Kingdom Hearts (2002, PlayStation 2) by SquareSoft

Current Any% (Normal, English) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Kingdom Hearts (PlayStation 2)
-Kingdom Hearts 2 (PlayStation 2)
-Kingdom Hearts 3 (PlayStation 4)
-Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Game Boy Advance)
-Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Ninten...

Mega Man (1987, NES) by Capcom

Current Zipless Leaderboard (megamanleaderboards.net)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Mega Man (NES)
–Pro Wrestling (Master System)
-Shatterhand (NES)
-Action Fighter (Master System)
-Shingen the Ruler (NES)
-Phalanx (SNES)
-Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys (PlayStation 2; PAL)
-Action in New York (...

Mega Man Legends (1997, PlayStation) by Capcom

Current Any% Normal (PS1) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Mega Man Legends (PlayStation)
-Mega Man 64 (Nintendo 64)
-Mega Man 1-6 (NES)
-Mega Man X/X2/X3/X4/X5/X6/X7 (SNES, PlayStation, PS2)
-Mega Man (DOS)
-Mega Man 3 (DOS)
-Mega Man Soccer (SNES)

Boy, wha...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992, Genesis) by Sega

Current Beat the Game (Glitchless) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
-Skate or Die! (NES)
-Bad Dudes (NES)
-Karate Champ (NES)
-Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
-Sonic Blast (Game Gear)
-Sonic Labyrinth (Game Gear)
-Sonic R (Saturn...

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...

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988, NES) by Nintendo

Current FDS 100% AK, 1CC (standard, New Game) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Current US version 100% AK, 1CC Leaderboard (speedrun.com) (for reference only)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bouken (Famicom Disk System) I chose the FDS version...

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, PlayStation) by Konami

Current Alucard Any% no NSC Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) Played on XBox 360 using “Konami Classics”
-Castlevania (N64) (this was also shown in this episode, but was not chosen)
-Ca...

EarthBound (1995, SNES) by Nintendo

Current Any% Glitchless (RNG Manipulation) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

When people ask me “What is your favorite game of all time?” I usually have a hard time not saying EarthBound...

DuckTales (1989, NES) by Capcom

Current Any% Leaderboard (filter for Difficult) (speedrun.com)

The AVGN reviewed DuckTales?

Sure did! See the video above? People were stunned by this, but that was one of my favorite points of the trials: the AVGN reviews a lot of games, and they’re not always “A shitload of fuck”...