China Warrior for the TurboGrafx-16 is what you'd get if you replaced the monsters in Sega's Altered Beast with fighting monks then set out make the graphics, audio, and gameplay 10 times worse.
Carl Williams writes, "The debut of the Turbo Grafx-16 was a tough launch for NEC. This was probably due to a couple of reasons, one, this was their first console and not ever launch title is going to be a hit with fans. Secondly, their lack of understanding what North American gamers wanted hurt throughout the consoles’ life. It didn’t help at all that the Japanese parent company was pulling the strings as far as what was released here and what wasn’t (this could be why we didn’t get Street Fighter II, anything from Konami and many other Japan exclusives). China Warrior is surely one of those titles that was a “direct order” from Japan to release. Effectively, China Warrior is the “tech demo” for the Turbo Grafx-16, much like Altered Beast and Last Battle were for the Sega Genesis."
Cam Shea writes for IGN AU:
"Finding bad games on Nintendo's Virtual Console service isn't hard; the damn thing's riddled with them. Looking over the selection you could be forgiven for thinking that the range is the result of a work experience kid screw up. 'Oops, Mr Miyamoto - I accidentally uploaded a completely random selection of games! Stupid Mitchell, stupid!' No attention seems to have been paid to appropriateness or quality control. It'd be funny if it wasn't so depressing.
With such a grab bag of crap we had plenty to choose from and ultimately chose ten games that haven't just aged badly, but were terrible to begin with. Ten games that are so removed from modern entertainment and such poor value for money that they left us scratching our heads in disbelief.
Here are the first five, but sadly, because the VC service doesn't have a demo system, you won't be able to share in our pain and incredulity. Under no circumstances - even as a joke - are you to buy these games. To do so would be a crime against gaming.
Let the sarcastic italics-fest begin!"
wow this really is the worst game ever, I give it a -1