Before we had internet and online game reviews, we had to rent the game only to learn the hard way if it's good or not. Unless you had a family or friends who knew if it's good or not.
Yeah and often we would buy a game blindly thinking it had to be good! I remember buying a few stinkers .. I still remember buying Karate Champ for nes and being all excited and getting home and playing it and was like 😳
@@brianmeen2158 I remember my mother use to take me and my sister to blockbusters every friday after she picks us up from school. We rented mario is missing, marios time machine & dennis the menace for the SNES. Those were our wasted weekends because they were boring and awful. We never knew if they were good or not. we just had to learn the hard way.
I agree. There was so much mystery in each game. No internet or RUclips to see things before it releases. You would see games in stores you never heard of like every week! Gaming today is just different and kinda boring.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom would be high on my list. I received it for Christmas and put in a number of hours, giving it every opportunity to be fun. I did make some progress but ultimately it was a bad game. It was always rough to not complain too much in those cases, knowing a loved one had spent their hard earned money so I could enjoy something new.
The only one I had of those in the 90s was Mario is Missing. Due to a problem, we had to sell my SNES and I was eager for a Super Mario World on NES, and the first thing I had was Mario is Missing. Although it took me a month to understand it a little, I enjoyed it because I liked Carmen Sandiego. But as you say, John, someone in Asia, already in the 90s made a downgraded Super Mario World for NES and when I had it in those years I was a very happy child, although the quality was not optimal, but if Nintendo had made it real, omg.
Seanbaby nonwithstanding, Deadly Towers is actually pretty big and fun if you can get over the total bullshit start. Once you learn where a couple of things are, you can power up pretty quick. I remember dying at the beginning a million times, then figuring that out, and beating the entire rest of the game in one go. Is it a great game? Nope. But it's better than it's rep indicates.
I played the Wolverine game a lot, but the fact that you lost health using his claws was just lousy. These are some excellent choices for bad NES titles.
If you spend any time with the Famicom library, you will realize that Nintendo of America did help us dodge a lot of bad games. We still got some... but a lot less than Japan.
I would definitely put Super Pitfall and Dash Galaxy at the very bottom of my list. Deadly Towers has *some* merits.. but any game where you have to warp to another area and the warp location is not made clear at all really annoys me.
All good choices. I’m not going to lie and say that I always put in an NES game thinking I was going to be able to finish the game, but I still expected to be able to tolerate it for more than 10 minutes.
Thing is though, even If the nes game was bad we’d still keep playing it.. usually we rented it or borrowed from a friend and would play through even the bad games. Fast forward a decade ir two and a game has to be excellent just to get me interested in playing it at all
My dad tricked me into buying Dragons Lair on SNES. I hated it so much. I agree that the controls are horrendous. I wound up beating it after a couple of years and I never played it again.
Not even close to the same thing. Souls games are tough and overwhelming at times, but always polished and fair. I used to have your opinion, but finally gave one a fair shot and it "clicked" for me. Now I wouldn't even consider them particularly hard. It does take patience, though, which I think is the thing some games don't like. But it's patience for learning and leveling, not patience for dealing with BS like Jekyll & Hyde.
You could do a reverse of these videos with the CDi. "The CDi is infamous for having one of the worst libraries of games ever. One lousy game after another. But we're not talking about those, we're talking about the few CDi games that are worth playing."
Ahh, Deadly Towers. I wanted to like this game as a kid, but just couldn't. I recall beating it, but the game's issues make it a frustrating experience.
"Absolute worst" vs. "RELATIVE worst": the NES version of Millipede deserves some special kind of blame -in part because it was made by HAL -and in part because it would have been such a simple game for the NES to "do right"! Yes, I realize it's not _absolutely_ terrible, but relative to reasonable expectations…
The games in the HAL/Atari collaboration are generally lacking, like the programmers didn't understand them or care.It's abundantly clear that whoever did NES Joust wasn't passionate about the game. Same goes for Defender II, which is missing so much from the arcade game that it barely qualifies as a port.
