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- 2004– 14mTV-MA7.5 (189)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeUnable to find any games shitty enough for a review in the cartridge department, the Nerd turns to a console he's yet to cover: The Turbographx 16. And no better way to introduce the black sheep of the 16-bit era than a game featuring that web-footed righter of wrongs, Darkwing Duck.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd stumbles across a super rare Super Famicom game that is said to be the worst game ever made. He's reviewed some horrible titles before, like Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, CrazyBus, Big Rigs, Desert Bus and Superman 64 to name a few, but this takes this crap factor to a whole new level.
- 2004– 12mTV-MA7.3 (158)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd is a big Mortal Kombat fanatic, and yet he never checked out a little N64 game called Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. In light of the Christmas season and the subzero chill in the air, he decides to fire up his Nintendo 64 and see what he missed.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiWhen the Nerd plays through some Mega Man X games which are more graphics and text than game play, he considers calling it quits (again). But he somehow gets transported back in time to 2007, 2006 and 2004 where he interacts with his past selves and review newer Mega Man games.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiWhen attempting to review video games based on a beloved franchise from his childhood, the Nerd stumbles upon evidence of a parallel universe and realizes that everything he knew to be true might be wrong.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd takes us back to the past (11 years' past) to play a shitty Sonic game that sucks ass. The ones he played in Wish List: Part 1 were passable at best, but the infamous Sonic 2006 is the grand champion of disgraceful garbage starring everyone's favorite blue hedgehog. Ever wanted to see a Sonic game programmed by the Glitch Gremlin?
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeXander ArnotMike ButtersThe Nerd prepares to play some video games based off corporate mascots, until Pepsiman suddenly appears in his room and forces him to play Pepsiman on PlayStation.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd fins the front cover of the Die Hard game to be a little controversial due to it depicting a skyscraper being blown up which he advices that we all know what it reminds us of. Though he puts that issue aside and starts playing the game on his NES. While the terrorists in the game are able to take 3/4's of John McClain's health away, the Nerd's biggest complaint for the game is the dark areas that only light up when you enter the area which makes it inconvenient when there's a terrorist lurking in that area and you don't know it unless you go into that area. The only way the Nerd can express his hatred towards the game is by doing it Bruce Willis style.
- 2004– 10mTV-MA6.7 (113)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd attempts to sort out the immense chronology of the Kingdom Hearts game series.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeDue to popular demand, the Nerd reviews Dragon's Lair. Not the arcade classic, but the poorly programmed and extremely difficult NES version. He can barely make it past the first screen due to his character dying with one hit and a dragon that's nearly impossible to kill.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd pays tribute to the Game Boy, the handheld console that outlasted the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and N64. And, much like those consoles, there was a boatload of needless accessories to go with it.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd does a lecture on the game Pong a very simple concept for a game that ended up spawning to many spin-offs and remakes. In this case he reviews every single Pong console he can obtain. Most of these console don't have insert slots for games because the games are already programmed into the consoles themselves. Most of the consoles would either not work properly or have unusual features during the game play. The most obscure consoles are the ones that don't have an AC adapter outlet which makes hooking the consoles up a big chore. The Nerd expressed how times have change since the introduction of Pong when there's other video games and video game console to choose from.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews certain video games all based off of Speilberg movies. Starting with Jaws for the NES, which the Nerd complains that the concept is boring when all you do is collect sea shells in order to get power ups that'll allow you to kill the shark quicker. The second game he reviews is Hook for the NES, which is sadly a poorly executed plat-former game resembling nothing like the movie. The Nerd then reviews several Jurassic Park games that are either appealing to play or are contain annoying concepts. Out of all of them, the Nerd regards the 3DO version to be the worse. And finally to conclude his review he reviews a German Atari game featuring E.T. which is not related to the infamous American E.T. game. Upon completing his review the Nerd looks upon the E.T. game itself and shudders from the sight of it. Knowing that one day he's going to have to over come his fears and review the game for his fans.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd randomly picks a Super Nintendo game to review which turns out to be Lester the Unlikely. The Nerd knows that the game isn't going to be fun just by seeing the main title screen and the intro. What perplexes the Nerd is that Lester is a wimpy guy who can't attack with anything but a puny kick, unable to with stand jumping from a high place, and is afraid of almost everything he encounters. To make matters worse, the levels of the game look like they're design for a more playable plat-former game with a character that isn't as weak as Lester. In the end the Nerd finds the game to be like an experiment in making the worse character to play on a video game.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd complies to his fan requests to review Superman 64 which he decided to pull everyone's leg by reviewing the Superman game for Commodore 64. His main complaint is the load time takes forever and he finds the Commodore controller to be so stiff that he resulted in using an alternate controller. After that he does review Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64 as the fans wished him to do so in the first place. Once he dived into the first level he already finds it to be terrible when all you do is fly through rings under a short time limit. When it comes to video game Superman has received a lot of bad game adaptations.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd shows clips of various games to the Atari 2600 and expresses how it defines the term classic video games. He mentions that there were successors to the console that came and disappear within a couple years. Like the 5200 that was meant to replace the 2600, but it failed and eventually faded from the market. The main reason was because of the size of the console and AC adapter. While hooking it up to the TV with it's limited cable range makes it a real chore. After the Nerd goes through the painful process of trying to hook it up while almost breaking his back. He tries to play one of the 5200 games, except he discovers the control that came with the system doesn't work. Which is another reason why the 5200 was a failure when they failed to manufacture controllers that are functional resulting in manufacturing third party controllers to replace them. In conclusion, the Nerd finds hooking the system up in the first place wasn't worth it.
