Retro Awful - Old Games to Avoid - Compilation Video

[@SomeOrangeCat]

"This game is shit from an ass, that died on the toilet!" - The Angry Sega Lord X

[@gabrieldias3479]

This video could also be called "an hour of SLX cursing" 😂

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Classic line! 😂

[@RedTabletTalk]

He’s describing himself!

[@MrMavJet]

@@SomeOrangeCat that would just be ripping off AVGN at that point

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@MrMavJet That's literally the joke.

[@arcticridge]

He's the angriest lord you've ever heard, he's the Angry Sega Lord X!

[@MrMavJet]

@@arcticridge humorous but I doubt he wants to rip off AVGN. Has his own style and doesn’t do the video aspect

[@darthv72]

Black Hole assault.... sounds like a dirty movie

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@darthv72 Only when you're a degenerate...

[@ChaosAngelZero]

SLX's gonna take you back to the past...

[@thorodinson7132]

To review those shitty games that suck ass

[@EJHilt]

,and list the shitty games that suck ass.

[@parappatherapper4141]

to play the Sega games that suck ass...

[@iseein4d]

He'd rather eat the cords of a rotten console and down them with beer

[@SuperMage90]

SLX is bad ass

[@chichib8814]

All I have to say about back to the future is. What a shitload of fuck

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

So, nothing of intelligence?

[@MLJ7956]

Exactly what AVGN says 🤓

[@kingstarscream320]

@@JoshuaJacobs83You showed your age with that one, kid.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@kingstarscream320 I'm 40. Try again

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@kingstarscream320 I know who James Rolf is. I also know that repeating something his outdated character said with no context is sad

[@jaredwhite200]

As someone who is a huge fan of Retro Games this was an amazing video. I’ve unfortunately played some of these games & man do I regret it

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

At least you didn't play awesome possum

[@FallicIdol]

To be fair, the arcade for Double Dragon 3 was garbage. There was no way to make that decent

[@SegaLordX]

It's worse on the Genesis.

[@ninjamaster3453]

DD was an arcade stepping stone to a new genre. It's dog 💩 as a series.

[@OtakuAnthony]

I kind of like double dragon 3 for arcade

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

DD2 for the PC Engine was a lot of fun, crazy that the Genesis had all bad ports lol.

[@jasonlee7816]

Double Dragon 3 on the Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive 👍👍👍

[@dementedvillian]

If you thought Genesis Talespin was bad, wait till you see the Turbografx version.

[@SegaLordX]

Part 2?

[@travisjordan3853]

Yeah, I can back that one up as I had that game when I was child. Another game I had for the TurboGrafx-16 that I remember being quite awful was a game called Yo' Bro. You play as a skateboarding bear armed with a slingshot & the soundtrack was comprised entirely of licensed Beach Boys music. The game was earlier 90's as hell in the worst way possible.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@SegaLordXthrow Dark wing Duck in there for a Disney nightmare, I mean afternoon themed one 😂.

[@steve5123456789]

It's much better on the Turbografx by far.

[@josephfrye7342]

@@RemoWilliams1227 i think the turbographix sucked when darkwing duck is really bad.

[@ToanCloud]

Let's just say it's easier to give a list on good retro games than a list of bad ones. I'm a collector and most retro games are not very good.

[@Roggor]

Same here. The list of games to collect shrinks quite significantly once you remove the garbage. Never understood the total 100%ers myself.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@RoggorEspecially with how expensive they are nowadays, I couldn’t imagine somebody having a full Saturn or Genesis library especially CIB. I have a fairly decent collection myself but nowhere near complete.

[@ragnakak]

I think Double Dragon 2 is a case where the NES port is more fun than the arcade original even though the graphics aren't nearly as good.

[@SegaLordX]

I'd agree.

