so much for being the next big thing
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game consoles
before we begin we published new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
taking a look at the absolute worst
video game consoles that have been
released to the market number 10
laser active pioneer has developed the
laser active player technology that
allows you to enjoy everything you
already know and have come to appreciate
in laser discs quality the laser active
was released to the world in 1993 and
only pretty small small price of 970
American dollars to put that into
perspective that would be about $1,600
today and the reason it was so expensive
was because it ran on laser discs you
remember those bulky things yeah neither
do we
the multimedia device not only played
its own games but also came with $600
add-ons which could support Sega Genesis
and turbo graphics 16 titles it sounds
all well and good but the absolutely
insane price and lackluster titles
resulted in the laser active selling
only about 10,000 units and being
discontinued only three years after
release number nine are zone the R zone
was Tiger electronics his first major
entry in the portable gaming market and
it shows it was meant to compete with
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy and as such the
games and systems were kind of similar
complete with that gastly dark red color
scheme and headache-inducing blurriness
the system really had nothing going for
it as not only did you look like a
cheesy 80s sci-fi villain while wearing
it but you had to play with one eye
closed and all of its games played
exactly the same the console was an
instantaneous failure one we should all
forget existed sure fighter lives in the
are
number eight yeah what if the people
developing the games got a system of
their own the Ouya had relative promise
in the early days touted as an Android
based micro console which targeted
casual gamers similar to the mobile
market the Ouya raised 8.5 million on
Kickstarter which at the time was the
website’s fifth highest grossing product
unfortunately the Ouya was lackluster as
the controller was beyond stupid the
system suffered from connectivity issues
and the games ran worse than they did on
smartphones leading many to wonder why
they wouldn’t just play the games on
their phones instead it was a commercial
failure and was discontinued after two
years with over 600 games free to try
there’s something for everyone
number 7 hyper scan Paul like collector
card games and Jim likes video games to
make a truly put it in I was thinking
you could combine them the hyper scan
was well let’s face it it was a terrible
idea all around it was meant to target
the extremely Miche demographic a 5 to 9
year old boys and retailed at only $69
looked like something you’d find on the
Super Nintendo but in 2006 when the
console was released these 5 titles yes
five whole titles looked pretty archaic
one of its gimmicks was that players
could upgrade their characters using
separately purchased cards but this only
added fuel to the fire the console
lasted one measly year beat it creep
number six Atari Jaguar nigga Genesis
your 16-bit 3do was 32-bit the Atari
Jaguar is 64-bit which is more advanced
Clifford
well at least it had a pretty good name
back in 1993 hearing the name Atari
Jaguar brought images of crisp and fast
games unlike anything we’d seen before
that was a lie
Atari advertised the Jaguar as being the
first 64-bit console a statement which
was quickly criticized by some who
deemed it untrue
while the system had a few impressive
titles few third parties partnered with
Atari deeming it too difficult to
develop games for the stupid system due
to the disappointing software and
limited number of games the Jaguar was a
massive failure for Atari and it was the
last console they would ever develop
number 5 the n-gage
ah a classic taco phone yeah that’s
right we set the phone in 2003 when
gamers were carrying both a phone and a
handheld console nokia released this
hybrid system and seemingly failed at
being both first off the battery blocked
access to the cartridge slot which made
changing games a needless hassle most of
those games by the way were terrible
wandered down ports of better titles
plus the phone’s speaker and microphone
were placed on the rim of the phone
rather than the face meaning you had to
hold the phone in an awkward way which
made you look pretty ridiculous in
public
it was outsold by the Game Boy Advance a
hundred to one proving the gamers didn’t
mind carrying around that extra weight
plus the Game Boy Advance rocked come on
that clamshell design for the SP amazing
[Music]
number four Virtual Boy he had the moves
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy pioneer ahead of
its time or just terrible
the latter it’s definitely the latter it
was touted as being the first console to
feature stereoscopic 3d graphics but
that turned out to be nothing but a
novelty and borderline lie as the
display was an ugly red in black and the
3d was unimpressive to say the least
what makes matters worse is only twenty
two games were released the console
lacked portability it gave players bad
