Comments on: 14 Weirdest Video Games in History

By: Whistler

Whistler — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:27:02 +0000

I would add Earthworm Jim 2 and Psychonauts to this list.
For one thing, both have levels made of meat.

By: oil painting reproduction

oil painting reproduction — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:09:29 +0000

I am excited about learning way more than what I have already taught myself. Thank you!

By: lovin it

lovin it — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:02:25 +0000

fun fun fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: JudgeDeadd

JudgeDeadd — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:16:46 +0000

Um, okay… this article makes no sense whatsoever. For example, why are Cool Spot and Dizzy in here? Because their protagonists are a dot and an egg, respectively? Well, then we might as well include Pacman (a yellow sphere which eats dots), Super Mario Bros (a plumber who has super-jumping powers and fight enemies by jumping on them), or pretty much half of the games ever made.

And Toobin’. It got on this list because it has silly enemies? There are thousands of games which have even more ludicrous enemies.

I’m not sure what was the thought behind this article.

By: JamesTY

JamesTY — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:00:18 +0000

“Zombies Ate My Neighbors” Should have been in the top Five…

By: DarkTetsuya

DarkTetsuya — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:44:24 +0000

The only thing missing from that list?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=12696

Especially considering all the other Japanese games on this list, anyway.

By: Marcus Pierce

Marcus Pierce — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:32:30 +0000

Clean Asia! is by far the strangest. The eyeballs of all humans leave their bodies, fly to the moon, develop weapons, and attack the human race, taking over several countries.

By: katzebot

katzebot — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:43:04 +0000

Seconds Geekazoid. The Katamari games are epic in their weirdness… and fanTAStic.

I used to play Princess Tomato all the time. One of my favorite games in history. Actually it was a present for me last Christmas after discovering my Nintendo and games were “lost” at my father’s house. “Lost” in the “trash” because clearly my childhood wasn’t that “important”.

Sigh.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:02:27 +0000

Anyone remember the Journey video game from the early 80′s?

By: Jake D.

Jake D. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:22:13 +0000

Cool spot was such a good platformer. I remember my sister and I would spend hours playing it, and end up fighting over the controller.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:53:33 +0000

The John Deere game is HARD!! You basically have to run a farm; and there’s built in failure like tornados that you have no control over. You wouldn’t believe how intense people get about this game — I think it’s like a training game for FFoA!

By: HAHA

HAHA — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:10:57 +0000

Bible Adventures were great games! I had way more fun with those than I did with Mario and other marquee NES games. Good to see there are other fans. Remember trying to put all the animals in the ark? Slaying Goliath? Fun stuff.

By: Nintendo Wii Fan

Nintendo Wii Fan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:44:45 +0000

Man, there is some WEIRD S**T there!

Love the zombies that teach people how to spell…

Who comes up with this stuff??

Tony.

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:59:16 +0000

No list of weird games is complete with out Katamari Damacy.

Another weird one was those Wario games that had these wacky mini games, things like plucking out nose hairs.

By: cephalopod

cephalopod — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:47:38 +0000

wow, the john deere “harvest in the heartland” looks like a ripoff of harvest moon, which is practically the most useless yet addicting game ever. lame!

By: Alania

Alania — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:47:51 +0000

I think Exodus was part of Bible Adventures….
I liked playing Cool Spot. There was also a Chester Cheetah game too.

By: DOJ

DOJ — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:42:34 +0000

@Buttonpusher & Katie – As Rob pointed out above, It’s called Yo Noid and I remember struggling with both the levels and the pizza card games

Typing of the Dead was great, I spent tons of time playing it on my buddies Dreamcast. Anyone remember the cut scenes?

Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball was alright, but there’s a special place in my heart for Mutant League Football

nice link Alex

By: Courageous Grace

Courageous Grace — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:35:58 +0000

I still have Yo! Noid and Toobin for NES…

By: katie

katie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:30:55 +0000

I was totally just thinking about the Noid and how Avoid the Noid should be on this list! Another NES game that nearly caused me to lose my mind over how poorly built it was: Legacy of the Wizard. Man, I couldn’t figure that one out.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:21:49 +0000

i was seriously just playing Chaos in the Windy City like 3 days ago, love that game

By: effess

effess — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:37:53 +0000

Cool Spot was cool! The game not the character. I liked Toobin too. There was an arcade version of it that was at the bowling alley, skating rink, and various pizza places.

