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* The 16-bit version of ''[[Wayne's World]]'' is possibly one of the most loathed, least playable 16-bit games ever. Bad collision detection, hideous sprites and atrociously digitized voices (especially in the Sega version) are just part of the problem with this. Mainly considered [[Snark Bait|only worthwhile to mock]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100102101013/http://sega-16.com/review_page.php?id=966&title=Wayne's%20World Read this review for more details.]
* The NES ''[[Where's Waldo]]'' game (released by [[Acclaim]] in 1992), owing to the severe graphical limitations of the system, was barely playable (as all the people in the crowds are identical stick figures) and has none of the visual fun that made the books memorable.
* ''[[Fester’s Quest]]'' was the first game to attempt to make an adaptation of ''[[The Addams Family]]'', but it failed miserably. It’s even a mystery as to why this game was made; released in 1989, three years before [[The Addams Family (1991 film)|the movie]] came out, the franchise wasn’t exactly popular at the time.<ref>In fact, that may have been the point. This was the first licensed game made by Sunsoft, they figured they'd need something recognizable, and while ''The Addams Family'' fit the bill, it wasn't popular, and thus the licensing rights would be easy to get.</ref> Notoriously [[Nintendo Hard]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1429D57Xe4 (the commercial for the game even warns you that it's difficult)] the gameplay and controls are pretty bad. Fester moves very slow, can’t move diagonally; even the most basic enemies take a long time to kill, have a tendency to gang up and get in your way, and some of them use projectiles that make Fester even slower. The big problem is Fester’s gun, which automatically upgrades (or downgrades) upon getting certain power-ups, but the erratic way it fires after upgrading makes it hard to hit anything with it, and there’s no way to choose the setting. Worst of all, Fester has only one life and two units of health (you can get more later, but it takes a while). Adding to the frustration is [[Check Point Starvation|the complete lack of checkpoints]]; dying and using a continue sends you back to the starting point, although you do get to keep everything in your inventory. It’s hard to even say, “if you’re a diehard fan of ''The Addams Family'' it might be worth a look”, because for the record, the plot (or [[Excuse Plot|what passes for it]], with Fester fighting [[Alien Invasion|invading aliens]]) seems out of place for the Family, and [[In Name Only|the game barely references the source material at all.]] It even seems likely that a lot of the game's material was recycled from ''[[Blaster Master]]'', an earlier Sunsoft game. Still, the game does have some fans; when IGM posted their list of the top 100 video games of all time, this one got a respectable spot at number 45.
== Fifth Generation (1995-2000) ==
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