- 2004– 14mTV-MA7.9 (232)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd concludes his CD-i review with the two remaining Zelda games. The first one is Link: The Faces of Evil which has all of the same problems as Wand of Gamelon had. While the final game the Nerd reviews is Zelda's Adventure, which he praises it for not having the same bad animation as the first two games and is now an over head view like the earlier Zelda games instead of a slide scroller game. However the game still suffers with an abundance of flaws such as poorly detailed backgrounds making it hard to know what is an opening and what isn't. The CD load time takes a while when ever you enter a new area and the voice acting is as bad as the acting in the previous two games. The Nerd's main complaint is the maps for the game are inconsistent and makes you feel lost upon exploring the dungeon levels.
- 2004– 13mTV-MA8.1 (238)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd now reviews one of the three Zelda games for the CD-i. Out of the three he decides to play Zelda: Wand of Gamelon first cause the Nerd thought it be cool to control Zelda in a Zelda game for once since her name is on every single Zelda game. The Nerd soon finds out that the game is nothing like the Nintendo licensed Zelda games. Instead the game has bad animation, poor voice acting, complicated controls, confusing layouts of the levels, and frustrating use of items. The main criticism the Nerd had for the game is that a lot of the areas go dark for no reason which results in using a lantern that has a short life span. Resulting in navigating through the dark areas without knowing where the exit is.
- 2004– 8mTV-MA7.6 (233)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeAfter spending $700 on a CD-i and games, the Nerd reviews Hotel Mario.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMicheal MulveyLil' Liam MulveySometime after the Nerd escape from Leatherface, the crazed fan, and the red neck. He's now safe at home, but isn't in a good mood cause he has to baby sit two kids he doesn't like. In the mean time, he decides to review an Atari 2600 game which happens to be a game adaption of John Carpenter's Halloween. The game the Nerd got as a bonus when he purchased the Leatherface game from the crazed red neck that knocked him out with a banjo. The game is a complete opposite to the Leatherface game, cause you don't control Myers in the game but instead you control Laurie Strode. And the main object is to guide all of the kids inside the house into a safe location while avoiding Myers. Whenever Myers appears the theme for Halloween is played every single time. This is viewed as the most annoying thing the Nerd had to listen to for playing the game. After finishing the game, the Nerd decided to review two extra games that are horror related. The first one is called Haunted House, but the main problem the Nerd had with it is the lack of visuals and the only thing you see is a pair of eyes walking in the dark. Seeing nothing other than black is a really boring concept for a video game. The second game the Nerd reviews is a Frankenstein related game, while much more detailed in visuals. The down side to the game is the awkward jumps and the only thing that kills you is the water. After reviewing three bad Atari games, the Nerd heads to the house where he's suppose to baby sit. Little did he know that he's being followed by a masked stranger.
