The WORST episodes of Angry Video Game Nerd
Every episode of Angry Video Game Nerd ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Angry Video Game Nerd!
The titular Nerd character is an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of profanity, frequent displays of explicit gestures, and heavy consumption of beer, particularly Rolling Rock or Yuengling, to "soothe the pain". A particular characteristic is his favorable comparison of extremely repulsive and painful, usually firmly scatological, acts to playing the games he reviews. Varying amounts of physical comedy are mixed into the verbal abuse.
#1 - Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2020
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).
#2 - Superman 64 Returns!! (N64)
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2019
The AVGN already covered Superman for the N64 about 11 years ago. Well, it's back... with a vengeance! Superman 64 was released for Nintendo 64 in 1999. It was based off Superman The Animated Series on Kids WB. It was also coming to PlayStation. But, however, the PlayStation Version was never release. After the game came out on Nintendo 64, it became the world's Worst Video Game of all time besides E.T. for Atari 2600.
#3 - Life of Black Tiger with Gilbert Gottfried (PS4)
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2019
Life of Black Tiger: Angry Video Game Nerd episode 170. The AVGN is playing the most modern game he's ever played before on the PlayStation 4. But, of course it might be one of the worst games he's ever played. Life of Black Tiger is a mobile game ported to the PS4 where you play as an emo tiger fighting the wild and humanity to save his cute baby. Gilbert Gottfried guest stars as a certain game designer that's never been seen on the show before.
#4 - Chex Quest (PC)
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2019
In this AVGN the Nerd covers Chex Quest, a pack-in game for Chex Cereal from 1996. This is Angry Video Game Nerd episode 171. Chex Quest is a non-violent first-person shooter video game created in 1996 by Digital Café as a Chex cereal promotion aimed at children aged 6–9 and up. It is a total conversion of the more violent video game Doom (specifically The Ultimate Doom version of the game)
#5 - Jurassic Park: Trespasser (PC)
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/2019
In this AVGN the Nerd reviews Trespasser, a Jurassic Park FPS PC game from 1998. The game was billed as a "digital sequel" to the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, on which it is based. The game is noted for the involvement of the film's director, Steven Spielberg and actors Richard Attenborough and Minnie Driver. The ambitious game ultimately received mixed to negative reviews at the time and disappointed many reviewers. This is Angry Video Game Nerd episode 172.
#6 - The Immortal (NES)
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/2019
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 173: The Immortal for NES. The review part was filmed in one continuous shot. The Immortal is an isometric adventure game originally created for the Apple IIGS by Will Harvey and published by Electronic Arts. The main plot revolves around a wizard attempting to find his mentor in a large and dangerous labyrinth. The game is known for its high degree of graphic violence (it is much reduced in the NES version) along with its punishing difficulty. Let's see if the Nerd can tackle this game and his own dungeon.
#7 - Spawn Games
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2019
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 174: Spawn Games. Todd McFarlane's character Spawn was crazy popular in the 90s. Popular enough to 'spawn' a huge run of comics, toys, movies, cartoons, and several video games. The Nerd reviews Spawn for the Game Boy Color, Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game for the SNES, Spawn: The Eternal for the PlayStation, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand for the Sega Dreamcast, and lastly Spawn: Armageddon for the PlayStation 2
#8 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2019
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 175: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. People love this game. People say it's the greatest game for the Nintendo 64. Some say it's the best game of all time. Really? Majora's Mask is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 2000 as the sixth main installment in The Legend of Zelda series and was the second to use 3D graphics. It's set in Termina, an alternate reality to Ocarina of Time's Hyrule, which is to be destroyed along with its inhabitants in three days by a giant falling moon unless the player can save it from imminent doom. But can the Nerd survive this game???
#9 - Raid 2020
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2020
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.
#10 - Mortal Kombat 1 Ports
Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2020
Mortal Kombat is the ultimate arcade fighting game, developed by Midway in 1992. Acclaim released four official ports in North America as part of the "Mortal Monday" campaign a year later. There were for the Super NES (SNES), Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear systems. Mortal Kombat 1 became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre's history. The Nerd reviews and compares each of these ports and weighs in on what made "Mortal Monday" so important.
#11 - Pepsiman (PS1)
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/8/2019
Pepsiman!! Episode 168 of the Angry Video Game Nerd pits the AVGN vs. Pepsiman, the Japanese PlayStation classic. There was so many junk food video games in the 1990's. From MC Kids, to the Burger King Games, to Chester Cheetah. But what about the Pepsi superhero from Japan... Pepsiman?? Well. He's clumsy and useless, just like the game. Enjoy this Pepsiman review... with a Coke.