[@Bloodstar-o7]

I don't know how many feel the same, but I feel this way about the NES port of DD1. Maybe part of it is nostalgia, but also just the 8-bit NES soundtrack somehow worked better than the original imo. Even the primitive graphics of the NES worked since the characters weren't much to look at anyways, and I prefer simple to ugly any day. I might be in a minority here though, idk.

[@dbzeh6837]

THE genebsis version is impossible because all enemies follow you and mimic all your moves. Their steps are lightning fast, like if they were on a treadmill. You won't have a sec of peace.

[@GardevoirBoy]

@@SegaLordX Speaking about what to avoid, don't watch the Cloverway dub of Sailor Moon. I was outraged with Fisheye talking with a tomboyish female voice while Tiger's Eye talked with a very manly voice. Those poor 90s and millennials, they were led to believe that Fisheye being female turned out to be a lie. The producers pretended that Fisheye was a tomboy only because parents didn't like the idea of gays being in kids shows and Fisheye being overly feminine was the reason why he was very often confused as a female character.

[@GardevoirBoy]

@sharpester7277 I'm glad the Genesis port of Double Dragon 2 stayed in Japan. It was a bad port despite having great arcade-like music.

[@alexelectricx]

Is this just a compilation of previous videos or does it contain new footage?

[@UnBuenJugador]

Looks like new footage. It's just long

[@Thor-Orion]

@@UnBuenJugadorcombination. I think.

[@SegaLordX]

It's some past coverage mixed with new recordings for the topic. I want to do a part 2 but I had covered some of these games before. This gets those out of the way in one place.

[@88Strider]

@@SegaLordX Check out Captain America and The Avengers on Super Nes for the next video. One of the worst games I had the displeasure of owning as a kid

[@ZoeyYasuda]

I played Tails' Skypatrol recently as part of the Sonic Origins Game Gear collection. I usually enjoy Game Gear games, but that one had me scratching my head. I did not even get past the training stage. Seeing some of the later levels, I am glad I just went and played Sonic for the Game Gear for the 1000th time.

[@jadedheartsz]

I beat that game as a kid with some practice, though I can see why it never came out stateside until then.

[@billcook4768]

And yet Tails Adventure is one of the very best gg games. Weird

[@Thor-Orion]

@@billcook4768hence why one got out of Japan.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

You should play the 16 bit remake of triple trouble. It's on PC/Android

[@chrisr024]

The problem is that the GBA doesn't have blast processing !

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

The GBA doesnt need blast processing. It sold twice the Sega Genesis.

[@hardstyleeric]

😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 Nice 1

[@RayPruitt-ji9jx]

Does Dark Castle belong on this list? You can answer that with an "aye" or a "neh-neh-neh-neh-neh!"

[@UltraMetalHero]

AVGN always tells us that retro gaming wasn't always sunshine and rainbows.

[@kevinramsey417]

He's also obsessed with feces

[@roadkill_52]

AVGN is full of shit tho

[@UltraMetalHero]

@@roadkill_52 what's wrong?

[@jamesschulziii9098]

Tootsie roll and brown gravy fudge snake avgn sandwich piece of shit!

[@AkamoriRivals]

An awful lot of rainbows actually...

[@alk7934]

My friend bought Mario is Missing. I really can't say why. We actually did sit down and grind it out one day. It definitely was no fun and super repetitive lol. It was a chore to complete.

[@robscharr1484]

I was 12 when I played it, I felt the same way then. I feel very differently now though.

[@fan1701]

That's what I like. You hold nothing back.

[@SegaLordX]

Anything less than honest and I'm just a fanboy.

[@HellTantrumbull]

Makes you wonder if Robocop 2 was actually meant to be another game but they suddenly decided to slap the characters from the movie on to use as a cash grab.

[@menhirmike]

38:15 I will say one thing though: Double Dragon looks actually pretty good for an Atari 2600 game, the background detail is actually quite nice - considering the anemic graphical capabilities of the platform. The gameplay is trash and the music plays way too slow, but still, Activision games always looked great on the 2600 and I'd give that much to Double Dragon.

