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Worst arcade game ever?
#280171 - 03/23/12 02:50 PM
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What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why?
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280175 - 03/23/12 04:04 PM
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Either...
Time Killers, poor excuse of a fighting game with gore to make it "Controversial." Mortal Kombat (1,2,U3) are far better.
Street Fighter the Movie, Its hard to imagine ruining Street Fighter, but this joke of a game competes with Time Killers for crappy fighting game.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: greybeard]
#280176 - 03/23/12 04:22 PM
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Whats your beef with Time Killers? This is the 2nd or 3rd time I have seen you express your disgust for this game.It isnt that bad,there are far worse out there....like
Knuckle Joe-Never even heard of it until it was played in a episode of retro rumble so I tried it.And it was miserable
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: mesk]
#280177 - 03/23/12 04:26 PM
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The King of Fighters, announcing a decade of EPIC FAIL!
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280181 - 03/23/12 04:40 PM
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> Whats your beef with Time Killers? This is the 2nd or 3rd time I have seen you > express your disgust for this game.It isnt that bad,there are far worse out > there....like
It's basically everything that was wrong with 90s comic-book character design combined with the world's most blatant Mortal Kombat ripoff. (I don't count Tattoo Assassins since it didn't ship).
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: mesk]
#280182 - 03/23/12 04:43 PM
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I just never saw anything good about the game, I guess I was lucky to be spared worse fighting games.
I see another poster doesn't like King of Fighters, so to each their own.
I've never actually got to play most King of Fighters games in the arcade, just KOF 95 & 96 (maybe 94 as well I can't remember.)
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280183 - 03/23/12 04:43 PM
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Hey-im not saying Time Killers was going to win any awards or be out into a arcade compilation any time soon,just that there are far worse games out there.
I guess im alone in my fondness of Time Killers.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: mesk]
#280187 - 03/23/12 04:46 PM
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We all like some games others dislike. I like 2600 Pac Man, it makes me nostalgic. My sweetie doesn't like me playing it when she's around unless I mute it, rolls her eyes and says, you have Pac Man on MAME and want to play that POS version? WHY!?!?
IIRC I have 2 cartridges of the 2600 version as well.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280194 - 03/23/12 05:05 PM
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LOL well I have to agree with her,the sounds in that game were annoying.But of course not more annoying then pac man not facing the correct direction....
I understand you.Alot of games give me that nice warm nostalgic feeling as well
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280206 - 03/23/12 06:22 PM
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> What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why?
Never seen one in the wild, but I ran across a good candidate jumping around randomly in MAME the other day: Pickin'
It's hard as hell, but not in a good way like Defender or Robotron, it's just... annoying.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: ReadOnly]
#280227 - 03/23/12 09:21 PM
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Revolution X for the win!!! This is a HORRIBLE and tedious game to the limit!! I don't appreciate Aerosmith music very much, but I admit they are good singers. But I have TBH: this game sucks!
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: R.Coltrane]
#280371 - 03/24/12 10:22 PM
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It's a tie between Daytona USA and Outrun.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Outrun2006]
#280379 - 03/25/12 12:51 AM
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> It's a tie between Daytona USA and Outrun. You being serious? lol
For me, one of my favourite arcade games I like and dislike in equal measure. Why? Because it was always a 50/50 toss up finding a working cabinet :P
Game is Space Harrier.
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Star Rider
[Re: Naoki]
#280406 - 03/25/12 04:19 AM
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: R.Coltrane]
#280407 - 03/25/12 04:33 AM
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I actually like Rev X. Coming from someone who loves Pit Fighter, it's surprising to hear. I think the best answer to the question is X-Plan, though some people would argue that gamblers can't be submitted to the contest.
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Re: Star Rider
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#280411 - 03/25/12 04:42 AM
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> It's really boring.
1/10
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Re: Star Rider
[Re: Mr. Do]
#280414 - 03/25/12 04:56 AM
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Yeah, This actually goes right along with the TV series thread that is going on now.
