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{{quote|''"Not content with just creating an NES-style game, Capcom has also created some NES-style artwork for ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]] 9''. And by NES-style art, we mean [[Stylistic Suck|it's so intentionally bad]] [[So Bad It's Good|that it's good.]]"''|'''Sidebar''' in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' v. 233}}

* The games by [[Artix Entertainment (Creator)|Artix Entertainment]] probably wouldn't be the same to some players without the puns. And trust me, the creators make sure that you know that they are aware of how many of them they make.

* The makers of the Philips CD-I licensed characters from ''[[Super Mario Bros (Franchise)|Super Mario Bros]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' for a number of games: ''[[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]'', ''Link: The Faces Of Evil'', ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'', and ''Zelda's Adventure''. They were produced without input from the original creators, and are unanimously considered [[Canon Dis Continuity|non-canonical]]. The gameplay is generally considered to be slow, monotonous and unfairly difficult, but the infamy comes from the laughably bad cutscenes. They are, depending on opinion, [[Narm|Narmishly]] hilarious with [[Fountain of Memes|every line a meme]] ("Mah boi, this peace is what all true warriors strive for?", "I wonder what's for dinner..." and "Nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic, [[Mondegreen|Gay Luigi!]]<ref>"...eh, Luigi?"</ref>"), or horrifying (the animation was [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmarishly]] [[Off-Model|poor]]).

** There is also ''[[IM Meen]]'', animated by the same people responsible for the above. The gameplay itself was pretty lackluster, but the crazy personality of the titular [[Big Bad]], I.M. Meen, makes the game endlessly entertaining.

* ''[[Mario Is Missing (Video Game)|Mario Is Missing]]'', the MS-DOS version in particular. It's so bad it unleashed [http://pooparchive.com/wiki/index.php/Weegee Weegee] upon the world. What makes it even wor--er, "better" is that it was supposed to be Luigi's [[Moment of Awesome|grand debut]] as a main character.

* ''[[Frontlines Fuel of War (Video Game)|Frontlines Fuel of War]]'' would be just another mediocre military FPS if it wasn't for the absolutely ''hilarious'' graphical glitches. Hundreds of flying hats, anyone?

* The monstrosity that is ''[[Ninjabread Man (Video Game)|Ninjabread Man]]'' which somehow managed to get a large fanbase on the cover art alone.

* The ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch (Animation)|Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' video game.

** ''[[Primal Rage]]'' would just be another generic fighting game if wasn't so stupid-awesome. In it, the dinosaurs went extinct because a wizard from another dimension imprisoned one of their gods in the moon. An asteroid hits the Earth, releases the [[Player Character|ancient dinosaur gods]], rearranges the continents into a ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex|T. rex]]'' skull, and turns the Earth into the [[Grimdark]] [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] "[[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Urth]]." Throw in some [[Gorn]], an [[Everything's Better With Monkeys|ape]] who uses [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|various]] [[Urine Trouble|bodily]] [[Fartillery|functions]] as weapons, and the ability to [[I'm a Humanitarian|eat your worshippers while playing]], and you've got the ''coolest'' game ever.

*** At one point along the road you'll notice all the trees have, for no apparent reason, become bamboo. You enter the city, and BAM! you're in [[Wutai|Japan]]. Japan, where everyone has horrible accents (which clash amazingly with the "fare thee well" dialogue - you haven't lived until you hear a man say "mayhap a bandit methinks!?" in an accent lifted from 1940s [[Yellow Peril]] movies). Japan, where everyone [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign|has names like "Mako Yamamokuzi"]] and speaks in great stereotypical monologues about honor and their ancestors. Japan, where [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana|the shops only sell katanas]]. The kicker to all of this? Every citizen of the city, [[Unfortunate Implications|except for the mayor, nobility, and other important figures]], has ''black'' skin!

* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk61NgvNbts Kids' Tetris]''. Mouse controls, a mode that deals out two-block pieces, and "YOU'VE GOT TALENT, KIDDO! YES YOU DO!" "GREAT! YOU'VE WON ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]''!"

