10 Worst Games Of 1992

What a year 1992 was, bringing us the likes of Super Mario Kart, Alone in the Dark, and Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Sadly though, not everything gifted to us by 1992 was great, and so we’re back, yet again, to remind you all of the very worst games that were released in that 12-month period. Featuring some of the worst titles to ever hit the SNES, here are 10 Worst Games of 1992.
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Cat Elliot (@cat_elliott_)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
#Terminator #Splatterhouse #TestDrive
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[@Valkian24]

Whoever scored Splatterhouse 2 poorly back in the day need a 2x4 to the face.

[@PixelMindProductions]

Agreed

[@CraigyBoyGaming]

👏

[@fistfulofgamepad]

Splatterhouse 2 being on this list just shows how wrong reviewers were back in 92.

[@randomretroplays3123]

Most certainly.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

Zelda on the CDi was released the same year. Their 7 professional reviews rule really limits and skewers their lists. Plus the writer is questionable, I doubt he has played many of these games.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Splatterhouse 2 is not bad Phalanx is not too bad either

[@kcadventures1454]

They are still wrong today in most cases.

[@chrishunter8305]

I can get if they weren't wowed by the gameplay (I mean it isn't exactly varied) but the art style and monster design definitely sold me, if nothing else it's definitely a game I remember playing and wasn't afraid of ghoulish visuals.

[@LukeWatson13]

Holy crap. Never expected to see a game like Splatterhouse 2 on a list like this! One of my favourite games of all time and nowadays considered a classic!

[@necrosadotor]

same here

[@TCJosh78]

Yah, this video loses all credibility when it put Splatterhouse series on there, iconic games.

[@Juria316]

Just goes to show that critics don't know a blasted thing. Can't fault the presenters of this video, they're just giving us the critic's thoughts at the time.

[@gswanson]

I don't think these guys really play lot of games to be honest. A lot of their content is just regurgitated information they looked up on the Internet.

[@HanDaimond]

@@TCJosh78 Don't shoot the messenger.

[@shannonharrison7711]

Splatterhouse is a classic!! Screw the haters!!

[@DeadlyFredXXX]

Critics haven't had a clue for decades, confirmed.

[@darrinfromvault801]

I agree in the sense Its like a classic car that's beat up and needs repairs

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

@@patg108 It's the fact that they base these lists off of 7 professional reviews. Also the editor is always showing the wrong footage and I hate a lot of his editing style. I mean a channel that does this sort of thing much much better is outsidexbox.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

@@patg108 Yeah I sometimes wonder why I watch this channel (I'm not subscribed), they always get a lot wrong. It's always funny to see what games they will call bad. And yeah Outside Xbox or their sister channel Outside Xtra are like this channel but done well. They do list type videos but they capture the gameplay themselves instead of taking it from other channels. Basically the good version of this channel, good videos to put on in the background plus they record themselves talking instead of showing the same stills of themselves like this channel does. Check them out if you like list type videos but done well.

[@Davy247]

Anyone else get annoyed with Triple Jump constantly putting unrelated captions/text on screen thinking they are funny. Get on with the review you are not a comedian. Ignore that and some videos are good. Rant over 😂

[@FallicIdol]

It’s interesting how time changes a game’s reputation. I feel Phalanx and Splatterhouse 2 are viewed much more favorably now.

[@chrisbg99]

I liked the implication that trial and error heavy games are a newer phenomenon.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

@@chrisbg99 Yeah like what the heck, I remember playing a text based game on one of the only computers we had in our school (yeah, I'm that old) and it was ALL trial and error.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Wow, I did not expect to see Kyrandia: Book I, Lure of the Temptress and Splatterhouse 2 on this list.

[@AntSimpson]

Totally with you on that !!! I'm shook.. Kyradia was an absolute delight !!

[@FavianTubeX]

We loved Kyrandia growing up.

[@blackenedheart9592]

Wow. This is the very first time that I've heard of splatter house 2 being a bad game.

[@gertywhatagash_]

Yeah me too.

[@randomretroplays3123]

I was like "WHAT!!"

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

It's cause it isn't. Their "7 professional reviews" rule mucking things up yet again.

