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Angry Video Game Nerd
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Can't wait!!!
MrCunningham
Member
The U-Force is an interesting piece of technology from the 1980's, it's still not exactly accurate but it works better than the PowerGlove. It's like one of the ancestors to Kinect.
Though they actually did get the Power Glove working pretty well. I had the Power Glove when I was a kid, and it wouldn't work worth a shit for me.
watching them play Gauntlet together is so painful.
Gonna watch that soon!
Oh hell yes, someone finally talks about the awful DOS game.
So what exactly is covered? I see (DOS, PS1, PS2). I'd imagine X7 gets talked about. X6 is probably my least favorite on the grounds it completely screwed up a formula that worked (didn't help Inafune didn't have any part of the games after X5, wish that was covered.
...oh, just the DOS game, Legends, & X7? Feels like weird timing he talks about Legends when Legends 2 JUST came out on PSN.
Edit: omg that new set up looks great.
So what exactly is covered? I see (DOS, PS1, PS2). I'd imagine X7 gets talked about. X6 is probably my least favorite on the grounds it completely screwed up a formula that worked (didn't help Inafune didn't have any part of the games after X5, wish that was covered.
...oh, just the DOS game, Legends, & X7? Feels like weird timing he talks about Legends when Legends 2 JUST came out on PSN.
Edit: omg that new set up looks great.
MrCunningham
Member
He got rid of his old Sony Trinitron CRT for a rectangle, nooooooo!
*starts watching episode*
He went all out on the special effects in this episode. Kind of interesting that the further he goes back, the newer the games become.
*starts watching episode*
He went all out on the special effects in this episode. Kind of interesting that the further he goes back, the newer the games become.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Oh man, Nerd is going to get a ton of shit for ripping on Legends.
chalkitdown1
Member
MrCunningham
Member
He did review the N64 game in the same video, but he said that he likes it a little more than the Playstation game because of the controls.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This is one of those episodes where you can tell James had a lot of fun shooting it. People say that AVGN is tired, and maybe it is, but I just see it as an excuse for him to make silly short movies.
MrCunningham
Member
I think James is in his element the most when he gets to show off as a director. He did a pretty good job with the classic Nerd footage being spliced together with new footage. Though it is a bit funny watching skinny Nintendo Nerd James from 10+ years morph into current AVGN James. He put a lot more time into this episode than he did a for some of the previous ones.
Amazing episode, I really liked it. And it actually had a better premise than the AVGN film, with an older and tired AVGN travelling through time. I think his movie would be better if he used this story instead of what we got. Anyway, thanks so much for all the videos, Nerd, you are amazing.
Oh, I really liked the part that Mega Man is checking some dirty magazines and the AVGN porn remix theme starts playing hahaha
Oh, I really liked the part that Mega Man is checking some dirty magazines and the AVGN porn remix theme starts playing hahaha
manzoman96
Member
Great video. Always glad to see the nerd again.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
the megaman 2 soundtrack bit was gold
BigJonsson
Member
I rented Mega Man Soccer and remember it being really fun
I remember enjoying quite a bit as well when I rented it.
Controls didn't seem any worse than Super Dodge Ball/NES World Cup.
Remember it came out before International Superstar Soccer from Konami or the first FIFA game from EA.
SuperAndroid17
Member
Oh man the MX5 segment killed me. Explosions and Text!
AVGN never fails to make me laugh.
AVGN never fails to make me laugh.
BassForever
Member
N64 version has better controls... Then the psx version... What?
Can't believe it's been ten years!
What makes me feel old is that back in high school I use to think games like Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger were old. They were 2D, on cartridges, and from the 16-bit era. During this time Resident Evil 4 came out and people were telling me how those games had just as big of an impact back then as that game currently was having. I thought to myself that 11 years ago was a really long time and wondered what it must have been like being around when those games were first released. Today it's been 11 years since Resident Evil 4 was released. And at times in these message boards I occasionally see the younger posters talk about Resident Evil 4 the same way people used to talk about Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger way back when.
What makes me feel old is that back in high school I use to think games like Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger were old. They were 2D, on cartridges, and from the 16-bit era. During this time Resident Evil 4 came out and people were telling me how those games had just as big of an impact back then as that game currently was having. I thought to myself that 11 years ago was a really long time and wondered what it must have been like being around when those games were first released. Today it's been 11 years since Resident Evil 4 was released. And at times in these message boards I occasionally see the younger posters talk about Resident Evil 4 the same way people used to talk about Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger way back when.
MrCunningham
Member
That's what he says: https://youtu.be/Q3iEn5rzMnw?t=898
"In this version the controls are slightly better, but hardly anything else has been updated."
I've never played Mega Man Legends on either console, so I can't agree or disagree. But that's his opinion.
Now imagine being me, reading comments like this, and realizing I wasn't even in High School anymore when the PS2 came to market in 2001.
It's all relative.
I wasn't in high school when the PS1 came out.
Now someone say they weren't in high school when SNES came out, make me feel young and alive
Yep
Sephiroth503
Member
I like the BvS reference making fun of a minor plot point during the Nightmare on Elm Street segment.
Spoilers for the film
Spoilers for the film
Travelling back through time in a dream sequence
I really enjoyed this episode, both the commentary and the skits. I think it's the best one he's released in a pretty long time.
You old fart.
You old fart.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Depending on when it was released in 2006 I was either in 8th or 9th grade.
Crazy, AVGN was my first YouTube subscription and I've been watching since the 2006.
MrCunningham
Member
I was 25 in 2006... I think I am around the same age as James and Mike. They both seem to be born around 1980-81-ish. But yeah, The ANN was my first Youtube subscription too. James pretty much won me over with his TMNT review for the NES. "You can just walk over it.." That was my experience with the game when I was like 10...
I have post #213 in this thread, so I definitely feel old. Thread will be ten years old in 3 more months.
BassForever
Member
This is what the 4th time the nerd has done a "I'm tired of this and quitting" episode to undo it by the end of the episode?
Checking in with #185
I stand by this, all this time later. I still get stoked when there's a new episode and I'm bummed that I never got anything past volume 5 of the DVDs, but they never seem to be in stock. Also holy cow I was 28 then.
Count me in with those the same age as James or older and have been watching from the beginning. I loved that that he was able to capture the experience of renting a NES game for the weekend, having a shitty frustrating time with it, and being stuck with it all weekend. It's very cathartic to see him scream about the issues that really upset me as a kid. Like the impossible stair climb in Ghostbusters, or wasting my childhood in Milon's Secret Castle trying to figure out what to do, or how Ninja Gaiden sent you back to 6-1 when you died at the final boss.
I've said it before that I wished he had been more into the N64 and PS1 as a teenager. Those videos would have been great too and would have given him a lot more material. He was the perfect age for it.
I've said it before that I wished he had been more into the N64 and PS1 as a teenager. Those videos would have been great too and would have given him a lot more material. He was the perfect age for it.