I thought Defender 2 (Stargate) was the exception to the rule: I felt that one alone (out of the set of four) was a good game and improved on the original arcade game.
Two problems with Deadly Towers, which i played a lot of back in the day. #1. Balancing. As said in the video, you start off very weak...or the monsters are too strong. 2. Enemies are right on top of you when you enter a new screen. If not for those two problems, this game would be great. The controls are not that bad.
Hey Hancock, I know you said you don't ever want to play Dragon's Lair on the Nes again, and I'm with you 100%. I myself rented the game from Blockbuster as a kid and feel your pain. There is another version...try the Famicom port, my friend. Addendum - Apparently, the helper chip needed to run the game on the Nes wasn't available. However, it was finished in time for the Japanese and PAL release. The game also features a ROM twice the size than it previously had. It runs at a good frame rate, making it not just playable... but a blast.
I know many will disagree with me, but I think Dragon's Lair is a great game for Nintendo. It's tough, but the graphics and music are great, and the layout of the levels is quite interesting. It was the first game I got, I played it for a long time and I pretty much got to the end by myself.
It always makes me kinda sad to see X-Men thought of as so bad. As a kid, I found it challenging and exciting without being so impossible I couldn’t progress. Definitely never beat it, but got really far after I figured out some strategies!
Your commentary cracks me up! 😹 7:27 “Some people think this is a good game. Oh-kay. I don’t.” 🤣 That game’s maddening repetition of the theme was pure Nazi torture.
Cool to see some leeway given to ole Jekyll and Hyde. My friends and I always hated Deadly Towers back in the day, I remember constantly ragging on that one. Cool video!
These NES games were bad, but not in a fun way. They were just plain awful! After watching this, I think I’ll go back and replay some of the good NES games, like Super Mario Bros. and Contra.
Oh man, Deadly Towers. I remember thinking that I was -supposed- to like it, because it was a fantasy dungeon romp, and that was always my jam, but I just couldn't get behind the gameplay.
My two favorite consoles are the NES and the PS1. I've heard about the worst of them... I'll see how many you nailed. 😀 The only one I've even heard of is Deadly Towers, but I never played it. I was thinking of a couple others, but I think they were Atari 2600, not NES. 😀 Jaws and E.T.
Lenar atoned for past sins with Gunman's Proof, a much more polished and enjoyable action RPG than Deadly Towers. And it's western-themed, believe it or not!
Mario Is Missing isn't really that bad. It's just an educational game for kids and thus it's just "not for you.". Mario Is Missing is.... fine, even passable for what it's attempting to do. The rest ARE purely bad, though.
For me these are not bad game just challenging Now theres one game that is up there with really bad games is Little Red Hood for NES now thats a bad game
Here in Europe we had of course the PAL (PAL A & B) versions of Dragon's Lair and I can confirm you that are actually way more responsive than the REV-A (USA) version. In fact I rented that game too many times as I kid and I kinda liked it (those were just just different times...), so when I grabbed the US version as an adult just for the wish to avoid the 50Hz limitation of the PAL games, then I found a worse version of the very same game. So I confirm: the PAL version is the better version. I own also two copies of Deadly Towers, it's so freakin' trash of a game that I almost like it! 😛 (nope, just kidding: It's BAD)
Dude you are correct 100% I hate those games. I own them just to have them. Sure I can sell Dragons Lair for some decent money on eBay but I'm keeping it as I keep the stinkers as well. Love your channel brother bear! Thumbs Up and shared all the time. A++++
Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde is perfect because it’s both good and bad lol, had no idea they had Dragons Lair on the NES….anything outside the Don Bluth masterpiece prob wouldn’t get my attention honestly 🤷🏼♂️ Mario is missing fun should’ve been the title! Nice vid my friend!!!
I consider Mach Rider to be a terrible first-party "Black Box" NES game: at least, the way that the emulation runs on Switch. Even lots of critics in the 80s hated it and encouraged players to leave it alone.
