The Nerd makes his first ever game review, and tries to tackle Castlevania II: Simon's Quest for the NES, revealing the many flaws and issues that came with it.

Notes: This episode was originally created in May 2004,^[2] and previously only available as a part of a film compilation tape with other short films created or directed by James Rolfe.^[3]

The Nerd takes on reviewing the extremely difficult Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES, in which even the first level is almost impossible to complete.

Notes: This episode was originally created in June 15, 2004,^[4] and previously only available as a part of a film compilation tape with other short films created or directed by Rolfe.^[3] This is the first time James Rolfe appeared on screen as the Nerd.^[5]

The Nerd tries out his best moves, as he sees if The Karate Kid for the NES is as good as the movie it is based on.

Notes: This episode was intended to be the last to be made by Rolfe, before the online series took off.^[3]

The Nerd wonders if someone framed him to tackle a bad video game, as he takes on the NES game based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The Nerd prepares to go all "cowabunga" and ninja, as he reviews the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES.

The Nerd certainly travels back in time, as he takes a look at two bad NES games based on the Back to the Future series.

Note: The DVD version of this episode edited out clips from the first Back to the Future film.

There is nothing he can love about bad video games, as the Nerd reviews M.C. Kids for the NES – a video game based on a popular fast food chain McDonald's.

Note: This is the first episode to feature the Nerd's theme song, created by Kyle Justin.

The Nerd finds out what is bad about Wally Bear and the NO! Gang for the NES, a game aimed at teaching kids to not take drugs.

Note: The DVD version of this episode and its re-release feature an additional scene in which the Nerd calls the Wally Bear hotline.

The Nerd takes a look at the poor quality behind the game Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu for the NES. First appearance of "guest reviewer" Shit Pickle, a cartoon pickle with feces as hair.

The Nerd tackles two more bad NES games based on another film – Top Gun – and finds out how some elements of their gameplay are just impossible to do.

Note: The DVD version of this episode and its re-release remove the Kenny Loggins song Danger Zone.

The Nerd finds out what was bad in the third entry in the Double Dragon video game series – Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones for the NES. When he sees "Bimmy and Jimmy", The Nerd correctly acknowledges that "Bimmy" is a typo, and makes fun of the name.

The Nerd prepares for Halloween by taking a look at why the NES game based on Friday the 13th is more frustrating than scary. Throughout the whole episode Jason Voorhees keeps threatening him to continue playing and hates it when AVGN says bad things about the game, causing him to say how great it is sarcastically. He later loses it and kills this guest with the NES Zapper gun.

Guest Star: Mike Matei as Jason Voorhees

It is Halloween, and the Nerd isn't really that scared when he reviews the NES game based on the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street. AVGN clones himself to try the four player option the game has, his clones die to Freddy Krueger, he later kills Freddy with the Power Glove.
Guest Star: Mike Matei as Freddy Krueger (voice provided by James Rolfe)

Notes: While the DVD edition contained new music in place of that from Nightmare on Elm Street, an edited edition for ScrewAttack featured both an alternate opening and ending to the episode, along with the song "Welcome to My Nightmare" by Alice Cooper over the end credits. The review itself is featured on the second disc of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy.

The Nerd finds out how good (or bad) Nintendo's Power Glove is, by using it to play a variety of games on the NES.

Note: Up until this episode, the show was known as "The Angry Nintendo Nerd", before Rolfe changed the name to allow him to focus on games on other systems.

The Nerd discusses the naming of sequels for various movie and video game franchises he has seen or played.

The Nerd pumps himself up for a fight, to prepare himself for reviewing the Sega Master System video game based on Rocky.

Notes: Both the Season 1 DVD and the YouTube re-release feature an alternative ending to the review, involving the Nerd throwing the game off the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some elements of the review were edited out for the DVD version. This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Rocky Balboa.

It is Christmas, so the Nerd sees how bad a number of unlicensed religious-themed games were on both the NES and SNES, including Super 3D Noah's Ark – a game built on the same game engine as Wolfenstein 3D.

Note: This review was divided into two parts for the ScrewAttack website.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd tackles his first movie review and sits down to watch the third entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

Notes: Due to violating the terms of use, the review was removed from YouTube; it was made available on both the Cinemassacre and ScrewAttack websites as a direct result, with the former combining both parts into one episode. Much of the episode was not included on the AVGN Volume 2 DVD due to copyright reasons. A re-edited version of this episode (with movie clips edited out) was re-released on YouTube on September 11, 2020.

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

The Nerd attempts to play the Atari 5200. However, after struggling to set up the console, he is unable to play any games as both the standard Atari 5200 joystick and Trak-Ball controllers don't work.

Note: This episode was the first to be featured on GameTrailers, and the first to include the standard intro sequence used on the web series.

Part 1 of 3. If there's something bad, and you don't like it, then you need the Nerd. He's soon tackling something worse than ghosts, when he reviews Ghostbusters for the NES.
Guest Star: Kyle Justin (voice-only)

Note: Both the YouTube higher quality upload^[7] and DVD versions feature a mimic version of the Ghostbusters theme, while, due to copyright issues, clips from the movie were replaced with still images for both versions.

Part 2 of 3. The Nerd is once more being called out to bust down more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he looks at those made for the NES, Atari 2600 and Sega Master System.

Note: Due to copyright issues, both the YouTube re-release and DVD versions saw the clips from Ghostbusters being replaced with artwork by Mike Matei.

Part 3 of 3. It is a third outing for the Nerd against more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he reviews two more made for the NES and Genesis.

Note: Both the DVD and YouTube re-release version feature different soundtracks to the original, while copyright issues meant that clips from the Ghostbusters movie were replaced by still images from its poster.

The Nerd has his hands full, swatting down bad video games based upon comic book character Spider-Man, created for the Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance.
Guest Star: Kyle Justin as Spider-Man

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Spider-Man 3.

The Nerd reveals how some console add-ons were never worth owning, as he takes a look at the Sega CD – an add-on for the Sega Genesis – and finds out what the games made for it are like.

Note: This episode features the full-length theme song.

The Nerd finds out what another add-on for the Sega Genesis is like – the 32X – and tries out some of the games that were made for it, including Primal Rage and Doom.

