, I think it's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO. It was a ~$50 game for a ~$700 system that bomber HORRIBLY, only utilized the 3DO's capabilities in the intro cutscene, has no actual gameplay to speak of, and the entire game can be replicated through YouTube annotations. And the only plumber in the game is wearing a tie, so you can't even trust the title. No, I'm not joking. It even controls BETTER through YouTube than the actual game. Here's a link so you can see what it's like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMAG5IDnek
Haha. I saw a little of the AVGN for that. All I could say was WOW.
Quote from: EpicPhailure on August 05, 2010, 08:09:48 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 05, 2010, 07:29:52 PM
This topic is meant for what you think is quite possibly the worst video game ever made. State what it is, reasons for thinking so, and a link to it or describe what it's like.
Quite frankly, I think it's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO. It was a ~$50 game for a ~$700 system that bomber HORRIBLY, only utilized the 3DO's capabilities in the intro cutscene, has no actual gameplay to speak of, and the entire game can be replicated through YouTube annotations. And the only plumber in the game is wearing a tie, so you can't even trust the title. No, I'm not joking. It even controls BETTER through YouTube than the actual game. Here's a link so you can see what it's like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMAG5IDnek
Haha. I saw a little of the AVGN for that. All I could say was WOW.
Should've watched the whole episode. It gets a LOT funnier later on.
Most of the movie-based games, especially one with the initials ET. *cough*
All fighting games that arnt made by meiun.
Quote from: ARTgames on August 05, 2010, 11:57:04 PM
All fighting games that arnt made by meiun.
Exception of Castle Crashers (if that counts), Super Smash Bros, etc...
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <
(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Well actually, Atari ran out of cement. Only ~3/4 of the games are under cement.
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Haha, wow. I can believe that, considering just what the game was like.
And Action 52 is probably the 2nd worst game I can think of. The only person who shows just truly HOW BAD the game is is AVGN. While he does embellish things a lot and curse heavily, it's purely for comedic effect. He is a VERY good reviewer. *Warning- heavy cursing*
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/65116
Essentially, it was a crappy compilation of 52 games, 2 of which didn't even work, and the rest with stolen music, coding that a 5 year old could improve on in Game Maker, and just horrible, horrible gameplay altogether. It was an unlicensed game on the NES. ..Did I mention it cost $200 back then?
EDIT: Oh yeah, and if you played it for too long(a couple of hours, although why anyone would want to play this game that long is beyond me), it started to overheat and burn.
Quote from: T-Rok on August 09, 2010, 01:05:15 PM
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Well actually, Atari ran out of cement. Only ~3/4 of the games are under cement.
LOL. The fact that they ran out of cement, all the more proves that they bombed big time xD
But, how do you know they ran out of cement? Do you have a source for this, because everywhere I've read never mentioned that.
They said they were all crushed, buried & encased in cement...
I learned it back in the Game History section of my Game Making class. My teacher was an oldie who knew all about way back when and told us about it. So I cannot give you proof of said words, but I do believe it is a fact. xD
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 02:50:10 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 09, 2010, 01:05:15 PM
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Well actually, Atari ran out of cement. Only ~3/4 of the games are under cement.
LOL. The fact that they ran out of cement, all the more proves that they bombed big time xD
But, how do you know they ran out of cement? Do you have a source for this, because everywhere I've read never mentioned that.
They said they were all crushed, buried & encased in cement...
I have the game for my 2600 and I must say it does not make any sense. But maybe not the worst game ever.
Quote from: ARTgames on August 09, 2010, 05:17:49 PM
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 02:50:10 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 09, 2010, 01:05:15 PM
Quote from: DarkTrinity on August 09, 2010, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 06, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
ET for the atari.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt_3_bQVJU
The guys that did this are my idols. xD
lol. That game does look super shitty...
And if they really weren't buried under cement, I bet people would've dug them up years ago... People go crazy for free shit, crappy game or not. <(commenting on the fact people say it's a myth that Atari crushed and buried the ET games in a landfill and then covered them in cement)
Well actually, Atari ran out of cement. Only ~3/4 of the games are under cement.
LOL. The fact that they ran out of cement, all the more proves that they bombed big time xD
But, how do you know they ran out of cement? Do you have a source for this, because everywhere I've read never mentioned that.
They said they were all crushed, buried & encased in cement...
I have the game for my 2600 and I must say it does not make any sense. But maybe not the worst game ever.
That's because of the extreme limitations the Atari 2600 had. You can't really make a good game on it, but still, ET was probably the worst. I guarantee you, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is infinitely worse.
I kinda just watched it with no sound, so I probably don't get alot of things :p, But I'm sure scotty would like it.
~Looperpuck
Quote from: Looperpuck on August 09, 2010, 05:49:34 PM
I kinda just watched it with no sound, so I probably don't get alot of things :p, But I'm sure scotty would like it.
~Looperpuck
Yeah, Scotty probably would. :P That's the thing, it's like a softcore porn slideshow, not an actual video game.
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 05:43:58 PM
That's because of the extreme limitations the Atari 2600 had. You can't really make a good game on it, but still, ET was probably the worst. I guarantee you, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is infinitely worse.
All im trying to defend here is just because the 2600 did not have the best hardware does not make is so you cant have fun with the system. You say that but most of the other movie based games like spider man, star wars, Indiana Jones, you have some concept of whats going on. Here all you tell is that your ET. And I have played fun games on the 2600 like missile command and pitfall and video Olympics that I think were good. I'm not sure if you had personal experience with the 2600 but you should try.
