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'Motorbike' released for PS3 on this day in 2013. An unoptimized conversion of a years-old mobile game, sold on the PlayStation Store for $14.99. Critics would quickly point out the egregious business model, as well as the fact that the game is barely functional.

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'Hour of Victory' released on this day in 2007. The tail end of the WWII shooter fad brought about this middling title, which under-serves in its novelty of providing three ostensibly "distinct" playable characters. Holds a dubious distinction as GameSpot's "Worst Game of 2007."

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'Ride to Hell: Retribution' released on this day in 2013. A half-finished romp through late '60s America, through the eyes of a never-nude biker. One of the most negatively-received titles of the 2010s, though I would contend that it has a compelling charm and earnestness to it.

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Our patrons are currently voting between tie-in games to Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies for our next patron-voted playthrough! Whoever wins, we lose. If you subscribe on Twitch, pledge on Patreon, or are a member on YouTube; you'll gain access to voting over on our Discord: www.discord.gg/bghof

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'Lula 3D' released on this day in 2005. The evolution of a long-running adult game franchise into the third dimension. Hideous visuals detract from any possible eroticism, and poor grasp over design and technicals drags down all the rest on offer.

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Our newest episode of "Bad Game Chance Time" is up now on YouTube! Come for the gorilla gibs, stay to see a bootleg NES game absolutely annihilate all of its competition for the night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXTj...

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'DRIV3R' released on this day in 2004. The third entry in the Driver series drove consumers mad on release; with its boasting a litany of bugs and half-baked content, due to Atari's insistence on beating 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' to market.

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'Mighty No. 9' released on this day in 2016. The intended spiritual successor to the Megaman series [by way of former developer Keiji Inafune] would come to be regarded as one of the most disappointing games in the history of crowdfunding. Delays and undelivered promises abound.

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'Umbrella Corps' released on this day in 2016. Capcom's 2nd attempt to position Resident Evil as a squad shooter (following 'Operation Raccoon City'). Bland, weightless gameplay soon gave way to a rapid decline in players, and quickly to the death of the multiplayer component.

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'Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness' released on this day in 2003. Long-delayed and heavily cut down; The Angel of Darkness marked Lara Croft's heavily criticized PS2 debut, and resulted in the cancellation of a planned trilogy of titles. Highly ambitious, but largely busted.

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'Alone in the Dark' released on this day in 2008. This reboot of the classic survival horror franchise took it in the direction of bombastic action set pieces and a fixation on fire. The rest of the game suffers from wonky physics, obtuse control, and ill-conceived puzzling.

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Our "Happy Charkie-Streamiversa-Bag-Day" special is up now on YouTube! Come for the fun assortment of fighting games, stay to watch Cass get sappy about two of their favorite people. youtu.be/oCdoNiUskKg

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'Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor' released on this day in 2012. FromSoft's attempt to re-envision the Steel Battalion franchise sans elaborate cockpit peripheral, but instead with the power of Kinect. The end result is no less than a disaster due to unresponsive motion controls.

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The second episode of our 'Contra: Rogue Corps' playthrough is up now on YouTube! Come see egregious content recycling at its worst. Or, if you prefer to be optimistic: Come see economic game design at its best. youtu.be/Fu9JSb8kYbM

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Your periodic reminder that we have a Discord community dedicated not just to bad games discusso; but also to all other manner of genres, media, and community events (including our monthly "Bad Game Club"). Consider joining the Connoisseur Community today! www.discord.gg/bghof

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'Seifuku Densetsu: Pretty Fighter X' released on this day in 1996. A conversion / update of an SNES fighting game for the Saturn. Eviscerated by Japanese game critics for its poor hit detection and punishing AI, as well as its "old-fashioned" controls (such as lacking dashing).

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Our latest "Games From a Hat" episode featuring a random assortment of PS1 titles is up now on YouTube! Tune in for unorthodox cartoon driving, shenanigans in outer space, and ̶e̶r̶o̶t̶i̶c̶ exotic deep-water species. youtu.be/QYY3lKwMXos

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Reposting this episode for the weekend crowd, because we're pretty well pleased with how it came out. Might even serve as a good beginner's course on how to play mahjong, if you're real hard up for one! (Shouts to @deviousvacuum.bsky.social for their expertise and guiding hands.)

