some of the best video games in history
were released for the Super Nintendo and
then there were these games welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst SNES games
for this list we’re looking at the
saddest most unplayable unenjoyable
pathetic excuses for licensed video
games to ever disgrace the SNES any
unlicensed games like Hong Kong 97 do
not count which considering its music is
a pretty good thing as a courtesy we’re
also excluding educational games that
specifically targeted younger audiences
and may have been overly simple or
repetitive in order to achieve their
educational goals so your time machine
gets a pass this time Mario number 10
falls 3d balls 3d had some interesting
graphics and that’s pretty much it for
its good qualities
this might be the most laughably bad
title for a video game ever
sure they used the foolproof 90s
marketing technique up replacing the
letter S with Zed to achieve the cool
edgy effect but that simply proved that
the word balls could not be saved the
semi pornographic moaning in the
soundtrack doesn’t help either
unnecessarily complicated controls
coupled with a lack of varied moves made
it a failure of a fighting game annoying
music bad physics uninspired characters
and an imbalance between health and
attack strength there’s no other way to
say it this game was balls number 9
Space Ace
to be fair Space Ace was incredibly
well-received as a laserdisc arcade game
in 1984 praised for its unparalleled
animation thanks to game developer and
ex Disney director Don Bluth then it was
ported to the SNES
enter the pixelated graphics ruining the
fluid movie like animation and dynamic
scenarios the truly unique form of level
design from the original is reduced to
side-scrolling weirdness and of course
in an effort to maintain some
resemblance to the game that spawned it
Space Ace SNES did certainly feature
one-hit deaths
it was unforgivingly difficult and
deeply frustrating
number eight The Wizard of Oz some games
fall victim to a fatal design flaw other
times a fully functional playable game
is simply so painfully boring and
uninspired that we’d rather stare at a
blank screen divided into four worlds
each with a few levels apiece the game
is essentially one level repeated with
minor redesigns Dorothy has a magic wand
yeah remember that from the film and the
ability to kick stuff why bother kicking
impossible to say exceedingly difficult
yet ultimately unrewarding platforming
is mixed with laughably weak enemies as
you slowly trudge through this
criminally bad adaptation of one of the
most whimsical and cherished films in
history
number seven rise of the robots
promising title right there’s no way
this game’s gonna be as bad as balls 3d
wrong we dream of a crossover fighting
game in the style of Marvel vs. Capcom
between this and balls 3d titled bad vs.
worse terrible control set the bar
incredibly low only to be surpassed by
awkward camera angles laughable hit
detection and an extremely limited set
of moves at your disposal
you love button mashing perfect your
attacks are essentially limited to kick
and punch just don’t do any of that too
fast as the game is known to have a
significant delay also single-player
mode only has one character that you can
play as how’s that for variety number
six babies kids comedian Robin Harris
once had a popular recurring bit about
babies kids three horrible children that
his girlfriend would always inexplicably
agreed to babysit and bring along on
their dates it inspired an animated film
which was poorly received so naturally
they adapted that into an infinitely
worse video game baby his kids took the
same side-scrolling beat-em-up style of
such classic games as turtles in time
and proceeded to suck all the joy out of
punching stuff the characters move at a
brutally slow pace the hit detection is
non-existent and the gameplay is beyond
reprieve number five time cop
it’s one of the loosest video game
adaptations of a film ever made it’s so
badly designed it’s almost unplayable
it’s time cob and it’ll leave you bored
blind and frustrated
the game starts by throwing the plot out
of the film out the window but plot
matters so little in this game so who
cares regardless of time period you
fight the exact same henchmen the
digitized characters are very detailed
yet out of focus giving a blurry vision
effect to the whole game when you and an
enemy attack simultaneously the game
tends to freeze as it figures out what
to do it’s also a good contender for
ugliest ending ever number four shack
food this is the unholy spawn of a
popular public figure in the 90s and the
attempt to cash in on that popularity
with a video game in the game itself
Shaq gets sent to an alternate dimension
to save a young boy why is Shaq the
right man for the job well he was the
first one to walk into the dojo and he’s
like super tall so you know
with subpar graphics boring combat and a
horrible input delay Shaq foo was bad
enough to make you want to burn your
Lakers Jersey still unconvinced there’s
