List of Angry Video Game Nerd episodes
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Angry Video Game Nerd (abbreviated as AVGN) is an American web series of comedy-themed retrogaming reviews, created by and starring James Rolfe. The show revolves around reviews that involve acerbic rants about low quality video games. From the beginning of season 2, new episodes were aired first on GameTrailers.com, but are since now aired at Cinemassacre.com, with episodes later being re-aired on Rolfe's own YouTube channel. Episodes are usually scheduled for release on the first or second Wednesday of each month; originally, Rolfe's early work schedule allowed for two episodes per month, but other work commitments changed this to its present arrangement.[1]
The only AVGN episode, although still available for viewing, that never officially made it to/remained on YouTube in its original form was Atari Porn, which was removed after the site flagged it for inappropriate content per its community guidelines. In late 2023 a heavily censored version was officially uploaded to the Cinemassacre YouTube channel, under the name Atari Pork. The two part review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 was removed for copyright issues, however an edited version was reuploaded in 2020 as one video. Two other episodes were later removed for using movie clips from copyrighted films – Rocky and Super Mario Bros. 3 – but were later reuploaded to YouTube after being amended and changed to comply with the website's policies.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 17 | May 25, 2004 | December 23, 2006 | |
| 2 | 24 | February 13, 2007 | January 22, 2008 | |
| 3 | 23 | February 19, 2008 | January 27, 2009 | |
| 4 | 25 | March 16, 2009 | March 6, 2010 | |
| 5 | 11 | April 30, 2010 | April 6, 2011 | |
| 6 | 6 | July 7, 2011 | December 7, 2011 | |
| 7 | 11 | July 24, 2012 | December 19, 2013 | |
| 8 | 16 | March 19, 2014 | December 22, 2014 | |
| Film | July 21, 2014 | |||
| 9 | 5 | March 26, 2015 | December 22, 2015 | |
| 10 | 5 | April 6, 2016 | December 20, 2016 | |
| 11 | 12 | March 23, 2017 | December 22, 2017 | |
| 12 | 9 | April 25, 2018 | December 15, 2018 | |
| 13 | 11 | January 23, 2019 | December 11, 2019 | |
| 14 | 12 | January 15, 2020 | December 15, 2020 | |
| 15 | 13 | March 15, 2021 | December 21, 2021 | |
| 16 | 6 | March 17, 2022 | December 22, 2022 | |
| 17 | TBA | February 24, 2023 | TBA | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2004–06)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest" | 9:26 | May 25, 2004 (Original) April 8, 2006 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd makes his first ever game review, and tries to tackle Castlevania II: Simon's Quest for the NES, revealing the many flaws and issues that came with it. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" | 6:29 | May 28, 2004 (Original) April 8, 2006 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd takes on reviewing the extremely difficult Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES, in which even the first level is almost impossible to complete. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Karate Kid" | 4:29 | April 8, 2006 | |
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The Nerd tries out his best moves, as he sees if The Karate Kid for the NES is as any good as the movie it is based on. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" | 3:46 | April 24, 2006 | |
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The Nerd wonders if someone framed him to tackle a bad video game, as he takes on the NES game based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" | 7:05 | June 29, 2006 | |
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The Nerd prepares to go all "cowabunga" and ninja, as he reviews the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Back to the Future" | 6:43 | July 21, 2006 | |
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The Nerd certainly travels back in time, as he takes a look at two bad NES games based on the Back to the Future series. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "McKids" | 7:07 | August 30, 2006 | |
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There is nothing he can love about bad video games, as the Nerd reviews M.C. Kids for the NES – a video game based on a popular fast food chain. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Wally Bear and the NO! Gang" | 3:46 | September 1, 2006 | |
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The Nerd finds out what is bad about Wally Bear and the NO! Gang for the NES, a game aimed at teaching kids to not take drugs. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu" | 4:20 | September 8, 2006 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at the poor quality behind the game Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu for the NES. First appearance of "guest reviewer" Shit Pickle, a cartoon pickle with feces as hair. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Top Gun" | 7:35 | September 15, 2006 | |
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The Nerd tackles two more bad NES games based on another film – Top Gun – and finds out how some elements of their gameplay are just impossible to do. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Double Dragon 3" | 4:10 | September 22, 2006 | |
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The Nerd finds out what was bad in the third entry in the Double Dragon video game series – Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones for the NES. When he sees "Bimmy and Jimmy", The Nerd correctly acknowledges that "Bimmy" is a typo, and makes fun of the name. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Friday the 13th" | 12:22 | October 13, 2006 | |
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The Nerd prepares for Halloween by taking a look at why the NES game based on Friday the 13th is more frustrating than scary. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "A Nightmare on Elm Street" | 13:27 | October 31, 2006 | |
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It's Halloween, and the Nerd isn't really that scared when he reviews the NES game based on the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Power Glove" | 12:28 | November 15, 2006 | |
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The Nerd finds out how good (or bad) Nintendo's Power Glove is, by using it to play a variety of games on the NES. Note: Up until this episode, the show was known as "The Angry Nintendo Nerd", before Rolfe changed the name to allow him to focus on games on other systems. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Chronologically Confused About Bad Movie and Video Game Sequel Titles" | 11:34 | November 28, 2006 | |
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The Nerd discusses the naming of sequels for various movie and video game franchises he has seen or played. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Rocky" | 9:46 | December 14, 2006 | |
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The Nerd pumps himself up for a fight, to prepare himself for reviewing the Sega Master System video game based on Rocky. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Bible Games" | 21:29 | December 23, 2006 | |
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It's Christmas, so the Nerd sees how bad a number of unlicensed religious-themed games were on both the NES and SNES, including Super 3D Noah's Ark – a game built on the same game engine as Wolfenstein 3D. | |||||
Season 2 (2007–08)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 18 | 1 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – Part 1" | 11:14 | January 25, 2007 | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd tackles his first movie review and sits down to watch the third entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. | |||||
| 19 | 2 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – Part 2" | 10:47 | January 25, 2007 | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. | |||||
| 20 | 3 | "Atari 5200" | 10:39 | February 13, 2007 (GameTrailers) July 25, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd attempts to play the Atari 5200. However, after struggling to set up the console, he is unable to play any games as both the standard Atari 5200 joystick and Trak-Ball controllers don't work. | |||||
| 21 | 4 | "Ghostbusters" | 17:29 | February 27, 2007 (GameTrailers) August 6, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 3. If there's something bad, and you don't like it, then you need the Nerd. He's soon tackling something worse than ghosts, when he reviews Ghostbusters for the NES. | |||||
| 22 | 5 | "Ghostbusters: Follow-Up" | 11:27 | March 20, 2007 (GameTrailers) August 26, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 3. The Nerd is once more being called out to bust down more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he looks at those made for the NES, Atari 2600 and Sega Master System. | |||||
| 23 | 6 | "Ghostbusters: Conclusion" | 13:11 | April 3, 2007 (GameTrailers) September 8, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Part 3 of 3. It's a third outing for the Nerd against more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he reviews two more made for the NES and Genesis. | |||||
| 24 | 7 | "Spider-Man" | 10:32 | April 17, 2007 (GameTrailers) September 22, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd has his hands full, swatting down bad video games based upon comic book character Spider-Man, created for the Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. | |||||
| 25 | 8 | "Sega CD" | 13:12 | May 2, 2007 (GameTrailers) November 18, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd reveals how some console add-ons were never worth owning, as he takes a look at the Sega CD – an add-on for the Sega Genesis – and finds out what the games made for it are like. Note: This episode features the full-length theme song. | |||||
| 26 | 9 | "Sega 32X" | 9:04 | May 15, 2007 (GameTrailers) December 6, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds out what another add-on for the Sega Genesis is like – the 32X – and tries out some of the games that were made for it, including Primal Rage and Doom. | |||||
| 27 | 10 | "Silver Surfer" | 11:17 | June 5, 2007 (GameTrailers) December 8, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Another superhero has had a bad game made about them, so the Nerd delves in to find out just what it's like to play Silver Surfer for the NES. | |||||
| 28 | 11 | "Die Hard" | 9:03 | June 13, 2007 (GameTrailers) January 21, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Action is certainly lacking, as the Nerd reviews another bad game that won't easily die – Die Hard for the NES. | |||||
| 29 | 12 | "Independence Day" | 6:09 | July 3, 2007 (GameTrailers) July 4, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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To protect the independence of good games from bad ones, the Nerd takes on the PlayStation game based upon Independence Day, and is soon wishing aliens could destroy this one. | |||||
| 30 | 13 | "The Simpsons" | 13:17 | July 17, 2007 (GameTrailers) February 3, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd will be saying more than "D'oh!" as he takes a look at two terrible NES games based on the hit cartoon series The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants and Bart vs. the World . | |||||
| 31 | 14 | "Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout" | 8:43 | August 7, 2007 (GameTrailers) February 16, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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There's nothing looney about the Nerd's next review of a bad video game, as he attempts to find fun within Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout for the NES. | |||||
| 32 | 15 | "Atari Pork" | 10:03 | August 22, 2007 November 21, 2023 | |
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The Nerd finds himself reviewing a collection of rather badly-made, controversial, adult-rated games that were created for Atari systems, including Custer's Revenge, Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, and Bachelor Party. | |||||
| 33 | 16 | "Nintendo Power" | 14:42 | September 4, 2007 (GameTrailers) June 4, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Taking a break from bad video games, the Nerd spends his time recalling his fondest memories of reading the Nintendo Power magazine. | |||||
| 34 | 17 | "Fester's Quest" | 9:25 | September 18, 2007 (GameTrailers) July 1, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Creepy and spooky don't seem to cut it, as the Nerd reviews two bad games based on The Addams Family, made for the NES and Genesis. | |||||
| 35 | 18 | "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" | 12:46 | October 9, 2007 (GameTrailers) October 8, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd faces the horror of a bad video game for his Halloween that he wishes he could cut apart with a chainsaw, as he reviews the Atari 2600 game based on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. | |||||
| 36 | 19 | "Halloween" | 16:05 | October 30, 2007 (GameTrailers) October 30, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Halloween is upon him, so for his nightmarish night the Nerd must review three very bad Halloween-themed video games for the Atari 2600. | |||||
| 37 | 20 | "Dragon's Lair" | 9:22 | November 20, 2007 (GameTrailers) July 15, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd struggles to be a true hero, as he looks to tackling a console version of a classic game – Dragon's Lair for the NES. | |||||
| 38 | 21 | "An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 1" | 5:54 | December 18, 2007 (GameTrailers) December 17, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd spends his Christmas by focusing his attention on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for the NES. | |||||
| 39 | 22 | "An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 2" | 9:42 | December 23, 2007 (GameTrailers) December 19, 2008 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd continues to spend his Christmas by taking a look at Shaq Fu for the SNES, and three bad games for the Wii: Far Cry Vengeance, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and Boogie. | |||||
| 40 | 23 | "Chronologically Confused About the Legend of Zelda Timeline" | 19:01 | January 8, 2008 (GameTrailers) July 19, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd tries to make sense of the chronology behind the timeline for one of Nintendo's well-known video game series – The Legend of Zelda. | |||||
| 41 | 24 | "Rambo" | 13:14 | January 22, 2008 (GameTrailers) August 7, 2009 (YouTube) | |
Season 3 (2008–09)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 42 | 1 | "Virtual Boy" | 15:34 | February 19, 2008 (GameTrailers) August 24, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd reviews Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy console along with the limited amount of games that were made for the console. | |||||
| 43 | 2 | "The Wizard of Oz" | 11:25 | March 4, 2008 (GameTrailers) September 11, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd is wishing he was not playing another bad game, as he reviews The Wizard of Oz for the SNES. | |||||
| 44 | 3 | "Double Vision: Part 1" | 10:04 | March 25, 2008 (GameTrailers) September 17, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd tackles reviewing two-second generation consoles from the late 1970s – early 1980s. In part one, he looks at the Intellivision and the games made for it, including Utopia, Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. He also takes a look at B-17 Bomber and Bomb Squad; two games compatible with the Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module.
