Worst game sequel

The one not mentioned that belongs on the list is Mr. Do! It had 3 sequels, all of them sucked ass. And Mr. Do! is a masterpiece of a game.
Not true. I mentioned Mr. Do... however I don't find their sequels "horrible"... but certainly not the genius that is the original.
 
Millipede. Centipede was such a perfect pure adrenaline game. Trying to add a bunch of clunky bells and whistles (DDT Bombs, the bug that marches in sideways, Mushrooms with Peyronie's disease, the screen and mushrooms advancing downward, everything sped up) to an already perfect game kind of made it a shitty game. I know there's a lot of Millipede lovers out there, and some will say it's better than Centipede because it's faster and more frantic, but I say that's the exact reason it sucks. Centipede was perfection, Millipede just tries too hard.
I'm in this camp. I know there are lots of Millipede fans, but I greatly prefer Centipede.
 
Millipede. Full of needless distraction. Not really pure. But I have been thinking of buying one if it's cheap.
 
I have to flip the script on this one. Best sequel ever - second wife. First wife was a fixer upper and I think was more heavily routed than disclosed before I got my hands on her. The reimports never seem to play the same as originals. Couple of operator mods that made sense to keep her running but overall made gameplay mediocre at best.

Sequel - HUO, no scratches or dents, plays like brand new for being 40+ years old.
 
stargate, it sucks just as bad as Defender, but more because it has 1 more button.
Everything about Defender/Stargate is awesome except me when I play it. I'll never be good at it, but watching a pro wipe out the astronauts and go balls out in deep space is completely badass.
I can see hating it based on difficulty, but that's it.

I agree with you about the extra (Inviso) button -- Williams added it for pure spite.
 
I can't really comment on the gameplay because I can't remember playing it, but Joust 2 definitely didn't enjoy even a fraction of the success of the original.
the worst part about Joust 2 was it was vertical. all those generation games Williams put out were apparently all intended to be kit games but I don't think any of them were successful enough for them to put that plan in motion. beyond all that, Joust 2's biggest problem I think was it tried to do too much. the addition of the System 11 sound board to provide music and digitized sounds/voices was easily the best part of the game for me.

I second Double Dragon III. I didn't play that in contemporary 1990, but my grandpa got The Combatribes and I rank that up there with the best beat em up games. though it didn't have the fit and finish of Capcom it was better than Konami's rando casual garbage hit detection games prior to X-Men.
 
Everything about Defender/Stargate is awesome except me when I play it. I'll never be good at it, but watching a pro wipe out the astronauts and go balls out in deep space is completely badass.
I can see hating it based on difficulty, but that's it.

I agree with you about the extra (Inviso) button -- Williams added it for pure spite.
Stargate and defender are awesome 8 bit distractions and a good test for the robot fingers of the future .I still wonder if it's the kill or the chase or the near misses that intrigue me. It might be that just getting the fire button going fast enough gets your hart pumping . Strike Force sucked
 
the worst part about Joust 2 was it was vertical. all those generation games Williams put out were apparently all intended to be kit games but I don't think any of them were successful enough for them to put that plan in motion. beyond all that, Joust 2's biggest problem I think was it tried to do too much. the addition of the System 11 sound board to provide music and digitized sounds/voices was easily the best part of the game for me.

I second Double Dragon III. I didn't play that in contemporary 1990, but my grandpa got The Combatribes and I rank that up there with the best beat em up games. though it didn't have the fit and finish of Capcom it was better than Konami's rando casual garbage hit detection games prior to X-Men.
I have a newfound respect for Joust 2 after watching someone at Galloping Ghost who happened to be really good at it. He was flipping through the different mounts back and forth for different strategies. Joust 2 is another one of those I had the flyer but never saw one bitd (lived in Chicagoland area mind you). Timing of this release is weird too, '86??? Graphics don't seem up to snuff for 'round this era - I agree... the audio is top notch though.

Didn't know Williams wanted go the kit route as well. Mystic Marathon was one I saw rarely; Zero Wing, my buddy had in a Stern Frenzy cab - that game just sucks.

Combatribes is Renegade II even more so than Double Dragon
 
I have a newfound respect for Joust 2 after watching someone at Galloping Ghost who happened to be really good at it. He was flipping through the different mounts back and forth for different strategies. Joust 2 is another one of those I had the flyer but never saw one bitd (lived in Chicagoland area mind you). Timing of this release is weird too, '86??? Graphics don't seem up to snuff for 'round this era - I agree... the audio is top notch though.

Didn't know Williams wanted go the kit route as well. Mystic Marathon was one I saw rarely; Zero Wing, my buddy had in a Stern Frenzy cab - that game just sucks.

Combatribes is Renegade II even more so than Double Dragon
I never achieved a mastery of that hardware generation. I can't tell if they increased the color depth or if they were just that masterful at making such primitive technology look better.

I don't recall seeing you here before, but I went to NIU years ago and I miss DeKalb and Sycamore very much. lol
 
I had occasion to play Marble Madness II: Marble Man a couple of times. Man, is that thing garbage. No wonder they never released it.
 
I never achieved a mastery of that hardware generation. I can't tell if they increased the color depth or if they were just that masterful at making such primitive technology look better.

I don't recall seeing you here before, but I went to NIU years ago and I miss DeKalb and Sycamore very much. lol
Damn, just saw this... was more active on RGVAC than here.

Do you recall Electronics 101?
 
Donkey Kong 3 was a huge travesty. The first two were so good and then they take the characters and created a Galaga / Space Invaders knock off!?! I just don't get it.
 
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