Tongue of the Fatman

Tongue of the Fatman
The North American box art for Tongue of the Fatman which PC Gamer ranked as among the worst of all time.[1]
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Sanritsu
Platform(s)	Commodore 64 MS-DOS Sega Genesis
Release date(s)	MS-DOS ^NA 1989 Commodore 64 ^NA 1990 Sega Genesis ^NA 1991

Tongue of the Fatman (also known as Mondu's Fight Palace on the Commodore 64, Fatman for its Japanese release, and Slaughter Sport in its Sega Genesis iteration^[2]) is a 1989 fighting game developed by Activision and published by Sanritsu.^[3]

Reception

Tongue of the Fatman received negative response from reviewers. Both Game Revolution and CNET ranked it in their list of the worst video game names ever,^[4][5] whilst Mondu, the game's antagonist, was ranked among UGO's list of the "Unsexiest Sexy Video Game Characters" coming in at number 3.^[6] Tongue of the Fatman received a spot in PC Gamer's list of the "15 Weirdest PC Games Of All Time", stating that "For raw, eye-popping 'What the crap?!'ery though, you can't do much better than this alien blood sport."^[7]

References

1. Cobbett, Richard (8 March 2015). "The worst PC game box art ever - PC Gamer". Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. Cobbett, Richard (23 September 2011). "Saturday Crapshoot: Tongue of the Fatman - PC Gamer". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. "Tongue of the Fatman - PC - IGN". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
4. Ferris, Duke (12 June 2006). "The 50 Worst Game Names Ever: Page 2". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
5. Lanxon, Nate (18 November 2009). "The 30 dumbest videogame titles ever - CNET". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
6. Meli, Marissa (27 March 2010). "Mondu (Tongue of the Fatman) - 20 Unsexiest Sexy Video Game Characters - UGO.com". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
7. Cobbett, Richard (5 June 2013). "The 15 Weirdest PC Games Of All Time - PC Gamer". Retrieved 17 September 2015.