Super Pitfall (1986, NES) by Activision

Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (1990, NES) by Capcom

RoboCop (1989, NES) by Data East

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–RoboCop (NES)
-RoboCop 2 (NES)
-RoboCop 3 (NES)

Dead or Alive, you’re going to press select!

RoboCop was a sensation...

The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994, NES) by LJN

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LJN, you bastardly rainbow company of doom… every time you seem to learn your lessons and take a step forward, you get hit by an enemy and get knocked 100 steps back into a wall, where your head flies off reversing your controls as you get pounded...

The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1989, NES) by Konami

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Some games have a single, fatal flaw that takes it down from a potential gem to an average game (titles like Double Dragon, Castlevania II, or Adventure Island come to mind), or even completely ruin it altogether...

Final Fight: Streetwise (2006, X-Box) by Capcom

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Final Fight: Streetwise (PlayStation 2)
-Final Fight (Arcade)
-Final Fight: Revenge (Saturn, JP)

I’ve played a bit of more modern-esque titles in the AVGN Trials.  By modern-esque, I’m talking games that sh...

Dick Tracy (1990, NES) by Bandai

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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...

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

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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...

The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island (1990, NES) by Bandai

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Obscure games based on outdated or obscure TV shows and movies seems to be a hidden specialty of the NES. There are a lot of games that just seem so… strange, that they even exist...

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...