Acts of Stupidity in The Art of Purchasing

[kingoffighters]

Omega, which version of Tetris was it? If it is the Nintendo version, then yah, that sucked.

[Rumpy]

I had a Sega CD. I'm not sure how I pulled that one off on my mom (must have been christmas) and in ther persuit of finding a good game, I was torn between Eternal Champions (which I had played and loved) and that FMV fighting game (from that company that was all about FMV. Made tom cat alley and shit). I remember picking it out from a magazine (might have actually been gamefan). God damn it that was stupid. That shit was terrible and cost like 55 bucks. I distinctly remember looking at the magazine and debating on which one I should get. Annoys me to this day.

[Takumi]

Tetris. No Ninja Gaiden 2 or Bionic Commando or Battle of Olympus or Life Force... fucking Tetris. I can't offer an explanation on that one, so I hang my head in shame.

Yeah! I still play that game all the time. Pegasus rocks.

[Compass]

Yep, Battle of Olympus was an awesome Zelda 2-ish adventure with its own roman style. I remember those boots that let you walk upside down were neat. Who made that game? Did they do anything else of note? I think it was published by Broderbund but I don't know if they developed stuff too... Too bad I lent it to a friend and never got it back.

I've always been careful about what I buy even though I buy tons of games. I also love games so much that I rarely play something I consider to be utterly worthless; there's almost always a redeeming quality to be found (but again, I'm relatively careful so I never really play stuff like Criticom).

Maybe the first Broken Sword for PSX. That was like $40 and I wasted so much time trying to like it but god, if ever there was a port that sucked. I have and used the Sony mouse too so there's no excuse. The game itself wouldn't have been stellar even on the PC what with its walkthrough-required puzzles, but struggling through the loading issues on the PSX was particularly gruesome. I'm actually playing through the sequel now on PC and really enjoying it.

[Lordmrw]

x-men nes. Back in the day i only got a new game once or twice a year, so when my birthday came around, my father sent me $50. At that point, walking into Toys R Us made me feel like the world was my oyster. My older brother kept pointing out games that were really good, like Metal Storm, Shatterhand, etc., but oh know, I picked x-men because we read the comics. Needless to say, an hour after we got home and my parents left, my older brothers whupped my ass for being so dumb.

[Kron]

The worst purchase I've ever made was...




One Christmas back in the NES days I was bought a "surprise" game by my nan, She asked the store assistants which game was popular etc (basically they lied and sold her something they couldn't sell) and I ended up removing the wrapping paper and had Festers Quest staring at me.

[Nomi]

I don't actually remember buying any sucky game or spending too much on anything. I've never had dollars to toss around so I was always moderately careful with purchases. I waited until well after launch to buy things and asked everyone I could. Even shit my dad bought like South Park for the N64 was fun as hell, playing it with him.

I'd have to say my worst buy was spending 45 for Zelda- Majora's Mask and then the 20 or whatever for that damn Jumper Pack thing. The game sucked, and I never needed that pointless little addition ever again. And to make it worse, I bought a copy for a friend out of my own money, too. AND ANOTHER JUMPER PACK.

[SmoothCriminal]

I didn't really have any shitty purchases, even when me and my brother had an NES and SNES I picked good games just based on looks while he asked for shitty ones. I asked for Zelda and he wanted Back to the Future, I asked for Street Fighter 2 and he wanted Monopoly. He didn't really like games after that....

[blackout]

Possibly the worst game purchase ever made was revolution x for the saturn...god what was i thinking.I had a dream i had the game and i was enjoying the hell out of it but when i actually bought the damn thing 5 min into it i had to turn the fucking thing off.But the last thing i'll always remember and is burned in the back of my mind for all eternity is....eat the rich!

[Videodrone]

My worst purchase ever was City of Lost Children for the PSX. If you played it, you know why. "I can't do that!"

I had a Sega CD. I'm not sure how I pulled that one off on my mom (must have been christmas) and in ther persuit of finding a good game, I was torn between Eternal Champions (which I had played and loved) and that FMV fighting game (from that company that was all about FMV. Made tom cat alley and shit). I remember picking it out from a magazine (might have actually been gamefan). God damn it that was stupid. That shit was terrible and cost like 55 bucks. I distinctly remember looking at the magazine and debating on which one I should get. Annoys me to this day.

Do you speak of Supreme Warrior?

I bought a copy for a friend out of my own money, too. AND ANOTHER JUMPER PACK.