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Games with bad names

by Piotr Grochowski
2026-03-06 02:23:41
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Games that have been renamed:

Triple Tetris has been renamed to Tritris, due to Tetris being a registered trademark of Tetris Holding (renamed in 2006-08-08)
Pac Man Advanced has been renamed to Ghost Man Advanced (renamed in 2009-06-26)
Basic Arkanoid has been renamed to Bricks Squasher (renamed in 2009-10-13)
Rubik's Cube has been renamed to Twisting Cube, due to Rubik's being a registered trademark of Spin Master (renamed in 2015-02-02)
Rubik's Snake has been renamed to Twisting Snake, due to Rubik's being a registered trademark of Spin Master (renamed in 2025-06-06)

Games that should be renamed:

Diavolo Solitaire should be renamed to Diabolical Solitaire (suggested by AJ2 in 2020-01-16)
Multiplayer Shut the Box should be renamed to Multiplayer Kill Yourself (suggested by Michael Smith in 2021-05-06)
Tri Planting should be renamed to Tri Growing, due to 'plant' being used as a swear word (suggested by Daniel Einstein in 2022-12-06)
Really Limited Solitaire should be renamed to IMPOSSIBLE Limited Solitaire (suggested by AJ2 in 2023-07-14)
Nine Men's Morris should be renamed to 8 men’s morris, due to mchenryac losing eight times in a row (suggested by mchenryac in 2023-09-22)
Four Way Bridges should be renamed to Bridges II due to it being second variant of Bridges (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-01-29)
Penalty Shootout should be renamed to Penalty Kickout, due to the player kicking the ball, not shooting it (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-04-30)
Multiplayer Penalty Shootout should be renamed to Multiplayer Penalty Kickout (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-04-30)
Spot the Difference should be renamed to Spot the Differences due to there being multiple differences (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-05-26)
Disc Battle should be renamed to Air Hockey, due to it being the same to the hockey in amusement centre (suggested by GGY GTse (GEORGE2048) in 2024-07-09)
Sheepdog's Day should be renamed to Sheep Dog's Day (suggested by Joshua8372489 in 2024-09-06)
Moving Memory should be renamed to Rotating Memory (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2025-02-09)
Circle Your Land should be renamed to Square Your Land, due to players making squares, not circles (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2026-02-17)
Multiplayer Circle Your Land should be renamed to Multiplayer Square Your Land (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2026-02-17)

Short names that should be renamed:

bridges4 (Four Way Bridges) should be renamed to bridges2 (Bridges II) due to it being second variant of Bridges (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-03-26)
spidersolitaire4 (Spider Solitaire (4 suits)) should be renamed to spidersolitaire3 due to it being the 3rd version of Spider Solitaire (suggested by Alex Gordillo in 2024-06-24)
by Piotr Grochowski
2026-03-06 02:23:41
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