Another superhero has had a bad game made about them, so the Nerd delves in to find out just what it is like to play Silver Surfer for the NES.

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Action is certainly lacking, as the Nerd reviews another bad game that won't easily die – Die Hard for the NES.

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Live Free or Die Hard.

To protect the independence of good games from bad ones, the Nerd takes on the PlayStation game based upon Independence Day, and is soon wishing aliens could destroy this one.

The Nerd will be saying more than "D'oh!" as he takes a look at two terrible NES games based on the hit cartoon series The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants and Bart vs. the World .

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of The Simpsons Movie.

There's nothing looney about the Nerd's next review of a bad video game, as he attempts to find fun within Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout for the NES.

Guest Star: Mike Matei as Bugs Bunny

The Nerd finds himself reviewing a collection of rather badly-made, controversial, adult-rated games that were created for Atari systems, including Custer's Revenge, Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, and Bachelor Party.

Notes: Due to its suggestive nature, this episode in its original form was not made available on YouTube on the Cinemassacre channel, premiering only on the Cinemassacre website. Despite this, unofficial re-uploads are still accessible on the site. On November 21, 2023, a heavily censored version of the episode was released on the Cinemassacre YouTube channel, under the name Atari Pork.

Taking a break from bad video games, the Nerd spends his time recalling his fondest memories of reading the Nintendo Power magazine.

Guest Star: Kyle Justin

Creepy and spooky don't seem to cut it, as the Nerd reviews two bad games based on The Addams Family, made for the NES and Genesis.

Guest Star: Kyle Justin as Cousin Itt

The Nerd faces the horror of a bad video game for his Halloween that he wishes he could cut apart with a chainsaw, as he reviews the Atari 2600 game based on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Guest Stars: Mike Matei as Leatherface and Chop Top and Steven J. Klaszky^{[citation needed]} (credited as Jimmie Jim Slugg) as the hillbilly

Halloween is upon him, so for his nightmarish night the Nerd must review three very bad Halloween-themed video games for the Atari 2600.

Guest Stars: Michael Mulvey and Lil' Liam Mulvey as "the kids", Mike Matei and Liam Mulvey as Michael Myers, and Nicole Mulvey as "the neighbor"

The Nerd struggles to be a true hero, as he looks to tackling a console version of a classic game – Dragon's Lair for the NES.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd spends his Christmas by focusing his attention on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for the NES.

Guest Stars: Co-founder of ScrewAttack.com, "Stuttering Craig" Skistimas, as the Ghost of Christmas Past

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd continues to spend his Christmas by taking a look at Shaq Fu for the SNES, and three bad games for the Wii: Far Cry Vengeance, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, and Boogie.

Guest Stars: Co-founder of ScrewAttack.com, "Stuttering Craig" Skistimas, as the Ghost of Christmas Past and "Handsome Tom" Hanley as the Ghost of Christmas Present

The Nerd tries to make sense of the chronology behind the timeline for one of Nintendo's well-known video game series – The Legend of Zelda.

Note: According to James Rolfe, who introduces the episodes, this episode was a previously unreleased episode originally written in November 2006.

The Nerd finds himself in action hell, as he looks at three bad games for the NES and Sega Master System, based on the Rambo film series.

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Rambo.

The Nerd reviews Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy console along with the limited number of games that were made for the console.

Notes: This episode originally did not include a review of Jack Bros., which was the only North American Virtual Boy release that James Rolfe did not own at the time. He later acquired a copy of the Japanese release of Jack Bros., with his review first featured on the DVD release this episode was on. Rolfe later uploaded the updated episode to YouTube. The original release of the episode featured a clip from the 1995 film Waterworld since Rolfe reviewed the Virtual Boy version of its tie-in game; it was removed from the update.

The Nerd is wishing he was not playing another bad game, as he reviews The Wizard of Oz for the SNES.

Guest Star: Mike Matei as the Cowardly Lion

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd tackles reviewing two-second generation consoles from the late 1970s – early 1980s. In part one, he looks at the Intellivision and the games made for it, including Utopia, Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. He also takes a look at B-17 Bomber and Bomb Squad; two games compatible with the Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module.
Guest Star: Kyle Justin

Note: Both parts were merged into one episode for the DVD version.

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd reviews the ColecoVision and plays the games that were made for this console, including Montezuma's Revenge, Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park, Chuck Norris Superkicks, and War Room.

Guest Star: Kyle Justin

Note: Both parts were merged into one episode for the DVD version.

The Nerd takes a look at a good game for once, as he recalls how great it was to play Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES, while also taking a look back to a film in which it was featured in – The Wizard.

Notes: For copyright reasons, re-releases of this episode do not feature the review of the movie, although it is still mentioned in the game review. The episode's opening segment consisted of a medley of fan-made theme song renditions.

The Nerd reviews several accessories for the NES in an attempt to find out how well they still hold up, including the NES Zapper and Power Pad, the Konami LaserScope, the U-Force, and the LJN Roll & Rocker. He also spends some time using the Super Scope peripheral for the SNES.

Donning a leather hat and whip, the Nerd delves into the holy grail of bad video games, as he looks at a collection of games based on the Indiana Jones film series, made for the Atari 2600, NES and SNES.

Notes: The DVD version adds reviews of the Taito Last Crusade game for the NES. This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The Nerd boldly goes where no bad game should ever go, by beaming down a collection of games based on the science fiction media franchise Star Trek, made for the Vectrex, Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES.
Guest Star: Mike Matei as a Klingon and a Metron

Note: James Rolfe included a brief review of the Vectrex for this episode.

Bad games will never be faster than a speeding Super Nerd, as he reviews two bad video games based upon Superman, made for the Atari 2600 and NES.

Super Nerd returns, this time to save the day from two more bad video games: Superman: The Game for the Commodore 64, and the much-requested Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64.

