50 Worst Video Game Names

[darklord1977]

the 3do

 

Ballz : The Director's Cut

how about GEX for the saga saturn...that was a bomb...

[Lauren Tyler]

Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You

 

Yeah, I know it's Japanese, but still.

[bowser724]

Balls of Steel

[Lord Thag]

I still think Pooyan sounds like something you'd find in a back alley 'adult' shop.

[darklord1977]

I still think Pooyan sounds like something you'd find in a back alley 'adult' shop.

yep..so does pokemon

[RARusk]

"If it moves shoot it"

 

Believe it or not, I actually gametested that title for Broderbund years ago. I thought I would never hear about that title again. I did both the PC and Amiga versions. However, once I gave the greenlight for them to release the Amiga version, they canned it.

[mnbren05]

Some of those are alright but where are the really out there ones? If It Moves, Shoot It. Is not that bad

 

Bad:

Goofy's Hysterical History Tour ( Not only does the title suck the game has nothing to do with a historical tour besides having some dinosaurs.)

[Tempest]

How about High Roller Battle for the Laseractive? Turns out this is a helicopter action game (and a crappy one at that). Sounds like a casino simulator or something to me.

 

Tempest

[Vic George 2K3]

I hope we're NOT confusing worst game names with just worst games, period.

[rockman_x_2002]

Shaq Fu... 'nuff said...

[mnbren05]

Okay this one is bad and itjust turns you off the cover of the instructions reads....

 

 

Xena Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate THE GAME

 

 

It almost as if I did not know what I was looking at lol. That's exactly how it is printed caps and all. The cart only has the up to fate but the instructions clearly say it that way and every time they mention the title they insert THE GAME in caps. My favorite part ... Now that you have learned the basics, you are ready for the world of Xena Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate THE GAME

[kidnicky]

You can't really count Do You Remember Love? because it's a liscensed title. If you're paying to turn the movie into a game,you're gonna keep the title.

My vote for the worst (and best) title is that mainstay of any quality arcade:

VIOLENCE FIGHT.

[ZylonBane]

"Gears of War".

 

Sounds like it's a mech game, right? Nope, just another squad-based combat title.

[mnbren05]

About bad titles. Okay some title are just plain bad but some are stupid and if you think about them are just well....

 

Final Fantasy (pick a number)... If its the Final Fantasy how come they keep having more Final Fantasy games? Intriguing.

 

I bought this one for NES Elevator Action. I have not yet to play it but my hopes of some naughty elevator love game are probably not going to be answered.

 

Dudes With Attitude. Even kids in the late 80's early 90's said, "wtf were they thinking when they named this?!" To this one.

[mnbren05]

Okay I saw this one the other day and its not horrible but its bad

 

Wally Bear and the No Gang... sounds like a a load of fun.

[liveinabin]

Mr. Driller

 

He's a man and he drills. I don't have too much of a problem with that

 

How about Keith Courage in Alpha Zones? Bloody Hell.

 

I always liked the arcade race game Continental Circus. Of course it should have been Continental Circuits but for a comedy fax error.

[Vic George 2K3]

Hydlide -- which sounds like what Simon & Garfunkel sing at the end of "The Boxer" over and over.

[Crimefighter]

Some of the titles in the list shouldn't had been there. Jumpman...yeah he jumps but that's the point...and we played it for hours and hours.

[BrianC]

I bought this one for NES Elevator Action. I have not yet to play it but my hopes of some naughty elevator love game are probably not going to be answered.

 

It's a port of a very well known arcade game. The NES version is not the only home version either. I recommend giving the game a play.

[rasone77]

Faxandu

 

Evertime I see that game in my collection I cringe. Plus the lable is frickin pink. I just picture some sort of clown RPG in a circus, as a result I haven't even played it. >

[Vic George 2K3]

Faxandu

 

Evertime I see that game in my collection I cringe. Plus the lable is frickin pink. I just picture some sort of clown RPG in a circus, as a result I haven't even played it. >

 

The name sounds like a sequel to this movie from 1980.

[jbanes]

The name sounds like a sequel to this movie from 1980.

Faxandu, your neon lights will shine... For alllll the world to seeeeee!

 

I dunno. I don't think it has quite the same ring to it.

[vdub_bobby]

I assume you guys mean Faxanadu? Not Faxandu...

[Vic George 2K3]

Exactly, vdub. Thanks for the clarification.

[rockfistus]

I tried to get into Faxanadu, the password system killed it for me.