[@megaponeo2342]

12:47 "It's like you touch the top of the building, you die, you touch the ceiling, you die, you touch the floor, you die, too far to the right, you die, too far to the left, you die, you die, you die, you die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, DIE!" - The Angry Video Game Nerd (Tails copies Silver Surfer's Game Over pose)

[@billcook4768]

You need to create a loop based on 2:27 - 2:37. That’s hilarious. We’ve all been there.

[@jabotheclown617]

I laughed so hard at that 😅

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

Oh shit, my brother and I rented Beast Wrestler back in the day, laughed at the goofy moves and and terrible gameplay, and took it back to the store to exchange for some other title. I think we got Sonic 2 and had a much better time.

[@ststriker]

Me: (Checks notifications before bedtime) Me: (Sees SLX has uploaded a video) Me: (Suddenly finds he has an hour to kill before bedtime)

[@The_Badseed]

Believe it or not, I have very fond memories of playing Joe Montana football on the Sega CD. Than again I have not played it in around 30 years

[@ma1ex]

I liked the original NFL/Montana Football on Genesis. But not the Sega CD release.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

Same but I also really enjoyed the Dracula and Sewer Shark titles at the time too. I still enjoy Road Rash CD and Sonic CD.

[@chaospoet]

The worst part of Tail Spin on Genesis is knowing it's a million times better than the Turbografx Tail Spin game.

[@travisjordan3853]

Unfortunately, I had the TurboGrafx version as a kid and it was definitely a bad game.

[@LeoVaderBR]

I played as a kid back then… I thought I liked. Now… it’s really terrible!

[@mscottjohnson3424]

Someone should make a whole channel about bad retro games. They could even make it funny by acting overly angry about it. Why hasn't anyone ever thought of this?

[@5witchy676]

Even better, what if it was a nerd? 🤔

[@neilold7291]

They could call it the annoyed TV toy dork

[@adlorin]

Bots always first. :) I like this idea though. There are so many lists of great games, but not as much for duds.

[@djs989lfgh3]

😂 danm ic that . That's crazy

[@MrAdriaxe]

Comparing that Joe Montana Sega CD game to John Madden Football '93 is quite a shock. JMF'93 is a masterpiece that I enjoy even today. JMF'92, too.

[@marccaselle8108]

Wasn't it JMF 92 for the genesis that had the ambulance zooming down the field?

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

I remember a friend in middle school wanting me to play Shadow of the Beast II. He made it sound like this awesome game. I ended up playing for a half hour and decided that it was god awful. Honestly, all I remembered about it all these years later was the opening music piece and the death screen music. There was absolutely nothing memorable about the gameplay.

[@jiminboo]

5:33 sounds like my diarrhea farts after a binge session at Taco Bell 🔔

[@Akiga_games]

These games must've been tough to replay bro we really appreciate it tho! Awesome video SegaLX

[@Drez47]

Roasting all these games this way is hilarious. 😆

[@masterchief247]

Sword of Sodan on the Genesis could be on this list. Maybe in your 2nd video, which I hope you make. I like this as a whole series because there are SO many turds to make content around.

[@rvfiasco]

I actually bought both that AND Rastan Saga 2. What a shit sandwich that was.

[@masterchief247]

@@rvfiasco Oh man! That did suck for you. Sometimes I really wonder if they made games like these so bad just to troll customers in some sick way. Ill never forget when i luckily rented, instead of bought, Sword of Sodan. Worst gaming weekend ever.

[@theyamo7219]

Sword of Sodan was a port of an Amiga game that was already a shit game on the Amiga to begin with. Off all the games they chose to port. Something like Apidya or Hybris would have been a much better choice.

[@joesshows6793]

23:05 I remember renting this game and calling the rental place to ask if I could return it for another and they did. It was so bad I didn’t want to get stuck with it all weekend!

