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All-Time Worst Video Games Based on TV Shows

asylum.com — Buxom silver-screen siren Mae West famously proclaimed, "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." We agree with this adage when applied to sex, paid vacations, sex, hickory-smoked bacon and also sex. It's clear, however, that Mae lived before the age of brand extension, in which too much of a good thing is a painful marketing enema.

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  • vinibinini, on 08/08/2008, -1/+43Um Hell's Kitchen the Game = Pissed Off Cooking Mama?
  • TheResistless, on 08/08/2008, -0/+23I actually played the Survivor game. I wish I could go back in time and stop myself before my past self could play it.
  • akpwnz, on 08/08/2008, -0/+17I had no idea Charlies Angles was a game. Oregon trail on the other hand kicked ass! I used to shred through that game in my 1st grade computer class.
  • linkmh, on 08/08/2008, -1/+11Charlies Angels was a game? odd...very odd....and Oregon Trail was awesome...though I always died of dysentery...:(
  • sogeshirts, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5Wow those games sucked so bad I didn't even know they existed. VIP the game wtf?
    • louiebaur, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Yea good question...lame
    • sebey, on 08/10/2008, -0/+0if I remember alias was not meant to be that bad and pimpmyride goto newgrounds and you will see better pimpmyride type games than oh a pimpmyride game
  • gbarberi, on 08/08/2008, -1/+27I'm tired of this site. I like their content sometimes, and I don't mind ads; but, they're ridiculous.
    • borez, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Or insane
    • Dantetheinferno, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2I dunno, I like it better than cracked. Just wish their popup gallery whatever ***** wasn't so bad.
  • dampeal, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Yes Asylum has become the new 'DivineCaroline' of Digg, on here quite often now
  • Haoie, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11Desperate Housewifes the game.

    What's its target market?!
  • funkyloki, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3They totally forgot about Lost: Via Domus. I love the TV show, and so I tried the game. What a stinker! I was hoping they might reveal a little more about the island at least. Of course, you play as a character that has never been on the show. Should have seen it coming.
    • Hoogs, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1I actually thought it was an OK game. You just have to play it for the story and have fun walking around the areas (The Hatch, beach, etc.) and not for the gameplay, which was awful.
    • adijux, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0Couldn't agree more... Lost: Via Domus sucked. Yes, you played as a new character who wasn't on the show and it's not all that bad. But the game creators could have just let the players to play with all main characters... Unfortunately, they didn't give that chance. I am wondering why so-called The Others were shooting at me in the jungle all the time? I don't remember this thing happening on the show. The characters in the game didn't look very nice, especially Charlie. The only cool thing in this game was that you had an opportunity to have a look around in a few places.
  • wizardcombat, on 08/09/2008, -1/+22Horrible format.
  • Remmiz, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8I'm so glad this site has an incredibly easy to read listing with side-by-side pictures of each game.
  • gozroth, on 08/09/2008, -0/+32worst. layout. ever.
  • babyheadout, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Friends. For the PS2.
  • tkilgore04, on 08/09/2008, -3/+6They neglected an entire series of awful video games from a single television show.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_video_ga ...
    • linuxrocks2007, on 08/09/2008, -0/+13Some of those games are terrible but others, such as Simpsons Hit & Run are actually pretty good.
    • Darkaged, on 08/09/2008, -1/+6The arcade game was epic.
    • melonhedd, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Bart's Nightmare is excellent.
  • diggproof, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5Can anybody name a good TV show game? I sure as hell can't.
    • tkilgore04, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8No, because they never made a Sanford and Son video game. Extra points awarded when you keep Fred Sanford from going into the old fake heart attack routine.
    • digidelia, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5chip and dale for the NES?

      all i could think of.
    • ronaldmonster, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11Simpson Hit & Run
    • gameforge, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Maniac Mansion (NES). The game was better than the show, IMO.