By: chet

chet — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:40:26 +0000

Charles Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden should be on this list. It’s random and hilarious.

By: sj

sj — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:51:02 +0000

I think this takes the cake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer%27s_Revenge

By: runofthelamb

runofthelamb — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:08:11 +0000

Ha ha ha! I still have Dizzy for my Nintendo…. that game is actually quite fun.

By: Jen Diggity

Jen Diggity — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:10:19 +0000

I loved Cool Spot, so, so much!

By: jester

jester — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:08:53 +0000

I used to have the Michael Jordan game, it was horrible. I remember throwing firey basketballs at people.

Cool Spot was fantastic, I rented it once and loved it.

But by far the weirdest game I’ve ever played was an NES title, Monster Party, where you fight things like Fried Giant Shrimp and Eggplant. Wild, wild stuff.

By: NatashaLynn

NatashaLynn — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:08:41 +0000

Does that one character in the Toilet Kids game have poop on his head?

By: Granturista

Granturista — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:05:42 +0000

“A drug dealer named Mr. Big has
kidnapped some children..”
And Jacko wants them all back.

By: Buttonpusher

Buttonpusher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:56:37 +0000

Anyone ever heard of a game called ‘Avoid the Noid’ ? By far the weirdest old game I’ve ever played

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:44:04 +0000

“Michael!”

Yes, the creepy factor is off the scale.

By: Homer J. Simpson

Homer J. Simpson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:13:14 +0000

The Angry Video Game Nerd really needs to do an episode with some of these. I think the only ones that he’s done so far are Moonwalker and Exodus (it was part of the second Bible games episode).

If I were putting together this list, I think I would remove the John Deere game (farming games actually aren’t all that unusual) and replace it with an old NES game called Zombie Nation where you control a big flying samurai head.

By: gtstiggy

gtstiggy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:49:31 +0000

Dude Shaq Fu rocked my childhood. But enough of that. The Spot game was a great platformer. And I just fell out of my work chair watching that michael jackson one. It is CREEEEEEPY – and the ending is amazing… simply amazing.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:06:49 +0000

Suprised Shaq Fu isn’t listed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaq_Fu

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:54:46 +0000

Toe Jam and Earl was weird.

The Wii has a few odd ones too, including one simulating a urinal.

By: Drea

Drea — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:24:01 +0000

I really think Seaman for the Dreamcast could belong on this list as well Have you seen those creepy man-faced fish?

By: TronStuck

TronStuck — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:24:00 +0000

I used to play “Cool Spot” all the freakin time, it was an awesome game. Another weird one was the Crash Dummys game.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:11:55 +0000

Stnmm, I believe you’re thinking of Yo! Noid for the NES, which rocked my childhood.

Also, I believe the article should have said Taiko Drum Master, as opposed to just Drum Master, but ah well.

Also, Noby Noby Boy needs to be on this list without a doubt.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:08:42 +0000

…jamie oliver… the chef has his own game for the DS… and if anyone is interested check out
http://www.nintendo8.com/

to play some old NES games… i recommend the Bible Adventures game..it makes no sense…

By: stnmn

stnmn — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:59:48 +0000

anyone remember “Avoid the Noid”, it was put out by dominoes pizza? annoying game but playable.

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:46:41 +0000

Dizzy well and truly rocks – my favourite was Fantasy World Dizzy – or maybe Magic Land Dizzy – they were so addictive!

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:29:06 +0000

I owned Bill Lambier’s Combat Basketball in the days before Gamestop and trade-in’s. Even as a little kid I knew within two minutes of firing the game up that I had been swindled.

On the other hand, Cool Spot for the SNES was a pretty bad-ass platformer; despite the fact that it is partially responsible for my soda gut.

By: linty

linty — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:27:43 +0000

wow! this is the first first of my life!

Seriously though, typing of the dead is pretty much the best game ever made. Aside from the fact that it doesn’t matter if you don’t press shift or spacebar it’s about a thousand times better than mavis beacon.