Worst console ever

[Classic Pac]

The post about the Genesis being so cheap kinda reminded me of something I read out of the current issue of EGM. It was a 2 page article on which console since the 2600 had the worst games of all time.

 

They say on the Genesis these are the very worst

Batman Forever

Toys

Rise of the robots

Shaq

 

I agree about Shaq and Rise of the robots, Toys is bad but not as bad as another game Bubsy 3D PS1, Batman Forever after playing it for awhile I agree isn't as bad as Batman GB.

 

So which console you think have the biggest stinker of game?

 

In case your wondering about my opion I think and almost hate to say PS1 The reason for me is that thanks to the Playstation Underground I have a lot of demos

 

They say

Dukes of Hazard

My Disney Kitchen

Bubsy 3D

Hunter Road Trip

 

But what about Barbie, 102 Damations, A Bugs Life, R4 all bad

[ninjarabbit]

The 2600, PS1, and PS2 have more shovelware than other systems but they also have some great games too.

[guitarmas]

So which console you think have the biggest stinker of game?

 

Love the grammar. Phillips CD-i was the worth system and has the worst games.

[christianscott27]

The Action Max!

[JB]

Studio 2.

[SteveW]

I was wondering when someone was going to mention the Action Max. I'd agree in part, but there's a videotape based console that's slightly worse, the View-Master Interactive Vision console. It's got a really cool looking case and a great looking joystick, but unfortunately the games as far as I know were all children's edutainment. I've got one, and a Sesame Street Big Bird tape for it, but i've never mustered up the enthusiasm to try it out. At least the Action Max had some fun action style videos, not just some lame muppets.

[NintendoDieScreaming]

I'm gonna say either Action Max or Phillips CD-i

[Student Driver]

I don't consider the Action Max to be a video game system-- it doesn't actually put any graphics up on screen or anything, just counts points for you while you aim a gun at a non-interactive video. It's an interesting electronic game idea, done far better with Captain Power.

 

InteractiveVision has one non-edutainment game cassette available-- Disney's Cartoon Arcade. It's a really simplistic set of games (Throw coal into a stove! Sink a golf ball!), but is education-free. Disney's Cartoon Arcade was developed by Cinemaware, of all companies...

 

My nominees: Studio II and VIS.

[SteveW]

The Memorex/Radio Shack VIS: as far as non-videotape game consoles go, the VIS is definitely far worse than CD-i. The CD-i had a decent amount of games on it. Sure, a lot of them weren't all that great, but still, it had a small library of decent titles. The VIS didn't have anywhere close to that amount. I've bought something like 30 to 35 VIS titles over time, and only one or two could be considered games. The rest are all 'edutainment' titles.

[Seob]

I want to add the orginal gameboy. Man looking at the really bad screen makes i still cant figure out why they outsell the lynx and game gear.

I can still remember trying to see something on screen while playing on a gameboy, holding it in impossible ways just to see something on screen.

I was really glad that when i had the money to buy a portable on my own i decided to buy a game gear.

[Lord Thag]

Well, I'll second the RCA studio II vote and add the Channel F and APF-M1000 to the mix. All three are about the same level of suckage.

 

The Arcadia 2001 is a stinker until you get some of the foreign games.

 

On newer consoles, I find the N64 to be the weakest of the Nintendo systems. The CD-I is also a joke.

[liveinabin]

The PS2. The most popular console always has the worst of the worst. You wanna see some of the stuff that never made it here from Japan. The titles escape me for the moment but bloody hell...

[supercat]

Well, I'll second the RCA studio II vote and add the Channel F and APF-M1000 to the mix. All three are about the same level of suckage.

 

Chronogamer's blog mentions some decent games for the Channel F. NONE for the Studio II.

[super_dos_man]

the cdi sucked

[JB]

VIS! IT WAS A VIS! THANK YOU!

 

I've been trying for AGES to remember what that system I saw in Radio Shack ages ago was. All I remembered was it had a gamepad that looked sort of like a black SNES pad.

 

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You may now resume normal thread activities.

[SteveW]

Yep, the VIS had a decent looking black controller pad that was wireless and was shaped a lot like a SNES pad. I believe that the type of wireless that would only register one button press at a time, so no button combos or anything. Like there was something in the VIS library that you could use a button combo on anyway.

[JagFan422]

atari 7800, all i got to say is thank god it played 2600 games and not just 7800 games.

