Reviewing Rugby Game Disasters

This chapter offers a sharp critique of various rugby-themed video games, focusing on their lack of authenticity and engaging gameplay. The speakers express disappointment in the misleading marketing and simplistic mechanics of these games, contrasting them with more enjoyable experiences from the past. Humor mingles with frustration as they dissect the shortcomings of these titles, deeming them some of the worst sports simulations ever encountered.

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In the month of May 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-nine of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the sluggish Shadow Dancer, the rancid Rugby Coach, and the middling Mighty Bomb Jack and wonder who thought a slow ninja dressed in white with a dog was a good thing?

Games covered in this episode: