Top 10 Worst Sega Genesis Games
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For this list, we looked at video games available for Sega’s 16-bit console which have garnered a notorious reputation for either their abysmal visuals, broken controls, terrible gameplay or just being downright boring. We are however excluding unlicensed games like Awesome Possum and Crazy Bus because, well, they're unlicensed. Though Crazy Bus does get special mention for this monstrosity
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0:41 - I had my headphones on full blast. You guys owe me new ears.
Same!!!
agreed. like holy fuck the sound affects are just awful as the games😝
WHAT?! SPEAK UP, I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Roy Connar what's even worse that I have sensitive ears
what's even worse is the spelling here
At least Shaq Fu doesnt look bad from a graphics point of view
Shaq fu was also on the super if u didnt know
And the animations are really cool.
@@nickpickell667 yeah and the sega one was definatly better visually. Which isn't saying much.
I loved it when I was kid,
I'm surprised Fantasia didn't make the list. In an era when a lot of Disney-based games were good (e.g. DuckTales, Castle Of Illusion,) Fantasia stands as a disappointingly frustrating exception.
You're right, I totally forgot about Fantasia!
Never got past the Giant Leg level part
Rise of the Robots has mediocre graphics? Compared to every other Genesis game it looks like next gen!
+LordBarros True. It's the only positive point. That game was a huge hype back in the day.
dude they were so mediocre.
next gen?
you know that would be a game with actual polygons thats on genesis like virtua racer
the big sprites don't look impressive at all
+The worms inside of the dirt *big pre rendered sprites to be specific
Ya should check Ecco the Dolphin then.
ben owen EXACTLY. I prefer the SNES version. Better graphics (slightly) and sound. And better difficulty. Jeez even the gameplay is better (again, slightly).
I've met Paul Carruthers, programmer for Batman Forever, and he said that because Acclaim had spent so much money on getting the license they wanted to be as involved as possible with the development for the game. They told them "Make it a platfomrer, everyone gets them, add in multiplayer as that is very popular and give it the same fighting mechanics as Mortal Kombat".
+CornishCreamtea07 It turned out pretty ok though as long as you play the Mega Driver version and with a six button controller.
Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. I even managed to finish the game.
Same. I don't remember it being terrible.
Acclaim, meh, had a couple killer titles here and there, but had they went capcom or konami, konami being a top choice, then yes, i could see that passing their titles, cause not only did konami give a movie and tv franchise the proper treatment things deserved, they had a killer music and sound team.
I liked it. Glad it wasn't a fighting game. The stop motion movie graphics made it original.
Batman Forever is the worst game I've ever played in my entire life. If you thought Batman Vs Superman was bad, it's nothing compared to the monstrosity that is Batman Forever. Fuck that game it almost ruined my childhood
I did not expect you to be here...
actually it was a decent game, until the 2nd screen in the 1st stage which I never knew what to do
IntroSpecktive-There's much worse games than that.
Even worse than Superman 64?
Sword of Sodan ? Dark Castle ?
I don't understand why its titled "Worst Sega Genesis Games" but Batman Forever and a few others were also on Super Nintendo. I think they could have at least did Sega Genesis exclusive games. geez...
James Bond: The Duel is actually not that bad. It should't even be a honorable mention. I would give it somewhat between 5.6 and 6.0 out of 10.
Agreed, great music from Matt Furniss, and the game play certainly isn't awful.
Oh... this comment was to years ago... oops XD
So glad I didn't keep watching. That's one of the best Sega games.
I also remember playing it frequently and have no bad memories about it. I wondered, too, why it made it into the video.
Do one for the other consoles like Xbox, ps2 and a few more, don't just do it for this console
Yeah!
do one for the ps69
or Xbox none. I meant none not one. None being no Xbox.
It's WatchMojo, you honestly don't even have to ask. They release 5 videos a day, they'll get around to it.
+Aj Koorstra they had made more than that in a day watch mojo notification were everywhere
rise of the robots actually had good graphics for its time
Acrobat That’s pretty much it for its good qualities.