[@striderskorpion]

TMNT Tournament Fighters has a special place in my heart. It's a very love-hate relationship for the Genesis version, though, thanks to the fighting game jank. I still wish that Konami's original characters got the action figure treatment (including Sisyphus). Mystery of Convoy is funny as Takara misspelled their character's name on the packaging and in the game. For those curious, Convoy, not Comvoy as they wrote it, is Takara's name for Optimus Prime. Headmaster is better than Mystery (low bar), but only by a little since now you have a health gauge.

[@AFourEyedGeek]

Laughed heavily about Robocop looking like Cotton Hill. He really does. They are the games that I wonder if tbey can be fixed with a ROM hack, improve the handling and change the player sprite as an example.

[@zanegandini5350]

That comparison of the Robocop sprite to Cotton Hill has me actually wanting a platformer with Cotton. "I killed fitty men, thanks for your cooperation!"

[@coreymcmanus4749]

I love watching this channel before I go to sleep. It always puts me in a really good mood,which in turn gives me good dreams,no joke.

[@AaronC143]

I got even more: 1. Every game made or published by LJN especially Back To The Future 2. Ghostbusters on NES 3. Mortal Kombat 3 on Game Gear 4. Mortal Kombat 1 on Game Boy 5. Double Dragon 3: The Sacred Stones on NES 6. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde on NES 7. Wayne's World on NES 8. Karate on Atari 2600 9. Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom on NES

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

Spyhunter 2 Super Ice Hockey Waterworld DD3 on NES was nowhere near "awful" IMO

[@AaronC143]

@@Blas4ublasphemy If you hate excessive difficulty, then DD3 is that bad. Plus, I was never able to beat it because of this. Game Genie didn't even help. All it did was just me farther in the game. The farthest I've gotten with it was the head boss of the whole game.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

@@AaronC143 Oh, I beat it as a kid. Using the weapons at the right time really helps. I also thought Mega Man 1 was better than 2 and current love Spelunky 2 so maybe I'm just a massochist lol. Can you honestly say though, that you played any of those other games on that list to the end boss?

[@AaronC143]

@@Blas4ublasphemy I beaten both Mega Man 1 and 2. I find it funny that you can actually beat the yellow boss in Mega Man 1 with the pause feature. I never played any of the Spelunky games.

[@theyamo7219]

Firefly on the Atari is even worse than Karate. At least Karate doesn't have "music" that they can use in Gitmo as torture.

[@SparkyMK3]

Fun video! I personally disagree about Tails Skypatrol, I actually have fun playing that one despite its high difficulty. The thing about the game is that you HAVE to know when to slow down and speed up Tails, just blindly trying to rush thru will get you pancaked over and over. Its quite trial and error heavy, and then theres the odd hit detection (Tails hitbox is a mere ONE pixel, so everything ELSE has a bigger hitbox to compensate). But once I got into the games flow I genuinely founf myself enjoying it. Personally, the main reason I like it is because its a very unique take on the Shoot Em Up/Rail Shooter. That said, Im surprised you didnt include the truly awful Game Gear versions of Sonic Spinball and Sonic Blast. Spinball on GG is a complete and utter mess, its jerky framerate, ugly graphics and utterly broken controls/physics will give you a newfound appreciation for the Genesis version. And Sonic Blast on GG is a 2D Sonic game with all the fun and appeal sucked out: its awkward mix of pre-rendered graphics and 2D sprites are just plain tacky and downright dull looking (to quote another reviewer, Sonic looks like a microwaved Happy Meal toy in it!), and the gameplay just isn't fun, even though Sonic has a double jump in it. Its slow as molasses, clunky, almost entirely devoid of challenge (and when it DOES get challenging, like in the water level and the secret final boss, it dips right into complete and utter BS territory) and all around uninspired in every way. Not even being able to play as Knuckles can salvage it. You can tell it was thrown together in a hurry just to give the GG one last Sonic game as a quick sendoff. Both are solid contenders for the worst games in the Sonic series. Id honestly rather play Sonic 4 Episode 1 over those quill-covered turds--and dont even get me started on that one...

