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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have had the displeasure of playing the two worst video game of all time. E.T. The Extra-Terestrial and Custers Revenge. Both were Atari games released in 1982.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Custer's Revenge is bad, but it's not really the kind of bad like when you think of ET. Cuz it's not so much how it runs or plays, but how it's a game about raping native american women and is in extremely bad taste.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago

I feel like if it was just anybody doing it, that would actually be somewhat better. The title implies Custer earned it, which is messed up in multiple ways.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

No.. the game play was shit as well.

[–] artifex@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

You might be interested in the work of this hobbyist who updated Atari’s ET game to fix many of its biggest faults by decompiling the game and patching it.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago

When I was a kid I bought an Atari with the cartridge holder stand for it and a ton of games for $5. ET was fucking awful, but there were a few gems in the collection.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

NES Where’s Waldo was pretty bad too especially for fans of the books.

There was a helicopter shooting game that somehow didn’t really work with the light gun too, but I forget the name.