some consoles are popular and the left
and then there are these look into the
world of Sega Saturn welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for another top
10 worst video game consoles this list
we’ll be taking a look back at consoles
that showed up attempted to sell us on
their respective qualities and
ultimately failed to succeed for a
number of reasons whether was the cost
the design or the marketing these
systems didn’t quite stick the landing
all right we’re leaving pirated and
cloned consoles off this list as a
general rule so products like the in
tech interact won’t be mentioned further
now you may return to the world as you
know it if there’s a terrible console
you thought should be on this list be
sure to check out our first clip of the
top 10 worst video game consoles number
10 booyah
talk about missing the mark when it came
to expectations anybody that warns about
the game for television we allow them
the ability to do this funded through an
immensely successful Kickstarter
campaign this micro console running its
own version of the Android operating
system was meant to be a low-cost
alternative to the other eighth
generation consoles you’re the signal to
the world that this is wanted sadly the
consoles promise of accessible
developers tools and free to play launch
titles couldn’t make up for a poorly
constructed controller spotty internet
connectivity and a general lack of
compelling games especially when you
consider the strong indie titles readily
available elsewhere we’re not surprised
that manufacturer I incorporated is
trying to sell at this point we wanted
to make a great product number 9 Sega
Saturn delivering crystal clear digital
video
rich creamy 3d graphics such follies and
misjudgment the gaming world sees all
too often please don’t disappoint him
back in 1995 the idea of a console
sporting the latest in 3d video
processing technology was a dream come
true and that was the promise of the
Saturn Sega’s fourth home console hmm he
was rushed to market to get a head start
on the upcoming PlayStation and was
found to be too difficult to develop for
yeah
as a result Sega had a deficit of
third-party games and a console infamous
for being more complex than it needed to
be plus a Sega console with no Sonic
very unfortunate number 8 hyper scan
which looks like something that Batman
would have thrown out of the Batcave
because it was obsolete interesting
ideas do not instantly equate success
execution is the key I could beat you
with my good looks alone that’s the
lesson Mattel had to learn the hard way
with the release of the hyper scan the
consoles gimmick was that the games were
compatible with the special RFID enabled
cards that would unlock in-game content
and act as a means of saving data should
have kept your guard up unfortunately
the console games and cards were derided
for their universally poor quality and
lackluster sales ensured the system
would be discontinued by 2007 me but I
feel you may feel quite a bit of pain
when we are through my good fellow it
probably didn’t help that Mattel only
released five games for the hyper scan
three of which were Marvel titles next
time I won’t be so gentle number seven
Coleco Telstar arcade
of all the variants of the Talz dart
console this one is possibly the most
bizarre
released in 1977 as part of Coleco
Telstar line this contraption features
three different peripherals a light gun
for shooting games a steering wheel for
racing and a paddle for pong look at
this mess a steering wheel a gun what
madman came up with this the Telstar
arcade had a pack in game and several
other cartridges were released but
ultimately it and other Telstar consoles
would be discontinued in 1978 amid the
decline of pong machines you’re watching
the most exciting game you will ever see
on your TV set Telstar buy Coleco number
6 RCA studio 2
it’s hard to break into the game
industry especially when time is against
you but the electronics company RCA made
a bold effort with the studio to a
system sporting twin keypads built into
the console and five packed in games
what it meant was that the pong systems
were on their way out and that people
wanted interchangeable cartridges the
problem was the studio twos technology
was obsolete before it hit shelves
it had black-and-white graphics while
its competitors had color and only used
buttons when other systems relied on
joysticks by the time the far superior
Atari 2600 hit store shelves the writing
was on the wall
number five game comm I have a surprise
for all the slackers but nothing better
to do than play games surf the net some
things just can’t catch a break
in 1997 Tiger Electronics began pitching
a handheld system aimed at hip and
happening young adults Hilton’s portable
gaming system the idea being the premise
of those adults cueing games would draw
in a crowd resulting game calm even
sounds promising a handheld that had PDA
functionality the ability to connect to
the internet and a touchscreen interface
well before the Nintendo DS yet the
system flopped for various reasons it
didn’t catch on with the media it lacked
quality games and had a really poor
screen with severe ghosting issues the
boxes look nice even if the games don’t
as you might expect it did not sell well
good thank you number for action max
target drone dead ahead
he’s all yours we feel like this failure
should have been predictable the BHS
based system by the toy company worlds
of wonder required gamers to have a VCR
and game with a light gun which ended up
being integral to each of its five games
big ol trucker two factors help the
system back every game for the action
max was a shooting game and there was no
way to win or lose any of the games in
the end the action max quietly
disappeared from the market leaving
little in the way of a lasting impact
faint radio silence and no mention
outside Naval Intelligence do you copy
number three RDI Halcyon nice don’t see