Ahh yes I remember loving pitfall for Atari 2600 so I thought super pitfall just had to be amazing right? Oh man I remember renting it either way a good buddy and we were shocked at how bad it was. We never got close to finishing it The Pitfall for sega genesis was pretty good though
Retroarch, a new controller that actually works well, and what do I play? Trog! I don't know why, I just like the game. Funny thing is that I think I only rented it once when I was a kid and for whatever reason it stuck with me. Now I need to make my own arcade cabinet with NES advantage controllers. I played Deadly Towers too and don't really have any memories of it. I'll just stick with Trog!
I rented Mario is Missing on SNES when I was about 12, and was totally bummed out when I realized it was an edutainment game. That said, I was always a big Carmen SanDiego fan, so in retrospect I can kinda appreciate it for what it is. The NES ones though? Yeesh.
I liked this until you didn’t introduce the titles. Just relied on the title screens until Dragons Lair. Remember, your audience may not be as visual as you’d think.
To be fair, Dragon's Lair in the arcade has awful controls too. I'd rather just watch it for the animation. I've never even bothered trying to play the NES version for more than 2 minutes.
If you are into character build play Final fantasy. Yes it has a couple of problems but if you are looking for no problem games your best bet is contra or gradius, maybe life force.i dont think dragon warrior had any problems but i always preferred FF for RPG. And I always preferred the problematic Dragon Warrior 2 over both because problem were sometimes challenges that if overcomes then the rest of the game was great.
Ageed with the dragon's lair, never played it, compared to the real arcade game, or even the Sega CD version, it looks aweful, and didnt it also come out for the SNES at one point?
Home Alone was the worst NES game by far. It didn’t take very long for me to take it back the same day I rented it. Less than an hour if memory serves me correctly. I was furious someone would even attempt to make or release a game that terrible. Other terrible games I played were Bart vs the Space Mutants, Bill & Ted, Back to the Future, Festers Quest, Mickey Mousecapade, Muppets Chaos at the Carnaval, Magic Johnson’s Fast Break, and Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers (yes I said it, unpopular opinion terrible mechanics, terrible game) Most of these games surpass the games shown in the video as being worse or are equally terrible. Still Home Alone is not only the worst NES game but has to be the worst game ever created period! I was embarrassed I even considered renting that piece of trash and never had returned a game in less than an hour no matter how bad it was. It’s so terrible I still have nightmares about it. There is no excuse for the existence of that piece of crap.
Before we had internet and online game reviews, we had to rent the game only to learn the hard way if it's good or not. Unless you had a family or friends who knew if it's good or not.
We had game magazines featuring reviews.
Yeah and often we would buy a game blindly thinking it had to be good! I remember buying a few stinkers .. I still remember buying Karate Champ for nes and being all excited and getting home and playing it and was like 😳
@@ActionGamerAaron. But only small % of gamers had subs to video game mags
@@brianmeen2158 I remember my mother use to take me and my sister to blockbusters every friday after she picks us up from school.
We rented mario is missing, marios time machine & dennis the menace for the SNES. Those were our wasted weekends because they were boring and awful. We never knew if they were good or not. we just had to learn the hard way.
@@brianmeen2158 Do you have evidence or are you just making that claim based on your personal anecdotal experience?
this is like a greatest hits of AVGN episodes
AVGN be like *What a s**t load of f**k!!*
When i got my Nintendo it was so different then playing consoles now. It was magical.
I agree. There was so much mystery in each game. No internet or RUclips to see things before it releases. You would see games in stores you never heard of like every week!
Gaming today is just different and kinda boring.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom would be high on my list. I received it for Christmas and put in a number of hours, giving it every opportunity to be fun. I did make some progress but ultimately it was a bad game. It was always rough to not complain too much in those cases, knowing a loved one had spent their hard earned money so I could enjoy something new.
