# Worst Video Games Of The '80s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882 "2004-10-06T17:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/41 "2004-10-07T07:23:55Z")
**Marble Madness** ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/42 "2004-10-07T07:33:48Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > \ > > Do you have the original cassette/record, or the recently-re-released CD? 'cause I’ve got the CD, but I would love to get MP3s of the original songs – the remixed versions don’t do it for me… > > \ Original record. I wasn’t aware there were even remixed versions. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/43 "2004-10-07T07:42:48Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > Anyone remember the Frogger song that came out? There was a very brief rash of video game related pop songs in the '80s. I’m fairly certain that there was a Pac Man one. The only thing I remember about the Frogger song was some schmuck wailing “Go, Froggy, Go!” Ok, here we go. “Pac-Man Fever” released by Buckner & Garcia. My copy is copyright 1982. It has: Pac-Man Fever Froggy’s Lament Ode To A Centipede Do the Donkey Kong Hyperspace The Defender Mousetrap Goin’ Berzerk Many authentic video game sounds too. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/44 "2004-10-07T08:41:44Z")
Hey! I liked Marble Madness. I had Marble Madness on the Amiga. 🙂 I liked Q-Bert. And that one where you fenced in areas of the screen to confine a moving line. And Omega Race. And Stargate and Defender. I thought [Tempest](http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Manufacturers/Atari/tempest.html) had one of the best and most responsive user interfaces ever. If you get the idea that I liked games that were outside what became the dominating first-person shooter gentre, you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/45 "2004-10-07T13:48:19Z")
I’m with you **Sunspace**. Those games are not just good, but were fantastic and original. The games I didn’t like were the ones made by the company that made Tapper, which was their only fun one. Wacko, Timber, and Domino Man were all craptastic games. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/46 "2004-10-07T14:03:15Z")
I agree with the above two. Great games. How can you not like Q\*Bert? It’s a beautifully simple and elegant game, an absolute classic and essential component of video gaming history. _ET_ for the 2600 is easily the worst game ever made. _Club Drive_ for the Atari Jaguar may very well be the worst driving game ever. Fortunately, only the unlucky few ever had a Jaguar, much less played this train wreck of a game. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/47 "2004-10-07T14:26:52Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > How about [Amidar](http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?letter=A&game_id=6883)? I get the impression this one was pretty unpopular. I remember after the one time I played it, my younger brother chided me about wasting a quarter to play such a stupid game. I remember Amidar! My grandparents gave it to my brother and I as a gift when they came back from wintering in Florida. It was a pretty dull game, but we played it anyway. It was nice of them to buy it, after all. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882/48 "2004-10-08T07:05:55Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > Original record. I wasn’t aware there were even remixed versions. Gimme a buzz if you ever have MP3s of those tracks. In the meantime, you can buy the modernized CD [here.](http://www.bucknergarcia.com/ecxform.htm) It’s not really a “remix” as much as it’s a re-recording of the original album, but as I said before, I liked the original versions more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-video-games-of-the-80s/267882.md?page=2)