Terminator 2 on the GB was one I regretted buying as a child, that tower sequence in the first level... >.>

Castellian/Tower Toppler (or Nebulus how it is called in Europe) was very popular when it came out on micro computers. It was praised for the innovative tower animation effect and the puzzle platformer aspect and received very high ratings when it came out in 1988. It still remains as a cult classic. The Game Boy version is 1:1 port in the main stages btw, only the bonus stages are different. The C64 and the Amiga version do require exactly the same reactions to get through the levels. My opinion changed on that game quite a bit. I played this for a very long time on the C64 back then and loved it. Over the years some gameplay elements became more and more annoying, esp those hidden platform traps, chain reaction downfalls combined with falling down just be changing the walk direction. The main issue is that those gameplay elements are not designed to be unique. Enemies might look the same, but one can be shot but not the next one. Platforms that disappear by collision look exactly the same as its safe neighbor. It is not exactly a bad game by definition, but it celebrates unfair moments. There are no random gameplay elements btw, everything is strictly scripted. The game requires to be played similar to quick time sequences.

I remember mowing a bunch of lawns to buy Mortal Kombat for the Game Boy, then immediately regretting all of it...

The original Mortal Kombat. Especially considering that much more competent ports of fighters were possible on the little handheld; like Mortal Kombat 2.

Great video. The GameBoy was my first and only video game console until I went away to college in 1996 and got the N64. I still have it. And still play it. 🤓

Toy Story's just an insult to the original on the Genesis/MD. It went from some of the best pre-rendered 16-bit graphics with all the techniques they used, to the near bare-minimum on the Gameboy. It's also much smoother of course.

Hi John, I really enjoy your series about Worst Game in every console. But i think you should make it 20 games instead of just 5 games. Because i really love the way you describe the game and the gameplay 👍

i regretted getting mighty morphin power rangers on gabeboy,floaty jumps,bad hit detection,and selecting your power weapon drains your lifebar and i've seen on AVGN that the later levels get difficult. And lastly, the "continue?" screen can be misleading if you play it for the first time.

John you read my mind with the ported fighters. I had MK3 and it was just... sad to say the least.

Mortal Kombat was a pretty bad port that I regretted buying as a kid. The control lag was awful. However it was the first time I got to control Goro.

i remember getting a game gear, really feeling that was special after the gameboy, color screen, it even was a tv that never got any connection.....and it used a few batteries..

I've played a lot of bad games but somehow fortunately missed the GB stinkers and even the midtier games. The fact that Metroid 2 may be my least favorite GB game shows the strength of the games I've played.

I still have my classic Game Boy handed down from my parents! I recently found Tetris at a local shop for $5!

I remember getting “Toy Story” in the summer of 97! I loved it! It took me a few years to beat it, but that’s what I wanted in a game that replayability factor. Although I hated that last stage with flying--I could never understand why they put a roof or overgrown hedges where there were none in the movie. I hope Disney allows Virgin to someday make a collection for Switch where they collect the SNES, Gameboy and Genesis on one cart like they did with Aladdin/Lion King. But one bad game was “Jeopardy: Sports Edition”. That game had a bug in it where it would freeze for like 2 minutes before starting the countdown on the question. That bug wasn’t in the regular “Jeopardy!” Gameboy game but it was annoying in JSE.

About Castelian... I actually play it on pc back in the day a lot... can’t say exactly what about that version but for me it looks so wrong... almost like different game. So I don’t think that people who like any other versions share that feeling with that one.

I actually played Custer's Revenge back in the day. Talk about an abomination...on SO many levels.

My mind was blown when I saw how good the simulated 3D looked in that castle tower game. It’s really amazing how far some game developers were able to push the limited technology they had to work with.

Honestly almost any movie tie-in game could've taken the place of Toy Story. They were almost all terrible.

That grab some popcorn hat is killer

castelian I came across on the multicart I picked up after the mrs. and I bought a gameboy pocket online! yeah I wasn't into it.

How DID Dragon's Lair avoid this list? There were so many bad games on the Game Boy, but that has to be in the top ten at least. It's a wimpy wimpy wimpy action puzzle title with no resemblance to the arcade game... not that there was any chance of that happening. (Some crazy dudes ported the ACTUAL arcade game to the Game Boy Color... not sure why, but it exists!)

Why do I always see a THQ game on worst of lists? In this case, Pit Fighter. Almost every single worst of videos have a THQ game. My favorite system to this day is SNES and I remember in it's retail days that every time I would see that THQ logo, the game had to be terrible.