[@TheCanaaniteUnionist]

Tails skypatrol I thought was decent.

[@wieldylattice3015]

48:38 okay calm down, at least they gave us Re-Volt

[@micThurrr]

At first i thought these were all gamecom games then i realized my phone is in sleep mode 😂

[@livefreeprintguns]

By far the biggest let down of my entire childhood for video games was RoboCop on the NES. I spent all summer playing the arcade version at local establishments and the letdown I felt when I popped the NES game in was indescribable... I mean it's over 30 years later and I'm commenting on it.

[@nore5888]

Apparently Sonic Genesis was made by 1 guy in a single month

[@aortaplatinum]

I believe it, that's like some E.T. Atari or DOOM 3DO shit, and the final release supports that story. I'd like to read up on it if you can point me to a source.

[@SegaLordX]

I believe this as well. No way that's a team effort with a decent budget. Pure cash grab.

[@DesertRainReads]

I would not be surprised, it looks to me like it looked, sounded and played like ass. I'm glad I skipped it entirely.

[@BobbyHo2022]

If it looks like ass, sounds like ass, controls like ass, then it probly is ass! 😂

[@totemlordreviews7242]

Maybe it was the guy who made the Mega Man DOS games

[@thecunninlynguist]

never played the sega DD ports until much later in life via emulation. I honestly thought as a kid DD was an NES original, and didn't know it was an arcade port. Never saw any of the 3 DD arcade games in the wild growing up. Only saw a play choice/DD NES arcade cabinet.

[@hybridvigga]

The third one was awful. You could go into an in-game shop, and buy weapons and life refill items, but for an actual credit that was in the machine (they were mostly 50p/c by the time Double Dragon 3 came out), so instead of picking up some bin-chicken and a baseball bat like in Final Fight or SoR, you paid an extra dollar to get them in DD 3. I think they invented microtransactions.

[@Bloodstar-o7]

Honestly same here. But arcade cabinets were big and expensive. I played them less at arcades and more at random places like movie theaters, restaurants and bars, so there weren't as many machines, and the machines that existed were more likely to be something more popular. Something like Contra 3 from Konami, Marvel vs Capcom, or the latest 3D fighting games. Another rare but popular choice was a Neo*Geo cabinet that you could swap games or have multiple games on. Metal Slug + Bubble Bobble + some SNK fighter.

[@Pythoner]

I first played Double Dragon on my friend's Master System. Having a Mega Drive and a copy of Streets of Rage by then, I had to laugh at my friend's lot. But still standing on its own, it wasn't too bad.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

​@@Pythoner I enjoyed "Double Dragon" on Sega Master System quite a bit, and I generally don't like beat 'em ups.

[@boredincan]

Dark Castle was a Mac game, and was great on the Mac. Throwing was done by the mouse, and the sound was better

[@G.L.999]

With the exception of the Turok games they published, 'Acclaim Entertainment' was "LJN 2.0"

[@happyspaceinvader508]

What about the Mortal Kombat series? And Alien 3 (Mega Drive) was pretty good too.

[@G.L.999]

@@happyspaceinvader508 I forgot those games were published under their label. I always associated those games with Midway though.

[@theyamo7219]

Well, they did actually BUY LJN, so it makes sense that they would become them. Afterall, you are what you eat.

[@G.L.999]

@@theyamo7219 And that perfectly summed up what 'Acclaim Entertainment' was back then.

[@MattsFreeChannel1]

"But why would you do that to seven other people?" One of the sharpest lines I've ever heard, about a video game. Nice.

[@WaterDemonExists]

Bro why are there bots in the comments now

[@torquetheprisoner]

it takes one to know one beeb bopp boop🤖

[@WaterDemonExists]

@@torquetheprisoner I'm not a bot

[@mik3y80]

Reported it.

[@torquetheprisoner]

@@WaterDemonExists lol just checking 😐

[@torquetheprisoner]

@@mik3y80 lolz 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@drugon]

Robocop 2 on a NES is one of the worst platformer nightmare that I ever experienced since childhood till present days.