you again done there in the world of
vapor where this is the stuff of legends
designing Halcyon took him six years and
cost six million dollars designed by RDI
video systems the company responsible
for classic games like Dragon’s Lair and
Space Ace the halcyon was pitched as a
voice-activated system with AI as
advanced as Hal 9000 no people wanted to
play hey yours blessed yes there was
just one caveat
you had to pay $2,500 for the console
sorry how you want me to unplug you
sorry
yeah sure I think we’ve gotten up close
the obscene asking price combined with
investors skeptical of the concept men
to the console was doomed before it
could launch a fantasy is
if you’re really dedicated you can still
find the few remaining prototypes in the
hands of collectors it has the ability
to understand up to a 200 word
vocabulary number to our zone are you
ready
remember those cheap Tiger LCD handheld
games well the company responsible for
those pieces of crap thought they’d sell
well as a handheld console didn’t think
they could get any worse didja it’s the
or zone super screen the biggest
tabletop cartridge game screen you’ll
ever seen the R zone would begin as a
visor like accessory worn on the players
head with more traditional handheld
variants released later all is well and
good except it had to compete with
Nintendo’s Game Boy and Sega’s game gear
and was technically rushed to market to
compete with the equally doomed Virtual
Boy three moves at that a lack of
expected features like the ability to
save game data or adjust volume levels
and you’re left with a product that
didn’t last long in the market and
that’s not even mentioning the fact that
you had to close one eye to view the
screen properly my face before we unveil
our top pick here are a few dishonorable
mentions
turbo Express portable he’s like Sonic
the Hedgehog meets candy crush on crack
love the music once again great sound
work number one Atari 5200 this is the
big one literally and figuratively but
aren’t they hard to find they’re
everywhere everywhere as Ataris next
console after the largely successful
2600 the 5200 super system was touted as
having more advanced graphics and a
better joystick controller than its
predecessor this is the worst video game
controller that I’ve ever seen what
buyers got instead was a console with a
shoddily made controller that broke down
real easy
a lineup of games that were mostly
updated 2600 titles and a really high
asking price for the time here’s pac-man
on ColecoVision but here’s pac-man for
the Atari 5200 super system now you talk
on top of that the timing of the
consoles release contributed to the
video game crash of 1983 sealing its own
fate in the process do you agree with
our list
gggggg what game consoles left you
fuming for more tech savvy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com now how far will laser
discs and computer technology go we have
some thoughts from commentator Paul
Schindler
you
and then there are these look into the
world of Sega Saturn welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for another top
10 worst video game consoles this list
we’ll be taking a look back at consoles
that showed up attempted to sell us on
their respective qualities and
ultimately failed to succeed for a
number of reasons whether was the cost
the design or the marketing these
systems didn’t quite stick the landing
all right we’re leaving pirated and
cloned consoles off this list as a
general rule so products like the in
tech interact won’t be mentioned further
now you may return to the world as you
know it if there’s a terrible console
you thought should be on this list be
sure to check out our first clip of the
top 10 worst video game consoles number
10 booyah
talk about missing the mark when it came
to expectations anybody that warns about
the game for television we allow them
the ability to do this funded through an
immensely successful Kickstarter
campaign this micro console running its
own version of the Android operating
system was meant to be a low-cost
alternative to the other eighth
generation consoles you’re the signal to
the world that this is wanted sadly the
consoles promise of accessible
developers tools and free to play launch
titles couldn’t make up for a poorly
constructed controller spotty internet
connectivity and a general lack of
compelling games especially when you
consider the strong indie titles readily
available elsewhere we’re not surprised
that manufacturer I incorporated is
trying to sell at this point we wanted
to make a great product number 9 Sega
Saturn delivering crystal clear digital
video
rich creamy 3d graphics such follies and
misjudgment the gaming world sees all
too often please don’t disappoint him
back in 1995 the idea of a console
sporting the latest in 3d video
processing technology was a dream come
true and that was the promise of the
Saturn Sega’s fourth home console hmm he
was rushed to market to get a head start
on the upcoming PlayStation and was
found to be too difficult to develop for
yeah
as a result Sega had a deficit of
third-party games and a console infamous
for being more complex than it needed to
be plus a Sega console with no Sonic
very unfortunate number 8 hyper scan
which looks like something that Batman
would have thrown out of the Batcave
because it was obsolete interesting
ideas do not instantly equate success
execution is the key I could beat you
with my good looks alone that’s the
lesson Mattel had to learn the hard way
with the release of the hyper scan the
consoles gimmick was that the games were
compatible with the special RFID enabled
cards that would unlock in-game content
and act as a means of saving data should
have kept your guard up unfortunately
the console games and cards were derided
for their universally poor quality and
lackluster sales ensured the system
would be discontinued by 2007 me but I
feel you may feel quite a bit of pain