* ''Snake's Revenge'' is a rejected chapter from the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' canon made for the overseas NES market. Its gameplay isn't bad, although unreasonably difficult, rather short, and strikingly experimental in places (with side-scrolling stealth sections that make ''[[Contra]]'' look like ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]] DS''), and it has some legitimately good moments (like the boss battle against the tank and the container ship infiltration). However, the plot is incoherent even for a ''[[Metal Gear]]'' game, thanks in part to the game's [[Blind Idiot Translation]] (one part of the game involves getting in touch with a captured ally who is actually an enemy spy in disguise, a plot twist you can see coming thanks to his [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|suspiciously specific denials]]); the graphics are so bad that the heaving back of a dying man looks like some kind of [http://i33.tinypic.com/v8fsbo.gif vibrating phallic tentacle] (and Snake [[Highly-Visible Ninja|wears a luminous orange shell-suit to a stealth mission]]); the American manual was famously bizarre ([http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/manuals/snakerev.txt 'Higharolla Cockamamie'?]); and yet nothing even comes close to the final battle. It involves Big Boss coming back from the dead, transforming into a giant purple cyborg that breathes fire, and chasing Snake through a maze because he ''WANTS REVENGE''. This was stupid at the time, but later games in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series has made it extremely [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].

* ''[[Turok (Video Game)|Turok]] Evolution''. Yes, ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' didn't like it. And yes, it was an [[Obvious Beta]]. But you could shoot poisoned arrows at badguys and watch them vomit and die through your scope. And the final boss was a Confederate-general-cyborg riding a T-rex. And the soundtrack was excellent. What more do you need?

* ''[[Rygar]]: The Legendary Adventure'' for [[PS 2]]. Dear God. A blatant [[Devil May Cry]] rip-off, including bearded minotaurs, caterpillars, and [[Narm|Narmtastic]] cutscenes ("I SWEAR MY VICTORY TO THIS FEATHER!"). Oh, and that [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|blue-skinned, androgyn, dual-saber-wielding demon]] you fight? {{spoiler|That's ''Aristotle''.}}

* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' is considered by some to be a [[Cult Classic]]. The game is set in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' canon, but it stars Sonic's misunderstood rival. Possibly the greatest extent the E10 rating was ever pushed to, the game contains [[Darker and Edgier|dark environments]], violence, guns, references to the murder of Shadow's friends by a corrupt military-industrial corporation, and constant use of mild oaths such as "damn" and "hell," all of it taken to an extreme that is so obviously [[Obligatory Swearing|gratuitous]] that it seems almost satirical. The game clumsily [[Retcon|modifies series continuity]] to make sense of its plot, but it still makes little sense, and can scarcely be seen as anything other than a vain attempt to capitalize on the popular gothic trends. Surprisingly, the music is catchy, and the gameplay is tolerable most of the time, so it can be worth playing just for camp value.

** While we're dealing with Sonic, ''[[Sonic R]]'' was a ''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart]]'' [[Follow the Leader]] attempt. Sonic barely ran faster than Amy's [[The Alleged Car|"car"]], the songs on all of the courses were sung by a woman who was ''probably'' [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|high]], and the Tails Doll was so horrible he was [[Nightmare Fuel|horrifying]], and ''it was amazing''.

* ''[[Fifty Cent Blood On the Sand|50 Cent: Blood on the Sand]]''. What other game has a plot that can be summed up in the phrase "Bitch took my skull!" On its own, the game is a [[Real Is Brown|browntastic]], competent ''[[Gears of War]]'' style shooter. But the fact that it stars an [[Immune to Bullets]] [[Fifty Cent (Music)|50 Cent]], [[Cluster F-Bomb|with a swear button]] (and you can ''upgrade your swearing''), collecting <s> Bling</s> Shine and making random comments about the scenery while gunning down people by the dozen. It's full of [[Narm]].

* ''Battle Construction Vehicles'' is an unusual fighting game where two people [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|battle each other in construction vehicles.]] The controls are unresponsive, the vehicles move slowly, and basic attacks are a pain to pull off (in some vehicles, attacks sometimes hurt '''the attacker''' more); most of the fights consist of slowly ramming and scraping against the opponent (and randomly pulling off super moves) until someone wins. The ridiculous premise, awesome plot, and hilariously bad voice acting make up for the actual game's shortcomings.

* The ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'' [[SpongeBob SquarePants (Video Game)|Flash game]] ''[http://spongebob.nick.com/games/spongebob-squarepants-boat-o-cross.html Boat-o-Cross]''.

* ''[[Drakengard]]''. The 'bad' part is very repetitive and boring gameplay, the 'good' part is a plot that's [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|completely absurd/crazy]] and sets new records for [[Darker and Edgier|dark and edgy]].