headaches and it actually caused health
concerns with notable scientists
declaring that long-term use could
result in brain damage so yeah terrible
console Virtual Boy see it now in 3d
number three is mondo the Giz mondo was
a huge mess in every facet despite
spending millions on promotion it was
difficult to get your hands on one of
these suckers as it was mostly sold and
select shopping mall kiosks even if you
did manage to get your hands on one only
eight games were ever released in the US
and in Europe it launched with one
counted one game and all of them were
terrible anyway amidst the low sales of
the console it was revealed that several
executives in the company had criminal
backgrounds with ties to the Swedish
mafia and the company soon went into
bankruptcy with flies and flies
he doesn’t care much about principles
number two Atari 5200 is pac-man on
colecovision but here’s pac-man for the
Atari 5200 super system now you talk the
Atari 2600 is a thing of beauty and
arguably one of the most important
consoles of all time the 5200 is kind of
a mess advertised as a more powerful
console the 5200 was released to massive
disappointment as the games were nothing
more than fancy 2600 titles the hardware
itself was also ungodly the new switch
box was confusing and the system was
enormous complete with an actual storage
unit for its controller which by the way
not only looked ugly and uncomfortable
but was also prone to breaking down
following such an iconic system as the
2600 the 5200 was a fail of epic
proportions before we take a look at our
top pick here a few dishonorable
mentions that’s right Stuart the Pippin
platform is being positioned by Apple as
a new media appliance for access to a
vast array of interactive content
[Applause]
it wouldn’t be a game number one the
Philips CDI and you say alright I would
CD player and your mom says no dibs CDI
works with your television where do we
even start with the CDI this device was
mentioned to be a mixture of video game
console and CD player and it was
launched in 1991 at $700 which comes to
about $1,200 today while the price alone
was outrageous the controllers were even
worse and even today they’re considered
to be some of the worst controllers in
gaming history check it out we have a
list on that the games are also dreadful
including hotel Mario and three Zelda
games all of which live in infamy today
all of this led to the device being a
gigantic commercial failure selling only
1 million units in seven years and
costing Phillips a billion dollars do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game consoles
before we begin we published new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
taking a look at the absolute worst
video game consoles that have been
released to the market number 10
laser active pioneer has developed the
laser active player technology that
allows you to enjoy everything you
already know and have come to appreciate
in laser discs quality the laser active
was released to the world in 1993 and
only pretty small small price of 970
American dollars to put that into
perspective that would be about $1,600
today and the reason it was so expensive
was because it ran on laser discs you
remember those bulky things yeah neither
do we
the multimedia device not only played
its own games but also came with $600
add-ons which could support Sega Genesis
and turbo graphics 16 titles it sounds
all well and good but the absolutely
insane price and lackluster titles
resulted in the laser active selling
only about 10,000 units and being
discontinued only three years after
release number nine are zone the R zone
was Tiger electronics his first major
entry in the portable gaming market and
it shows it was meant to compete with
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy and as such the
games and systems were kind of similar
complete with that gastly dark red color
scheme and headache-inducing blurriness
the system really had nothing going for
it as not only did you look like a
cheesy 80s sci-fi villain while wearing
it but you had to play with one eye
closed and all of its games played
exactly the same the console was an
instantaneous failure one we should all
forget existed sure fighter lives in the
are
number eight yeah what if the people
developing the games got a system of
their own the Ouya had relative promise
in the early days touted as an Android
based micro console which targeted
casual gamers similar to the mobile
market the Ouya raised 8.5 million on
Kickstarter which at the time was the
website’s fifth highest grossing product
unfortunately the Ouya was lackluster as
the controller was beyond stupid the
system suffered from connectivity issues
and the games ran worse than they did on
smartphones leading many to wonder why
they wouldn’t just play the games on
their phones instead it was a commercial
failure and was discontinued after two
years with over 600 games free to try
there’s something for everyone
number 7 hyper scan Paul like collector
card games and Jim likes video games to
make a truly put it in I was thinking
you could combine them the hyper scan
was well let’s face it it was a terrible
