10 Video Game Trainwrecks That Kind of Don’t Have a Reason to Exist

Pac-Man – Atari 2600

When we think of Pac-Man, we think of one of the greatest, most famous arcade games ever made with catchy music, simple gameplay, and just the right amount of difficulty. So it’s not surprising that when Atari made a port of the game it became the best-selling title on the 2600, selling around seven million units. However, rather than the quirky and bright waka-waka Pac-Man that we were used to playing at the arcade, we got a map that looked stretched and out of proportion, ghosts that flickered on screen, and graphics so poor that they caused eye strain. Word soon got around that Pac-Man on Atari was terrible and there ended up being around five million unsold copies, as well as many units that were returned by disappointed gamers.