** It can't be overstated just how awkward the controls are, particularly the shooting. In most shooters on [[PS 3]] and Xbox 360, you'd hold the left trigger to enter aim mode, use the right stick to aim, and the right trigger to fire. The reason for this is because of the way most gamers hold the controler, with thumbs on each stick and the index and middle fingers over the bumpers and triggers. In [[Deadly Premonition]], you hold the right trigger to enter aim mode, use the right stick to aim, and the A button to fire. If you used the left stick to aim it wouldn't be nearly as bad - unusal, but still workable. However, using the right stick means you aim, and then take your right thumb off the right stick to fire while the target is moving (and occassionally teleporting a few steps forward). Not only that, the right stick somehow manages to be both extremly slow ''and'' extremly sensitive, reacting to the slightest move, but taking its dear sweet time doing so. This adds up to you emptying your gun, shooting in all directions and hitting nothing.

* ''[[Home Alone]] 2'' for the SNES counts as [[So Bad It's Good]], despite it's a [[The Problem With Licensed Games|video game based on a movie]]. It has an [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You|absurd cast of enemies]], decent graphics, and weird sound effects.

* ''[[Maka-Maka|Maka Maka]]'', a highly obscure Japan only SNES RPG, is another prime example of "kusoge". It's infamous for the fact that it was [[Obvious Beta|released without being bug tested]], and [[Creator Killer|caused its company to go bankrupt due to its poor sales]]. Besides its overall bugginess, it's plagued with a high encounter rate with low EXP and money payouts, slow movement, has [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|unexplainably bizarre]] enemies and bosses, an odd cast of characters (including but not limited to, a cheerful explorer who wears a box of oranges, an ultraman-lookalike Alien, an army of homosexual ant-men, etc.), and generally unbalanced and broken gameplay.

* The Vietnamese [[Blind Idiot Translation|bootleg translation]] of ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'', [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|with hilarious errors such as]] "monaters", "missle bomb" instead of Team Rocket or "fuck" instead of [[Freud Was Right|"put in"]]. A really entertaining LP can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_bhwCgtXg here].

* Banned From Equestria, a weird, [[Obvious Beta|unfinished]] [[Rule 34|pornographic]] point-and-click fangame of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]. It includes a dead end area with nothing at all to click, random dropouts in art quality, and the infamous grey square which doesn't appear to do anything but is vital for exploring part of the game. It can be found [http://pawsru.org/pawsX/flash/src/8ef39875fd96d9387753e16da780aa2c.swf here] ('''Warning: NSFW'''), or you could watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYgK_kTk9OM this censored LP instead].

* ''[[Saga Frontier (Video Game)|Saga Frontier]]''. It's the sheer randomness of everything; the plot, the visuals, the battle system, the difficulty level. At least the randomness of the growth system is intentional. It's like Square's B team wanted to make the ultimate RPG with multiple races, cultures, and skill systems, but kinda had a brain fart halfway through that decimated most of the team. The graphics are... not polished. Many of the sprites have a slightly icky, pixelated, rendered look to them (no wonder they went for an illustrated look in later games), but what really borders on Narm is how the monsters are always comically bigger than your characters in battle. Even if they were the same size as your sprite when they were shown on the overhead map! Despite all this ''and'' a classic [[Blind Idiot Translation]] hack job by Sony's first party, the game is still rather fun. Go fig.

* The American voice acting in the original PSX version of ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story (Video Game)|Star Ocean the Second Story]]'', particularly Claude's VA, straddles the line between [[So Bad It's Good]] and completely unlistenable. Claude's best/worst victory line is "Crawd has advanced forward!". (Yes, he actually says "[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Crawd]]", not "Claude". This game had a rather... [[Blind Idiot Translation|spotty]] localization.)

* ''[[Unreal Tournament (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament]]'' is about a ''sport'', agreed? Yet for ''[[Unreal Tournament III (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament III]]'', someone had the job of writing six cutscenes that turn it into a revenge story in the midst of an interplanetary war. These cutscenes are hilarious.

* Though ''[[Star Fox 64 (Video Game)|Star Fox 64]]'' is an amazing game, its voice acting is hilariously cheesy.