Now why ET is not the worst for me is that it did not make me mad or frustrated when I played it. I just did not know what was going at all. :P
Quote from: ARTgames on August 09, 2010, 06:14:18 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 05:43:58 PM
That's because of the extreme limitations the Atari 2600 had. You can't really make a good game on it, but still, ET was probably the worst. I guarantee you, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is infinitely worse.
All im trying to defend here is just because the 2600 did not have the best hardware does not make is so you cant have fun with the system. You say that but most of the other movie based games like spider man, star wars, Indiana Jones, you have some concept of whats going on. Here all you tell is that your ET. And I have played fun games on the 2600 like missile command and pitfall and video Olympics that I think were good. I'm not sure if you had personal experience with the 2600 but you should try.
Now why ET is not the worst for me is that it did not make me mad or frustrated when I played it. I just did not know what was going at all. :P
I don't really have much experience with it, but I do have some. In one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
Its fine if you don't agree with me on how I fell about ET's being the worst game or not. I just don't feel you should blame the system limitations on it being a bad game when there are good examples of fun games on the system. I feel it was the developers fault. We might disagree here and that's fine.
Also I would like to bring up super man 64. That game does not look too fun. I have never played it but when people bring up ET they also bring up that game.
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 06:21:38 PMIn one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
I have to agree with Art here. What it seems like you're talking about is poor game design. Just because the system is limited doesn't mean they had to make a game that didn't make any sense or was impossible to figure out.
Quote from: ARTgames on August 09, 2010, 07:16:14 PM
Its fine if you don't agree with me on how I fell about ET's being the worst game or not. I just don't feel you should blame the system limitations on it being a bad game when there are good examples of fun games on the system. I feel it was the developers fault. We might disagree here and that's fine.
Also I would like to bring up super man 64. That game does not look too fun. I have never played it but when people bring up ET they also bring up that game.
Actually, the Super Man on Xbox 360 is fail. It has original playstation quality graphics.
Quote from: T-Rok on August 09, 2010, 09:00:57 PM
Actually, the Super Man on Xbox 360 is fail. It has original playstation quality graphics.
Your kidding right? That's a pretty big exaggeration.
I'm not exaggerating. I played it. xD
Quote from: T-Rok on August 10, 2010, 04:32:27 AM
I'm not exaggerating. I played it. xD
If you think THAT Superman game is bad, try Superman 64.
Quote from: Lingus on August 09, 2010, 07:47:49 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 06:21:38 PMIn one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
I have to agree with Art here. What it seems like you're talking about is poor game design. Just because the system is limited doesn't mean they had to make a game that didn't make any sense or was impossible to figure out.
It may be poor game design, and I do accept the graphical limitations of the system, but the graphics still hinder you because you can't tell what ANYTHING is.
Quote from: Mystery on August 17, 2010, 03:55:20 PMQuote from: Lingus on August 09, 2010, 07:47:49 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 06:21:38 PMIn one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
I have to agree with Art here. What it seems like you're talking about is poor game design. Just because the system is limited doesn't mean they had to make a game that didn't make any sense or was impossible to figure out.
It may be poor game design, and I do accept the graphical limitations of the system, but the graphics still hinder you because you can't tell what ANYTHING is.
Again, poor art direction.
I have to say, with extreme limitations I have seen some really good games. It seems like what happens is if you try to get too complicated within those limitations, you end up with a poor product. It's always the really simple games that tend to be really fun.
Quote from: Lingus on August 17, 2010, 04:01:58 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 17, 2010, 03:55:20 PMQuote from: Lingus on August 09, 2010, 07:47:49 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 06:21:38 PMIn one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
I have to agree with Art here. What it seems like you're talking about is poor game design. Just because the system is limited doesn't mean they had to make a game that didn't make any sense or was impossible to figure out.
It may be poor game design, and I do accept the graphical limitations of the system, but the graphics still hinder you because you can't tell what ANYTHING is.
Again, poor art direction.
I have to say, with extreme limitations I have seen some really good games. It seems like what happens is if you try to get too complicated within those limitations, you end up with a poor product. It's always the really simple games that tend to be really fun.
Again, I agree with you, but the garbled graphics in ET(and a few other Atari games) are different. Pits look like ggray diamonds, the spaceship and its parts look anything but, and ET himself barely looks like himself.
There are some VERY good limited-graphic games, but ET is NOT one of them. That is my point.
Right, which was my point. It sounded like you were saying that game was bad simply because it was on the Atari 2600, which is probably not the case. You can blame poor art direction and game design, but not the limitations of the system. At least in my opinion.
Quote from: Mystery on August 17, 2010, 03:55:20 PM
Quote from: T-Rok on August 10, 2010, 04:32:27 AM
I'm not exaggerating. I played it. xD
If you think THAT Superman game is bad, try Superman 64.
Quote from: Lingus on August 09, 2010, 07:47:49 PM
Quote from: Mystery on August 09, 2010, 06:21:38 PMIn one of the Indiana Jones games(I forget which), you have no idea what you're supposed to do, and what you're supposed to do is so convoluted that with no directions, it's almost impossible to beat...and the graphics don't help. Same thing in ET, except much, much worse.
I have to agree with Art here. What it seems like you're talking about is poor game design. Just because the system is limited doesn't mean they had to make a game that didn't make any sense or was impossible to figure out.
It may be poor game design, and I do accept the graphical limitations of the system, but the graphics still hinder you because you can't tell what ANYTHING is.
This one was Superman 64. They just ported it. lol