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The 20 Worst NES Games of All-Time

Of all the games that inexplicably received the Nintendo Seal of Approval, these 20 stood out as the biggest mistakes. I don't know if the game making people were the nephews of the eccentric billionaire in charge of handing out the gold approval seals, or if Nintendo just didn't bother to check if the games sucked. All I know is that these 20 games are about as fun as swallowing bug-flavored glass. For each one, I'll give a brief description of exactly why it's bad then rate the Graphics and Fun on their own personal scale of one to 10. But you'll notice really fast that they all score horribly low, and these ratings are just excuses for me to make fun of more specific areas of the game.

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Magna Farta5080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

...it is also probably the most accurate list of the worst NES games ever.

At any given point during the ages of 4-10, I have probably rented and played 18 out of these 20 games, most of which got played for all of 5 mins until I gave up figuring them out and they sat on my TV for the next 4 days until the rental had to be returned (back in the 80's and 90's, there wasn't such a thing as "this game sucks let me rent a different one" policy)

I'd have to say the only placement I disagree with is Pro Wrestling, I remember me and my brothers as kids having a blast with this game for hours on end, granted to a 5-year-old in the 80's this was just awesome.

I also feel the need to say that not only did I own a copy of "Deadly Towers"...my MOTHER of all people actually played it obsessively and beat it within a couple weeks

KingOfOldSkool5080d ago

I feel your pain.. my old man somehow managed the game into a fine science and beat it. Meanwhile I've yet to collect the first bell by myself(ugh).

BenCrazy4245080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

Most accurate? they missed action 52! The $200 dollar piece of crap.

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Myze5080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

Yeah, I think I played about 1/2 of these. Have to say, I didn't know there was a MUSCLE game. Heh, it's based on the Muscle Men little rubber/plastic toys. I know, because I recognize the cyclops guy on the cover (used to have a ton of them).

Anyway, to be fair, this list couldn't have been hard to make. All you had to do is take a random sampling of 30-40 NES games, and you are bound to find 20 worth writing a "God, how awful they were" article about them.

When people complain about all the shovelware and piss-poor games that come out today, it always lets me know that they weren't around for the NES days, when there was little to no competition for a good 3-4 years (till Sega got out of the Master System phase and released the Genesis). There will always be horrible games, as long as people buy them, but it was obvious that the NES and Atari days were littered with experimenting companies trying to sell something that could not have taken more than a couple of week to make.

Of course, I don't want to try and sell out the NES as a PoS. It had some truly great games on it, that are still lots of fun to this day, which of course includes many first-in-series games (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy, etc.).

morkendo5079d ago

have not heard of none of them....well except BIBLE ADVENTURE, never played it.
most of you guys remember as a child in the 80's playing NES games when i was a child back then we had checkers,tagged,jump ball,hide-go-seek.. wishing video games was around.

ReBurn5080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

There are some games on that list that I absolutely loved! Tag Team Pro Wrestling, Renegade and X-Men were games that I played all the time. Trust me, the NES era probably had more shovelware than what we see on the Wii and there were games much, much worse than the ones on this list.

The only thing the Nintendo Seal of Quality meant was that a company was willing to pay Nintendo royalties so that they were given the key to the lockout chip and Nintendo could charge them for manufacturing the cartridges. Thank goodness for brave companies like Tengen.

-MD-5080d ago

"SHORT SWORD -- You start the game with this sword. It is so weak, you feel lonely (you have no confidence in this sword)."

Hilarious.

Marceles5080d ago

Bible Adventures lol...I remember seeing that at the game rental store when I was little like "wtf?"

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 2h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 2h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 1h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies15h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Nintendo Switch Online April 2024 SNES Lineup Offers Cutesy Chaos

Nintendo has announced the SNES and Super Famicom games gracing the Nintendo Switch Online library this month, and there are some gems to enjoy.

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OtterX12d ago

Strange headline, as I thought the star of the show was Super RType. I almost bought RType Dimensions EX this last month and was just thinking, man I wish we had the SNES one somewhere on Switch. That's where I got my start w the series and I was beyond excited to see it drop this week!

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Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - Gone but not Forgotten

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banger8815d ago

It's 20 years old and we can still play it. Are we going to be able to play Avatar and Star Wars Outlaws in 20 years?