So Bad They're Unforgettable — My NES Infamy Shelf
A collection without its disasters isn't telling the whole story.
Not every cartridge is a treasure, but some of the worst NES games are weirdly more memorable than the good ones. My shelf has a proud "infamy" section:
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — routinely ranked among the worst games ever; punishing, confusing, and oddly hypnotic.
- Taboo: The Sixth Sense — barely a game at all; it's a digital tarot-card and fortune-telling program on a cartridge.
- Silver Surfer — so sadistically hard it became a legend (and a meme).
- Deadly Towers and Hydlide — beloved punching bags of the retro community.
- Bible Adventures — Wisdom Tree's unlicensed oddity where Noah hauls animals around (yes, really).
- Bigfoot and Super Pitfall — ambitious, broken, unforgettable.
I keep every one of them. A collection without its disasters isn't really telling the whole story, and honestly, the bad ones spark the best conversations.