Right on dude
X-Men greatest enemy DOORS 😅
The botched AI
@@PsychomachineryEBM...Big time 😂😂
The only one I had of those in the 90s was Mario is Missing.
Due to a problem, we had to sell my SNES and I was eager for a Super Mario World on NES, and the first thing I had was Mario is Missing.
Although it took me a month to understand it a little, I enjoyed it because I liked Carmen Sandiego.
But as you say, John, someone in Asia, already in the 90s made a downgraded Super Mario World for NES and when I had it in those years I was a very happy child, although the quality was not optimal, but if Nintendo had made it real, omg.
Seanbaby nonwithstanding, Deadly Towers is actually pretty big and fun if you can get over the total bullshit start. Once you learn where a couple of things are, you can power up pretty quick. I remember dying at the beginning a million times, then figuring that out, and beating the entire rest of the game in one go. Is it a great game? Nope. But it's better than it's rep indicates.
I played the Wolverine game a lot, but the fact that you lost health using his claws was just lousy. These are some excellent choices for bad NES titles.
Yeah I got it for Christmas in 1991
It’s decent but not something i usually come back to
As a kid I learned the hard way never to judge a game by its cover with The Adventures of Bayou Billy.
Absolutely awful games! Oh and the cartridges had the "Nintendo Seal Of Quality" lol!🤣
If you spend any time with the Famicom library, you will realize that Nintendo of America did help us dodge a lot of bad games. We still got some... but a lot less than Japan.
@@RetroGamingDev 👍
I had a game that didn't have the seal... RBI Baseball.
I can't remember the name of the company, but the cartridge wasn't even the same shape.
I'm like you; I go into a game for the experience. I'm not looking to beat the game initially. That comes later. Thanks for the video, John!
I would definitely put Super Pitfall and Dash Galaxy at the very bottom of my list. Deadly Towers has *some* merits.. but any game where you have to warp to another area and the warp location is not made clear at all really annoys me.
All good choices. I’m not going to lie and say that I always put in an NES game thinking I was going to be able to finish the game, but I still expected to be able to tolerate it for more than 10 minutes.
Thing is though, even
If the nes game was bad we’d still keep playing it.. usually we rented it or borrowed from a friend and would play through even the bad games. Fast forward a decade ir two and a game has to be excellent just to get me interested in playing it at all
@@brianmeen2158 yeah, because it still seemed like we could play all of the games
I played and beat Mario is missing on my Dad's PC as a child in the 90s. I remember really liking it. Never thought it was bad.
My dad tricked me into buying Dragons Lair on SNES. I hated it so much. I agree that the controls are horrendous. I wound up beating it after a couple of years and I never played it again.
Dragon Power...ohhhh what a mess that was!
I'm one of the rare jabronies who enjoys deadly towers.
I get the hate, but I stuck with it and it was alright.
People complain about Dr jekyll but then they have the patience to beat souls-like games.
Truth!
Brandon, please don't compare Jekyll and Hyde to the Souls series.
At least you get to attack opponents in Souls and you can't attack anyone in J&H.
Souls-like? Dude I played Mega man!
@@kenterminateddq5311 I didn't compare anything. Read my comment again.
Not even close to the same thing. Souls games are tough and overwhelming at times, but always polished and fair. I used to have your opinion, but finally gave one a fair shot and it "clicked" for me. Now I wouldn't even consider them particularly hard. It does take patience, though, which I think is the thing some games don't like. But it's patience for learning and leveling, not patience for dealing with BS like Jekyll & Hyde.
You could do a reverse of these videos with the CDi. "The CDi is infamous for having one of the worst libraries of games ever. One lousy game after another. But we're not talking about those, we're talking about the few CDi games that are worth playing."
Try out the PAL version of dragons layer as it’s faster and actually playable
There's a ROM hack/homebrew of SMW for the NES out there, looks cool!
The Myrient ROM site has it, eg.
I had that X-Men NES game back when it was released. I played it over and over again not having any idea what I was doing. Never could beat it.