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| 45 | 4 | "Double Vision: Part 2" | 8:24 | April 8, 2008 (GameTrailers) September 25, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd reviews the ColecoVision and plays the games that were made for this console, including Montezuma's Revenge, Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park, Chuck Norris Superkicks, and War Room. Guest Star: Kyle Justin Note: Both parts were merged into one episode for the DVD version. | |||||
| 46 | 5 | "The Wizard / Super Mario Bros. 3" | 17:19 | April 22, 2008 (GameTrailers) November 8, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd takes a look at a good game for once, as he recalls how great it was to play Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES, while also taking a look back to a film in which it was featured in – The Wizard. | |||||
| 47 | 6 | "NES Accessories" | 13:51 | May 14, 2008 (GameTrailers) November 24, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd reviews several accessories for the NES in an attempt to find out how well they still hold up, including the NES Zapper and Power Pad, the Konami LaserScope, the U-Force, and the LJN Roll & Rocker. He also spends some time using the Super Scope peripheral for the SNES. | |||||
| 48 | 7 | "Indiana Jones Trilogy" | 18:43 | May 20, 2008 (GameTrailers) December 12, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Donning a leather hat and whip, the Nerd delves into the holy grail of bad video games, as he looks at a collection of games based on the Indiana Jones film series, made for the Atari 2600, NES and SNES. | |||||
| 49 | 8 | "Star Trek" | 10:45 | June 11, 2008 (GameTrailers) May 7, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd boldly goes where no bad game should ever go, by beaming down a collection of games based on the science fiction media franchise Star Trek, made for the Vectrex, Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES. | |||||
| 50 | 9 | "Superman" | 11:46 | June 26, 2008 (GameTrailers) January 1, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Bad games will never be faster than a speeding Super Nerd, as he reviews two bad video games based upon Superman, made for the Atari 2600 and NES. | |||||
| 51 | 10 | "Superman 64" | 10:37 | July 8, 2008 (GameTrailers) January 13, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Super Nerd returns, this time to save the day from two more bad video games: Superman: The Game for the Commodore 64, and the much-requested Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64. | |||||
| 52 | 11 | "Batman Part I" | 11:45 | July 22, 2008 (GameTrailers) January 27, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd dons his cowl and cape and prepares to beat back the darkness of bad Batman video games, including Batman: The Caped Crusader (Commodore 64), Batman (NES), Batman Returns (Sega CD and Atari Lynx), The Adventures of Batman & Robin (SNES), and Batman Forever (SNES). After the Nerd calls it quits, the Joker ties him up and forces him to play more Batman games. | |||||
| 53 | 12 | "Batman Part II" | 9:42 | August 10, 2008 (GameTrailers) January 29, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 2. Under the Joker's capture, the Nerd is forced to review Batman: Return of the Joker (NES and Game Boy) and Batman: Revenge of the Joker (Sega Genesis). In a rage, the Nerd eventually gains the upper hand and battles the Joker in an homage to the 1960s Batman series. | |||||
| 54 | 13 | "Deadly Towers" | 8:20 | August 19, 2008 (GameTrailers) February 28, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds out how deadly difficult it is to complete another bad video game, when he attempts to review Deadly Towers for the NES. | |||||
| 55 | 14 | "Battletoads" | 7:52 | September 3, 2008 (GameTrailers) March 17, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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As the Nerd prepares to review Battletoads for the NES, he finds himself joined by his theme song performer, The Guitar Guy—who's been living behind his couch—who assists him in explaining why the game is impossible to complete with two players. | |||||
| 56 | 15 | "Dick Tracy" | 14:04 | September 16, 2008 (GameTrailers) March 28, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd turns into a detective to find out "what [they were] thinking" as he investigates Dick Tracy for the NES, and soon uncovers it's many flaws and extreme difficulty. | |||||
| 57 | 16 | "Dracula" | 11:57 | October 14, 2008 (GameTrailers) October 2, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Halloween is approaching, but the Nerd finds it hard to see Count Dracula being scary to him, as he looks at a selection of "horror-ble" games based on the vampire legend that are much scarier. These include Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Sesame Street: Countdown for the NES, SNES, Genesis, and the Sega CD. This episode is the first mention of Fred Fucks, the Nerd's arch-nemesis, based on the illegibility of the name of Bram Stoker's Dracula executive producer, Fred Fuchs, in the video game credits. | |||||
| 58 | 17 | "Frankenstein" | 14:08 | October 29, 2008 (GameTrailers) October 13, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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Halloween has arrived, and the Nerd is green with anger at finding out that there are bad video games on the NES and SNES that have been based on another horror legend – Frankenstein. | |||||
| 59 | 18 | "CD-i Part I" | 7:57 | November 12, 2008 (GameTrailers) April 14, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 3. The Nerd begins his three-part review of the Philips CD-i by giving a brief overview of the console itself, and playing Hotel Mario. | |||||
| 60 | 19 | "CD-i Part II" | 12:35 | November 25, 2008 (GameTrailers) April 20, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 3. The Nerd reviews Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon for the CD-i. | |||||
| 61 | 20 | "CD-i Part III" | 14:15 | December 9, 2008 (GameTrailers) April 28, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 3 of 3. The Nerd finishes off his review of the CD-i by reviewing a remarkably similar Link: The Faces of Evil, and concluding with Zelda's Adventure. | |||||
| 62 | 21 | "Bible Games II" | 17:00 | December 23, 2008 (GameTrailers) December 19, 2009 (YouTube) | |
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It's Christmas, and for this year the Nerd finds himself reviewing another collection of badly-made, religious-themed video games for the NES, CD-i and Game Boy, including Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land, Noah's Ark, and King James Bible. Note: This was the first AVGN episode to be filmed in 720p HD and produced to be shown in widescreen. | |||||
| 63 | 22 | "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" | 10:04 | January 7, 2009 (GameTrailers) July 14, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd tries to moonwalk his way around another bad game, as takes a look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Genesis. | |||||
| 64 | 23 | "Milon's Secret Castle" | 11:33 | January 27, 2009 (GameTrailers) September 14, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds no secrets to make a bad game look good, when he reviews Milon's Secret Castle for the NES. | |||||
Season 4 (2009–10)
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| 65 | 1 | "Atari Jaguar Part I" | 8:23 | March 16, 2009 (GameTrailers) August 14, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd spends some time taking a look at the Atari Jaguar and takes a brief look at the games Zool 2, Brutal Sports Football, Checkered Flag, and Cybermorph and compares them with similar looking 16-bit titles. He also takes a look back at the history of Atari, and the competition between different consoles for superior processing capabilities. | |||||
| 66 | 2 | "Atari Jaguar Part II" | 14:21 | March 25, 2009 (GameTrailers) August 25, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of the Atari Jaguar by playing some games including Tempest 2000, Alien vs Predator, Doom, Attack of the Mutant Penguins, Kasumi Ninja, and an in-depth review of Cybermorph (which he briefly talked about in part 1). The Nerd says that Tempest 2000, Alien vs Predator and Doom are the best games on the console, while Kasumi Ninja and Cybermorph are among the worst with Mutant Penguins being a very confusing game. The Nerd also attemps to play the Jaguar CD add-on. Unfortunately, he is unable to get the Jaguar CD to work properly. | |||||
| 67 | 3 | "Metal Gear" | 13:17 | April 8, 2009 (GameTrailers)
November 10, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd brings out his codec and stealth gear as he tries to navigate his way around Metal Gear for the NES, while also discussing the game's sequels in Chronologically Confused About Metal Gear Sequels. | |||||
| 68 | 4 | "Odyssey" | 10:58 | April 21, 2009 (GameTrailers)
November 26, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds out what the Magnavox Odyssey console is like, by trying it out along with some of its "games". | |||||
| 69 | 5 | "X-Men" | 14:11 | May 6, 2009 (GameTrailers)
November 27, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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There's a mutation of bad video games to review, as the Nerd looks at those based on the X-Men, made for the NES, Genesis and video arcade machines. | |||||
| 70 | 6 | "The Terminator" | 14:54 | May 19, 2009 (GameTrailers)
January 7, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd attempts to terminate some bad games as he reviews a selection of NES, SNES, and Sega CD games, based on The Terminator. | |||||
| 71 | 7 | "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" | 13:25 | June 2, 2009 (GameTrailers)
January 11, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The bad games are back, as the Nerd looks at a selection of NES, SNES, Genesis, and Game Boy games, based upon Terminator 2: Judgment Day. | |||||
| 72 | 8 | "Transformers" | 12:43 | June 17, 2009 (GameTrailers)
January 18, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Video games are transforming into truly bad ones for the Nerd, as he looks at two for the Commodore 64 and the Famicom, based upon Transformers. | |||||
| 73 | 9 | "Mario Is Missing!" | 9:30 | July 1, 2009 (GameTrailers)
February 15, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Mario is a great icon in gaming, but the Nerd takes a look at NES and SNES versions of two games he stars in that were not so great – Mario Is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine. | |||||
| 74 | 10 | "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" | 20:38 | July 21, 2009 (GameTrailers)
March 8, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Another console comes under the Nerd's gaze, as he takes a moment to briefly cover the commercial failure of the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, and reviews a poorly made decision-based slideshow game for the system, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. | |||||
| 75 | 11 | "Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle" | 16:58 | August 5, 2009 (GameTrailers)
March 15, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds himself in another cartoon battle with a familiar face from the past, as he tries to avoid reviewing the bad games from the Crazy Castle series, made for the NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. | |||||
| 76 | 12 | "Super Pitfall!" | 11:07 | August 20, 2009 (GameTrailers)
March 22, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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A bad game filled with flaws and issues leaves the Nerd wanting to be out of its pit, as he tries out Super Pitfall for the NES. | |||||
| 77 | 13 | "Godzilla" | 15:46 | September 4, 2009 (GameTrailers)
April 14, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Japan's legendary giant monster can't avoid starring in a number of bad video games, as the Nerd takes a look at Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters – and briefly glances at a trio of good ones for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2. | |||||
| 78 | 14 | "Wayne's World" | 12:15 | September 24, 2009 (GameTrailers)
May 3, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Wayne's World film was popular in the 1990s, and the Nerd reviews two of it's licensed video games for the NES and SNES that were meant to cheaply cash in. | |||||
| 79 | 15 | "Castlevania Part I" | 10:08 | October 8, 2009 (GameTrailers)
October 3, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 4. In a four-part special, the Nerd spends his Halloween reminiscing on the Castlevania series, beginning with the Nerd reviewing the original Castlevania for the NES. | |||||
| 80 | 16 | "Castlevania Part II" | 12:47 | October 21, 2009 (GameTrailers) October 12, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 4. The Nerd re-visits Castlevania II: Simon's Quest and reviews Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse for the NES. | |||||
| 81 | 17 | "Castlevania Part III" | 12:52 | November 5, 2009 (GameTrailers)
October 20, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 3 of 4. The Nerd reviews Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania: Dracula X for the SNES, and also Castlevania 64 for the Nintendo 64. | |||||
| 82 | 18 | "Castlevania Part IV" | 9:48 | November 19, 2009 (GameTrailers)
October 27, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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Part 4 of 4. The Nerd concludes his four-part Castlevania reviews by playing Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the PlayStation. | |||||
| 83 | 19 | "Little Red Hood" | 14:54 | December 3, 2009 (GameTrailers)
May 3, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The woods today are filled with bad games, but the big bad Nerd has to venture into them if he's to complete his review of Little Red Hood — an unlicensed Taiwanese game for the NES. | |||||
| 84 | 20 | "Winter Games" | 10:28 | December 23, 2009 (GameTrailers)
December 20, 2010 (YouTube) | |
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It's Christmas, and the Nerd spends it this year by seeing what kind of virtual sportsman he can be in Winter Games for the NES. | |||||
| 85 | 21 | "Street Fighter 2010" | 17:56 | January 6, 2010 (GameTrailers)
June 10, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd prepares to fight against more bad games, as he takes a look at a selection of bad Street Fighter games for the NES, TurboGrafx-CD, and Sega Saturn, including one based on Street Fighter: The Movie. | |||||
| 86 | 22 | "Hydlide" | 8:28 | January 20, 2010 (GameTrailers)
June 14, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd ponders on whether it's worth it to review an RPG that has similarities to The Legend of Zelda – Hydlide for the NES. | |||||
| 87 | 23 | "Ninja Gaiden" | 15:40 | February 4, 2010 (GameTrailers)
June 14, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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To hone his ninja skills against bad games, the Nerd takes on reviewing Ninja Gaiden for the NES. | |||||
| 88 | 24 | "Swordquest" | 9:12 | February 18, 2010 (GameTrailers)
July 2, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd details the history of the short-lived Atari 2600 video game series Swordquest, and one of the most elaborate contests created around a video game – a contest which offered US$150,000 (approximately US$429,000 in 2024) of real treasures as prizes. | |||||
| 89 | 25 | "Pong Consoles" | 12:00 | March 6, 2010 (GameTrailers)
July 18, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd gives a brief overview of various video game consoles that were designed to play the table-tennis video game Pong in the 1970s–1980s, many of which are nonfunctional. | |||||
Season 5 (2010–11)
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| 90 | 1 | "Action 52" | 26:50 | April 30, 2010 (GameTrailers)
July 21, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd prepares himself to tackle not one, but a vast variety of poorly-designed, dysfunctional video games that were compiled into one cartridge – Action 52 for the NES. | |||||
| 91 | 2 | "Cheetahmen" | 20:25 | June 9, 2010 (GameTrailers)
