Who made the worst games?

[PitfallHarry2600]

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

I disagree! I like Die Hard. They also published Kabuki Quantum Fighter in japan!

And Thunderbirds was great too!

[PitfallHarry2600]

Acclaim & Midway! (later 90's-2000's)

 

I'm soory to say that these two were pretty bad! Even LJN & earlyT-HQ*, and Culture Brain games were much better!

 

Midway, as the company went into the 3D gaming era, the characters where too repetitive and had limited quotes to say! Most did the same physical movements and dull actions! I never thought that they were into spending time and polishing their games!

 

Acclaim was the same thing! With the exception of DD II & iii, and Bigfoot! When they did the Legends of Wrestling Series they just did a terrible job! But as a wrestling fan, I accepted it for what it was!

 

No wonder WWE let Acclaim & Midways contracts expire, because they were not good games! Thankfully T-HQ* does a hell of a better job then those two!

 

Anthony....

whawhahwhawhawhawhaWHAAAAAAAAAAT! How DARE you pick on Culture Brain?!? They made my favorite NES game (The Magic of Scheherazade) Their "Super Chinese" games such as "Kung-Fu Master" or "Little Ninja Brothers" were great, even though KFM ripped off Mario sounds

[PitfallHarry2600]

For me, the worst company has to be Ocean

[retrorussell]

Vic Tokai made some serious stinkers.

[cparsley]

looks around, the next person to dis Koei, the makers of Aerobiz & Aerobiz Supersonic, is going to get it!

[RedRaider]

Purina - Chase The Chuck Wagon

 

 

 

[BassGuitari]

You're all wrong. The answer is RCA. (And I say that endearingly.)

 

Every single game for their Studio II console was made by them. And every single one of them is a barely-intelligible mess.

 

The universally terrible collision detection, unusable controls, and the generally primitive nature of RCA's games could be forgiven -or at least viewed with more sympathy- if the crippling limitations of the Studio II hardware are considered. Except that RCA also made the hardware.

 

That said, there are about three Studio II games that are kinda fun: Bowling, Gunfighter, and Space War - Vertical Intercept. And maybe Blackjack. But beyond those polished turds, RCA's games make AVGN's picks for w0rst gmae EVAR look like works of art.

 

 

*****

 

I'd given this some thought, and almost went with Magnavox, for their Odyssey offerings. Screen overlays and gameboards and pieces? Eff that. Not only is that beyond primitive, it's a pain in the ass, and at the end of the day, not really any fun (I defy anyone to honestly tell me they actually had real fun -I mean gameplay fun, not historical curiosity fun- with any Odyssey game other than Table Tennis; maybe it's one of those things where you just had to be there, I guess). However, the Odyssey was the first of its kind, as we all know, and I don't think it's fair to pile on anything that's the first in its field. There was no frame of reference. It had to blaze its own trail.

 

By the time RCA hit the scene, video games were relatively well-established. Stuff like the superior Channel F was already out, and Atari's Video Computer System was just around the corner. RCA had no excuse.

[high voltage]

 

Purina - Chase The Chuck Wagon

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-WSUHmsb8

 

 

Why do these idiots who review/play VCS games on yT never know how to play a VCS game? You're supposed to eat the food, moron. Read the manual for gods sake

[Tr3vor]

Purina - Chase The Chuck Wagon

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-WSUHmsb8

 

 

Why do these idiots who review/play VCS games on yT never know how to play a VCS game? You're supposed to eat the food, moron. Read the manual for gods sake

 

I'm pretty sure that if you "Review" a game on YouTube, you should know how to play the game at least. Good Grief. This video is horrible.

[retrorussell]

FCI made some stinkers aside from Zanac. Super Pitfall and Seicross are horrible, as are most of their games.

[high voltage]

You're all wrong. The answer is RCA. (And I say that endearingly.)

 

Every single game for their Studio II console was made by them. And every single one of them is a barely-intelligible mess.

 

The universally terrible collision detection, unusable controls, and the generally primitive nature of RCA's games could be forgiven -or at least viewed with more sympathy- if the crippling limitations of the Studio II hardware are considered. Except that RCA also made the hardware.