[@LeaderOfTheFlock]

being about the same age, I can feel the decades of natural frustration of some these games you're describing.

[@kloakovalimonada]

Great idea for video. There was a LOT of absolute dreck back then, much worse than today.

[@juetroll]

I'm old enough to remember that some of those were widely known as horrible games back when there were released: I do remember Dark Castle being deemed "worst game ever" by every game magazine I read back then (mainly PlayerOne in France). Speaking of which, my parents bought some of the infamous bad games when I had my first megadrive for Christmas: Sword of Sodan, Fantasia and Zoom! (hint for the next "bad games" video 😉). Btw, I'd like to say a word or two about Shadow of the Beast on genesis: the port made by EA is really broken in many ways, yet I recently discovered that the Japanese version was ported by someone else, and it is MUCH better in all aspects!

[@RyanandSharonWelch]

You description and comments on games are spot on. I am a Panasonic guy, and your joke about 3DO was spot on, when you buy a 3-D game, you have to scrutinize the shit out of it because it had some really bad ones exactly like that robot one you compared it to. And I think you were describing a double dag and three from the arcade port to the Genesis or Saturn that game no matter where they brought it to sucked even in the arcade I don’t know where they were going with double dragon three number one and number two were decent and funleaving Nintendo. Sad port of the original was better than double dragon three. I’m definitely subscribing I like your channel dude.

[@arkayanon]

I remember being so excited to find out about that Transformers game when I started to get into emulation 20 years ago. That excitement died immeasurably quickly.

[@VideoGameTypeBeat]

Thanks alot Sega Lord X I won't even waste my time playing any of these games 🎯

[@Sly88Frye]

3:35 there is one problem with improved. If something was really really bad to begin with and the newer edition is an improvement, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's good. Bad is an improvement from terrible. Mediocre is an improvement from bad.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

Beast II and the first were never good games they were only impressive from a technical perspective

[@castries]

Should've Time stamped this Vid!

[@therealfett9580]

He got sonic on here ... alright I guess

[@davidaitken8503]

I'm always amazed at how well my younger self managed to steer clear of garbage. I can honestly look back at my collection of NES, SNES, and N64 games and say I did pretty good. One of the most important rules that never steered me wrong was don't buy a licensed game unless it was by Konami and sometimes Capcom.

[@wieldylattice3015]

Damn, the last time I watched a Sega Lord X video I’d never touched a Sega, now there’s a Dreamcast chilling in my room. This content is more important to me than ever!

[@MrZerakian]

God, I loved Montana Football on Sega CD lol

[@SegaLordX]

I've heard that from a few people here on KZbin. Maybe it's just me.

[@projectmayhem6898]

[52:35] Are you trying to convince us that you did not enjoy making videos for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch?

[@Sly88Frye]

2:26 I'm surprised by this because double dragon 2 on the NES is actually really good. It is the best aged game but it plays while and the hit detection is not an issue. It's always baffling when the version on inferior hardware is better

[@rodrigogirao8344]

There's a massively better fan-made port of Castlevania for the Amiga called Castlevania AGA.

[@SegaLordX]

I've seen it. So much better.

[@kabbusses]

Damn, PS2 Golden Axe got in this while PC-Engine CD Golden Axe did not.... that's scary!

[@beauwalker9820]

I like "Tails Sky Patrol." Once you get used to how his ring interacts with objects, it gets pretty good, and it's actually a pretty underrated creative game.

[@ResidentXombie]

I beat Robocop 2 and Terminator 2 on NES, only because that’s all I had back in 1992!

[@midwestmonster9886]

I think I would have shelved my NES and played some boardgames instead.

[@ResidentXombie]

@@midwestmonster9886 lol, you have no idea how much of a Robocop and Terminator fan I was. I couldn’t stand The Predator NES game though.

