(Epic) Episode 43: Worst Video Games

We talk about some of the games we love to hate.

Hosts

• Marc Cabot (@MarcCabot)
• Joel Richard (@JoelARichard)
• Richard Gray(@EpicRich1)
• Andy McMullen (@AndyLastName)

Show Notes

NOTE! This isn’t a list of the bad games,

• Desert Bus
  • Play it online: http://desertbus-game.org/
  • Marc refers to this article: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/the-worst-video-game-ever-created.html
• Warcraft I (Joel didn’t like this one, the rest of us loved it)
  • Apparently this is abandonware, so you can download it for free (If you have the right emulators)
    http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/warcraft-1-orcs-and-humans/
    http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/422/
• Pacman (Atari 2600 version)
  • Some game play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL2p2ANFlQ4
  • IGN Did a review: http://ca.ign.com/games/pac-man/2600-9554
• E.T. 
  • Play it online: http://www.2600online.com/ET.html
• Street fighter the movie the game
  • 4.6 out of 10 on IGN: http://ca.ign.com/games/street-fighter-the-movie/ps-5886
  • Some gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UdQVYkCZg
• First Wolverine game
  • Some gameplay (This guy seems to like it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHaVc39l4_c
  • Wolverine’s Claws Suck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM
• Superman 64
  
  • AVGN (DIscretion advised): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJXgJ1c4vY
  • A whoppingly awful 3.4/10 by IGN: http://ca.ign.com/games/superman-1999/n64-1957
• Acquaman battle for atlantis
  • Some gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQFZefkSNk
  • IGN Gives it 3/10: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2003/10/02/aquaman-battle-for-atlantis
• Duke Nukem: Forever
  • Let’s Play (gameplay): http://www.youtube.com/show/letsplaydukenukemforever
  • IGN gives it a mediocre 5.5: http://ca.ign.com/games/duke-nukem-forever/xbox-360-873999
• Shaq-Fu
  • Awful Genesis Games: Shaw Fu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLCdbdTXeSM
  • IGN Gives is a mediocre 5.1: http://ca.ign.com/games/shaq-fu/gen-6627

Epic Words

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WordPress Links

• Top 14 Weirdest Video Games: http://kbob27.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/the-top-14-weirdest-video-games/
• Video Games with Terrible Controls: http://residentgamer.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/video-games-with-terrible-controls/

Corrections

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Credits

• Recorded at CHSR 97.9 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Post Editing: Marc Cabot
• Hosts: Marc Cabot, Joel Richard, Richard Gray, Andy McMullen
• Opening/Closing Music: ”Cheezee Lab” by Kevin MacLeod via Incompetech.com
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