August 11, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of Action 52 by taking a look at one game in particular in its selection – Cheetahmen. He also takes a look at the unreleased Cheetahmen II game for the NES, along with the Genesis version of Action 52 with its own version of Cheetahmen. | |||||
| 92 | 3 | "Game Glitches" | 16:07 | July 8, 2010 (GameTrailers)
September 2, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd reviews various glitches and bugs that can be found in games both past and present, including Pac-Man, Metal Gear, Punch-Out!!, Mega Man 5, Super Mario Bros.,Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Rocky. | |||||
| 93 | 4 | "Zelda II" | 15:07 | August 4, 2010 (GameTrailers)
November 15, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd prepares to travel to Hyrule, as he takes on the quest of reviewing the sequel to The Legend of Zelda – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the NES. | |||||
| 94 | 5 | "Back to the Future Re-Revisited" | 23:04 | September 3, 2010 (GameTrailers)
December 1, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd takes a trip down memory lane, as he revisits some of his previous reviews he made on games such as Top Gun, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Back to the Future. | |||||
| 95 | 6 | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited" | 16:40 | October 7, 2010 (GameTrailers)
October 31, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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For Halloween this year, the Nerd decides to give a more elaborate and in-depth review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES. Shortly after, he is attacked by the bones and remains of Robert Louis Stevenson. | |||||
| 96 | 7 | "Lester the Unlikely" | 10:44 | November 4, 2010 (GameTrailers)
December 26, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds it unlikely that his next bad game will surprise him, as he reviews Lester the Unlikely for the SNES – a video game with an uncharismatic protagonist and unfair difficulty. | |||||
| 97 | 8 | "How the Nerd Stole Christmas" | 12:07 | December 6, 2010 | |
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In a parody of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Nerd briefly glances at a number of bad NES games while speaking entirely in rhyme. He most extensively looks at Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage, Circus Caper, and Fist of the Northstar. | |||||
| 98 | 9 | "Day Dreamin' Davey" | 14:00 | January 5, 2011 (GameTrailers)
December 30, 2011 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd daydreams of playing a better game as he reviews Day Dreamin' Davey for the NES — a game with suggestive cutscenes and dull gameplay. | |||||
| 99 | 10 | "Star Wars" | 22:28 | February 3, 2011 (GameTrailers)
February 9, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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The force is strong with the Nerd, as he helps to fight back against the dark powers of bad games based on the Star Wars film series. These include Star Wars on Famicom, Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on NES. Note: This was the final episode to be presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio. | |||||
| 100 | 11 | "R.O.B. the Robot" | 18:52 | March 3, 2011 (GameTrailers)
March 15, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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To mark the 100th episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd, the Nerd takes on reviewing two bad NES games – Gyromite and Stack-Up – while dealing with the unwelcome help of Nintendo's R.O.B. | |||||
Season 6 (2011)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 101 | 1 | "Steven Spielberg Games" | 21:18 | April 6, 2011 (GameTrailers)
April 12, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds himself facing a deluge of bad games for the NES, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, 3DO, and Atari 2600, all based on movies connected to Steven Spielberg, including Jaws, Hook, and Jurassic Park. | |||||
| 102 | 2 | "The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode" | 35:05 | July 7, 2011 (GameTrailers)
May 1, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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James Rolfe gives fans of the Angry Video Game Nerd a behind-the-scenes look at how an episode of the web series is made, by showing what is done when reviewing a game. In this case, a review by the Nerd of Barbie for NES. | |||||
| 103 | 3 | "Kid Kool" | 8:14 | August 3, 2011 (GameTrailers)
May 7, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd finds nothing cool about his latest review of a bad video game – Kid Kool for the NES – as he showcases the many flaws in its gameplay. | |||||
| 104 | 4 | "Nintendo World Championships" | 17:02 | August 26, 2011 (GameTrailers)
May 16, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd attempts to get his hand on a good copy of Nintendo World Championships for the NES – a series of Nintendo games on one cartridge, used as part of a contest in the 1990s – but soon questions whether it's worth it in the end. | |||||
| 105 | 5 | "Dark Castle" | 12:07 | October 6, 2011 (GameTrailers)
October 1, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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It's Halloween again, and the Nerd spends it by reviewing both the Genesis and CD-i versions of Dark Castle. He soon shows off how horribly difficult the game is, even on its easiest setting. | |||||
| 106 | 6 | "Bible Games III" | 14:14 | December 7, 2011 (GameTrailers)
December 11, 2012 (YouTube) | |
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Christmas has arrived, and the Nerd finds himself once again reviewing a selection of badly-made, religious-themed video games for the Game Boy, Genesis, and NES, including Spiritual Warfare and Bible Adventures. | |||||
Season 7 (2012–13)
Starting with this season, episodes no longer aired on GameTrailers.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 107 | 1 | "Schwarzenegger Games" | 22:26 | July 24, 2012 | |
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The Nerd is back, as he tackles a selection of NES games based upon movies that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, including Total Recall, Last Action Hero, and Predator. | |||||
| 108 | 2 | "Ghosts n' Goblins" | 17:04 | October 24, 2012 | |
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The Nerd attempts to show his fans how to play and beat the video game he got as a kid – Ghosts 'n Goblins for the NES. | |||||
| 109 | 3 | "Atari Sports" | 12:42 | December 18, 2012 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at a variety of sport-themed games made for the Atari 2600, including football games, baseball games, boxing games, soccer games, and golf games. | |||||
| 110 | 4 | "Ikari Warriors" | 20:39 | March 6, 2013 | |
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The Nerd revives his old friend, the "guitar guy", to help him review Ikari Warriors for the NES, and find out what it's like to play it with two players. Guest Stars: Kyle Justin | |||||
| 111 | 5 | "Toxic Crusaders" | 14:42 | April 30, 2013 | |
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The Nerd shows why bad video games shouldn't be based on TV shows and movies, as he reviews the Game Boy, Genesis, and NES versions of Toxic Crusaders. Guest Stars: Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma Entertainment | |||||
| 112 | 6 | "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" | 17:52 | June 30, 2013 | |
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Nothing excellent is likely to be found when going back in time, as the Nerd reviews the NES game based upon Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure. | |||||
| 113 | 7 | "Tiger Electronic Games" | 18:39 | September 6, 2013 | |
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The Nerd casts his eye on a selection of hardware by Tiger Electronics, including a selection of LCD handheld games and wristwatch-styled games, plus two portable consoles – the Game.com and the R-Zone. | |||||
| 114 | 8 | "Alien 3" | 10:17 | October 21, 2013 (Cinemassacre)
October 22, 2013 (YouTube) | |
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It's another Halloween, and the Nerd tries to find something scary that could pop out of his NES game cartridge, when he takes a look at Alien 3. | |||||
| 115 | 9 | "AVGN Games!" | 21:55 | November 20, 2013 | |
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The Nerd takes a break from bad games to look at a collection of titles based around his life, featuring those for the PC and iOS, as well as two special ones made for the Atari 2600 and NES. The Nerd finishes off with a review of the then-newly-released Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures for Steam. | |||||
| 116 | 10 | "Wish List: Part 1 – Sonic the Hedgehog & more!" | 15:07 | December 17, 2013 | |
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Part 1 of 2. The Nerd takes a look back at department store wishlist catalogs before tackling a wishlist of games that fans wish for him to review including Bad Dudes, Skate or Die!, Karate Champ, Where's Waldo?, Sonic Blast, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic R, Sonic Shuffle, and Shadow the Hedgehog. | |||||
| 117 | 11 | "Wish List: Part 2 – Bubsy 3D & more!" | 15:27 | December 19, 2013 | |
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Part 2 of 2. The Nerd reviews more games off of the fan's wishlist including A Boy and His Blob, The Three Stooges, Home Improvement, Pit-Fighter, Bubsy 3D, and Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage. | |||||
Season 8 (2014)
Episodes 5 to 16 were released as part of the "12 Days of Shitsmas" event in December 2014.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 118 | 1 | "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing" | 15:44 | March 19, 2014 | |
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Travelling back to the 2000's this time around, the Nerd takes on Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing for PC – a poorly-made video game considered by reviewers as one of the worst to have been made, due to the many design flaws, bugs and glitches that were in it. | |||||
| 119 | 2 | "Desert Bus" | 15:30 | May 28, 2014 | |
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In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of AVGN, The Nerd takes a quick look at various games within Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors for the Sega CD – a video game cancelled before it was released and designed as a joke on various game genres – before focusing on one game in its collection that's as bad as Big Rigs – Desert Bus. He then takes a look at a hacked redaction of the NES game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which focused on fixing a number of flaws and issues he complained about in his review of the original game. | |||||
| 120 | 3 | "E.T. Atari 2600" | 7:00 | October 10, 2014 | |
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Taken from Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, this episode focuses on the Nerd's review of one of Atari's worst video games they ever made – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. | |||||
| 121 | 4 | "Beetlejuice" | 13:53 | October 14, 2014 | |
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It's another Halloween, and the Nerd considers why anyone would want to play the NES game based on Beetlejuice. | |||||
| 122 | 5 | "Tagin' Dragon" | 3:50 | December 11, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 1. The Nerd begins his first day of his Christmas by unwrapping and reviewing Tagin' Dragon – a bad game for the NES with truly difficult gameplay. | |||||
| 123 | 6 | "ALF" | 4:06 | December 12, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 2. For the second day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds nothing funny with his next present, as he reviews a video game based on the American sitcom of the same name – ALF for the SMS. | |||||
| 124 | 7 | "CrazyBus" | 4:06 | December 13, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 3. For the third day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds himself reviewing CrazyBus – an unlicensed Venezuelan game/app that was made for the Sega Genesis, and features little in the way of good gameplay. | |||||
| 125 | 8 | "Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs" | 5:16 | December 14, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 4. For the fourth day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds he has a copy of The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs for the SNES amongst his presents – a video game with bad gameplay, that does no justice to Ren & Stimpy. | |||||
| 126 | 9 | "Rocky and Bullwinkle" | 4:06 | December 15, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 5. For the fifth day of his Christmas, the Nerd plays another bad NES game amongst his presents, based upon The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends cartoon series. | |||||
| 127 | 10 | "Mary-Kate and Ashley "Get a Clue"" | 4:15 | December 16, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 6. For the sixth day of his Christmas, the Nerd attempts to find what clues there are in Mary-Kate and Ashley "Get a Clue" for the Game Boy Color, that show it's a truly bad game to play. | |||||
| 128 | 11 | "V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson" | 4:53 | December 17, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 7. For the seventh day of his Christmas, the Nerd is lulled into a false sense of hope for a good game, as he reviews V.I.P. for the PlayStation – a bad video game based on the TV series, featuring Pamela Anderson amongst its characters. | |||||
| 129 | 12 | "Lethal Weapon" | 4:37 | December 18, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 8. For the eighth day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds his weapons against bad games are going dull, as he reviews a NES game based upon Lethal Weapon. Guest Stars: Mike Matei as himself | |||||
| 130 | 13 | "Porky's" | 6:02 | December 19, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 9. For the ninth day of his Christmas, the Nerd smells a bad game amongst his presents, as he tackles with the confusing gameplay of Porky's for the Atari 2600. | |||||
| 131 | 14 | "HyperScan" | 6:32 | December 20, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 10. For the tenth day of his Christmas, the Nerd has a go with playing the HyperScan – a console designed to use special cards that need to be scanned into it to play its selection of games. | |||||
| 132 | 15 | "Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure" | 11:29 | December 21, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 11. For the eleventh day of his Christmas, the Nerd questions why he needs to walk around a virtual version of a real theme park, as he tries out Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure for the GameCube, considered the worst videogame of the whole GameCube catalogue. | |||||
| 133 | 16 | "LJN Video Art" | 8:43 | December 22, 2014 | |
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12 Days of Shitsmas Part 12. For the twelfth and final day of his Christmas, the Nerd wonders what use there is to make art with LJN Video Art, and recalls some of the better art games made in the past including Mario Paint. | |||||
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
At the end of the Spielberg Games review, it was implied that E.T. would be reviewed in The Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. Eventually, at TooManyGames 2011 and Magfest 2012, Rolfe confirmed that he would review E.T. in the film.[6][7] E.T. programmer, Howard Scott Warshaw, also makes an appearance in the film. The film premiered July 21, 2014.[8]
Season 9 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 134 | 1 | "Hong Kong 97" | 12:46 | March 26, 2015 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at a horrible game that never left Japan, and featured so many things that were wrong with it – Hong Kong 97 for the Super Famicom. | |||||
| 135 | 2 | "Darkwing Duck" | 13:49 | May 13, 2015 | |
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Finding a bad video game to review is hard, so the Nerd turns his attention towards the TurboGrafx-16, and a game based on the Darkwing Duck cartoon series. | |||||
| 136 | 3 | "Seaman" | 17:24 | July 28, 2015 (Cinemassacre)
July 29, 2015 (YouTube) | |
