I've been far too positive lately. So in that spirit I've decided to make a list of games I hate. Games that in my mind completely and utterly suck. Now to clarify I'm not going to list games that were never meant to be anything other than functional at best. I'm here to talk about games that were meant to be good. And some people do think they're good (they're wrong). Maybe you're one of these people (and once again I want to emphasize you're wrong). But this is my list so fuck off.

So for the month of February I'm going to give you my list. One new game a day. Look forward to it and feel the hate flowing within you. And here it is in no particular order:

  1. Faxanadu
  2. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
  3. Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal
  4. Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
  5. Dr. Franken
  6. Torin's Passage
  7. Blues Brothers (SNES)
  8. Limbo
  9. X-Men (Sega Genesis)
  10. Harvest Moon: My Little Shop
  11. Child of Eden
  12. Herdy Gerdy
  13. Final Fantasy X
  14. Actraiser 2
  15. SaGa Frontier 2
  16. Children of Mana
  17. Assassin's Creed
  18. Burger Time: World Tour
  19. The Acceleration of Suguri X
  20. Spyro the Dragon: Enter the Dragonfly
  21. Impossible Mission (Atari 7800)
  22. The Sims
  23. Double Dragon (NES)
  24. Rhythm Heaven
  25. Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart
  26. Street Fighter
  27. Captain Comic (NES)
  28. Journey
Posted by robio Sun, 01 Feb 2015 19:26:41 (comments: 157)
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Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:57:42
aspro said:

1 was good, 2 was great, 3 was phoned in. Chains on PSP was better than expected.

Caliope!

All of them were excellent. GoW 2 is one of the greatest action games ever made.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:33:34

All of the God of War game started out great, but only for the first hour or two. Then they became meh.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:33:45

4. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600

Pac-Man is one of the greatest games ever made. It's beyond question. 30+ years later the game is addictive as ever. National attention is given whenever someone accomplishes a perfect game. Even not so good ports of Pac-Man, like the licensed NES version are still even pretty good, because the core game is just that good. It's tough to ruin. Atari figured out a way though. There was no way that the 2600 could have ever come close to emulating the arcade version, but this wasn't even in the same ballpark. Atari rushed it and made it as cheaply as possible. Even the programmer who handled the port said he would have done a lot of things differently. The reception was so bad that it's killed consumer confidence in Atari, and is strongly credited alongside ET as helping to cause Atari's crash. More importantly, 5 year old Robio who got this for Christmas never understood why all the ghost monsters wouldn't show up, why they were blinking, and why they weren't the right colors, damning the game to a lifetime of hate.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:43:21
robio said:

There was no way that the 2600 could have ever come close to emulating the arcade version,

Not true. Someone made a very faithful port of arcade Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, and he did it using the exact same amount of cartridge space as Atari Pac-Man used. Behold! Pac-Man 4K!


View on YouTube

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:52:39
Ravenprose said:

Not true. Someone made a very faithful port of arcade Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, and he did it using the exact same amount of cartridge space as Atari Pac-Man used. Behold! Pac-Man 4K!


View on YouTube

Well then... this just makes the Atari 2600 version that much shittier in comparison. I stand corrected.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:02:39

Pac-Man 4k cartridge can also be purchased on Atariage.com, and played on a real Atari 2600 too.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:50:47
robio said:

4. Pac-Man for the Atari 2600

Pac-Man is one of the greatest games ever made. It's beyond question. 30+ years later the game is addictive as ever. National attention is given whenever someone accomplishes a perfect game. Even not so good ports of Pac-Man, like the licensed NES version are still even pretty good, because the core game is just that good. It's tough to ruin. Atari figured out a way though. There was no way that the 2600 could have ever come close to emulating the arcade version, but this wasn't even in the same ballpark. Atari rushed it and made it as cheaply as possible. Even the programmer who handled the port said he would have done a lot of things differently. The reception was so bad that it's killed consumer confidence in Atari, and is strongly credited alongside ET as helping to cause Atari's crash. More importantly, 5 year old Robio who got this for Christmas never understood why all the ghost monsters wouldn't show up, why they were blinking, and why they weren't the right colors, damning the game to a lifetime of hate.

I loved, and still love this version of the game.  I played the shit out of this game when I was a kid.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:58:03
aspro said:

I loved, and still love this version of the game.  I played the shit out of this game when I was a kid.

Same.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:01:57

See it was a giant ass step backwards for me. My next door mafia neighbor had a stand-up Ms. Pac-Man arcade unit (just don't ask how they go it). Even at 5 years old I knew this wasn't cutting it.

 
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:32:39

Man, I can still hear that Pac Man 2600 music in my head.  Did anyone ever own the Pac Man Fever record?

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