- 2004– 13mTV-MA7.9 (285)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiSteven J. KlaszkyThe Nerd goes to a small yard sale run by a hillbilly. All of the games on sale were all bad ones. The one that caught the Nerd's attention was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600. After negotiating with the red neck, the Nerd got the game along with another rare 2600 game for free. The Nerd returns home with his newly bought 2600 games and starts to play the Leatherface game first. Which he immediately sees why it's such a rare game, is because the object of the game is to cut people down with a chainsaw. While the graphics aren't too detail it's not as violent as it's being depicted. The Nerd's main problem with the game is the issue of Leatherface not being able to move at all if he touches a cow skull, bike, or wheelchair in the field he's walking around. While the sound effects only consisted with chainsaw sounds and a high pinch beep that is suppose to be the scream of the victims in the game. After playing the game the Nerd is visited by an obsessed fan who happens to be friends with Leatherface who chases the Nerd out of his own house. The Nerd suddenly ends up getting knocked out and finds himself a hostage to Leatherface and the crazed fan who now are forcing him to play the 2600 game he was playing earlier. The Nerd must find a way to escape his imprisonment fast or he might end up being slaughtered by a chainsaw.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Angry Video Game Nerd will tell you why the power glove is so bad.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiKyle RogersJason Voorhees is pissed off that the Angry Video Game Nerd is talking smack about his NES video game. Instead of killing him, he makes the Nerd suffer by playing the game.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeAfter the Nerd goes through a frantic frenzy about playing nothing but bad games, he finally settles down and randomly picks a NES game called Gyromite. When he starts the game he finds it unusual that you can't progress further into the game unless the second controller is being used with controls the barriers that prevents you from proceeding. The Nerd isn't sure who he can invite to help him play a bad game, until the robot named Rob appears and says he'll help the Nerd. It turns out that Rob the robot who was a Nintendo accessory was designed to play as a second player for the game Gyromite. However the Nerd finds the game boring even with the help of a robot. So he switches to the other game Rob is compatible for which is called Stack-Up. Not much of a game cause you're giving the robot command directly from the game itself. After no longer being to stand playing these two games, the Nerd tries to convince Rob to play a different game, only to be horrified that Rob can only play Gyromite and Stack-Up.
- 2004– 17mTV-MA8.2 (261)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiKyle RogersBugs Bunny gets revenge on the Nerd by forcing him to play not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE Crazy Castle games! It's a pie-throwing, bomb-bursting, game-smashing, fist-flying, anvil-crashing, carrot-chomping, all-out bombastic barrage of loony proportions!
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeAfter ten years of reviewing crappy games, and yet another one about driving a bus through a desert for 8 hours, the Nerd considers giving up the ship...until he makes a miraculous discovery.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews Bart vs. The Space Mutants and Bart vs. The World, two licensed Simpsons games for the NES. He cites bad controls and ludicrous concepts as the games' low points.
- 2004– 15mTV-MA7.8 (228)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKevin FinnThe Nerd is surprised to get a lot of requests to review the second Zelda game which he comments is a good game. But decides to review it since the game was known for being harder than the other entries in the Zelda franchise. The main complaint the Nerd had was the constant encounters with the enemies which happens too often during the over world exploration. While the only way to progress further in areas you need a walkthrough in order to beat the game. In the end the game is a hate it or like it game and the Nerd could see that Nintendo tried to separate the sequel to the original but with all of the subsequent titles that followed the concept of Zelda 2 was abandoned.
- 2004– 17mTV-MA8.2 (237)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeAfter being surprised that people ignored his warning and played the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game for the NES. The Nerd reluctantly decides to revisit the game to give it a more explored review on it. But the idea of re-playing the game makes the Nerd feel uneasy about it. As he starts off playing the game he points out a few tips on how to play the game longer, except doing so is a real chore. While the obstacles in the game still make no sense, like how Jekyll has no defense yet Hyde does. The armada of townsfolk and random animals attacking Jekyll makes the game play completely unfair. Out of all of the enemies in the game the only thing the Nerd discover you can kill with Jekyll's useless cane is a bee. After trying many attempts to beat the game, the Nerd could take it no more and the only way to feel at peace is by beating up the corpse of the author of Dr. Jekyll, Robert Louis Stevenson.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeIn an ironic change of pace, the Nerd decides to review video games based on himself. Yeah, over the years, an abundance of AVGN games have been created independently by aspiring game designers. As a special tribute, the Nerd gives them each their 15 seconds of fame.
- 2004– 9mTV-MA8.4 (319)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiThe review starts off in the same fashion as a Looney Tunes short film. The Nerd reviews Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout which is nothing more than a poor man's Super Mario Bros. style slide scroller game. While the game is generous of providing extra lives, it however suffers from being unorganized by having breakable blocks placed over bottom-less pits and enemies that can hurt you even if you hurt them. Upon reviewing the game the Nerd is visited by Bugs Bunny himself, which the Nerd gives out his hatred by beaten the daylights out of the poor rabbit while trying to finish the game.
- 2004– 21mTV-MA9.1 (463)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeJeanne BasoneThe Nerd looks for the worst full motion video game on the ill-fated 3DO, only to discover the worst video game he's ever seen...at least it would be, if it had any gameplay. Or video.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeOut of all of the NES games in his collection, the Nerd decides to review the one that stands out like a sore thumb which has an unusual slot on top of the cartridge. Mainly because it's an unlicensed game much like the Noah's Ark 3D game for the Super Nintendo. The game is called Little Red Hood, which in no way does it resemble the original story. So the Nerd starts to play it and already could tell it's an abomination with putrid color schemes and unusual game rules. In fact the game has no organized rules when enemies re-spawn rapidly, items would sometimes disappear or appear in out of reach areas, and the goals to the next level either take a few minutes or half an hour to appear. The Nerd finds this whole game to be like a science experiment to see what would happen if a gamer was given different rules and logic in each level of a game. It's an experiment the Nerd is crazy enough to take as he's eager to see how bad the ending to the game is.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeLet's take a look back at an alleged NES Classic, Kid Icarus. Does it stand up with the Titans of the Era, or is it a Mount Olympus of Poop?