If you were ten years old at the time and had a quarter or two to play Star Rider it was like being Luke Skywalker!
Looking at it now sure it's lacking in many ways just like those old TV shows.
If you didn't get to live it at the time then you probably cannot understand.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280418 - 03/25/12 05:59 AM
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> > What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why? > > Never seen one in the wild, but I ran across a good candidate jumping around randomly > in MAME the other day: Pickin' > > It's hard as hell, but not in a good way like Defender or Robotron, it's just... > annoying.
The narrator of this video sounds even more irritated than you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p32tD2qJSU
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I remember it being sorta fun. It had the wow factor for its time. I havn't played it since I was a kid so I doubt it will be a entertaining today....but it's very nostalgic for me.
Was the code ever submitted?
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280422 - 03/25/12 06:53 AM
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> What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why?
I dunno if it's the worst, but Fighter's History Dynamite is probably among one of the worst fighting games ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnRoLwiIlg
[it is funny, though, for how much of a blatant ripoff it is...]
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Street Fighter II ripoff. lol
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#280423 - 03/25/12 07:32 AM
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Not kidding.
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Re: Street Fighter II ripoff. lol... HACK
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#280433 - 03/25/12 11:36 AM
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> Not kidding.
Your post reminded me of the arcade game I hate.
Those stupid hacks of Street Fighter II (turbo/championship editions). Where they have the characters changing to random(?) others, special moves that either snail across the screen or zip all the way instantaneously, the wrong music playing for certain (or all?) stages, so on and so forth.
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Re: Star Rider
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#280437 - 03/25/12 03:41 PM
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No, I guess none of the devs are interested. :/
I was hoping Phil would want it just to see if it might help his driver along any but I guess not. The only person that was interested was someone associated with Mame but not a dev, maybe he shared it with a dev and I'm unaware.
Sadly the author of the Freebasic emu. said he stopped working on it because he wasn't sure how to go forward since he was basically using hacks for the footage instead of actual LDP emulation like Mame uses.
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Re: Street Fighter II ripoff. lol
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#280452 - 03/25/12 06:14 PM
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> Not kidding.
Still better than goddamn Street Fighter 1.
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#280453 - 03/25/12 06:52 PM
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You mean the rainbow hacks? Where you can switch characters on the fly by pressing start? Thats a masters version of SF2...but to each their own
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Master O]
#280464 - 03/25/12 08:31 PM
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I haven't actually played that game, but how is it any worse than other early Neo-Geo fighters like Art of Fighting or the first Samurai Shodown? It certainly can't be worse than Time Killers or Bloodstorm.
The video isn't helped by the fact that the player is using the "Ryu character"--the other characters don't seem to be nearly as derivative of SF2 characters.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: AWJ]
#280467 - 03/25/12 08:42 PM
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The first Samurai Shodown is a fairly good game, IMSHO.
I don't care for the first Art of Fighting, King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, or World Heroes, but I like Samurai Shodown.
If it weren't for the fact it was "free" with the King of Fighters 95 cart, I'd not own King of Fighters 94.
Art of Fighting I own because I want a "guinea pig" when I get the Jamma to TV setup someday that's on much bucket list. I still find it funny I "Won" it on EGay EBay for $2.25 (& $7.00 s/h) as nobody wanted it.
I own Art of Fighting 2 as its my "first" Neo Geo game I played in the arcade and I'm nostalgic about it.
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> I was hoping Phil would want it just to see if it might help his driver along any but > I guess not. The only person that was interested was someone associated with Mame but > not a dev, maybe he shared it with a dev and I'm unaware.
I'm managing well enough without it
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#280474 - 03/25/12 11:35 PM
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> I haven't actually played that game, but how is it any worse than other early Neo-Geo > fighters like Art of Fighting or the first Samurai Shodown? It certainly can't be > worse than Time Killers or Bloodstorm. > > The video isn't helped by the fact that the player is using the "Ryu character"--the > other characters don't seem to be nearly as derivative of SF2 characters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The first Samurai Showdown is a KICK ASS fighting game, and you should be banned for even mentioning it in the same sentence as Art of Fighting.
