The 30 dumbest videogame titles ever

AnonymousThu 27 March, 2008 4:10pm

OMG - the most random article I have read in a long, long time. Put a huge smile on my face!

DavidRGilsonThu 27 March, 2008 4:57pm

Double entendres 4tw!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 9:31am

Someone actually wanted to name a piece of software Touch DIC :S Wow.

Zombies ate my neighbors was one of the coolest games ever made.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 9:58am

Actually in "Keith Courage in Alpha Zones", the enemies were named "Beastly Alien Dudes (BAD)." Read the manual. :)

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 11:22am

Where's Plumbers Don't Wear Ties?

Matt

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 11:44am

Rex Nebular was a GREAT game! Where else can you trap large, tribal women in a hole in the ground using "twinkyfruit" as bait? Or stuff a fish with a rotten, almost-sentient hamburger?

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 12:16pm

Trevor McFur in Crescent Galaxy
Guilty Gear
Viewtiful Joe

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 12:36pm

Karnaaj Rally anyone?

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 12:43pm

Does anybody remember Purple Saturn Day?

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 12:59pm

Back in the mid '80s, a friend and I started on (but never completed) Down Korean Airliner on the Apple ][+. You would have been a MiG pilot, shooting at whatever happened to be flying by (aircraft, weather baloon, large bird -- it didn't matter, really). I wish we (well, him, really) had finished it.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 12:59pm

Ninjabread man!? Who comes up with these!!!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 2:50pm

Ninjabread man was my favorite character in the Shrek series. Sure the game sucked but a character as cool as that does deserve a game of his own.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 3:08pm

yeah screw you Zombies Ate My Neighbors was great. One of the greatest zombie games of all time.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 3:26pm

pure bliss at its extremities, theres tons of stupidly named games everywhere espcially for atari st and amiga/commador thingy ! but still iam intrested in playing that rex nebula game tastey!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 3:51pm

Zombie Ate My Neighbors - dumb name? No Way!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 3:55pm

I had Tongue of the Fatman. I played it for years. Until my 386 finally died. It was a really cool game, and although the name was strange, it made sense at the time, and fit with the game

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:07pm

They forgot "Space Bunnies Must Die".

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:09pm

How can you talk about bad video game names without mentioning irritating stick?

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:25pm

Rex Nebular was an Adventure game, not Action, and a quite decent one too (though not great)

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:34pm

I have a ROM copy of Ninja Baseball Batman, and while it makes no sense plot-wise, it is a definite must play for anyone who likes side-scrolling beat-em-ups like the old Ninja Turtles arcade games.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:39pm

Hmm. Leisure Suit Larry 3 was an awesome game at the time, and the name pretty funny. I'd say if you played it, you might not have included it on your list.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 4:39pm

Tactics Ogre was the second game in the Ogre Battle Series. Just saying.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 5:07pm

I felt Rock Star Ate My Hamster should have made the cut. An old game from the late 80's if anyone else remembers.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 5:39pm

Keith Courage was a great game. Brings back a lot of nostalgia

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 7:01pm

What about Jumping Flash? You're a giant robot bunny with the ability to leap hundreds of feet in the air, whilst looking down. Seriously, that's it. That's the WHOLE GAME.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 8:15pm

I played Attack of the Mutant Camels back in the late 80s on my Atari 2600, however my version was called "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back". Kinda makes more sense now huh? I didn't know they released it under another name, must have been some kind of licensing disagreement and they released the game anyway and just replaced the AT-ATs with camels. Weird, but its the exact same game.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 8:25pm

Did anyone notice that "Barbie Horse Adventure", when pronounced just right sounds like "Barbie Hore's Adventure"?

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 8:38pm

Zombies ate my neighbors rulled so much... shouldn't be there fosho!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 9:01pm

You forgot "Slap and Tickle" for the commodore 64. Many months were spent playing that game, that is until I realised what the name meant...

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 9:55pm

Attack of the Mutant Camels was, for those of us who played it, obviously an attempt to create a 'snowspeeder vs AT-AT' game without being sued. So, fun game, poor attempt at concealment.