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd loves Godzilla, but unfortunately for him the movies were hard to find growing up and the available video games were all terrible. To his extreme dismay, he finds out all the good Godzilla games came out after he was an adult.
- 2004– 12mTV-MA7.3 (150)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeWhen the Nerd flies into space to dispose of his shitty games, he runs into turbulence and crash lands. While waiting for his ship to be repaired, he plays a game that got left on board: Planet of the Apes for PlayStation, based off the 2001 movie. Will the Nerd be able to conquer another of damn, dirty video game?
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd intends to conquer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the bane of his existence, once and for all. But he needs help. Pairing up with his older self, they exorcise the demon from the game that tainted the NES library.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd and his guitar guy from behind the couch, Kyle Justin, join forces to play Battletoads on Nintendo proving that, with just one player the game is a mild challenge, but with two players, it's damn near impossible!
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeAs a special incentive, the AVGN has his fans write his dialogue as he sets out to rant and rave about an NES game he wishes never existed.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeWithin the NES collection of the Nerd lies a game called Hydlide, the pronunciation of the name is debate-able. The Nerd points out that while the game looks like a rip off of Legend of Zelda, its actually older than Zelda. It was originally released as a computer game but got re-released for the NES at the wake of the first Zelda game. Excluding the similarities to Zelda, the game is nothing special. The Nerd's main complaint is the confusing selection of options on the menu screen and the use of long passwords in order to beat the game. When a save feature would of provided less of a hassle.
- 2004– 21mTV-MA7.1 (120)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsKieran FallonJames RolfeThe Nerd revisits the vomit-inducing kingdom of Hydlide by reviewing the two next generations of Hydlide on the Sega Genesis and the Sega Saturn.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeJames talks about The Karate Kid for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 2004– 7mTV-MA8.1 (365)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd grabs a beer and decides to review the first Ninja Turtles game for the NES. For a game that's based off of a kids show, it's not kid friendly when the platforms in the levels make it tricky for you to jump on and the rapid re-spawning of the enemies. The Nerd's main complaint is the electrifying seaweed which makes swimming under water more difficult than it seems. Not to mention that at some points in the game you're unable to get any of the turtles out of the water upon the land levels despite how they're able to swim in the underwater levels.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKathleen TurnerThe Nerd reviews a video game release of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
- 2004– 9mTV-MA7.7 (408)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeWhy is Castlevania 1 and 3 a bloody good time and Castlevania 2 worthy of a stake to the heart? The Angry Nintendo Nerd reveals why.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd talks about the worst game ever for the NES.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews two awful Back to the Future games.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd reviews "McKids" a promotional game from the fast food chain McDonalds.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeIn this special Halloween episode, the Nerd reviews games that star one of the most popular icons in horror film: Count Dracula.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeTelevision-to-video game adaptations more often than not are monumental disasters, and nobody knows this better than the Nerd, who decides to play the Beavis and Butt-head game for Sega Genesis. Did they over-complicate things? You bet your butt.
- 2004– 13mTV-MA8.4 (374)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiKyle RogersAfter getting rid of Jason, the Nerd appeared to be free from his torture. Only to discover that he's being visited by Freddy in his dreams. In the dream world Freddy forces the Nerd to play the Nightmare on Elm Street game for the NES. With the generic Halloween monsters and the campy music, it was far from being as great as it's movie counterpart. The Nerd's main complaint is that the main character in the game has no weapons except for the dream sequences. The Nerd will have to think of something fast if he wants to get rid of Freddy and get out of his own nightmare.
- 2004– 4mTV-MA6.9 (296)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd observes the cartridge to the game Wally Bear, and is confused by the label that says "Press Here" which is literally part of the actual label of the game. The game itself isn't too exciting for a game that is trying to teach kids the dangers of drugs. The most ironic thing about the game is it has a hot-line that contains a recording of what is suppose to be Wally Bear telling kids about the dangers of drugs. The hot-line is still active to this day despite that the game was released 14 years ago. The Nerd suspects that the recording lays dormant in some guy's dusty basement. The fact alone that an old recording still being active in an abandon area is very haunting.
