Who made the worst games?

[BillyHW]

The AVGN says it's LJN on the NES.

 

But I say it was THQ on the SNES. Does anyone else remember the awfulness of Pit-Fighter on the SNES?

 

What are your picks for worst developer/publisher in a given era?

[high voltage]

Rare, just look at Taboo

[ventrra]

In Japan, Pack-in Video made the worst on pretty much every system they made games for.

[MagitekAngel]

These days, I'd say Reality Pump

[+save2600]

Mythicon!

[The Usotsuki]

LJN, better known as Acclaim, was hit or miss. Most of their LJN stuff was garbage but their Midway arcade ports were generally excellent.

[retrogamer73]

I'm going to go with LJN, and I do remember Pit Fighter on SNES it sucked.

[atari181]

Mythicon!

Absolute worst Games I have ever played !

 

[2600Lives]

I'll toss in with LJN as well, along with Acclaim. Ever play Total Recall on the NES? 'Nuff said.

[Rex Dart]

Color Dreams

[7800Lover]

I second Color Dreams! What was up with Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu?

[Tr3vor]

Color Dreams for sure. have you seen RoboDemons? one word: "uugh"

 

LJN has nothing on Color Dreams.

Edited March 12, 2012 by Tr3vor

[Emehr]

I vote for Ocean. I don't think I own or ever wanted to own anything they did, which was usually crapped-out movie license games.

 

Rare, just look at Taboo

 

Gonna have to disagree with you on that one. I don't know what they were thinking with Taboo but Rare made great games and didn't seem afraid to try different things. Wizards and Warriors, RC Pro-Am Racing, Cobra Triangle, Battletoads...good stuff. Captain Skyhawk was a little clunky but it had its merits.

[Austin]

Rare, just look at Taboo

 

Gonna have to disagree with you on that one. I don't know what they were thinking with Taboo but Rare made great games and didn't seem afraid to try different things. Wizards and Warriors, RC Pro-Am Racing, Cobra Triangle, Battletoads...good stuff. Captain Skyhawk was a little clunky but it had its merits.

 

Agreed! Add A Nightmare on Elm Street, Snake Rattle & Roll, Ironsword, the port of Marble Madness, Battletoads & Double Dragon, and the list goes on, and on, and on.. They were an amazing developer house in their day!

[Tr3vor]

 

 

Agreed! Add A Nightmare on Elm Street....

 

Wasn't that LJN?

[Austin]

Wasn't that LJN?

 

LJN published it, but Rare developed it. Something else to keep in mind.

[BassGuitari]

Whatever crap Rare might have done, Goldeneye and Perfect Dark more than make up for them.

[S1500]

Akklaim pumped out games without originality. Case in point their Terminator 2 game, which I tried on the PC. It was terrible. It was simply out to make money.

[BillyHW]

I heard that THQ made some respectable games in later generations too, but I have trouble believing it...

[Austin]

THQ is a pretty recognizable name today. Back in the SNES days though, not so much. Not in a good way, at least.

[swlovinist]

I just had the extreme pleasure of playing Pit Fighter on the SNES today...total crap.

[BillyHW]

I just had the extreme pleasure of playing Pit Fighter on the SNES today...total crap.

 

Total, utter, crap.

[7800Lover]

At least the SNES version of Pit-Fighter was playable. Has anyone ever played the Game Boy port? A tiny black and white screen is NOT the place to show off digitized graphics!

[Rex Dart]

I just had the extreme pleasure of playing Pit Fighter on the SNES today...total crap.

 

So, a solid port?

[BillyHW]

I just had the extreme pleasure of playing Pit Fighter on the SNES today...total crap.

 

So, a solid port?

 

I actually kind of liked the arcade game.