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181: Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994, SNES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
(List will be below the article because it’s a BIG one)

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage is an LJN beat-em-up made for both the Super Nintendo and also the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive… and it’s a good g...

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127. Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice (1991, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Have I ever mentioned that David Wise is the G.O.A.T.?

Beetlejuice was an LJN-published (and Rare-developed) 1991 NES action-platformer that I had never seen nor played, before the AVGN showcased this back in 2014.  And to be honest, he made it look terrible! An...

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66. Wolverine

Wolverine (1991, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
-Wolverine (NES)
-The Uncanny X-Men (NES)
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
–X-Men (Genesis)
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
-X-Men (Arcade)
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game (Arcade)
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: T...

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193. The Incredible Crash Dummies

The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994, NES) by LJN

Current Speedrun.com leaderboard (any%)

LJN, you bastardly rainbow company of doom… every time you seem to learn your lessons and take a step forward, you get hit by an enemy and get knocked 100 steps back into a wall, where your head flies off reversing your controls as you get pounded...

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115. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure (1991, NES) by LJN

Current speedrun.com leaderboards for any%

This game sucks.

Were you expecting something profound?

Ok fine.  This game is not the worst thing in the world for any particular category.  That said, this game is so bad at everything that it doesn’t matter...

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68. T2: The Arcade Game

T2: The Arcade Game (1992, SNES) by LJN

Current SNES Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
T2: The Arcade Game (SNES)
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day (SNES)
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day (NES)
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Game Boy)
-The Simpsons: Bart vs the World (NES) (also shown in this episode, but not chosen)
...

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118. Alien³

Alien³ (1993, NES) by LJN

Current All Prisoners Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I’ve never been a fan of “adult” games on the NES, or any real classic consoles.  No, I’m not talking about games like Peek-A-Boo Poker or some smut on the Atari 2600 (thus why I’m not speedrunning anything from the Atari Porn episode)...

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99. Jaws

Jaws (1987, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)
(note: the leaderboards have since changed. The category I submitted my time for, “Subless”, has since been absorbed into the Any% category, changing my final rankings. These are the current leaderboards as of February 2021...

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20. Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (NES)
-Spider-Man (Atari 2600)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy)
-Spider-Man 2 (Game Boy Advance)

Have you ever played a game that frustrated you, but...

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13. A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1990, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

When I was a kid, the thought of playing this LJN title was too unsettling. I still have nightmares about the Nightmare movies...

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