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The Angry Video Game Nerd Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
Virtual Boy
Tue, Feb 19, 200815 mins
The Nerd does a summary on the Virtual Boy, a promising portable console that was only in the market for one year. He shows the viewers his own Virtual Boy and points out some of the features that make it infamous including the unusual design that creates problems in how to play it in the right position. He then does a review on all of the games made for the platform. He does admit that there's a hand full of good games, but is displeased with how the rest of them don't take advantage of being in 3D or give any feeling of being in a virtual world.
Episode 2
The Wizard of Oz
Tue, Mar 4, 200811 mins
The Nerd plays the Super Nintendo adaption of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie. Something that can't be made into a good game. Mainly due to the addition of weird enemies and locations that don't look like something you'd find in either the movie or the original books. The Nerd's main complaint is the large number of glitches the game has where various platforms make the characters in the game fall through. While playing the game, the Nerd is visited by the Cowardly Lion who won't shut up through out the review.
Episode 3
Double Vision: Part 1
Tue, Mar 25, 200810 mins
The Nerd does a review on the two competing consoles to the Atari 2600 Intellivision and Colecovision. He starts his review on Intellivision first and also does a review on most of its games. His main complaint is the controller for the Intellivision makes playing the games harder. Despite how most of Intellivision's games are knock offs of already popular Atari games. He's also amused by the fuzzy sound quality of the voice synthesizer that is only compatible to certain Intellivision games.
Episode 4
Double Vision: Part 2
Tue, Apr 8, 20088 mins
The Nerd does a follow up to the previous review by showing us the features of the Colecovision. The controllers aren't any different from the Intellivision, while most of the games are as bad they look. His main complaint is one of the add-ons to the console is a device that allows you to play Atari 2600 games on the Colecovision. The Nerd found it hard to believe the competitor of Atari was allowed to sell such a device. Cause in today's gaming market it wouldn't be allowed when it can create multiple lawsuits.
Episode 5
The Wizard and Super Mario Bros 3
Tue, Apr 22, 200817 mins
The Nerd decides to review a good game for once which is Super Mario Bros. 3. Before he reviews it, he talks about the movie The Wizard which is how American gamers first learn about the game as it was a product placement along with the NES Power Glove. While the Nerd doesn't find the story for The Wizard to be great, he did admit that it holds a place in the gaming community. After putting his review on the Wizard aside he starts to play Super Mario Bros. 3, while it has a lot of hard parts it is really fun to play, however the Nerd couldn't help but notice the game having many hidden messages that lead to the implication that the game is possessed by the devil.
Episode 6
N.E.S. Accessories!
Wed, May 14, 200814 mins
The Nerd reviews all the crap Nintendo tried to market along with the NES. Zapper guns, LaserScopes, Roll'n Rocker, and other accessories one needs to look "cool" while playing video games.
Episode 7
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Wed, May 21, 200817 mins
In honor of the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the AVGN reviews the games based on the original trilogy. Raiders of the Lost Ark on Atari, Temple of Doom and Last Crusade on NES, and naturally, they all suck. He does praise the Lucas Arts SNES release, which contains three much more faithful adaptations of the movies.
Episode 8
Star Trek
Wed, Jun 11, 200811 mins
In a Star Trek theme review, the Nerd dons a yellow Starfleet uniform and decides to review a couple Star Trek related games, cause reviewing all of them would be too much for him to handle. The most absurd one he can find is the 25th Anniversary game for the NES which consists of pointless dialog and confusing quests, the Nerd thought about destroying it with a phaser but had a change of heart believing that the game developers tried their hardiest when making the game.
Episode 9
Superman
Thu, Jun 26, 200812 mins
The Nerd reviews two of the earlier Superman theme games. The first one for the Atari 2600 is not just bad in graphics but is confusing to navigate. While the Superman game for the NES is another story where all of the characters are drawn in a chibi style and the use of attacks don't do justice towards the enemies. The Nerd's biggest complete about the game is that one of the missions involve trying to see why the stocks are so low in the stock market. The Nerd isn't sure why a game intended for kids would be interested in the stock market. Overall the Nerd finds the game unreviewable cause he could go on for hours on why it's bad and even dares the viewers to try to play the game to see why it's so frustrating.