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Growing your own sea life sounds cool, but the Nerd shows how a virtual way of doing it can never be truly good, when he has a go at Seaman for the Dreamcast. Note: This episode was dedicated to Leonard Nimoy, the narrator for the English-language version of Seaman, who died in February of that year. The Nerd also makes numerous references to Star Trek to honor this. | |||||
| 137 | 4 | "The Crow" | 9:43 | October 30, 2015 | |
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Another Halloween arrives, and the Nerd spends it tackling another bad game that has truly poor gameplay – The Crow: City of Angels for the Sega Saturn. | |||||
| 138 | 5 | "Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero" | 12:02 | December 22, 2015 | |
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Christmas has arrived, and the Nerd has received a copy of a bad game to look forward to – Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero for the Nintendo 64. | |||||
Season 10 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 139 | 1 | "Mega Man Games" | 25:06 | April 6, 2016 | |
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cinemassacre YouTube channel, the Nerd updates his gaming room and tackles a collection of bad games in HD. More precisely, a collection of bad Mega Man games for the PC, PlayStation and PlayStation 2. This includes the DOS versions of Mega Man and Mega Man III, Mega Man Legends for the PlayStation, and Mega Man X7 for the PlayStation 2. | |||||
| 140 | 2 | "Paperboy" | 16:05 | May 26, 2016 | |
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Extra, extra – the Nerd tackles reviewing Paperboy for the NES, while answering the question of whether a rolled up newspaper can truly break a window, and if you can throw one into a mailbox while riding along on a bicycle. | |||||
| 141 | 3 | "Beavis and Butt-Head" | 14:18 | August 16, 2016 | |
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It's time for the Nerd to snicker and make dumb comments, as he takes a look at two bad games made for the SNES and Genesis, based on the Beavis and Butt-Head adult cartoon series. | |||||
| 142 | 4 | "Berenstain Bears" | 19:41 | October 18, 2016 | |
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It's Halloween again, and the Nerd tackles three bad games for the Game Boy Color, Atari 2600 and Genesis, based on the children's series of books and cartoons about the Berenstain Bears and then winds up pondering the situation where he seems to remember the franchise's name as something different. | |||||
| 143 | 5 | "Sega Activator Interactor Menacer" | 11:51 | December 20, 2016 | |
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For Christmas, the Nerd takes a look at a series of Genesis accessories for its games, including the Activator, Aura Interactor, Menacer, Victormaxx Stuntmaster, TeeV Golf, and Batter Up! Baseball bat. Guest Stars: Nathan Barnatt as Keith Apicary Note: This episode featured a total budget of $3,614, according to the episode's commentary, making it the most expensive to be made in the series to date. Amongst the costs were Barnatt's travel fees, the use of breakaway props, and the accessories that had to be acquired on eBay. | |||||
Season 11 (2017)
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| 144 | 1 | "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" | 20:15 | March 23, 2017 | |
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The Nerd goes "Mighty Morphin" bad, as he takes on a collection of games for the Famicom, NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy, based around Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. | |||||
| 145 | 2 | "Sonic '06" | 16:47 | April 20, 2017 | |
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For the first time in his series, the Nerd tackles a game from a later generation of consoles that does nothing to the reputation of a certain blue hedgehog – Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) for the Xbox 360. | |||||
| 146 | 3 | "Planet of the Apes" | 12:34 | July 4, 2017 | |
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While clearing up his game room and getting stranded on another planet, the Nerd questions why a bad game has trashed a particularly good classic movie, when he reviews Planet of the Apes for the PlayStation. Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of War for the Planet of the Apes. | |||||
| 147 | 4 | "Game Boy Accessories" | 16:15 | August 15, 2017 | |
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Another selection of accessories receives a good thorough look from the Nerd. This time, it's a collection of accessories for the Game Boy, including good ones – like the Game Boy Camera and the Game Boy Printer – bad ones, and even a patented one that was aimed for use in hospitals. | |||||
| 148 | 5 | "Treasure Master" | 10:03 | September 20, 2017 | |
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Treasure is truly lacking within another bad game designed to be used in a contest, as the Nerd finds out what it's like to play Treasure Master for the NES. | |||||
| 149 | 6 | "Wrestling Games" | 11:55 | October 4, 2017 | |
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The Nerd wrestles with a ton of bad NES and SNES games based on wrestling, including WWF WrestleMania Challenge, WWF Royal Rumble, WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling, and Saturday Night Slam Masters. | |||||
| 150 | 7 | "Polybius" | 22:18 | October 25, 2017 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at the arcade classic Polybius, while he also delves into the urban legend surrounding the mentioned side effects of playing the game. | |||||
| 151 | 8 | "RoboCop Games" | 13:52 | November 19, 2017 | |
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Following his time with Polybius, the Nerd is reborn as "RoboNerd", whose prime directives are to play bad games, and keep gamers safe from them. These include a selection of NES games based on the original RoboCop film series. | |||||
| 152 | 9 | "Sonic '06 Part 2" | 13:34 | November 30, 2017 | |
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The Nerd has some unfinished business, as he continues on with his review of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) for the Xbox 360. | |||||
| 153 | 10 | "Charlie's Angels" | 9:41 | December 6, 2017 | |
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The Nerd won't be making a call to Charlie's Angels anytime soon, as he plays a bad GameCube game based on them. | |||||
| 154 | 11 | "Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi" | 8:47 | December 13, 2017 | |
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Another bad Star Wars game has emerged, so the Nerd must channel the force to help him review Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi for the PlayStation. Notes: This episode features brief footage of Star Wars Episode I: Racer for the Nintendo 64, but James Rolfe did not include a review of it for this episode. The episode was made to celebrate the then-upcoming release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. | |||||
| 155 | 12 | "Lightspan Adventures" | 15:37 | December 22, 2017 | |
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The Nerd has rotted his brain with such an insane amount of bad games, that this Christmas he gets himself a PlayStation with a compilation of video games from the Lightspan Adventures series to help restore it. | |||||
Season 12 (2018)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 156 | 1 | "EarthBound" | 39:35 | April 17, 2018 (Amazon)
April 25, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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When the Nerd finds a copy of Nintendo Power exuding a belief that EarthBound was a rotten game, he later finds reviews that show how glamorous the game was and reveals a fanbase for a title he now has to play. So he does – via the Super NES Classic Edition – and provides an insight about the game's various flaws but well-thought out gameplay. | |||||
| 157 | 2 | "Dirty Harry" | 11:38 | May 24, 2018 (Amazon)
June 24, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd questions whether his next bad game "feels lucky", as he looks at an NES game based on the Dirty Harry movie series that featured only three levels. | |||||
| 158 | 3 | "Drake of the 99 Dragons" | 13:29 | September 5, 2018 (Amazon)
September 25, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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No meditation can prepare the Nerd for his first review of a bad Xbox game, Drake of the 99 Dragons – a game featuring well-made "Saturday cartoon" artwork that was intended to be the basis for a comic book series and animated show, but was foiled by its glitches, poor gameplay, controls, cutscenes, voice acting and graphics. | |||||
| 159 | 4 | "Tomb Raider Games" | 18:57 | September 5, 2018 (Amazon)
October 2, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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While the Tomb Raider franchise has featured a variety of good games, the Nerd decides to raid the tombs of three that do Lara Croft no justice, and that were made for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and N-Gage. | |||||
| 160 | 5 | "Resident Evil Survivor" | 22:16 | October 11, 2018 (Amazon)
October 30, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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For the annual Halloween Special, the Nerd reviews Resident Evil Survivor for the PlayStation. | |||||
| 161 | 6 | "Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide" | 20:14 | October 12, 2018 (Amazon)
November 6, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd returns to the Hydlide franchise with Super Hydlide for the Sega Genesis and Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn. | |||||
| 162 | 7 | "Amiga CD32" | 28:23 | November 19, 2018 (Amazon)
November 20, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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The Nerd takes on Commodore's failed console the Amiga CD32. The games he plays include Dangerous Streets, Super Putty, Morph, Naughty Ones, Beavers, Gloom, Diggers, Oscar, Bubba 'n' Stix, Surf Ninjas, Kang Fu and Zool. | |||||
| 163 | 8 | "The Town with No Name" | 15:52 | December 4, 2018 (Amazon)
December 5, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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Continuing from the previous episode, the Nerd tackles the CDTV game The Town with No Name. Due to not owning the actual console that it was made for, he is forced to play it on the Amiga CD32. | |||||
| 164 | 9 | "Home Alone Games with Macaulay Culkin" | 19:03 | December 14, 2018 (Amazon)
December 15, 2018 (YouTube) | |
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It's the Nerd's obligatory Christmas episode and he gets a surprise from Macaulay Culkin, or rather the Pizza Boy. The two sit down to review several Home Alone related games in the hopes of finding a good one. When they fail, they decide to set up traps for the terrible ones to stop them once and for all. Guest Stars: Macaulay Culkin as himself | |||||
Season 13 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 165 | 1 | "Chronologically Confused about Kingdom Hearts" | 10:28 | January 23, 2019 | |
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The Nerd examines the scattered and drawn-out chronology of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. | |||||
| 166 | 2 | "Video Game Magazines" | 14:59 | March 13, 2019 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at some of the lesser-known video game magazines from the past, excluding Nintendo Power. Magazines covered include: Atari Age, Game Players, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, GamePro and Electronic Gaming Monthly. | |||||
| 167 | 3 | "Aladdin Deck Enhancer" | 21:45 | April 10, 2019 | |
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The Nerd takes on the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, an infamous NES upgrade system with its own selection of games, and gets help from the likes of Aladdin and the Genie modeled after the Disney animated movie. | |||||
| 168 | 4 | "Pepsiman" | 23:16 | May 8, 2019 | |
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The Nerd attempts to review Yo! Noid, but gets interrupted by the arrival of Pepsiman who forces him to review the game of the same name. However, Pepsiman turns out to be evil and the Nerd gets the help of the Pepsi TV Game Guy who must use the power of Mentos to defeat him. Guest Stars: Mike Butters as the TV Game Guy and Xander Arnot as Pepsiman | |||||
| 169 | 5 | "Superman 64 Returns!!" | 19:09 | June 5, 2019 | |
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The Nerd revisits the infamous Superman 64 11 years after first reviewing it. | |||||
| 170 | 6 | "Life of Black Tiger" | 23:21 | July 31, 2019 | |
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The Nerd decides to tackle a modern game for the PS4, Life of Black Tiger. He is so horrified at its incompetence that he sets out to look for the programmer who turns out to be recurring arch-nemesis Fred Fucks. Together, they must complete the game. Guest Stars: Gilbert Gottfried as Fred Fucks[9] | |||||
| 171 | 7 | "Chex Quest" | 16:25 | August 21, 2019 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at the Chex Quest video game from 1996 as well as its sequels and discovers that despite its bizarre and commercial premise, it is actually a well-made Doom copy. | |||||
| 172 | 8 | "Jurassic Park: Trespasser" | 24:21 | September 25, 2019 | |
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The Nerd tries to get away for a vacation and ends up crashing onto an island full of people in inflatable dinosaur costumes and the game Trespasser for PC. Guest Stars: Shesez as himself and Seamus Blackley as himself | |||||
| 173 | 9 | "The Immortal" | 13:19 | October 16, 2019 | |
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Shot in one continuous take, the Nerd explores a hidden dungeon in his house, while reviewing the NES port of The Immortal. | |||||
| 174 | 10 | "Spawn Games" | 22:17 | November 27, 2019 | |
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Following being burned alive in the previous episode, the Nerd finds himself in Hell with the Violator in his clown form and is forced to play video games based on the Image Comics character Spawn. Guest Stars: Justin Silverman as Violator, Mike Matei as Woody Bugs, and Joe La Scola as the voice of the Devil | |||||
| 175 | 11 | "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" | 41:04 | December 11, 2019 | |
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It is the end of the year as 2020 comes upon the Nerd. In a parody of the episode "The Masks" from The Twilight Zone, the Nerd punishes his three worst games, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Action 52, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by forcing them to wear masks to the end of the world. And then, the Nerd decides to challenge himself by playing The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a Nintendo 64 game that is well beloved by many, but that he himself finds frustrating and abhorrent. Guest Star: Mr. Lobo as The Narrator | |||||
Season 14 (2020)
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| 176 | 1 | "Raid 2020" | 23:51 | January 15, 2020 | |
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Eleven years after briefly mentioning this game when reviewing Color Dreams' games in "Bible Games 2", the Nerd finally tackles the game Raid 2020 in the year 2020. | |||||
| 177 | 2 | "Mortal Kombat 1 Ports" | 22:03 | March 11, 2020 | |
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The Nerd finally decides to give the original Mortal Kombat the respect it deserves, by reviewing the home port versions. | |||||
| 178 | 3 | "Mortal Kombat Ripoffs" | 22:25 | April 8, 2020 | |
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The Nerd follows up his previous review with some rip offs including Time Killers, Street Fighter: The Movie, The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan, Tattoo Assassins and Shadow: War of Succession. | |||||
| 179 | 4 | "Dennis the Menace" | 18:31 | May 13, 2020 | |
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Feeling that he has not reviewed an SNES game in a while, the Nerd reviews Dennis the Menace and delves briefly into the character's media history as he suffers through the games immense difficulty. | |||||
