Some of the greatest video game franchises have been around for almost 30 years now, and virtually none of them are batting a perfect 1.000 in terms of quality games. There are always one or two games in most franchises' history that didn't go quite as the publishers would have hoped, and those are the black sheep of video games. We've scoured the annuls of video game history, and put together our picks for some of the worst offenders:

"Street Fighter IV" was a masterpiece that revitalized Capcom's token fighting franchise, and this week's release of "Super Street Fighter IV" is only going to build on that, but if you look back into "Street Fighter"'s past there's one game that truly scrapes at the bottom of the barrel: "Street Fighter: The Movie." Leaps and bounds away from the original's sprite based characters, "SF:TM" went the "Mortal Kombat" route, and used digitized versions of the characters from the movie as combatants, and, amazingly, that didn't work out so well. There's just something really depressing about picking Guile and playing as a poorly digitized version of Jean Claude Van Damme.

Game Rankings Average: 39.00%

Who would have thought that giving away a game for free would have been its kiss of death? But that's exactly what happened when Activision tried to "reward" anyone that purchased "Guitar Hero V" with "Guitar Hero: Van Halen." Unfortunately, getting the game for free looked like the only way anyone was going to be interested in it. Expectations may have been the biggest thing that hurt "Van Halen," because it could have been a really great game, had the developers had a blank slate to work with, however, they were beholden to a very small window of the band's career, lineup and songs. While there were some greats included, this game ended up being more Balance, and less 1984, which is ironic since David Lee Roth is in the game, and Sammy isn't.

Game Rankings Average (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii): 56.38%

There are so many Sonic games that could have made the cut for this list, but this dubious honor belongs to the hedgehog's first next-gen game, "Sonic the Hedgehog." Everyone had high hopes for this generation's fist Sonic game, thinking that maybe, just maybe, Sega would be smart about it, and turn the franchise around, but they didn’t. Instead they included Silver, a homicidal hedgehog who's buddies with Blaze the Cat. As bad as Sonic has gotten over the years, "Sonic the Hedgehog" is at the absolute bottom of the list.

Game Rankings Average (Xbox 360, PS3): 46.95%

Tony, Tony Tony… what happened? After so many great, and then some not as great, games it seems like you finally hit a wall when you released "Ride." While it might be jumping the gun calling it a "failure," but there sure are a lot of those dedicated peripherals floating around games stores still. Plus, has anyone aside from Tony Hawk himself actually been able to pull off more than an ollie in the game without almost putting their head through their TV?

Game Rankings Average (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii): 50.86%

While some may consider "Zelda II: The Adventures of Link" to be Link's most misdirected outing, the three CD-I Zelda games are commonly regarded as some of the worst games ever made. Horrible graphics: check. Incomprehensible stories: check. Ridiculously animated cut scenes: check. "Link: Faces of Evil," "Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon," and "Zelda's Adventure" have all of the elements to make them the black sheep of Nintendo's cherished "Zelda" franchise.

Game Rankings Average: N/A

The team at Midway attempted to do some interesting things with the "Mortal Kombat" mainstays over the years, and none of them have worked out really well. While "Shaolin Monks" was at least interesting to play, and "Special Forces" starred Jax (yeah, that's the best thing I've got), there's really no redeeming factor of Sub-Zero's late 90s 2-D adventure for the PS1 and N64, "Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero," unless you count the FMV cutscenes that are so bad they're good. Really, under no circumstances should any one character of the "MK" franchise be broken out on their own; they stand much stronger together.

Game Rankings Average (PS1 and N64): 49.02%

Is there really a better way to revitalize a property that has been dormant for six years than by releasing a game that doesn't resemble the original in anyway? Ask Capcom, because that's what they did in 2006 with the release of "Final Fight Streetwise," a game that only distantly resembled the classic with the same namesake. Sure, there game's main character, Kyle, was related to the original's Cody, and both punching and kicking were involved, but other than that, this game should be completely forgotten.

Game Rankings Average (Xbox and PS2): 46.45%

Even Sam Fisher has had a run in with a really bad game. His first, and only, foray on Sony's PSP resulted in a barely playable collection of "greatest hits" from the "Splinter Cell" series, up to, and including, "Splinter Cell: Double Agent." The early days of the PSP saw many, many console ports, but few of them were structured in a manner similar to "Essentials" which culled its levels from a span of games, instead of just porting one whole title over. Unfortunately, much like many of Sam's missions, things just didn't work out quite as planned.

Game Rankings Average: 58.22

Over the years Mario has done many things, from being a plumber to a soccer player, but back in the 1990s Nintendo's mascot had a brief stint in early childhood education on the SNES. Due to a unique licensing contract with The Software Toolworks Inc. a handful of titles were released under the "Mario's Early Years" moniker, where you could have Mario teach your children the alphabet with "Fun with Letters," or how to count with "Fun with Numbers," or just how to get along with all your little friends in "Preschool Fun." "Super Mario Galaxy" these games were not, heck, they weren't even "Reader Rabbit."

Game Rankings Average (two of the three titles listed): 56.75%

It's one thing to take your franchise in a different direction, but at least run it by the fans first. "Castlevania: Judgment" pitted characters from the "Castlevania" universe against each other in one-on-one battles in a 3-D setting. Virtually none of the game had anything to do with the "Castlevania" except for the fact that it included (a very androgynous looking) Simon Belmont, the obligatory Dracula, and a handful of other mish-mashed characters from "Castlevania"'s past. It was almost a valiant effort, but Igarashi should have pointed his whip in a different direction.

Game Rankings Average: 57.71%