actually a website out there dedicated
to collecting and destroying copies of
this game Sega Genesis super ENT yet
number three pit fighter this is another
one of those ports from hell releases
initially reasonably well received as an
arcade game it was one of the many
titles of the era to use digitized
footage of real actors for its
animations as is often the case with
ports to the SNES key features were lost
in this translation the biggest losses
included an interactive audience that
pushed players back into the ring
weapons and three characters what’s the
backstory well you fight for money in a
pit but here the digitized characters
were reduced to blocky smudges their
animation was a joke and the controls
berry from clunky to broken depending on
who you ask
number two rap Jam vol 1 on his question
when you hear the title rap jam vol 1 do
you immediately think that this is a
basketball game oh well bad title aside
who doesn’t want to take to the court as
Coolio flava flav or Queen Latifah
considering how terrible this game is
the decision to actually include volume
1 in the title verges on delusional
the graphics are horrible enough to make
every character indistinguishable from
the next and switching between players
is just not an option the only winners
in this game are the artists who said no
to signing up before we reveal our top
pick here are a couple of dishonorable
mentions
number one race Travon
first off in terms of graphical quality
race drivin is not good
they probably blew the whole budget
designing the drivers admittedly
beautifully rendered hands and and
didn’t save enough cash for you know the
actual game
the jerky controls and poor handling
alone make the game unplayable but
combine them with a single digit
framerate and race drivin becomes just
nauseating
you also randomly crash often for no
reason so if you were ever wondering how
important the super FX chip included in
games like Star Fox was to the game’s
quality just remember race driving did
not have one of those chips do you agree
with our list what are some of the worst
SNES games that you’ve suffered through
for more highly critical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
were released for the Super Nintendo and
then there were these games welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst SNES games
for this list we’re looking at the
saddest most unplayable unenjoyable
pathetic excuses for licensed video
games to ever disgrace the SNES any
unlicensed games like Hong Kong 97 do
not count which considering its music is
a pretty good thing as a courtesy we’re
also excluding educational games that
specifically targeted younger audiences
and may have been overly simple or
repetitive in order to achieve their
educational goals so your time machine
gets a pass this time Mario number 10
falls 3d balls 3d had some interesting
graphics and that’s pretty much it for
its good qualities
this might be the most laughably bad
title for a video game ever
sure they used the foolproof 90s
marketing technique up replacing the
letter S with Zed to achieve the cool
edgy effect but that simply proved that
the word balls could not be saved the
semi pornographic moaning in the
soundtrack doesn’t help either
unnecessarily complicated controls
coupled with a lack of varied moves made
it a failure of a fighting game annoying
music bad physics uninspired characters
and an imbalance between health and
attack strength there’s no other way to
say it this game was balls number 9
Space Ace
to be fair Space Ace was incredibly
well-received as a laserdisc arcade game
in 1984 praised for its unparalleled
animation thanks to game developer and
ex Disney director Don Bluth then it was
ported to the SNES
enter the pixelated graphics ruining the
fluid movie like animation and dynamic
scenarios the truly unique form of level
design from the original is reduced to
side-scrolling weirdness and of course
in an effort to maintain some
resemblance to the game that spawned it
Space Ace SNES did certainly feature
one-hit deaths
it was unforgivingly difficult and
deeply frustrating
number eight The Wizard of Oz some games
fall victim to a fatal design flaw other
times a fully functional playable game
is simply so painfully boring and
uninspired that we’d rather stare at a
blank screen divided into four worlds
each with a few levels apiece the game
is essentially one level repeated with
minor redesigns Dorothy has a magic wand
yeah remember that from the film and the
ability to kick stuff why bother kicking
impossible to say exceedingly difficult
yet ultimately unrewarding platforming
is mixed with laughably weak enemies as
you slowly trudge through this
criminally bad adaptation of one of the
most whimsical and cherished films in
history
number seven rise of the robots
promising title right there’s no way
this game’s gonna be as bad as balls 3d
wrong we dream of a crossover fighting
game in the style of Marvel vs. Capcom
between this and balls 3d titled bad vs.