idea all around it was meant to target
the extremely Miche demographic a 5 to 9
year old boys and retailed at only $69
looked like something you’d find on the
Super Nintendo but in 2006 when the
console was released these 5 titles yes
five whole titles looked pretty archaic
one of its gimmicks was that players
could upgrade their characters using
separately purchased cards but this only
added fuel to the fire the console
lasted one measly year beat it creep
number six Atari Jaguar nigga Genesis
your 16-bit 3do was 32-bit the Atari
Jaguar is 64-bit which is more advanced
Clifford
well at least it had a pretty good name
back in 1993 hearing the name Atari
Jaguar brought images of crisp and fast
games unlike anything we’d seen before
that was a lie
Atari advertised the Jaguar as being the
first 64-bit console a statement which
was quickly criticized by some who
deemed it untrue
while the system had a few impressive
titles few third parties partnered with
Atari deeming it too difficult to
develop games for the stupid system due
to the disappointing software and
limited number of games the Jaguar was a
massive failure for Atari and it was the
last console they would ever develop
number 5 the n-gage
ah a classic taco phone yeah that’s
right we set the phone in 2003 when
gamers were carrying both a phone and a
handheld console nokia released this
hybrid system and seemingly failed at
being both first off the battery blocked
access to the cartridge slot which made
changing games a needless hassle most of
those games by the way were terrible
wandered down ports of better titles
plus the phone’s speaker and microphone
were placed on the rim of the phone
rather than the face meaning you had to
hold the phone in an awkward way which
made you look pretty ridiculous in
public
it was outsold by the Game Boy Advance a
hundred to one proving the gamers didn’t
mind carrying around that extra weight
plus the Game Boy Advance rocked come on
that clamshell design for the SP amazing
[Music]
number four Virtual Boy he had the moves
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy pioneer ahead of
its time or just terrible
the latter it’s definitely the latter it
was touted as being the first console to
feature stereoscopic 3d graphics but
that turned out to be nothing but a
novelty and borderline lie as the
display was an ugly red in black and the
3d was unimpressive to say the least
what makes matters worse is only twenty
two games were released the console
lacked portability it gave players bad
headaches and it actually caused health
concerns with notable scientists
declaring that long-term use could
result in brain damage so yeah terrible
console Virtual Boy see it now in 3d
number three is mondo the Giz mondo was
a huge mess in every facet despite
spending millions on promotion it was
difficult to get your hands on one of
these suckers as it was mostly sold and
select shopping mall kiosks even if you
did manage to get your hands on one only
eight games were ever released in the US
and in Europe it launched with one
counted one game and all of them were
terrible anyway amidst the low sales of
the console it was revealed that several
executives in the company had criminal
backgrounds with ties to the Swedish
mafia and the company soon went into
bankruptcy with flies and flies
he doesn’t care much about principles
number two Atari 5200 is pac-man on
colecovision but here’s pac-man for the
Atari 5200 super system now you talk the
Atari 2600 is a thing of beauty and
arguably one of the most important
consoles of all time the 5200 is kind of
a mess advertised as a more powerful
console the 5200 was released to massive
disappointment as the games were nothing
more than fancy 2600 titles the hardware
itself was also ungodly the new switch
box was confusing and the system was
enormous complete with an actual storage
unit for its controller which by the way
not only looked ugly and uncomfortable
but was also prone to breaking down
following such an iconic system as the
2600 the 5200 was a fail of epic
proportions before we take a look at our
top pick here a few dishonorable
mentions that’s right Stuart the Pippin
platform is being positioned by Apple as
a new media appliance for access to a
vast array of interactive content
[Applause]
it wouldn’t be a game number one the
Philips CDI and you say alright I would
CD player and your mom says no dibs CDI
works with your television where do we
even start with the CDI this device was
mentioned to be a mixture of video game
console and CD player and it was
launched in 1991 at $700 which comes to
about $1,200 today while the price alone
was outrageous the controllers were even
worse and even today they’re considered
to be some of the worst controllers in
gaming history check it out we have a
list on that the games are also dreadful
including hotel Mario and three Zelda
games all of which live in infamy today
all of this led to the device being a
gigantic commercial failure selling only
1 million units in seven years and
costing Phillips a billion dollars do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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