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116. Zelda Game & Watch

Zelda (1989, Game & Watch) by Nintendo

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

The games featured in this episode were all Tiger Handheld LCD Games, Game.com games, or R-Zone games.  The Nerd mentions Game & Watch games in this episode.  Read below to see why I chose to do a Game & Watch game instead.

When this game came up i...

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162. Polybius

Polybius (2017, PS4) by Llamasoft

Current 50 Levels Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Polybius (PlayStation 4)
-Poly Play (Arcade)
-Tempest (Arcade)
-Berzerk (Arcade)
-Asteroids (Arcade)
-Battle Zone (Arcade)
-Polybius (Atari 2600)
-Polybius (Arcade; Homebrew)

Words cannot describe how awful this exp...

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100. Ninja Baseball Bat Man

Ninja Baseball Bat Man (1993, Arcade) by Irem

Current 4P Co-op Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

This was a game I had no idea how I was going to run. I suppose MAME was the option here (and is currently the go-to if any other Arcade games in the Trials come up and I don’t have access to a machine), but then SGDQ 2019 happened...

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119. The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (2013, Wii U) by Screw Attack Entertainment

Current Any% Easy Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

(Note: there are not seperate leaderboards for the PC & Wii U versions. Though my time is the “WR” for Wii U, I do not claim WR.)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (PC/W...

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135. V.I.P. (with Pamela Anderson)

V.I.P. (with Pamela Anderson) (2001, PlayStation) by Ubisoft

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I haven’t seen something this campy since I was in Boy Scouts (yes, I heard that groan from here).  VIP with Pamela Anderson… oh boy.  What a game.  I can’t believe Ubisoft thought this was a good idea...

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110. Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise

Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise (1991, NES) by Color Dreams

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

This is the ugliest and worst-controlling NES game I’ve ever played. This is an atrocious game, which nobody should ever have the misfortune of playing...

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32. Halloween

Halloween (1983, Atari 2600) by Wizard Video Games

Current 5,000 Points Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Halloween (Atari 2600)
-Haunted House (Atari 2600)
-Frankenstein’s Monster (Atari 2600)

Wizard Video Games made 2 Horror-based games in 1983. The first one AVGN and I both addressed was The...

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31. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983, Atari 2600) by Wizard Video Games

Current 10,000 Points Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

To be quite honest, before the AVGN episode came out, I never knew this game existed. Of course, the 2600 was before my time. I never owned one as a kid, and I didn’t play one very often growing up...

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24. Die Hard

Die Hard (1992) by Activision

Current Any% (Beginner) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I had never played NES Die Hard before I plunked down $100 USD to get my cart for the trials and play this challenge, which was honored (is that the right word?) by the AVGN in episode #28. I had no idea what to expect.

The last thing I expected wa...

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21. Night Trap

Night Trap (1992, Sega CD) by Sega

Current Best Ending Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Night Trap
-Sega Classics Arcade Collection
-Sewer Shark
-Ground Zero: Texas
-Slam City With Scottie Pippen
-Double Switch
-Corpse Killer
-TimeGal
-Lethal Enforcers
-The Adventures of Willy Beamish
-Road Av...

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