[@SPG8989]

It's an awful game lol wtf you clowns mean?

[@blackenedheart9592]

@@SPG8989 Skyrim is an awful game to me. So Is every single grand Theft Auto

[@swy334]

Splatterhouse 2 is amazing...

[@current9300]

Really shows difference in rating scales back in the day when compared to today. 1992 reviewers seem to have considered 5/10 as an average game worth playing but plagued by shortcomings. Nowadays reviewers practically consider grades 1-6/10 utter trash and 7/10 is considered average.

[@HunterAtheist]

This is because the "reviewers" aren't as transparent as they used to be.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, "score creep" has really become a thing. Also, tho, a lot of reviews from that time didn't survive the jump to digital formats, so it's more "the worst games of 1992, based on whatever reviews have managed to remain online 30 years later." These definitely weren't the worst games of 1992, from a contemporary perspective.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Just to put things into perspective, Triple Jump completely skipped over the Zelda CDi titles. Glad they at least finally admitted they're ignoring a lot of bad games.

[@achtsekundenfurz7876]

I think it's a trope called "four-tier review scale", four tiers basically being the following: -- 9 to 10: great game -- 8.something : good if you like the genre -- 7.something: mediocre game not worth playing unless it's cheap and you LOVE the genre -- anything below 7: trash. Most games on this list aren't horrible, but simply not as polished as today's titles, because game controls and UI have come a long way in the last 3 decades. In fact, no matter what game you play, if you play the sequel before the older game, you'll find the older title crude and awkward to control. Maybe with the exception of the titles which got a "3D" sequel in the late 1990s. In those cases, the devs usually didn't know what to do with 3D and gave us horribly low detail compared to the better 2D titles. There are exceptions, but many excellent 2D title got a rather average 3D sequel.

[@lorddavid3dxw]

@@achtsekundenfurz7876 It's much the same for board games as well. If you check boardgamegeek's rankings so many of the "best games ever" are games that you likely don't care about, but a few of your favourite ever games may well be ranked with a 6.5 or something. Reviews rarely say much unless the game receives a truly poor score, say 25% or lower. Otherwise if it looks interesting to you, give it a go. If it's ranked stupidly high, consider why rather than just assuming it's amazing. I love Gloomhaven, but if your level of board game is family party games, you're going to have a bad time with it. Similarly, Portal may well be rated extremely highly, but if you generally play Mario Party and Wii Sports type of games, you'll not get very far.

[@mrmusickhimself]

It just goes to show how STRONG gaming used to be when Splatterhouse 2, of all games, is on the worst list from that year.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

No, it shows how many bad games they're ignoring. There used to be fewer professional critics, but they don't give a damn. They really don't want to cover those Zelda CDi titles.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

They ignore a lot of bad games because it their "7 professional reviews" rule skewing their lists.

[@hdofu]

Actually, it just shows the fact that critics were all a bunch of people who cared more about getting out the reviews than actually giving the games a fair chance so they'd follow the lead of other reviewers, who in some cases were bribed or instructed by higher-ups to give different scores, recycling their scores and regurgitating their reviews in the minimum amount of changes to avoid plagiarism.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@hdofu Cute theory, but most of those bad reviews were for the Virtual Console re-release, where the game had to compete with the best 16-bit titles of all time, at the exact same price point.

[@ultimateguy7641]

@@hdofu Reviews have always been bought and paid for. It was particularly egregious in the early 90's.

[@aulyhal]

Say what you will about The Terminator game but everyone should give the Sega CD version soundtrack a listen. It is mind blowing how awesome it is.

[@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo]

The Sega CD version is a decent run and gun. Not on the same level as something like Contra but it's decent.

[@Vectormantudeoz]

@@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo Is better than the Genesis/SNES version

[@JimProfit357]

The Sega CD version is fantastic. I do enjoy the MD/Gen version as a distant second best, notably because it's also got a pretty good soundtrack.

