Get it? It’s a bat, and he’s acro-BAT-ic! It’s a play on words! It’s a pun that nobody found funny but a couple marketing execs and possibly one or two programmers!
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rnBut during the booming days of the SNES and Genesis, right as the industry was starting to burst into the mainstream with cartoons and spin-offs, plenty of companies made horrible, horrible character decisions. One of those was Aero.
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rnThe first game was generic and forgettable, and the sequel is in the ballpark. Chances are if you missed out the first time, you’re not hearing from friends about the awesome stuff you missed. There wasn’t any.

As if being released as a mascot character for NEC on the non-success that was the TG-16 wasn’t bad enough, Bonk found his way to other consoles in the 1990s to (very) minor success.
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rnBut maybe due to his being little more than a caveboy with a massive head and no personality to speak of, in a bland head-butting game, he never found the audience NEC was hoping for, and quietly slipped away.
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rnDon’t hit EVERYTHING with your head, kids.

“A Pick-And-Flick Adventure”. That’s disgusting. It’s a guy with the power to flick boogers and defeat baddies, while running along a ground of what looks like either boogers or sludge, all the while farting and picking up plungers. It’s as if Beavis & Butt-Head made a game… but at least it’s animated well.
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rnDo I even NEED to say anything further? Just… eww.

When your two noteworthy features are being tough by NES standards and a running gag for prank calls to pawn shop and Gamestop employees (and not for, say, how fun your game was), it’s not notoriety that’s turned to sales. rn rnAn attempt at a cartoon and action figures was too much a fad for gamers, and aside from the jokes between friends who played the game, it’s been largely forgotten, and for good reason.

Where to start. Seriously, where can I start when there wasn’t an original Cheetahmen game? To assume this is a sequel would be to say that something went well enough the first to warrant that, and nobody deserves this punishment.
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rnPlayers might complain about games like E.T. and claim it the “worst game ever”, but those players don’t realize that Cheetahmen II exists.
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rnThere was even a Kickstarter campaign to bring it back to life. PLEASE LET THIS DIE!

Some might think the game was alright and the character, an earthworm in a buff suit, was lame. Others can say the character was great, but the weird shooting of fridges and launching cows was lame. The jury’s out, but so is Earthworm Jim, who only lasted a few games and is only remembered for being… well, strange. [Hey, he's awesome! Don't even. ~Ed. Nick]
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rnAnd, it’s another example that not every 2D platformer should see the third dimension. Seriously, I think he was OK while flat, but didn’t work all when rounded out.

The star of one of the most hilariously terrible games of all time, Bubsy started out life on the SNES and Genesis, and was praised for solid gameplay and general appeal, though not much depth. It even won a “Parent’s Choice” award.
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rnAnd then… Bubsy 3D happened.
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rnNot every game should go 3D, and Bubsy 3D is the prime example of what can happen. Beware, Parent’s Choice people!

The voice of the great Dana Gould couldn’t bring this one to resonating with people. Maybe he was TOO sarcastic (yeah, right, like THAT’S a thing), or even that he was so inherently '90s with the sunglasses and MTV persona, but he just seemed to annoy everybody more than entertain.
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rnHe jumped out of the blocks well enough with an interesting “crawl across the ceilings” mechanic for a side-scroller, but his subsequent outings were mediocre at best.
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rnGuess he wasn’t quite as cool as he thought we would think he was.

This is just too bizarre to not share here. Pepsiman was a mascot for Pepsi in Japan, a buff dude in a head-to-toe skintight outfit. His special powers? He could run to wherever people were thirsty, make some weird hissing sound at them, and they would have Pepsi. Even weirder is, all of the commercials were entirely in English with American actors. So weird.
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rnThe game was running through cities and suburbs collecting Pepsi stuff, all to help some middle-aged American guy who drank more Pepsi than a human being should. It’s great in that creepy/bizarre kind of way, but not any other.

The '90s were filled with blunt and excitable messages, like Awesome Possum starring in a video game that hit kids over the head with environmental activist messages.
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rnSure, it’s important not to litter and stuff, but when like Bible Adventures it asks players questions between levels about chlorine levels in the atmosphere and what color black bears are, playing only reminds you that some copy of Sonic the Hedgehog is nearby and so, SO much more fun.
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rnBesides, possums root through garbage... like hippies. Gross.