The Worst Gaming Accessories. Ever.
So. Remember how, when you were a kid, you coaxed, needled, and possibly whined your parents into getting you a certain video game accessory that you just had to have? Remember how you simply couldn't stop squirming from excitement on the ride home, the way that box was just begging you to tear it apart as it sat in your lap? And now, remember how, once you returned to your house, you realized what a giant piece of shite that shiny piece of plastic actually was and it was turned into a giant paperweight until you finally sold it for five bucks on eBay last year?
Yeah, me too.
Over at NewsPail, they've assembled a list (complete with commercials!) of what they consider to be the worst gaming accessories in the past twenty years or so. Most of the choices deserve to be up there, though I can't quite bring myself to agree with the inclusion of the Power Glove for Nintendo... though that's because I was actually a total badass with that thing. I make no exaggeration: I beat Castlevania II with the Power Glove. The Virtual Boy, though, should've taken the number one spot on this list, the iCard be damned.
Top 10 WORST Video Game Peripherals [NewsPail]
Boy of Tomorrow
Posted to Miscellany on 29 November 2007
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Just like all top ten lists, this one is stupid.
Virtual Boy is a console, not an accessory.
The Wii Peripherals are awesome, because they are dirt cheap and only tack onto the wiimote, a concept I find incredibly versatile.
And Xbox Live in 95 would have been da bomb! With the proper backing by the game companies and telcos, this would have taken off like a rocket. How dare they rip on these people for being ahead of their time and basically inventing gaming networks for consoles, complete with chats, handles, automatch and effing gamer score!!
On my list of top ten worst top ten lists, this one takes a solid 5th place!
I'm so sick of everyone ripping on the Virtual Boy simply because it's cool to do so. I'm willing to put money down on the possibility that the majority of the people who bitch about it have never actually played one. It wasn't a bad console and many of the games were actually fun. The only problem I ever had with it was how strained my neck would get sometimes. I'd still be playing it today if I could find mine. And the Gameboy camera and printer don't deserve to be on there at all. Though the printer was never fully utilized, it was fun to use as was the camera.
I'm with HexiJosh. I saved up for months to get my virtual boy, and despite the limited liibrary, loved the hell out of it.
I have actually been looking around for a used one to buy just to have again.