Worst game you ever bought, gameplay wise?

[Robomayhem]

I just picked up a Space Panic cab, but it has already been converted to a Trivia Wiz.. The cord is cut, so it probably doesn't work.
But I was thinking, maybe I should restore this cab, pretty nice I might add, to it's former glory: Space Panic. No doubt that would be an arduous task, but I figured someday it could all come together. In the meantime, I looked the game in MAME, and suffice to say, all that alien artwork will serve well with a JAMMA harness!!

 

[Pleiades10]

Crowns Golf.

Game looks like a poor Atari 800 game. The "bat" style controller and the various buttons are pretty cool, though.

Kyle

 

[tron guy]

bottom of the 9th (thread over)

 

[kcfreeloader]

If any of you have a Journey nearby i'll gladly take it to the dump for you, though it might accidental end up in my house.

Hands down, Superbike is the worst game ever. I think the company hired a 5 year old that liked bmx bikes and had never played a videogame as a consultant and then let him play moon patrol once and then had him design the game. Terrible controls, bad sound, bad graphics, disconnected gameplay, shitty physics, and light green skull and crossbone things that bob up and down. Your main objective, other then trying to stay awake is to shoot balloons. The only saving grace to this turdburger is it's a rom swap for donkey kong and usually still in said cabinet.

honorable mentions (i haven't owned them, but the retro arcade i visit does and i wish they would replace them)

Time Pilot 84. What a disappointing sequel.

Final Lap. Giant two player pole position esq game. Except it lacks any good qualities pole position has and kept the bad ones. The arcade tried to give it away one time but failed.

And the one i'll catch heat for, Smash TV. Loved when i was younger, but when you don't have to pump quarters into it, it seems as though it's more like a repetitive factory job, where you do the same thing to the same items for 8 hours and then your shift is up.

 

[sohchx]

Lock-on, I hated it but it was to cheap to resist lol

 

[SkippyJoe777]

Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers, Planet of Zoom. Hard cabinet to move around and the gameplay stunk and was much too repetative. Sold it for $100 and gave the guy a bunch of other free stuff just to get it out of my collection!

 

[DPtwiz]

Golden tee 2k.. sucks like every other version. Worst of all time? Ikari warriors. Booring.

 

[ComputerSpace]

Exidy Crash!

God, what a stinker.

 

[Jojo With Tha Fl]

not a one i love them all! although a lot of my guests say the worst game i ever bought gameplay wise is karate champ!

Boo to that! They don't know what they're talking about! lol

 

[dmoreland]

Hands down, Superbike is the worst game ever. I think the company hired a 5 year old that liked bmx bikes and had never played a videogame as a consultant and then let him play moon patrol once and then had him design the game. Terrible controls, bad sound, bad graphics, disconnected gameplay, shitty physics, and light green skull and crossbone things that bob up and down. Your main objective, other then trying to stay awake is to shoot balloons. The only saving grace to this turdburger is it's a rom swap for donkey kong and usually still in said cabinet.

Superbike was so awesome that someone made a game that plays exactly the same except that instead of a dude on a motorcylce this game has a pig in a car shooting sausages. The game play is just as sucky but at least Porky has a little bit of humor going for it.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9093

 

[pacman71]

Virtua fighter... worst game and difficult to sell. Even in awesome shape.

 

[straws]

The worst game play of a game I ever bought was Satan's Hollow. It was just horrible. THe cabinet, the black light, and the whole theme was fantastic, but I was sadly disappointed.

 

[brokentoken]

+1 for Pit Fighter. For some reason, it seems like when you realize you hate a game, it finds a way to seek you out...I've managed to own two full machines, one complete art kit, and countless boards over the years, due to bulk buys and other random trades. Next time, I'm gonna pass.

What a terrible game.

 

[tddlny]

Hammerin' Harry. Hitting stuff got old real quick...Plus when I was taking the back door off it slipped and when I tried to grab it, it hit the monitor neck and my hand at the same time. Yes I went rolling backwards into the refridgerator. Learned a very valuable lesson. ALWAYS UNPLUG BEFORE YOU TAKE THE BACK OFF A GAME! man that game really sucked!

 

[Spyridon]

The worst game play of a game I ever bought was Satan's Hollow. It was just horrible. THe cabinet, the black light, and the whole theme was fantastic, but I was sadly disappointed.

Really? I think SH is a great game.

 

[turbosub2005]

New York! New York! (Awful.... Had to throw it in as part of a bulk deal)

 

[FrizzleFried]

Bottom of the Ninth...

...it wouldn't be so bad if it actually followed the rules of baseball.