Worst US Turbografx CD Game

[Magister]

Figured I would do 5 Votes Per User like the TG16 poll.

[Black Tiger]

It's surprising how seeing a list like this with everything together that it's more a matter of "least good".

[Punch]

Yeah the turbo cd offerings are really solid all things considered.

Also I can't believe that this list has ALL US disc releases. My vote goes for Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf.

[Lost Monkey]

I voted for Magical Dinosaur Tour, and then realized it was a trick... because it's not really a game!

[synbiosfan]

This will help me to avoid a few stinkers

[HuMan]

Anyone who says "Loom" or "Prince of Persia" is an uncultured heathen.

Not sure what to pick, maybe Fighting Street.

[EmperorIng]

I know there are some games there that are likely worse, but Exile: Wicked Phenomenon is a f*cking wretched game, JPN or USA.

Even garbage like Sherlock Holmes and It Came from the Desert at least have funny cutscenes to laugh at. Not so much Exile WP except for the first one where Vic intuited that one of the voices needed to sound like a constipated lobotomy patient, subtly cluing you into to the fact that you were about to play a half-finished, drooling game.

[blueraven]

I'm staring at all of these choices, and... not really wanting to vote. 

Yeah the turbo cd offerings are really solid all things considered.

Also I can't believe that this list has ALL US disc releases...

Yes.

Anyone who says "Loom" or "Prince of Persia" is an uncultured heathen.

Not sure what to pick....

Yes.

This will help me to avoid a few stinkers

Nothing here is incredibly shitty.

I know there are some games there that are likely worse, but Exile: Wicked Phenomenon is a f*cking wretched game, JPN or USA.

Even garbage like Sherlock Holmes and It Came from the Desert at least have funny cutscenes to laugh at. Not so much Exile WP except for the first one where Vic intuited that one of the voices needed to sound like a constipated lobotomy patient, subtly cluing you into to the fact that you were about to play a half-finished, drooling game.

I liked Exile WP, all things considered. The JP ver. was too hard and the US ver. too easy. Playing as Fahkyle and Rumi and the big dude with the lennon-style sunglasses and fez was also rad. The voice acting was that same crew that did the voice acting for a bunch of the US Turbo games. Like Addams Family... very badly. But you can recognize them from game to game. This is yet another way the US side of NEC totally f*cked up.

The JP version had good voice acting.

[seieienbu]

I can't vote for 5.  A long while ago I disliked the Addams Family but playing it more recently made me think it was okay just not up to par.  I voted for Magical Dinosaur Tour and It Came From the Desert because those are the only two (though there are a few I haven't played) that I thought were downright worse and un-fun.

[esteban]

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[bob]

necro... please immediately ban anybody who votes for addams family.
k. thx.

[MisterCrash]

Replaying It Came from the Desert recently has convinced me that I have no need to play it ever again. It makes for an interesting historical relic, but it has aged very poorly. The FMV is difficult to watch, and the controls in the ant tunnels are aggravating.

That being said, I didn't even consider replaying Fighting Street. I seem to recall very long load times, frustrating controls with the D-pad, and very limited enjoyment. While it may be unfair to compare this to modern games, basically any fighting game released in the last 25 years wipes the floor with this one.

The wildcard is Lords of the Rising Sun. I think I have spent a grand total of 15 minutes playing it this century, and could not figure it out at all. I'd have to revisit it before declaring it one of the worst games.

(I presume the vote for Ys Book I & II is a joke.)

[Magister]

Just because you can vote for 5 of them doesn't mean you have to.  I just figured I keep it similar to the poll for the TG16.  I have about 10 CD games.  I don't think any of them are bad.  But I will say the one I couldn't get into was Sim Earth.  I loved Sim City when it first came out, but Sim Earth doesn't have the same feel.

[KingDrool]

It's surprising how seeing a list like this with everything together that it's more a matter of "least good".

I was going to say the same thing. Not sure I can vote. Everything's decent.

[TheClash603]

My picks:

Magical Dinosaur Tour - An edutainment title for children likely won't have many fans here, so this should be the clear winner.  Even if I could put myself in the child mindset, which surprisingly isn't too hard, I still don't think this is a good choice in the edutainment genre.  Give me one of the Blaster games or Carmen San Diego, I am not totally adverse to the genre.

Fighting Street - Hardly playable.  Historically this game has merit, but it's not even as good as other early fighters like Karate Champ or Yie Ar Kung Fu.  Capcom got their shit together, so all is forgiven with the series, but this first entry that no longer stands on its own.

Riot Zone - Game moves too slow and the lack of two player is glaring.  I think this is one of my least favorite games because of the disappointment compared to its contemporaries.  I played the first Streets of Rage with a friend the other day and it is not only better than this game, but so much better, that this has to be one of the weakest entries into the genre.  One of my favorite genres of games, so that's why this one hurt me so much to play through, missed opportunity.