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The Best Episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd

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Every episode of The Angry Video Game Nerd ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd!

The Best Episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd

The Angry Video Game Nerd is an adult web television series of comedic retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe. The show's format...
  1. Background image for Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)

    S1:E1

    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. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 1.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for EarthBound
    8.5/10(235 votes)

    #2 - EarthBound

    S12:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode
    8.4/10(220 votes)

    #3 - The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode

    S6:E2

    Follow the Nerd as he makes an episode from start to finish!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Home Alone Games
    8.4/10(260 votes)

    #4 - Home Alone Games

    S12:E9

    The Angry Video Game Nerd plays the Home Alone games with Macaulay Culkin! Sure, the Home Alone movie games have been covered before on AVGN, but never so many, AND with Mack himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Steven Spielberg Games
    8.3/10(257 votes)

    #5 - Steven Spielberg Games

    S6:E1

    The Nerd begins an epic journey through the world of games based on Spielberg films!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Mega Man Games
    8.3/10(242 votes)

    #6 - Mega Man Games

    S10:E1

    When the Nerd plays through some Mega Man X games which are more graphics and text than game play, he considers calling it quits (again). But he somehow gets transported back in time to 2007, 2006 and 2004 where he interacts with his past selves and review newer Mega Man games.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(221 votes)

    #7 - Berenstain Bears

    S10:E4

    When attempting to review video games based on a beloved franchise from his childhood, the Nerd stumbles upon evidence of a parallel universe and realizes that everything he knew to be true might be wrong.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Nintendo World Championships
    8.1/10(249 votes)

    #8 - Nintendo World Championships

    S6:E4

    The rarest and most widely sought NES game ever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Contra How I Remember It
    8.0/10(103 votes)

    #9 - Contra How I Remember It

    S16:E2

    This is episode 202 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) and The Nerd is talking Contra! After years of playing nothing but crappy games, The Nerd's dreams are fulfilled through a wish on a monkey's paw, allowing him to finally play something good. Contra for NES is one of those games that everyone has nostalgia for and the AVGN is no different, so he's taking us back to the past to relive a series near and dear to his heart. While focusing on the original Nintendo Entertainment System classic and it's sequel Super C, The Nerd also checks out Contra Arcade, Operation C, Contra III: The Alien Wars, Contra: Hard Corps, Contra: Legacy of War, C The Contra Adventure, and Contra 4. -- Contra is a run-and-gun shooter game originally developed and published by Konami for arcades in 1987, before coming to homes on the NES in 1988. Also known as Gryzor and Probotector in some regions.

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  11. Background image for Deja Vu (NES)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Deja Vu (NES)

    S18:E6

    In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 218, 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!

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  12. Background image for Dark Castle
    7.9/10(224 votes)

    #11 - Dark Castle

    S6:E5

    The Nerd is back with a foul wretched Sega Genesis game from the depths of hell!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Amiga CD32
    7.9/10(152 votes)

    #12 - Amiga CD32

    S12:E7

    The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews the Amiga CD32 console. Watch as the Nerd dives head first into some of the worst video games ever. The Amiga CD32 had such "gems" as Gloom, Kang Fu, Oscar, Naughty Ones, Morph, Beavers, Zool, Dangerous Streets, and of course Surf Ninjas for some reason.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Town With No Name (CDTV)
    7.9/10(170 votes)

    #13 - The Town With No Name (CDTV)

    S12:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Last Ninja (NES)
    7.9/10(109 votes)

    #14 - The Last Ninja (NES)

    S16:E1

    This is episode 201 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), which starts off Season 16. The Nerd promised himself in 2006 to review The Last Ninja on NES one day, and today's the day! The Nerd learned during Episode 200 that bad games aren't really made to be bad, that developers probably have decent excuses and issues... but, will he cut The Last Ninja any slack?? -- The Last Ninja is an action-adventure game originally developed and published by System 3 in 1987 for the Commodore 64. But The Last Ninja on the Nintendo Entertainment System is actually the second game in the series Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance.

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  16. Background image for Paperboy
    7.8/10(212 votes)

    #15 - Paperboy

    S10:E2

    The Nerd delivers an NES classic, the infamous Paperboy. The game about delivering newspapers and having to avoid getting hit by every single inane object on the streets. It may sound easy, but the AVGN sets out to prove just how difficult and unrealistic the whole experience can be.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for DOOM
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    #16 - DOOM

    S16:E5

    This is episode 205 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)! In this episode of AVGN, the Nerd wants nothing more than to play DOOM on his Commodore 64... but first, the Icon of Sin must punish him with every DOOM port... and a few weird things DOOM can run on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Commodore 64
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    #17 - Commodore 64

    S15:E11

    This is episode 198 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of the Commodore 64 and a bunch of it's licensed and weirder games. The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. The C64 took its name from its 64 kibibytes of RAM. With support for multicolor sprites and a custom chip for waveform generation, the C64 could create superior visuals and audio compared to systems without such custom hardware. Except, well, the software was kinda garbage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Bible Games III
    7.5/10(200 votes)

    #18 - Bible Games III

    S6:E6

    The Nerd returns just in time for the Holidays with another round of Bible games from Hell!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Tomb Raider Games
    7.3/10(148 votes)

    #19 - Tomb Raider Games

    S12:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES)
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    #20 - The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES)

    S14:E5

    Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 180: The Incredible Crash Dummies... or "Crash Test Dummies" if you prefer (not the 90s band). The game was published by LJN (on the NES) and was based on the cartoon, based on the public service announcements, based on the actual real-world crash test dummies that are used in car safety tests. This NES game was released in 1993 when the next gen systems were already in full swing. This game is for other systems too, like the SNES and Genesis, but The Nerd wanted to focus on the original Nintendo game by his least favorite game publisher.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Kid Kool
    7.2/10(219 votes)

    #21 - Kid Kool

    S6:E3

    Kid Kool is anything but cool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Raid 2020
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #22 - Raid 2020

    S14:E1

    Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 176: Raid 2020. 11 years ago the Nerd said he might review Raid 2020 in the year 2020, and now that time has come. Raid 2020 is a cyberpunk action game developed and published by Color Dreams AKA Wisdom Tree for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released in 1989. The object is to defeat all the drug dealers, defeat the drug lord Pit Bull, and eradicate drugs from the streets of America. As agent Shadow, the player faces a dystopian future world where moral collapse is inevitable. He is described as representing the last uncorrupted vestiges of law enforcement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Resident Evil Survivor
    7.1/10(148 votes)

    #23 - Resident Evil Survivor

    S12:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide
    7.1/10(137 votes)

    #24 - Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide

    S12:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs
    7.1/10(110 votes)

    #25 - Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs

    S14:E3

    Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 178: Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs. Mortal Kombat was a defining moment for fighting games. With it came a ton of sequels and even more rip-offs trying to ride on its success. Today the Nerd reviews rip-offs such as Time Killers (arcade and Sega Genesis), Jackie Chan Fists of Fire (arcade), Street Fighter the Movie: the Game (arcade), Tattoo Assassins (arcade), and Shadow: War of Succession (3D0).

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)" is the best rated episode of "The Angry Video Game Nerd". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/25/2004. This episode scored 1.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "EarthBound".