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176. Home Alone

Home Alone (1991, NES) by THQ

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Home Alone (NES)
-Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (NES)
-Home Alone (PlayStation 2; PAL)
-Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Game Boy)
-Home Alone (SNES)
-Home Alone (Game Boy)
-Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (SNES)
-Home Alone (Ge...

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96. Day Dreamin’ Davey

Day Dreamin’ Davey (1992, NES) by HAL Labratory

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

You’re damned right I gave this game a B. Let me explain why.

A lot of people ask me all the time, “JSR, are there any games in the Trials you were surprised were good/were better than you expected?” Well, that’s a loaded question for sure, ...

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29. Metroid

Metroid (1987, NES) by Nintendo

Current All Bosses Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Metroid
-Mega Man 2
-Super Mario Bros. 2
-Super Mario Bros.
-Contra
-The Legend of Zelda
-DuckTales
-StarFox II
-Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
-Back to the Future
-Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
-Teenage Mutant Ninja...

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72. The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (1989, NES) by Kemco

Current Any% [NES] Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES)
-The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 (Game Boy)
-Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 (Game Boy)
-Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 (Game Boy Color)
-Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5 (...

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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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65. Metal Gear

Metal Gear (1988, NES) by Ultra

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Metal Gear (NES)
-Metal Gear (MSX)
-Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX 2)
-Snake’s Revenge (NES)
-Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation)
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PlayStation 2)
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStat...

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112. Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble (1988, NES) by Taito

Current Happy End (1 Player) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

James Rolfe is such a great guy.  Sure, the Angry Video Game Nerd is a character who cusses, poops on everything, punches things, blows things up, and overall seems crass and rude, but the man behind the Nerd is a legitimately great guy...

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47. Star Trek 25th Anniversary

Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992, NES) by Ultra

Current Beat the Game Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Star Trek 25th Anniversary
-Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Vectrex)
-Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (Atari 2600)
-Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator (ColecoVision)
-Star Trek: The Ne...

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160. Treasure Master

Treasure Master (1991, NES) by ASC Games

Current Any% Prize World Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

That first level theme is so cool.  The prizes are soo cool.  The cover is soooooo cool.

This game?  Not so much.

On the surface, it’s a decent platformer… until you realize the enemies are hard to kill, you have limited health, the ga...

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88. Cheetahmen (Action 52)

Cheetahmen (Action 52) (1991, NES) by Active Enterprises

Current Cheetahmen Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

As much fun as Streemerz was, you would think the marquee game of Action 52 would be the best one… right? RIGHT? Oh dear… this game… Cheetahmen barely qualifies as a game. It’s… pretty bad...

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