[@midwestmonster9886]

@@ResidentXombie I've beaten Robocop 1 on NES. I've never made it past the first level of Robocop 2. I completed it without collecting enough "nuke," had to endure the shooting section, and promptly shut the game off. I actually came close to purchasing the game a second time before I remembered that I had a copy and had turned it off in under 10 minutes. I guess I tried to wipe my memory of the game like Robocop getting his prime directives wiped in the movie.

[@neocaron87]

Sega Lord throwing shades for 55min is actually way more enjoyable than I would have thought XD

[@neilold7291]

I like how the Wayne's world game says not, but without any reference at all to what it's saying it about

[@autobotstarscream765]

He's in denial about being trapped in a shitty game!

[@Error_4x5]

The four Advanced D&D games (Heroes of the Lance, Dragon Strike, Pool of Radiance and Hillsfar) on the NES should be in this vid cause they're all beyond horrible.

[@GlaucioRSem]

A weird side note: I used to think Tails was a female. 😅

[@anasbakhit4303]

is it something to do with his voice acting are mostly made by a female? I knew tails is a boy since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the genesis since the Instruction Manual did call him a He.

[@djvoid1]

Shadow of the Beast could have been a really engaging Metroidvania type experience, but they went for 'arcade hard' instead. It was great on the Amiga, but only because I was 6 at the time :)

[@SegaLordX]

It's excruciating. I was so fed up with that design I never want to play it again.

[@darkfalzx]

I thought Shadow of the Beast 2 was quite decent, plus - it's got vibes for days! Most people fail to realize it's not a standard action game, but rather an arcade adventure, with inventory puzzles and a definitive order of events. The most fun part is figuring everything out, because once you do, the whole thing can be finished in under 15 minutes. Though the Amiga version is prettier, the Genny one plays much better and has an actual ending cutscene. The SegaCD (and FM Towns) conversion feels very different and lacks in the atmosphere department IMO.

[@xenophon1999]

Yeah my friend and I played SotB 2 all the time when it came out on the Amiga, it was so much fun trying to figure out what you had to do and it hand atmosphere in spades. Trial and error was very common in games back then, it was just the norm to have to play through sections of a game again because you died, we didn't think anything of it.

[@bethanythemulti-fandommodd1218]

I feel like you should take note that the version of Dark Castle you showed aswell as what the AVGN reviewed is actually a port of the original name on DOS. The reason the controls feel awkward was because the game was NOT meant to be played with a controller. It was originally made to use with a mouse

[@apr2499]

Great video! Please make more like this!

[@mattb9664]

I wouldn't bother with BTTF2&3 on NES either. It's one of those games that where you have to collect things and are constantly getting attacked, and there is no direction without a guide. BTTF NES is actually a fun 'bad game' once you get the hang of the controls and hit boxes in the game. I beat it many times with assistance at all.

[@UnBuenJugador]

Regarding the first music played, I'm kind of fond of Batman Returns for the Genesis. It's less fun (more frustrating) than the first, but I like all the moves Batman can do. Shadow of the Beast has no nostalgia for me, however. It has the clunky controls of a PC port, which has no place on a console like the 16-bit Sega.

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

I really appreciated the grappling hook, cape, and utility belt mechanics

[@UnBuenJugador]

@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 exactly! And the bat shower

[@takkoy8658]

The clunky controls and crusty graphics of Batman Returns on the Genesis give it a unique charm, I actually like that game a lot. I can't honestly say it's a good game, but I do enjoy playing through it regardless.

[@Pythoner]

I enjoyed it renting it back in the day but when I went back to it it just didn't hold my interest

[@DarkStarUk]

Nice video I'll have to go through my 250 ish ps2 games and ps3 ps4.. any help on where to sell them

[@alexzapf6422]

Love videos like this brings back my own disappointing experiences.

[@GlerpidyGlarson]

I think the one thing that irks me the most about Mario is missing is that they used Mario's Sprite with Luigi's colors

[@CuriousChronicles82275]

Did the developers even tried playing their games?