 

That said, there are about three Studio II games that are kinda fun: Bowling, Gunfighter, and Space War - Vertical Intercept. And maybe Blackjack. But beyond those polished turds, RCA's games make AVGN's picks for w0rst gmae EVAR look like works of art.

 

 

*****

 

I'd given this some thought, and almost went with Magnavox, for their Odyssey offerings. Screen overlays and gameboards and pieces? Eff that. Not only is that beyond primitive, it's a pain in the ass, and at the end of the day, not really any fun (I defy anyone to honestly tell me they actually had real fun -I mean gameplay fun, not historical curiosity fun- with any Odyssey game other than Table Tennis; maybe it's one of those things where you just had to be there, I guess). However, the Odyssey was the first of its kind, as we all know, and I don't think it's fair to pile on anything that's the first in its field. There was no frame of reference. It had to blaze its own trail.

 

By the time RCA hit the scene, video games were relatively well-established. Stuff like the superior Channel F was already out, and Atari's Video Computer System was just around the corner. RCA had no excuse.

 

Oh yes, Odyssey was great fun in 1972, to have a game on TV was excellent enough (as in 'never seen before'), and all (most) games where multiplayer games, for the whole family to enjoy by also adding accessories like board games to be incorperated into the gameplay (how innovative). As for colour, Baer wanted colour games, but it was too expensive to do in the 60s, so they chose to use overlays. It worked fine.

Edited August 20, 2012 by high voltage

[Gabriel]

looks around, the next person to dis Koei, the makers of Aerobiz & Aerobiz Supersonic, is going to get it!

 

Haven't you heard? Turn based games suck. The prevailing wisdom among gamers now seems to be that turn based games can't even be called games.

 

And yes, I have seen that sentiment in quite a few reviews of the past few years, stated in exactly that way.

 

As for which company made the worst games. I'm not exactly sure. I tend to only associate company names with games when the games are good. However, when I have made the link between bad game and company, two brands pop up again and again: EA and Akklaim. They're the only ones which have been consistently prominent and consistently bad over the years to make me associate their names with bad games. Even LJN didn't manage to do that.

[high voltage]

Koei made good PC strategy/wargames

[SoulBlazer]

looks around, the next person to dis Koei, the makers of Aerobiz & Aerobiz Supersonic, is going to get it!

 

Totally agree. Koei made some of my all time fav games, and I ate up all their NES and SNES stuff. Still buy the new Romance games when they come out.

[SoulBlazer]

Vic Tokai made some serious stinkers.

 

Wow, a lot of hate for my fav companies! First Koei and now Vic Tokai!

 

Yeah, they made some bad games. But they also made two of my all time favs for the NES, Clash at Demonhead and Conflict. (Super Conflict for the SNES was a lot of fun also). Mind you, I haven't played any of their PS1 or later stuff....although I recall the N64 game they made being okay.

[Chuck D. Head]

Mythicon!

Absolute worst Games I have ever played !

Absolute, insipid crap! I bought Firefly and Sorceror the same day; very sad. I found it amusing that VideogameCritic.net gave Firefly an F and Sorceror a C+ when they are the same shitty game!

[retrorussell]

Vic Tokai made some serious stinkers.

 

Wow, a lot of hate for my fav companies! First Koei and now Vic Tokai!

 

Yeah, they made some bad games. But they also made two of my all time favs for the NES, Clash at Demonhead and Conflict. (Super Conflict for the SNES was a lot of fun also). Mind you, I haven't played any of their PS1 or later stuff....although I recall the N64 game they made being okay.

Never played Conflict; I'm trying to warm up to Clash At Demonhead right now. It's tough, I'm not really a fan of it. It certainly has its following though..

[Bloodreign]

FCI made some stinkers aside from Zanac. Super Pitfall and Seicross are horrible, as are most of their games.

 

Actually they just published it, Compile is behind Zanac, hence why it's good. Compile is also behind or was behind Puyo Puyo at one time.

 

As for Vic Tokai, I'd say Trouble Shooters 1 and 2 are pretty nice from them.