- 2004– 4mTV-MA7.0 (302)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd invites a guest to play the two player mode on Master Chu. One of the hand full of NES games that come in a baby blue color cartridge. There isn't anything great about the game other than the main character being drunk hence the word drunkard in the title. The Nerd's main complaint is the music repeating itself with the same stereotypical Chinese music, along with boss fights that have no challenge to them.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd reviews a flight simulating NES game which is based off of the movie Top Gun. For an older flight simulating video game there isn't much to offer since it's made for the NES, but the confusing controls and lack of music makes the Nerd irritated. His main complaint goes to the landing the plane sequence which always results in the plane crashing into the ocean despite that the Nerd did his best to steer the plane in the correct coordinates. For the finale the Nerd reviews the sequel Top Gun: Second Mission. Which he likes how it's game play is a lot more fast pace, but complains that the missile kill you at a far range giving you less time to avoid them.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe angry video game nerd rants about the flaws of Double dragon III.
- 2004– 12mTV-MA8.3 (354)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd takes a break from reviewing games to do this special episode in which he gives out his analysis on game and movie franchises with confusing titles and chronological orders. In the first part he complains about the bundle of remakes to Street Fighter 2, the spin-offs to Mega Man, and the unreleased titles to Final Fantasy. The second part of the review is where he mentions certain movie titles with confusing sequel titles or spin-offs. Particulary the Zombie movie franchise being a sequel franchise to Dawn of the Dead without George Ramero's involvement.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd is having a Rocky marathon at his apartment as a tribute to Rocky 6 coming to theaters. While five of the movies are being played on various media players in his apartment, the Nerd reviews the Rocky game for the Sega Master System. while the look of the game looks good, the game in general is too hard for a boxing genre game. No matter how many times the Nerd goes through the second match of the game, he's unable to proceed to the final match. In conclusion, the game doesn't hold up as well as Super Punch Out does.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersFor his first Christmas review, the Nerd decides to review a few unlicensed Bible games for the NES and Super Nintendo. The most obscured game of the bunch would have to be Super Noah's Ark 3D. Only cause it's the only first person shooter where you get to play as Noah. The game is basically a clone of Wolfenstein 3D which is a better first person shooter to play. The Nerd is confused as to why there are so many goats inside the ark and the reason for Noah to be attacked by goats is a mystery.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersSince the Nerd is a huge fan of Ghostbusters, having collected all kinds of toys and memorabilia, including the Nintendo game. He completely eviscerates this horribly misconceived video game that has horrible graphics, unspeakable game play, a near-impossible stairwell level and very little to do with the movie it's based upon.
- 2004– 11mTV-MA8.1 (297)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd continues his rant about the horrible Ghostbusters Nintendo game and goes over ways for it to have been improved upon. Next, he looks at the Atari version, as well as one for the Sega Master system which, except for some more creative concepts, are virtually no better than the NES version.
- 2004– 13mTV-MA8.0 (276)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeTo wrap up his spiel on Ghostbusters video games, the Nerd reviews the Ghostbusters II NES game, which he finds to be much better than the original. To end on a positive note, he reviews the Sega Genesis Ghostbusters game, which he finds to be the best of all.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd plays Spider-Man for the Atari 2600. He finds it to be a frustrating, Godawful mess, but thankfully Spidey himself shows up to give the Nerd a hand. When he fails at beating his own game, they move on to an NES version... which is also a piece of crap. The Game Boy game is the worst of all, as Spidey fails to beat it while dangling from the Nerd's ceiling. To top it all off, the Nerd plays the Spider-Man 2 game for Game Boy Advance, which is decent enough, except it depicts Spidey as a pizza delivery boy.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersCorey HaimThe Nerd investigates the Sega Genesis accessory that gave us better graphics...and worse games.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews the second Genesis accessory with games that aren't worth the console's price...$2.50.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe AVGN tackles one of the hardest games in the NES library: Silver Surfer. What makes it so hard is that SS dies with a single hit, and the levels are packed to the brims with obstacles, projectiles and inconsistent scenery. If you touch anything, game over.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews Independence Day for Playstation 1 and it's basically an average flight simulator like any other video game that involves flight simulator. The main complaint the Nerd has for the game is that objects don't appear until you're a few feet in front of them. While getting items on the ground is suicide cause it's hard to not touch the ground without taking some damage. The Nerd concludes the game with wishing everyone a great Fourth of July but advices everyone to stay away from the Independence Day game.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd does a brief history lecture on General George Armstrong Custard, only cause he's about to review one of the adult theme games for the Atari 2600. The game in general is "Custard's Revenge" which like the other Atari adult games was unlicensed and the Atari company had nothing to do with them. And just for fun, the Nerd reviews other Atari adult games only to find that each one either made no sense in how the game play is mastered or how the ideas for the games looked like they were thought up by sick minded game developers.
