Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 25, 2004 (9 min)

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.

In this debut from the character we now all know as The Angry Video Game Nerd, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is The Nerd's first video game victim. Released on the Nintendo Entertainment System just a year after the first in the series, it should have been equally as acclaimed. Though as it's the focus of an AVGN video, there are of course numerous shortcomings which prevent Simon's Quest from hitting the same highs as the original Castlevania.

With horrendous day to night transitions, having to throw holy water everywhere you go, and possibly the easiest boss in video game history; Simon's Quest was the perfect place for The Nerd to start dissecting the crappiest games known to man.

Although The Nerd may have a lot to rant about when it comes to Simon's Quest, the Castlevania series as a whole (Particularly Castlevania IV on the Super Nintendo) do hold a special place in his heart. And as a four part Halloween special in 2010, The Nerd revisits Simon's Quest, along with numerous other titles in the series.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 28, 2004 (7 min)

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2006 (5 min)

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2006 (4 min)

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2006 (7 min)

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2006 (7 min)

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2006 (7 min)

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2006 (5 min)

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2006 (4 min)

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2006 (7 min)

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2006 (4 min)

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2006 (11 min)

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2006 (13 min)

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2006 (12 min)

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2006 (11 min)

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2006 (7 min)

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Dec 25, 2006 (21 min)

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. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 17.

This Christmas, let the Nerd remind you of the Christmas spirit by throwing Baby Moses down the Nile. If you think that's weird, just hop on Noah's Ark, where you can shoot an army of goats with sleeping pills from a slingshot. That's right folks, there's nothing holy about these Bible-based boatloads of sacrilege.

Released in 1991 by Wisdom Tree, Bible Adventures was a game that was so poorly put together that it wasn't even sold at major video game retailers. The same could be said for their next title, Bible Buffet, a game as baffling as its title would suggest. And rounding out the trilogy is Super Noah's Ark 3D, a blatant, kid-friendly knockoff of Wolfenstein 3D that was released in 1994. It's so bad that it wasn't even officially licensed by Nintendo!

Games this bad shouldn't be legal, so prepare yourself for the terror that awaits you in this episode. This just might by the Christmas that kills the Nerd! So grab your strongest cup of eggnog, because this is going to be a long one.

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: May 2, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: May 15, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2007 (20 min)

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: May 14, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: May 21, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2008 (20 min)

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: May 6, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: May 19, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2009 (17 min)

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. This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 75

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2009 (20 min)

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: May 9, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2010 (16 min)

In this episode, 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, with guest star Kevin Finn. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 92

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2010 (20 min)

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2011 (20 min)

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2012 (20 min)

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2012 (20 min)

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2012 (20 min)

Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2013 (21 min)

In this episode, the Nerd decides to take on the arcade classic Ikari Warriors for the NES. After constant deaths and ABBAs, the Nerd decides he's in need of a player 2, so after reviving the lifeless corpse of the Guitar Guy, they must wade their way through cartons of milk and hairless scrotum guns. Where did the hair go? This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 110

Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2013 (15 min)

The Toxic Avenger, 'Toxie' for short, is the brainchild of Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment, who created 'The Toxic Avenger' series, 'Tromeo and Juliet', and 'Class of Nuke Em' High'.  It was low-brow, over the top, violent, and shameless; the stuff of B-movie legends that made 'The Toxic Avenger' a cult classic. Until one day, Toxie decided to premier in a children's cartoon called 'The Toxic Crusaders'.  To appeal to the children, he had to tone down the violence while putting an environmental message similar to 'Captain Planet'.  What could be more toxic than 'The Toxic Crusaders'?  How about creating a series of games that's so toxic, it requires TWO reviewers to clean-up this monstrosity! This is AVGN Episode 111

As a special treat from AVGN, Lloyd Kaufman makes a special appearance for this review!

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2013 (20 min)

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2013 (20 min)

Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2013 (10 min)

Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2013 (20 min)

Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2013 (20 min)

Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2013 (20 min)

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2014 (16 min)

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (often referred to as just Big Rigs) is a 2003 third-person racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing for the PC. The box for Big Rigs states that the main objective of the game is to race a semi-trailer truck "Big Rig" to safety in order to deliver illegal cargo being carried by the truck, while avoiding the police. In actuality, there are no police in the game, no such objectives are presented within the game itself and there is no load attached to the truck! Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing received extremely negative reviews when it came out. Reasons being - lack of collision detection, frequent bugs, poor visuals, and severe lack of functionality. As a result, the game is now widely regarded as one of the worst video games of all time.. and the Nerd is here to show it to you! This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 118.

Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: May 28, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x09 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x10 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x11 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x12 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x13 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x14 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2014 (20 min)

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2015 (20 min)

Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: May 13, 2015 (20 min)

Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2015 (20 min)

Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2015 (20 min)

Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2015 (12 min)

Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2016 (20 min)

Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: May 26, 2016 (20 min)

Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2016 (20 min)

Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2016 (20 min)

Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2016 (20 min)

Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x10 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x11 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2017 (20 min)

Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x03 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x04 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x06 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x07 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x08 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 12x09 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2018 (20 min)

Episode: 13x01 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: May 8, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x06 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x07 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x09 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2019 (20 min)

Episode: 13x10 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2019 (25 min)

Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2019 (40 min)

Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2020 (24 min)

Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2020 (22 min)

Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2020 (22 min)

Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: May 13, 2020 (18 min)

Episode: 14x05 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2020 (19 min)

Episode: 14x06 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2020 (18 min)

Episode: 14x07 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2020 (16 min)

Episode: 14x08 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2020 (17 min)

Episode: 14x09 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2020 (17 min)

Episode: 14x10 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2020 (15 min)

Episode: 14x11 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2020 (35 min)

Episode: 14x12 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2020 (15 min)

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2021 (15 min)

Episode: 15x02 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2021 (20 min)

Episode: 15x03 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2021 (27 min)

Episode: 15x04 | Airdate: May 14, 2021 (21 min)

Episode: 15x05 | Airdate: May 28, 2021 (15 min)

Episode: 15x06 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2021 (12 min)

Episode: 15x07 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2021 (10 min)

Episode: 15x08 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2021 (9 min)

Episode: 15x09 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2021 (18 min)

Episode: 15x10 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2021 (15 min)

Episode: 15x11 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2021 (31 min)

Episode: 15x12 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2021 (24 min)

This is episode 199 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of the Commodore 64 horror games. Freddy and Jason are back with a review of Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th on Commodore 64!! But before that, the Nerd is covering other horror games for the C64 from Psycho, to Gremlins, to Evil Dead, and a few non-licensed games. This is technically part 2 of the Commodore 64 system review from a few weeks back and get ready for AVGN Episode 200 coming next month!

Episode: 15x13 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2021 (25 min)

This is episode 200 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of every game published by LJN. This is part 1 of 3, with the others coming very soon. LJN has been a thorn in the Nerd's side for 15 years now. With the sudden rights falling into his hands, the Nerd has decided to remake every LJN game as good as possible. However, he'll need to review every LJN game ever made (while Back to the Future gets re-developed.) Thankfully, the Nerd has already reviewed a lot of the LJN library... but, there's a lot of garbage he hasn't played yet to complete the 67 LJN titles released.

Episode: 15x14 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2021 (25 min)

This is episode 200 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of every game published by LJN. This is part 2 of 3, with the final coming next week. The Nerd has been gifted the rights to LJN and will start fixing the company by remaking Back to the Future on NES with a developer friend. Unfortunately, he also has to review every other LJN game to complete the catalog of his new company. Oh, and since he already reviewed the movie based games, he will now tackle the sports and Marvel games!!

Episode: 15x15 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2021 (27 min)

This is episode 200 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN), a review of every game published by LJN. This is part 3 of 3, the final part! Making a video game has been harder than the Nerd and even the developer thought. But, while that process rushes to the deadline, the Nerd will review the last batch of LJN games to complete their awful catalog. These being the wrestling and miscellaneous games.

Episode: 16x01 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2022 (27 min)

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.

Episode: 16x02 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2022 (28 min)

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.

Episode: 16x03 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2022 (18 min)

This is episode 203 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)! The Nerd auditions a handful of Wii games before landing on a game he just had to show off: Purr Pals! Raise your own digital kitten by feeding it, playing fetch with it, and even facing off against it in table tennis! He also tries out Party Babyz, Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing, Balls of Fury, and Monkey Mischief.

Episode: 16x04 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2022 (18 min)

This is episode 204 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)! When it comes to movie-based games, you'd think The Nerd covered them all by now, but here's another one based on the Bruce Willis film, Hudson Hawk on NES. The movie is a bit of a mixed bag, so lets see what kind of "bag' the game is! Released by Sony Imagesoft in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, you play as the titular Hudson Hawk (Willis), the world's greatest thief, who is forced to steal three of Da Vinci's precious artifacts by the Mario Brothers Mafia. The movie also starred Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Richard E. Grant, and Sandra Bernhard.

Episode: 16x05 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2022 (29 min)

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.

Episode: 16x06 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2022 (26 min)

This is episode 206 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)! In this episode of AVGN, the Nerd talks about everyone's favorite Lasagna Eating Orange Cat, Garfield. From Atari to Sega Genesis, The Nerd will dig into a big pile of Cat Crap!

