Tag Archives: Tag: Kusogē

Japanese portmanteau translating to “Shit Games.” While it is used to refer to all manner of bad games (often of the “charmingly bad” variety), for the purposes of this website, it will largely be used to refer to Japan-exclusive releases.

Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Cassidy

“Roulette Blast a Roddin’, Reptile Rhythm Voodoo, Journey to the West and…?”

The quest to adapt Journey to the West to the Family Computer was fraught with its own set of hardships, as a first-time publisher and recently-pivoted developer embarked on their very own pilgrimage of game production. Did they achieve enlightenment, or fall into digitized despair?

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Virtual Lab

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Cassidy

“Doctor Rocka, You’re Needed in the Virtual Lab.”

As the Virtual Boy counted down its final hours, a fledgling publisher emerged to release a last-minute cartridge for the console. But was it even a finished product at that point? Leave the experiment to us.

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Spelunker (NES)

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Cassidy

“That Old Spelunker’s Golden.”

In one of the Famicom’s most infamous kusogē, slight falls spell fatality for an unfortunate spelunker. Does “The Weakest Action Hero in the History of Video Games” truly earn his distinction, or have the rumors of his many deaths been an exaggeration?

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XDR: X-Dazedly Ray

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Cassidy

“Been X-Dazedly and Confused, for So Long It’s Not True.”

When one-time developer UNIPACC attempted to enter the Mega Drive’s market for scrolling shooters, their disaster would echo across the galaxy. The story of Ray Starbreaker and his ‘Operation X’ can finally be told!

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Death Crimson

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Cassidy

“In the Court of the Crimson Death.”

In 1996, a perfect storm occurred on the Sega Saturn; given an amateur development studio, limited resources, and an incomprehensible creative vision. We stare down the barrel of Japan’s most infamous light gun shooter, and determine to document its history. All hail the “Emperor of Kusogē.”

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Energy

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Cassidy

“Ashe is the Color of Your Energy.”

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Annihilate the demonic beast army as the world’s greatest ESP warrior! But is this assignment one that you should consider turning down?

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Dirty Pair: Project Eden

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Guest Author

“Do You Dare to Dirty Pair?”

Guest contributor Ant Cooke of Gaming Hell provides a primer on the loveliest of angels, and their unfortunate foray into the world of Famicom. Once you’ve come this far, you can’t back out!

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Hong Kong 97

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Cassidy

“Hong Kong 97, Number One Super Game.”

Finally, one of gaming’s great mysteries finally revealed… or have the answers been right in front of us this whole time? The story of one man’s mission to make “the worst game possible.”

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Ikki (NES)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Cassidy

“Oh Ikki, What a Pity, You Don’t Understand.”

We travel back to feudal Japan in search of what is considered to be the world’s first kusogē. Needess to say, we don’t find much there, so we fast-forward a bit to 1985 instead.

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The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Cassidy

“We Gonna Roll Out This Transformers Comvoy ‘Cross the U-S-A.”

Is there more to this Japan-exclusive title than meets the eye, or is it truly one of the defining kusogē games of its era?

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