- 2004– 15mTV-MA8.4 (288)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd does a tribute to the magazine Nintendo Power by showing selected ads that were made exclusive to the magazine, the posters, the walk-through content, and the fan letters that are answered by the staff. The Nerd praises it for being the earliest way to know how to beat the toughest Nintendo games. Before the Internet became more common to use the only way to know how to beat a game is by magazine subscription. Besides the magazine being very nostalgic, the Nerd also points out some things that he finds absurd like how the posters are hard to take out, the sarcastic responses to the fan letters, the gross out ads that started to show up in the mid-90's, the unusual content of the various contests, and the unnecessary activity games. Besides all of those issues, the Nerd praises Nintendo Power for being Nintendo's main magazine provider.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersDressed as every member of the Addams Family, the Nerd reviews Fester's Quest, an overly long and overly difficult game that he deems is not worth the effort. He destroys it with Gomez's train and moves on to the movie licensed game on Sega, another creepy and kooky game.
- 2004– 6mTV-MA7.3 (246)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeCraig SkistimasThe Nerd receives a crappy present which is a NES game of Home Alone 2. So he decides to review the game only to find the choice of enemies and the layouts of the levels to be very terrible. His main complaint about the game is that some platforms you can't get on and there are some enemies you can't stun. After he can't take the game anymore he rants on about how he hates poorly made games and how he hates the holiday of Christmas in the same mannerism as Scrooge from the Christmas Carol. After shaking his game shelf a Sega Genesis game comes off the top shelf and knock the Nerd out cold. Then he finds himself being greeted by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
- 2004– 10mTV-MA7.6 (243)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeCraig SkistimasThomas HanleyThe Nerd is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past who shows him his childhood of when he played the NES as a kid and when he first got his Super Nintendo. After reliving his youth, he's now being greeted by the Ghost of Christmas Present who shows what him what he's about to review later on which turns out to be Shaq Fu for the Super Nintendo. As the Nerd watches himself play the bad game he sees how frustrated he himself gets from playing a poorly marketed game that basically just has Shaq placed in a poorly executed fighting game. The game was so bad that a website was made to inform people to destroy every known copy of the game. After the Nerd couldn't take the torment of watching himself play bad games, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future which turns out to be Dracula from Castlevania 2. The moment the Nerd finds himself in the future where he's an elderly man still reviewing bad games or in this case reviewing bad Nintendo Wii games. It was a nightmare for the Nerd to see that for years to come he's going to be playing bad games until the day he dies. What will become of the Nerd after this?
- 2004– 19mTV-MA7.6 (235)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd does a review on the time-line of Legend of Zelda in the same fashion as his previous review on confusing titles to sequels of movies and games. For this one he talks about the Zelda games made up to the year 2008. And tries to piece together how each of them fit as one whole time-line. Only to discover that most of them are less connected than the other. Which in the end he concludes that the franchise doesn't need to have a well explained time-line when each game is worth playing without knowing what occurred in any of the other games.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeWith the upcoming release of the fourth Rambo movie, the Nerd reviews Rambo for the NES. The game suffers from four problems which are: confusing navigation on the landscapes, pointless chat options, unnecessary use of animals as enemies, and the idea of the screen blinking red when low on health. The Nerd also reviews some other Rambo games but couldn't find a single one that actually is fun to play. He feels the games should of taken advice from Contra on how to make a commando theme game more fun.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd investigates the infamous handheld that gave us headaches...in 3D!
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiThe Nerd plays the Super Nintendo adaption of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie. Something that can't be made into a good game. Mainly due to the addition of weird enemies and locations that don't look like something you'd find in either the movie or the original books. The Nerd's main complaint is the large number of glitches the game has where various platforms make the characters in the game fall through. While playing the game, the Nerd is visited by the Cowardly Lion who won't shut up through out the review.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd does a review on the two competing consoles to the Atari 2600 Intellivision and Colecovision. He starts his review on Intellivision first and also does a review on most of its games. His main complaint is the controller for the Intellivision makes playing the games harder. Despite how most of Intellivision's games are knock offs of already popular Atari games. He's also amused by the fuzzy sound quality of the voice synthesizer that is only compatible to certain Intellivision games.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd does a follow up to the previous review by showing us the features of the Colecovision. The controllers aren't any different from the Intellivision, while most of the games are as bad they look. His main complaint is one of the add-ons to the console is a device that allows you to play Atari 2600 games on the Colecovision. The Nerd found it hard to believe the competitor of Atari was allowed to sell such a device. Cause in today's gaming market it wouldn't be allowed when it can create multiple lawsuits.
