I Cant Believe These Were Released - Terrible Video Game Ports With Guest Guru Larry @Larry

Retro Wars UK released a new video examining a series of poorly received video game ports. Host retrowarsuk is joined by guest Guru Larry to discuss titles that, according to the presenter, should never have been released. The episode frames the selections as examples of substandard adaptations across multiple platforms.

The segment covers Double Dragon on the Atari 2600 (01:26), Sonic the Hedgehog on the Game Boy Advance (02:56), Pac-Man on the Atari 2600 (04:23), Chrono Trigger on the PlayStation One (05:30), Street Fighter II ZA on the Spectrum (06:54), Mortal Kombat 4 on the Game Boy Color (08:58) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for MS-DOS (11:03). The video runs through each title in chronological order as listed in the timestamps.

Overall, the presentation emphasizes how these ports failed to meet expectations for quality and playability. Viewers are reminded that approval processes allowed these releases despite evident flaws. The discussion concludes with a call for higher standards in future porting efforts.

Watch the full breakdown of the worst game ports now:

Comment highlights:

"I did own Pac-Man on 2600, back in '84, at age 9. I had fun, but didn't know any better." - @Robswift69

"NO WAY YOU GOT LARRY BUNDY JR,THIS WASNT ON MY 2026 BINGO CARD 😭🙏 Also,i only played the original snes chrono trigger (all the way back in 2018/19 btw) and ive never even knew until know it came ..." - @W4lmartbag

"So the reason why Sonic GBA is so bad is actually a lot deeper and more stupid than you think. Rather than properly port Sonic to the GBA, they took the Sonic 1 data and put it into the Sonic Advan..." - @marbles8641