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15. Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) by Nintendo

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Super Mario Bros. 2
-Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
-Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
-Street Fighter II: Turbo
-Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
-Super Street Fighter II: Tur...

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5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989, NES) by Ultra

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

After relatively short trials and games where I was on my own to figure the speedrun out, game #5 was a breath of fresh air. Thanks to the combined efforts of my two wonderful mentors, Skunky48 and TheNESMaster, this ended up being the fir...

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22. Doom

Doom (1994, 32x) by id Software

Current Speed (I’m Too Young To Die!) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Doom
-Virtua Fighter
-Star Wars Arcade
-Primal Rage
-Knuckles Chaotix
-Corpse Killer (CD 32x) (also shown in this episode, but it wasn’t chosen)
-Night Trap (CD 32x)

(note: for this themed AV...

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24. Die Hard

Die Hard (1992) by Activision

Current Any% (Beginner) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I had never played NES Die Hard before I plunked down $100 USD to get my cart for the trials and play this challenge, which was honored (is that the right word?) by the AVGN in episode #28. I had no idea what to expect.

The last thing I expected wa...

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23. Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer (1990, NES) by Arcadia

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

The saying is known throughout gamer circles, young and old. Those classic NES games, man. Some of them are “impossible”. We call that “Nintendo Hard”...

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21. Night Trap

Night Trap (1992, Sega CD) by Sega

Current Best Ending Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Night Trap
-Sega Classics Arcade Collection
-Sewer Shark
-Ground Zero: Texas
-Slam City With Scottie Pippen
-Double Switch
-Corpse Killer
-TimeGal
-Lethal Enforcers
-The Adventures of Willy Beamish
-Road Av...

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20. Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (NES)
-Spider-Man (Atari 2600)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy)
-Spider-Man 2 (Game Boy Advance)

Have you ever played a game that frustrated you, but...

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19. Ghostbusters (NES)

Ghostbusters (1988, NES) by Activision

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Ghostbusters (NES)
-Ghostbusters (Master System)
-Ghostbusters (Atari 2600)
-Ghostbusters II (NES)
-Ghostbusters (Genesis)

(Note: for this episode, which was released in 3 seperate episodes, I decided to only ...

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18. Space Invaders

Space Invaders (1982, Atari 5200) by Taito

Current 5200 Points Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Space Invaders
-Kaboom!
-Frogger
-Super Breakout
-Pole Position

(Note: for this themed episode, I only considered games for the Atari 5200)

The Atari 5200.  Oh dear.

As a video game collector, I typica...

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14. Super Glove Ball

Super Glove Ball (1990, NES) by Mattel

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
Super Glove Ball
-Metroid
-Double Dragon
-Castlevania
-Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest
-Kung-Fu Heroes
-Bubble Bobble
-Life Force
-Jackal
-Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
-R.C. Pro-Am
-Rad Racer
-Top Gun
-Contra
-Mi...

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