- 2004– 17mTV-MA8.2 (283)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeKyle RogersThe Nerd decides to review a good game for once which is Super Mario Bros. 3. Before he reviews it, he talks about the movie The Wizard which is how American gamers first learn about the game as it was a product placement along with the NES Power Glove. While the Nerd doesn't find the story for The Wizard to be great, he did admit that it holds a place in the gaming community. After putting his review on the Wizard aside he starts to play Super Mario Bros. 3, while it has a lot of hard parts it is really fun to play, however the Nerd couldn't help but notice the game having many hidden messages that lead to the implication that the game is possessed by the devil.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeBooThe Nerd reviews all the crap Nintendo tried to market along with the NES. Zapper guns, LaserScopes, Roll'n Rocker, and other accessories one needs to look "cool" while playing video games.
- 2004– 17mTV-MA8.2 (266)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeIn honor of the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the AVGN reviews the games based on the original trilogy. Raiders of the Lost Ark on Atari, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade on NES, and naturally, they all suck. He does praise the Lucas Arts SNES release, which contains three much more faithful adaptations of the movies.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiIn a Star Trek theme review, the Nerd dons a yellow Starfleet uniform and decides to review a couple Star Trek related games, cause reviewing all of them would be too much for him to handle. The most absurd one he can find is the 25th Anniversary game for the NES which consists of pointless dialog and confusing quests, the Nerd thought about destroying it with a phaser but had a change of heart believing that the game developers tried their hardiest when making the game.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews two of the earlier Superman theme games. The first one for the Atari 2600 is not just bad in graphics but is confusing to navigate. While the Superman game for the NES is another story where all of the characters are drawn in a chibi style and the use of attacks don't do justice towards the enemies. The Nerd's biggest complete about the game is that one of the missions involve trying to see why the stocks are so low in the stock market. The Nerd isn't sure why a game intended for kids would be interested in the stock market. Overall the Nerd finds the game unreviewable cause he could go on for hours on why it's bad and even dares the viewers to try to play the game to see why it's so frustrating.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiAVGN gets dressed up like Batman to review a series of games based on the Caped Crusader. First up, a Commodore 64 game, which sucks and is given "the Bat punishment." While he praises the NES adaptation of the 1989 movie and the SNES adaptation of Batman Returns, not to mention the SNES game of the Animated Series, he deems the Atari Linx and Sega CD games to be crap, but the worst of all is Batman Forever on SNES. As if all that weren't bad enough, one of Batman's arch-nemeses pays the Bat-Nerd a visit.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiThe Joker holds AVGN hostage and forces him to play the NES, Game Boy and Sega versions of Return of the Joker. They all suck. It enrages the Bat-Nerd so much, he breaks free and fights off the Joker, and then, as a final Bat punishment, he shoves every single bad Batman game up the Clown Prince of Crime's ass.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeGame on the chopping block this week: Dick Tracy on Nintendo. The world's most popular yellow-coated detective in the world's most frustrating, nonlinear game. Watch as the Nerd struggles to find out-of-reach clues, tries to dodge impossible projectiles, and worst of all, realizes you only get 1 life and no continues.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeMike MateiThe Nerd and his diabolical creation, Franken-Nerd, play games dedicated to that other popular horror movie icon: Frankenstein.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeIt's Christmas time once more, and this time the Nerd decides to play more Bible games. This time most of the ones he's reviewing are official licensed games. The most obscured game he plays is Sunday Funday which is one of the last NES games of any kind. The most annoying thing about the game is the placement of springs and propellers create a confusing trap in most levels which makes it impossible to proceed further into the game. The Nerd concludes the review with three CD-i Bible games. Which are all contain mediocre mini games that are unappealing to play.
