List of Angry Video Game Nerd episodes

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Nerd prepares for Halloween by taking a look at why the NES game based on Friday the 13th is more frustrating than scary.

It's Halloween, and the Nerd isn't really that scared when he reviews the NES game based on the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Guest Stars: Mike Matei as Freddy Krueger (voice provided by James Rolfe).

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.

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

It's 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.

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.

The Nerd finds 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.

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 Stars: Kyle Justin (voice-only).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

In a two-part special, the Nerd spends his Christmas taking a look at some very badly-made games. In part 1, he focuses his attention on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York for the NES, while in part 2, he takes a look at Shaq Fu for the SNES, and three bad games for the Wii.

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.

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

• This episode 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 film Waterworld; 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.

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 Stars: Kyle Justin.

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 Stars: Kyle Justin.

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.

The Nerd dons his leather hat and whip, and 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.

The Nerd boldly goes where no bad game should ever go, by beaming down a collection of games based upon the sci-fi series Star Trek, made for the Vectrex, Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES.
Guest Stars: Mike Matei as a Klingon and a Metron.

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

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 Stars: Mike Matei as the Joker.

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). The Nerd eventually has enough of the Joker's shenanigans, and fights him in a homage to the 1960s Batman series.

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.

As the Nerd prepares to review Battletoads for the NES, he finds himself joined by the "guitar guy" who's been living behind his couch, and who helps to show him why it's impossible to complete the game with two players.

The Nerd turns into a detective to find out why no one would want to play Dick Tracy for the NES, and soon uncovers the many flaws and problems with it.

Halloween is approaching, but the Nerd finds it hard to see Count Dracula being scary to him, as he looks at a selection of bad games based on the vampire legend himself, including Bram Stoker's Dracula 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.

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.

It's 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Japan's legendary giant monster can't avoid being put into a number of video games, as the Nerd takes a look at a selection of bad ones based upon Godzilla for the NES, Game Boy, SNES and Super Famicom – such as Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters – and a trio of good ones for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2.

While the Wayne's World films were popular in the 90s, the Nerd shows off the games made for the NES and SNES that truly were not worthy of being adaptations of these.

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.

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".

Part 1 of 2. The Nerd prepares himself to tackle not one game, but a huge variety of badly-designed video games that were put into one cartridge – Action 52 for the NES.

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, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
Guest Stars: Kevin Finn as the Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin.

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.

For Halloween this year, the Nerd decides to give a much longer and more in-depth review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES.

As Christmas approaches, the Nerd embarks on a parody of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and takes a look at three bad NES games – Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage, Circus Caper, and Fist of the Northstar.

To mark the 100th episode of 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..

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.

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's worth it in the end.
Guest Stars: Pat Contri as "Pat the NES Punk".

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's 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.

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 animated movie.

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.

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.

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. Due to the game's notorious design, he gets help from Shesez of Boundary Break.

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.

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.

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.

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