DS Daily: The worst gaming gifts

i ask my family to not buy me any videogames but for money instead........my parents as awsome as they are seem a bit clueless about VG's......meaning if i asked for a Wii I would probably get a PS3 :(........but money is just as good

As a discerning gamer I've always made sure that no-one ever buys me gaming related gifts. If I haven't already got it, it's probably because I don't want it!! So no, I've never received an unwanted gaming gift (having said that though I wouldn't mind if someone bought me some VC games with the new gift feature....)

My Dad got my brother Shrek: Swamp Kart Speedway. LOL. He also got me a game called Chameleon. Terrible, terrible game and I don't want to tell him I hate it, so I'll probably just never play it.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Black Label Games for the GBA. D: So many glitches...

South Park: Chef's Luv Skack for N64. Nothing but a South Park trivia game. And I was way too young to understand all the questions. I was kicking myself because I didn't want it, opened it anyway, and sold it back less than a week later for, like, $5.

Hey now.... I like me some sudoku. :)

A GBA radio! It had a crap aerial, separate audio out (couldn't use the speakers), and only had auto-tune up/down buttons. Basically, it turned my GBA into a power source for a really crappy radio.

It was from my brother, who reads this, but I think he already knows. It narrowly misses out on worst present ever, which was a Robbie Williams single. Also from my brother!

He's lovely really.

I got lucky as a kid and got some games that I expected to suck and turned out to be great...

Megaman (hadn't heard of it yet, it was new)
Wonderboy in Monsterworld
Yo! Noid (sorry, it's fun)

I got the Wii version of Rampage last year from my brother. He knew I played the original a lot as a kid, so his heart was in the right place. He tried the game out before I did and basically just said "oops, sorry". I'll keep it though, I'm a sentimental packrat like that.

My grandmother once gave me a copy of Spiritual Warfare, a religious themed NES RPG. This was in 1997, mind you, and on top of that I had never owned an NES. (We were a SEGA family back then.) I never got to play it, but I've saved it all these years because it's pretty hilarious to read the box copy. Collect the full armor of God!

Heh, I got way too many plug'n'play games in my childhood. those ones with 500 games, and youd play about 3 and never play it again.

The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the NES. Honestly, I don't remember ever getting past the 3rd stage. That game was way too difficult. We did get to annoy the parents immitating the death voice + music clip that followed, so it wasn't ALL bad I guess.

The action max vcr gaming system. mildy fun. but i think there were only 2 or 3 games ever released for it.

Dragon's Lair for the SNES. First game we ever sold...

Contra 4

...just kidding...

I remember playing my sister's Yoshi Touch and Go
It was ok, but really hard

The worst video game present i ever got was Peter Pan and The Pirates for NES. That game sucked so much, the first time i played it i fell asleep (or maybe unconscious?). Yeah, i didn't play it after that.

I had received World Heroes for the Sega Genesis one Christmas. Keep in mind that this version was coded by Sega of America.

I got a tiger game.com one Christmas, but I asked for it.

I once got a N64 the year it came out with Mario 64. Best Christmas ever and every game I asked for Christmas was the right one. Though I do get a lot of obscure DvDs from my dad.

Worst game would probably be Robots for Gamecube...never even opened it... However, I was smart this year... I have compiled a list of games I want for my DS, PSP, and Xbox so we'll see how that turns out. I put a relatively good mix of inexpensive and expensive games on the list so there would be plenty to choose from...I don't think it's wrong to make a list if no one knows your tastes...

I've had some mixed bags with this. When I was younger, I got some great games on the NES and SNES from my relatives. Usually they had absolutely no idea what it was about, but that's how I ended up with both Simcity and Pilotwings. Lately, its been a little even-handed. Last year, I got Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (sweet!) and Baten Kaiton Origins (not so sweet...). Since it was from my wife, I returned that second one for about $15.00 and picked up Tales of the Abyss instead. It all worked out good.

Heck, a gift is a gift, and even if it sucks, at least they meant well. Its actually pretty amusing to head down to a game store, find one of those $5.00 bargin bin suck-fests and pick it up as a gift for someone just to piss them off.

My mom bought me Chicken Shoot. Really.