Notes: James Rolfe included a brief review of the Commodore 64 for this episode. It was also technically the last episode to have filming done in Rolfe's gaming room in New Jersey, before production focused on its new site in Pennsylvania.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd dons his cowl and cape and prepares to beat back the darkness of bad Batman video games, including Batman: The Caped Crusader (Commodore 64), Batman (NES), Batman Returns (Sega CD and Atari Lynx), The Adventures of Batman & Robin (SNES), and Batman Forever (SNES). After the Nerd calls it quits, the Joker ties him up and forces him to play more Batman games.
Guest Star: Mike Matei as the Joker

Notes: The opening sequence for these episodes was specially themed around a parody of the 60s Batman TV series opening, and was animated by Matei. These episodes were made to commemorate the release of The Dark Knight.

Part 2 of 2. Under the Joker's capture, the Nerd is forced to review Batman: Return of the Joker (NES and Game Boy) and Batman: Revenge of the Joker (Sega Genesis). In a rage, the Nerd eventually gains the upper hand and battles the Joker in an homage to the 1960s Batman series.

Guest Star: Mike Matei as the Joker

The Nerd finds out how deadly difficult it is to complete another bad video game, when he attempts to review Deadly Towers for the NES.

Notes: This episode was written from an adaptation of fan-submitted screenplay, as Rolfe asked fans to submit their experiences with the game and suggest dialogue he would use for the review. Those whose input was chosen for the review were credited at the end of the episode.

As the Nerd prepares to review Battletoads for the NES, he finds himself joined by his theme song performer, The Guitar Guy—who's been living behind his couch—who assists him in explaining why the game is impossible to complete with two players.

Guest Star: Kyle Justin

The Nerd turns into a detective to find out "what [they were] thinking" as he investigates Dick Tracy for the NES, and soon uncovers its many flaws and extreme difficulty.

Note: The YouTube version was edited with an additional minute of content. The Nerd's anger displayed in this video is widely deemed as his furthest, as he was never successful at the game due to its excessive difficulty.

Halloween is approaching, but the Nerd finds it hard to see Count Dracula being scary to him, as he looks at a selection of "horror-ble" games based on the vampire legend that are much scarier. These include Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Sesame Street: Countdown for the NES, SNES, Genesis, and the Sega CD. This episode is the first mention of Fred Fucks, the Nerd's arch-nemesis, based on the illegibility of the name of Bram Stoker's Dracula executive producer, Fred Fuchs, in the video game credits.

Notes: James Rolfe included a short review of the VIC-20 for this episode. A scene that was featured in one of the reviews was edited out in the DVD version for copyright issues.

Halloween has arrived, and the Nerd is green with anger at finding out that there are bad video games on the NES and SNES that have been based on another horror legend – Frankenstein.

Guest Star: Mike Matei as Franken-Nerd

Part 1 of 3. The Nerd begins his three-part review of the Philips CD-i by giving a brief overview of the console itself, and playing Hotel Mario.

Part 2 of 3. The Nerd reviews Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon for the CD-i.

Part 3 of 3. The Nerd finishes off his review of the CD-i by reviewing a remarkably similar Link: The Faces of Evil, and concluding with Zelda's Adventure.

It is Christmas, and for this year the Nerd finds himself reviewing another collection of badly-made, religious-themed video games for the NES, CD-i and Game Boy, including Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land, Noah's Ark, and King James Bible.

Note: This was the first AVGN episode to be filmed in 720p HD and produced to be shown in widescreen.

The Nerd tries to moonwalk his way around another bad game, as takes a look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the Genesis.

Note: This was the first episode where the nerd doesn't say the f-bomb.

The Nerd finds no secrets to make a bad game look good, when he reviews Milon's Secret Castle for the NES.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd spends some time taking a look at the Atari Jaguar and takes a brief look at the games Zool 2, Brutal Sports Football, Checkered Flag, and Cybermorph and compares them with similar looking 16-bit titles. He also takes a look back at the history of Atari, and the competition between different consoles for superior processing capabilities.

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of the Atari Jaguar by playing some games including Tempest 2000, Alien vs Predator, Doom, Attack of the Mutant Penguins, Kasumi Ninja, and an in-depth review of Cybermorph (which he briefly talked about in part 1). The Nerd says that Tempest 2000, Alien vs Predator and Doom are the best games on the console, while Kasumi Ninja and Cybermorph are among the worst with Mutant Penguins being a very confusing game. The Nerd also attempts to play the Jaguar CD add-on. Unfortunately, he is unable to get the Jaguar CD to work properly.

The Nerd brings out his codec and stealth gear as he tries to navigate his way around Metal Gear for the NES, while also discussing the game's sequels in Chronologically Confused About Metal Gear Sequels.

The Nerd finds out what the Magnavox Odyssey console is like, by trying it out along with some of its "games".

There's a mutation of bad video games to review, as the Nerd looks at those based on the X-Men, made for the NES, Genesis and video arcade machines.

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The Nerd attempts to terminate some bad games as he reviews a selection of NES, SNES, and Sega CD games, based on The Terminator.

Notes: Because of the game being reviewed, the opening intro sequence was themed around the opening credits for The Terminator. These episodes were made to commemorate the release of Terminator Salvation.

The bad games are back, as the Nerd looks at a selection of NES, SNES, Genesis, and Game Boy games, based upon Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Note: Like the previous episode, the intro sequence was themed around the opening credits for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Video games are transforming into truly bad ones for the Nerd, as he looks at two for the Commodore 64 and the Famicom, based upon Transformers.

Notes: James Rolfe included a short review of the Famicom and the Family Computer Disk System for this episode. This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Mario is a great icon in gaming, but the Nerd takes a look at NES and SNES versions of two games he stars in that were not so great – Mario Is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine.

Another console comes under the Nerd's gaze, as he takes a moment to briefly cover the commercial failure of the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, and reviews a poorly made decision-based slideshow game for the system, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties.

The Nerd finds himself in another cartoon battle with a familiar face from the past, as he tries to avoid reviewing the bad games from the Crazy Castle series, made for the NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance.

Guest Stars: Mike Matei as Bugs Bunny/Woody Woodpecker and Kyle Justin as himself

A bad game filled with flaws and issues leaves the Nerd wanting to be out of its pit, as he tries out Super Pitfall for the NES.

Japan's legendary giant monster can't avoid starring in a number of bad video games, as the Nerd takes a look at Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters – and briefly glances at a trio of good ones for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2.