Worst NES game of all time was M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling!
X-Men was the first game I've seen and said "god, this game is bad!"
Rental shops were too far away from me so whatever i got given i played to death. I remember godzilla being a bad game i struggled through
Ahh, Deadly Towers. I wanted to like this game as a kid, but just couldn't. I recall beating it, but the game's issues make it a frustrating experience.
Ikari Warriors 2 was one of the worst...
I have to TOTALLY agree with you about Dragons Lair. I really hate that game
"Absolute worst" vs. "RELATIVE worst": the NES version of Millipede deserves some special kind of blame -in part because it was made by HAL -and in part because it would have been such a simple game for the NES to "do right"! Yes, I realize it's not _absolutely_ terrible, but relative to reasonable expectations…
NES Q*Bert is like that for me. Having to use the d pad and a button press to jump breaks the fluidity that game had on most other platforms
I like Millipede on the NES. It’s definitely not one of the worst games.
The games in the HAL/Atari collaboration are generally lacking, like the programmers didn't understand them or care.It's abundantly clear that whoever did NES Joust wasn't passionate about the game. Same goes for Defender II, which is missing so much from the arcade game that it barely qualifies as a port.
I thought Defender 2 (Stargate) was the exception to the rule: I felt that one alone (out of the set of four) was a good game and improved on the original arcade game.
I got X-Men as Christmas gift as a kid, worse Christmas ever.
If you do another of these might I suggest a god awful travesty called Athena.
Two problems with Deadly Towers, which i played a lot of back in the day.
#1. Balancing. As said in the video, you start off very weak...or the monsters are too strong.
2. Enemies are right on top of you when you enter a new screen.
If not for those two problems, this game would be great.
The controls are not that bad.
Hey Hancock, I know you said you don't ever want to play Dragon's Lair on the Nes again, and I'm with you 100%. I myself rented the game from Blockbuster as a kid and feel your pain. There is another version...try the Famicom port, my friend.
Addendum - Apparently, the helper chip needed to run the game on the Nes wasn't available. However, it was finished in time for the Japanese and PAL release. The game also features a ROM twice the size than it previously had. It runs at a good frame rate, making it not just playable... but a blast.
Interesting, I might give it a try now, thanks!
@@johnhancockretro
Absolutely. You are welcome!
Hi John... been a while since we had a stinky games vid. Love these!
I know many will disagree with me, but I think Dragon's Lair is a great game for Nintendo. It's tough, but the graphics and music are great, and the layout of the levels is quite interesting. It was the first game I got, I played it for a long time and I pretty much got to the end by myself.
Great video as always !!
It always makes me kinda sad to see X-Men thought of as so bad. As a kid, I found it challenging and exciting without being so impossible I couldn’t progress. Definitely never beat it, but got really far after I figured out some strategies!
Your commentary cracks me up! 😹 7:27 “Some people think this is a good game. Oh-kay. I don’t.” 🤣
That game’s maddening repetition of the theme was pure Nazi torture.
I can remember renting these based on the art on the cartridge. Never judge a book, or and NES game, by its cover.
Cool to see some leeway given to ole Jekyll and Hyde.
My friends and I always hated Deadly Towers back in the day, I remember constantly ragging on that one.
Cool video!
These NES games were bad, but not in a fun way. They were just plain awful! After watching this, I think I’ll go back and replay some of the good NES games, like Super Mario Bros. and Contra.
Oh man, Deadly Towers. I remember thinking that I was -supposed- to like it, because it was a fantasy dungeon romp, and that was always my jam, but I just couldn't get behind the gameplay.
Thank you as always for your content John C. Reilly!
I’m gong to wreck it!
@@johnhancockretro haha but I want to hear you say it in your next vid
Great List! I haven't tried any of these games for myself, but maybe I'll have to give Dr. Jekyll a try. Thanks for the video!
NES time with John Hancock
My two favorite consoles are the NES and the PS1.