Episode 10
Superman 64
Tue, Jul 8, 200811 mins
The Nerd complies to his fan requests to review Superman 64 which he decided to pull everyone's leg by reviewing the Superman game for Commodore 64. His main complaint is the load time takes forever and he finds the Commodore controller to be so stiff that he resulted in using an alternate controller. After that he does review Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64 as the fans wished him to do so in the first place. Once he dived into the first level he already finds it to be terrible when all you do is fly through rings under a short time limit. When it comes to video game Superman has received a lot of bad game adaptations.
Episode 11
Batman: Part 1
Tue, Jul 22, 200812 mins
AVGN gets dressed up like Batman to review a series of games based on the Caped Crusader. First up, a Commodore 64 game, which sucks and is given "the Bat punishment." While he praises the NES adaptation of the 1989 movie and the SNES adaptation of Batman Returns, not to mention the SNES game of the Animated Series, he deems the Atari Linx and Sega CD games to be crap, but the worst of all is Batman Forever on SNES. As if all that weren't bad enough, one of Batman's arch-nemeses pays the Bat-Nerd a visit.
Episode 12
Batman: Part 2
Mon, Aug 11, 200810 mins
The Joker holds AVGN hostage and forces him to play the NES, Game Boy and Sega versions of Return of the Joker. They all suck. It enrages the Bat-Nerd so much, he breaks free and fights off the Joker, and then, as a final Bat punishment, he shoves every single bad Batman game up the Clown Prince of Crime's ass.
Episode 13
Deadly Towers
Tue, Aug 19, 20088 mins
As a special incentive, the AVGN has his fans write his dialogue as he sets out to rant and rave about an NES game he wishes never existed.
Episode 14
Battletoads
Wed, Sep 3, 20088 mins
The Nerd was about to talk about Battletoads only to discover that Guitar Guy is sitting right next to him on the couch rather than being behind the couch like in the intros to each review. The Nerd demanded that Guitar Guy to go back to his usual spot except Guitar Guy feels that for once he should be part of one of Nerd's reviews. After the Nerd learns how hard it was for Guitar Guy to live behind a couch after the past two years the Nerd allowed him to do a review with him. So as they start to play Battletoads' two player mode they both learn how unfair the mode is when both players can attack each other along with the enemies and that is one player dies it's game over for both the player that died and the player that lived. Guitar Guy & the Nerd agreed that the makers of Battletoads didn't know how to make a 2 player mode game work properly.
Episode 15
Dick Tracy
Tue, Sep 16, 200815 mins
Game on the chopping block this week: Dick Tracy on Nintendo. The world's most popular yellow-coated detective in the world's most frustrating, nonlinear game. Watch as the Nerd struggles to find out-of-reach clues, tries to dodge impossible projectiles, and worst of all, realizes you only get 1 life and no continues.
Episode 16
Dracula
Tue, Oct 14, 200812 mins
The Nerd decides to review various Dracula games as well as dressing up as a vampire while playing them. Excluding the Castlevania series, the Nerd is only going to focus on very obscure Dracula games. Each one was bad, but the ones that the Nerd complains the most is the game adaptations of Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula movie. The only version that comes close to being good is the Sega CD version, the only thing that ruins it is the bad control scheme and the only enemies being rats and bats. The Nerd felt there's too many games with bats as enemies.