[@knightdriver3592]

Personally I love Splatterhouse 2, but it’s all about the horror setting and, for the time, surprisingly gory graphics. I have a soft spot for Blazeon too, even though it’s a pretty slow, fairly easy game. I just like the soundtrack, which is surprisingly chill for a shooter. I guess in that respect it fits the gameplay 😆

[@Ibubbas]

SplatterHouse and Phalanx were both great games I played for hours.

[@SnackboxOToole]

I think we can all agree that the addition of Splatterhouse 2 is an absolute mistake and all of those reviewers should feel bad.

[@CrabmanGaming]

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[@Specter227]

Splatterhouse 2 is considered a classic nowadays, funny how tastes change. Blazeon also doesn't seem like a "the worst game of the year" deal.

[@erainmartinez8175]

I like it

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Then again as we are going into the "3D era" everything 2D was considered inferior.

[@williamsmith666]

"Blazeon also doesn't seem like a 'the worse game of the year' deal." I dunno...it DOES have a colon in its name...

[@imaca6538]

I remember it being slated by every magazine back in the day. I thought it looked cool but I’d never risk convincing my mum to buy it when it didn’t get more than 50% everywhere I read. Ecco was deemed as amazing at the time and I got that and it was badly shite

[@matthewlane518]

I liked that one too, I liked all the Splatter house games, I'm very surprised to see it in a list like this

[@ΙωάννηςΤζανέλλης]

Legend of Kyrandia was one of the greatest point & click adventure games of those times !

[@volo870]

Not as good as the second game of the series, but HUGELY better than the third.

[@Macephtopheles]

Splatterhouse 2 on Moby Games you can get a list of 22 critical reviews for the game on the Mega Drive. Total of those reviews? 66%. However, those include retrospective reviews so ignoring the ones from later on you have 11 reviews for a total of 63.2%.If you just count the IMDB reviews you get 71.1%. Wikipedia page, 77.6%. The average of those totals is 69.47%. So where does 54.58% come from? Clearly somewhere the sun doesn't shine seeing as Peter criticises the "lengthy runtime"... the complaints were it was too short. Must've hit a nerve...

[@SPG8989]

Or it's just a shit game.

[@randomretroplays3123]

WHAT! , SPLATTERHOUSE 2 !!😮. it's a classic.

[@Chaz4543]

I think the controls can be a bit rough and clunky and arent that smooth but certainly not a bad game.

[@randomretroplays3123]

@@Chaz4543 I agree 👍

[@jackcartou]

Splatterhouse a bad game ??? of course NO!!

[@PTBaphomet]

So... Taking into account Splatter House 2's position on this list, seems pretty fair to say the worst games of 1992 list easily tops out the best games of 2021...

[@JoJoBeast]

Earnest Evans is one of the most underrated and misunderstood games of all time

[@CSGraves]

I enjoy how his animation makes him look like he stepped out of a Lotte Reininger film.

[@joshvest1439]

JOJO Beast I agree with you

[@cubeflinger]

Would like to see your working out for splatter house 2. It scores 70 to 80% in my mags

[@Mystemo]

Splatterhouse 2 is a friggin masterpiece and most of the other games on the list are good or even great as well.

[@chuckobscure5622]

No, it's mediocre at best.

[@Mystemo]

@@chuckobscure5622 it's a matter of opinion of course. It sure as hell isn't even remotely close to one of the worst games of 92 though.

[@chuckobscure5622]

@@Mystemo I agree!

[@Mystemo]

@@ItsMeBarnaby I strongly disagree

[@joshjohnson3442]

Phalanx cover is iconic. I remember seeing that box cover like it was yesterday. Having no clue what even the hell it was so I didn’t even wanna know 😆

[@Sweettooth1231]

Nelson from RIVAL TURF! looks like the love child of Mario and Bison.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The funniest thing about rival turf is the box art. Tell me one of those kids isn't a dead ringer for David Spade.

[@baalfgames5318]

With some of these, I have a hard time believing that some of the games on them are even close to the worst games of the year.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

They're nowhere near. Their "7 professional reviews that we could find without looking too hard" criteria means the list is really "critics' least favorite re-released retro games, as reviewed by modern standards."

[@Darthemed]

‘Earnest Evans has bad controls’ is something said only by someone who hasn’t bothered to learn the controls. It’s incredibly responsive and allows movement manipulation beyond virtually any other platformer on the Genesis or SNES.