Mouse trap was a fun board game as a kid. We only built the contraptions. Never learned how to play.

That death sound in Mouse Trap Hotel sounded a lot familiar to the one in Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly only to find out just a few minutes later that both of them were developed by Imagininer which I get the feeling is also using the same engine judging by the gameplay

Mortsl Kombat 1 was a nightmare. I was really ripped off with this one when I was a teen. I was vindicated with the real MK on the PS3.

what about the one where you're the blob and you have to convert into different items to move around rooms to save the queen, like the ladder, trampoline a bouncy ball. that was insanely a sill game.

4:52 Ah, yes; yet another rather unfortunately piss-poor Game Boy port. Tends to happen with games like this one. 7:46 Oh no. Don't even start with me on this one. The only viable iteration of Pit Fighter is the original arcade machine. ... Castelian is actually a fun game. Challenging, sure. The GB port? No. Just, no. As for my picks for the worst GB games...hmmm...I guess I haven't actually played any that weren't satisfactory as I don't have any that fit. Yeah; I've not played any of the five mentioned (I've played Castelian, Toy Story and Pit Fighter but not the GB ports specifically). ... Actually, there is one game (noted by another) I have played. Mortal Kombat. Thing is, I'm terrible at fighting games (doesn't make me love them less), so my take on the GB port of MK is *_that it's no more or less difficult for me to play,_** FWIW.* ... The buggiest GB game I've ever played would be Pokémon Red/Green/Yellow/Blue. Not a bad game by any stretch, but so full of bugs/glitches/etcetera, it's *_a treasure trove of shitposting/memes,_* lmfao 🤣 ... I've heard some people say that GB Tetris is bad. I dunno how anyone could come to that conclusion, but there is a fan-made version that applies 'more realistic' physics and makes it a tougher challenge, but I don't think anyone takes *Notetris* seriously... 🤣

After watching this, I had to play Solar Striker to remind me that yes, some GB games are pretty good. I have 3 of these and I have never played them beyond the first few levels.

I love the Gameboy, but yes those stinker games exist.

PitFighter was a brave choice for a conversion! Mind you, the original game is pretty dreadful.

Good video! I have Tower Toppler on the Atari XL/XE computer and its fun to play! I didn't know that it came out for the Game Boy system!

I really liike the soccer game you played.. I figure if you take it on the go, you cant have SEGA_GENESIS quality play or Amiga-600 play.. I loved the graphics and gameplay .. on that soccer game. That's all..

Nice list of crappy games. My top pick for worst Game Boy game has to be Batman Forever. Scaling this horrible mess of a Megadrive/Snes game down to a small monochrome screen makes the graphics muddy and almost unintelligible. The game is also sluggish and having less buttons makes the controls more convoluted than they already were. I never got past the circus as a kid because I couldn't for the life of me make the grapling hook work intentionally.

Oh my.... Pit fighter..... What a game ^^'''''''''' Thanks for the video, greetings from Belgium.

Pit-Fighter on Game Boy, same as the SNES version but with even worse black & white graphics and only two buttons with unresponsive controls. (8:08)

I had to squint to read it on my phone but I love the message on the hat great inside joke

I do remember Toy Story... I begged my parents to get it for me, then barely played it 😅

Great video; Soccer Mania is an abomination for sure. Fist of the north Star is worse than Pit-Fighter though. Still had some fun with Pit-Fighter back in the day. I can't say that about Fist of the North star.

hahah 2:22 "that's stupid" so good

Bro just had massive skill issue and called every hard game he came across bad😂

Ah yes, Mouse Trap is a classic example of a difficult game you somehow beat as a kid, but cannot beat when you are a grown adult! Need to dig that thing back up (somewhere) and give it another shot. xD

I don’t know why I get a kick out of bad game videos but I do! I I absolutely hate overly hard cheap games… I don’t see the fun of being frustrated! Haha

I bought mouse trap as a kid, and that was the first regret purchase I ever made. At least on Nintendo I would just deal with it but on the gameboy it was the game for the trip, I thought it was going to be like the board game, TERRIBLE game. I fully agree with you

AVGN should do mouse trap hotel

I've never played Mouse Trap Hotel but something about it was familiar. So I looked up the developer, Imagineering, then looked at their wiki page. Yep, every crappy studio had their own house style and I've played some of their games.

Even the walk cycle on Mouse Trap Hotel makes me angry!

Mortal Kombat, Terminator 2 and Spiderman where 3 I owned that where not good.

OMG!!!! I've been waiting for someone to talk about Mousetrap Hotel!!!!!