[@rvfiasco]

Makes you wonder right?

[@jasonlee7816]

i believe developers did play as in check or test their games for bugs or glitches if a bug or a glitch is found they have to send the game back to fix bug or glitch

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

"Did the developers even try playing their games?" If you were one of these devs, you'd express annoyance.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

If there's LJN in the logo, avoid

[@SixtySixHundred-1982]

I had Back to the Future 3 on the ZX Spectrum. Now, THAT was a sh*tshow! 😆 SLX, I thank you for playing these abominations so I don't have to! 👍😆 Edit: Yes, please. I would certainly like more in this vein. There's likely a mountain of less than stellar games you could choose from, so keep 'em coming, my good man. I always enjoy your content anyway, but I'm especially entertained by your metaphors, similes and analogies used to describe negative gaming experiences. "The vinegar in the open wound that is a video game!" 🤣

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

The CPU is Eternal Champions are TMNT Tournament Fighters on the Mega Drive making it not worth persevering a rare misfire from Konami.

[@GlaucioRSem]

I've always enjoyed Sonic Spinball. I remember beating it just once. But I understand that most never enjoyed it as much.

[@towardstar]

I love the art in that chester cheeta game

[@SEGA_mane]

It definitely has it's appeal

[@Ev3rm00n]

Talespin was supposed to be a master system game, the graphics, the sounds, it's straight up master system

[@Juice2Fifty]

“It’s a shit show of monumental proportions and should be stricken from history…” 🤣🤣🤣

[@SEGA_mane]

Absolutely love when our guy tears into a certified garbage game.

[@TheProgressiveStyle]

Ur one of the few youtubers that i enjoy more the negative videos than the positives

[@Eric-Retro-Stuff]

That Master System Indiana Jones game actually got a Game Gear port that came out in North America. Everything you said about it is valid, but as a kid I didn't have an options so I played the hell out of it.

[@robscharr1484]

As a 12-year-old i couldn't muster much respect for Mario Is Missing, but i feel very differently now. Some of Rob Wallace's renditions of Koji Kondo's mucic are quite dreamy. Beyond that i largely agree that the other games mentioned are substandard at best

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@davidaitken8503]

You've always seemed like a nice guy so I can't in good conscience say I want to see more videos like this as that would just be cruel and unusual punishment.;) Honestly I think I'd rather just see more videos focusing more in depth on good games you may have only touched on briefly in past episodes.

[@DanialTarki]

I find it funny that in the thumbnail, the rendition of Tails is from an anime, Mario’s is from a game, and Marty McFly’s is from the original movies.

[@brichan1851]

Regardless of the system, am I the only person on Earth who HATED Double Dragon II? The control scheme just plain sucks! Every time you turn from one direction to the other, the kick and punch buttons flip and you are always kicking backward. Does this not bother anyone else?!

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

It bothers me. It's a counterintuitive scheme likely implemented to "innovate" upon the beat 'em up genre.

[@Oysterblade84]

I would definitely subscribe to some more videos like this! This video had me laughing my arse off my chair in certain parts even though I don't agree with very single game in it. Sometimes you just gotta crap on bad games where laughing at how bad they are in humour is the only saving grace. ''Supercross Mcgrath 2000'' had me laughing so much when you said that we couldn't even blame the gaming console for the older graphics lol. Lots of crapping on Acclaim which was great and well deserved. Arena and Flying Edge were subsidiaries of Acclaim so if you see those names, you've been warned! ''Wayne's World'' got another mention as well as ''Dark Castle'' from EA which was to be expected.

[@Gouzinstrumentals]

Not Beast Master!! I fuckin loved that game as a kid 😂😂

[@RyanandSharonWelch]

Aklaim was one of those companies that tried so hard, but always managed to poop out a distorted, lesser, redheaded, stepchild version of whatever game they were trying to port. Even when they did develop something of their own, it came out the same.