Ghostbusters (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2008
- f there's something bad, and you don't like it, then you need the Nerd. He's soon tackling something worse than ghosts, when he reviews Ghostbusters for the NES. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 21.
Ghostbusters was one the one most popular and innovative movies of the eighties and a huge part of several generations childhoods. It starred Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis Ernie Hudson and Rick Moranis. The movie was a leap ahead in special effects in its day, and a legitimate phenomenon.
It was only a natural evolution that this franchise would translate to other mediums and with the video game boom of the eighties of course there had to be games made. What a great idea, we thought.
The game was published by Activision and released in 1986, a full 2 years after the movie. A game that had plenty of time to learn from the mistakes of the previous versions on Atari and Commodore 64, but instead chose to just port the same horrible game.
What's scarier than ghosts, ghouls and dodging drunk drivers? Stairs In this part one of a three part series, the Nerd reviews the 8-bit incarnation on Nintendo of the original Ghostbusters. We learn how NOT to make a movie adaptation and the heartbreak and anger from childhood that still resides in the Nerds heart. Also ghost vacuums.
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I just realised... the game is an endless cycle of chasing after things you can barely afford, driving around aimlessly, performing the same tasks over and over again while not being prepared for what really matters and being in constant need of gasoline. All while the radio is blasting the same song for all eternity. It is a perfect metaphor for adulthood.
well that's depressing LOL
Wow, nowI’m sad
The film was capitalism as portrayed by its supporters, the game is capitalism as portrayed by its detractors
You make me sad.
The lives of Bill Murray characters, especially.
"That's right, we're gonna cheat." -Former videogame legend Billy Mitchell
This never ceases to make me laugh lol
Forsaken
Hey, who am I complain. I also cheat from time to time when I’m lost on what to do when playing video games by watching walkthroughs on TH-cam.
@@hunterolaughlin Don't we all?
“That’s right, we’re gonna cheat.” -Dream
I love how he plays the Ghostbusters song throughout the whole video to really drive home how much it wears on you.
I have the game though.
Never thought of that, but you're right when I think about it! Really clever.
I think it's more of the fact that AVGN videos tend to use the music directly from the gameplay, and since this is the ONLY song in the game, there literally weren't a lot of options
"This is my wasted childhood you're looking at" is an underrated Nerd line.
That's not a Nerd line
*That's a James line* 😔
@@daveausamerika5408 🤓🤓
And the STD line in the Gamboy accessories video.
the rewatchability of these videos is amazing
I know right!
DinoChook Productions Dude Ikr!
DinoChook Productions so true I finished the series already just binging
When I can't think of something to watch AVGN is my go to
DinoChook Productions Watch it again!
AVGN aged like wine. It never gets old.
His videos were hilarious when they came out, hilarious today, and I bet they will be hilarious 20 years from now :)
2021, and I still watch these videos
Unlike a certain tie wearing man.
@@YMPictures who?
@@Howlingburd19 Gman from Half-Life
and the games aged like milk
The dude asked "Do you want a vacuum to clean the car?" twice cause he clearly had a stroke when he heard James saying "to put on top"
The man actually called someone my man is reachin
I'm actually super sure he called Kyle Justin, the guitar guy.
“You pop this piece of crap in, and what do you get?”
*GHUSTBUTERURS*
GHOOSTBOOSTUURS
The name of the ghostbusters letter got miss spelled
GASBASTARDS
*GHOS* _BUSHTA!_
*GOASHBUUUSTTERS*
Buy supplies
Go to work
Buy Fuel
Buy supplies
Go to work
All you need to do is add doing your taxes, and this is just self-employment simulator
This comment right here. I’m rolling on the freaking floor right now
LMAO
669. The perfect mixture of 666 and 69. And that's also the number of likes.
hHA XD
That actually makes sense since the Ghostbusters are self employed.
"What kind of food will ghosts eat?"
Soul food.
LOL. Nicely done.
Duncan McRae the souls of pathetic mortals
Lol dead 💀
Boooooo get off the stage
👏👏👏👏👏
It pains me to admit, but I've just now, after 14 years, realised that the game's music playing throughout the whole review is a joke about the in-game music never stopping.
me too i love that
Once again, I think you’re overthinking this. James used to just use game audio as it was easier/that’s how things were with editing back then.
