Bad Game Hall of Fame

'Cheesy' released on this day in 1996. An oddball 2.5D platformer for the PS1 (originally intended for the Atari Jaguar), starring a stressed-out mouse with a gun for an arm. Released to negative reviews, mostly honing in on its poor controls and pesky perspective issues.

'Skyscraper' released on this day in 2008. A budget FPS take on 'Die Hard' with a vision-impaired chemist dweeb for a protagonist, by way of the developers behind 'Beverly Hills Cop' on PS2 -- published by no less than shovelware titans Midas Interactive.

'Legendary' released on this day in 2008. One of a small handful of titles published by the short-lived Gamecock Media Group. An FPS which pits you against mythological creatures, dismally muddy visuals, and an endless procession of mindless combat encounters.

The first episode of our 'From Dusk Till Dawn' playthrough is up now on YouTube! Tune in for the history behind this curious tie-in game, experiments in slow motion, and more vampires than you can shake a stake at. From here on out, you are all in my cool book. youtu.be/g3c3ps3I2Cc

'Medal of Honor: Warfighter' released on this day in 2012. The sequel to 2010's franchise reboot, delivering more in the way of middling modern military shooting. Features an odd fascination with door breaching, and [now-defunct] multiplayer centered around two-person fireteams.

'ClayFighter 63⅓' released on this day in 1997. When clay sculptures of funny animals and racist caricatures collide, there's hell to pay for players on N64. The game is clearly unfinished, and a late pivot from 2D to 3D arenas leads to issues with stage geometry getting in the way of fights.

‘Extreme Paintbrawl’ released on this day in 1998. Marketed as "The First Non-Violent 3D Shooter." Reportedly developed in just two weeks time, and leveraging a half-functional version of the Build engine that functions exclusively within MS-DOS running on Windows 95.

(In)famously features a soundtrack by musician Todd Duane, consisting of supposed "demo" tracks that had been submitted for the company's approval -- intended to be finished later. This never came to pass. Todd later released the same demos as an album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLBx...

A new episode of "Bad Game Chance Time" is up now on YouTube! In space, no one can hear Owen Wilson screaming in Tibet. youtu.be/Ds6hrlERioc

Our playthrough of 'Jumper: Griffin's Story' for Nintendo Wii is up now on YouTube! *Teleports behind you* Psssh... Nothin' personnel... kid... www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZz...

'007 Legends' released on this day in 2012. Activision's final title with the James Bond license. Intended to serve as a celebration of the film franchise's 50th anniversary - reinterpreting past movies as missions - the game was slammed as a half-hearted "Call of Duty clone."

'Night Trap' released on this day in 1992. Perhaps the poster child for both the Sega CD and the whole FMV genre. A campy experiment in tedious memorization, most infamous for its involvement in a Senate hearing which threatened the legal status of the American games industry.

'Ju-on: The Grudge' released on this day in 2009. Described as a "haunted house simulator," intended to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Ju-On film franchise. Sluggish traversal is occasionally punctuated by laughable attempts at jump scares, but mostly by tedious QTEs.

'Duke Nukem 3D' on the Sega Mega Drive released on this day in 1998. Tec Toy's "conversion" of Duke 3D to the Mega Drive is nothing short of a technical marvel. Unfortunately; it is also frustratingly clunky, notoriously difficult, and challenging to even visually parse.

'Link: The Faces of Evil' and 'Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon' released on this day in 1993. Developed under a licensing agreement, owing to Nintendo's dealings with Philips. These two action-adventure Zelda titles have gone down in infamy, primarily for their uncanny animation.