** [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|BEEEEEEEE SEVURNTEEN BAAAAAAAWWWWLMER]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvfP5BQxaw Jax's ending] in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 4]]''. '''[[Big OMG|Oh my God!!!]]'''

* ''[[Killing Floor (Video Game)|Killing Floor]]'' is a solid game, but with [[Memetic Mutation|memetically]] [[Narm]]-tastic dialogue.

* ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' is an amazing game by most anyone's standards, but its voice acting is [[Narm]] inducing in many scenes.

** The "Artist" tag for the [[MP 3]] of this song contained in ''[[Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden]]'' puts it best: "jesus christ the guy from deep purple sang this"

* The first ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'' game had [[American Kirby Is Hardcore|North American]] [[Contemptible Cover|box art]] that [[wikipedia:File:MegamanBox.jpg|must be seen to be believed]]. Fans have come to love its [[Did Not Do the Research|ridiculous inaccuracies]]. As the page quote indicates, ''Mega Man 9'' paid tribute with [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Megaman9cover.jpg silly box art of its own]. This wasn't even the first time -- Inticreates' previous game, ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', included an in-game [[Shout Out]].

** Capcom USA has also brought us ''[[Megaman Battle Network]] 4'''s [[Blind Idiot Translation]], which was a much, MUCH worse translation job than anything else in the entire series, both before and after it. Examples include "What a polite young man she was!" and "Mega Man, is the jack out now!" Even the manual had its share of silly mistakes.

*** The legendarily awful dub job for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_FSVWR6ZE Dr. Light] in ''[[Mega Man 8 (Video Game)|Mega Man 8]]''. It's made of crystallized [[Narm]]. You know your voice acting is bad when Mega Man sounds more like a girl than ''Roll.''

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAMNO2jOaz0 pause screen "music"] in ''[[Wario World (Video Game)|Wario World]]''.

* ''[http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=showhack&id=1044 Chaos CompleXX]'', a hack of ''[[Super Mario World (Video Game)|Super Mario World]]'' made by the same man who made The Second Reality Project. It's a intentional joke hack.

* The Half-Life Fanfiction-made-[[Garrys Mod|Garry's-Mod]]-Video "[[Half Life Full Life Consequences (Fanfic)|Full Life Consequences]]". So bad it has to be [http://youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs seen to be believed.]

* ''[[Pokémon Quartz]],'' a hilariously awful hack of ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon Ruby]]'' with [[Nightmare Valley|ugly to terrifying]] fake Pokemon, [[Cluster F-Bomb|gratuitous swearing]], [[Blind Idiot Translation|bizarre dialogue]], a nonsensical plot--and did we mention all the [[Author Avatar|author insertion]] and the [[Gary Stu]] professor? It must be seen to be believed--and these [http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Quartz/index.html Let's] [http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=202024 Plays] don't even cover all of it.

* ''[http://www.mfgg.net/index.php?act=resdb¶m=02&c=2&id=321 Paper Mario World]'', a ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' fangame, enjoys this reputation to so great an extreme, the game's original creator has produced a series of videos playing off of its legendary camp value, as well as apologizing for the whole thing. According to him, because the game was made in the earlier days of fangaming, he had no idea what sort of quality or expectations existed. As a result, he released a "game" that was really essentially just a string of clumsily-conducted experiments along the set Mario theme. Though they do display a good amount of the various things TGF can do, the developer spent little to no time honing any one aspect to the optimum capacity, and as soon as [http://www.mfgg.net the site that hosted it] began allowing reviews, the game was nitpicked to death by numerous players. Most of its camp value owes to its particularly horrible graphics, with sprite styles that clash, as well as badly scaled individual sprites (numerous doors the player can enter that are much smaller than himself may be the greatest example), background scenery that ranges from dull to nonexistant, curiously-placed terrain, such as magma floating in mid-air, and bosses that bounce around the arena with no true animation frames. And the [[Narm Charm]] of its completely unnecessary narrator.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 4]]: Episode 1'' has an engine that doesn't quite replicate that of the original trilogy, and as such, many old fans hate it. Still, that engine does allow for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7OelVLNU48 some hilarious violations of physics].

* A few of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] games have really, really odd stories or cutscenes, becoming the most apparent around ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]]'', where the characters are generally poorly animated (Policemen walk away from Chaos... But they don't bother to reverse the walking animation, so he's ''moonwalking'' away from Chaos.), or have odd proportions (Sonic's mouth is ''huge'' in the game).