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 10:54pm

Why no "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu" for NES? You can't beat that for a bad name, bad game combination!

AnonymousFri 28 March, 2008 11:56pm

Like choosing "Next Photo" instead of next page is not dumb

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 12:16am

Tounge of the Fatman OWNED!!!!!!!!

sylectraSat 29 March, 2008 12:22am

I didn't see the smash hit, Pants of Power, which has a cool voiceover, "Pants of Power" with an echo for added effect.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 1:02am

I remember a platform game released in the late 90s for the PC called Robosaurs versus the Space Bastards.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 2:19am

THe gender bender is probably based on a Twilight Zone episode. They killed off the men and figured out how to have children. But they had only some women giving birth and called them queens... like ants.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 3:04am

The dumbest article ever.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 3:15am

Sure, /Barbie Horse Adventures/ is a dumb name if you are a 25yo narcissist living in your mother's basement, but for young girls, it's a perfect name.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 3:16am

I would seriously take off Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I would put up the Zack and Wiki game for the Wii in its place, because the name is so bad that I'm reluctant to play it even though I have been hearing its a good game.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 3:49am

Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders!

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 4:18am

I figured "Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure" made for Sega would have definitely made this list...

Princess Tomato was one of my favorite games when I was a kid. Crazy.

CartmanSat 29 March, 2008 7:13am

Check the gamespot.com review of NRA Gun Club. An absolute classic

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 4:17pm

"Fat Worm blows a sparky" didn't make the list

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 8:49pm

Awful article. Mostly deliberately odd names, in which case it's their joke, not yours. , And some pretty ordinary names attached to crap games, which is surely a completely different article.
Poor.

AnonymousSat 29 March, 2008 9:39pm

Zombies Ate My Neighbors was the most awesome game ever.

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 4:23am

Lol... Anything else to say? Lol. Touch Dic? Lol... Lol.. lololollol... lol please i need to stop saying lol.. LOL

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 7:43am

I can't believe Nuts and Milk never made the list.

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 8:49am

BARBIE'S HORSE ADVENTURES WAS A GREAT GAME! D:<
I STILL PLAY IT AND I'M IN MY 40z.

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 1:23pm

No game by the name of Astro Fang was released for the NES. GG Proofreading.

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 3:27pm

Zombies Ate my Neighbours is 200% Pure. Win.

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 8:13pm

Destroy All Humans:Big Willy Unleashed?

AnonymousSun 30 March, 2008 10:39pm

Every game by DDI, Ninjabread man and Billy Wizard as two terrible examples, are all dreadful. They can not and will not produce a good game.

A perfect example of a small company producing mass amounts of cheap shit to sell at a low price to people who don't know better.

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 4:27am

Epic Fail! No mention of Sticky Balls, Super Monkey Ball, or Ratchet and Clack: Size Matters anywhere!!!

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 5:03am

I'm glad to see alot of people are mad because Zombies ate my Neighbors was on the list.

That game was badass.

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 1:33pm

What about "Smashing Pumpins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris"

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 1:57pm

I have Liesure Suit Larry 3 AND Barbie's Horse Adventure...
Never could quite finish LSL3 (the arcade sequence in the river... took 40 hours, and just couldn't do it), but my 7 yo daughter LOVED Horse Adventure, and Barbie Pet Rescue.

I always wanted to try Tongue of the Fatman, too....

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 7:23pm

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender?

You know, sometimes I wonder what it's like to be the opposite gender...

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 7:48pm

"Space Giraffe" for the 360 is written by Jeff Minter, the same author who wrote "Attack of the Mutant Camels". So in some sense, you have your update for modern consoles right there.

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 12:59am

To the commenter above: Yes, Astro Fang was available for the NES. It was a terrific game, even if the name sucked. Point your ill-advised hate elsewhere, n00b. Good article, though Boogerman should be on the list.

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 2:31am

ZOMBIES ATE MY NEIGHBORS PWNS YOU!!!!!!!!!!

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 6:59am

Funny list, but it somewhat fails for not including Plumbers don't Wear Ties. Taht was the game that came to mind as soon as I saw this story.

