Bad game names

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Stalvern
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Re: Bad game names

Postby Stalvern » December 19th, 2018, 11:46 am

Gentlegamer wrote:Image

I refuse to believe this nonsense.

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Re: Bad game names

Postby velcrozombie » December 19th, 2018, 12:13 pm

There's a fighting game with the title of Tongue of the Fatman. It was later ported to the Megadrive/Genesis as Slaughter Sport. The original North American box art is also hilariously bizarre:

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Re: Bad game names

Postby VideoGameCritic » December 19th, 2018, 12:52 pm

Is there something I should know about Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy?? I don't get it.

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Re: Bad game names

Postby Retro STrife » December 19th, 2018, 1:52 pm

VideoGameCritic wrote:Is there something I should know about Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy?? I don't get it.


I assume it's just that it sounds stupid; not that there's anything inappropriate about it.

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Re: Bad game names

Postby Verm3 » December 19th, 2018, 3:31 pm

As noted by the critic in his review, in hindsight, download, for the TG16.

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Re: Bad game names

Postby pacman000 » December 19th, 2018, 4:26 pm

How about Wally Bear and the NO! Gang?

Yes, there's an exclamation point in the middle of the title on the box. Look very closely: http://atarihq.com/tsr/nes/wally.html

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Re: Bad game names

Postby Voor » December 19th, 2018, 9:34 pm

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties

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Re: Bad game names

Postby Gentlegamer » December 19th, 2018, 11:16 pm

Stalvern wrote:
Gentlegamer wrote:Image

I refuse to believe this nonsense.


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Re: Bad game names

Postby pacman000 » December 20th, 2018, 8:59 am

Gaiares appears in enough sources for me to say it exists:

https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/gaiares
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gaiares/
http://www.defunctgames.com/commercialb ... g-part-two
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ ... me/Gaiares

If you mean it's nonsense to say the name is bad, that's an opinion. The name is hard to sound out, & the official pronunciation sounds silly.

"Who are us? Guy are us?"
"Right."
"No, no, who are us?"
"Guy are us."
"Ugh! I don't give a dern!"
"Oh! That's our shortstop!"

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Re: Bad game names

Postby mbd36 » December 20th, 2018, 9:17 am

pacman000 wrote:Gaiares appears in enough sources for me to say it exists:


I own the original cart and case. That's sufficient proof for me that it exists. :)

I've always pronounced the name like "guy-res" or "guy-ris."


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