[game_preservation] Worst game ever made

[Jim Leonard]

On 1/17/2010 11:06 AM, Mark Guttenbrunner wrote:

>

> It may not LOOK worse than other games of that time, but have you ever

> tried PLAYING it ???


Of course, even when I was young when it came out.


> I meet with a bunch of guys every 2-3 month and we play a bit of retro

> games on the original systems ... last time was the first time I tried

> E.T. on the 2600 and I was really annoyed by the game after 2 minutes

> and falling down the pits 100 times without even knowing why ...


Well, after two minutes you learn to move at the corners of each screen 
and not the centers :-)  That way you don't fall into a pit on a screen 
change because your sprite happened to be where a pit was.

I wouldn't call that any worse of an experience than any other terrible 
game.  Cybergenic Rangers is my vote for worst game ever because it was 
completely unplayable via the keyboard, and most Sierra games have some 
puzzle that is completely arbitrary that doesn't make sense (my favorite 
write-up of one is, of course: 
http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/78.html )
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