Wayne's World SNES
Wayne's World for the SNES is probably the worst game I have ever played. It is the fucking epitome of the senseless unnecessary movie cash-in games that gave movie tie-in games the awful reputation and stigma they endured for so many years. Countless swathes of 90's blockbusters which were quickly ported into generic shit-platformers* and this one just sticks out in my mind as one of the worst.
It offers sickeningly predictable sound effects, repeatedly using a crackly "excellent" ad nauseam, interspersed with "Schwing", and the occasional "Not Worthy" chant.
The game even depicts moments from the film, badly:
Why did I even own this game, is a great fucking question! Quite honestly I was young impressionable and it was £5. Which is nuts cheap for a Snes game! Back in the day SNES games were expensive cuz they were hefty cartridges retailing at £40-£60 and keep in mind given inflation 25 years on that was a big chunk of pocket money. But yeah, I got this bad boy for £5 as an "Ex-Rental" from the now extinct chain "Global Video".
Global Video used to have a selection of shitters you could rent (and I did). Perhaps my most memorable game I rented was Mario is Missing! an odd edutainment Mario game which seemed to be allowed to use Super Mario World Sprites and SFX, which I remember fondly but undoubtedly if I played it again would hate it. Among these shitters was Wayne's World, so shit, they needed the shelves for other shit, so it was relegated to the "Ex-rental" bin. And I bought it. My cart still has a silver foil sticker and a grubby tinge, no doubt come from all the sticky fingers and smoke-filled homes it was in...
...tainted and shitty looking on the outside, tainted and shitty looking on the inside
Richie X
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