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- goldfenix, on 07/02/2008, -0/+103Everybody who knew that E.T. was gonna be #1 on the list please raise your hands.
- ogmak, on 07/02/2008, -0/+15If you like this list I reccomend "The Angry Video Game Nerd" (username JamesNintendoNerd). Just search him on youtube, he does funny reviews of some of these games
- Pillard, on 07/02/2008, -1/+15Enter the Matrix had an amazing fighting system.
- idavidtang, on 07/02/2008, -0/+131. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Star Wars (Namco version)
3. Back to the Future
4. Nausicaä Kiki Ippatsu
5. Friday the 13th
6. Seven Samurai 20XX
7. Total Recall
8. Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game
9. Enter the Matrix
10. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - M724, on 07/02/2008, -0/+11Rule of thumb: Get no movie whose title is based on a game. Get no game whose title is based on a movie.
- Spartyon, on 07/02/2008, -0/+11enter the matrix just shouldn't be on this list. There are at least 20 more games that should be on here before enter the matrix.
- humperdinck, on 07/02/2008, -1/+11Enter the Matrix got a really bad rap. It's pretty good. Except for those horrendous hovership/vehicle levels.
- GhostyBoy, on 07/02/2008, -1/+10A lot of these are from the dawn of the video gaming era. The sad part is that movie games *still* suck even though there isn't really an excuse anymore.
Also obligatory: 10 ***** pages?!? - mywhitenoise, on 07/02/2008, -0/+8Except for Goldeneye.
- SolidBones, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7The author is right.
Aladdin for the Genesis was gold. - MarshalBanana, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6"But you know that things have gone horribly awry when he enters the Jawa Sandcrawler after about five minutes of gameplay to find Darth Vader, who transforms into a scorpion."
Awesome. - doctechnical, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6Yes. You are The One.
- joewashere, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Aren't they all bad?
- andoru, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4I had a terrible, terrible game based on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" on the C64.
It was basically three mini-games that you had to play in sequence every time. First, a driving game on a seemingly endless straight road with some obstacles on it. Then, some game where you had to run around tables in a restaurant and pick up plates. For about 40 minutes. Then, finally, a potentially interesting puzzle-platform level. In which you had only one life, and rarely survived very long. - djmollusk, on 07/02/2008, -1/+5Yet another top 10 worse video games based on a movie list. Too many of these to count. Digg users a new. Everyone knows the ET video game story about how it was pushed out fast for xmas and it sucked. I've read that so many times in the other lists.
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4wheres fight club?
- xero69, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4That ET game for the 2600 was a real turd! I distinctly remember that game as being the first really bad video game I ever played. Before that game I only equated video games with "fun".
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Buried for 10 pages.
- peterlisanti, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4I still count beating both ET and Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600 among my greatest gaming achievements.
/off my lawn - pooroldluser, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4Or Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3I was one of those children crying about the fact that I could not get E.T. out of the pit. :(
- Ashkc88, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4E.T. wasn't actually that bad of a game. It wasn't the greatest game, but it also wasn't the worst. It's an early adventure game, and what else would you expect from the Atari 2600? The pits are not random as many people who reviewed the game claimed, and the people who come and take you away or take your pieces make it *gasp* a game! Race the clock, avoid the scientist/detective, pick up pieces, phone home and that's it. I honestly didn't know people hated this game that much until the internet came around. I think this game was reviewed by a few people who hated it and now millions (who haven't played it) say it's the worst game of all time.
Does everyone seriously think it's worse than Superman64? - Shawn4168, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4Or Aladdin for Genesis.
- tj241, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Haha - look at that E.T.
- mywhitenoise, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Yep. I'm getting tired of it being the butt of every "bad video game" joke.
- Gimjee, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3http://digg.com/movies/The_10_Worst_Movie_Video_Ga ...
http://digg.com/movies/The_10_Worst_Video_Game_Mov ... - phorty40, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Lawnmower man The video game FTW!
