In each game, players are given instructions of what they should include in the video, and then the song is played while the video is edited live. Players can change between video clips available by pressing the buttons on the controller, and choose from clips of videos of the group, stock footage, movie clips, and special effects.
The games were panned by critics and were financial failures.
All three games turned out to be huge failures, both financially and critically.[3] In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly listed the series collectively as number 2 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time".[4]Kris Kross is on Seanbaby's Crapstravaganza list of the 20 worst games of all time at #18.[5]
Game Informer gave Marky Mark 0 out of 10, the lowest score a game ever received from the magazine.[6] A 2006 PC World article rated the game as number 8 on their list of the 10 worst games of all time.[7] [dead link]
^"The Top 10 Worst Games of All Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. November 1997. p. 107. Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.