| 180 | 5 | "The Incredible Crash Dummies" | 19:06 | June 30, 2020 | |
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The Nerd overviews the history of The Incredible Crash Dummies franchise, and its LJN published video game. | |||||
| 181 | 6 | "Bad Final Fight Games" | 17:42 | July 30, 2020 | |
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The Nerd looks at Final Fight Revenge and Final Fight: Streetwise, two games widely considered to be among the worst of the Final Fight franchise. Guest Star: Matthew Kowalewski as Matt McMuscles | |||||
| 182 | 7 | "Mission: Impossible" | 15:45 | August 21, 2020 | |
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The Nerd looks at Mission: Impossible for the N64 that is published by Ocean, he also briefly talks about the TV series and movies. Guest Stars: Justin Whang as The BGF Director and Evan Ferrante as Tom Cruise Look-Alike | |||||
| 183 | 8 | "Ecco the Dolphin" | 16:44 | September 30, 2020 | |
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The Nerd looks at the classic Sega Genesis game Ecco the Dolphin and wonders why such a frustrating game was heavily marketed by Sega. | |||||
| 184 | 9 | "Countdown Vampires" | 16:29 | October 29, 2020 | |
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The Nerd is unable to go all out Halloween 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that will not stop him from reviewing Countdown Vampires, a lower tier clone of the Resident Evil franchise. | |||||
| 185 | 10 | "The Legend of Kage" | 15:55 | November 13, 2020 | |
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After repairing the Nintoaster, the Nerd takes a look at The Legend of Kage arcade port for the NES, and asserts its pronunciation as "KAH-GAY". | |||||
| 186 | 11 | "Taito Legends" | 34:28 | November 30, 2020 | |
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Following his The Legend of Kage review, the Nerd looks at other Taito titles with Taito Legends and Taito Legends 2. | |||||
| 187 | 12 | "The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man" | 14:07 | December 15, 2020 | |
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After an intro which parodies that of The Simpsons, the Nerd reviews the last of the three Simpsons games The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man released for the NES. | |||||
Season 15 (2021)
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| 188 | 1 | "Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown" | 15:51 | March 15, 2021 | |
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The Nerd tries to watch the movie Shrek on the Game Boy Advance Video through the Game Boy Player, but finds that it does not work. He decides to play the reviled Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown and ends up running afoul of a Shrek cult when he calls the film overrated in a parody of The Wicker Man. | |||||
| 189 | 2 | "Darkman" | 20:07 | March 30, 2021 | |
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Depressed over still not being able to go out due to COVID-19, the Nerd decides to hunker down and review the video game Darkman on the NES based on the movie of the same name. | |||||
| 190 | 3 | "Fear and Loathing in Vegas Stakes" | 26:57 | April 30, 2021 | |
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In a parody of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Nerd, as Raoul Duke, and his attorney speed down the road with a collection of classic games to play once they get to Las Vegas. In flashback, the Nerd reviews the Vegas based games Vegas Dream and Vegas Stakes and while on the road reviews Road Runner's Death Valley Rally and encounter Spider-Man. Upon arriving, the Nerd reviews Caesars Palace, Pac-Kong, and LSD: Dream Emulator and reflects on his history as a "shitty game" reviewer. | |||||
| 191 | 4 | "3DO Interactive Multiplayer" | 21:23 | May 14, 2021 | |
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The Nerd finally covers the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, having previously mentioned it, and talks about its history and high price. The games he covers are Crash 'n Burn, Road Rash, Gex, Captain Quazar, Soccer Kid, Battle Chess, The Horde, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Way of the Warrior, Virtuoso, Alone in the Dark, Cyberia, PO'ed, Doom, Demolition Man, Hell, Mad Dog McCree, and Crime Patrol. | |||||
| 192 | 5 | "Corpse Killer" | 15:42 | May 28, 2021 | |
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After failing to review the zombie game Corpse Killer on the Sega CD due to technical issues, the Nerd finally takes a crack at reviewing it on the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. | |||||
| 193 | 6 | "Sega Game Gear VHS Tapes" | 12:18 | June 18, 2021 | |
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The Nerd tears into a series of quirky promotional tapes released by Sega featuring the Game Gear and corporate sponsors like Howard Johnson's. | |||||
| 194 | 7 | "Carmageddon 64" | 10:53 | July 9, 2021 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at Carmageddon 64, the infamously bad Nintendo 64 port of Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now. | |||||
| 195 | 8 | "Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures" | 9:01 | July 30, 2021 | |
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The Nerd plays the Sega Genesis version of Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, a game far removed from the rest of the series. | |||||
| 196 | 9 | "The Rocketeer" | 18:01 | August 20, 2021 | |
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The Nerd reviews The Rocketeer for NES and SNES while also commenting on his shirt. | |||||
| 197 | 10 | "Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!" | 15:20 | September 10, 2021 | |
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In order to relax, the Nerd plays the incredibly bizarre Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! for the Sega Genesis. His anger towards it results in him dropping the game into literal lava. | |||||
| 198 | 11 | "Commodore 64" | 30:52 | September 25, 2021 | |
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Having reviewed a handful of games on it, the Nerd decides to actually cover the Commodore 64 itself and the various games on it while also covering the history of the company behind it. | |||||
| 199 | 12 | "Freddy & Jason Commodore 64" | 24:15 | October 27, 2021 | |
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The Nerd does his annual Halloween episode by reviewing some horror-based games on the Commodore 64. While reviewing Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Nerd gets attacked by Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger who are out for revenge. | |||||
| 200a | 13a | "LJN History and Movie Games" | 25:18 | December 7, 2021 | |
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In part one of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd talks about the history of LJN before going through the remainder of the LJN library, starting with the movie based games. Additionally, the Nerd becomes the official owner of the company and hires Sam Beddoes to help make an improved version of Back to the Future on NES. | |||||
| 200b | 13b | "LJN Sports and Marvel Games" | 25:15 | December 10, 2021 | |
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In part two of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd covers sports games and Marvel related games from the LJN library. Meanwhile, Sam Beddoes continues to try and redo Back to the Future on NES, but continues to run into numerous problems relating to the NES hardware that upsets the Nerd, causing him to be confronted by another Nerd. | |||||
| 200c | 13c | "LJN Wrestling and Other Games" | 26:57 | December 21, 2021 | |
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In the third and final part of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd covers wrestling games and other miscellaneous games from the LJN library. Upon completing his look at every LJN game, Sam Beddoes finishes his Back to the Future game, which turns out to be every bit as bad as the original. After the Nerd is confronted by the Angry Angry Video Game Nerd Nerd, he finally comes to the realization that making a video game is hard and forgives all bad games (except for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on NES). | |||||
Season 16 (2022)
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| 201 | 1 | "The Last Ninja" | 27:27 | March 17, 2022 | |
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The Nerd watches an old video of himself reviewing The Last Ninja on NES from earlier in his career. In the modern day, he decides to revisit the game with a noticeably more upbeat personality following the previous episode, but this does not last and before long he returns to his old angry persona. The Nerd eventually beats the game, much to the dismay of Ernie from Sesame Street, who later engages in a duel, to which the Nerd emerges victorious. | |||||
| 202 | 2 | "Contra How I Remember It" | 28:18 | April 28, 2022 | |
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After using a monkey's paw to wish for a good game to play, the Nerd gets his wish, after getting punched in the face by the monkey who lost his paw to begin with. The Nerd covers Contra and Super Contra and recalls how the game was a part of his childhood. He also covers the bad Contra games, including Contra Force, Contra: Legacy of War, and C: The Contra Adventure. | |||||
| 203 | 3 | "Purr Pals" | 17:58 | June 23, 2022 | |
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The Nerd makes due to his promise to start reviewing games for the Wii. After going through some lackluster party games including Imagine: Party Babyz, Balls of Fury, Monkey Mischief! Party Time, and Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing, he sets his sights on Purr Pals while his real life cat Yeti watches him. This culminates in him discovering a mini-game where one must literally scoop "cat turds" from a litter box. Note: This episode was dedicated to Boo, one of James Rolfe's cats, who died in 2020, two years prior to this episode. | |||||
| 204 | 4 | "Hudson Hawk" | 18:24 | August 31, 2022 | |
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When it comes to movie-based games, you would think the Nerd covered them all by now, but there is another one based on the Bruce Willis film, Hudson Hawk on NES. | |||||
| 205 | 5 | "Doom" | 29:08 | October 30, 2022 | |
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While waiting for his copy of Doom to load on his Commodore 64, the Nerd makes a deal with the Icon of Sin to play various versions of Doom, ranging from good, bad, and downright ugly. Guest Star: John Romero as himself and the voice of the Icon of Sin | |||||
| 206 | 6 | "Garfield" | 26:16 | December 22, 2022 | |
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It's Christmas time again as the Nerd dons a Santa hat and decides to review video games based on the beloved comic strip Garfield, starting with the unreleased Atari game, the Japanese exclusive A Week of Garfield on the Famicom, and the Sega Genesis game Garfield: Caught in the Act, and then proceeds to fall down a rabbit hole with Garfield Labyrinth on Game Boy and its complex ties with the Crazy Castle series. This culminates in the Nerd getting a visit from the one who started it all: Bugs Bunny. | |||||
Season 17 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Time | Original air date | |
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| 207 | 1 | "Kid Icarus" | 21:48 | February 24, 2023 | |
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The Nerd takes a look at the classic Nintendo title Kid Icarus which he does consider to be a classic title in the NES library despite its frustrating and rage inducing gameplay. He also dishes out some rather archaic and nasty mythological stories of ancient heroes. | |||||
| 208 | 2 | "Earthworm Jim Trilogy" | 26:57 | April 28, 2023 | |
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The Nerd talks about the iconic 1990's game Earthworm Jim and its offbeat style of humor. Before he can enjoy himself, the Nerd follows up the review with Earthworm Jim 2 and Earthworm Jim 3D, both of which are considered inferior. | |||||
| 209 | 3 | "Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull + More" | 26:11 | June 30, 2023 | |
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This episode is built as a Part 2 to the 2008 Indiana Jones episode, where the Nerd is playing more Indiana Jones games in the past on the release day of the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, while another part of the episode is set in the current time with the Nerd reverting time with the Dial of Destiny from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Note: This episode was made to celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. | |||||
| 210 | 4 | "A Boy and His Blob" | 19:00 | August 24, 2023 | |
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The Nerd is opening up a bag of jelly beans and flipping through the pages of Nintendo Power, in his quest to beat the David Crane NES classic, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia. | |||||
| 211 | 5 | "Beating Jekyll and Hyde" | 26:50 | October 28, 2023 | |
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In a parody of The Exorcist, the Nerd tackles Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the third time, both on NES and Famicom, which means the Nerd will have his final confrontation with the NES game that has tortured him his entire life. He recruits his older self, a wiser, more Fatherly Nerd, who travels back in time to help the younger Nerd finally beat the game and exorcise it once and for all. | |||||
| 212 | 6 | TBA | TBA | December 2023 | |
Related videos
Cinemassacre
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
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| Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell | 23:00 | June 11, 2006 | James Rolfe and Mike Matei take part in a spoof, animated sequel of both The Wizard of Oz and Return to Oz.
Notes: Although technically not a video involving the Nerd, two characters from the film would later go on to feature in the AVGN series. |
| The Anger Begins | 1:28 | September 29, 2006 | Footage from a 1988 home video of a young James Rolfe, getting angry at his Super Mario Bros. game on his birthday. |
| AVGN Extra - E3 2007 | 3:42 | July 21, 2007 | The Nerd recalls the events of GameTrailers flying him to E3. |
| What Was I Thinking? | 10:16 | November 10, 2007 | A short biopic included on the AVGN Volume 1 DVD. |
| Top Ten Nerd Moments 2007 | 9:23 | January 1, 2008 | A look back to the top ten best moments from the 2007 series of Angry Video Game Nerd. |
| AVGN responds to the Nostalgia Critic! | 2:02 | June 12, 2008 | The Nerd decides to make his response to the rants made by the Critic, as part of their feud. |
| AVGN: E3 recap 2008 | 5:32 | July 19, 2008 | The Nerd heads out to the E3 event for 2008, and takes a moment to recap some of his favourite games. |
| AVGN: PROMO – Deadly Towers: Special Episode | 2:26 | July 20, 2008 | As the Nerd prepares for his upcoming review of Deadly Towers for the NES, James Rolfe takes a moment to challenge viewers and fans of the Angry Video Game Nerd to help with writing the episode. |
| Bad Movie Review | 7:28 | July 28, 2008 | As part of an agreement with the Critic, the Nerd prepares to tackle reviewing a bad movie – Ricky 1. |
| Chronologically Confused About AC/DC | 5:19 | September 30, 2008 | The Nerd rants about the inconsistency of available songs on the band's international albums and those in its native Australia. |
| Frankenstein Outtake | 0:30 | November 4, 2008 | A look at the outtakes made during production of the AVGN Halloween special of Frankenstein. |
| Cinemassacre 200 | 23:04 | December 20, 2008 | An autobiographic film. |
| My NES Collection | 6:15 | March 7, 2009 | James Rolfe gives an overview to viewers of his collection of NES games. |
| Mike and I playing Odyssey | 5:53 | April 27, 2009 | James and Mike play the Odyssey in preparation for the AVGN episode Magnavox Odyssey |
| Ghostbusters Xbox 360 Review | 6:46 | August 13, 2009 | James Rolfe gives his review of Ghostbusters: The Video Game for the Xbox 360.