Notes: James Rolfe included a brief review on the Godzilla films for this episode.

The Nerd remembers Wayne's World was popular in the 1990s, then reviews the licensed video game based on the movie for the NES and SNES that was meant to cheaply cash in.

Note: Due to copyright issues, clips from the Wayne's World films and a clip from Borat were edited out of the DVD version.

Part 1 of 4. In a four-part special, the Nerd spends his Halloween reminiscing on the Castlevania series, beginning with the Nerd reviewing the original Castlevania for the NES.

Part 2 of 4. The Nerd re-visits Castlevania II: Simon's Quest and reviews Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse for the NES.

Part 3 of 4. The Nerd reviews Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania: Dracula X for the SNES, and also Castlevania 64 for the Nintendo 64.

Part 4 of 4. The Nerd concludes his four-part Castlevania reviews by playing Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the PlayStation.

The woods today are filled with bad games, but the big bad Nerd has to venture into them if he's to complete his review of Little Red Hood — an unlicensed Taiwanese game for the NES.

It is Christmas, and the Nerd spends it this year by seeing what kind of virtual sportsman he can be in Winter Games for the NES.

The Nerd prepares to fight against more bad games, as he takes a look at a selection of bad Street Fighter games for the NES, TurboGrafx-CD, and Sega Saturn, including one based on Street Fighter: The Movie.

Note: James Rolfe included a short review of the TurboGrafx-16 for this episode. In addition, the episode's opening sequence featured a montage of the title cards created by Mike Matei used in the past series of episodes between 2006 and 2009.

The Nerd ponders on whether it is worth it to review an RPG that has similarities to The Legend of Zelda – Hydlide for the NES.

To hone his ninja skills against bad games, the Nerd takes on reviewing Ninja Gaiden for the NES.
Guest Stars: Kevin Finn as "a ninja"

Notes: Following this episode, James Rolfe switched from using the NES Top Loader, to the Nintoaster – a specially designed NES made out of a household toaster, that was given to Rolfe by its creator, Richard Daluz.

The Nerd details the history of the short-lived Atari 2600 video game series Swordquest, and one of the most elaborate contests created around a video game – a contest which offered US$150,000 (approximately US$429,000 in 2024) of real treasures as prizes.

Notes: This was second episode where the nerd doesn't say the f-bomb.

The Nerd gives a brief overview of various video game consoles that were designed to play the table-tennis video game Pong in the 1970s–1980s, many of which are nonfunctional.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd prepares himself to tackle not one, but a vast variety of poorly-designed, dysfunctional video games that were compiled into one cartridge – Action 52 for the NES.

Note: Due to copyright issues, a scene in the review was edited out for the DVD version.

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd concludes his review of Action 52 by taking a look at one game in particular in its selection – Cheetahmen. He also takes a look at the unreleased Cheetahmen II game for the NES, along with the Genesis version of Action 52 with its own version of Cheetahmen.

The Nerd reviews various glitches and bugs that can be found in games both past and present, including Pac-Man, Metal Gear, Punch-Out!!, Mega Man 5, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Rocky.
Guest Stars: Kevin Finn as the Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin

Note: The opening sequence for this episode was deliberately glitched, to keep it in line with the episode's theme.

The Nerd prepares to travel to Hyrule, as he takes on the quest of reviewing the sequel to The Legend of Zelda – Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the NES.

Note: James Rolfe included a short review of The Legend of Zelda for this episode.

The Nerd takes a trip down memory lane, as he revisits some of his previous reviews he made on games such as Top Gun, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Back to the Future.

For Halloween this year, the Nerd decides to give a more elaborate and in-depth review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES. Shortly after, he is attacked by the bones and remains of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Note: The title card made for this episode is based upon a poster for the 1931 film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

The Nerd finds it unlikely that his next bad game will surprise him, as he reviews Lester the Unlikely for the SNES – a video game with an uncharismatic protagonist and unfair difficulty.

In a parody of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Nerd briefly glances at a number of bad NES games while speaking entirely in rhyme. He most extensively looks at Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage, Circus Caper, and Fist of the Northstar.

Note: Non-gameplay segments of this episode are entirely hand-drawn illustrations by Mike Matei. In addition, composer Bear McCreary arranged a special parody of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", incorporating NES-styled audio elements.

The Nerd daydreams of playing a better game as he reviews Day Dreamin' Davey for the NES — a game with suggestive cutscenes and dull gameplay.

The force is strong with the Nerd, as he helps to fight back against the dark powers of bad games based on the Star Wars film series. These include Star Wars on Famicom, Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on NES.

Note: This was the final episode to be presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio.

To mark the 100th episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd, the Nerd takes on reviewing two bad NES games – Gyromite and Stack-Up – while dealing with the unwelcome help of Nintendo's R.O.B.

Notes: The intro for this episode features clips from previous episodes along with a montage of all the title cards created for it by Mike Matei. Until the 139th episode, this was the last one to feature a title card by Matei, due to personal opinions on their usage.^[8] The music for this episode was composed by John Jennings Boyd and Lachlan Barclay. The series permanently changes to the widescreen aspect ratio with this episode.

The Nerd finds himself facing a deluge of bad games for the NES, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, 3DO, and Atari 2600, all based on movies connected to Steven Spielberg, including Jaws, Hook, and Jurassic Park.

Note: A teaser for Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie was shown at the end of the episode, intended to advertise the movie before unforeseen difficulties in filming pushed back its release date.

James Rolfe gives fans of the Angry Video Game Nerd a behind-the-scenes look at how an episode of the web series is made, by showing what is done when reviewing a game. In this case, a review by the Nerd of Barbie for NES.

The Nerd finds nothing cool about his latest review of a bad video game – Kid Kool for the NES – as he showcases the many flaws in its gameplay.

The Nerd attempts to get his hand on a good copy of Nintendo World Championships for the NES – a series of Nintendo games on one cartridge, used as part of a contest in the 1990s – but soon questions whether it is worth it in the end.
Guest Stars: Pat Contri as "Pat the NES Punk"

Notes: Contri helped co-write this episode. This was the last episode to be filmed in 480p.

