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Worst Rock-Star cameos of all time

Before Guitar Hero, real musicians and games hit a big fat brown note

Words: Chris Antista, GamesRadar US

KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child – 2000

Critical shred:Overall, it left a bitter taste in my mouth.” - ActionTrip

Whoda thunk that the band that gave us lyrics like “Shout it. Shout it. Shout it loud” and “Lick it up. Lick it up. Oooooooooooooh” would have produced the incredibly unimaginative gameplay found on PC and the Dreamcast? Well, probably anybody but a Kiss fan, because even Todd McFarlane’s nightmarish designs couldn’t save this first person shooter from looking as desperate and hokey as the band’s latest tour.

Above: ROCK AND ROLLLLL!!

This one is kind of a cop-out since you actually play as a Kiss tribute band, which is notable as the single moment of licensing restraint from a band that’s already sanctioned bicycle shorts, midget cover bands and a f**king coffin. Those are cool, but appearing in a videogame? “We’re just not comfortable with that.” says the band currently selling bibs and wine on its website.


Above: Should’ve been called Peck. It works on almost two levels!


 
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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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