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Words: Chris Antista, GamesRadar US

Journey - 1983

Critical Shred:I personally thought it was dumb.” - Steve Perry!!!

In the early eighties it would appear that any way fans wanted Journey, that’s the way they needed them (Warning: Journey puns!). So when it came time to conquer another medium, the pappy rockers boldly chose the glistening new frontier of videogames. Paving the way for shitty Flash games everywhere, the “developers” pasted crude black and white band photos on bodies and digitized the hell out of tunes like “Wheel in the Sky” and “Don’t Stop Believin”. 


Above: Arcade goers in 1983 embraced this game with Open Arms

Steve Perry and The Rest leapt through 5 planets of pre-NES platforming idiocy to recover their lost instruments. Upon beating the game you were treated to a rousing rendition of Separate Ways, played from an actual cassette player built into the cabinet.

Encore!

So loved by the world, the Atari got an even worse sequel in the form of Jouney Escape.


Above: Some will win... some will lose


 
33 Comments
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Cynwyddon  - 1 year 2 months ago 
10 PAGES!?!
CuddlyBomber  - 1 year 2 months ago 
First.
And to answer you're question Chris no i don't care.
CuddlyBomber  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Shit
mishmoigon  - 1 year 2 months ago 
*sigh* 10 more pages to go...
Tochy  - 1 year 2 months ago 
10 more to go -.-
Tochy  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Done
GamesRadarChrisAntista  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Atta Boy, Tochy!
slickmcwilly  - 1 year 2 months ago 
revolution x has the spiderman/playstation 3 font in the ad, that's pretty weird.
Defguru7777  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Terrible, just terrible...
1NVAD3R  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Ah Chris, another fantastic article, thanks for the laughs.
Solid_Gabriel  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Well, at least ED Hunter had the best soundtrack of all of those games...


UP THE IRONS!
Holy Diver  - 1 year 2 months ago 
How could you forget the Beatles: Escape From the Octopus's Garden?
MegaGamer1000  - 1 year 2 months ago 
it took me 3 hours but im done XD
Amnesiac  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Haha, “Master of Pontiacs”. I would have bought it just to blow up Lars.
Ravenbom  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Wow, all my fav games from all my fav bands in one article.
Johnny6Gun  - 1 year 2 months ago 
As bad as the SNES/Genesis ports were, the arcade version of Rev X wasn't that bad of a mid-90's arcade-styled shooter.
jayson_90210  - 1 year 2 months ago 
What about "Frankie goes to Hollywood" on the Spectrum? Although that was actually alright I suppose.

Plus, what the hell is wrong with Moonwalker, I loved that game. The car park level with beat it playing was great!
kreexz  - 1 year 2 months ago 
10 pages? T-E-N P-A-G-E-S? I have a life, you know.
ripcorder  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Moonwalker was hilarious!

Was it an accident by the developer that the kids were all on their knees when you found them and MJ could perform a crotch thrust in their innocent faces?!
Chiropteran  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Pages like this are good for us. Think about it. After you play some game which you find disappointing, you can come back to any "worst-of" and be grateful.
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