It is Halloween again, and the Nerd spends it by reviewing both the Genesis and CD-i versions of Dark Castle. He soon shows off how horribly difficult the game is, even on its easiest setting.

Christmas has arrived, and the Nerd finds himself once again reviewing a selection of badly-made, religious-themed video games for the Game Boy, Genesis, and NES, including Spiritual Warfare and Bible Adventures.

Note: This is the first episode to be filmed in 1080p HD and the final episode to be released on GameTrailers.

The Nerd is back, as he tackles a selection of NES games based upon movies that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, including Total Recall, Last Action Hero, and Predator.

The Nerd attempts to show his fans how to play and beat the video game he got as a kid – Ghosts 'n Goblins for the NES.

The Nerd takes a look at a variety of sport-themed games made for the Atari 2600, including football games, baseball games, boxing games, soccer games, and golf games.

The Nerd revives his old friend, the "guitar guy", to help him review Ikari Warriors for the NES, and find out what it is like to play it with two players.

Guest Stars: Kyle Justin

The Nerd shows why bad video games shouldn't be based on TV shows and movies, as he reviews the Game Boy, Genesis, and NES versions of Toxic Crusaders.

Guest Stars: Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma Entertainment

Nothing excellent is likely to be found when going back in time, as the Nerd reviews the NES game based upon Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure.

The Nerd casts his eye on a selection of hardware by Tiger Electronics, including a selection of LCD handheld games and wristwatch-styled games, plus two portable consoles – the Game.com and the R-Zone.

It is another Halloween, and the Nerd tries to find something scary that could pop out of his NES game cartridge, when he takes a look at Alien 3.

The Nerd takes a break from bad games to look at a collection of titles based around his life, featuring those for the PC and iOS, as well as two special ones made for the Atari 2600 and NES. The Nerd finishes off with a review of the then-newly-released Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures for Steam.

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd takes a look back at department store wishlist catalogs before tackling a wishlist of games that fans wish for him to review including Bad Dudes, Skate or Die!, Karate Champ, Where's Waldo?, Sonic Blast, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic R, Sonic Shuffle, and Shadow the Hedgehog.

Part 2 of 2. The Nerd reviews more games off of the fan's wishlist including A Boy and His Blob, The Three Stooges, Home Improvement, Pit-Fighter, Bubsy 3D, and Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage.

Travelling back to the 2000's this time around, the Nerd takes on Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing for PC – a poorly-made video game considered by reviewers as one of the worst to have been made, due to the many design flaws, bugs and glitches that were in it.

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of AVGN, The Nerd takes a quick look at various games within Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors for the Sega CD – a video game cancelled before it was released and designed as a joke on various game genres – before focusing on one game in its collection that's as bad as Big Rigs – Desert Bus. He then takes a look at a hacked redaction of the NES game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, which focused on fixing a number of flaws and issues he complained about in his review of the original game.

Note: This episode served as a precursor for the AVGN movie, which was later released that year.

Taken from Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, this episode focuses on the Nerd's review of one of Atari's worst video games they ever made – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600.

Notes: Although basically a clip from the movie, this episode differs from it in that it featured actual footage from the game. In the movie, the game was represented by specially-made animation of the game, due to a lack of licensing rights to the original version.

It is another Halloween, and the Nerd considers why anyone would want to play the NES game based on Beetlejuice.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 1. The Nerd begins his first day of his Christmas by unwrapping and reviewing Tagin' Dragon – a bad game for the NES with truly difficult gameplay.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 2. For the second day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds nothing funny with his next present, as he reviews a video game based on the American sitcom of the same name – ALF for the Sega Master System.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 3. For the third day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds himself reviewing CrazyBus – an unlicensed Venezuelan game/app that was made for the Sega Genesis, and features little in the way of good gameplay.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 4. For the fourth day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds he has a copy of The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs for the SNES amongst his presents – a video game with bad gameplay, that does no justice to Ren & Stimpy.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 5. For the fifth day of his Christmas, the Nerd plays another bad NES game amongst his presents, based upon The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends cartoon series.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 6. For the sixth day of his Christmas, the Nerd attempts to find what clues there are in Mary-Kate and Ashley "Get a Clue" for the Game Boy Color, that show it is a truly bad game to play.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 7. For the seventh day of his Christmas, the Nerd is lulled into a false sense of hope for a good game, as he reviews V.I.P. for the PlayStation – a bad video game based on the TV series, featuring Pamela Anderson amongst its characters.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 8. For the eighth day of his Christmas, the Nerd finds his weapons against bad games are going dull, as he reviews a NES game based upon Lethal Weapon.

Guest Stars: Mike Matei as himself

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 9. For the ninth day of his Christmas, the Nerd smells a bad game amongst his presents, as he tackles with the confusing gameplay of Porky's for the Atari 2600.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 10. For the tenth day of his Christmas, the Nerd has a go with playing the HyperScan – a console designed to use special cards that need to be scanned into it to play its selection of games.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 11. For the eleventh day of his Christmas, the Nerd questions why he needs to walk around a virtual version of a real theme park, as he tries out Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure for the GameCube, considered the worst videogame of the whole GameCube catalogue.

12 Days of Shitsmas Part 12. For the twelfth and final day of his Christmas, the Nerd wonders what use there is to make art with LJN Video Art, and recalls some of the better art games made in the past including Mario Paint.

The Nerd takes a look at a horrible game that never left Japan, and featured so many things that were wrong with it – Hong Kong 97 for the Super Famicom.

Finding a bad video game to review is hard, so the Nerd turns his attention towards the TurboGrafx-16, and a game based on the Darkwing Duck cartoon series.

Growing your own sea life sounds cool, but the Nerd shows how a virtual way of doing it can never be truly good, when he has a go at Seaman for the Dreamcast.

Note: This episode was dedicated to Leonard Nimoy, the narrator for the English-language version of Seaman, who died in February of that year. The Nerd also makes numerous references to Star Trek to honor this.

Another Halloween arrives, and the Nerd spends it tackling another bad game that has truly poor gameplay – The Crow: City of Angels for the Sega Saturn.

