Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode (1988, NES) by Vic Tokai
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...Read more
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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...Read more
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 ...
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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River City Ransom (1990, NES) by American Technos
Current Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)
This is such an odd game, both casually and as a speedrun. That’s easy enough for me to say, honestly; most of the games in the AVGN Trials are odd at best...
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Bad News Baseball (1990, NES) by Tecmo
Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)
This game couldn’t have been drawn at a better time.
The Trials are chock-full of difficult games, bad games, and games I did NOT want to play...
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The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island (1990, NES) by Bandai
Current Any% Leaderboard (speedrun.com)
Obscure games based on outdated or obscure TV shows and movies seems to be a hidden specialty of the NES.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...
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Adventure Island (1987, NES) by Hudson Soft
Current Any% Leaderboard (Speedrun.com)
Tina, Y U Do Dis?
Why would you allow yourself to be kidnapped by a cliché monster and force your boyfriend, the brave Master Higgins, to travel via skateboard over dangerous cliffs, oceans, and flaming skulls to fight a cat monster luchalibré wrestle...
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Sky Kid (1987, NES) by Sunsoft
View “Any%” leaderboard on speedrun.com
Sky Kid is a game. The end.
Ok, ok… it really isn’t that bad. Sky Kid is one of the earliest shmups on the NES, released by Sunsoft early in the NES’ life...
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Danny Sullivan’s Indy Heat (1992, NES) by Tradewest
Current 1 Loop Leaderboard (speedrun.com)
Chat was telling me that this was an arcade title before an NES one, which Wikipedia confirms. I swear I remember seeing it in arcades as a kid, but can’t recall playing it ever. My helmet was probably on too tightly...
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Snoopy’s Silly Sports Spectacular (1990, NES) by Kemco
Current Bronze Leaderboard (speedrun.com)
The Nerd did it again, lending his persona to Pat the NES Punk for the 8th Annual NES Marathon...
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