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The Worst DS Game of All Time

xsynergyx | August 01, 2007 | Reviews | DS 
So, with the DS selling so well, you expect it to have fantastic games. Well, every console has it's bad game. For the DS, that game is Deal or No Deal, scoring a really good score of 1.5/10! Okay, it's not that good. You pay $30 for a random game about fake money and a broken version of the game. Go to the source for the full review by Gamespot.
By all accounts, making a game based on NBC's hit game show Deal or No Deal should be the most idiot-proof concept in the world. The premise is pathetically simple: You are presented with 26 briefcases, each of which contains one of 26 different dollar amounts in random order. You pick a case for yourself and then start eliminating other cases to try to narrow down what amount you've picked out for yourself. All the while, you also entertain offers from a mysterious banker who tries to buy you out before you can find out how much your case contains. All that babble aside, it's basically a game that boils down to randomly picking numbers and hoping for the best. It might not make for an especially interesting video game (it certainly didn't in the PC version released earlier this year), but if the template is followed correctly, it should be, if nothing else, functional. However, Deal or No Deal for the DS somehow manages to screw it up, turning in a completely broken translation of the game.

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  • 1 thumbs!
    Vito Raliffe | August 02, 2007
    I love how all the user reviews are 10/10. They are actually pretty damn funny
  • -1 thumbs!
    Reenee | August 02, 2007
    Worst game is Ping Pals, actually.
  • 1 thumbs!
    KingX2 | August 02, 2007
    Yeah, I don't think Deal or No Deal is a very good game for a DS myself. I mean who CARES if you win money on there. For one thing, it's still very difficult to win $1,000,000 and even if you do, it's not real money. It's like climbing Mount Everest to eat a Reeses; not worth it. I agree totally with the title.
    • 0 thumbs!
      tallteen86 | August 05, 2007
      Lol, VERY good, and funny, analogy there

      But yeah, one of the stupidest games I've ever heard off 0_o Not only is it basically choosing between various briefcases to possibly win 1Million, or opting to out...but...really...you 'win' by getting the Million yes? After that...what is the point?

      Its Doubly pointless...at least TV based games like Jeopardy (there should be a Jeopardy game out there), and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" have questions that need answering...Not randomly tapping on a box, hoping to LUCK OUT...
  • 0 thumbs!
    tidus04 | August 02, 2007
    DOND sucks on tv, let along on a game. Why the hell did they make it in the first place. Thats seems like such an outrage even to me to see it ¬¬
    • -2 thumbs!
      JJBDude | August 02, 2007
      Haha nicely said Rob, made me chuckle.
  • -2 thumbs!
    Anime | August 02, 2007
    Why bother making a Deal or No Deal video game...who will it ever entertain?

    คภเ๓є
    • -1 thumbs!
      JJBDude | August 02, 2007
      The people that enjoy watching the TV show I assume? lol.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Tom | August 02, 2007
    When Deal or No Deal was first on TV I just never got into it. I watched one or two shows and never saw it again. I lol at anyone who wastes their money on a game.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | August 02, 2007
    I wouldn't think this game would be that bad.
  • 1 thumbs!
    MrSponget | August 02, 2007
    The host's fingers in that screenshot are pretty funny looking.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Tainted | August 02, 2007
    Does anyone else think that Howie looks like Voldemort in that picture?
    • 1 thumbs!
      BANDITO ATTACK | August 02, 2007
      ATTENTION WALMART SHOPPERS, HOWIE MANDELL KILLS ****

      btw, this game = unnecessary.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | August 02, 2007
    Oh no he is! But he will kill the guest in the end
  • -1 thumbs!
    Insanity Prevails | August 02, 2007
    How did they ever think that a concept based on picking random boxes for cash amounts (without the actual cash) would be good gameplay?
    • 1 thumbs!
      xsynergyx | August 02, 2007
      They didn't. They winged it, hoping it'd appeal to fans of the TV series. They must've been really stupid to make a game out of this. They must've knew it would've been stupid and pointless.
  • -2 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | August 02, 2007
    Why is Tetris succesfull and boring while this is slightly better and getting horrible feedback?
    • 0 thumbs!
      Tainted | August 03, 2007
      Because Tetris is actually entertaining.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Chronic Apathy | August 03, 2007
    Funny as *bleep*ing hell.

    I <3 Tetris
  • 0 thumbs!
    Team Xtreme | August 03, 2007
    Why the hell would I pay $70AUD for a busted game when I can play it not busted and for free online if I want...?
  • 0 thumbs!
    dandy01 | August 09, 2007
    Woah. And people play that?

    0.o

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