[@sozaj]

Splatterhouse 2, huh? Apparently you don't know what you're talking about.

[@firstnamelastnamesb]

I think you mean the reviewers don't, because these are based on review scores, not TripleJump's personal opinions. They literally say this at the start of all of these videos.

[@sozaj]

@@firstnamelastnamesb I completely agree, but as they're basing their opinions off of the opinions of others rather than from bothering to play the game themselves I say that my statement remains valid.

[@dolphindru7503]

@@sozaj and unfortunately they have did that for every list in this series a

[@Rando1975]

@@firstnamelastnamesb I think pretty much everyone in the comment section skipped that part of the video.

[@Avarice666]

SplatterHouse 2 was one of the reasons I wanted a Genesis and was great if you played the original so... you're insane if you that's a bad game. You obviously didn't play any of these and are just reading off this said over 30 years ago.

[@DrJ3RK8]

Splatterhouse series is incredibly good! Phalanx isn't a bad shooter either. Not the best, but definitely worth playing. Silly list...

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

The critics never understood Splatterhouse. But I knew better! Edit: yeah! almost everyone here agrees Splatterhouse 2 fucking rules! Warms my heart to see it get so much love!

[@iwanttocomplain]

For those who were curious. *Dun* noun- to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt. Dunning, dunned As for the choices here. They just looked at review scores from the time and listed some games. So the list is a reflection of the taste of reviewers in 1992, not the present day.

[@aaronchapman6994]

U Dun know 😂😂😂👌🏼

[@hexwavemusic]

What?? Blazeon was one of my favorite SNES games and I still play it on emulators on occasion. I'm honestly shocked, like it might not be perfect but it was really fun (not comparing it to an arcade version), had great music, and child me was super excited whenever I found a new ship I could take over. Very hard so I didn't get far, but definitely an underrated game.

[@schmeltingaccident]

Had no idea Splatterhouse 2 wasn’t liked by critics at the time. Personally, I don’t remember ever playing a Splatterhouse game so I can’t really comment but, all the videos I watched on those games made me think the controls were probably clunky, and jumping was pure frustration. It never appealed to me except for the graphics, which I still think look great, so I don’t understand why the graphics got panned…

[@AdriftForWeeks]

Weird to see Kyrandia and LotT on the list. They're not the best ever but they has some solid adventuring in there.

[@Greenskull]

"birth of absolute legends" They must be talking about me. Good birth year, lads.

[@wargameboy72]

How the hell is Phalanx and Splatterhouse 2 on this list? It just goes to show how wrong Game Reviewers can be sometimes. Look at what they did to "God Hand" on the PS2. Even games like "Earthbound" didn't get the best reviews back in the day.

[@Mia-dt3gl]

The Genesis/Mega Drive version of Earnest Evans didn’t have cutscenes. Not even still images like its predecessor El Viento. The Sega CD version however did have the cutscenes (and it _did_ make the game much better as a result) but unfortunately the Sega CD-version was only released in Japan.

[@williamsmith666]

"Sega Megadr --" GENESIS.

[@spaceknight1982]

Megadrive.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Nobody asked the yanks.

[@kyokusagani8869]

Hard disagree on most of these choices, the worst games of 1992 were often dank projects on MS-DOS and not these more well-polished titles !

[@firstnamelastnamesb]

They're not really "choices", these videos are based directly on review scores. They'd have to put a game on the list even if they personally liked it.

[@kyokusagani8869]

@@firstnamelastnamesb I'm dumbfounded ghoul school has a higher score than splatterhouse 2 just because less people played it. Thank you for explaining though!

[@firstnamelastnamesb]

@@kyokusagani8869 Yeah, the main reason it's done is so the lists wouldn't be filled with obscure shovelware, bootlegs, and, in the case of the 2010's, Steam asset flips. It does lead to some unfortunate cases of some real garbage missing the cut, but the method is understandable.

[@kyokusagani8869]

@@firstnamelastnamesb I would count PC shovelware and obscure shovelware, but I wouldn't count bootlegs, personally.

