21 Aug 2011, 11:40 pm
22 Aug 2011, 1:27 am
Ambivalence
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22 Aug 2011, 6:39 am
Kudos!
I'm not sure what to nominate - played some really dire games back in the old days, but they were only dire in a simple way. There's more potential for bad games these days.
22 Aug 2011, 9:57 am
This guy is right. Its REALLY horrible. Its the holy grail of bad games.
I always liked that game, couldn't understand why it gets such a bad rap on the Internet. I think most people who slam it have never played it, or tried jumping into it without having read the manual (unlike today's games, back then those little pamphlets were actually useful!).
Try playing Pac-Man on the 2600 and see if your opinion doesn't change
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22 Aug 2011, 7:34 pm
I played a ton of Pac-Man on the 2600. I can still vividly remember all of the sound effects.
Most of the "worst games" I've ever played are so mediocre I doubt many have heard of them. I can't even remember the name of one that would actually insist on installing its idiosyncratic version of DirectX over whatever was supposed to be installed.
22 Aug 2011, 11:55 pm
23 Aug 2011, 12:44 am
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26 Aug 2011, 7:47 pm
27 Aug 2011, 1:22 am
This guy is right. Its REALLY horrible. Its the holy grail of bad games.
I always liked that game, couldn't understand why it gets such a bad rap on the Internet. I think most people who slam it have never played it, or tried jumping into it without having read the manual (unlike today's games, back then those little pamphlets were actually useful!).
Try playing Pac-Man on the 2600 and see if your opinion doesn't change
That basically IS the reason. Most people just seem to have this aversion to reading manuals. And Atari 2600 games can be oddly complicated at times.... while most can be figured out with trial and error and logic, ET was not one of those. You really did have to read the manual to understand it. But people didnt, so it must suck because THEY were too lazy to read it.
This is why most games these days barely even HAVE manuals, because lazy types wont read them; so instead, it's always tutorials nowadays.
http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600 ... es-et.html
That's a good link about the game; the guy makes alot of good points about why he thinks it's a GOOD game. I always thought so, too. I played this alot when I was a kid. But then, unlike most who tried it, I actually knew what I was doing.
27 Aug 2011, 5:32 am
27 Aug 2011, 5:38 am
Outpost
It wasn't even complete but they released it anyway. Stupid publishers and Sierra
I'd mention Battlecruiser 3000AD but I think Derek Smart would come and troll me on here 
I actually quite liked the game once it got to Battlecruiser Millenium Gold 
Or at least I liked the intentions behind it, the execution was a bit lame
27 Aug 2011, 6:39 am
27 Aug 2011, 9:35 am
Duke Nukem Forever....
27 Aug 2011, 12:46 pm
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27 Aug 2011, 1:42 pm
Plus they forced the 'humor.' Giving most of the NCPs 'sexual pun' names isn't funny, it's lame. I doubt in real life a guy would want to be called 'Big Willy' (the crane operator by the parking garage) by other grown men. But that is just one of the things that went wrong.
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27 Aug 2011, 6:11 pm
I rented the game for a weekend and I don't understand why people are hating it so much. It's playable and once you give it a chance, it's fairly enjoyable. Not great, but decent.
There are FAR FAR worse games out there.
