Infamous Game Theater - Bokosuka Wars - NES

Why infamous instead of obscure? Because this one is actually somewhat well known. It has a title of 'Worst Game Ever' given by many, many people... but does it deserve it? I take a look and tell you what I think.

This is a short one, but it's got some dialogue in it. It came out really soft for some reason, so turn up your volume a little bit. And always remember...


WOW! YOU LOSE!

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• Infamous
• Game
• Theater
• Obscure
• Bokosuka
• Wars
• NES
• WOW
• YOU
• LOSE
• Frankomatic

[cyberhoodlum]

That "Wow! You lose!" screen is enough to make me want to tear that game in half and say, "Wow! You're broken!"

[Jagged85]

Bokosuka is incredibly outdated, but that doesn't make it a bad game. Back in 1983, it was actually a hit in its time, but has just aged really badly.

Not many people know this, but Bokosuka was in fact the game that laid the foundations for the strategy RPG genre. Games like the Fire Emblem and Shining series, and all the "Tactics" games, are descended from Bokosuka.

[tanukiaho4]

though this game is shit,i like those useless blue dudes

[GIR5467]

I like this game. :(

[saiyoucho]

I just tried this game, and it is about the only time I've just come up with: What the hell IS this thing?!

I didn't really find a point in this thing at all. And the music wanted me to smash the game after a few minutes.

[CervantesXV]

I love how the game plays at something like 1 fps.

[Jagged85]

@Jagged85

In fact, Bokosuka Wars is quite easily one of the better games from 1983. After all, that was the year that E.T. was made, and tons of other crappy games were coming out and caused the video game market crash.

Back in those days, Bokosuka would have been like the Demon's Souls of its day: challenging and rewarding. Today, that means it's unplayable, and we'll probably be saying the same thing about Demon's Souls 25 years from now.

[d01hazel]

@Obakedake If you ever meet him again, can you ask him the specifics of the battle system?

[ThrilloVanHouten]

I'm surprised the AVGN nor the Irate Gamer have reviewed this yet, as it was pretty infamous among gamers back in the early 2000's and is absolutely perfect for their reviewing style.

[Kappatekki]

There was a hack of this in a mario multipack called "luigi wars" and it has the same stupid "wow! you lose" screen! I hate it so much!

[FaultyWin]

This makes hydlide look like chrono trigger.