The Berenstain Bears’ Camping Adventure (1994, Genesis) by Sega

Current Any% Easy Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–The Berenstain Bears’ Camping Adventure (Genesis)
-Extreme Sports With The Berenstain Bears (Game Boy Color)
-Berenstain Bears’ Kid Vid Talking Video Game (Atari 2600)
-The Smurfs Save the D...

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Spawn (1999, Game Boy Color) by Konami

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:

–Spawn (Game Boy Color)
-Spawn: Armageddon (PlayStation 2)
-Todd McFarlane’s Spawn (SNES)
-Spawn: The Eternal (PlayStation)
-Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand (Dreamcast)

Some franchises become lost in the licensed game limbo ...

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Dark Castle (1991, Genesis) by Electronic Arts

Current Any% (Genesis) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Dark Castle (Genesis)
-Dark Castle (CD-i)

I was dreading this game at one point...

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Karate Champ (1986, NES) by Data East

Current 1 Loop Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Karate Champ (NES)
-Combat (Atari 2600)

NOTE: Since this episode focused on Combat, which is a 2-player only game that I’m (fairly) sure cannot be speedrun, I decided to go with Karate Champ, the only other game in ...

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Countdown Vampires (1999, PlayStation) by Bandai

Current speedrun.com leaderboard (easy any%)
I love Capcom’s Resident Evil series.  Or, more specifically, the classic Resident Evil formulaic series, the 1-4 (and Code: Veronica) standard that was R.E. until they changed the pace in the 2000’s...

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Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997, Nintendo 64) by Midway Games

Current Any% Speedrun.com leaderboard (filter to N64)

This was something I was not looking forward to at all...

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Resident Evil Survivor (2000, PlayStation) by Capcom

Current New Game (Easy) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

I grew up a Nintendo kid...

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Superman (1988, NES) by Kemco

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Superman (NES)
-Superman (Atari 2600)

Funny how sometimes, RNG can make a game simultaneously annoying as all hell to speedrun, and yet very intriguing and engaging to try again, and again...

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Raid 2020 (1989, NES) by Color Dreams

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Unlicensed game?  Check.

Color Dreams?  Check.

Abomination of mankind and the worst game ever?  Not so fast!

This is NOT a good game, let’s be clear.  But as the Color Dreams releases go, Raid 2020 is far from their worst...

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Ecco the Dolphin (1992, Genesis) by Sega

Current Any% No Camera Freeze Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

At this point in the Trials, I felt like I could speedrun anything.  I had tackled shooters, racing games, fighting games, board games, and even a seizure-inducing romp through Polybius...

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