Worst bug in a Turbo game?

[guyjin]

So me and a friend were having a discussion of the merits of Computer games vs. Console games. One of the points I tried to make is that, since there is a company in charge of a console's releases, they can keep out the really bad games. (hopefully.) He brought up the infamous 7800 Impossible Mission, which actually is impossible.

Which got me to thinking - what was the worst bug that made it into a released TG16 game? Given that virtually all of them were released in Japan, and 'playtested' for us there first, there shouldn't be many.

[nodtveidt]

Impossamole's or Exile II's collision detection bugs. The Legendary Axe gets honorable mention for the same kind of bug.

[Necromancer]

Hands down, the worst is the queen ant in It Came From The Desert. 

Second place goes to games like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Shape Shifter that like to delete other save data at random.

[DragonmasterDan]

Exile II US's unbalanced enemy difficulty is another one, in addition to the collision detection issues. That game has serious problems.

[Black Tiger]

Loom: Unless I got my only defective Turbo game when I bought it new, the game was glitchy and buggy throughout. Garbled graphics at times, crashing, saves that don't work, etc.



If we're counting design flaws/imperfections, then:


Night Creatures: gameplay essentially broken and you can be juggled infinitely by enemies.

Cosmic Fantasy 2: status ailments don't exist(?)

Dragon's Curse: sneaking into Tiger Man's dungeon and defeating the boss gives you all of the game's transformations.

Shape Shifter: Holding down jump while transforming makes your character jump once they transformation is complete, even in mid-air. Allows you to fly through the game and potentially skip 90% of it, once you get the Shadowcat form.



Non-Turbo bugs:

Monster Maker: if you don't complete a particular dungeon towards the end of the game in one go, the game can never be completed. Wasting dozens of hours of playtime.

Hi Leg Fantasy: the game gave to memory space warnings, saving for the first time simply wiped out all of my game saves, including one for Cosmic Fantasy 3 approximately 2/3 through the game.

[Necromancer]

Loom: Unless I got my only defective Turbo game when I bought it new, the game was glitchy and buggy throughout. Garbled graphics at times, crashing, saves that don't work, etc.

Perhaps it is defective, as I've never had any troubles with mine (also purchased new) and it's been played through at least a dozen times.

[Black Tiger]

Loom: Unless I got my only defective Turbo game when I bought it new, the game was glitchy and buggy throughout. Garbled graphics at times, crashing, saves that don't work, etc.

Perhaps it is defective, as I've never had any troubles with mine (also purchased new) and it's been played through at least a dozen times.

That would make me feel better about returning it as defective and exchanging it for Air Zonk.

[hoobs88]

The music in Order of the Griffon cutting out during battles.

[DesmondThe3rd]

The Godawful frame rates in Falcon and Gunboat, I find them nearly unplayable because of this. I also hate the sloppy hit detection in Fighting Street as well.

[Arkhan]

Insanity has a bug where the game sucks.

lol

I thought the dumbest bug in a game is the Keith Courage "last boss is loleasy" bug.

[Black Tiger]

Insanity has a bug where the game sucks.

lol

I thought the dumbest bug in a game is the Keith Courage "last boss is loleasy" bug.

Is that the boss that doesn't move if you fall al the way to the right when entering the boss area?


Strider's color palette may be fugly due to a bug, since some of the detail in sprites is colored invisible. It would explain the unusual coloring. The root problem for all the game's problems is sloppy development though.

[majors]

Cosmic Fantasy 2: status ailments don't exist(?)

Truth. Such a toll to go through that game.

[Shrapnoid]

I can't remember anything just now except the near impossibility of pulling off a Dragon Punch in Fighting Street.
Just to do Ha-do-ken and Hurricane kick, you practically have to do the motions twice and then push the button during the second rotation!

The only other thing that comes to mind right now isn't what I'd call a bug but, it has always been a mystery to me.
In Blazing Lazers, level 3 there is this incredible power-up that you can get but, I've only seen it twice in 20 years and I've played it enough that if it's a result of some sort of bonus or secret target, I should have been able to uncover it by now.
It's what I can only describe as a flashing replica of your ship and once you touch it, you become the scariest thing with weapons in the game.
I don't remember if it has a set amount of time until it goes away or if you loose it upon getting other power-ups or what but, it will turn you into a force to be reckoned with.
I've done searches on this on and off over the years and nothing comes up.

Anyone have any idea what this is and exactly how to make it happen?    

[jayamine]

I never had a single problem with Loom, beat it on all difficulties too. My first SCUMM game.

Worst bug? Spending all that time in Exile 2 raising the last experience level (going from 30k xp to 65535xp at 20xp per kill)only to have it NOT happen ... and then calling the WD help line only to hear, "oh yeah, that's a bug in the game."

[frozenintears]

Insanity has a bug where the game sucks.

lol

I thought the dumbest bug in a game is the Keith Courage "last boss is loleasy" bug.

Is that the boss that doesn't move if you fall al the way to the right when entering the boss area?


Strider's color palette may be fugly due to a bug, since some of the detail in sprites is colored invisible. It would explain the unusual coloring. The root problem for all the game's problems is sloppy development though.

I haven't played that many Turbo games, but I have to say that Keith Courage fall through and pwn the last boss is one of the worst bugs.