Author Archives: Cassidy

Cassidy is the curator of a bad video game hall of fame. Whether you interpret that as "a hall of fame dedicated to bad video games" or as "a sub-par hall of fame for video games" is entirely up to you. Goes by "They / Them" pronouns.

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What We’ve Been up To

It’s the update you’ve all been dreading: The admission by me that I’ve still been suffering from writer’s block for well over a full year now, and that I don’t rightly know if I’ll ever get back to it!

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A Stream of Consciousness

Howdy y’all! The time has come again to apologize for a several months-long lack of updates / new articles here on the Bad Game Hall of Fame website, as seems to happen on an annual basis. So, I’m not gonna …

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CrazyBus

“We’re Going Off the Rails on the CrazyBus.”

For five years, Tom Maneiro’s 16-bit bus simulator sat unnoticed on a homebrew development forum. That was until it was discovered by YouTube, and hailed as having “the worst music ever.” Ride with us along the game’s road to Internet infamy.

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Popeye (2021)

“You’d Better Check Mr. Popeye, Is Your Switch Running Low?”

After a thirteen year hiatus from video games, Popeye the Sailor Man staged his triumphant return to the format… by way of a studio known primarily for pub quiz machines and shovelware software. We break down all the details of this alleged asset flip.

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Mazer

“Live Those Dreams, Scheme Those Schemes. Got to Hit Me With Your Mazer Beams.”

American Laser Games built an arcade empire on the top of LaserDisc technology. But when the market collapsed, they staged a last-minute pivot to more traditional fare. Could they survive the transition from the Old West into an alien future?

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Sword of Sodan

“There’s an Angel on My Shoulder, in My Hand a Sword of Sodan.”

Legend tells of a beloved Amiga beat ‘em up, and its cursed conversion to Sega’s Genesis. But in our quest to discover the truth of this tale, we must answer an ancient riddle: Was the original ever any good to begin with?

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The Ring: Terror’s Realm

“I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Terror.”

The curse of Sadako Yamamura comes to Sega’s Dreamcast, in one of the most maligned survival horror titles of all time. We finally solve the mystery of its strange narrative — seemingly unrelated to the larger Ring franchise.

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Lula 3D

“It’s a Mixed Up, Muddled Up, Shook Up World. Except for Lula. Lu-lu-lu-lu, Lula.”

The Queen of adult games is dead. Long live Lula, and glory to her all-too-brief eight year reign. We examine the circumstances that lead to her first 3D title also serving as her last, as well as the histories of her franchise and her original creator. All in explicit detail, of course.

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SSFF: Crash Bandicoot’s Mobile Kart Racing Nightmare | DELISTED

Whod’ve thunk that researching a series of Crash Nitro Kart mobile game spin-offs would’ve lead to one of the most confusing series chronologies of all time? Not me — that’s for sure! And yet, here we are, with my latest contribution …

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Life Comes at You Fast

I’ve been meaning to write and post this status update for a few weeks now, but honestly haven’t had the time or energy for it until today. I’ll tell you the long-short of it up front: In the process of …

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