[@AlienCowThatMoos]

How on earth did Home Alone 2's video game tie-in not get reviewed enough for this list? Good or bad, it should have been high profile enough to be in every magazine.

[@mattblom3990]

I came here to make this same comment!

[@weemadangus1834]

Lol I thought the same and have check a couple of UK mags at the time and I am failing to find reviews of it. I think it was too shit and not worth the ink to review!

[@blackenedheart9592]

Lol. 92? I was 11.

[@karnov27]

It's just me or older the "bad" games are higher their average rates are than modern "bad" games would get

[@Dunseith27]

You want hillbillies in space? Two words "tribal rage"

[@Domarius64]

Noooo, "Rival Turf!" is a classic for my friend and I, we hired it multiple times. It was a solid co-op beat-em-up, with solid music! And silly bad guys. Made it more fun to beat them up XD

[@vladphemer]

Splatterhouse 2 is a great game and has great music. ‘Nuff said.

[@rileyluce1614]

Half of these games are pretty awesome

[@CwayNJ609]

Definitely coulda found different games that these for worst of 92' some of these were really fun

[@joshoshea3194]

The Terminator on the Megadrive is actually a fun game with great graphics, fantastic music & sound effects (the sound of the shotgun blast & recoil animation on the second level are worth the admission fee alone). Although admittedly a very short game the action feels different enough on each stage to keep it varied, from the futuristic cyborg destroying machine gun to the pump action shotgun concealed under your trench coat. A Blaster complete with purple laser fire should however have been the weapon of choice during the future battle in the opening stage to better replicate the movie, looking & feeling much more authentic. I will admit that it wasn't worth the full asking price at the time of its initial release due to how short the game actually was but still as they say "a solid weekend rental". You could do much worse with your spare time than play The Terminator on Sega Megadrive.

[@daviddickson2228]

Ha! I'm honestly glad to see Home Alone 2 mentioned anywhere. It was legitimately the first 16-bit game I ever played, back in 1992. Never realized how objectively awful it was until I watched a playthrough of it on KZbin recently. Oh, the jank memories. :P (Though there were bits of it that were decent. The brownstone level was sort of enjoyable. Also the John Williams chase scene-knockoff soundtrack on the first stage.) (It also remains the only game I've played, other than the legendary "River Raid", where you can literally game over within 1.5 seconds of starting the game. Oh, the jank. :/ )

[@KRS2000]

I just recently started playing Rival Turf on the Switch. Its not horrible, but I've played much better. Blazeon looks like a mix of Abadox/Life Force/Gradius.

[@aaronchapman6994]

I literally just commented the exact same thing 😂😂😂👍🏻 it's a 6.5/10 game definitely not list worthy

[@neodeckard5158]

Blazeon's gimmick is, your ship can shoot a missile that can stun certain enemies. In this state, if you ram over the stunned enemy, your ship fuses and transforms, upgrading it. The Arcade original is better in audio and visuals, obviously, but the port does a pretty good job replicating it.

[@realavt]

Kyrandia 1 is a masterpiece!

[@laurilahti9863]

Good game

[@Mia-mn3jc]

The fact Splatterhouse 2 is on this list proves critics talking crap is not a new thing.

[@bensilva4762]

I see 2 possibilities 1 - 1992 was a great year for gaming since half those are not even bad. And mostly decent 2 - They really didnt played the games and just reviewed by scores without truly gameplay judgement

[@ColdCobra84]

Me, friends and family loved Rival Turf! in the mid-90s, though to be fair returning to it was quite an eye-opening experience now I know quite a bit more about what makes a game actually, um… good.

[@aaronchapman6994]

Rival turf isn't that bad played it recently on the snes library of games that are available on the switch online subscription service definitely not worthy to be on this list

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I actually really love the music in the jungle level. Really catchy.

[@neodeckard5158]

Rival Turf is quite mediocre compared to its sequels, and does not hold a candle against the juggernaut that came in Mega Drive from the same year, "Streets Of Rage 2".