Notes: This video included a brief cameo by Rolfe's character, the Nerd. |
| Crazy Castle Outtake | 4:42 | August 20, 2009 | A collection of outtakes made during production of the AVGN episode that reviewed the Crazy Castle series. |
| The History of Super Mecha Death Christ | 6:57 | November 25, 2009 | The Nerd gives viewers the history behind Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 BC 4.0 Beta. |
| Top 20 AVGN Rants | 15:48 | March 17, 2010 | As he takes a break, the Nerd takes this moment to pick his personal top 20 favourite rants he has made. |
| Holiday Memories | 13:30 | December 7, 2010 | The Nerd decides to revisits the holiday specials from the past four years that he made. |
| Hanging Out in the Nerd Room | 15:13 | December 15, 2010 | James Rolfe and Mike Matei take a walk around the Nerd Room used for filming of Angry Video Game Nerd.
Notes: Before the episode was posted onto YouTube, it was originally available as part of the AVGN DVD Vol. 4. |
| Chronologically Confused About TMNT DVDs | 7:40 | April 26, 2011 | The Nerd rants about various issues with the DVD availability of both the 1987 and 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. |
| TMNT Tournament Fighter Challenge SNES | 5:36 | June 21, 2011 | James Rolfe and Mike Matei take part in a challenge – playing TMNT Tournament Fighter as part of the Turtle Tuesdays series. |
| Ninja Baseball Bat Man | 3:31 | July 29, 2011 | The Nerd takes a moment to review an arcade classic – Ninja Baseball Bat Man. |
| Contra Memories | 7:13 | November 2, 2011 | James Rolfe takes a moment with viewers to recall his memories of playing and beating the original Contra video game for the NES.
Notes: This video later spawned five more segments titled Nerd Memories published by GameTrailers.com. |
| SNES vs. Sega Genesis, Parts 1 and 2 | 26:45 (combined) | August 14, 2012 (Part 1) August 16, 2012 (Part 2) |
In a two-part video special, James Rolfe talks about his experiences with the 16-Bit Wars and the two consoles involved – the SNES and Genesis.
Notes: A combined version of the two parts was later released on August 17, 2012. |
| The Nerd's Anger Management | 32:26 | August 30, 2012 (Cinemassacre) June 28, 2017 (YouTube) |
In this audio only video, the Nerd shows the viewer how to relax. |
| Mike talks about the AVGN Experience | 17:46 | November 8, 2012 | Mike Matei discusses his involvement with the AVGN videos, and gives his outside perspective of AVGN and Rolfe's other films. |
| Abandoned AVGN Episode: Secret Scout | 4:32 | December 5, 2012 (DVD) April 30, 2014 (YouTube) |
James Rolfe gives viewers and fans of Angry Video Game Nerd a look at an abandoned, unfinished review for Secret Scout for the NES.
Notes: Prior to its release on YouTube, the video was a part of the AVGN Volume 6 DVD. |
| Magfest 2013 AVGN Panel | 13:03 | January 15, 2013 February 19, 2013 (YouTube) |
James Rolfe goes to Magfest 2013 and asks the audience several questions, re-enacts quotes from various AVGN episodes, and allows them to play some video games that he reviewed. |
| The Original Nerd Room | 4:15 | December 13, 2013 (DVD) May 20, 2014 (YouTube) |
James Rolfe returns to his childhood room where he filmed the first two AVGN episodes almost ten years earlier, and gives a brief overview. |
| Nerd Room Tour 2013 | 8:35 | December 13, 2013 (DVD) May 30, 2020 (YouTube) |
New overview of the Nerd room for the Season 7 DVD. |
| Video Games!! – Board James (Episode 25) with AVGN | 11:18 | September 5, 2015 | The Nerd helps Board James review a number of video game related board games. |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – The Game: The Movie Trailer | 3:57 | November 24, 2015 | A Cinemassacre short spoofing the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde NES game. |
| THANK YOU!! 2 million YouTube Subscribers! | 2:04 | March 8, 2016 | James/The Nerd does a shout out to his fans regarding his upcoming 10th anniversary of broadcasting on YouTube. |
| AVGN Auction for Charity | 7:02 | April 12, 2016 | James Rolfe announces an auction charity event to viewers and fans of Angry Video Game Nerd, in which the proceeds from the sales of various props and other items will go to Shriners Hospitals for Children. |
| AVGN Script Collection PART 1 (of 3) for charity | 30:56 | April 20, 2016 | In a three-part video, James Rolfe and Mike Matei go over AVGN scripts. |
| AVGN Script Collection PART 2 (of 3) for charity | 25:18 | April 27, 2016 | |
| AVGN Script Collection PART 3 (of 3) for charity | 25:31 | May 4, 2016 | |
| AVGN Presents "ASTRO BASTARDS" Trailer | 4:30 | December 22, 2016 | The Nerd gives a presentation of a Cinemassacre short. |
| AVGN Anime Transformation | 0:41 | February 7, 2017 | A brief anime style short to an AVGN theme. |
| Medusa Heads | 1:18 | April 3, 2017 | A Cinemassacre animated short involving the Nerd, using audio from the "Castlevania, Part 1" episode. |
| AVGN Zelda II – Cinemassacre Animated | 1:12 | June 18, 2017 | A Cinemassacre animated short to Zelda II, with audio excerpts from the related AVGN episode. |
| Top 10 AVGN Episodes | 9:51 | August 4, 2017 | James Rolfe gives his personal opinion of the 10 best AVGN episodes. |
| AVGN Anime Part 2 | 1:41 | November 27, 2017 | A follow-up to AVGN Anime Transformation. |
| Top 10 AVGN Moments of 2018 | 8:58 | December 31, 2018 | The channel's top 10 moments of the year. |
| Cinemassacre Rental Reviews – Kazaam Review (1996) | 23:39 | April 19, 2019 | The CGI genie from the AVGN episode "Aladdin Deck Enhancer" makes an appearance. |
| AVGN Commercial & Trailer Reel | 22:00 | December 18, 2019 | A compilation of (mostly) AVGN related trailer spoofs. |
| AVGN's Yule Log of Video Games | 1:02:00 | December 22, 2019 | A montage of the Nerd burning various poor games over an open fire with Holiday music playing. |
| Top 2019 AVGN Moments | 12:30 | December 31, 2019 | A 2019 recap. |
| AVGN in Duck Hunt | 4:59 | April 22, 2020 | The Nerd appears in an animated homage to Duck Hunt in the style of Looney Tunes. |
| AVGN 1&2 Deluxe – Release Trailer (Switch and Steam) | 1:24 | October 30, 2020 | Promotion for the upgraded rerelease of Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures I & II. |
| AVGN 1&2 Deluxe – Extended Trailer | 1:49 | November 17, 2020 | A more in depth trailer for Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe |
| The Making of AVGN 1&2 Deluxe – Video Game Documentary | 23:23 | November 27, 2020 | A documentary of the repackaging of the Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures games. |
| Why Batman Returns is a Christmas Movie | 12:24 | December 11, 2020 | The Nerd does a brief commercial in an otherwise non-AVGN review. |
| AVGN Holiday Memories 2006–2020 | 27:35 | December 22, 2020 | A montage of Nerd Holiday episodes. |
| Top 10 AVGN Moments of 2020 | 12:34 | December 29, 2020 | Annual Top 10 countdown of 2020. |
| Dragon Quest's Timeline - Chronologically Confused | 22:16 | February 4, 2021 | Another Chronologically Confused audio/visual narrative, though this one features James instead of the Nerd character. |
| AVGN 1&2 Deluxe Coming Soon to Xbox and PlayStation!! | 1:03 | February 26, 2021 | Update of AVGN 1&2 Deluxe. |
| New 'Rex Viper' song coming THIS Friday!! | 1:47 | March 2, 2021 | James Rolfe uses his "Big Rigs" Trucker persona to promote the musical group Rex Viper and their upcoming Back to the Future video. |
| Rex Viper - Nintendo Power of Love (Music Video) | 5:31 | March 5, 2021 | The Rex Viper video premieres on Cinemassacre feat. James Rolfe. The Nerd doesn't appear but it satirizes the Back to the Future video game published by LJN with which the Nerd has long been associated. |
| Michelangelo Crashes an AVGN Panel | 9:09 | June 4, 2021 | Voice actor Robbie Rist at an AVGN panel. |
| Rex Viper - Hearts on Fire (Music Video) | 6:04 | July 15, 2021 | Cinemassacre collaborates with Rex Viper again; this time with a cover of John Cafferty's "Heart's on Fire" from the soundtrack of Rocky IV. Displays training montages from various video games including The Karate Kid and Rocky. |
| Rex Viper - Eye of the Tiger Electronics (Music Video) | 5:59 | September 17, 2021 | Rex Viper does a cover of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" (from the soundtrack of Rocky III) in relation to the Tiger Electronics LCD games. Includes clips of the Nerd from the "Tiger Electronic Games" episode. |
| James' Most Memorable AVGN Moments | 16:54 | November 19, 2021 | A retrospective on Nerd history. |
ScrewAttack
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScrewAttack's Movie Quote – Pokémon | 1:32 | June 20, 2006 | The Nerd makes an appearance in ScrewAttack's Movie Quote series featuring the Pokémon anime. |
| ScrewAttack's Movie Quote of the Week – Doom | 1:29 | July 14, 2006 | The Nerd comments on a specific line of dialogue from the 2005 Doom film. |
| Toilet Tuesday | 0:48 | August 27, 2006 | The Nerd stars in a parody of internet meme "Nintendo 64 Kid", as part of ScrewAttack's Toilet Tuesday series. |
| Angry Nerd's Movie Quote of the Week – Street Fighter | 0:57 | September 5, 2006 | A Nerd commentary on a line from Street Fighter. |
| Angry Nerd's Movie Quote of the Week – another Pokémon. | 0:22 | September 23, 2006 | Another Nerd commentary on a line from the Pokémon anime. |
| Wii Salute (History of Video Game Wars) | 4:49 | November 19, 2006 | The Nerd goes over the history and competition between video game consoles, by re-enacting them through a series of hand puppet "consoles". |
| Top 10 Angry Video Game Nerd Moments of 2006 | 4:08 | December 31, 2006 | A look back at the top ten best moments from the 2006 series of Angry Video Game Nerd. |
| DuckTales (Video Game Vault, a ScrewAttack featurette) | 1:53 | February 10, 2007 | The Nerd helps out with ScrewAttack's Video Game Vault series, by reviewing DuckTales for the NES. |
| The Best and Worst Gaming Peripherals | 7:30 | May 8, 2007 | This episode on ScrewAttack featured a brief appearance by the Nerd about the fourth worst video game peripheral – the Power Glove. |
| Top 10 AVGN Moments of 2008 | 12:48 | February 26, 2009 | A look back at the top ten best moments from the 2008 series of Angry Video Game Nerd. |
| The Worst EVER! – Villains feat. brentalfloss and the Angry Video Game Nerd | 6:13 | January 18, 2014 | James Rolfe, brentalfloss, and a number of others offer their opinions on the worst video game villains. |
| Top 10 Drunks in Video Games | 6:33 | August 21, 2015 | The Nerd's appearance in this episode is mostly for his own (ScrewAttack published) game, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, that came eighth in the episode's list. |
| Top 10 WORST NES Games with the Angry Video Game Nerd | 6:55 | December 4, 2015 | The Nerd hosts a special edition of ScrewAttack Top 10, as he looks at his personal ten worst games of the Nintendo Entertainment System. |
Channel Awesome
