Dick Tracy (1990, NES) by Bandai

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

This game is impossible.  That is what I was told.

I gotta say, casually, this game is pretty damned hard.  The clues are abstract and hidden behind tough enemies, the guns are hard to aim, the ammo is limited...

Battletoads (1991, NES) by Tradewest & Rare

Current Any% (No WW) Rash Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

There are games that are hard, that are intimidating, and that are difficult to learn.  And then there’s Battletoads; one of the most notoriously difficult games ever made, let alone NES titles...

Link: The Faces of Evil (1993, Philips CD-i) by Philips Interactive Media

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Link: The Faces of Evil (CD-i)
-Zelda’s Adventure (CD-i)
-The Legend of Zelda (NES)
-Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (CD-i)
-The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
-Hotel Mario (CD-i...

Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (1991, NES) by Bandai

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Frankenstein: The Monster Returns (NES)
-Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (SNES)
-The Adventures of Dr. Franken (SNES)
-The Legend of Zelda (NES)

Average.

That’s the best way to describe Frankenstein on NE...

Batman: Return of the Joker (1991, NES) by Sunsoft

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Batman: Return of the Joker (NES)
-Batman: Return of the Joker (Game Boy)
-Batman: Revenge of the Joker (Genesis)

I’ve always had a strange fascination with this game, even though I had never beaten it bef...

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009; Remastered 2019, Switch) by Atari and Mad Dog Games

Let me be frank here: Ghostbusters for NES is an awful, awful game...

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (1993, Philips CD-i) by Philips Interactive Media

Current All Cutscenes Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (CD-i)
-Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
-Link: The Faces of Evil (CD-i)
-The Legend of Zelda (NES)

Some games are so legendary in their a...

Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties (1994, 3DO) by Kirin Entertainment

I’ve played at least 110 games that the AVGN deemed worthy of a review.  Some were good, most were awful, and some were so terrible that I can’t recommend them to anyone.  And then there is Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties...

Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (1989, NES) by Toho

Current Any% No Restrictions Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (NES)
-Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (NES)
-Godzilla (Game Boy)
-Super Godzilla (SNES)
-Godzilla: Kaijuu Daikessen (Super Famicom)
-Godzilla: Destroy All Mons...

Cybermorph (1993, Jaguar) by Atari

Current Any% Codes Allowed Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Cybermorph (Jaguar)
-Iron Soldier (Jaguar)
-Evolution: Dino Dudes (Jaguar)
-White Men Can’t Jump (Jaguar)
-Cannon Fodder (Jaguar)
-Zool 2 (Jaguar)
-Brutal Sports Football (Jaguar)
-Checkered Flag (Jaguar)