Christmas has arrived, and the Nerd has received a copy of a bad game to look forward to – Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero for the Nintendo 64.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cinemassacre YouTube channel, the Nerd updates his gaming room and tackles a collection of bad games in HD. More precisely, a collection of bad Mega Man games for the PC, PlayStation and PlayStation 2. This includes the DOS versions of Mega Man and Mega Man III, Mega Man Legends for the PlayStation, and Mega Man X7 for the PlayStation 2.

Extra, extra – the Nerd tackles reviewing Paperboy for the NES, while answering the question of whether a rolled up newspaper can truly break a window, and if you can throw one into a mailbox while riding along on a bicycle.

It is time for the Nerd to snicker and make dumb comments, as he takes a look at two bad games made for the SNES and Genesis, based on the Beavis and Butt-Head adult cartoon series.

It is Halloween again, and the Nerd tackles three bad games for the Game Boy Color, Atari 2600 and Genesis, based on the children's series of books and cartoons about the Berenstain Bears and then winds up pondering the situation where he seems to remember the franchise's name as something different.

For Christmas, the Nerd takes a look at a series of Genesis accessories for its games, including the Activator, Aura Interactor, Menacer, Victormaxx Stuntmaster, TeeV Golf, and Batter Up! Baseball bat.

Guest Stars: Nathan Barnatt as Keith Apicary

Note: This episode featured a total budget of $3,614, according to the episode's commentary, making it the most expensive to be made in the series to date. Amongst the costs were Barnatt's travel fees, the use of breakaway props, and the accessories that had to be acquired on eBay.

The Nerd goes "Mighty Morphin" bad, as he takes on a collection of games for the Famicom, NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy, based around Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Note: This episode's intro is designed as a parody of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song, while the episode was made to celebrate the then-upcoming release of the film Power Rangers.

For the first time in his series, the Nerd tackles a game from a later generation of consoles that does nothing to the reputation of a certain blue hedgehog – Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) for the Xbox 360.

While clearing up his game room and getting stranded on another planet, the Nerd questions why a bad game has trashed a particularly good classic movie, when he reviews Planet of the Apes for the PlayStation.

Note: This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of War for the Planet of the Apes.

Another selection of accessories receives a good thorough look from the Nerd. This time, it is a collection of accessories for the Game Boy, including good ones – like the Game Boy Camera and the Game Boy Printer – bad ones, and even a patented one that was aimed for use in hospitals.

Treasure is truly lacking within another bad game designed to be used in a contest, as the Nerd finds out what it is like to play Treasure Master for the NES.

The Nerd wrestles with a ton of bad NES and SNES games based on wrestling, including WWF WrestleMania Challenge, WWF Royal Rumble, WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling, and Saturday Night Slam Masters.

The Nerd takes a look at the arcade classic Polybius, while he also delves into the urban legend surrounding the mentioned side effects of playing the game.

Notes: This episode was originally released as a series of mini segments on the "Cinemassacre Plays" channel, October 19–24, and in the form of a daily found footage diary. The full release of this episode included an extended ending scene.

Following his time with Polybius, the Nerd is reborn as "RoboNerd", whose prime directives are to play bad games, and keep gamers safe from them. These include a selection of NES games based on the original RoboCop film series.

The Nerd has some unfinished business, as he continues on with his review of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) for the Xbox 360.

The Nerd won't be making a call to Charlie's Angels anytime soon, as he plays a bad GameCube game based on them.

Another bad Star Wars game has emerged, so the Nerd must channel the force to help him review Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi for the PlayStation.

Notes: This episode features brief footage of Star Wars Episode I: Racer for the Nintendo 64, but James Rolfe did not include a review of it for this episode. The episode was made to celebrate the then-upcoming release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The Nerd has rotted his brain with such an insane number of bad games, that this Christmas he gets himself a PlayStation with a compilation of video games from the Lightspan Adventures series to help restore it.

When the Nerd finds a copy of Nintendo Power exuding a belief that EarthBound was a rotten game, he later finds reviews that show how glamorous the game was and reveals a fanbase for a title he now has to play. So he does – via the Super NES Classic Edition – and provides an insight about the game's various flaws but well-thought out gameplay.

Note: This episode was not originally intended to be an AVGN episode, but rather a personal review for James Rolfe to enjoy. It was later edited to be one and advertised by Rolfe on Cinemassacre's YouTube channel, with the video initially made available on Amazon Prime a week before it was released on YouTube.

The Nerd questions whether his next bad game "feels lucky", as he looks at an NES game based on the Dirty Harry movie series that featured only three levels.

No meditation can prepare the Nerd for his first review of a bad Xbox game, Drake of the 99 Dragons – a game featuring well-made "Saturday cartoon" artwork that was intended to be the basis for a comic book series and animated show, but was foiled by its glitches, poor gameplay, controls, cutscenes, voice acting and graphics.

While the Tomb Raider franchise has featured a variety of good games, the Nerd decides to raid the tombs of three that do Lara Croft no justice, and that were made for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and N-Gage.

For the annual Halloween Special, the Nerd reviews Resident Evil Survivor for the PlayStation.

The Nerd returns to the Hydlide franchise with Super Hydlide for the Sega Genesis and Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn.

The Nerd takes on Commodore's failed console the Amiga CD32. The games he plays include Dangerous Streets, Super Putty, Morph, Naughty Ones, Beavers, Gloom, Diggers, Oscar, Bubba 'n' Stix, Surf Ninjas, Kang Fu and Zool.

Continuing from the previous episode, the Nerd tackles the CDTV game The Town with No Name. Due to not owning the actual console that it was made for, he is forced to play it on the Amiga CD32.

It is the Nerd's obligatory Christmas episode and he gets a surprise from Macaulay Culkin, or rather the Pizza Boy. The two sit down to review several Home Alone related games in the hopes of finding a good one. When they fail, they decide to set up traps for the terrible ones to stop them once and for all.

Guest Stars: Macaulay Culkin as himself

The Nerd examines the scattered and drawn-out chronology of the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

The Nerd takes a look at some of the lesser-known video game magazines from the past, excluding Nintendo Power. Magazines covered include: Atari Age, Game Players, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, GamePro and Electronic Gaming Monthly.