Oh man I remember trying to play through the Game Boy Toy Story. I remember not being able to get past the first or second level. It was so bad. By the way, what is your opinion on the NES port of Castellian?

Turn and Burn for the original Game Boy. The Game Boy is my favorite system. And Turn and Burn is my very first game that my mom purchased for me. Game was so bad i almost quit gaming!

My Mom bought me Hudson Hawk for the Gameboy...yikes....it is bad.

Some of my favorite Gameboy games where “Asterix”/“Tetris” and “Bugs Bunny crazy castle”.Talking about worst games I would say “Power Rangers”/“Tmnt” and “Mortal combat”according to “KZfaqr “Angry video game nerd”

Pit-Fighter. Everyone's unfavorite :) Good to see it here aswell, John.

I finally beat Toy Story on Game Boy 2 years ago. It is a bad game because of the slowdown and controls.

Me at beginning of video: Gee willikers I wonder if we will be talking about good Gameboy games and memories. Me at 0:29. Uhhhhwhaaaaaaaaa????

Brother John coming through again with the good content!

are you going to do more bad games for the video game systems like a version 2 I just would like to know.

Great video John. u know why toy story was terrible on gameboy ?. as teirtex were the team behind it. teirtex was one if the laziest and worse for churning out garbage on the home micros

Love your worst games videos John. I'd like to see worst of the Turbo 16

I remember saving up for Jurassic Park for my GB , seeing that advert come play in the park ,what a crappy game that turned out to be.

Lethal Weapon.. i loved the movies but the game was just a really bad double dragon copy. The controls are unresponsive and punches sometimes dont even register.

Where is Tasmania Story and Captain America and the Avengers? Much worse than your picks.

I was expecting the Bible cartridge to be listed on this.

Castlevania always annoyed me back then. Just too sluggish, and odd graphical glitches. Same thing being played on emulators. Including whatever they're using in the Castlevania anniversary collection 😖

I would argue that Bo Jackson Hit and Run is slightly worse than Soccer Mania

Play Action Football. When I got the GB in 1992 for Christmas it came with Tetris and PAF. I could never do anything in that game. I was always getting a safety. Mortal Kombat 1 is absolute trash. If there was ever a game with a negative frame rate it would be this.

Vertical platforming can kill even the immortal

That is a perfect hat John I always have my popcorn ready

I like Toy Story (Game Boy), but I also understand it’s flaws

maybe that castelian game did have wonky controls and cheap deaths- but damn u just have to admire the scaling and rotation on the game boy

Disney’s Hercules, Disney’s Mulan & Small Soldiers are my pick for trash GB games

Donkey Kong Land. Because you couldn't see a doggone thing!

Cheers John! Keep up the great work!

Ren and Stimpy Space Cadets, Beavis and butthead GB version and Mortal Kombat 1 GB.

Castlevania Adventure was bad too cause it moved so slow.

I’ve been playing plenty my old favourites on my ips lit dmg gameboy lately as well as on my miyoo mini. I loved the super Mario land titles and Kirby’s dreamland titles. I recently tried that toy story after enjoying the snes version as a kid and I couldn’t believe how bad it is on the gameboy

Those five gameboy games really sucks.

some real stinkers !

love this series, made sure to grab some popcorn

I can’t wait for the Game Boy Color list

And speaking of garbage game boy ports... Bubsy 2. It’s just nothing to explain here. It’s must be seen to understand.

Another bunch of stinkers. I remember that Pit Fighter game. Wow, how tragic. Thanks for the video, John.

Power rangers the movie, The sand level with the random attack patterns

Yessss!!! NES Ice Hockey is great.

Sadly, this video just makes me want to try these games for myself!!

Pit Fighter on the arcade is only good version. All others are disappointing.

Looney Tunes "Twouble." That is all.

Question? I DONT Believe thay were allowing you to get your money back for an opened game back in the 90's you had to exchange it for the same game. Best thing to do was to buy these games along with a bottle of Tylenol. LoL.

Are you a motorcycle guy, Mr. H?

I have pit fighter... Played the crap out of it lol

Toxic Crusaders is Pretty bad.

Pit Fighter GB versus Pit fighter SNES?

Whats up

I had the Toy Story game. it sucked.

I agree with every game you showed.

Why you didn't mention about super off-road The Gameboy version is terrible and slow The nes and SNES version is much better

Pit Fighter not only the worst game on the Gameboy also the worst game on the SNES

I had Toy Story. And got far-ish. It was not THAT bad!

Your absolutely right on all accounts!! They suck 😆

Thanks for uploading today. There's nothing to watch.