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139. Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure

Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure (2001, GameCube) by Kemco

Current All Blue Stamps Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure, a 2001 GameCube game by Kemco, is unlike any game I’ve ever played, let alone speedrun...

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94. Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode

Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (1988, NES) by Vic Tokai

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode is an NES title by Vic Tokai, released in 1988, and based off the hugely-successful Japanese Manga, Golgo 13...

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108. Total Recall

Total Recall (1990, NES) by Ocean

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Total Recall (NES)
-Last Action Hero (NES)
-The Terminator (NES) (also featured in this episode, but not chosen)
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day (NES) (also featured in this episode, but not chosen)
-Conan (NES)
-Predator (NES...

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161. WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995, SNES) by Acclaim 

Current Any% Single Match Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
-WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game (SNES)
-Tag Team Wrestling (NES)
-Pro Wrestling (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania: Bigger, Better, Badder (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (NES)
-WWF Wrestlemania:...

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142. Darkwing Duck

Darkwing Duck (1992, TurboGrafx-16) by Turbo Technologies, Inc.

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

Sometimes, you pick up a controller and you say, “Eww!  This feels like a weighted dog turd attached to the back of a poodle’s tail as he wags, and wags, and wags…”  This game, the TurboGrafx-16 version of Darkwing Duck (itself ...

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74. Super Pitfall

Super Pitfall (1986, NES) by Activision

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I hated Super Pitfall as a kid.  Absolutely loathed it...

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83. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

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

Current speedrun.com leaderboard (Any%)

When I first saw this speedrun, I laughed a bit...

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164. RoboCop

RoboCop (1989, NES) by Data East

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

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...

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193. The Incredible Crash Dummies

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...

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124. The Adventures of Bayou Billy

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

Current NES Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)

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...

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