Top 10 Best Angry Video Game Nerd Episodes
The Angry Video Game Nerd has been tearing apart bad games for years, delivering some of the funniest and most brutally honest reviews online. If you've ever sat through a game so awful it made you want to throw your controller through the screen, you already know why this show is so popular. The Nerd takes that frustration and turns it into something hilarious, mixing over-the-top rage, deep-dive analysis, and ridiculous skits to create some of the best gaming content out there.With so many episodes covering everything from broken NES disasters to baffling CD-i disasters, it's tough to say which ones stand out the most. That's where you come in. This list brings together some of the most talked-about episodes, but it's up to you to decide which ones deserve the top spots.
Some episodes focus on legendary gaming failures, while others explore bizarre, obscure titles you might never have heard of. No matter what, they all bring the same mix of comedy, frustration, and nostalgia that makes AVGN so much fun to watch. So scroll through the list, vote for your favorites, and see where they land in the rankings.
"The box says 17, but for this ONE PART, you gotta be 18"... Who needs crazy nonsensical bungled ratings when this crazy traveshamockery of a 3DO "game" is so dumb it's not suitable for mature audiences let alone kids!
The worst and weirdest game the Nerd has ever played, and the worst/weirdest game I've ever seen.
The moment when the upside-down chicken mask pops up is the funniest moment in history. Like, in all of history.
Watching him beat up Bugs Bunny was absolutely priceless!
This is the definition of a classic episode.
It's a blowout all right. A blowout your ass!
LJN did not make Action 52. Some people think they did. The Nerd would have to specifically clarify if the game were made by LJN. But he didn't, so we can clearly tell this isn't LJN. If the logo is not on the cartridge, then it's not LJN.
"Safety pins as enemies in a video game... Where do they come up with this?" Right after the Nerd says this, we see his impression of a video game programmer - specifically the Laughing Joking Numbnuts who gave us Action 52.
I snicker so damn hard every single time I watch it. It is bursting with memorable lines that my friend and I endlessly quote at each other.
The part is funny when he puts Crazy Castle games in the Super Mario Brothers 2 bin. I also like the part when Bugs Bunny poops on the Angry Video Game Nerd. I also like it when the AVGN takes off Bugs Bunny's head. I also like it when Bugs Bunny and the Angry Video Game Nerd break the guitar and the couch.
Out of the two Bugs Bunny reviews, I like this one more. The fighting is just SO funny, and everything is just fun to watch. I also like the actual review in this one more than in Birthday Blowout. The Nerd's reactions to all the sequels are just great.
Given that Nintendo, the video game company, is itself a 19th-century licensed property whose old business was in trading cards, the NES version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is a marriage of 19th-century licensed properties gone horribly, ludicrously, unbelievably wrong.
No matter who programmed this game, they gave Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde the LJN treatment.
- Purple for putrid gameplay... Check!
- Blue for bad musical abominations... Check!
- Green for graphical farts and garlic... Check!
- Yellow for a piss-poor lack of loyalty to the source material... Check!
- Orange for orange you a big idiot... Check! (The image on the cover is a ripoff of Freddy Krueger, another Halloween icon whose NES game was ruined by Laughing Joking Numbnuts, as well as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.)
- Red for high-stress, anger-inducing masochism... Giant economy-sized check!
Look at Donkey Kong's face on the N64! P.S. The N64 is the best gaming console of all time, and my favorite video game for this console is Super Mario 64, my top 1 favorite video game of all time, with my least favorite video game of all time being this - Superman 64. Awesome, flawless review, James Rolfe!
His most requested video besides E.T. on the Atari 2600. And the game is REALLY bad. He also teases everyone by doing Superman on the Commodore 64 right before moving to the Nintendo 64 one. The game is so bad, it's funny to watch someone try to play it.
I think this one might have the best special effects, but when he goes to the kitchen and makes a gyro... hilarious!
The ending is pretty much awesome, along with the rest of the episode.
My favorite episode! So funny and epic!
I don't like the part where he starts liking it, but I like it when he rants about it. By the way, why does he think it's funny when "You're Winner!" appears? I don't think it is!
I cracked up laughing while watching. Loved his reactions to the game!
Great episode, especially the commercial part.
