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113. Ikari Warriors

Ikari Warriors (1987, NES) by SNK

Current Any% (No ABBA) Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Ikari Warriors (NES)
-Ikari Warriors (Arcade)
-Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road (NES)

Almost 5 years ago, I set out to speedrun all of the “shitty games that suck ass”...

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76. Wayne’s World

Wayne’s World (1993, NES) by THQ

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Wayne’s World (NES)
-Wayne’s World (SNES)

It’s like some companies only make licensed games so they can get paid… and that’s just pretty sad.

Wayne’s World is an abysmal 1993 NES game developed by Radical Entertainment, and...

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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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127. Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice (1991, NES) by LJN

Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)

Have I ever mentioned that David Wise is the G.O.A.T.?

Beetlejuice was an LJN-published (and Rare-developed) 1991 NES action-platformer that I had never seen nor played, before the AVGN showcased this back in 2014.  And to be honest, he made it look terrible! An...

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82. Winter Games

Winter Games (1987, NES) by Epyx & Acclaim

Current Speedrun.com Leaderboard (All Events)

Terrible controls.  They don’t even use the B button… in the ENTIRE GAME.

The graphics look like Atari 2600 graphics and they all have like 5 frames of animation… running at 2 frames a second.

The music is nails on a chalkboard and the sound ...

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147. Mega Man

Mega Man (1987, NES) by Capcom

Current Zipless Leaderboard (megamanleaderboards.net)

GAMES FROM THIS EPISODE OF AVGN:
Mega Man (NES)
Pro Wrestling (Master System)
-Shatterhand (NES)
-Action Fighter (Master System)
-Shingen the Ruler (NES)
-Phalanx (SNES)
-Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys (PlayStation 2; PAL)
-Action in New York (...

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81. Little Red Hood

Little Red Hood (1989, NES) by Sachen

Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)
Some girls have all the fun.  Getting to travel through the woods, over the river, to grandmothers’ house she goes… avoiding the big bad wolf and all that good stuff.  Good ol’ fairy tales… as old as time and rhyme...

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200. The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man

The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (1992, NES) by Acclaim

Current Speedrun.com leaderboards (Any%)
 

I had high hopes for this one.  I really did.  Upon watching the AVGN’s episode for this game, I truly thought that perhaps this would be better...

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187. Karate Champ

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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