#12 - Dennis the Menace (SNES)
Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2020
Dennis the Menace. Hey! Mr. Wilson!! Here's the Nerd playing the 1993 Super Nintendo game Dennis the Menace. It's a licensed game based on the movie, which is based on the old show and comic from the 50s and 60s. The game was designed by Ocean, which is basically the British LJN. The Nerd hasn't done a full review episode on an SNES game in a while, so, here you go!!
#13 - The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES)
Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2020
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.
#14 - Bad Final Fight Games
Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/30/2020
The Nerd reviews the bad Final Fight games. That's right, there's bad final fight games. Final Fight Revenge for the Sega Saturn and Final Fight Streetwise for the PlayStation 2. Final Fight is a series of beat 'em up video games by Capcom, which began with the arcade release of Final Fight in 1989. Set in the fictional Metro City, the games focus on a group of heroic vigilantes who fights against the control and various threats of criminal gangs, primarily the Mad Gear Gang. But let's look at the worst of the bunch.
#15 - Mission: Impossible (N64)
Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2020
Mission: Impossible. The game is an action-adventure shooter developed by Infogrames and loosely based on the 1996 film of the same name starring Tom Cruise. It was originally released for the Nintendo 64 video game console in 1998.
#16 - Ecco the Dolphin (Sega Genesis)
Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2020
Ecco is an action-adventure game originally developed by Ed Annunziata and Novotrade International for the Sega Genesis and published by Sega in 1992. The original game followed the exploits of a young dolphin named Ecco as he searched the seas, and eventually time itself, for his missing pod. The game is known for being super unique with a great art style, but it's also known for being hard, frustrating, and unfair
#17 - Countdown Vampires (PS1)
Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/2020
Countdown Vampires is a survival horror game developed by K2 LLC and published by Bandai. It's basically Resident Evil, but with vampires instead of zombies. In Countdown Vampires, you play Keith Snyder, a tattooed celebrity bodyguard who has come to the ritzy Desert Moon Hotel on New Year's Eve 1999. When a fire starts in the hotel, the ceiling sprinklers go off. Rather than spray water, they drop an oozing dark liquid all over the glamorous guests. This liquid, whatever it is, turns the other guests into vampires. Now it's your job to find an antidote while fending off preying bloodsuckers, flesh-eating zombies, and bone-crushing monsters. Through the game you'll explore eight different locations--from woodland areas to bars to casino floors--to solve the mystery. It also happens to be one of the worst tank-controlled PS1 games of all time.
#18 - The Legend of Kage (NES)
Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/2020
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 185: The Legend of Kage for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Kage is an action game that was released by Taito in 1985. Players take role of the young Iga ninja named 'Kage' on the mission to rescue Princess Kiri from villains.
#19 - Taito Legends (PS2)
Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2020
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 186: Taito Legends. These Taito compilations are for the PlayStation 2 and include 68 games total. (Volume 1 came with 29 games and Volume 2 has a bunch more, with 39 games.) Extra features include interviews with some of the game designers, original sales flyers, and arcade cabinet art, but most of those are in Volume 1. Some of the collection includes: Space Invaders, The Newzealand Story, Bubble Bobble, Jungle Hunt, and a ton of Taito's shooters, fighters, platformers, and puzzle games.
#20 - Tomb Raider Games
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/2018
The AVGN reviews a variety of Tomb Raider Games. Tomb Raider Chronicles (PS1), Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness (PS2), and Tomb Raider for the Ngage handheld device.
#21 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/31/2006
The follow up to the Angry Nintendo Nerd's Friday the 13th review, featuring Freddy Krueger. Another classic episode!
#22 - Bible Games
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/20/2006
CHRISTMAS, 2006 SPECIAL! One of the longest episodes to date. ScrewAttack had to release it in two parts, because of their video player. But it was always meant to be one.
#23 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2007
This is a re-edit of the AVGN two-parter about the third entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy. In the movie the turtles find themselves transported back in time to ancient Japan. It has nothing to do with the game Turtles in Time, but they eventually added that name to the film.
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#24 - E.T. [Atari 2600]
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2014
This review is from the feature-length film "Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie" now adapted into "episode" format. You can view this as a plot spoiler, but I'm sure everyone already knows the movie ends with an E.T. review. The movie is more about the story behind the game, the Atari landfill, but with a science fiction twist. To understand all the context and imagination behind it, see the movie. Or enjoy it here as a standard "Nerd" episode.
#25 - Beavis and Butthead
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/16/2016
It's 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