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Re: Star Rider
[Re: Mr. Do]
#280482 - 03/26/12 12:48 AM
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> > It's really boring. > > 1/10
That game is so boring it isn't even worth one out of ten.
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#280483 - 03/26/12 12:49 AM
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> > > It's really boring. > > > > 1/10 > > That game is so boring it isn't even worth one out of ten.
He was rating Vas' trolling, not the game.
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[Re: Phil Bennett]
#280485 - 03/26/12 02:05 AM
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>I'm managing well enough without it
Nice....your legion of fans is growing
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Spy Hunter II
[Re: Naoki]
#280493 - 03/26/12 05:22 AM
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> What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why?
It killed everything that was cool about the first. Everything.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Smitdogg]
#280570 - 03/27/12 02:17 AM
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> I actually like Rev X. Coming from someone who loves Pit Fighter, it's surprising to > hear. I think the best answer to the question is X-Plan, though some people would > argue that gamblers can't be submitted to the contest.
You know me pretty well Smitt but what can I do? It just happened
I'm surprised no one mentioned PF yet. This game is so bashed and smashed against the wall that I was expecting someone to mention it...
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280572 - 03/27/12 02:59 AM
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Ive always had a soft spot for Pit Fighter...
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: mesk]
#280577 - 03/27/12 03:56 AM
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I even "liked" the Sega Genesis version.
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#280578 - 03/27/12 03:57 AM
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and they made crappy sequels for consoles as well.
Its a shame they never did a "good" sequel.
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Re: Street Fighter II ripoff. lol... HACK
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#280599 - 03/27/12 07:19 AM
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Quote:
You mean the rainbow hacks? Where you can switch characters on the fly by pressing start? That's a cheaters, and easily impressed kiddie version of SF2...but to each their own
ftfy.
Pfft. I can imagine it -pretending you have a full roster team that shares the same life bar. But the way off balance of the special moves -on either far end/extremes of the spectrum? Come on!
Here's a screen length high tower of slow moving fireballs I just made with my dragon punch, or maybe I'll move horizontally and hit you with my dragon punch. No, wait. I'll do the hurricane kick and be on the other side of the screen instantaneously.
Why not give me 99 credits for .25 cents too, or just have some of the 2nd player buttons trigger end sequences/stories for the characters? Sound ridiculous? And all that other defiling of the special moves and game mechanics isn't?
I'll give it this. And this could probably be the only redeeming value of it... (It's) Just to see some crazy shite going about... Almost anyone could do the same screwing around with it with cheats in MAME (or used to). Or some 14 y/o kid with some half decent coding skills and terminal cancer, and making perverting this game was his make-a-wish.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280605 - 03/27/12 10:17 AM
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280609 - 03/27/12 12:43 PM
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> > I even "liked" the Sega Genesis version.
WTF they decided that the "elbow to the balls" move should work on girls, and it should also work on guys from behind? Clearly not much actual fighting experience there.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280639 - 03/27/12 06:02 PM
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Re: Spy Hunter II
[Re: greybeard]
#280642 - 03/27/12 06:26 PM
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The PS2 version isnt that bad,of course its nowhere near the original,but it is decent.
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#280643 - 03/27/12 06:29 PM
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Agreed.The special moves changes could have been left out.I do like being able to switch characters on the fly though. I really hate when fireballs came out during Honda's hundred hand slap,and Chun Li spinning round kick.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280644 - 03/27/12 06:33 PM
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Well thats was during the time when Atari was hell bent on having a MK clone,actually multiple MK clones.
Just look @ the shit sandwich that is Ultra Vortek on the jaguar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVlWsjNWd8
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280658 - 03/27/12 08:20 PM
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> Well thats was during the time when Atari was hell bent on having a MK clone,actually > multiple MK clones. > > Just look @ the shit sandwich that is Ultra Vortek on the jaguar > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVlWsjNWd8
In fact Pit-Figher PRECEDES MK so, it's not a MK clone.
