History AudienceAlienatingPremise / VideoGames

** ''Custer's Revenge'' is their most infamous game. It's about General Custer having sex [[note]]WordOfGod and the manual imply that it's consensual, while the back of the box suggests otherwise ("she's not about to take it lying down!"); either way, many feminist groups interpreted it as rape, which pushed the game into further controversy.[[/note]] with a Native American woman tied to what is either a pole or a cactus. There is no getting past the blocky low-resolution graphics ([[FetishRetardant in a porn game]]) and gameplay that's primitive and repetitive even by early 1980s standards, even before you start on how horrendously racist and sexist the premise is (even though it's fairly tame in-game, because of the aforementioned bad graphics). And it was the most expensive Atari 2600 game, retailing a few pennies shy of $50! Despite being unfit for gamers, masturbators, consumers and anyone with tasteful social politics, it ended up selling well due to its BileFascination. There's also an alternate version named ''Westward Ho!'' that turns the tables (you play as the Native American woman and Custer is the one tied to a pole).

* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' requires its audience to be fans of (or at least have an interest in) four different topics: TurnBasedStrategy games, the art and motifs of American {{comic book}}s, classic {{literature}}, and {{steampunk}}. It's a very well-done strategy game, being created by the same people behind the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' and ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' series, but finding anyone who deeply shared more than two of those interests was a tall order and the game quickly found its way into bargain bins. It certainly didn't help that, prior to a patch released a few months after its release, the game was slow as molasses to play thanks to the inability to fast-forward or skip enemy turns, greatly diminishing its critical reception.

* ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'' was doomed from the moment someone decided it would be a smart idea to try and float a fighting game on the star power of a professional athlete. Fans of fighting games walked past it because it focused on Shaquille O'Neal throwing punches at martial arts champions in "the Second World", fans of sports games passed it up because it didn't focus on Shaq throwing down dunks in the court, and fans of both genres simply weren't interested in such a mediocre game playing the unbelievably ludicrous concept of Shaq using mystical basketball arts to fight martial arts champions in a parallel world completely straight.[[note]]This roughly coincided with Shaq's attempts at both acting and rapping also receiving pretty terrible reviews, he took the hint and outside of a handful of appearances in UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling (where 7 foot tall guys are always welcomed with open arms) he's stuck to basketball related pursuits since the late 90s, where he's done quite well for himself[[/note]] Despite all this a long not at all awaited sequel was released in 2018 and also got pretty miserable reviews, though not to the point that it will be showing up on "Worst Games Ever" clickbait like the first one.