Lethal Weapon (1992, NES) by Ocean

Current Any% leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

I was going to write a long story using a ton of Lethal Weapon quotes to add some spice and humor… Well, what do you wanna hear, man? Do you wanna hear that sometimes I think about speedrunnin’ crappy games? Huh? Well, I do! I even got a special strat for this...

Super Mario Land (1989, Game Boy) by Nintendo

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
–Universal Soldier (SNES)
–The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
-Final Fight (SNES)
-Shadow of the Ninja (NES)
-Fester’s Quest (NES)
-The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N6...

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...

Duck Hunt (1985, NES) by Nintendo

Current 100,000 Points (Game B) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Duck Hunt
-Hogan’s Alley
-Bandai Shooting Range
-Wild Gunman
-Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting
-Shooting Range
-The Miracle Piano Teaching System
-World Class Track Meet
-Xenophobe
-Ghostbusters (NES)
-Laser In...

The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (1991, NES) by Camerica

Current NES 100-Star Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (NES)
-Dizzy the Adventurer
-Bignose Freaks Out
-Linus Spacehead’s Cosmic Crusade
-Quattro Sports
-Quattro Adventure
-Micro Machines

NOTE: Only games tha...

Tetris (1989, NES) by Nintendo

Current 100 Lines, 0 Start Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

If there’s ever a game that I would say is awful to stream, yet fun to speedrun, Tetris is likely at the top of the list...

Contra (1987, NES) by Konami

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Another game I was “forced” to learn before the Trials called it up, I learned Contra for the Big 20 #13 race...

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...

Zelda (1989, Game & Watch) by Nintendo

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

The games featured in this episode were all Tiger Handheld LCD Games, Game.com games, or R-Zone games.  The Nerd mentions Game & Watch games in this episode.  Read below to see why I chose to do a Game & Watch game instead.

When this game came up i...