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Instead of rejecting the submissions, they decided to mock the original developers by releasing them together and publicly brand it as "unoriginal" and "awful". [[Telecomsoft#Firebird|Firebird]] even disowned all their copyright to the game and encouraged buyers to pirate it at will. |
Instead of rejecting the submissions, they decided to mock the original developers by releasing them together and publicly brand it as "unoriginal" and "awful". [[Telecomsoft#Firebird|Firebird]] even disowned all their copyright to the game and encouraged buyers to pirate it at will. |
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==Games== |
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Revision as of 04:02, 3 March 2011
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| Developer(s) | Various |
| Publisher(s) | Firebird |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1985 |
| Genre(s) | Video game compilations |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Don't Buy This (also known as: Don't Buy This: Five of the Worst Games Ever) is a ZX Spectrum compilation. As described on the box, it contains five of the poorest games submitted to Firebird.
Instead of rejecting the submissions, they decided to mock the original developers by releasing them together and publicly brand it as "unoriginal" and "awful". Firebird even disowned all their copyright to the game and encouraged buyers to pirate it at will.
The compilation was sold for £2.50 ($3.88 USD).
Games
- Fido 1
- Fido 2: Puppy Power
- Race Ace
- Fruit Machine
- Weasel Willy
Reception
Your Spectrum wrote: "The games aren't that bad as do-it-yourself games but, they won't provide that much fun."[1] Sinclair User said it contained "five of the most uninspired games ever to disgrace the Spectrum."[2] In a 2011 retrospective on the compilation, television presenter and gaming journalist Larry Bundy Jr admitted he had to showcase the game as a retrospective rather than a review because: "you can’t exactly review or give the ol’ “angry reviewer” treatment to a game that openly admits that it’s supposed to be rubbish can you?"[3]
See also
- Cassette 50 - Another compilation of poor titles for the ZX Spectrum, though unlike Don't buy this this wasn't deliberately awful.
- List of video games notable for negative reception
References
External links
- Video Retrospective/review of "Don't Buy This" by television presenter, "Guru Larry" Bundy Jr
- Don't Buy This at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
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