Episode: 17x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2023 (22 min)

This is episode 207 of the Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)! Let's take a look back at an alleged NES Classic, Kid Icarus. Does it stand up with the Titans of the Era, or is it a Mount Olympus of Poop??? Find out in this episode of AVGN!!!!!

Episode: 17x02 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2023 (27 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 208, The Nerd opens up a can of worms and takes a gross out look back at the Earthworm Jim series! Often hailed as classics, The Nerd looks to find out if the original Sega Genesis games (or the 3D one for N64) still hold up, or, if they were simply a flash in the pan of the 90s.

Episode: 17x03 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2023 (26 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 209, The Nerd dons his leather hat and whip again to pick up where he left off in 2008, playing more bad games based on the Indiana Jones films series! This time though he's got something brand new for you - a game based on the newly released Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the... LeapFrog Didj?! The Nerd also digs deep into Young Indiana Jones games on Sega Genesis and NES, some of Indy's PC and DVD adventures, and his first venture into 3D in the Nintendo 64's the Infernal Machine. The game footage was intentionally degraded to try and make it look old.

Episode: 17x04 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2023 (19 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 210, 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!

Episode: 17x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2023 (27 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 211, The Nerd has his final confrontation with the NES game that has tortured him his entire life: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!! And he'll need some help from a wiser, more Fatherly Nerd to exorcise it once and for all!

Episode: 17x06 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2023 (34 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 212, The Nerd crosses another game off his bucket list with the Super Nintendo RPG classic, Final Fantasy III... or Final Fantasy VI as its known outside the States!

Episode: 18x01 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2024 (26 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 213, The Nerd 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: Goonies 1 and 2!

Episode: 18x02 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2024 (20 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 214, The Nerd gets a new cell phone and tries out mobile gaming for the first time with My Horse Prince, a dating sim starring an anime girl and a talking horse with an attractive human face!

Episode: 18x03 | Airdate: May 8, 2024 (25 min)

The Nerd celebrates 20 years of Angry Video Game Nerd in AVGN episode 215, 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!

Episode: 18x04 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2024 (19 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 216, 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!

Episode: 18x05 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2024 (17 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 217, The Nerd performs a magic trick by sticking his hand in the N64 shelf and pulling out the only 3D platformer starring a glove and a ball: Glover!

Episode: 18x06 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2024 (23 min)

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!

Episode: 18x07 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2024 (20 min)

Episode: 18x08 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2024 (20 min)

Episode: 18x09 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2024 (26 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 221, The Nerd seeks out his old foe the Glitch Gremlin to help him defeat an even greater threat in A.I. Man, but can they put their past behind them and work together to glitch the ultimate artificial intelligence into submission?

Episode: 19x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2025 (24 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 222, The Nerd is looking at the only video game mascot series starring a gecko! Originally 3DO's answer to Mario and Sonic, Gex would go on to spawn two sequels with Enter the Gecko and Deep Under Cover. Do the Gex games hold up as platforming classics or are they simply petrified gecko crap?

Episode: 19x02 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2025 (19 min)

Episode: 19x03 | Airdate: May 16, 2025 (25 min)

Episode: 19x04 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2025 (36 min)

Episode: 19x05 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2025

Episode: 19x06 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2025

Episode: 19x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2025 (19 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 228, The Nerd goes back to the future with a game based on a movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a time-traveling special agent - Timecop!

Episode: 19x08 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2025 (20 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 229, The Nerd celebrates the Christmas season by being good and playing another ET game, this time on PlayStation!

Episode: 20x01 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2026 (21 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 230, The Nerd plays possibly the worst Contra game ever made: Contra Force!

Episode: 20x02 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2026 (19 min)

In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 231, The Nerd teams up with Scott the Woz to tackle ToeJam & Earl on the Sega Genesis! It's a game about two alien rappers, random presents, and trying not to fall off the planet. It's weird, confusing, creative, and exactly the kind of game that leaves the Nerd asking, "What were they thinking?!"

Episode: 20x03 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2026 (24 min)

Angry Video Game Nerd episode 232. The Nerd takes a look at the wild history of Crash Bandicoot, from the original PlayStation classic to the strange sequels that followed. With a little "help" from special guest Caddicarus, the Nerd dives into platforming, kart racing, party games, crossovers, and some of the weirdest moments in Crash history. Featuring Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2, Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash, The Wrath of Cortex, Twinsanity, Crash of the Titans, and more.

Episode: 20x04 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2026 (26 min)

Angry Video Game Nerd episode 233. The Nerd learns that beating Bubble Bobble the right way takes more than one player. To reach the true ending, he has to bring in a very special guest. Together they blow bubbles, trap enemies, dodge Grumple Grommit (aka "Super Drunk"), decode the game's bizarre on-screen messages, and grind through both loops to earn the ending most people never saw back in the day.