Top 10 Worst Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games
Action 52 is still my least favorite game of all time. The games are loaded with multiple bugs and glitches, crashing, atrocious controls, random characters, super tiny sprites, dying in mid-air, proportion problems, misleading titles and power-ups, unorthodox weapons, eye-straining backgrounds, enemies not showing up, impossible wins and losses, lack of sense, horrible graphics, music, menus, and so much more.
This game sucks so bad, it puts LJN to shame. At least LJN didn't make a game half as diabolical as even one of the Action 52 games. (Okay, maybe they did with X-Men, but that's probably it.) All other LJN games (at least for the NES) are gods compared to this. And yes, that includes Bill and Ted.
The comment that starts with "The Laughing Joking Numbnuts who made this game" was written by someone who meant to say "The Laughing Joking Numbnuts who ruined this game." Let's face it, no matter who made this game, they gave the Angry Video Game Nerd's least favorite 19th-century licensed property the LJN treatment.
Have you even played this game? It is bad beyond its normal definition. Playing this game is like playing catch with a chimpanzee's frozen turd in the zoo. But even that is more fun than playing Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde for one second.
This didn't need to be a game. If you wanted to color a dinosaur, BUY A COLORING BOOK! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
This didn't need to be a game. If you wanted to color a dinosaur, BUY A COLORING BOOK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
At least this coloring game has a fill option, unlike a certain MS Paint ripoff brought to you by Laughing Joking Numbnuts.
Where's Waldo? Good question. Everybody almost looks like Waldo.
At least all the others are at least games. How do you call this a game?
Fun fact: very durable cartridge. It took me 20 minutes to destroy!
A couple of years ago, I got a lot of games for NES, and I saw this one. I figured it would be like Kung Fu. Boy, was I wrong. I actually thought there was something wrong with my controller. This game has the worst controls in the history of gaming.
The graphics are bad too. The players never move from where they are, and the scenery is boring. It's an all-around terrible game. My personal least favorite game on NES.
The graphics are bad, even for an NES game, and the controls are a joke.
This should be first, not Action 52, as Action 52 isn't even a real game.
I think Elvis would want a guitar, not a gravestone. Giving Cleopatra a credit card? What were those Laughing Joking Numbnuts thinking... No, What's on second! I'm not asking you who's on second. Who's on first. I don't know... THIRD BASE!
What were they thinking about giving illogical items to certain people in history? Imagine someone giving you a gravestone for your death. Bill and Ted are jerks. This game might be the worst LJN game for NES.
This game makes little sense. Giving a famous criminal an Uzi? I'd think Edison would want an elephant-sized electric chair, not a CD someone living many decades before lasers existed would ever want.
The Commodore 64 version of Ghostbusters was much better.
The Sega Genesis version is great.
The "Ghostbusters" voice sample... I hate it. This game makes Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Action 52 look like Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3 in comparison.
Top 3 Worst NES Games:
1. Cheetahmen II
2. Ghostbusters
3. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Published by LJN, developed by Beam Software. This had no chance of being not bad. It's just a matter of whether you toss it against the wall or out a third-story window.
See the top left corner of the box? That's why this game stinks.
How to make a bad Back to the Future game?
Step 1 - Allow LJN to do it.
Step 2 - Make the game nothing like the movie.
Step 3 - Add bad graphics, gameplay, and music.
Step 4 - Add "BACK TO THE FUTURE" on the cover.
Step 5 - Sell it.
If you have one of the 1500 cartridges known to exist, it's hard to tell whether you are lucky or living in a dumpster. This game takes the first Cheetahmen game and sprinkles magical crap dust all over it. I bet if you look in the dictionary for "Glitch," you will soon find footage of the gameplay that was released to Earth as a warning shot by Satan.
Cheetahmen II is not only crap. It's crap with a hefty price! Why would you want to pay $1500 for this game? You'd be better off spending that much on good games!
This crazy joke was released in the pre-alpha stage.
The Newcomers
It's so glitchy, it puts Sonic 06 to shame. It ruined a beloved series from the Atari 2600. Stick to the Atari version.