Almost feels like SEGA's version of Killer Instinct on N64 :O
@@RanaRandom That would be Eternal Champions! Rise of the Robots was a multi platform game also released for the SNES, 3DO, CD-i, PC and Amiga CD32!
@@dinohermann1887 I remember Eternal Champions, good times.
Sword of Sodan worse than Dark Castle? I hope the AVGN reviews Sword of Sodan!
My brother and I bought Sword of Sodan. It was fucking terrible lol.
You know I think I'll just shut this off and go watch AVGN.
SADDAM WAS here
+Aj Koorstra good idea.
+Aj Koorstra I was thinking the same thing.
Oopsies all around on this vid lol
James Rolfe is a genius with the Nerd! He's done episodes on some of these games on the list! There was a good Back To the Future game that was released in Japan but it never came over here.
I feel like Batman Forever wasn't that bad...the music somehow stuck with me in the last 20 years which is somewhat impressive...especially from the first level but hey that's just me...
Marcus V wow that’s my exact experience too
I had the game when I was a kid. I like it for what it is but I know it was never good. I always thought the graphics were impressive tho.
It's better on the Sega Genesis than the Snes. That version was plain out broken. I still think for the game being a MK ripoff. It was decent at best on the Sega Genesis.
me too
i'm not ashamed to say 6 yr old me played the hell out of Heavy Nova
SEGA's version of Metroid Prime XD.
Half of these games are on the SNES as well, so these should have been to 10 worst 16 bit games.
Agreed!
IKR?
IFKR
I agree. Also, ever noticed that Genesis games are better in graphical quality than on the SNES?
because the snes versions were usually 100% better
One thing I will say about Shaq Fu is that it had some pretty damn amazing sprite graphics and sprite animations. That's about it.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NOT CRAZYBUS.
Crazy Bus... My ears... UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!
Shaq fu comes out on the same day as half life 3
o shit
Good luck getting past the first level of Back to the Future 3
I remember as a kid bringing that game home from the flea market and hating it cause it was so hard and until recently I thpught that the first level was the entire game and that's why they made it so hard I tried throughout the years and I could never get past it fuck that game.
Bootsy did it.
MetalmaT I beat that yesterday. I used game genie and did level select code to skip level one. It was pissing me off. The game isn’t bad once you get passed level one
Someone lent it to me when I was a kid and I couldn't get past the first level either. It was something exaggerated, and very, very bad.
God it's painful watching this xD But i do miss the Mega Drive
I miss the SNES more. It was way better than the mega drive/genesis
“The music is just one track on an endless loop”
Which is what Watchmojo plays during their videos
No Fantasia on list? I'm disappointed. It had awful controls, terrible gameplay, and earbleeding music. The entire game felt unfinished and rushed (which is what happened to save money).
JukeDenton, I was also expecting Fantasia to get into the (dis)honorable mentions at least. Truly a horrid turd of a game.
I disagree. You do know you can kill enemies by holding down while jumping on them, right? If you know that, it's much easier.
Mickey's Fantasia should have been here.
He is gonna take you back to the past...
To play the shitty games that suck ass
+RetroVGworld Of a roadkill skunk and down it with beeeeeeer
When I saw Robocop at the beginning, I was gonna fight you if you had said Robocop vs Terminator. That game was awesome.
You do know Batman Forever was on the Super Nintendo as well right? Should it even count since this isn't really a Genesis game, just a port?
Shaq Fu:
Pros: Smoothest animations ever on a fighting game. Cool music, despite being a Shaquille game.
Cons: Slow, unresponsive controls. Crappy gameplay.
Did anyone ever play X-Perts??? It was terrible but the characters looked good. It could have fooled you as it did me. Apparently it's based off of Shadow from Eternal Champions. It presents an alternate timeline for her. It released in 1996. Slow and clunky controls with not a whole lot to do.
