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I think @jinnantonnixx has to have the point, as there's not many other games that have precipitated a market-wide crash of an entire entertainment medium, nor ended up buried in a mass grave in the Mexican desert (according to rumour, anyhow).

 

A couple more videos (from the RPS article):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zjGgau3iF8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yl-59VsBv0

 

If the graphics were a little better we might have been able to convince people that the above were taken from Australia's last innings, actually. It seems appropriate that this game was released now given that the English cricket side are equally as broken and horrific to watch right now. I wonder if we can withdraw them as well.

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"ET" on the Atari 2600. The prosecution rests.

 

How dare you pick on a poor defenseless game that was almost wholly responsible for the computer game crash of '83!*

I wonder if that expedition ever found them in the desert?

Atari video game burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

*For younger geekers. This isn't a joke, there really was a crash in 83 caused by poor quality games flooding the markets and driving consumers away. ET was the icing on the cake. Also check out he Atari 2600 version of Pac Man.

IIRC, Atari also made more ET carts than there were consoles sold!

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*For younger geekers. This isn't a joke, there really was a crash in 83 caused by poor quality games flooding the markets and driving consumers away. ET was the icing on the cake. Also check out he Atari 2600 version of Pac Man.

IIRC, Atari also made more ET carts than there were consoles sold!

 

On a related subject, every geek worth his salt ought to read this right now: Replay: The History of Video Games

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Carmageddon 64. I think one of the independent Nintendo Magazines gave it 4%. I know someone who bought it and completed it though. :p

 

I also foresee another game crash soon if things keep going as they are. We are being flooded with titles that aren't unplayable, just absurdly priced rehash with a bit of dubious business practice sprinkled on top.

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Carmageddon 64. I think one of the independent Nintendo Magazines gave it 4%. I know someone who bought it and completed it though. :p

 

I also foresee another game crash soon if things keep going as they are. We are being flooded with titles that aren't unplayable, just absurdly priced rehash with a bit of dubious business practice sprinkled on top.

 

What do you mean the world doesn't need another FPS?!

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Ah I see you gentlemen have never experienced 'Biggles' on the Spectrum

 

Yay! I remember having/playing this on a green screen CPC :D (Awful, Awful game!)

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Surprised Postal didn't make it onto those lists. Then again, I quite enjoyed parts of it! (I can';t even describe it on a tasteful forum!)

 

My dad had Custers Revenge - it was rather bad :D Plenty of rubbish games I remember on the Speccy though.

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Carmageddon 64. I think one of the independent Nintendo Magazines gave it 4%. I know someone who bought it and completed it though. :p

 

Shame because Carmageddon was awesome....

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