[@aaronchapman6994]

@@neodeckard5158 yea but one of the worst games of 92 nah surely not

[@neodeckard5158]

@@aaronchapman6994 Exactly. It doesn't come close to the actual game disasters made by either LJN, THQ or Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree. Heck, having Splatterhouse 2 on the list invalidates any credibility that I would have with Game journalists at the time.

[@aaronchapman6994]

@@neodeckard5158 in the words of the nerd "fuck LJN"🤓🤣😂

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

7 years younger than me...my bones feel hollow...

[@nightowl8363]

The worst thing about Rival Turf! is the box art.... The punks on the cover look like 'tough kids' from a 1992 Nickelodeon tv show

[@scottythegreat1]

The problem with Phalanx and Earnest Evans was the fact that there were significant downgraded from the original games. In both cases, the developers (Zoom and Wolf Team, respectively) originally released the games for the X68000. The X68000 had such a powerful processor and better graphics (at the time) to the point you couldnt match the capabilities when porting over to the SNES or the Genesis. Games that were originally developed from this computer just didnt match up when facing a downgrade to a console or another computer. A great computer for the price, but it was just too powerful (and expensive) compared to what else was released to mainstream audiences.

[@drewbrown2175]

What's the background music that's playing? I dig it 😎

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

Street Fighter II for Sega Genesis is one of worst games ever

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The sound makes me want to rip off my ears. They didn't even try I swear.

[@ExExister]

I know it isn't all that good but Rival Turf! was my first 16-bit beat m up and thus I still have much nostalgia for it.

[@homeaccount5943]

The Sega CD version of The Terminator was great !

[@ZykovEddy]

I find it funny how your system on determing on what games are the worst resulted in lists mostly filled with titles that are concidered classics today, while the rest of the games are, at the very least, competent.

[@nobodyspecial1080]

Nobody:.... Triple Jump: RIVAL TURF!!! ❤

[@ZERO9098767]

"If you wanna get blank about this" Are they running for the world-record in driving a joke into the ground? Repetitiveness: Only bad in video games, apparently.

[@chaospoet]

I actually find it funny as Simon has quit KZbin so his catchphrase outlasted him.

[@kridgi]

@@chaospoet has he? Somebody should tell the person uploading daily on his KZbin.

[@rayfincham1595]

Terminator and Splatterhouse 2?! Really? Yeah Terminator might have been a tad difficult but it sure wasn’t crap.

[@Rosiereo]

Same age as both Ben and Peter!! Cheers boys!

[@spaceknight1982]

Apparently mags at the time only reviewed good games?

[@ZERO9098767]

"The cars were all functionally similar" You mean like all cars? Even in Mario Kart and other highly praised racing games? lol

[@MachineguncrewProd]

Whoever put Splatter house 2 on this list should have their retro gamer status revoked. The average of reviewers in 1992 didn't even rate it that low.

[@peterwright6721]

What magazines said that The Terminator was an easy game? Everyone I knew couldn't even finish the first level. Triple Jump should do better research when doing these lists plus they where totally wrong about the things they said about Splatter House 2. Awful video

[@JustinLeeper]

Rival Turf was a fine co-op beat-em-up. I never heard of the 2 worst-rating games.

[@ForzaBlucerchiati]

i actually do remember splatterhouse being considered a bad game back in the 90s so doesnt surprise me it got bad reviews.

[@chrisvw352]

Yeah, I am playing Splatterhouse 2 right now. Great one, that's for sure.

[@catisreckless4647]

Why do these guys use so many cut-outs of Simon Miller? Did he used to present for this channel back in the day? Or is it just a British thing that goes over my American head?

[@CheeseSammich]

They used to work for the same company (WhatCulture), to my understanding it's just a little joke between friends

[@catisreckless4647]

@@CheeseSammich I think I vaguely remember this guy on Whatculture videos. Makes sense then (especially since a lot of these KZbin list companies seem to be based in the UK, so it's understandable that lot's of people know each other). Thanks for the explanation.

[@primetimeericprime4033]

Wow did all of those critics of Splatterhouse 2 get it wrong. But those who said that about Earnest Evans was spot on.

[@pats12sox34]

As a young kid I loved test drive i thought it was so cool that the view you had was right behind the steering wheel my parents used to always let me rent it from blockbuster.