This video takes me back to the past. I remember when it came out, I was so hyped. I had been moving out of my house and had nothing in the room except a chair, so I sat back and watched it. James has some of the most rewatchable content on TH-cam. I feel like I've seen all his early avgn episodes at least thirty times each.
Why am I singing this
at least that many times for sure man
He’s the angriest gamer you’ve EVER heard!
@@JAMSTAR111 He’s the angry nintendo nerd!
@@TheLightSaga He's the angry Atari-Sega nerd!
Fred Fuchs must have designed that stairwell section.
Fred Fucks👀
Nice try, it was clearly created by the Astro Bastards and Flying Fuckernauts!
Laughing Joking Numbnuts?
Fun fact: Fred Fuchs is a movie producer who has nothing to do with games.
Hi Kakarot...
THE ENDING WAS PRICELESS
Albertus Vergilius he was crying there for two reasons:
1. Spelling errors
2. The way the game rubs it in his face.
Conglaturation
Best thing is how he complaints about the game music playing the whole game, so he used it for the whole video.
*"You have competled a great game"*
If you read it with a Japanese accent then it makes sense 😂
The scariest thing about this game was that it was designed by David Crane, same guy who designed Pitfall!
J Mill But Pitfall was a good game in its time.
I'll bet Crane was a protege of Fred Fuchs.
He probably had to create it against an unreasonable deadline to be in time for movie release tie-in profits, like with the E.T. game. Also, the home computer versions of Ghostbusters aren't as bad as the NES port.
David Crane worked on the C64 version AFAIK.
His spelling is atrocious with that ending
2:32 I like how it's actually Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the right
That"s the top loader. He's using the gray box.
"Busting makes you feel good"
I always felt like that line was a double entendre.
+L-Y3T Especially during the haunted wet dream scene.
*Animalistic grunts followed by wails of ecstasy*
+Nosebleed Macgee I'm scared.
Darksonic 67 You should be.
*Wipes hands on shoulders*
The fact that the ghostbusters theme plays for the entirety of the video (excluding the prank call) is pure genius. The Nerd trying to give us a taste of the madness enduring monotony of that fucking song. I love it.
The look on James’ face when he says. “No, this vacuum is for catching ghosts.” to the guy on the phone. 😂😂😂
Apparently it was Kyle Justin on the other end of the phone call.
The guilty face of a middle schooler. Love it!
@@chicosuavae6764 You can definitely hear it too lol
@@JackTheripper911 probably the only bit of AVGN that I dislike. It's too obvious and unfunny
@@MrNottyNotty the only bit of avgn is the toxic crusader episode. Mainly because of Lloyd Kaufman
One of the best episodes by James. This is a timeless classic.
I came back to rewatch these after the recent video where he stated he won't review the new film. And damn, just seeing and feeling his pure love for the Ghostbusters series, all those toys he played with and *still has*, and his knowledge of the films... it makes his rejection of the reboot all the more relatable. More power to you, James.
+The Satellite but hes not seeing the movie because of WOMEN OOOoooh scary old women
+The Satellite I don't understand all the hate on him after that sole video. He is in his own right of not wanting to watch the movie (just as everybody is with anything), and his reasons are very rational, polite and more than understandable being him an actual fan of the classic movies.
Fortunately it seems most people also thinks like that.
That has nothing to do with his opinion he saw the trailer he said he thought it was garbage, not because there's women so please stop and don't presume we're all misogynists its retardation in it's purist form.
+Doge Skeptik He's not seeing the movie because it disrespects the original, not because it has women in it. He doesn't give a crap who's starring.
+Doge Skeptik go to hell that's not why it's because the movie itself sucks ass
After the end credit soft the new Ghostbusters movie, it should say, "Conglaturation! You've just watched an excellent remake!"
Yes
"Now go fuck yourself!"
+Ze Doctor pg13 movies curse too.
"And prooved the social justice of our culture"
NOW GO REST OUR WOMEN!