worse terrible control set the bar
incredibly low only to be surpassed by
awkward camera angles laughable hit
detection and an extremely limited set
of moves at your disposal
you love button mashing perfect your
attacks are essentially limited to kick
and punch just don’t do any of that too
fast as the game is known to have a
significant delay also single-player
mode only has one character that you can
play as how’s that for variety number
six babies kids comedian Robin Harris
once had a popular recurring bit about
babies kids three horrible children that
his girlfriend would always inexplicably
agreed to babysit and bring along on
their dates it inspired an animated film
which was poorly received so naturally
they adapted that into an infinitely
worse video game baby his kids took the
same side-scrolling beat-em-up style of
such classic games as turtles in time
and proceeded to suck all the joy out of
punching stuff the characters move at a
brutally slow pace the hit detection is
non-existent and the gameplay is beyond
reprieve number five time cop
it’s one of the loosest video game
adaptations of a film ever made it’s so
badly designed it’s almost unplayable
it’s time cob and it’ll leave you bored
blind and frustrated
the game starts by throwing the plot out
of the film out the window but plot
matters so little in this game so who
cares regardless of time period you
fight the exact same henchmen the
digitized characters are very detailed
yet out of focus giving a blurry vision
effect to the whole game when you and an
enemy attack simultaneously the game
tends to freeze as it figures out what
to do it’s also a good contender for
ugliest ending ever number four shack
food this is the unholy spawn of a
popular public figure in the 90s and the
attempt to cash in on that popularity
with a video game in the game itself
Shaq gets sent to an alternate dimension
to save a young boy why is Shaq the
right man for the job well he was the
first one to walk into the dojo and he’s
like super tall so you know
with subpar graphics boring combat and a
horrible input delay Shaq foo was bad
enough to make you want to burn your
Lakers Jersey still unconvinced there’s
actually a website out there dedicated
to collecting and destroying copies of
this game Sega Genesis super ENT yet
number three pit fighter this is another
one of those ports from hell releases
initially reasonably well received as an
arcade game it was one of the many
titles of the era to use digitized
footage of real actors for its
animations as is often the case with
ports to the SNES key features were lost
in this translation the biggest losses
included an interactive audience that
pushed players back into the ring
weapons and three characters what’s the
backstory well you fight for money in a
pit but here the digitized characters
were reduced to blocky smudges their
animation was a joke and the controls
berry from clunky to broken depending on
who you ask
number two rap Jam vol 1 on his question
when you hear the title rap jam vol 1 do
you immediately think that this is a
basketball game oh well bad title aside
who doesn’t want to take to the court as
Coolio flava flav or Queen Latifah
considering how terrible this game is
the decision to actually include volume
1 in the title verges on delusional
the graphics are horrible enough to make
every character indistinguishable from
the next and switching between players
is just not an option the only winners
in this game are the artists who said no
to signing up before we reveal our top
pick here are a couple of dishonorable
mentions
number one race Travon
first off in terms of graphical quality
race drivin is not good
they probably blew the whole budget
designing the drivers admittedly
beautifully rendered hands and and
didn’t save enough cash for you know the
actual game
the jerky controls and poor handling
alone make the game unplayable but
combine them with a single digit
framerate and race drivin becomes just
nauseating
you also randomly crash often for no
reason so if you were ever wondering how
important the super FX chip included in
games like Star Fox was to the game’s
quality just remember race driving did
not have one of those chips do you agree
with our list what are some of the worst
SNES games that you’ve suffered through
for more highly critical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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