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 10:57am

Where's "Yogurting"?

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 3:16pm

Rex Nebular was a *GREAT* game. I remember it came with my Gateway computer back in 92 or 93. Easily on par with the top adventure games from Sierra. The game was like Space Quest, except with a more ridiculous, more humorous story. (I did love Space Quest, for what it's worth...)

Big second on "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu". How can that be left out?

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 4:43pm

I agree that this article sucked. Not a great list- too long, unfunny commentary, and odd phrasing/ sentence structure...

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 7:54pm

i would play all the following
spanky the monky
ninjabread man
and my personal fav.
mutant camel game.... cant remember the name of it....sue me.

AnonymousTue 1 April, 2008 11:09pm

Holy friggin crap....this is hilarious.
The failed dictonary for the DS was the best.

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 2:55am

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is amazing, but I've also played Princess Tomato in Salad Kingdom. As it turns out, the game is really funny, but only at 4 AM.

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 4:21am

OBJECTION.

A similar game has been made to that "annoying git boy" one... look up "Neighbours From Hell" sometime.

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 10:57am

You forgot "Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Anniversary Edition"

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 12:19pm

NO HOOTERS DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY?

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 1:18pm

This article is absolutely legendary - whoever wrote this deserves an increase! Never has an article made me laugh so hard in years. You, sir, rock.

-Will

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 2:38pm

Despite "70's Robot Anime Geppy-X: The Super Boosted Armor" is pretty sucky name, the 4 discs game actually provide lots (I mean, LOTS) of '70s - '80s mecha from various anime, especially If you're some retro mecha anime maniac.

AnonymousWed 2 April, 2008 4:47pm

It was said..

AnonymousMon 31 March, 2008 1:33pm

What about "Smashing Pumpins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris"

That wasnt mentioned because SPISPOPD is an amazing precursor/whatever you want to call it to DOOM which is one of the most successful games of all time...

i think it would have been possible to add to the list had the game not been added to the original Doom as a no-clipping code.. (remember IDSPISPOPD everyone?)

I don't think many people got the reference, though, which is sad..

AnonymousThu 3 April, 2008 1:29am

he he he. a good controvesial article. but u shouldent include tactics ogre and zombies ate my ... because these 2 was great games.
the most fun part was that hamester ninja thing and touch dicccccccccc!

smart article.

AnonymousThu 3 April, 2008 5:47pm

This list is missing so much... personally I think Amazing Woody is a strange name than Barbie Horse Adventures.

God, Amazing Woody was such a bad game.

AnonymousThu 3 April, 2008 9:43pm

....

Ninjabread man has nothing to do with Shrek, to the person who mentioned it above

AnonymousThu 3 April, 2008 11:22pm

Long live Zombies Ate My Neighbours!!!

AnonymousFri 4 April, 2008 12:30am

Touch Dic, lol

AnonymousSat 5 April, 2008 12:29pm

>> Ship Simulator 2008: Much like Bus Driver, only instead of a bus, it's a ship.

Hilarious reference. I hope it was intentional, because it's brilliant. :)

"It's just like Speed 2, but with a bus instead of a boat!"

AnonymousTue 8 April, 2008 2:09am

Where is my personal favorite "Attack of the Mutant Tentacles"

Zombies ate my Neighbors was epic

AnonymousThu 10 April, 2008 4:48am

Yes Prime Minister was a fantastic game, don't knock it. How many developers have ever managed political satire?

I'd rather play anything here than half the generic copycat FPS/sub GTA clone/Sim dross that clogs up the shelves nowadays.

AnonymousThu 17 April, 2008 9:56am

What no Donkey Kong!

AnonymousThu 17 April, 2008 11:02pm

I actually played Princess Tomato in Salad Kingdom when I was a kid! It was great game! Especially if you liked Univited, Deja Vu and Shadowgate. It was just such Tongue in cheek humor it was hilarious. Loads of enjoyment, especially when you had to pick through what was left from the crazy banana guy you killed with your Pee shooter!

AnonymousWed 4 June, 2008 1:47pm

Zombies Ate My Neighbors IS a real classic! one of the awesomest games for SNES.