[@jdajoker]

The main character in Phalanx is called Wink Bofield. 😂

[@SuperHns]

Terminator 1 ??? that game for the music and sound effects alone is not BAD AT ALL. God takes me back to 1992/1993 being 10 years old. Critics back then were already noobs. The only thing I do admit is that it was "easy" and you can finish it within 30 mins.

[@JimProfit357]

Oh dear. Kyrandia and Splatterhouse 2, that's freakin sacrilegious. Lure, Rival Turf and Terminator, while no masterpieces, have no place on such list either. I don't know what drugs were reviewers on back in the day.

[@Climinator-op6kh]

What about 'The Town With No Name' on the CCDTV?

[@Kohaku233]

It probably missed the 7 reviews criteria.

[@jpsailorallaboardmatey461]

Just watch avgn version of it, and it's all you'll need 😉😁

[@Climinator-op6kh]

@@jpsailorallaboardmatey461 oh I have many times. I just thought it was worthy of being number 1 on here.

[@jpsailorallaboardmatey461]

@@Climinator-op6kh haha might be right, but holy hell that crap can't even qualify as a game it looked so terrible 😅 🤣

[@FalloutJack]

I have to agree with everybody else in the room, Triple-Jump. Splatterhouse 2 is perfectly fine the way it is for mindless fun.

[@4646-u4f]

the list you get when the games are old enough to be the players parents

[@RyleeStrange]

13:51 "It was a massive chain..."

[@foreverendeavor7383]

How could splatterhouse2 be on this list ?

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Rival Turf looks like an early Mega Drive beta.

[@jasonhubbard6775]

Surely Aidyn Chronicles will show up on this series soon.

[@juliassacre]

Whoa, didn't realise I was the same age as Ben and Peter

[@theabhominal8131]

1992 the year i will never forget sentenced in January to 13 years in prison at 17 and stayed there until February 2000

[@saskatoonguy]

Congrats on your early release!

[@theabhominal8131]

@@saskatoonguy .here in maryland i got out 14 months early the rest was good time i got for school and trade classes i took...so its called bringing it to the door..

[@SteveBrandon]

I never played the console versions but The Duel: Test Drive 2 was lots of fun on PC back in the day (1989, three years before the console ports) even though it was soon technically surpassed on PC by the incredible for its time open-world fully 3D sequel Test Drive III: The Passion. I suspect The Duel: Test Drive 2 might have played a little smoother than Test Drive III since TD3 being completely polygonal-based (aside from scaling trees) on PCs that weren't really designed for polygon graphics meant that the framerate was probably sub 5fps on a MS-DOS computer like the IBM PS/2 (which we had) but, back then, just getting 3D to work at all on PC was enough of an accomplishment. TD2 was mostly raster-based graphics with fake scaling and only some minor 3D effects so the framerate on our IBM PS/2 was probably much higher. The best Terminator game based on the original movie available in 1992 was probably the Sega CD version. I still at least liked the re-creation of the opening titles with the overlapping letters on the Genesis/Mega Drive version and the graphics were pretty nice. I just wish it had gotten more than 4 levels.

[@ewhite5810]

Blazeon sounds like the name that Flareon had at first.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

“…and received a minimum of 7 professional reviews”. So they’re not the “very worst games of 1992” then, because the worst games were typically only reviewed by a smaller number of magazines. Where’s Pitfighter and Double Dragon 3 (Genesis) or Make My Video with Marky Mark (Sega CD)?

[@SuperDuperGamimg]

"RIVAL TURF!!!" Is great, take it back critics.

[@greatlakesent4831]

What song is playing in the background of this video?

[@nightowl8363]

I thought the character from Sega Terminator looked like Daniel Stern from Home Alone😆😆👍

[@opaljk4835]

Also Earnest Evans IS worth playing. It might be bizarre and crazy, but it’s so unique and hilarious

[@UncleBiscuits1979]

I don't know where the reviews for Splatterhouse 2 were coming from, but that game fucking rocked!

[@MrTheil]

Man whoever said Splatterhouse 2 sucked is full of crap