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Our playthrough of 'Love⭐Mahjong' is up now on YouTube! Tune in for tiles, titillation, and idols throwing temper tantrums. youtu.be/64pig6jYkcs

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Tonight on Twitch at 8:00PM (EST): It's mahjong like you've never seen it before: 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘺. (Not TOO sexy, though.) Join us for the recently-translated 'Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol.5: Love ★ Mahjong!', and get a crash course in tiles from Riho Futaba. twitch.tv/badgamehallo...

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Thanks for the interview @benstarr.bsky.social!

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'Alone in the Dark: Illumination' released on this day in 2015. The late follow-up to a beloathed 2008 franchise reboot. A last-ditch, half-baked effort to remodel the series after 'Left 4 Dead,' marred by its blatantly unfinished state and repetitive gameplay loop.

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The first episode of our 'Contra: Rogue Corps' playthrough is up now on YouTube! Tune in for Evan Dorkin's finest hour as a writer, with masterful soliloquies and layered narrative for days. Haha, just kidding: Dudes just say "fuck" over and over again. youtu.be/cRTg6nLDT2E

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'Duke Nukem Forever' released on this day in 2011. The end result of fourteen years of mismanaged development was a predictable failure; between unappealing visuals, groanworthy attempts at humor, and gameplay torn between different decades of design convention.

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'Spirit of Speed 1937' released (for Dreamcast) on this day in 2000. An attempt to digitally revive vintage race vehicles called for the revival of LJN as a publishing label [by its rights-holders Acclaim]. Needless to say, both plans sputtered out in spectacular fashion.

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The twelfth episode of our "Kursed Kart Racer" series is up now on YouTube! Watch as an open source Linux game eats the lunch of Butt-Ugly™ licensed slop. Also: Zeebo. youtu.be/qvCHjmLVyys

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The second episode of "Johnny Bag's Not-So-Pro Skater" is up now on YouTube! Come for the K-pop, stay for the sick shreds. youtu.be/arDTmpYvYTw

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The second [and final] episode of our 'Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods' playthrough is up now on YouTube! Bear witness to our descent into digital madness!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIx...

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'Guardians of the 'Hood' released on this day in 1992. Atari's attempt to re-implement 'Pit-Fighter's tech into an arcade beat 'em up title. Mired by many the same flaws as its predecessor, it failed to compete with genre contemporaries, and never received a home conversion.

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'Athena' (for NES) released on this day in 1987. Micronics' attempt to translate SNK's arcade side-scroller to the NES manages to retain its novel gear-up mechanics, but at a great cost: Sluggish performance, janky collision detection, and utterly broken boss encounters.

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Our playthrough of 'Resident Evil Gaiden' is up now on YouTube! Watch as a conceptually neat handheld survival horror is squandered away in real time by wretched progression and unclear objectives. (Also: Barry Burton threatens to shoot a child dead.) youtu.be/cdCnRF8sLbc

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Happy to have done my part in unearthing the stories behind one and a half games on this list. (Shouts to Rebecca Ann Heineman and Megumi-tan.) And yes: Trans folk have always been here in this games biz, and we always will be. Take that with you this Pride Month.

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'Battle Monsters' released on this day in 1995. A Saturn fighter featuring a cast of monstrous digitized characters, made to battle each other in sprite-scaling multi-tier arenas. Slammed on release mostly for reasons of poor presentation and lacking control.

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Our "Games From a Hat" episode covering GameCube oddities is up now on YouTube! We can only hope we've done Shamu proud with this one... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahR...

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'Advent Rising' released on this day in 2005. Planned from its conception as a sci-fi trilogy (complete with collaboration by writer / homophobe Orson Scott Card), Majesco would wager their futures as a console publisher on the franchise's success. Needless to say: It bombed.

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'D-Xhird' released on this day in 1997. From the creators of 'Battle Arena Toshinden' came this undercooked 3D fighter on Saturn. Infamously reviewed as "the worst fighter I have ever played" by GameSpot's Ryan MacDonald. I wouldn't go 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 far, but it's a clunker alright.

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