The 67 Worst Games of All Time (According to Game Zone Magazine)
193One thing I love about British magazines from the 1990s is that they didn’t hold back. If they hated a game, they wouldn’t pull any punches and would go right for the jugular. This was definitely the case when it came to Game Zone, the short-lived gaming magazine that ran between 1991 and 1992. Although it only published twelve issues before being spun off into Sega Zone and Nintendo Game Zone, they left a mark with short yet brutal reviews that targeted some genuine classics from the 8- and 16-bit eras.
To properly celebrate Turkey Day, I thought it might be fun to go through all of the Game Zone’s most vicious takes. From Altered Beast to Rad Racer to Duck Hunt, no game is safe from the dreaded one-star review. This is an episode filled with surprises, outrageous decisions and dog poop. Lots and lots and lots of dog poop. So, I sure hope you brought an appetite for turkey, because these are the 67 Worst Games of All Time (According to Game Zone Magazine).
0:00 – Introduction
1:18 – Commercial: Sega Master System (UK)
1:49 – Ace of Aces (Master System)
2:13 – Alien Storm (Master System)
2:35 – Alien Syndrome (Master System)
2:45 – Alleyway (Game Boy)
2:55 – Altered Beast (Master System)
3:07 – Art Alive (Mega Drive)
3:42 – Back to the Future Part II (Master System)
4:08 – Back to the Future Part III (Mega Drive)
4:20 – Blade Eagle 3D (Master System)
4:32 – California Games (NES)
4:57 – Captain Skyhawk (NES)
5:17 – Dark Castle (Mega Drive)
5:40 – Days of Thunder (NES)
5:55 – Dick Tracy (Master System)
6:10 – DJ Boy (Mega Drive)
6:24 – Double Dragon II (NES)
6:35 – Duck Hunt (NES)
6:50 – Enduro Racer (Master System)
7:02 – E-SWAT (Mega Drive)
7:16 – F-16 Fighting Falcon (Master System)
7:29 – Fire Shark (Mega Drive)
7:42 – Flicky (Mega Drive)
8:15 – Commercial: Nintendo Entertainment System (UK)
8:47 – Gangster Town (Master System)
8:59 – Ghostbusters II (Game Boy)
9:14 – Great Volleyball (Master System)
9:23 – Heavyweight Champ (Master System)
9:39 – Hell Explorer (PC Engine)
9:52 – It Came from the Desert (Mega Drive)
10:02 – Line of Fire (Master System)
10:21 – Maze Hunter 3D (Master System)
10:30 – Missile Defense 3D (Master System)
10:44 – Ms. Pac-Man (Master System)
11:00 – Mystic Defender (Mega Drive)
11:11 – The Ninja (Master System)
11:25 – Nintendo World Cup (Game Boy)
11:33 – OutRun (Master System)
11:42 – OutRun 3D (Master System)
11:52 – Paperboy (Lynx)
12:05 – Paperboy (NES)
12:20 – Popeye (NES)
12:32 – Rad Racer (NES)
12:43 – Road Fighter (NES)
12:58 – Robo Warrior (NES)
13:09 – RoboCop (NES)
13:37 – Commercial: Game Boy (UK)
14:01 – Running Battle (Master System)
14:23 – Shooting Gallery (Master System)
14:36 – Shooting Games (Master System)
14:49 – Skate or Die: Bad ‘N Rad (Game Boy)
14:59 – Ski or Die (NES)
15:14 – Smash TV (NES)
15:33 – Snake’s Revenge (NES)
15:50 – Solar Striker (NES)
16:00 – Space Harrier (Master System)
16:14 – Space Harrier 3D (Master System)
16:23 – Super Hydlide (Mega Drive)
16:36 – Super Monaco GP II (Master System)
16:53 – Super Real Basketball (Mega Drive)
16:59 – Super Tennis (Master System)
17:15 – Super Thunder Blade (Mega Drive)
17:28 – Techno Cop (Mega Drive)
17:47 – Tecmo World Cup (Mega Drive)
17:59 – The Flintstones (Master System)
18:16 – Top Gun: The Second Mission (NES)
18:32 – Turbo OutRun (Mega Drive)
18:42 – World Cup Italia ’90 (Master System)
18:55 – WWF Wrestlemania (NES)
19:16 – Zany Golf (Mega Drive)
19:32 – Commercial: WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (UK)
20:04 – Question of the Day
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