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd. This includes Channel Awesome's collection of videos from the special crossover series between Angry Video Game Nerd and Nostalgia Critic:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nostalgia Critic – Nerd Rant | 2:15 | April 5, 2008 | The Critic rants about his resentment towards the comparisons between himself and the Nerd, and issues an ultimatum against his new rival. |
| Nostalgia Critic – Nerd Rant 2 | 4:47 | April 19, 2008 | The Critic is surprised to find a compliment on the Nerd's forum, but suspects it hides a carefully disguised insult, so attempts to find it. |
| Nostalgia Critic – Nerd Rant 3 | 2:52 | April 23, 2008 | The Critic rants about how the Nerd beat him to reviewing a movie he planned to review, and issues another ultimatum against his rival. |
| AVGN Responds to the Nostalgia Critic | 2:03 | June 12, 2008 | The Nerd responds to Nostalgia Critic about his complaints, but a strange response shocks Nostalgia Critic. |
| Nerd Challenge | 2:38 | June 15, 2008 | The Critic takes a look over the Nerd's response to his rants, and issues him a challenge. |
| The Battle of Epic Proportions | 4:26 | June 29, 2008 | The Critic finally comes face to face with the Nerd, where along with issuing his challenge again and receiving a counter-challenge, the pair of them get involved in a three way brawl between themselves and an unsuspecting Captain S. |
| Bad Movie Review | 7:27 | July 23, 2008 | As part of an agreement with the Critic, the Nerd prepares to tackle reviewing a bad movie – Ricky 1 |
| Video Game Review | 12:16 | August 3, 2008 | As part of an agreement with the Nerd, the Critic prepares to tackle reviewing a bad video game – Bebe's Kids for the SNES. Notes: This special cross-over episode with the Angry Video Game Nerd, featured a cameo appearance by Kyle Justin, performing an alternate version of the AVGN theme. |
| NC vs. AVGN: Last Showdown | 4:26 | September 24, 2008 | The Critic once more rants about the Nerd, until his video is hijacked by his rival, leading the pair to finally announce a final battle between them at the Nerd's home. |
| AVGN vs. NC: The Final Battle | 7:18 | October 10, 2008 | The Critic and Nerd meet again and undertake an epic battle between themselves to see who will win. |
| One Year Anniversary Brawl | 20:13 | May 10, 2009 | The Critic and Nerd cross paths once more and do battle, only this time they are joined by Nostalgia Chick, Kyle Justin, and various others from ThatGuyWiththeGlasses.com in a massive brawl between gamers and reviewers. |
| Atop the Fourth Wall, Episode 29: Wolverine: Adamantium Rage | 17:50 | May 15, 2009 | As part of a review on "Channel Awesome" for Wolverine: Adamantium Rage for the Genesis, James Rolfe makes a brief cameo in this episode as the Nerd. |
| Critic and Nerd Joint Review | 18:14 | June 10, 2009 | After having made a truce in their epic brawl between them, the Critic and Nerd work together to review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Making of the Coming Out of Their Shells Tour in 1990. |
| To Boldy Flee: Part 8 | 45:17 | September 14, 2012 | James Rolfe/The Nerd makes a guest appearance in the final part of Channel Awesome's Year Four event. |
| Nostalgia Critic: AVGN Movie Review | 20:11 | December 14, 2014 | Having lost a bet to the Nerd, the Critic finds himself forced to review his new film – Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. Notes: Until it was posted online to Channel Awesome, this video was an exclusive feature on the film's Blu-ray release. |
| Nostalgia Critic & AVGN: TMNT 2014 | 35:18 | April 1, 2015 | The Nerd joins forces with the Critic, as they work together to review the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. |
| Shut Up and Talk: James Rolfe | 26:51 | September 5, 2015 | Doug Walker and James Rolfe take a break from their online work, to come together and talk shop on careers, family and future ambitions. |
| Hammerman – Was That Real? | 12:31 | September 16, 2015 | As part of Doug Walker's Nostalgia Critic review of Hammerman, James Rolfe makes a guest appearance as The Nerd. |
| Can an Ending Ruin a Film? | 12:31 | November 2, 2016 | James Rolfe makes an appearance at the end of a Nostalgia Critic commentary as the Nerd, to promote their upcoming joint review. |
| TMNT: Out of the Shadows – Nostalgia Critic | 33:17 | November 9, 2016 | The Critic is joined by the Nerd, Andre of Black Nerd Comedy, and Jon Bailey of Honest Trailers, as they come together to review the sequel to the 2014 film – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. |
| The Mummy – Nostalgia Critic | 29:20 | October 25, 2017 | James Rolfe makes a guest appearance as the Nerd, at the end of Doug Walker's Nostalgia Critic review of the 1999 remake of The Mummy, to promote their upcoming joint review of the 2017 remake. |
| The Mummy (2017) – Nostalgia Critic | 26:11 | November 1, 2017 | The Critic and Nerd both work together to rip apart the newest iteration of The Mummy, released in 2017. |
| The Most HATED Nutcracker Movie Ever Made – Nostalgia Critic | 42:29 | December 19, 2018 | The Nerd appears among a cameo montage. |
| X-Men – Nostalgia Critic | 36:45 | March 6, 2019 | An animated Nerd briefly appears during the review intro. |
| X2: X-Men United – Nostalgia Critic | 27:39 | March 13, 2019 | The intro animation is reused in the Critic's continuing series on the X-Men films. |
| X-Men – The Last Stand – Nostalgia Critic | 32:29 | March 20, 2019 | The intro animation appears again. |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Nostalgia Critic | 26:30 | March 27, 2019 | The intro animation appears again. |
| Justice League – Nostalgia Critic | 34:10 | November 6, 2019 | The Nerd appears, along with Cinema Snob and CinemaSins. |
| Popeye Kills a Man – Dark Toons | 16:53 | August 20, 2020 | James and Doug review the Popeye short "Happy Birthdaze" as themselves. |
Cinevore Studios/Mixed Nuts Productions
The following collection of videos feature appearances by James Rolfe's character, the Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Piece of Meat (Cinevore Studios) | 3:59 | August 12, 2008 |
| Living in 8 Bits No. 50 – The Game Master (Mixed Nuts Productions) | 8:54 | December 1, 2014 |
| Living in 8 Bits: Super Landscape Bros. | 4:48 | June 29, 2016 |
| Living in 8 Bits - Super Plumber Odyssey | 6:04 | August 1, 2021 |
GameTrailers
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 AVGN Moments of 2009 | 11:50 | February 11, 2010 | A look back at the top ten best Angry Video Game Nerd episodes from the 2009 series. |
| E3 2010: Nintendo Booth Tour | 4:15 | June 16, 2010 | James Rolfe visits E3 2010 for three days as the Nerd, to take a look at a variety of games being previewed, including The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, Back to the Future: The Game, Resident Evil 5, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Nintendogs + Cats. |
| E3 2010: Day 2 | 4:47 | June 17, 2010 | |
| E3 2010: Day 3 | 5:21 | June 18, 2010 | |
| Pop Fiction Episode 22: Cheetahmen II | 11:08 | March 24, 2012 | The Nerd works with Pop Fiction to tackle a review of Cheetahmen II. |
| Nerd Memories: Sonic | 6:19 | March 31, 2012 | James Rolfe takes time off from his work on Angry Video Game Nerd, to recount some cherished memories of Sonic the Hedgehog from his classic games. |
| Nerd Memories: Double Dragon | 6:35 | May 3, 2012 | James Rolfe takes time off from his work on Angry Video Game Nerd, to talk about his memories of playing the Double Dragon series of video games. |
| Nerd Memories: Mortal Kombat | 8:52 | July 5, 2012 | James Rolfe takes time off from his work on Angry Video Game Nerd, to talk about his childhood memories of the original trilogy games of Mortal Kombat. |
| Nerd Memories: Killer Instinct | 5:59 | September 2, 2012 | James Rolfe takes time off from his work on Angry Video Game Nerd, to talk about when he saw and played the two games of Killer Instinct as a teenager. |
| Nerd Memories: Super Mario Kart | 4:06 | October 4, 2012 | James Rolfe takes time off from his work on Angry Video Game Nerd, to remember the day he first played Super Mario Kart for the SNES. |
Pat the NES Punk
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode | 1:41 | October 14, 2010 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode for the Pat the NES Punk's NES Marathon. |
| Family Game Funness | 27:22 | August 5, 2011 | James Rolfe and Pat Contri play a selection of family-oriented NES games such as Pictionary, Bible Buffet, Family Feud, and MTV's Remote Control. |
| River City Ransom | 2:30 | October 22, 2011 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of River City Ransom for the 2nd Annual NES Marathon. |
| Bubble Bobble | 4:33 | October 21, 2012 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Bubble Bobble for the 3rd Annual NES Marathon. |
| Sky Kid | 3:02 | October 20, 2013 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Sky Kid for the 4th Annual NES Marathon. |
| Bayou Billy/The Punisher – AVGN & Pat the NES Punk | 17:34 | July 3, 2014 | Following an argument between the Nerd and Pat the NES Punk, the pair try to prove the other is wrong – Nerd tries to show that Konami released a few bad games as he reviews The Adventures of Bayou Billy, while Pat proves that LJN released a few passable games by reviewing The Punisher. |
| Adventure Island | 5:37 | November 8, 2014 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Adventure Island for the 5th Annual NES Marathon. |
| Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat | 4:55 | November 11, 2015 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat for the 6th Annual NES Marathon. |
| The Adventures of Gilligan's Island | 6:01 | November 13, 2016 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of The Adventures of Gilligan's Island for the 7th Annual NES Marathon. |
| Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular | 8:51 | November 12, 2017 | The Nerd provides a mini-review of Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular for the 8th Annual NES Marathon. |
| Pat the NES Punk 10th Anniversary – Bad News Baseball | 14:17 | July 1, 2018 | The Nerd makes a brief cameo. |
| Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) vs Pat the NES Punk in COMBAT! | 14:17 | November 30, 2019 | Pat and the Nerd reunite in a review of Combat. |
| 10th Annual NES Marathon | 11:16 | December 12, 2020 | The Nerd recaps on his past appearances on Pat's annual charity events. |
| Forgotten NES Games | 21:35 | October 26, 2023 | The Nerd makes a cameo in Pat's 15th Anniversary episode. |
Other
The following collection of videos features appearances by either James Rolfe, or his character The Nerd:
| Episode name | Length | Release date | Episode Summary / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Very Nerdy Non-Canonical Captain S Christmas | 15:52 | August 1, 2007 | The Nerd joins Captain S for Christmas, so he's not alone as they conduct a review of Home Alone for the NES.
