One of the things that can happen when you start to introduce money to entertainment and art is that a lot of stuff that doesn't deserve money or praise ends up doing so because of the financial games many people are playing behind the scenes. It's obviously a lot less serious than when we start confusing capitalism with human rights, but it can still end up having a hugely detrimental effect on creativity, which some would argue is just as necessary for a happy and productive life. Throwing money at something that doesn't deserve it is exactly how these twenty terrible games for the PS1 ended up making a whole lot of money.

We will accept that, in their time, some of these games were good and that it's only as technology has advanced that we've been able to see with proper hindsight that they are, in comparison, pretty terrible. Trying to play some of the all-time classics that are on this list is like pulling teeth when you're so used to all of the advances video games have made since then, not only graphically, but mechanically as well. Sure, they might be worth a little look for the sake of nostalgia, but beyond that, you should put the controller down and never go back to the game again.

Are you ready to take a look at some of the worst games that all of us have ever bought? Seriously, get ready to start digging through some garbage. Some of these games are awful.

20 Driving Games Have Never Been Good

We reckon that every single driving game, bar a couple that tried to mess with the formula a little bit, has been total garbage which nobody should've ever bought. Gran Turismo, despite being a bestseller for decades now, is no exception to this rule. Seriously, why would anybody want to play a realistic driving simulator? We get the love for things like Mario Kart but these games that expect you to have pitch perfect driving, expecting you to edge milliseconds off your time and care about it, are barely video games. They're like a maths spread sheet if you ask us. We would rather so work and actually make some money than sit down to play one of these in our off time in the hope of finding some fun.

19 It's No Mario Kart

To be fair to Crash Team Racing, there was no way that it was ever going to stand out as a beloved franchise for the ages when it has to compete with something like Mario Kart. In an attempt to make a game that could rival Nintendo in that corner of the market, Sony wanted to use their best-known mascot to have a racing game of his own. By all accounts, this game was pretty good and is still playable today, but when you place it against pretty much any Mario Kart game that came out at the same time or after, there is absolutely no contest. When you compare it to Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing is very clearly a pile of hot garbage.

18 Blasphemy? It Was Always Bad!

Okay, so we imagine a lot of you are frothing at the mouth right now, and we get that but have you ever actually gone back to play the original version of this game? We all know that the GameCube remake was an instant hit, and quite rightly, but the original version of the game handles terribly, has awful voice acting and looks like garbage. If people had the same sort of media that they do today when this game first came out, there is no way it would’ve sold so well. People would’ve been laughing at the graphics and the voice acting on Twitter within seconds of its release, and quite rightly too. Seriously, stay away from the original PS1 version of Resident Evil. It is terrible.

17 Terrifying Faces In A Boring Game

We'll be honest here, we don't understand why these sorts of games are ever enjoyable. We can sort of understand people who play football video games as there's some tension and some friendly competition there, but things like golf or fishing should not have their own video games. Not only are they boring, the only thing they can offer a normal person is the chance to get outside and have some quiet solitude. A video game cannot accurately replicate that. We may one day live in a world where it can, but to be honest, we sort of hope it doesn’t get that far. Why would anybody leave their home if they could travel wherever they wanted to? Everybody’s Gold may have had some humor about it, but this was undercut by bland gameplay.

16 Nowhere Near As Good As The Films

We say this as people who don't even really like the films. but the Harry Potter games did not do the films or the books justice. In fact, within the entire Harry Potter franchise, it is the games that are the biggest disappointment. However, they're a big seller, which is why they made a ton of them and made sure to port them to every possible system as well. Whether you had Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone on PS1 or not, they were all terrible. Look at those graphics! That does not look like a human being, and it's one of the only things in the game that should look like one. They had one job, to make everything look competent and at least be fun, but they couldn’t do it.