And that elbow to the nuts technique doesn't work on the original arcade version. You can paralyze your opponent for a short period of time also, but it's much more difficult to do and it doesn't let you to keep hitting enemies until the end of the match. This was a crappy port result.
And about the other games, I agree with you.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280663 - 03/27/12 09:22 PM
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> No, I guess none of the devs are interested. :/ > > I was hoping Phil would want it just to see if it might help his driver along any but > I guess not. The only person that was interested was someone associated with Mame but > not a dev, maybe he shared it with a dev and I'm unaware. > > Sadly the author of the Freebasic emu. said he stopped working on it because he > wasn't sure how to go forward since he was basically using hacks for the footage > instead of actual LDP emulation like Mame uses.
Can you not get Matt to look at the code that this Freebasic guy did? You might not get 100% emulation but something is better than nothing, and maybe a smaller file size too.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280785 - 03/28/12 10:34 PM
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> What do you believe is the worst arcade game and why?
Donkey Kong 3
It was pointless button mashing game, and you always gave it to the sad looking kid to play, because you had forgotten how bad it was before dropping a quarter in it. (True story)
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#280953 - 03/30/12 06:50 AM
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Guardians of the Hood
Why? Just play it. It's crap.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: zambr]
#280961 - 03/30/12 03:03 PM
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> > It's a tie between Daytona USA and Outrun. > You being serious? lol > > For me, one of my favourite arcade games I like and dislike in equal measure. Why? > Because it was always a 50/50 toss up finding a working cabinet :P > > Game is Space Harrier.
That and Thunder Blade...If the control stick worked, then one of the buttons didn't work, or vice versa.
My personal fav, trying to play a game where both the stick and the buttons worked, but the springs were shot.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
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#280995 - 03/30/12 09:41 PM
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> > > It's a tie between Daytona USA and Outrun. > > You being serious? lol > > > > For me, one of my favourite arcade games I like and dislike in equal measure. Why? > > Because it was always a 50/50 toss up finding a working cabinet :P > > > > Game is Space Harrier. > > That and Thunder Blade...If the control stick worked, then one of the buttons didn't > work, or vice versa. > > My personal fav, trying to play a game where both the stick and the buttons worked, > but the springs were shot. Hehe. Oh, and the number of outrun cabs i have come across with broken wheels, argh (and this was back in the late 80's).
Edited by zambr (03/30/12 09:44 PM)
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Naoki]
#281007 - 03/31/12 12:08 AM
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Konami's 'Badlands'.
This game had one button as the sum total of its controls. That's it. Granted, it was a laserdisc game, and many of them ran on rails - but this one really, Really, *REALLY* boiled that concept down to the least-interesting possible facet of the genre. If the video had least made up for it in some way (see: Funai's 'Interstellar') it might have been acceptable, but it didn't, and the entire game boiled down to 'press button in the appropriate time window or die'.
Note that I'm saying this as someone who likes laserdisc games.
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Re: Street Fighter II ripoff. lol
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#281024 - 03/31/12 03:11 AM
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> Still better than goddamn Street Fighter 1.
That is true.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: Vas Crabb]
#281250 - 04/02/12 10:33 AM
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> > > I even "liked" the Sega Genesis version. > > WTF they decided that the "elbow to the balls" move should work on girls, and it > should also work on guys from behind? Clearly not much actual fighting experience > there.
In Tekken 3 and later games, Nina can kick people in the "balls" - girls, metal bodied cyborgs and training dummies included! On a counter hit, the opponent falls over holding themselves in pain.
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: casm]
#281251 - 04/02/12 10:40 AM
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> If the video had least made up for it in some way (see: Funai's > 'Interstellar') it might have been acceptable
Doesn't Interstellar have video overlay, and some actual shooter gameplay, besides the cool morphing backdrops and the smooth electro soundtrack?
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Re: Worst arcade game ever?
[Re: ]
#281254 - 04/02/12 12:12 PM
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