10 Terrible Video Game Ports NOBODY Asked For

10. Street Fighter 2 - ZX Spectrum

Okay, so we all love Street Fighter II; that is just a given at this point, and the arcade classic has, in its many and varied guises, appeared on a staggering variety of systems over the years.

Which is your favourite, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior on Super Nintendo?

That's a good one.

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers on Sega Saturn?

Maybe.

How about the 1993 version for the ZX Spectrum?

I thought not.

Let's be honest, the fact that this port even exists in the first place implies that somebody, somewhere, was sacrificed upon an unholy alter of early nineties fighting games.

It just... defies all logic.

Showcasing a diabolically limited colour palette and running at a frame rate of around 3 frames per calendar month, the game was a slow, nauseating, headache-inducing nightmare to behold.

The sound design, too, was awful, with combat sounding more like somebody repeatedly slapping a badger with a soggy flannel than the more familiar punching, kicking, and YOGA FIRE's we're used to from the series.

Developed by UK based Tiertex Design Studios, the ZX Spectrum version of Street Fighter II is quite simply the worst thing to come out of Macclesfield since Peter Crouch.