X-perts was set in the reality that Shadow won the tournament and got a second chance at life. The game actually was a really cool concept; simultaneously controlling 3 operatives in an underwater complex and taking down a terrorist organization by scrambling their computers as well as beating them up. The problem was in the execution. Someone on the game's development team said the expectations were too high and the budget and amount of time given to the project too low. That being said, I've beaten it a number of times. Maybe it's because it's a game from my childhood, but despite its many flaws, I find it charming.
It's a shame X-perts isnt a little more polished. It's an interesting concept that could have been better had they used the Eternal Champs style graphics and not the too-few frames of pre rendered animation they went with. I'm with you. It has a charm.
I was so excited to rent this game at Hollywood video terrible game they got me with the box art
James Bond The Duel
That Game is OK I really like it
I played it like month ago and theres nothing wrong with it
Why is it here?
I have the cartridge of the game, it's really ok game
dark castle should be higher
It saddens me to see James Bond: The Duel as one of the dishonorable mentions. It's not a bad game at all, and definitely not one of the worst on the system. Very frustrating at times, yes (the fall damage is a bitch), but still not necessarily bad. I always liked its "sandbox" style of going around large levels rescuing hostages. You even get to fight villains like Jaws and Oddjob!
I'm thinking that the person who made this list hasn't played many Genesis games, though kudos for your #1 pick.
- Half of the games on this list also appeared on SNES or other platforms. Are they on those "worst 10 games list as well?"
- Awesome possum was not unlicensed. Tengen was a Sega licensee on the Genesis.
- You included footage of the CD-i version of Dark Castle and don't say so.
This Melf guy knows what's up
They know what they're doing
+pyrobison2002 I think the errors in the video show otherwise. Not even cursory research was done for this video.
+Sega-16
Yeah, some of these games are also on other platforms. Batman Forever, Revolution EX, Shaq Fu, and Ballz 3D to start off with.
Having watched both videos, I can tell you that yes, a lot of them are on both of them.
I owned Sword of sodan for genesis back in the day..
it wasn't so bad.
back then we don't have as much games to play with so you stick with the 4 or 8 that you have and you play it till you master it. even the quirky controls. Sword of Sodan SoS it's alright once you get use to how it control and the timing. the graphics for the time was awesome.
even rise of the robots. it was cool because it was adverterised all over game magazines and it well... has futuristic robots...
Batman forever was a lot of fun.
+Patrick Butler It was.
but super hard
High test Bloatman says nobody
LOL You mean you forced your siblings/friends to play and you just _watched?_ them struggle ;) That _does_ sound like fun, well, if you're a *sadist* hahaha :P
High test Bloatman To make fun of.
Sword of Sodan: The Poor Man's Golden Axe
Where you play as Val Kilmer or Susan Sorandon against Jay Leno, Mr Miyagi, Hugh Hefner and all those Jimmy Fallons?
It's more like Golden ASS!
More like an horses ass of a game - trojan on steroids - but with all the grace of a broken stop-motion movie monster.
I have Golden Axe as part of the SEGA collections on PS3 :D
I found it scary
(I was a kid)
I rented Rise of The Robots and Shaq Fu. I also got Batman Forever for Christmas. Big disappointments all around.
Sorry man sounds like you had horrible luck with such a great console!!!
Ahh, the confusing pre-Playstation mid 90s...
"Shaq Fu" is a guilty pleasure and a cult classic.
Shaq's rap album from the same year "Shaq Fu: Da Return" is also really good and a guilty pleasure of mine.
yep
it's the controls that really kill it,it would be fine with better control and hit detection.
Robot killer Idk. I personally think the game plays great with a six button Genesis controller. Playing "Shaq Fu" with a three button is hard to deal with.
6:09
Actually AVGN was around since 2004, not 2006.
No.
promontorium
Yes! He did Castlevania 2 and Jekyll and Hyde in 2k4. He only became more popular in 2006.
He started uploding videos to CZcams in 2006 though
They forgot to mention that "Dark Castle" is the shortest game on Sega Genesis
+JJ Media The actual footage where he the main character is dressed in pink was from the CD-I version.