The Nerd takes on the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, an infamous NES upgrade system with its own selection of games, and gets help from the likes of Aladdin and the Genie modeled after the Disney 1992 animated movie.

Notes: Gaming Historian makes a cameo with the Nerd briefly watching his video on the Aladdin Deck Enhancer. The video also features brief appearances from Game Sack, Erin Plays, Bobdunga, Ircha Gaming, JLuv81, Candi's Classic Game Shrine, Stop Skeletons From Fighting, Cannot Be Tamed, Radical Reggie, Pixel Game Squad, Rocco Botte, John Riggs, Rerez, RGT 85, and Game Dave. This episode was made to commemorate the then-upcoming release of Aladdin (2019 remake).

The Nerd attempts to review Yo! Noid, but gets interrupted by the arrival of Pepsiman who forces him to review the game of the same name. However, Pepsiman turns out to be evil and the Nerd gets the help of the Pepsi TV Game Guy who must use the power of Mentos to defeat him.

Guest Stars: Mike Butters as the TV Game Guy and Xander Arnot as Pepsiman

The Nerd revisits the infamous Superman 64 11 years after first reviewing it.

The Nerd decides to tackle a modern game for the PS4, Life of Black Tiger. He is so horrified at its incompetence that he sets out to look for the programmer who turns out to be recurring arch-nemesis Fred Fucks. Together, they must complete the game.

Guest Stars: Gilbert Gottfried as Fred Fucks^[13]

The Nerd takes a look at the Chex Quest video game from 1996 as well as its sequels and discovers that despite its bizarre and commercial premise, it is actually a well-made Doom copy.

The Nerd tries to get away for a vacation and ends up crashing onto an island full of people in inflatable dinosaur costumes and the game Trespasser for PC.

Guest Stars: Shesez as himself and Seamus Blackley as himself

Shot in one continuous take, the Nerd explores a hidden dungeon in his house, while reviewing the NES port of The Immortal.

Following being burned alive in the previous episode, the Nerd finds himself in Hell with the Violator in his clown form and is forced to play video games based on the Image Comics character Spawn.

Guest Stars: Justin Silverman as Violator, Mike Matei as Woody Bugs, and Joe La Scola as the voice of the Devil

It is the end of the year as 2020 comes upon the Nerd. In a parody of the episode "The Masks" from The Twilight Zone, the Nerd punishes his three worst games, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Action 52, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by forcing them to wear masks to the end of the world. And then, the Nerd decides to challenge himself by playing The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a Nintendo 64 game that is well beloved by many, but that he himself finds frustrating and abhorrent.

Guest Star: Mr. Lobo as The Narrator

Eleven years after briefly mentioning this game when reviewing Color Dreams' games in "Bible Games 2", the Nerd finally tackles the game Raid 2020 in the year 2020.

The Nerd finally decides to give the original Mortal Kombat the respect it deserves, by reviewing the home port versions.

The Nerd follows up his previous review with some rip offs including Time Killers, Street Fighter: The Movie, The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan, Tattoo Assassins and Shadow: War of Succession.

Feeling that he has not reviewed an SNES game in a while, the Nerd reviews Dennis the Menace and delves briefly into the character's media history as he suffers through the games immense difficulty.

The Nerd overviews the history of The Incredible Crash Dummies franchise, and its LJN published video game.

The Nerd looks at Final Fight Revenge and Final Fight: Streetwise, two games widely considered to be among the worst of the Final Fight franchise.

Guest Star: Matthew Kowalewski as Matt McMuscles

The Nerd looks at Mission: Impossible for the N64 that is published by Ocean, he also briefly talks about the TV series and movies.

Guest Stars: Justin Whang as The BGF Director and Evan Ferrante as Tom Cruise Look-Alike

The Nerd looks at the classic Sega Genesis game Ecco the Dolphin and wonders why such a frustrating game was heavily marketed by Sega.

The Nerd is unable to go all out Halloween 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that will not stop him from reviewing Countdown Vampires, a lower tier clone of the Resident Evil franchise.

After repairing the Nintoaster, the Nerd takes a look at The Legend of Kage arcade port for the NES, and asserts its pronunciation as "KAH-GAY".

Following his The Legend of Kage review, the Nerd looks at other Taito titles with Taito Legends and Taito Legends 2.

After an intro which parodies that of The Simpsons, the Nerd reviews the last of the three Simpsons games The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man released for the NES.

The Nerd tries to watch the movie Shrek on the Game Boy Advance Video through the Game Boy Player, but finds that it does not work. He decides to play the reviled Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown and ends up running afoul of a Shrek cult when he calls the film overrated in a parody of The Wicker Man.

Depressed over still not being able to go out due to COVID-19, the Nerd decides to hunker down and review the video game Darkman on the NES based on the movie of the same name.

In a parody of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Nerd, as Raoul Duke, and his attorney speed down the road with a collection of classic games to play once they get to Las Vegas. In flashback, the Nerd reviews the Vegas based games Vegas Dream and Vegas Stakes and while on the road reviews Road Runner's Death Valley Rally and encounter Spider-Man. Upon arriving, the Nerd reviews Caesars Palace, Pac-Kong, and LSD: Dream Emulator and reflects on his history as a "shitty game" reviewer.

The Nerd finally covers the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, having previously mentioned it, and talks about its history and high price. The games he covers are Crash 'n Burn, Road Rash, Gex, Captain Quazar, Soccer Kid, Battle Chess, The Horde, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Way of the Warrior, Virtuoso, Alone in the Dark, Cyberia, PO'ed, Doom, Demolition Man, Hell, Mad Dog McCree, and Crime Patrol.

After failing to review the zombie game Corpse Killer on the Sega CD due to technical issues, the Nerd finally takes a crack at reviewing it on the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

The Nerd tears into a series of quirky promotional tapes released by Sega featuring the Game Gear and corporate sponsors like Howard Johnson's.

The Nerd takes a look at Carmageddon 64, the infamously bad Nintendo 64 port of Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now.

The Nerd plays the Sega Genesis version of Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, a game far removed from the rest of the series.