- Gypsy61, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Hasn't this list been done by MSNBC, Cracked, Angry Nerd, and like 10 others?
I agree, FAILBOAT! - CapeKid, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2On their what?
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Raising thumb
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2IT actually had horrible treatment in general when translated over to the states for the first time, they edited out about 30 minutes of the entire film and the translation was terrible.
- azAZ09, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Games based on movies are bad.
Movies based on games are bad.
And, there is an interesting symmetry to that. - embraceware, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Back to the Future was one of the first NES games I got, and at first I hated it. It was nearly impossible to finish - but I kept going back to it. The mini game portions made it interesting enough (Cafe, School, Dance and the Clock Tower - where you drive the Delorean). Back to the Future II & III were released on the same cart later and that was much worse...
- ShooterMcGavin, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2I want to know why I spent so much time with the 2600 Raiders game. I never knew exactly what the hell I was supposed to do, but dammit I kept playing. To this day, I still have no clue what the actual goal of the game was. I don't even know if I enjoyed it.
One of the most confusing video game experiences of my life.
In reality, they should have just changed the gold and silver to "idols" in Pitfall and re-released it as "Raiders of the Lost Ark". - inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Catwoman?
- chispito, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Yeah... it gets more publicity than a lot of good games ever will. Still.
- Wandel, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2What about games based on movies based on games(Street Fighter: The Movie: The game)? Does that make it a double negative?
- ouzome, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2I tried to convince myself that E.T. was a good game when I got it - but it was just pointless. The comment about falling into the pit and never being able to get out is so true. That gets my vote for worst game ever.
- pe5t1lence, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Weird, I actually liked the Back to the Future game, and I thought the controls were fine, you were just moving really damn fast on your skateboard.
He had no idea what he was talking about when he said the game had nothing to do with the movie. He just didn't have the manual, or play past the first level. The pink guys are Bif's henchmen, there are flying kisses from your mom that you are trying to avoid (because that is all kinds of nasty), and the rest of the obstacles are there because (lets face it) the skateboarding is just a paperboy clone. And of course the whole point of the game is to get to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance before the pictures of your siblings and yourself disappear.
Of course I've only beat Bif's henchmen in the soda jerk twice, because getting there is so damn hard, and of course root beer doesn't do much damage to bullies.
But I have to know, has anyone beat this without Game Genie (by Galoob :P )? - bigteebo, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2It seems the NES era was the beginning era where movies were quickly shuffled into a game to make a quick buck. Oddly enough, there were tons of C64 games made based on tv shows & movies(like Beverly Hills Cop, etc).
- huggybarrel, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2anything by Uwe Boll.
- hokie47, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2I hate my parents. They gave me ET when I was like 4 years old. I bet they got it for like 10 cents and said he is only ***** 4 years old who cares he won't know any better. Kind of like when you let a little kid play in an arcade without putting any money in the games. I wasted so much time moving the little green blob around but nothing happened, but I was 4 so I didn't care.
- Projektorboy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2This isn't the worst list I've ever seen, but when it comes to these rankings they really needed to find a way to shoehorn in ANY of the Batman games (that were based on the movies) from the past, as well as perennial favorite for hatred - Hudson Hawk.
- borez, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2And if that scared you, here a walk through of what you were supposed to actually do:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r-pzdPLfy9Y&feature= ... - borez, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Here's some video of just how bad E.T. was ( and still is )
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o3mlg5AxQ - nickert0n, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1"you know that things have gone horribly awry when he enters the Jawa Sandcrawler after about five minutes of gameplay to find Darth Vader, who transforms into a scorpion."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - tnoy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Burried for bringing up ET again. Everyone knows the story by now, and everyone expects it to be on the top of the list.
People need to use some imagination when creating these lists. Things like ET should be left for a mention at the end. - adamclif, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Friday the 13th for NES was a great game. It had all the great elements of a horror movie. Not burying article...but the rebuttal is a must.
- Memitim, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Because his specialty is ***** up the other side of the equation.
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