      And since we're thinking of Disney stuff, I liked Duck Tales... but do cartoons really count?
    • JazzFlight, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3I actually enjoyed playing through the Alias game, it used the same voice actors from the series and felt like a real episode. I also enjoyed the 24 game for the same reasons.
    • kinseyincanada, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5The Simpsons arcade game.
    • mattomondo, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
  • Emachine, on 08/09/2008, -2/+1Simpsons games suck too.
    • ghostrc, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1They eventually make a video game for every Disney/Nickelodeon show, so its not worth mentioning them. Theres even a Drake and Josh game..
    • djpray2k, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Grand Theft Simpsons was cool - forget the real name but you know the one I mean
  • Lucainboy, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4They forgot That's so raven and Lizzy McGuire.
  • Thundercracker, on 08/09/2008, -0/+12WHERE IS THE ***** RISOTTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • tkilgore04, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1As a collection The Simpsons games don't hold up well. That said I love The Simpsons.
    • CloseYetFar, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2The Simpsons arcade game was awesome. It was basically a rip of TMNT, but it was still fun.
  • enderwiggen16, on 08/09/2008, -1/+0Dugg for being close in proximity to this:
    http://www.asylum.com/2008/08/06/the-most-egregiou ...
    • belden, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0That was front page yesterday. EVERY article Asylum writes gets submitted to Digg apparently.
  • Thundercat1971, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Lost: Via Domus somehow missed this list.
  • Chocolatefatkid, on 08/09/2008, -0/+211. Alias
    2. American Idol
    3. Charlie's Angels
    4. CSI 3: Dimensions of Murder
    5. Jackass the game
    6. Pimp my ride
    7. The Sopranos
    8. Survivor
    9. The Shield
    11. Vip
    And Hell's Kitchen
    • zer0nix, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2well holy *****. i'm shcoked deal or no deal isn't on the list. then again, the whole show is just picking boxes at random.
  • borez, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6I've heard that on the Wii release of Hells Kitchen you score point by smashing the controller off the wall.
  • mrm3x1can, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1"But even the addition of hos couldn't give this lemon some juice."

    I beg to differ...
  • TrentSteel590, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2I cant believe that the Deadliest Catch game failed to make the list. Has anyone seen the commercials on the discovery channel. The first time I saw it I was like..."I didn’t know they still made games for the xbox". Terrible graphics and I’ve had the privilege to play it. The voice acting is terrible and they manage to loop the same sounds over and over again that leaves you feeling a nail in the eye would be more pleasurable.
  • innocentsinner, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Your format is bad and you should feel bad!
  • digitalgreek, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6buried for horrible interface
  • panpizza15, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3How could anyone forget Home Improvement the video game for Super Nintendo where Tim Tool has to find his "Super Tool" and goes through movie sets frighting Dinosaurs, Ghosts, and Robots using Tools as a weapon such as a nail gun, a chain saw that shoots lasters, a flame thrower and his Bionic Commando grappling hook.
    • bagboyrebel, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2That sounds like the best game ever made.
  • axisdelasal, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6Deal or No Deal
  • B3000, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3The Weakest Link. Seriously THE worst TV show videogame EVER. You couldn't skip the opponents turns (of which there were 7 in the first round) or banter with the host, so for the first several rounds you only got to hit one button every 7-10 minutes or so.
    • malex, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Game show video games probably get their own category.

      How else could you explain the absence of "The Guy Show?"
  • kotn2012, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1There's a Deadliest Catch video game coming out soon. God dammit, why?
  • pathrw, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Home Improvement, anyone?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S82KxXWrtnI
  • metalpres, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0couldnt we just save some time and just say "All games based on tv shows suck"? I mean honestly is there any good ones aside from an occasional Simpsons game here and there, and most of the time those are crap too....
  • M724, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1This junk is what takes up shelf space instead of leaving it free for more worthy games. You know, the kind that sells much?
  • Archaic1, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1In other top 10 list news: Asylum takes out #1 in the flash-for-the-sake-of-flash interface catagory.
  • michaelwong38, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1totally non-sequitor = they should port DOA beach volleyball over to the Wii.
  • Whitey07, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Hell's Kitchen..? WHAT THE *****.
  • Slayerdude51982, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1yeah when survivor was big I got the game that came out, not knowing any better at the time and I played through as Elisabeth and I manipulated the game enough to win on my first time playing....didn't play it agin after that.
  • 13tongimp, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2All-time worst way to present an article based on video games based on TV shows.
  • Spazm0nk3y, on 08/10/2008, -0/+0the X Files game anybody? 10 disks, each one proving less fun than the last
  • hordak, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1BS... CSI is a good series of games that apparently inspired the AWESOME Phoenix Wright style of gameplay.
  • shipwreck58, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0Buried because the site with the article has horrid navigation tools and crap write ups for their list.
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