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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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192. Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (1993, SNES) by Ocean

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)
Dennis the Menace, a 1993 platformer made by Ocean, is a boring, average game when it does what it intends to do… and an awful game when it fails to do so...

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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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156. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers (1994, SNES) by Bandai

Current All Rangers Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers (SNES)
-Choujin Sentai Jetman (Famicom)
-Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (Famicom)
-Family Feud (NES)
-Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie (featuring Ivan Ooze™) (SNES)
-...

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161. WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995, SNES) by Acclaim 

Current Any% Single Match Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
-WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game (SNES)
-Tag Team Wrestling (NES)
-Pro Wrestling (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania: Bigger, Better, Badder (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania:...

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125. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (1992, SNES) by Konami

Current Any% Co-Op (No Wrong Warp) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Some games are just legendary and tons of fun, and stand out on their own merits.  Others are simply just “good for a licensed game” or “fun BUT X or Y is wrong”, etc...

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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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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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141. Hong Kong ’97

Hong Kong ’97 (1995, Super Famicom) by HappySoft

Current One Cycle Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I love Beijing Tiananmen…

I do not love this game though.

Now, let’s be fair, this was never going to be a great speedrun, or a great game to play.  Not in its’ pure form, at least...

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41. The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1993, SNES) by SETA

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Somewhere over the rainbow… there’s a really good Wizard of Oz video game out there...

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