On Sega Genesis at least he looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
5:46 Even he is aware of how trash this game is.
Dang, no X-Perts? Honestly pretty shocking.
Awesome Possum, unlicensed? A simple image search will show it was in fact licensed by Sega. Not that the game is made less sucky because of that, but I'm surprised a little research wasn't done.
Rise of the Robots and Heavy Nova's only redeeming factor may have been the designs for their respective main protagonists.
SEGA's version of Killer Instinct and Metroid Prime, IMHO
So now you're stealing James's videos instead of Mark's?
They only borrowed - I think they gave them back already...
Worst NES games, please?
Everyone knows the worst game in the console is Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde so there is really no point.
Does anyone know which music music they used in the background of the video?
And you forget say the bug in Batman Forever if you jump and the enemy hits you in the air with a kick, the live go down istant and die, no matter if you have all.
Who else liked Shaq Fu? If you haven't played it for yourself dont give into the pressure and try it yourself, it's actually pretty good for the time.
+Pentazemin7 Never played it but a friend of my used to play it at his neighbour and really liked it. It doesn't look that bad to me either.
Pentazemin7 good joke
Tried it back in '94. Mediocre at best.
Not much worse than Eternal Champions imho.
And way better than Fight Palace. That was just...there is no way to describe this abomination
Hey Revolution X was a fun alternative to Terminator Arcade
+Michael Anderson I agree I loved that game. I used to rent it all the time.
Good only in the arcade
Does anyone know the name of the song in Dark Castle? It sounded like the German song "Fuuga" but I don't know.
#4 should ranked close to #1 and Shaq Fu wasn't that bad compared to previous mentions.
I agree, as a kids I really liked it.
+drancov A shame really as WatchMojo's list for best Mega Drive games a couple of years ago was for once quite decent.
I've never played Shaq Fu, but graphically it looks pretty good for a Genesis game.
OrgaNik It is pretty good. The gameplay isn't great but it's far from terrible.
Slaughter Sport better than Shaq-Fu, Ballz 3D and James Bond: The Duel on this list, Awesome Possum out by a dishonest method... Another WatchMojo greeeaaat list...
Zemorroida Given what do you expect there a company not Jontron or Egoraptor they just take a wiki page from the internet and make a video on it and get a lot of money
I'd like to see a revised worst list. Honestly, I always felt like movie adaptations/tie ins are too easy of a target and clog a lot of 'worst' lists. We all know they (The very vast majority of them) are trash and they don't really need attention drawn to them.
Plus, some of these games were not exclusive to the sega genesis.
The AVGN clip of Dark Castle you used is the Phillips CDI version followed by the Genesis version.
I was able to adapt to the pacing and style of Heavy Nova when I played it back then, so I was able to enjoy it. It was the only brawler I had on the Genesis.
There appears to be some misinformation about that game floating around. The button C when pressed rapidly, kick starts one's energy, allowing one to get on one's feet and continue the fight.
Failing to do this means, one would remain energyless, but still not lifeless. The opposing robot will continue to beat you without resistance until you truly die.
Thus, Wikipedia's description about one being completely vulnerable when the energy reaches down to two bars, is incorrect.
slaughter sport? better than shaq fu?!
Agreed Shaq Fu was at least playable. Slaughter Sport was the worse game I ever played in my life
Ballz 3D was the best fighting game eveeeeer. Just kidding but it was hilarous.
I played that game (still have it), my God it was tough at times, lol.
What's the name of the music used in this video, please?
No mention of Sonic 3D Blast?
Every console has bad games so lets do them all:))
True
Atari Jaguar probably has one of the worst libraries
+Abel Perez Hey, Raiden, Tempest 2000, Rayman and Wolfenstein 3D are great on the Jaguar!
Well I was saying in general it doesn't have a great library but as you've just pointed out to me it does have some good ports. :-)
I actually wouldn't mind owning one. I love collecting obscure systems
Sword of sodan? It was praised in the computer world which at the time was a completely different Universe from console gaming. Console Gamers back in the day did not associate with computer gamers. They were completely different breeds as proven by the games they tried to Port over to consoles that performed poorly like the Dungeons & Dragons RPG
Sooo... what's your point?