I've heard about the worst of them... I'll see how many you nailed. 😀
The only one I've even heard of is Deadly Towers, but I never played it.
I was thinking of a couple others, but I think they were Atari 2600, not NES. 😀 Jaws and E.T.
Lenar atoned for past sins with Gunman's Proof, a much more polished and enjoyable action RPG than Deadly Towers. And it's western-themed, believe it or not!
Mario Is Missing isn't really that bad. It's just an educational game for kids and thus it's just "not for you.". Mario Is Missing is.... fine, even passable for what it's attempting to do.
The rest ARE purely bad, though.
If offered a chance, I'd go back to replay Dr. Jekyll & Mister Hyde, Friday the 13th, and Jaws.
For me these are not bad game just challenging Now theres one game that is up there with really bad games is Little Red Hood for NES now thats a bad game
Please do 5 worst gameboy color games!?
X men Id say is my least favorite out of that bunch because of the awful animation and stupid second player ai
That Activision GHOSTBUSTERS Game from 1988 is the worst one I ever played on the NES.
The "IMMORTAL" John Hancock
Mario is Missing is a lot like Carmen Sandiego but without the charm.
For some reason I really enjoy coming back to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and dragon's lair lol
Worse game I ever played on the NES was Total Recall. Thank god it was only a rental. I would've hated to have wasted more than a few bucks to own it.
You should try karate champ for nes - it was really bad lol
Here in Europe we had of course the PAL (PAL A & B) versions of Dragon's Lair and I can confirm you that are actually way more responsive than the REV-A (USA) version. In fact I rented that game too many times as I kid and I kinda liked it (those were just just different times...), so when I grabbed the US version as an adult just for the wish to avoid the 50Hz limitation of the PAL games, then I found a worse version of the very same game. So I confirm: the PAL version is the better version.
I own also two copies of Deadly Towers, it's so freakin' trash of a game that I almost like it! 😛 (nope, just kidding: It's BAD)
Dude you are correct 100% I hate those games. I own them just to have them. Sure I can sell Dragons Lair for some decent money on eBay but I'm keeping it as I keep the stinkers as well. Love your channel brother bear! Thumbs Up and shared all the time. A++++
Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde is perfect because it’s both good and bad lol, had no idea they had Dragons Lair on the NES….anything outside the Don Bluth masterpiece prob wouldn’t get my attention honestly 🤷🏼♂️
Mario is missing fun should’ve been the title! Nice vid my friend!!!
How did that song go again? _"You do it to yourself, you do… you and no one else. You do it to yourself."_
And that's what really hurts! 😆
dr jekyll had a totally broken execution and tech part but that's a shame as it had an original concept
Deadly towers is the only one of those I remember playing back then. Never made it far
Fun is missing!
My favorite was Mike Tysons Punch Out
Deadly Towers is just…WTF????
It was released on other systems also and equally bad. Just like Bubsy. Ouch!
@@AngryCalvin in which other systems it was released? i thought it was exclusive to the nes.
Using save states to counter laughably high difficulty in some games can take a bad game & make it enjoyable.... sometimes.
I consider Mach Rider to be a terrible first-party "Black Box" NES game: at least, the way that the emulation runs on Switch. Even lots of critics in the 80s hated it and encouraged players to leave it alone.
Surprised Super Pitfall was not on your list. Terrible game play but I loved it and have finished it multiple times.
The title states *some* of the the worst.
@@johnhancockretro true it does but still surprised. hey I can be surprised, can't I? lol
Ahh yes I remember loving pitfall for Atari 2600 so I thought super pitfall just had to be amazing right? Oh man I remember renting it either way a good buddy and we were shocked at how bad it was. We never got close to finishing it
The Pitfall for sega genesis was pretty good though
Retroarch, a new controller that actually works well, and what do I play? Trog! I don't know why, I just like the game. Funny thing is that I think I only rented it once when I was a kid and for whatever reason it stuck with me. Now I need to make my own arcade cabinet with NES advantage controllers. I played Deadly Towers too and don't really have any memories of it. I'll just stick with Trog!
the x men game may be an anticipation of what happen to marvel with disney and how turned the MCU.
