The worst of the worst?

[Digi.k]

One thing that annoys me about Energy is well I haven't found a way to skip the long boring intro.

hmmm I would think Yaksa is probably one of the worst HUcard games ever...  I find it really unplayable..

[Superfamifreak]

My cake topper, and this is probably because I bought it for like 30 dollars when it was first out, and I was too young and broke to afford a 50 dollar game is Tricky Kick.  My all time most hated game for TG16/ PCE.

Is that because you find it too hard?

[lkermel]

Does anyone else here find Deep Blue to be tough as balls? I wish Deep Blue was more playable...

Deep Blue is not only tough and unfair, it is also totally random ! I have played the emulated Rom one day to see how far (or how deep) it would go. And if I remember well, fish formations are different everytime you start from the same save point. And the game loops after the fourth stage, and LevelA becomes... LevelA'. I gave up at that point.
However, the only things that somehow save Deep Blue are the graphics which are, I think, correct. I wonder why Pack-In-Video went for such crappy graphics in Power Gate...

[rolins]

My cake topper, and this is probably because I bought it for like 30 dollars when it was first out, and I was too young and broke to afford a 50 dollar game is Tricky Kick.  My all time most hated game for TG16/ PCE.

Tricky Kick is probably one the best puzzle games on the system and shouldn't be placed at the bottom of the pile. Whats to hate in this game? There's several characters to choose from, each with their own story line. Music was good, although not the best, and for each character there was a special stage theme in mind. I definetly like playing the robot stages, reminds me of old ultraman shows.

[motdelbuort]

My cake topper, and this is probably because I bought it for like 30 dollars when it was first out, and I was too young and broke to afford a 50 dollar game is Tricky Kick.  My all time most hated game for TG16/ PCE.

Tricky Kick is probably one the best puzzle games on the system and shouldn't be placed at the bottom of the pile. Whats to hate in this game? There's several characters to choose from, each with their own story line. Music was good, although not the best, and for each character there was a special stage theme in mind. I definetly like playing the robot stages, reminds me of old ultraman shows.

Well the graphics are very NES like outside the awesome cutscenes, and I wouldn't call the sound memorable. These things don't bother me though. What bothers me is the merciless difficulty. It's not enough to make these super tough puzzles, they have to time you as well. It could have had better ramping difficulty I think, but then again that's not much of a design flaw. I'd say it's a great game that drives me crazy to the point where I don't want to play it too much.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Lots of the games you guys are mentioning are pretty cool.  The soundtrack alone in Timeball is worthy of at least a 'good' review.

But the CremDeLaCRAP has got to be Drop Off!  who in the HELL actually had fun playing this heap!

ALSO another huge dissappointment has to be MotoRoader.  I was expecting fun MicroMachines style gameplay from looking at the screen shots, but what we got was this horribly slow racing game that sucks donkey balls!!

I hated Camp California, prolly the worst game on SCD!

[Daedalus]

To be honest, I think that it has alot to do with my age/ the era that TG16 was when this game came out.  Does anyone remember the commercial for TG16 that started off with "first there was video games" and it cut to some kids with frowns playing pong.  The immediatly cut to the 80's colorful background and a deep voice shout "NOW" and they showed all action cut scenes from games?  From a system with so many action titles and RPG wonders, came this "dee da dee" puzzle game.

Its kinda like taking a kid with add, giving him 10 candy bars, then asking him to sit nicely and put a puzzle together....

[Bonknuts]

I wouldn't call the sound memorable.

I would.  

The three of us would stay up all night in caffeine induced fevers, happily making up lyrics to each tune and singing them into the whee hours of the morning, but never beating the game!  Our other friends just didn't understand...

 Still, Tricky is on my fav list.

[Keranu]

Tricky Kick rulez! Very fun and challenging, also offers a lot of play.

[vestcoat]

after reading this thread i went into my room and grabbed the games i never play off the shelf...

Battlefield 94 - Worst ACD game.  I played it for about 15 minutes and have never had the desire to do so again.

Magical Dinosaur Tour - blah

Yo Bro - i want to like this game because it's an unusual genre but the play control sucks too much.

Psychosis - this game has some innovative features but the weapons are just too ineffectual and with all my other shooters this one just sits on the shelf

Legendary Axe 2 - i haven't played this game since my first bout with a Turbografx back in 92.  i've never played the original but something about LA2 always made me depressed as hell.  My memories of it are dark and boring.

I'd also like to nominate Golden Axe.  It's not the worst game out there but someone's head deserves to roll for taking such a wonderful, classic game and messing it up so bad.

[Digi.k]

Legendary Axe II has some wonderful music thats on par with Dungeon Explorer... Maybe its the atmosphere and setting that makes you depressed.  I have to admit the first two levels do seem a bit dull but it does pick up.

Some of the Western games are dreadful too.. I find Talespin and Darkwing Duck painfully dull as well as Falcon.

Also some say Yokai Dochuki is a game to avoid but I actually like this a lot.. I think its got some charm but its frustrating sometimes..

[Keranu]

I don't think Tailspin is too bad actually, it's pretty playable in fact. Darkwing Duck on the other hand is not so friendly when it comes to playability, though the game does certainly look cool when you're not in the actual levels, haha.

[Simes]

Only got a dozen games for the PCE so far (relative newbie to owning the machine!), but I'd have to go for Knight Rider Special! How they had the nerve to release this I don't know!

Five minutes and the game was switched off, back in the case and never to see the light of day again!

[nodtveidt]

Many of the crappy games had a ton of potential but were limited by either stupid.incompetant programmers, low budgets, or general laziness. So, here's my list of the worst, coupled with the reasons:

-Impossamole: Anyone who overlooks the potential of this game is retarded, but the execution was just BROKEN ALL TO HELL. Whoever coded this game deserves to be strung up by his EYEBROWS and beaten to death TWICE. Awesome potential here but dammit...someone ruined it like mad.
-Golden Axe: One of the most famous arcade games of all time got the shaft bigtime by both bad programmers and terrible artists. Great cinemas, but the game itself looks like it was an Atari 2600 port, and that's being generous. The gameplay sucks major balls too.
-Night Creatures: This game has sooooooo much potential, only to be ruined by bad gameplay execution and some of the most boring level designs I've ever seen.

There are probably others but oh well...I think that sums up the top 3. Now for some that are often seen as bad but I don't agree...

-Camp California: This game suffers from some control issues (mainly platforming) with one character...and of course, it has to be the character you start out with, Byron. Every other character works correctly. The game is often overlooked or dismissed because of its HIGH level of cheese, its overall difficulty level, and the fact that it starts out somewhat broken. But if you can get past the broken part (just pick up another character and never use Byron again!), the game is very fun and delivers a great little message at the same time...recycling is good!
-China Warrior: This game is definately odd. What turns most people off to it is the fact that the boss fights are very strangely coded and nothing at all like the fluid fighting games we had in the 90s. It is a relatively hard game that only gets harder as you replay it, and the final boss is the ultimate in cheap-ass.
-The Addams Family: Okay...first of all, people dock points off of this one for being a US-only release, which is prejudice and complete bullshit. This game had TONS of potential, and used a great deal of interesting programming tricks that make any up-and-coming PCE programmer drool. This is one of the more unique games available, although it does suffer from some subpar graphics (sprites are rather poor, although the backgrounds are very well-detailed) and a few gameplay glitches (especially with the sword). Great potential but could have been more...I think it was just limited by the tiny 64k of memory...an SCD version of this would have rocked.

[FM-77]

Legendary Axe 2 is so sweet. I love the later levels in the game. The music is really good too.