[DracIsBack]

atari 7800, all i got to say is thank god it played 2600 games and not just 7800 games.

 

 

Your 5200-owner penis envy is showing again, troll.

[BrianC]

I actually tried the vis in store, if it's what I think it is. I agree that it sucks. If I remember correctly, there was a very odd version of Megamania for it that I tried at an in store display. I actually avoided the 2600 Megamania at first becuase of it (bad idea!).

Edited May 30, 2006 by BrianC

[Room 34]

Although the CD-i is definitely an abomination, I have to go with the others who've said the RCA Studio II is the worst console ever, not in terms of ratio of good games to bad, but simply all-around unbelievable suckitude. The only reason most honest people might say otherwise is because they're completely unfamiliar with the system. (And I've never actually played one... I've just read about it in detail and seen lots of screenshots of its miserable excuses for games.)

[JB]

Although the CD-i is definitely an abomination, I have to go with the others who've said the RCA Studio II is the worst console ever, not in terms of ratio of good games to bad, but simply all-around unbelievable suckitude. The only reason most honest people might say otherwise is because they're completely unfamiliar with the system. (And I've never actually played one... I've just read about it in detail and seen lots of screenshots of its miserable excuses for games.)

I haven't either.

 

I was less than a yard from the one in the garage earlier. But I don't know where the switchbox and power supply are, and it's not a compelling enough toy to dig for.

Seriously... phone pads as exclusive input?

[Ze_ro]

Just because a system has a couple of crummy games doesn't necessarily mean it's the worst console ever. I mean, the NES had some truly terrible crap like Color A Dinosaur and Cheetahmen 2, but both of them are pretty rare, and are very much outnumbered by good games, so no one would ever say the NES was the worst ever.

 

Sure, the CD-i has a lot of bad games, and a lot of stuff that isn't even games... but there are actually a decent number of worthwhile titles if you take the time to try them out... especially if you're an FMV fan (which I'm not). I'm not aware of ANY good games on systems like the Channel F, Studio II or Action Max. There are also many systems that just had so few games that getting any good games at all was a challenge, like the Adventurevision, Halcyon or Pippen (which incidentally, made #22 in PCWorld's 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time).

 

Also, I'd like to nominate the R-Zone.

 

--Zero

[sega saturn x]

The Action Max!

I recall seeing that strange ass thing in my local used game store before, still run into tapes for it now and then.

[SteveW]

Aaaaahhhh! The Tiger R-Zone! What a total piece of crap. Those $3 LCD games you can buy out at a flea market with the 'interchangeable' games are about equivalent to the R-Zone, except with Tiger's device, you have to have it right next to your eye. Quality is total garbage, the little reflector in front of the eye is so cheaply made that it turns whatever graphics you can see into a sludgy mess, and sound effects that would make a Pong machine blush. The R-Zone dethrones all other pretenders, it's truly the worst console of all time.

[Student Driver]

Aaaaahhhh! The Tiger R-Zone! What a total piece of crap. Those $3 LCD games you can buy out at a flea market with the 'interchangeable' games are about equivalent to the R-Zone, except with Tiger's device, you have to have it right next to your eye. Quality is total garbage, the little reflector in front of the eye is so cheaply made that it turns whatever graphics you can see into a sludgy mess, and sound effects that would make a Pong machine blush. The R-Zone dethrones all other pretenders, it's truly the worst console of all time.

 

There were handheld versions of R-Zone (R-Zone XPG and R-Zone SuperScreen) as well as the head-mountable one. Picture quality on the SuperScreen, at least, is acceptable.

 

If we're gonna be nominating LCD cartridge systems

(which I'd debate as being "consoles"), I'd put forward the Light Games system by Platime. At least R-Zone had recognizable titles with the hope of good gameplay... the Light Games games are just generic titles.

 

As for the Studio II-- I'm a "proud" owner of a Studio II and a complete set of boxed carts. I played it once, to make sure it worked, Boxed it all up, and put it into storage... those who proclaim the Channel F or MP-1000 as worst must not have played them. Channel F has a serviceable Space Invaders clone (and an SI clone always yields one good reason for a console to exist) as well as some other moderately fun titles, and the MP-1000's got some fun Breakout clones. AND, they're both in color... so a couple of good games each and color-- both things the Studio II lacks.

Edited May 31, 2006 by Student Driver