Worst Turbo game of 1992

[_joshuaTurbo]

falcon was pretty crappy, but yeah for the most part this list consists of mostly strong titles!

Air Zonk, Order of the Griffon and Shockman being my favorites.

[Necromancer]

1992, IMHO, was a pretty good year. I can't vote for any of these, since all the ones I've played on the list are good.

It's a 'worst game' poll, so it doesn't matter if they're all awesome - just vote for the least awesome title. 

[exile]

I think Falcon wins the Prize. Such a bland gaming experience. NEC must have been desperate to allow that game to become a 3rd party title

[Sinistron]

The big shocker to me in this poll is that most of you even played Falcon to begin with...  It could be floating in front of my eyes loose and ready to go with a "play me" ribbon on it and I'd still have zero desire to test it out.

[Black Tiger]

The big shocker to me in this poll is that most of you even played Falcon to begin with...  It could be floating in front of my eyes loose and ready to go with a "play me" ribbon on it and I'd still have zero desire to test it out.

I rented it back in the day because I rented every Turbo game available. But in recent years, the novelty of witnessing real-time polygons rendered by the TG-16 lures me into firing it up every so often. I was recently reminded that it supports head to head play on the Express, so I'll be buying another copy and "playing" it again soon.

[Arkhan]

ive always had some kind of love for retarded console flight sims, so I like falcon...

[esteban]

I think you are in the majority, Sinistron. Falcon never seemed particularly enticing. Gunboat was more seductive, and by seductive I mean "barely interested". Of course, some folks have said that Gunboat is actually kinda neat, so maybe I'll play it some more. One of these years.

The big shocker to me in this poll is that most of you even played Falcon to begin with...  It could be floating in front of my eyes loose and ready to go with a "play me" ribbon on it and I'd still have zero desire to test it out.

I rented it back in the day because I rented every Turbo game available. But in recent years, the novelty of witnessing real-time polygons rendered by the TG-16 lures me into firing it up every so often. I was recently reminded that it supports head to head play on the Express, so I'll be buying another copy and "playing" it again soon.

I've been meaning to do this as well, except that I don't have the motivation to get another copy of Falcon. I suppose a loose HuCard wouldn't be too much, would it? Do you know what a fair price is?

Next, of course, will be the hardest obstacle: find another soul willing to play Falcon.

[Sinistron]

I think you are in the majority, Sinistron. Falcon never seemed particularly enticing. Gunboat was more seductive, and by seductive I mean "barely interested". Of course, some folks have said that Gunboat is actually kinda neat, so maybe I'll play it some more. One of these years.

The big shocker to me in this poll is that most of you even played Falcon to begin with...  It could be floating in front of my eyes loose and ready to go with a "play me" ribbon on it and I'd still have zero desire to test it out.

I rented it back in the day because I rented every Turbo game available. But in recent years, the novelty of witnessing real-time polygons rendered by the TG-16 lures me into firing it up every so often. I was recently reminded that it supports head to head play on the Express, so I'll be buying another copy and "playing" it again soon.

I've been meaning to do this as well, except that I don't have the motivation to get another copy of Falcon. I suppose a loose HuCard wouldn't be too much, would it? Do you know what a fair price is?

Next, of course, will be the hardest obstacle: find another soul willing to play Falcon.

but I can't be in the majority if Falcon has twelve votes here- you see my point?  My point was that it looked so godawful that I had zero desire to ever play it- so I can't possibly say that the worst game of the year was one that I never played- have to stick with what I know.  Since Falcon got 12 votes here (with the two closest coming in at 2 apiece)- that means that the majority here at least found this game to look promising enough to actually try- either that or they're just guessing it's horrid- a safe guess I'm sure- but I'm willing to bet that at least 8 of the 12 people that voted for it tried it.

[esteban]

But I can't be in the majority if Falcon has twelve votes here- you see my point?  My point was that it looked so godawful that I had zero desire to ever play it- so I can't possibly say that the worst game of the year was one that I never played- have to stick with what I know.  Since Falcon got 12 votes here (with the two closest coming in at 2 apiece)- that means that the majority here at least found this game to look promising enough to actually try- either that or they're just guessing it's horrid- a safe guess I'm sure- but I'm willing to bet that at least 8 of the 12 people that voted for it tried it.

Hey, I just voted and made it 13!

We are desperados, that's all. Falcon appeals to .0001% of the PCE community

I think the whole "flight sim" genre is a niche audience for console gamers, as opposed to computer gamers (back in the day) who seemed to love flight sims. I knew a bunch of folks (they always seemed to be someone's dad!) that really liked flight sims. Even my father-in-law was into them. He read these crazy-long manuals, prior to playing, just to learn how things worked. Now, Falcon is not nearly as complicated as this, but it certainly didn't have all the dazzle and sparkle of an arcade game like AfterBurner, and that's what we wanted back then.

I here what you're saying, Sinistron, but this is certainly an unusual audience here at pcefx. We are desperados who have tried many TG-16 titles that the average person wouldn't have bothered with (because they wisely chose to play a good game, elsewhere. Like MicroMachines on NES. We played that well into the 16-bit era because it was so awesome. Alas, we didn't have time for Falcon back then.)

These days, being a desperado for all things PCE, I find myself playing TV Sports: Badminton just to see if there is an ounce of enjoyment that can be derived from it.

*By the way, I think a Badminton game could actually be friggin' awesome. I never looked to see if any exist, but it is would rule.

[Arkhan]

im part of the .00001 that likes Falcon, eh?

I also love battle ace.

[esteban]

im part of the .00001 that likes Falcon, eh?

I also love battle ace.

Awesomeness.

Battle Ace seemed more of an arcade-type of game than Falcon, IIRC.

Most importantly, "Battle Ace" sounds a bit better than "Falcon", despite the fact that falcons are very kool animals. 

Kool animal names do not always translate well... F-16 sounds kooler to me than Eagle, for example. Although, now that I think about it, Wombat and Vulture would be pretty kool names for military vehicles. Hmmmmmmm......

[Arkhan]

yeah battle ace has a neat fast paced feel to it.  I like it.  Its like top gun minus the suck

[Arjak]

yeah battle ace has a neat fast paced feel to it.  I like it.  Its like top gun minus the impossible landing and refueling scenes.

Fixed.

[Arkhan]

lol i love those scenes.  I always do em!  Ive always been good at them ever since I was 4 or so.

For some reason, I played Top Gun constantly on my NES. 

and I play afterburner alot on my sms.


I have some obsession with goofy arcade flight sims! >_O

remember dragon strike?

[blueraven]

I played waaaaaaaaayyy too much X-wing to hate flight sims.