15 Who Would Want To Watch This?

There's a certain thrill to gambling that we've felt and understand why some people might find that sort of kick addicting. However, that kick comes from putting your own money on the line and beating the odds. You cannot do that with Derby Stallion. Sure, it may be more popular in Japan, but that doesn't mean that betting games like this aren't all over the place, with this particular one being a popular example. Where is the thrill in watching virtual horses run around a virtual track? Sure, you and your mates could bet on it at home, but then why not just go to the horses at that point, especially as you’ll be able to look at the odds to try and figure something out, rather than it all being decided by a computer.

14 Movie Tie-In Games Are Rarely Good

These sorts of games just never turn out good. Sure, some games made based on popular films can turn out alright, good even, but it's pretty much an accepted fact that any movie tie-in game coming out in the near future is not worth your hard earned cash. Instead, spend it on a game that was made with love over a considered amount of time, rather than rushed out as quickly as possible based on the publisher's demands in the hope of making some quick money. However, it worked with A Bug's Life with many people turning up to buy it, hoping it would replicate some of the fun adventurous atmosphere that was there in the film. Don’t even get me started on how bad this game was, despite everyone’s nostalgia blindness for it.

13 As Boring As Being A Baby

This is one that we can't blame on everyone else, as we remember finishing this game more than once. Looking back at it now, this was quite possibly the most torturous thing that we ever put ourselves through, but we just didn't know it at the time. In fact, at the time, when we were kids, it wasn't even guaranteed that you'd complete every single game that was given to you, so the fact that we completed this one twice really says something. If you're a fan of the Rugrats, do yourself a favor and stay home to watch it, instead of going out to pick up the best-selling Rugrats: Search For Reptar. You’ll save yourself money, time, and brain cells if you do what we say.

12 Just Watch The Cartoon Instead

Just like the Rugrats example, you're best just sticking with the cartoon if you like SpongeBob so much because there is no chance of finding a game worth your time if you're actually looking for something fun and not something barely put together with licensed characters. The worst thing is, this will be bought for kids by their parents, but if that were us, we'd make them play good stuff instead. This is why parents need to get involved with video games as a form of entertainment. Although, we suppose you can't police everything your children like to see or do. That’s just what comes with having kids a lot of time, whether it’s what they read, play or listen to during their formative years.

11 Back When Tony Hawk Used To Be Good

Look, if you ended up buying this game then we have no sympathy for you whatsoever. At the time when games like 2Xtreme were being developed, you had the ability to buy a good Tony Hawk game, something that was well known at the time, meaning you had no excuse to end up with this thinking it could be the next best in Xtreme sports video gaming. Honestly, can we just talk about how great it was having Tony Hawk games that were actually fun to play? Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Now you’d have a fair point buying a game like this in the hopes that it could bring back some of the magic we use to feel back in the day that has since been lost.

10 You Can't Just Spell Words However You Want

Okay, maybe you can if you want to, but we always thought it was odd how people who work in advertising think that their ability to twist words and things like that is infallible. If you ask us, spelling cube like this just looks stupid. They've only done it so that they can use the initials as the true name of the game. Why not just change the name of the game to something less stupid and then the problem will be solved? We all know that Intelligent Qube is an awful name and that whoever came up with it shouldn’t be allowed near words for the rest of their life, so why couldn’t someone working on this game see the truth for what it is?

9 This Was Before Fifa Ruled The Market

Yeah, this game is so ridiculously obscure that we won't even bother telling you the name of it, and yet it managed to make quite a lot of money for the people who put it out into the world. Nowadays, if you're not an established brand, trying to bring out a video game based on a sport like soccer is essentially throwing money away. That's one of the downsides of capitalism, as it stops interesting developments from being made, as it will cost somebody some money somewhere down the line. Believe it or not, everything in this world is based on money. The sooner that creative people realize that the sooner they can start to try and play the system, hopefully getting to a point where they can make some cash.

8 Terrible Name And Terrible Game

Devil Dice? Seriously? The reason for all of these cube based games is because it was easier for the developers to work with these shapes when using polygons back in the day, rather than attempt to actually create something that was hard work but more interesting for the audience to look at. If we’re honest, a puzzle game has to try and do something a little interesting to catch out attention anyway, which is something that this game fails to do completely. Believe it or not, a game with the name Devil Dice managed to pull in quite a lot of money for the developers, which we assume allowed them the ability to make more bad games. This is what we mean when we say that you have to start voting with your wallet.