These games were the dread of every child in the '90s on Christmas morning. One of his best episodes from the new season.
This is my favorite. I don't know why.
Just incredible how bad this NES add-on is. I never owned the Power Glove, but I own the N64 glove (it sucks). The montage just shows how bad the control is. There's a part where The Nerd just gives up and starts using the control pad on the glove instead of using the motion control.
The Power Glove's biggest success came when Lucas used it to play Rad Racer in a movie called The Wizard. "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad" that no one can blame the Angry Video Game Nerd for giving it the middle finger!
By far his most popular episode!
The Newcomers
This 200th episode consists of three parts where the Nerd goes over every video game published by LJN.
He even tries to remake Back to the Future, only for it to turn out even worse than the original. Through this process, he realizes that making video games is harder than you might think, especially when dealing with license restrictions and tight deadlines.
Time travel was a very interesting concept, and the five Nerds in 2006 made the episode funny.
Super Mecha Death Chris 2000 because. Even as a Christian, I find this funny.
I should have put this on the list too. Incredibly funny review.
Nice to watch, detailed, and hilarious all over. By detailed, I mean how the Nerd shows how disappointing the movie was, how hyped up it was, how his friends were anticipating it, a slight summary of the two past movies, and the top ten corniest lines from it.
The movie is just terrible, and he explains why. The movie and he together make it nearly hysterical. He also destroys the tape at the end with a... Well, I won't spoil it for you. Overall, just know that this episode is great. (It is a two-parter, but technically it is one episode.)
One of his most insane episodes. Great acting by Steven J. Klaszky (the Hillbilly) and Matei.
My favorite part is when the Nerd gets captured, and Hillbilly and Chop Top laugh at him.
This one is always fun to watch. It's another guest/character review. The games in it are just really funny to watch James (The Nerd) and "Spider-Man" watch. The way "Spider-Man" talks is funny, as well as the song at the end.
This is my personal favorite episode. It's simple, fast-paced, and spawned one of the funniest moments ever...
"I wish Spider-Man would deliver my pizzas every day."
"I'm gonna shove a pizza up your ass!"
My new favorite one, and the glitches in the video game Rocky were hilarious. Also, the Glitch Gremlin was funny.
This one's my fave, especially the Nerd's acting and voice-over. Good stuff!
Kyle just stole this one, but it's brilliant. Love the music, love the genuine nerd reactions to the random things coming out of his mouth, even hidden behind a controller, and I love how the game is so weird that it's all on theme. Where DID the hair go?
Spider-Man, Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can! Spins a web, any size! Catches thieves, just like flies! Look out! Here comes Spider-Man! Oops... I clicked the wrong one...
His first review with a guest character. His sarcasm throughout the review makes it especially funny.
This game was half as bad as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It made it into 3 parts. It's an original, and it gets credit for that.
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I've never laughed so hard at a YouTube video. It's excellent. It was the first I'd seen, and it got me hooked.
I feel bad for AVGN in this one. That Ghostbusters game looks like it really sucks!
This episode got taken down from YouTube, alongside Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Movie, and Super Mario Bros. 3: The Movie Review. The Movie Review would've created a Nerd spin-off, but that was scrapped.
Yes, this exists. It's so weird, which makes it so funny. The Nerd mixed with it makes it work so well and makes it just hilarious.
The Atari 2600 game featured in this episode features the Nerd stopping LJN games from hitting Atari, Nintendo, and Sega consoles, but which console is which is anyone's guess.
We get to see the Nerd play his own video game (AVGN Adventures) in this episode. AVGN Adventures contains one whole level made by and named after LJN.
"Mike? Who the hell is Mike? I don't know anyone like that..."
But Board James sure did!
The Nerd has little kids with him. It's funny that the Nerd's usual language is now covered with the word "dope." Also, the reviews themselves in the video are okay, but it's the "story" part that really makes the video.
What makes the review is the part at the end where The Nerd is thinking against the recent games, but then he puts in Xbox and PS2 games, and heavy metal music starts playing. He is seeing how awesome they are to him, and he drops the F-bomb from the bottom of his heart (literally).
I love this one, how each Godzilla game just gets worse and worse as he plays them until he finally explodes.