Notes: Because of the family friendly nature of Captain S, James Rolfe had to tone down the nature of his character for this special episode. In addition, no review is made of Wrath of the Black Manta, despite it featuring in this episode. |
| Captain S/Angry Video Game Nerd Christmas Special bloopers | 4:32 | September 5, 2007 | A look at the bloopers and outtakes made during production of the special festive, crossover episode of Captain S/Angry Video Game Nerd. |
| James Rolfe – Meet the Nerd! | 3:13 | October 29, 2008 | GameZombie.tv meet with James Rolfe to interview him about his online work, including his role as The Nerd. |
| The Roast of the Angry Video Game Nerd | 1:12:45 | August 2, 2013 | James Rolfe takes part in a parody roasting of his work at Too Many Games 2013, as he receives comical critiques from other independent film makers and reviewers. |
| Game Theory: What's Wrong with the AVGN? | 10:24 | December 14, 2013 | The Nerd receives a psychological analysis in this special episode of Game Theory. |
| Let's Riff: Super Mario Odyssey w/ Angry Video Game Nerd! | 11:29 | April 25, 2017 | As part of Let's Riff's review of Super Mario Odyssey, James Rolfe takes part, guest starring as The Nerd. |
| Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 | 85:00 | May 24, 2017 | The Nerd makes a brief cameo in this Troma Entertainment production. |
| #1328 The ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD films POLYBIUS at TNT Amusements | 12:05 | October 31, 2017 | Owner of TNT Amusements, Todd Tuckey, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Angry Video Game Nerd episode that reviewed Polybius. |
| Talking Classics – Aggressive Games | 8:29 | April 29, 2019 | The Nerd makes an appearance on Nathan Barnatt's YouTube channel. |
| It's a Bargain Bin Christmas - Scott The Woz | 24:11 | December 23, 2019 | James Rolfe narrates the opening scene, presumably as The Nerd. |
| IRATE GAMER vs AVGN Epic Crossover! | 24:31 | July 15, 2020 | The Nerd co-stars with Chris Bores (in character as Irate Gamer) to re-review Dick Tracy for NES. |
| Borderline Forever - Scott the Woz | 1:03:49 | May 23, 2021 | In a sequence involving several gaming YouTuber cameos, the Nerd can be seen watching a YouTuber training video made by Scott. |
| 79. Godzilla VS Kong (2021) (Ft. Angry Video Game Nerd) BIGJACKFILMS KING KONG REVIEWS | 56:56 | December 30, 2021 | The Nerd contributes to a review of Godzilla vs. Kong with Big Jack Films. |
| The BEST Nintendo Switch Games featuring the BEST Nintendo YouTubers! | 39:54 | January 2, 2022 | The Nerd joins an entourage of gaming personalities for the five year anniversary of the Nintendo Switch. |
Clip Collection videos
| Episode name | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Hardest NES Games | 9:18 | October 10, 2013 |
| Top 10 Worst Video Game Controls | 16:16 | November 1, 2013 |
| Top 10 Moments the Nerd Lost His Mind | 6:03 | November 3, 2013 |
| Top 10 Worst NES Games | 7:55 | November 7, 2013 |
| Top 10 Most Epic Nerd Moments | 22:24 | November 10, 2013 |
| Top 20 Weirdest Video Game Moments | 12:17 | November 15, 2013 |
| Top 5 Worst NES Music | 2:20 | November 17, 2013 |
| Top 5 Worst Gaming Accessories | 6:20 | November 24, 2013 |
| Top 10 Worst Video Game Consoles | 10:16 | November 27, 2013 |
| Top 10 Nerd's Game Abuse | 8:53 | December 1, 2013 |
| Top 10 Toughest Video Game Jumps | 7:47 | December 5, 2013 |
| Top 10 Nerd's Unexpected Moments | 12:40 | December 8, 2013 |
| Top 10 Most Unfair Gaming Moments | 5:36 | December 13, 2013 |
| Top 10 Worst Video Game Endings | 7:31 | December 26, 2013 |
| Top 5 Most Ingenious Nerd Ideas | 3:41 | January 2, 2014 |
| Top 10 Problems with Games | 12:33 | January 8, 2014 |
| Top 10 Most Hated Weapons or Items | 6:50 | January 15, 2014 |
| Top 5 Musical Episodes | 7:45 | January 22, 2014 |
| Top 10 Nerd's Unwanted Guests | 15:51 | January 29, 2014 |
| Top 10 Cryptic Gaming Moments | 10:57 | September 16, 2015 |
| Top 5 Nerd's EPIC WINS | 6:47 | October 14, 2015 |
| Top 5 Nerd's EPIC FAILS | 3:29 | October 15, 2015 |
| Top 5 Gaming Conspiracies | 13:11 | November 4, 2015 |
| Top 5 Game Glitches | 6:05 | December 11, 2015 |
| Top 10 Worst SNES Games the Nerd has Played | 7:33 | November 12, 2021 |
| Top 10 Game Destructions | 9:02 | December 17, 2021 |
| Top 10 Weirdest Games | 9:01 | May 11, 2023 |
| Top 10 Gaming Conspiracies | 24:35 | June 20, 2023 |
Bad Game Cover Art
In 2015, from December 1 to 25, a series of mini episodes was released in the style of an advent calendar, in which the Nerd comments on poor examples of video game cover art. The following list these episodes:
| Episode name | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Wrestling (SMS) | 3:03 | December 1, 2015 |
| Mega Man (NES) | 2:39 | December 2, 2015 |
| Shatterhand (NES) | 2:05 | December 3, 2015 |
| Action Fighter (SMS) | 2:26 | December 4, 2015 |
| Shingen the Ruler (NES) | 2:13 | December 5, 2015 |
| Phalanx (SNES) | 1:56 | December 6, 2015 |
| Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys (PS2) | 1:46 | December 7, 2015 |
| Action in New York (NES) | 2:43 | December 8, 2015 |
| Rallo Gump (DOS) | 1:32 | December 9, 2015 |
| Ghost Lion (NES) | 2:02 | December 10, 2015 |
| Eliminator Boat Duel (NES) | 2:12 | December 11, 2015 |
| Street Hockey '95 (SNES) | 1:45 | December 12, 2015 |
| Irritating Stick (PS1) | 1:47 | December 13, 2015 |
| Crackout (NES) | 2:00 | December 14, 2015 |
| Cock'in (C64) | 1:44 | December 15, 2015 |
| Treasure Master (NES) | 1:53 | December 16, 2015 |
| Karnaaj Rally (GBA) | 1:42 | December 17, 2015 |
| Hell Fighter (NES) | 1:43 | December 18, 2015 |
| Scrapyard Dog (7800) | 1:22 | December 19, 2015 |
| Rollerblade Racer (NES) | 2:06 | December 20, 2015 |
| Killer Kong (ZX Spectrum) | 1:39 | December 21, 2015 |
| Hammerin' Harry (NES) | 1:36 | December 22, 2015 |
| Super Duper Sumos (GBA) | 1:48 | December 23, 2015 |
| The Ultimate Stuntman (NES) | 1:59 | December 24, 2015 |
| X-Man (2600) | 2:40 | December 25, 2015 |
#shorts
YouTube Shorts featuring the Angry Video Game Nerd.
| #short name | Length | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| ROLLING ROCK on the ROLL 'N ROCKER!! | 0:08 | February 14, 2023 |
| AVGN VS. CAT IN PING PONG!! | 0:08 | February 16, 2023 |
| Uncle Fester Rides the Train! | 0:17 | February 21, 2023 |
| DOOM on Tiger Electronic Handheld | 0:25 | February 23, 2023 |
| AVGN: A Colecovision Odyssey | 0:26 | March 1, 2023 |
| NERD FARMS IS FAMILY | 0:46 | March 3, 2023 |
| AVGN'S B-17 BOMBER! | 0:18 | March 7, 2023 |
| Bugs Bunny's Birthday Beatdown | 0:23 | March 10, 2023 |
| BIMMY AND JIMMY?! #AVGN | 0:20 | March 14, 2023 |
| AVGN ZYURANGER THEME | 0:06 | March 16, 2023 |
| AVGN Gets Tips From A Ninja! | 0:17 | March 21, 2023 |
| AVGN Uses Resident Evil's Inventory In REAL LIFE! | 0:15 | March 23, 2023 |
| AVGN Tries to Land a Ninja on a Boat | 0:19 | March 28, 2023 |
| AVGN Talks Super Mario Bros. 3 | 0:18 | April 4, 2023 |
| AVGN Uses POWER GLOVE on Top Gun NES | 0:25 | April 17, 2023 |
| THESE ALIENS WANT THESE COWS BAD! | 0:26 | May 10, 2023 |
| This Looks Like a Job For Super Nerd!! | 0:22 | May 31, 2023 |
| AVGN and Raiders of the Lost NES | 0:21 | June 27, 2023 |
Home releases
These DVDs and Blu-rays have not been sold in stores, with the exception of the ScrewAttack store.
| DVD name | Release date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 1 | November 10, 2007 | Disc 1: "Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "The Karate Kid", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Back to the Future", "McKids", "Wally Bear and the NO! Gang", "Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu", "Top Gun", "Double Dragon 3" Disc 2: "Friday the 13th", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Power Glove", "Chronologically Confused: Movie/Game Sequels", "Rocky", "Bible Games" |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 2 | November 15, 2008 | Disc 1: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" (video destruction scene), "Atari 5200", "Ghostbusters" (all three parts), "Spider-Man", "Sega CD", "Sega 32X", "Silver Surfer", "Die Hard", "Independence Day", "The Simpsons" Disc 2: "Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout", "Atari Porn", "Nintendo Power", "Fester's Quest", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Halloween", "Dragon's Lair", "An Angry Video Nerd Christmas Carol" (both parts) |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 3 | December 12, 2009 | Disc 1: "Chronologically Confused 2: The Legend of Zelda Timeline", "Rambo", "Virtual Boy", "The Wizard of Oz", "DoubleVision" (both parts), "The Wizard & Super Mario Bros. 3" (Super Mario Bros. 3 review only), "NES Accessories", "Indiana Jones Trilogy" Disc 2: "Star Trek", "Superman", "Superman 64", "Batman" (both parts), "Deadly Towers", "Battletoads", "Dick Tracy", "Dracula", "Frankenstein" Disc 3: "CD-i Games" (all three parts), "Bible Games 2" |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 4 | December 15, 2010 | Disc 1: "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker", "Milon's Secret Castle", "Atari Jaguar" (both parts), "Metal Gear", "Odyssey", "X-Men", "Terminator", "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", "Transformers" Disc 2: "Mario is Missing!", "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties", "Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle", "Godzilla", "Castlevania" (all four parts), "Wayne's World" Disc 3: "Super Pitfall!", "Little Red Hood", "Winter Games" |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 5 | December 9, 2011 | Disc 1: "Street Fighter 2010", "Ninja Gaiden", "Hydlide", "Swordquest", "Pong Consoles", "Action 52", "Cheetahmen", "Game Glitches" Disc 2: "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link", "Nintendo Days Re-Revisited", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Re-Revisited", "Lester the Unlikely", "How the Nerd Stole Christmas", "Mike's Game Glitches" Disc 3: Special features |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 6 | December 5, 2012 | Disc 1: "Day Dreamin' Davey", "Star Wars Games", "R.O.B. the Robot", "Spielberg Games", "Kid Kool", "Nintendo World Championshops 1990", "Dark Castle" (in HD) Disc 2: "Bible Games 3" (in HD), "Schwarzenegger Games" (in HD), "Contra Memories", "Bubble Bobble", "Secret Scout: Aborted AVGN Review" (DVD exclusive), commentaries, You Know What's Bullshit (most episodes, 2007–present) Disc 3: "The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode: Barbie", plus other features |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 7 | December 13, 2013[10] | Disc 1: "Ghosts n' Goblins", "Atari Sports", "Ikari Warriors", "Toxic Crusaders", "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", "Tiger Electronic Games", "Alien 3" Disc 2: "SNES vs. Genesis Debate", Commentary of the year, Original Nerd Room 2004, Current Nerd Room Tour 2013, Outtakes, Magfest 2013, SGC 2013, TooManyGames 2013 Disc 3: AVGN Countdowns. |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 8 | February 2, 2015[11] | Single disc: "AVGN Games!", "Wish List (both parts)", "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing", "Desert Bus", "Beetlejuice", volume 8 Commentary, Outtakes, Mike: "Game Gear", Mike: "Ghostbusters", SGC Panel 2014, TMG Panel 2014, TMG After Midnight: AVGN 10 Year Anniversary |
| The Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 9 | 2016 | Disc 1: "Tagin Dragon", "ALF", "CrazyBus", "Ren & Stimpy: Firedogs", "Rocky & Bullwinkle", "Mary-Kate and Ashley: Get a Clue", "V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson", "Lethal Weapon", "Porky's", "HyperScan", "Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure", "LJN Video Art", "Hong Kong 97", "Darkwing Duck", "Seaman for Dreamcast", "The Crow", "Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero", "Mega Man Games" Disc 2: Adventure Island, Danny Sulivan, Nerdy Challenges, Season 9 Outtakes, AVGN Script Collection, and Console Setup 2016 |
| Blu-ray name | Release date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Angry Video Game Nerd: X Collection | December 11, 2015 | Disc 1: Episodes 1–100 (about 19 hours) Disc 2: Bonus Features (about 7 hours) |
| Angry Video Game Nerd: X2 Collection | March 7, 2017 | Disc 1: Episodes 101–114 Disc 2: Bonus Features |
| Angry Video Game Nerd: X3 Collection | June 26, 2017 | Disc 1: Episodes 115–140 Disc 2: Bonus Features |
| Angry Video Game Nerd: Ready 4 Revenge | November 19, 2017 | Single disc: Episodes 141–147 + Bonus Features |
| Angry Video Game Nerd: BFG Collection | February 18, 2020 | Disc 1/2: Episodes 1–100 + Bonus Features Disc 3/4: Episodes 101–114 + Bonus Features Disc 5/6: Episodes 115–140 + Bonus Features Disc 7: Episodes 141–147 + Bonus Features Disc 8: Episodes 148–164 + Bonus Features Disc 9: Episodes 165–187 |
References
- ^ "AVGN: Episode 90 – "Action 52"". April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c James Rolfe (2007). What Was I Thinking?: The Making of the Angry Video Game Nerd (DVD). ScrewAttack.
- ^ Doug Walker and James Rolfe (September 5, 2015). Shut Up and Talk: James Rolfe (YouTube). Channel Awesome.
- ^ "AVGN: Ghostbusters (Higher Quality) Episode 21". YouTube.
- ^ "Commentary - AVGN: Back to the Future Re-Revisited". YouTube.
- ^ James Rolfe (June 20, 2011). "AVGN (James) Q&A at TooManyGames 2011". Cinemassacre. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ James Rolfe (January 11, 2012). "AVGN Panel at Magfest 2012". Cinemassacre. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ James Rolfe (January 24, 2012). "Howard Scott Warshaw, programmer of Atari E.T. mentions AVGN: The Movie". Cinemassacre. Archived from the original on November 17, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ @cinemassacre (July 30, 2019). "In the new AVGN episode, the..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "AVGN: Volume 7". December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Angry Video Game Nerd: Volume 8 DVD". YouTube. January 27, 2015.
External links
- AVGN Full Episode List at Cinemassacre Productions