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Video Game Names | The Worst Ever

January 16, 2007 in Video Game Branding, Video Game Titles | No comments

Game Revolution brings us its picks for (drumroll, please) The 50 Worst Video Game Names Of All Time.  Here they are, from bad to worse:

  • Frogger: Helmet Chaos
  • Zeitgeist
  • Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe’s Brother
  • Jumpman
  • ASO: Armored Scrum Object
  • Wild Woody
  • Tech Romancer
  • Princess Tomato In Salad Kingdom
  • Beyond The Beyond
  • Silhouette Mirage: Reprogrammed Hope
  • Um Jammer Lammy
  • PenPen Trilcelon
  • Spanky’s Quest
  • Cacoma Knight In Bizyland
  • M.U.S.C.L.E.
  • Sticky Balls
  • 70’s Robot Anime Geppy-X: The Super Boosted Armor
  • Punky Skunk
  • Klonoa: Door To Phantomile
  • Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt!
  • Catechumen
  • World Soccer Winning Eleven 5: Final Evolution
  • Panic Restaurant
  • Ninja Hamster
  • Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls
  • Booby Kids
  • Yo! Noid
  • Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf
  • Astro Fang: Super Machine
  • Divine Divinity
  • Eggs of Steel: Charlie’s Eggcellent Adventure
  • Barkley: Shut Up And Jam!
  • Tongue Of The Fatman
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
  • Rosco McQueen - Firefighter Extreme
  • Tobal No. 1
  • Wargasm
  • GOLF Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
  • XEXYZ
  • No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
  • Totally Rad
  • James Pond II: Codename RoboCod
  • Psybadek
  • Nuts & Milk
  • Huygen’s Disclosure
  • Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja
  • Pesterminator: The Western Exterminator
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam
  • If It Moves, Shoot It!
  • Irritating Stick

You’ll want to read the full article to understand something about the story behind each of these gems, but the list itself does a good job of detailing the myriad ways in which a title can fall flat, including falling prey to cultural differences, suffering from a weak translation, or being overly punny, mind-numbingly descriptive, embarrassingly faddish, completely tin-eared, uncomfortably vulgar, etc.  All the more reason to celebrate a really good title! LINK

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