4. Journey/Journey: Escape

The first thing on your mind should not be "Journey had a video game?!" but instead, "Journey had TWO video games?!". Correct, the confusingly popular Steve Perry-fronted rock band Journey has dual video game releases, one for the Atari 2600 in 1982 (Journey: Escape) and the other for arcades in 1983.  Remarkably, both were completely different games that were equally terrible. 

The Atari edition featured a constantly moving vertical screen in which you assisted the band in dodging groupies, photo-ops, and seedy people. Firstly, if you are in a rock band, these are the kinds of things you are supposed to associate with, not be dodging. So right off the bat, the game fails in the realism department. To top it off, the only Journey music in the game is an excerpt of "Don't Stop Believin'," which plays only during the intro. Actually, on second thought, the lack of Journey music puts it lower on the list.

The arcade version was a bit different, as players chose different levels that featured an individual member of the band, and then led them through a mini-game that ultimately rewards their avatar with their respective musical instrument. Once you collected all the instruments, you were presented with a concert from the digital Journey as their music played looped on a cassette player within the arcade cabinet. Pretty innovative, as much as I hate to say it.

Luckily, due to the shoddiness of cassette technology, most of these cabinets are no longer working.