Porky’s (1983, Atari 2600) by 20th Century Fox

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This is a silly speedrun.  Let’s keep it real.

Porky’s is a late-Atari 2600 (VCS) game released by Fox in the heat of the 1983 video game crash.  It sold relatively poorly...

Alien vs. Predator (1994, Jaguar) by Atari

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Alien vs Predator (Jaguar)
-Tempest 2000 (Jaguar)
-Cybermorph (Jaguar)
-Doom (Jaguar) (another version of Doom is reviewed here for 32x)
-Attack of the Mutant Penguins (Jaguar)
-Kasumi Ninja (Jaguar)
-Super Mario Bros ...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Atari 2600) by Atari

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Some say that E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the worst game ever made.  I say to those folks that you’re wrong.  Sure, this is not a great game at all...

SwordQuest: EarthWorld (1982, Atari 2600) by Atari

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–SwordQuest: EarthWorld (Atari 2600)
-SwordQuest: WaterWorld (Atari 2600)
-SwordQuest: FireWorld (Atari 2600)

Have you ever smashed a game with a hatchet?  I have.
(NSFW WARNING)


I have played a LOT of c...

Cybermorph (1993, Jaguar) by Atari

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–Cybermorph (Jaguar)
-Iron Soldier (Jaguar)
-Evolution: Dino Dudes (Jaguar)
-White Men Can’t Jump (Jaguar)
-Cannon Fodder (Jaguar)
-Zool 2 (Jaguar)
-Brutal Sports Football (Jaguar)
-Checkered Flag (Jaguar)

RealSports Baseball (1982, Atari 2600) by Atari

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
–RealSports Baseball (Atari 2600)
-Football (Atari 2600)
-RealSports Football (Atari 2600)
-Super Challenge Football (Atari 2600)
-Super Football (Atari 2600)
-Basketball (Atari 2600)
-Home Run (Atari 2600)

Halloween (1983, Atari 2600) by Wizard Video Games

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
–Halloween (Atari 2600)
-Haunted House (Atari 2600)
-Frankenstein’s Monster (Atari 2600)

Wizard Video Games made 2 Horror-based games in 1983. The first one AVGN and I both addressed was The...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983, Atari 2600) by Wizard Video Games

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To be quite honest, before the AVGN episode came out, I never knew this game existed. Of course, the 2600 was before my time. I never owned one as a kid, and I didn’t play one very often growing up...

Space Invaders (1982, Atari 5200) by Taito

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GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF THE AVGN:
–Space Invaders
-Kaboom!
-Frogger
-Super Breakout
-Pole Position

(Note: for this themed episode, I only considered games for the Atari 5200)

The Atari 5200.  Oh dear.

As a video game collector, I typica...