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Awful Moments in Multiplayer Gaming: Rise of the Robots

To understand why Rise of the Robots is worse than countless other fighting game knock-offs of the mid-90s, you need the history. Back in 1995, the world was enjoying the slow, painful death of Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat was about to reach 3, stop motion was considered valid for fighting games, Virtua Fighter happened, [...]

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Awful Moments in Multiplayer Gaming: Batman Forever – The Arcade Game

Many will not-so-fondly remember the “other” Acclaim Batman Forever game, a disaster of imprecise controls, illogical level designs, and visuals so sub-par, it was hard to make out what you were doing. That mess found its way onto countless game consoles, including the lowly Game Boy, the last place it should have ended up. However, on [...]

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Awful Moments in Multiplayer Gaming: NBA Action ‘95 (Genesis)

To its credit, NBA Action ‘95 was revolutionary. While EA was tinkering with a 3/4 view for their NBA series, Sega loaded NBA Action ‘95 with then unheard of features like create-a-player, trades, injuries, and more. In 1995, it was the most feature-packed sports game ever made. Unfortunately, all of that time spent developing those bonuses [...]

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Awful Moments in Multiplayer Games: Battletoads

Battletoads is considered a classic. Released on the NES in 1991, ported to just about everything, and spawning spin-offs and sequels, the Tradewest triple-threat of Zitz, Rash, and Pimple still live on in gaming lore. Why is it here? It’s one of the few games to include multiplayer that actually made the game harder. While the [...]

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Awful Moments in Multiplayer Gaming: The Virtual Boy

Contrary to what you may expect, this is not going to blast the Virtual Boy for being the Virtual Boy. In fact, prepare for some praise. Despite its monochromatic red and black screens, the Virtual Boy was a far better piece of hardware than it is given credit for. Certain games, including Wario Land, are quite [...]

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