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The Worst Video Games Released In 1987

Video game rankings for video games that had a release in the year 1987, ranked from worst to best. This includes games that had a release. All scores are calcuated by gamer's ratings, post reactions, and more. You can affect these rankings by joining and rating video games.

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Leviathan game
50

Leviathan

An isometric shooter, similar to Zaxxon.

DEEP SPACE game
50

DEEP SPACE

  • adventure
  • Action
  • Casual
  • Shooter
  • RolePlaying

Take the controls of a STRIX fighter, explore deep space to find fame and fortune. Steal satellites, clear minefields, dogfight with Kogon Interceptors and negotiating meteor clusters.

Metropolis game
50

Metropolis

A action-adventure published by The Power House in which Moonboots, the lunar explorer, is stranded in Metropolis, and must find and refuel his spaceship, so that he may return home on the moon.

Where Time Stood Still game
50

Where Time Stood Still

Where Time Stood Still is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Ocean in 1988 for the Sinclair Spectrum 128K, MS-DOS and Atari ST. The game has since been released on the Amiga in July 2014, and on Amiga CD32 in December 2014 and was converted from the Atari ST version with some enhancements...

Feud game
50

Feud

International version of a Korean MMORPG which was released into public beta on May 28, 2008. It uses a cash shop system, and it's key selling points include township battles and its unique PvP system.

Tanglewood game
50

Tanglewood

Fun Atari ST / Amiga game where player controls advanced robots with a mouse for exploring

Breach game
3.4
-46.6

Breach

  • Tactical
  • Strategy

Ikari Warriors game
27.8
-22.2

Ikari Warriors

  • Arcade
  • Shooter

The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market. The player characters in Ikari Warriors are Colonel Ralf and Second Lieutenant Clark of the later King of Fighters series battling through hordes of enemies. The player takes the role of commando-like warriors named...

Pole Position II game
50

Pole Position II

  • racing
  • Arcade

Pole Position II is the sequel to racing arcade game Pole Position, released by Namco in 1983. The gameplay is the same as in original Pole Position, plus slightly improved graphics, a new opening theme song, and new tracks. Pole Position II has been re-released as part of various Namco Museum compilations,...

Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link game
50

Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link

  • adventure
  • RolePlaying

The second installment in the The Legend of Zelda series, it was developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System on January 14, 1987, less than a year after the original The Legend of Zelda was released and seven months before North America saw the release of the first Zelda title....

Bubble Ghost game
50

Bubble Ghost

  • Arcade

The player controls the ghost using the computer mouse and makes him blow at a bubble. A press on the left button of the mouse makes the ghost rotate to the left. Each time the player makes the bubble exit a hall, he wins 1000 points + left bonus. The original Bubble Ghost was created by Christophe Andreani...

R-Type game
50

R-Type

  • ScrollingShooter

R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The game is made up of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each. The player's spacecraft has, by default, a weak but rapid-firing main gun; and a more powerful gun called a wave cannon, which requires...

Space Harrier game
50

Space Harrier

  • Shooter

Produced for arcades, the title has been ported to over twenty different home computer and gaming platforms in Japan, North America and Europe. Two home-system sequels followed in Space Harrier 3-D and Space Harrier II , as well as an arcade spinoff, Planet Harriers, in 2000. I calculated the position,...

Sky Kid game
50

Sky Kid

  • Horizontal
  • ShootEmUp

It is also the first game from Namco to allow two players to play simultaneously. As the players advance further up in the 21 missions, multiple targets will begin to appear in the course of one mission. If the player performs a loop in front of the three dancing girls which appear at the end of each...

Twin Cobra game
On Sale: $7.99 $6.39
50

Twin Cobra

  • ShootEmUp
  • Vertical

Twin Cobra, released in Japan as Kyukyoku Tiger , is a 1987 helicopter-themed shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan. The Genesis/Mega Drive version was developed by GRC, published by Treco in Japan and by Sega in North America.

The Hobbit game
On Sale: $19.99 $4.99
50

The Hobbit

  • adventure
  • TextBased
  • adventure
  • TextBased

It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men",The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving...

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier game
On Sale: $15 $12
50

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier

  • Action
  • Platform
  • RolePlaying

It is the first video game in the Valis series which stars a Japanese teenager named Yuko who uses a mystical sword called Valis to defend Earth and other worlds. At certain points in the game, gameplay pauses, and cinematic cutscenes regarding the game's storyline play. Like other side-scrolling games...

Balloon Fight game
50

Balloon Fight

  • Arcade

The original arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. Repeatedly pressing the A button or holding down the B button causes the Balloon Fighter to flap his arms and rise into the air. There are two modes of play: the 1-player/2-player game where the goal is to clear the screen of enemies, and...

Gauntlet game
50

Gauntlet

The players, up to four at once in the arcade version, select among four playable fantasy-based characters; Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf. Each character has his or her own unique strength and weaknesses. For example, the Warrior is strongest in hand-to-hand...

Ghostbusters game
50
KiKi KaiKai game
50

KiKi KaiKai

  • ShootEmUp

Since then, the game has received a number of console and home computer ports in and outside Japan, both as a stand-alone title and as part of compilations. Sayo-chan, determined to help the gods, sets off on a journey across the countryside, where she confronts a number of strange creatures from Japanese...

Wonder Boy In Monster Land game
50

Wonder Boy In Monster Land

  • Platform

The game is the sequel to the 1986 game Wonder Boy and takes place eleven years after the events in the previous game. The arcade version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land amassed moderate sales, and the Master System version received overall positive reviews in all aspects and has been highly regarded as...

Punch-Out Featuring Mr. Dream game
50

Punch-Out Featuring Mr. Dream

  • Fighting
  • Sports

You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx. What you lack in size you more than make up for in determination. Spurred on by your trainer, Doc Louis, it's time to take on the world's boxing best!