7 There Are No Good Mascots Anymore

Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos may not mean anything to you, but it's a game that sits warmly within our hearts, something that we played a hell of a lot when we were younger, despite the fact that the controls were a total mess. There were a lot of better platform games out at the time, but there's something about this little guys face that really draws us in. You can tell that the people who designed the character put some effort into making sure that children found him absorbing, almost having a charismatic and fun nature about his face. What do you think? There’s a huge chance that what we’re describing is our inner child’s reaction to this character rather than our adult reaction to it.

6 Why Would You Bring This Guy Back?

Honestly, there was nothing good about Frogger back in the day, so to bring the guy back in a time that not only had better mascots, but games based on much more diverse and compelling mechanics is a crass money grab that can be seen from space. We're sure that the original game was pivotal in some way and that there will be people frothing at the mouth right now, already commenting that we couldn't be more wrong about their precious frog and that he actually inspired many of our favorite games, but we couldn't care less. If you’re the kind of person who thinks that games have always been going downhill since back in the day, we implore you to go back and play games like this, because we can promise you that they were always terrible.

5 Bored Of Zombies? Why Not Dinosaurs?

Is there really anyone in this world who would rather be playing a tense survival game based around fighting against dinosaurs than zombies? Zombies make more sense and are actually much more terrifying as well. The only people who enjoyed this game clearly hadn't played Resident Evil which did everything that Dino Crisis does but better. Also, doesn't anyone else think that calling the enemies dinos right in the title sort of belittles the tense fear that they're supposed to be building inside of you? We suppose that some people may just have picked this up in between Resident Evil games to get a fix of that tense survival gameplay, but you should just keep playing Resident Evil instead until you know it like the back of your hand. Although, make sure you play the remake. The original is terrible.

4 Nostalgia Can't Save This Aged Shooter

Sometimes, the sluggish gameplay that comes with many of these action adventure games is a hard thing to describe, but if you want a perfect example of it, go back and play any of the early Syphon Filter games. We know a lot of you probably remember having a really good time with them when you were younger, the games allowing you a chance to feel like a super spy, without the sort of obsession with stealth that Metal Gear Solid brought to the table. However, you can go back and play Metal Gear Solid and still have a great time with a well-crafted game. Sadly, the same cannot be said for your precious Syphon Filter. They should’ve killed this series off a lot quicker than they did.

3 Who Thought This Would Be A Good Idea?

Why did anybody think it was smart to make a game with an open world that you could traverse by being in a car? We know a lot of people have had a lot of fun with the Driver franchise, but apart from the more recent Driver: San Francisco, the games are pretty much garbage all around. Despite this fact, people still keep going out to buy them and have been doing for decades, despite the fact that they offer nothing that other games aren't already doing a lot better. Can we also talk about how sparse the game looks? That city doesn't look alive and thriving. The graphics are horrible. We don’t know if this looked good back in the day, but it has not aged well.

2 Let These Characters Die

Does anybody else think it's weird that video game developers can't just leave old video games alone, constantly pulling characters out of retirement to make video game remakes or games that have nothing to do with the original inspiration? Who wants to play an adventure game where you control Pac-Man? That little guy did not need to appear in this game, as the developers could've just created an original character and call the game something different. Instead, they went with a beloved character that would pull on the strings of nostalgia, hoping that this would get people out in their droves to buy the game. Unsurprisingly, this callous and bland way of making video games has worked for years and continues to work to this day.

1 What's The Point?

We've never understood why people would buy a video game based off a board game. We know why people would make them because it's essentially easy money being handed to you by idiots. The developers don't have to do anything other than get the rights for the game and then graphically set it up. They don't have to come up with any rules or a hook to keep the players involved or anything. Literally, all of the work was done for them as soon as someone finished making the board game. You shouldn’t be giving money to these people. Just buy the board game instead. Vote with your wallet and make sure that video game developers can’t get away with this sort of cheap and easy ride.