In Japan, there was a sequel to Super Pitfall called Atlantis no Nazo.
Bad graphics, bad controls, and too cryptic.
THIS SHOULD BE NUMBER 1! Because it did a horrible job making a Godzilla game. This is the worst Godzilla game, the worst NES game, and the WORST GAME OF ALL TIME! WORSE THAN SUPERMAN N64! Don't play this game at all!
Fester's Quest or Fester's Joke Game?
No save feature. Repetitive music.
Let's face it, the Laughing Joking Numbnuts who never stop ruining everything to do with video games didn't learn a thing from their first Back to the Future NES game.
Guys, you realize LJN isn't a programming company, right? They just publish the games that gaming companies give them.
No matter who programmed this crazy joke, they gave it the LJN treatment. Can anybody say Rainbow of Doom?
Just like Dragon's Lair, this game should be almost as high as Action 52.
Let's face it, no matter who programmed this crazy joke, they gave Little Red Riding Hood the LJN treatment. Can anybody say Rainbow of Doom?
It's stupid.
Dear Riding Hood, thank you for your coming!
What did Little Red Riding Hood do to deserve this?
Beyond worthless game. Terrible mechanics, terrible gameplay, terrible graphics. I have nothing good to say about this horrible piece of trash. Even worse than games like Where's Waldo, Back to the Future, Super Pitfall, and even worse than Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.
Worst NES game. Probably the worst movie game I have ever played. Definitely one of the worst games I have ever played, period. Should not exist!
Worst game I ever rented on a weekend. So glad I never bought it.
One of the very few John Hughes movies that suck.
Getting stuck on the first screen of the game is no fun.
Don't play the NES game. I prefer the arcade version.
Seriously? Silver Surfer's in the top ten, but this game isn't? Makes no sense.
Literally, the characters are either laser shooters or melee fighters. Melee here means running into enemies. What I'm saying is, the graphics are bad.
It's certainly LJN! Also, the title in-game should be The Uncanny X-Men, not Marvel's X-Men.
Every time you touch something, you die and have to try it all over again.
Gee, this game is so hard, and its gameplay is unfair.
The most frustrating feature of this game is summed up by the Angry Video Game Nerd (aka James AVGN Rolfe) as follows: "One guy, no continues?!"
Watch the AVGN review. It is so funny and inspiring. Also, it is so true. This game is even worse than Action 52.
Dick Tracy deserves to be in the top 10. James W. Rolfe would be angry to see Dick Tracy at 74 instead of the top 5. After all, he is the Angry Video Game Nerd.
When I was a kid, I loved Friday the 13th movies, so I bought the game. When I realized it was bad, I threw it into the garbage can. Now that I'm older, I don't remember much about the game since I threw it away after trying it the first time.
I decided to give the game a second chance and searched online for a free NES game website. I found game-oldies.com, which took me back to my childhood memories with games ranging from the Atari 2600 to the SNES. This game makes no sense! First, there is a weird and senseless map that allows you to go somewhere, but you actually have to move, and I have no idea where to go because this game doesn't show where you are going!
What about the completely irrelevant monsters like zombies and tigers? Your weapon doesn't work unless you are close to the enemy and crouch. Plus, you have a time limit, making it nearly impossible to find your way to a certain place. I quit after I got stuck in a house because the layout is confusing and makes no sense.
This isn't a good old-fashioned horror game with jump scares or creepy stuff. Instead, it's a bad platformer that bores you.
Want to play a good Hydlide game on the NES? Go to Japan and play Hydlide 3!
This should be higher on the list. Screw this game.
Gee, this game is so hard, and its gameplay is unfair.
Go away, Barbie! Nobody even likes your franchise anyway!
Barbie just ruined my whole life!
I own the game. The only reason I bought it was to see how bad it was. The controls are bad, the music is just a 3-second loop, and the enemies copy your movement. You're jumping on Q-tips. It's ridiculously bad.
The life counter for this game has a one-digit display that maxes out at 6 instead of 9. Can anybody say Rainbow of Doom?