The Nerd reviews The Rocketeer for NES and SNES while also commenting on his shirt.

In order to relax, the Nerd plays the incredibly bizarre Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! for the Sega Genesis. His anger towards it results in him dropping the game into literal lava.

Having reviewed a handful of games on it, the Nerd decides to actually cover the Commodore 64 itself and the various games on it while also covering the history of the company behind it.

The Nerd does his annual Halloween episode by reviewing some horror-based games on the Commodore 64. While reviewing Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, the Nerd gets attacked by Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger who are out for revenge.

In part one of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd talks about the history of LJN before going through the remainder of the LJN library, starting with the movie based games. Additionally, the Nerd becomes the official owner of the company and hires Sam Beddoes to help make an improved version of Back to the Future on NES.

In part two of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd covers sports games and Marvel related games from the LJN library. Meanwhile, Sam Beddoes continues to try and redo Back to the Future on NES, but continues to run into numerous problems relating to the NES hardware that upsets the Nerd, causing him to be confronted by another Nerd.

In the third and final part of The Angry Video Game Nerd 200th episode, the Nerd covers wrestling games and other miscellaneous games from the LJN library. Upon completing his look at every LJN game, Sam Beddoes finishes his Back to the Future game, which turns out to be every bit as bad as the original. After the Nerd is confronted by the Angry Angry Video Game Nerd Nerd, he finally comes to the realization that making a video game is hard and forgives all bad games (except for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on NES).

The Nerd watches an old video of himself reviewing The Last Ninja on NES from earlier in his career. In the modern day, he decides to revisit the game with a noticeably more upbeat personality following the previous episode, but this does not last and before long he returns to his old angry persona. The Nerd eventually beats the game, much to the dismay of Ernie from Sesame Street, who later engages in a duel, to which the Nerd emerges victorious.

After using a monkey's paw to wish for a good game to play, the Nerd gets his wish, after getting punched in the face by the monkey who lost his paw to begin with. The Nerd covers Contra and Super Contra and recalls how the game was a part of his childhood. He also covers the bad Contra games, including Contra Force, Contra: Legacy of War, and C: The Contra Adventure.

The Nerd makes due to his promise to start reviewing games for the Wii. After going through some lackluster party games including Imagine: Party Babyz, Balls of Fury, Monkey Mischief! Party Time, and Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing, he sets his sights on Purr Pals while his real life cat Yeti watches him. This culminates in him discovering a mini-game where one must literally scoop "cat turds" from a litter box.

Note: This episode was dedicated to Boo, one of James Rolfe's cats, who died in 2020, two years prior to this episode.

When it comes to movie-based games, you would think the Nerd covered them all by now, but there is another one based on the Bruce Willis film, Hudson Hawk on NES.

While waiting for his copy of Doom to load on his Commodore 64, the Nerd makes a deal with the Icon of Sin to play various versions of Doom, ranging from good, bad, and downright ugly.

Guest Star: John Romero as himself and the voice of the Icon of Sin

It is Christmas time again as the Nerd dons a Santa hat and decides to review video games based on the beloved comic strip Garfield, starting with the unreleased Atari game, the Japanese exclusive A Week of Garfield on the Famicom, and the Sega Genesis game Garfield: Caught in the Act, and then proceeds to fall down a rabbit hole with Garfield Labyrinth on Game Boy and its complex ties with the Crazy Castle series. This culminates in the Nerd getting a visit from the one who started it all: Bugs Bunny.

The Nerd takes a look at the classic Nintendo title Kid Icarus which he does consider to be a classic title in the NES library despite its frustrating and rage inducing gameplay. He also dishes out some rather archaic and nasty mythological stories of ancient heroes.

The Nerd talks about the iconic 1990's game Earthworm Jim and its offbeat style of humor. Before he can enjoy himself, the Nerd follows up the review with Earthworm Jim 2 and Earthworm Jim 3D, both of which are considered inferior.

Note: This was the first episode to be filmed in 4K 60 frames per second.

This episode is built as a Part 2 to the 2008 Indiana Jones episode, where the Nerd is playing more Indiana Jones games in the past on the release day of the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, while another part of the episode is set in the current time with the Nerd reverting time with the Dial of Destiny from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Note: This episode was made to celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

The Nerd is opening up a bag of jelly beans and flipping through the pages of Nintendo Power, in his quest to beat the David Crane NES classic, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia.

In a parody of The Exorcist, the Nerd tackles Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the third time, both on NES and Famicom, which means the Nerd will have his final confrontation with the NES game that has tortured him his entire life. He recruits his older self, a wiser, more Fatherly Nerd, who travels back in time to help the younger Nerd finally beat the game and exorcise it once and for all.

This Christmas, the Nerd crosses another game off his bucket list with the SNES RPG classic, Final Fantasy III, or Final Fantasy VI as it is known outside the United States.

Once again, the Nerd tackles another movie licensed game as he heads under the "Goon Docks" to dig up buried treasure, but instead of One-Eyed Willie's gold, he finds something worse than the Fratellis: The Japan exclusive The Goonies for the Famicom and its American sequel The Goonies II for the NES.

The Nerd decided to upgrade his cellphone to an iPhone and try out mobile gaming for the first time ever with the incredibly bizarre and deranged dating sim My Horse Prince, which features an anime girl and a talking horse with an attractive human face!

The Nerd celebrates 20 years of The Angry Video Game Nerd, with the series that started it all, and this time, he's going to decide what the greatest Castlevania game of all time is for good!

The Nerd plays a Super Nintendo classic as he tries to achieve a lifelong dream of getting a Megalopolis and Mario statue in SimCity, at any cost!

The Nerd conducts his review of Glover for the Nintendo 64. He criticizes the game for its hard-to-learn controls and difficult level design. He then wrecks his copy and tries the PS1 version, which happens to be much easier than the N64 version, much to his dismay.

The Nerd wakes up with a throbbing headache and his memories missing, so he searches his NES library for clues in hopes to solve the mystery and end this bad case of Déjà Vu!

The Nerd digs up another vampire game for the Super Nintendo. But instead of Dracula, this one is based on the classic silent horror film based on Dracula, known simply as... Nosferatu!