The worst game ever? Or in the words of some of the less eloquent posters on this blog: 'TEH WORZ GAMEZ EVAR!!111!!'

They maybe on to something.

I'd happily nominate BC Racer, Primal Rage, Cyberdillo, even Rise of the robots - all of which failed to, even in the vaguest sense of the word, be a game. There was no fun therein. Truly pointless. Pitiful and embarrassing. Which puts Plumbers in the same league for sure.

For the developers I can only assume the following: I think we have all had the dream where we turn up for the exam, school, business meeting and have forgotten our trousers. Stood there in our under-pants as the world gawps out our spindley hairy legs and our funny in the shop but not clinging to our butts Marge Simpson under-garments. Plumbers don't wear ties is like this - but for Kirin, the developers, it is not a dream. It's real - having your name associated with Plumbers must be a re-occuring nightmare - a living one.

...but the worst game?

Plumbers is different. Yes it is bad. Dreadful. So woefully shameful that things that are 'woe' fully appreciate how full of shame this is. Words fail me. Bad. Very very bad.

...but is it the worst?

If I thought it would help, I would take the developers, rub their noses in this game, slap their behinds and then throw them out on the lawn whether it was raining or not, with a stern warning never to do it again.

...but worse than BC Racer?

Is a collection of still images, strung together with an appalling story line, an incomprehensible scoring system and with more retries than Jeffery Archer a game? Does it make it the worst game ever?

Worse then Primal Rage...? Worse than Rise of the Robots? Worse than Cyberdillo?

No. No it isn't - The saviour of this game. The Messiah, is a pretty blond woman who scampers about in lingerie. You see, no matter how bad the game maybe, the compulsion to see more of that sort-of-thing raises Plumbers fractionally about its competitors for the title of: Worst game ever.

So... Plumbers don't wear ties is NOT the worst game ever. Not quite. Worse than the Japanese Virtual Cameraman Part 1, better than Jurassic Park Interactive.

Fairly rare too.

3DO Kid.