Episode 17
Frankenstein
Tue, Oct 28, 200814 mins
The Nerd creates a monster name Franken-Nerd who will be playing bad games instead of him. Upon playing the Mary Shelly Frankenstein on the Super Nintendo, the monster becomes irritated by the confusing shortcuts and elevated platforms. The monster strangles the Nerd, but the Nerd shuts down the monster by activating the neck bolts that function like an off switch. Then the Nerd has no choice but to play through the rest of the Frankenstein theme games. The most obscure title he plays is Frankenstein: The Monster Returns. Progressing into the game is so hard that not even using Game Genie on the game will help the Nerd out.
Episode 18
CD-i: Part 1 - Hotel Mario
Wed, Nov 12, 20088 mins
After spending 700 dollars on a CD-i console and several game titles. The Nerd is finally able to review some of the games the CD-i had to offer. In this case he decides to review the titles that are based off of the Mario & Zelda franchises. Starting with Hotel Mario which the Nerd praises it for being challenging and addicting but finds the animated cut scenes and the confusing layout of the levels to be the only down side to the game. Specially when all the game features is Mario closing every single door in order to proceed to the next level.
Episode 19
CD-i Part 2: Zelda Wand of Gamelon
Tue, Nov 25, 200813 mins
The Nerd now reviews one of the three Zelda games for the CD-i. Out of the three he decides to play Zelda: Wand of Gamelon first cause the Nerd thought it be cool to control Zelda in a Zelda game for once since her name is on every single Zelda game. The Nerd soon finds out that the game is nothing like the Nintendo licensed Zelda games. Instead the game has bad animation, poor voice acting, complicated controls, confusing layouts of the levels, and frustrating use of items. The main criticism the Nerd had for the game is that a lot of the areas go dark for no reason which results in using a lantern that has a short life span. Resulting in navigating through the dark areas without knowing where the exit is.
Episode 20
CD-i Part 3: Faces of Evil and Zelda's Adventure
Tue, Dec 9, 200814 mins
The Nerd concludes his CD-i review with the two remaining Zelda games. The first one is Link: The Faces of Evil which has all of the same problems as Wand of Gamelon had. While the final game the Nerd reviews is Zelda's Adventure, which he praises it for not having the same bad animation as the first two games and is now an over head view like the earlier Zelda games instead of a slide scroller game. However the game still suffers with an abundance of flaws such as poorly detailed backgrounds making it hard to know what is an opening and what isn't. The CD load time takes a while when ever you enter a new area and the voice acting is as bad as the acting in the previous two games. The Nerd's main complaint is the maps for the game are inconsistent and makes you feel lost upon exploring the dungeon levels.
Episode 21
Bible Games 2
Tue, Dec 23, 200817 mins
It's Christmas time once more, and this time the Nerd decides to play more Bible games. This time most of the ones he's reviewing are official licensed games. The most obscured game he plays is Sunday Funday which is one of the last NES games of any kind. The most annoying thing about the game is the placement of springs and propellers create a confusing trap in most levels which makes it impossible to proceed further into the game. The Nerd concludes the review with three CD-i Bible games. Which are all contain mediocre mini games that are unappealing to play.
Episode 22
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Wed, Jan 7, 20099 mins
The Nerd reviews one of the first Genesis games he ever played which is Moonwalker. He expressed that at the time anything with Michael Jackson was worth buying and the idea of controlling a celebrity in a video game was relatively new back then. As he plays the game the one thing he finds annoying is fact you have to check every single door and window to find a lost kid to rescue while The Nerd couldn't understand why some copies of the game have the Thriller theme while others don't. Especially when the game has a zombie level which features the Thriller dance moves but not proper music to go with.
Episode 23
Milon's Secret Castle
Tue, Jan 27, 200911 mins
When it comes to secrets, Milon's Secret Castle is filled with them. When the Nerd tries to play this game, he finds it to be unusual that two entrances to the castle lead right back outside and a window that just leads to an empty room. Upon reading the help column of an old Nintendo Power magazine, the Nerd learns the tricks on how to progress further into the game. However he finds it to be annoying that Milon's Secret Castle doesn't give you any hints or indications on where to go or what to do. It's as if the game developers want gamers to not be able to beat the game itself.