Oh wow the first game on your list is the first game I thought of too! I played it a lot as a kid and always thought it was bad lol
6:30 That's King Kong on the left.
Super Mario 3 mix. The NES game where you can actually play Yoshi! Great hack. Face tribute to many other Mario games up through Galaxy
I think at this point AVGN has already done a video on all the worst games for NES
castlequest and dragon power should be on there
Heros of the Lance was horrible.
Agree
I rented Mario is Missing on SNES when I was about 12, and was totally bummed out when I realized it was an edutainment game.
That said, I was always a big Carmen SanDiego fan, so in retrospect I can kinda appreciate it for what it is.
The NES ones though?
Yeesh.
I love your videos.
I haven’t played any of these games and don’t intend to play any of these games.
Thank you
There were so many bad games! Lol. It had some of the best though.
Deadly Towers looks and plays like Atic Atac on the ZX Spectrum, only way worse.
I liked this until you didn’t introduce the titles. Just relied on the title screens until Dragons Lair. Remember, your audience may not be as visual as you’d think.
hey.. there ain't nothing wrong with upgraded Commodore 64 games. No loading time, no floppy disks, no weird command coding... plug & play !!
I think that last game is better than Where's Waldo?
To be fair, Dragon's Lair in the arcade has awful controls too. I'd rather just watch it for the animation. I've never even bothered trying to play the NES version for more than 2 minutes.
you weren't kidding with the title. All of those were AVGN episodes.
Deadly towers is a great game, it’s just not easy. Many a days I spent mapping the dungeons with my friends.
Great game, sorry not in agreement with that at all.
I bought the X-Men NES game thinking it was a port of the arcade game
Imagine my disappointment
If you are into character build play Final fantasy. Yes it has a couple of problems but if you are looking for no problem games your best bet is contra or gradius, maybe life force.i dont think dragon warrior had any problems but i always preferred FF for RPG. And I always preferred the problematic Dragon Warrior 2 over both because problem were sometimes challenges that if overcomes then the rest of the game was great.
Ageed with the dragon's lair, never played it, compared to the real arcade game, or even the Sega CD version, it looks aweful, and didnt it also come out for the SNES at one point?
Agree, but no Hydlide? ;)
I wouldn’t say Deadly Towers is a good game, but average at worst. There are way worse games. Have you played Beetlejuice?
I show Some of the worst games. I might do another video on this topic.
Isn't the Japanese Famicom release of Dr. Jekyll better received? I feel like I've heard that's the version to play.
I haven’t played that one.
Did you enjoy Spy vs Spy?
Yeah that wasn’t too bad for me
What about Tetris?
Wow Dragons lair still looks 16 bit to me ,!
First game I owned was Deadly Towers, it sucked I had to play it. Awful game!
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!
Home Alone was the worst NES game by far. It didn’t take very long for me to take it back the same day I rented it. Less than an hour if memory serves me correctly. I was furious someone would even attempt to make or release a game that terrible.
Other terrible games I played were Bart vs the Space Mutants, Bill & Ted, Back to the Future, Festers Quest, Mickey Mousecapade,
Muppets Chaos at the Carnaval, Magic Johnson’s Fast Break, and Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers (yes I said it, unpopular opinion terrible mechanics, terrible game)
Most of these games surpass the games shown in the video as being worse or are equally terrible.
Still Home Alone is not only the worst NES game but has to be the worst game ever created period! I was embarrassed I even considered renting that piece of trash and never had returned a game in less than an hour no matter how bad it was. It’s so terrible I still have nightmares about it. There is no excuse for the existence of that piece of crap.
Try Action 52. I never personally played that game but from the reviews I've seen of it (AVGN, Pat the NES Punk), that game is shite!