- 2004– 9mTV-MA8.0 (249)TV EpisodeDirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeBooThe Nerd reviews one of the first Genesis games he ever played which is Moonwalker. He expressed that at the time anything with Michael Jackson was worth buying and the idea of controlling a celebrity in a video game was relatively new back then. As he plays the game the one thing he finds annoying is fact you have to check every single door and window to find a lost kid to rescue while The Nerd couldn't understand why some copies of the game have the Thriller theme while others don't. Especially when the game has a zombie level which features the Thriller dance moves but not proper music to go with.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeWhen it comes to secrets, Milon's Secret Castle is filled with them. When the Nerd tries to play this game, he finds it to be unusual that two entrances to the castle lead right back outside and a window that just leads to an empty room. Upon reading the help column of an old Nintendo Power magazine, the Nerd learns the tricks on how to progress further into the game. However he finds it to be annoying that Milon's Secret Castle doesn't give you any hints or indications on where to go or what to do. It's as if the game developers want gamers to not be able to beat the game itself.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd gives us a history on Atari's library of game consoles. Along with show casing most of the consoles Atari manufactured for the market. He mentions how with so many consoles to choose from in the gaming market, Atari had to come up with a console that would wow gamers. The Jaguar 64 was introduced to the public and was the first console to use 64 bits of graphics. It was Atari's last console to be made and it reminded gamers that great graphics doesn't always mean great games. The Nerd pointed out how the cartridge games for the console have handles for some reason while the insert slot on the console lacks a door meaning dust can go inside it unless a cartridge is placed into the slot. His main complaint is that most of the games look no different from a Sega or Super Nintendo game. While the games that do use the full captivity of the console are bland and don't look like it's 64 bits of graphics.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeRichard DaluzBooThe Nerd reviews some of the Jaguar games, he saves his criticism for Cybermorph due to the obnoxious green female head and the fogging atmosphere you fly around in the game. Durign the second part of the review, the Nerd introduces us to the Jaguar CD add-on to the Jaguar. Like the Sega CD, it requires a Jaguar to play and it needs an AC adapter to work. The Nerd is clueless as to why it couldn't be it's own separate console, specially when hardly anyone own a Jaguar at the time. He was going to review some Jaguar CD games only the CD add-on won't work no matter what he does. Even his game repairer friend Richard is unable to repair it despite how he's a wiz in making old consoles work again. After the Nerd receives the dead Jaguar CD add-on and a free newly repaired Pong console for the trouble, he concludes that he won't be able to review any of the Jaguar CD games when he doesn't have one that functions right.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe original Metal Gear is hailed a classic by video game buffs and is considered to be one of the best games on the NES. The Angry Video Game Nerd, however, begs to differ.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd reviews the very first home video game console in existence: the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. Watch as he and a hilarious special guest play the most primitive of video games ever created.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd pays his respects to the X-Men by reviewing their library of video games. He finds the two on NES to be inferior... it's LJN, what did you expect? And two on Sega that actually are pretty decent.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeBeing a big fan of the Terminator movies, the Nerd decides to give the video games a try. He dislikes the NES game for not offering enough lives, having no continues and being put together in a sloppy way. The SNES version sucks too. However, he praises the Sega CD game for its awesome soundtrack.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd's arch-nemesis LJN strikes again. Having license all home console versions of the Terminator 2 game, the Nerd checks them all out, and while the NES game is okay, the Game Boy sucks and the SNES is virtually unplayable.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfePeter CullenThe Nerd lists all the different formats a gamer would play for video games, and then shows an unlikely format for the first Transformers game which is a cassette tape. It's for the cassette tape player for the Commodore 64 which gives you a playable game. However it's not what you'd expect for a Transformers video game. It's mostly a simulation game with target shooting theme levels. There was a slide scroller game made for Transformers except it's a Japanese only game. So the Nerd gets out the Famicon which is the only way to play the game and wonders if the game is so bad that it was ignored for American release. And he was right, the game was very difficult and the Nerd complains that the levels hardly consist of color and most of the enemies don't resemble the Decepticons.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe idea of Luigi being in his own game fore once sounded like a cool idea to the Nerd. Only to discover that "Mario is Missing" for the NES is a poorly executed educational game with borrowed graphics from Super Mario World. The Nerd didn't like the idea of Luigi being in a learning game especially one that has bad controls and missions that make no sense like New York being concern that King Kong was abducted. The Super Nintendo version is slightly better but still has unusual control schemes. Even the NES and Super Nintendo versions of "Mario's Time Machine" wasn't a fun game to play. Overall the Nerd felt that Luigi & Mario being in learning games isn't all that fun.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfePitfall for Atari 2600 was a classic, however the NES game Super Pitfall is a horse of a different color. The Nerd dislikes how the level layouts of the game make little sense such as ladders leading to no where and anti-gravity lakes with no bottom except for thin air. The Nerd's main complaint is almost all of the items are invisible and only appear if you jump on a certain spot. This becomes annoying when all you do in the game is jump around in every single area.
- DirectorJames RolfeStarsJames RolfeThe Nerd isn't sure how any game company can create a video game based off of the movie Wayne's World when all the movie is just about two guys hosting their own show in a basement along with an abundance of jokes towards clichés that were occurring at the time. So the Nerd couldn't help but check out what the NES game is like. The game is already a big downer when there's a lack of good color and the Nerd's main complaint is that Garth has an effective weapon while Wayne just gives out a wimpy kick. The Super Nintedno version on the other hand is no improvement even for a 16-bit update. The level layouts are confusing and the choice of enemies in the game don't look like they're from the movie itself. Which just proves that you can't make a video game out of every movie that's ever been made.