Time for The Nerd to take a look at an classic game that’s all about delivering newspapers: Paperboy on NES!
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 140: Paperboy – Episode Review
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Just Why Was The Famicom 6502 Based: A Follow Up
Last week I shared a bit of a musing about the Nintendo Famicom and the fact that, in an era of Zilog Z80 based arcade machines, it was a bit of an oddball for a dedicated game system to be MOS 6502 based. A friend in the phone phreak community shared with me the below […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 126: Rocky and Bullwinkle – Episode Review
Day 5 of Shitsmas and we’re back to the NES with Rockey and Bullwinkle. It’s a platformer based loosely on the early 60’s cartoon series of the same name and, of course, it’s terrible. For this one we have the usual gamut of complaints, but this game is just that bit different – it’s somehow […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 121: Beetlejuice – Episode Review
It’s time for the Halloween AVGN episode for 2014 (yes, this was a relatively short year for episodes) and this time the Nerd is taking a look at Beetlejuice for the NES. Yep, it’s another LJN game, based on a very good 80’s film, so you know the game is going to be bad. Incidentally, […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 112: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure – Episode Review
Here we have a far more normal AVGN episode – in this case, a look at the NES game Bill & Ted’s Excellent adventure. Amazingly, this episode is so straightforward there honestly isn’t too much to say about it. James of course addresses that it is based on the quite popular film but, like most […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 110: Ikari Warriors – Episode Review
Here we have what is, by far, my favorite episode of the entire series: Ikari Warriors! This is apparently a game James has had a problem with since he was a kid, and this is his chance to finally tear into it. He wastes no time either – beyond a few side comments early on […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 93: Zelda II – Episode Review
It’s time for something a little different in the Angry Video Game Nerd series, at least, different from what we’ve had in the past year or so worth of episodes — in this one, James takes a look at Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Yep. A Zelda game that isn’t the CD-i ones. This […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 92: Game Glitches – Episode Review
Moving on from the nightmare that is Action 52 the Angry Video Game Nerd takes a bit of a twist, in this episode covering “game glitches” in all their various forms. We start off with an intentionally glitched version of the opening. Once that crashes (literally) we get to the Nerd just trying to enjoy […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 90: Action 52 – Episode Review
Time to start on Season 5 of the Angry Video Game Nerd, and what a game James chose to look at for this episode — Action 52 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This game is legendary among gamers for the same reason many games James has covered in the series are: it’s terrible. The difference […]
This Type Of Classic Gaming Elitism Needs To Stop
I know, I’m late to this one. I’ve been busy but didn’t want to let this one go by without saying my peace on the subject. A week and a half ago Mike Matei (of Cinemassacre fame) posted a tweet which became a pretty “hot take” for a while regarding the use of “rewind” features […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 86: Hydlide – Episode Review
Hydlide. Just say that. Hydlide. It sounds terrible and, based on this Angry Video Game Nerd episode, plays just as bad as it sounds. It’s a role playing game which was popular on various computer systems in Japan and was ported to the NES. It’s similar to the Legend of Zelda in appearance, but doesn’t […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 83: Little Red Hood – Episode Review
James reviews the unlicensed NES game Little Red Hood, highlighting its bizarre cartridge design, random gameplay mechanics, ugly graphics, and frustrating difficulty, resulting in high Nerd rage.
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 76: Super Pitfall! – Episode Review
After the insanity that was the Bugs Bunny’s Crazy Castle episode, it’s only fitting we go back to a more traditional Nerd episode, and for this one we take a look at Super Pitfall for the NES! The episode begins with an incredibly brief overview on the character Pitfall Harry — the guy you’re playing […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 70: The Terminator – Episode Review
The Terminator franchise, at least, at the time of the early 90’s, was pretty amazing. With “The Terminator” in 1984 and “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” in 1992, the struggle for humanities survival from an apocalypse of its own creation was well established in popular consciousness and with the rise in popularity of game consoles, it […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 69: X-Men – Episode Review
Ah, the X-Men; an incredibly well loved superhero franchise originating in the 60’s which experienced somewhat of a revival of popular interest in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Growing up I was quite familiar with the franchise, at least in the state it was presented at that time, and recall quite a few games […]