Tongue of the Fatman

Tongue of the Fatman

Tongue of the Fatman North American Box art

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

Commodore 64

Sega Genesis

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.
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