Wait-wasn't Awesome Possum licensed? It was Tengen, I believe-even got reviewed in the gaming magazines at the time.
Yeah, was thinking the same-wondering if it didn't get a release in some countries?
Fun fact: Shaq Fu was so bad that an entire website exists, dedicated purely to destroy all Shaq Fu cartridges. And they're aware of the sequel as well...
If only Sega came back and announced DreamCast 2 👾
Why would you put 2 on it. Just make another console with another game. The first dream cast sold terrible you want that to happen again?
+Yuya Fujisawa it sold terrible but It had the best games
yeah but there is no point in good games if it doesn't sell well.
blame sony
i would buy it
I' ve seen about half of those in the french equivalent of AVGN
Who is the French version of the AVGN ?
hatednyc Joueur du Grenier
2:22 - So was James Rolfe a guest writer for this one XD?
No. It's a reference to a famous line from the first Back to the Future movie. While testing the DeLorean time machine with Marty in the mall parking lot, Doc says, "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit." James also referenced the line.
Well gee I guess I didn't know any of that - _ -
For Me the worst Sega Genesis is no doubt Crazy Bus Horrible music and abacination gameplay
I had Heavy Nova and I loved that game
+Gary Threat So did I!
+Gary Threat So did I!
+Gary Threat Ditto! :)
+Gary Threat It does look similar to Cyborg Justice.
+Tyrant it definitely does I never noticed until now
I still love Heavy Nova.
For me Batman Forever is just awesome, one of my favourite Batman games, beat it many times on my own and with my friends :) I don't know what he's talking about when he says about controls and difficulty of the game, I say the controls is very responsive and difficulty is just right. Maybe he just bad at beat'em ups :D
what's the name of the background music?
@ 5:53 ish... Did he say Ear Balls? Anybody?
Barney's Sega Genesis game?
+Dyea_B_Tis Watch mojo likes barney
Why do people not like Batman Forever? That game (and movie) were such a special part of my childhood - I love that game. Born in 88' - maybe it's just me?
It's official, the speedrunners to Dark Castle were masochists.
balls kicked ass!!! Hours of fun w/ this. YER WRONG pretty voice!!
Yeah, I actually had some fun with that game.
Multiplatform games don't count.
From what game is the video thumbnail from?
I bet this isn't what Biggie Smalls pictured.
Aw man, I would of predicted Dark Castle to be number one.
Not only because it sucks but because it's a sucky Genesis Exclusive.
released for macentoshe, amiga, comedore 64, cdi
Mimk Koko
Oh, god damn, I forgot about the CD-i version.
Well, wasn't Dark Castle a Genesis exclusive at first????
no, i was a home computer game first, on macintosh
Surprised that Virtua Fighter 2 Genesis was no way mentioned in this video.
Because it's not a bad game. Most were just disappointed that it wasn't in full 3D like the arcades (no shit, it's a 16-bit console) but it has most of the moves, controls well, and plays fine.
Yeah, VF2 was bad. It didn't capture the feel of the original game and the graphics lacked detail and inspiration. Also, the characters new to franchise introduced in 2 were missing from the Genesis port.
DirtyZ I liked it
Childhood memories here
0:41
If Thanos can’t get the Infinity Stones, he can always use this...
CrazyBus man, don't forget it. Say it: One word, not crazy bus. It's CrazyBus, and it's fucking crazy! WHOA! We're driving a bus here! It's fucking crazy! Oh my God I can't take it, it's so FUCKING CRAZY!! CrazyBus! CrazyBus! CRAZYBUS!! WHOA!
well, I've really enjoyed revolution x and barman forever.
Barman Forever, a game where you serve the enemies justice (in the form of a cold beer!)
With such foes as Two-Face, who is friendly and nice to talk to usually, but a right jackass when drunk, and The Riddler, who's always cracking bad jokes and tries to confuse you to get out of paying his tab!
