The title is incorrect, it should say: What's the most UGLY retro game that PLAYS WONDERFULLY and the WORST retro game that LOOKS FANTASTIC? (It would be great if any mod or admin could change it).
In my case, I've never seen a game that's so ugly and simultaneously good and fun as Matchday II (1987, programmed by a single person with a second guy doing the artwork in paper, it features 2 player co-op or Vs and multiple types of kicks with a single button depending on the position of the bar at the top, it's also the only soccer game where you can press a button to jump to hit the ball when it's up):
Ironically, best version is top left due to speed. Field can be changed to black luckily
Finding beautiful looking games that are s**t is a bit more difficult, but I recently discovered Neo Hunter (1996, MS-DOS, the game looks fantastic but apparently it's only about some boring mini-games, you can find more screenshots in https://www.mobygames.com/game/2218/neohunter/screenshots/):
Cool looking video
Cool looking machines
Cool looking buildings
Cool looking mini-game
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