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Examples Of Bad Game Choices

We made a list of ideas of games that would be good for TASing. This list is the complete opposite. These are games that you may wish to avoid TASing, since it can lead to something unentertaining or that doesn't follow one of these rules.

Then again, some of these games do have published runs, so it may be possible to make a good run on a game from this list, but still... you've been warned. If you plan on running a game from this list, you should definitely search the site for previous submissions of it, in order to see what ideas work and what don't.

  • Most ports of already TASable arcade games
  • Most videogames based on game shows

  • Abadox
  • Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Air Fortress
  • Archon
  • Aussie Rules footy
  • Back to the Future
  • Back to the Future 2 & 3
  • Bad Street Brawler
  • Balloon Fight
  • Battle Chess
  • Big Nose the Caveman
  • BreakThru
  • California Games
  • Captain America and the Avengers
  • Chack'n Pop
  • Cheetahmen II
  • Clu Clu Land
  • Code Name: Viper
  • Crash N' The Boys Street Challenge
  • Cross Fire
  • Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
  • Dian Shi Ma Li
  • Dikki Painguin in TKO for the Third Reich
  • Donkey Kong 3
  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  • Dragon Buster
  • Duck Hunt
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
  • Flintstones 2 - The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
  • Front Line
  • Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
  • Gumshoe
  • Gyromite
  • Hayauchi Sokutei Game
  • Heavy Shreddin'
  • Hogan's Alley
  • Insector X
  • Joe and Mac
  • Jungle Book
  • Kero Kero Keroppi no Dai Bouken 2 - Donuts Ike ha Oosawagi!
  • Kid Niki - The Radical Ninja
  • King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
  • Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
  • Mad Max
  • Magical Quest 2
  • Majou Densetsu 2 - Daimashikyou Galious
  • Mario Evolution!
  • NES Test
  • North & South
  • Perfect Fit
  • Pin*Bot
  • Platoon
  • Popeye
  • Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
  • Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
  • Rambo
  • Rescue
  • Ring King
  • Road Fighter
  • Robocop
  • Rockman 2 hacks that doesn't change gameplay mechanics
  • Rocman X
  • Saint Seiya - Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen
  • Saiyuuki World
  • Shinobi
  • Spiritual Warfare
  • Spy Vs Spy
  • Star Wars
  • Super Mario hacks that doesn't change gameplay mechanics
  • Talespin
  • The Adventures of Captain Comic
  • The Chessmaster
  • Tiny Toons Adventure 2 - Trouble in Wackyland
  • Where's Waldo
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Yie Ar Kung-Fu

  • An American Tail - Fievel Goes West
  • Ballz 3D
  • Barbie Super Model
  • Clay Fighter (emulates very poorly on Snes9X
  • Dragon Ball Z - Super Gokuuden 2 Totsugeki Hen
  • Donkey Kong Country: Competition Cartridge
  • Jame Bond Jr
  • Kaizo Mario World 2
  • Lethal Enforcers
  • Mario Is Missing!
  • Micro Machines' versus mode
  • NBA Hangtime
  • Ranma Nibunnoichi - Chougi Ranbu Hen
  • Revolution X
  • Sanrio World Smash Ball!
  • Shaq Fu
  • Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (instead, consider Super Street Fighter II Turbo for Arcade)
  • Super Metroid Angry Fire Chozo
  • Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss - Genteiban
  • Super Turrican 2
  • The Flintstones - The Treasure of Sierra Madrock
  • Tin Star
  • Tom & Jerry
  • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

  • Barney's Hide and Seek
  • Battle Squadron
  • Columns
  • Death Duel
  • Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
  • Ka-Ge-Ki - Fists of Steel
  • Might and Magic: Gates to Another World
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  • Olympic Gold - Barcelona '92
  • Outrun
  • Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
  • Sailor Moon
  • Side Pocket
  • Sonic Eraser
  • Starflight
  • Street Smart
  • Superman
  • The Faery Tale Adventure
  • Tom and Jerry Frantic Antics
  • Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation
  • Wardner
  • Zero Wing

  • Direct ports of Genesis' games (ie: Altered Beast, Golden Axe)
  • Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau
  • Kung Fu Kid
  • Rocky
  • Rygar
  • Zillion

  • Avoid the Noid
  • Mario & Luigi
  • Star Control II

  • Any Game & Watch Gallery game
  • Balloon Kid
  • Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World
  • Catrap
  • Cosmo Tank
  • Crayon Shin Chan 4
  • Daedalian Opus
  • Mortal Kombat 3
  • Skate or Die - Bad 'n Rad
  • Volley Fire
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

  • Any Classic NES game
  • Dokapon Monster Hunter
  • Game & Watch Gallery 4
  • Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue
  • Hikaru no Go
  • Jurassic Park 3: Island Attack
  • Rhythm Tengoku
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
  • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
  • WarioWare: Twisted!

  • Affari Tuoi (Deal or No Deal)
  • Any Ace Attorney game
  • Any Game & Watch Collection game
  • Any Guitar Hero game
  • Any Osu! (押忍) game
  • Any Professor Layton game
  • Any Taiko no Tatsujin (太鼓の達人) game
  • Crayola Treasure Adventures
  • Elite Beat Agents
  • Magnetica (Puzzle Mode)
  • Matchstick Puzzle by DS
  • Myst DS
  • Nintendogs
  • Point Blank DS
  • Rhythm Tengoku Gold
  • WarioWare D.I.Y.
  • WarioWare Touched!
  • You Have to Burn a Rope

  • Bass Hunter 64
  • South Park: Chef's Luv Shack

  • Any Dance Dance Revolution games.
  • Any Pop'n Music games.
  • Bushido Blade 2
  • Ehrgeiz - God Bless the Ring
  • Point Blank

  • TODO: Add some games

  • Cyberbots - Fullmetal Madness (Due to the fact it's impossible to change the fighter without restarting the story)
  • OverTop
  • Street Fighter Alpha

  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
  • Pokémon Channel
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves

  • The Legendary Axe

  • Gordo 106 - The Mutated Lab Monkey

TODO: Add more games in these lists. You can add any games and even specific game modes that aren't good for TASing. Please, make sure to keep these lists in their alphabetical order.


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ExamplesOfBadGameChoices last edited by Ilari on 2012-04-06 12:47:32
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