when we are through my good fellow it
probably didn’t help that Mattel only
released five games for the hyper scan
three of which were Marvel titles next
time I won’t be so gentle number seven
Coleco Telstar arcade
of all the variants of the Talz dart
console this one is possibly the most
bizarre
released in 1977 as part of Coleco
Telstar line this contraption features
three different peripherals a light gun
for shooting games a steering wheel for
racing and a paddle for pong look at
this mess a steering wheel a gun what
madman came up with this the Telstar
arcade had a pack in game and several
other cartridges were released but
ultimately it and other Telstar consoles
would be discontinued in 1978 amid the
decline of pong machines you’re watching
the most exciting game you will ever see
on your TV set Telstar buy Coleco number
6 RCA studio 2
it’s hard to break into the game
industry especially when time is against
you but the electronics company RCA made
a bold effort with the studio to a
system sporting twin keypads built into
the console and five packed in games
what it meant was that the pong systems
were on their way out and that people
wanted interchangeable cartridges the
problem was the studio twos technology
was obsolete before it hit shelves
it had black-and-white graphics while
its competitors had color and only used
buttons when other systems relied on
joysticks by the time the far superior
Atari 2600 hit store shelves the writing
was on the wall
number five game comm I have a surprise
for all the slackers but nothing better
to do than play games surf the net some
things just can’t catch a break
in 1997 Tiger Electronics began pitching
a handheld system aimed at hip and
happening young adults Hilton’s portable
gaming system the idea being the premise
of those adults cueing games would draw
in a crowd resulting game calm even
sounds promising a handheld that had PDA
functionality the ability to connect to
the internet and a touchscreen interface
well before the Nintendo DS yet the
system flopped for various reasons it
didn’t catch on with the media it lacked
quality games and had a really poor
screen with severe ghosting issues the
boxes look nice even if the games don’t
as you might expect it did not sell well
good thank you number for action max
target drone dead ahead
he’s all yours we feel like this failure
should have been predictable the BHS
based system by the toy company worlds
of wonder required gamers to have a VCR
and game with a light gun which ended up
being integral to each of its five games
big ol trucker two factors help the
system back every game for the action
max was a shooting game and there was no
way to win or lose any of the games in
the end the action max quietly
disappeared from the market leaving
little in the way of a lasting impact
faint radio silence and no mention
outside Naval Intelligence do you copy
number three RDI Halcyon nice don’t see
you again done there in the world of
vapor where this is the stuff of legends
designing Halcyon took him six years and
cost six million dollars designed by RDI
video systems the company responsible
for classic games like Dragon’s Lair and
Space Ace the halcyon was pitched as a
voice-activated system with AI as
advanced as Hal 9000 no people wanted to
play hey yours blessed yes there was
just one caveat
you had to pay $2,500 for the console
sorry how you want me to unplug you
sorry
yeah sure I think we’ve gotten up close
the obscene asking price combined with
investors skeptical of the concept men
to the console was doomed before it
could launch a fantasy is
if you’re really dedicated you can still
find the few remaining prototypes in the
hands of collectors it has the ability
to understand up to a 200 word
vocabulary number to our zone are you
ready
remember those cheap Tiger LCD handheld
games well the company responsible for
those pieces of crap thought they’d sell
well as a handheld console didn’t think
they could get any worse didja it’s the
or zone super screen the biggest
tabletop cartridge game screen you’ll
ever seen the R zone would begin as a
visor like accessory worn on the players
head with more traditional handheld
variants released later all is well and
good except it had to compete with
Nintendo’s Game Boy and Sega’s game gear
and was technically rushed to market to
compete with the equally doomed Virtual
Boy three moves at that a lack of
expected features like the ability to
save game data or adjust volume levels
and you’re left with a product that
didn’t last long in the market and
that’s not even mentioning the fact that
you had to close one eye to view the
screen properly my face before we unveil
our top pick here are a few dishonorable
mentions
turbo Express portable he’s like Sonic
the Hedgehog meets candy crush on crack
love the music once again great sound
work number one Atari 5200 this is the
big one literally and figuratively but
aren’t they hard to find they’re
everywhere everywhere as Ataris next
console after the largely successful
2600 the 5200 super system was touted as
having more advanced graphics and a
better joystick controller than its
predecessor this is the worst video game
controller that I’ve ever seen what
buyers got instead was a console with a
shoddily made controller that broke down
real easy
a lineup of games that were mostly
updated 2600 titles and a really high
asking price for the time here’s pac-man
on ColecoVision but here’s pac-man for
the Atari 5200 super system now you talk
on top of that the timing of the
consoles release contributed to the
video game crash of 1983 sealing its own
fate in the process do you agree with
our list
gggggg what game consoles left you
fuming for more tech savvy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com now how far will laser
discs and computer technology go we have
some thoughts from commentator Paul
Schindler
you
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