+BYERE it's Shit-Faced :)
BYERE HAHAHHAHAHA
Barman is so fucking underrated
I also enjoyed Revolution X on Genesis. Hard as Heck, but still
Shaq Fu doesn't belong on this list. At least the graphics are fantastic (the game was developed by the same company as Flashback) and it has good music. And it's much more playable than Rise of the Robots or Slaughtersport once you get used to the delayed controls. Time Killers is much much worse, why isn't that game on thee list?
Are you really defending Shaq Fu?
>Delayed controls
>In a fighting game
How can you defend that?
Dylan Courville
Have you really played Shaq-Fu? Because I have.
+CarozQH Yeah Im with you on that… it was by no means a great game… but its wasn't all that bad… it looked great for when it was released and the delay wasn't as bad as many many many other games, namely allot of those on this list! Delphine was at the front line of game development for that platform at the time… this really only gets a bad rap due to the fact of it being a Shaq game!
Balz 3D is a guilty pleasure
When Shaq Fu popped up I was confused as to why he was beating up Shantae.
...or in other words, Back to the Future 3 is a freakin train wreck...
XD
+DNAsGhostzHouze
Boo!
+DNAsGhostzHouze
Literally
+DNAsGhostzHouze Good call....
+DNAsGhostzHouze You forgot to put on your shades and say...YEEEAAAA
Shaq Fu was dope lol
agreed shaq fu was better than people believe eternal champions is missing from this list
Dominique Cunningham I loved Eternal Champions growing up - especially the music 😎
When I saw this title, I had to tune in. In my house, I got the NES, my brother got (and LOVED) the Sega Genesis, and then I got a Super Nintendo.
I loved to hate the Sega Genesis. My brother had it for almost 2 years before I got the SNES and he’d run that shit in. As much as I loved to hate the Genesis, my brother allowed me to play it enough to realize that Genesis was great and had some really great games.
My brother had great taste in games so I never really got to see the ugly side of Sega Genesis (even though he got the Sega CD and 32x.
Genesis was a great console and I’m glad that I finally got to see why I hated it. 😂😂😂
Contrary to the commentary, the footage of Shaq-Fu looks fast, smooth and crisp. I've never played it myself, but I reckon it's one of those games the world has unanimously just agreed to hate, without actually giving it a chance.
No, it has choppy, unresponsive controls and the gameplay experience isn't rewarding at all. It's genuinely terrible, despite having smooth visuals on its side, trust me.
I still have my copy, only because it's novelty crap though.
What you don't see is the delay from button press to attack execution. Anything more than a couple frames is unacceptable in a fighting game.
NOPE!! There is a game called X-PERTS for the Sega Genesis. I DARE ANY OF YOU TO PLAY IT AND LIKE IT. That is the worst Sega Genesis game I have EVER PLAYED IN MY 28 YEARS OF LIVING!!!
+Sam Johnson Play Beast Wrestler. I think you'll change your mind about X-Perts being the worst of them all after you do so.
Slaughter Sport is much worse
"You're gonna see some serious shit!"
0:49 nightmare fuel
Now I KNOW you're gonna do one for the Top 10 Worst SNES games, right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?
I hope so! I'm SOOO FUCKING tired of seeing a bad games sega genesis list!
Jim B. He already did it.
when your 7 years old and mom and dad only buy games on special occasions you make the most out of what you got I had a few of these titles at the time they weren't that bad it was pretty entertaining at the time for myself
I somehow was expecting Sonic 3D Blast in this.
+Astradon (sonicxyoshi) 3D Blast isn't a terrible game, it's just not particularly good. Plus having played some of these I can testify their awfulness.
+Catkeeper I played it too. I had a bad experience...
But have you had a Ballz experience? D:
That was a Sega Saturn game.
+Victor Hernandez It was also a Genesis port
producers: "How many Fighting game you want?"
SEGA: *YES*
Game to film adaptation? I thought the movie came first.