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76. Wayne’s World

Wayne’s World (1993, NES) by THQ

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Wayne’s World (NES)
-Wayne’s World (SNES)

It’s like some companies only make licensed games so they can get paid… and that’s just pretty sad.

Wayne’s World is an abysmal 1993 NES game developed by Radical Entertainment, and...

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94. Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode

Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (1988, NES) by Vic Tokai

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode is an NES title by Vic Tokai, released in 1988, and based off the hugely-successful Japanese Manga, Golgo 13...

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79. Super Castlevania IV

Super Castlevania IV (1991, SNES) by Konami

Current Any% 1 Loop Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
-Castlevania X (SNES)
-Castlevania (N64)
-Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (N64)

Super Castlevania IV, the 1991 16-bit entry by Konami, was the 5th and final Castlevania game I had ...

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82. Winter Games

Winter Games (1987, NES) by Epyx & Acclaim

Current Speedrun.com Leaderboard (All Events)

Terrible controls.  They don’t even use the B button… in the ENTIRE GAME.

The graphics look like Atari 2600 graphics and they all have like 5 frames of animation… running at 2 frames a second.

The music is nails on a chalkboard and the sound ...

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81. Little Red Hood

Little Red Hood (1989, NES) by Sachen

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)
Some girls have all the fun.  Getting to travel through the woods, over the river, to grandmothers’ house she goes… avoiding the big bad wolf and all that good stuff.  Good ol’ fairy tales… as old as time and rhyme...

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83. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (1990, NES) by Capcom

Current speedrun.com leaderboard (Any%)

When I first saw this speedrun, I laughed a bit...

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98. Gyromite

Gyromite (1985, NES) by Nintendo

Current Game A – Phases 1-40 Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Gyromite (NES)
-Stack Up (NES)

NOTE: for this episode, I only considered games that utilize ROB the Robot, but the Nerd features more.

The story of Gyromite, one of the only 2 games made by Nintendo for their Ro...

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84. Hydlide

Hydlide (1989, NES) by FCI

Current NES Leaderboard (Any%)

“This game… is ******* Hydliiiiide” -Toad22484

This is a game that will infuriate you, frustrate you, and make you turn it off so quickly that your head will spin.  You’ll curse the 20 second loop of music that NEVER stops and you can NOT turn it off...

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78. Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (1990, NES) by Konami

Current Alucard Leaderboard (use filters for Sypha) (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Akumajou Densetsu (Famicom) 
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES)
-Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES) The Famicom version was chosen because I want them catJAMs

There are s...

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97. Super Star Wars

Super Star Wars (1992, SNES) by JVC & Lucasarts

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Super Star Wars (SNES)
-Star Wars: The Arcade Game (Atari 2600)
-Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600)
-Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle (Atari 2600)
-Star Wars: Jedi Arena (Atari 2600)
-S...

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