In my opinion, this episode was when James really started to hit his stride
eating ramen and watching this back in the day was sublime 🤤
it still is now as well😌
Well well well if it isn't the Antichrist himself
Facts
it still is even with his newer videos
I used to wonder if he actually called a vacuum store, but now I think that's just Kyle on the other end.
EDIT: Well, it may be two years late, but I finally figured it out; it's actually both. James called an actual store to ask about ghost vacuums, then had Kyle dub over the store employee's voice.
I think it was an actual store. But what makes you think it was Kyle?
It's hard to explain exactly, but that's just what I imagine Kyle sounds like over the phone. Maybe it's just me. :/
I think it's an actual vacuum store. Look at that childlike expression of glee when he says the vacuum he's searching for is for catching ghosts!
seanmyster6 It is definitely Kyle, it's his voice.
I does sound like Kyle, but I like to think it was an actual prank call, and that the clerk hung up right after he said it was for catching ghosts.
You want a vacuum to clean your car? No these vacuums are for catching ghosts... XD
You can definitely tell he's trying not to laugh
The Video Game Attic 😂😂😂
He was so proud of himself with that shit-grin. LOL.
That call is definitely staged. You can't hear any background noise on the other end like you'd expect in a store and there is just no way James would do that kind of prank call.
@@mxbx307 Sure, that, and it sounds like Kyle Justin.
I love how the end screen for this game makes an appearance in Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
I loved seeing it, too. That game is straight up just a love letter to us fans.
@@nickthepick8043 The exact opposite of the NES game. Lol.
Where was that? I played through it completely and never saw it
@@100purenacl3 It's in the top floor of the headquarters part of the game. There's a computer in the corner of the room that has the end screen to this game on it.
I remember watching this on a sick day never ferget it.
I did the same thing 2 years ago. Best sick days ever.
SamBoy115 Me too
R.I.P Harold Ramis (November 21, 1944 - February 24, 2014)
I'm sorry
R.I.P Ivan Reitman (October 27, 1946 - February 12, 2022)
AVGN doing prank calls since ‘08
'07*
bolson42 lol love the people who don't realize they were posted to youtube a year after they were actually made
What are you saying that he was an innovator of prank calls? Cuz...
@@roylowery1329 not at all what he said
12:31 This sentence aged like milk.
In Japanese version of the ending, two letters ''りり'' just pop out and that's it.
As disappointing as the game
At least it doesn’t lie about it being a “great game”.
So you just get “riri” in hirigana? Wha... that would make me so confused
what does that even mean?
@@treehann Even Japanese people can't understand. It's just two letters and doesn't make any sense.
I used to play this on the Commodore 64 back in the 80's. I always thought it was an OK game for the time. But I never did win it. Also many aspects look very different between the NES version shown here and the C64 version.
Hello 8-bit guy 5 years later
The c64 version was better than this . Both on graphics and gameplay. This NES version is awful and looks insanely difficult
Nobody in the 80s won this game hahahha
I have the C64 version too, I also never beat it though
Lol
CONGLATURATION ! ! !
YOU HAVE COMPLETED
A GREAT GAME .
AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE
OF OUR CULTURE .
NOW GO AND REST OUR
HEROES !
Clone Commander Omar LJN?
Laughing Joking numbnuts
+MrBeaux umm seziures?
+MCmaster15 XD
+MrBeaux
My epitaph
10:25
B U S T I N G M A K E S M E F E E L G O O D
Scandalous.
Beat me to it lol
This video came out 9 years before Neil's Bustin 🤔🤔🤔
Yes
@@ZenithKnight After I heard that I went to check when Bustin' was released, and sure enough, James is a damn time traveler.
Watching AVGN takes me back to the past 13 years ago when I was watching AVGN take me back to the past an additional 20 years.
Who knew that Kyle Justin also worked at a vacuum store?
who?
Also Spider-Man.
Pale Horse He deserved better than dying behind a shitty sofa
When you're playing a game, and it really sucks, Who you gonna call? GHOSHBUSHTERSH!
Yeah. Who you gonna call? KYLE JHUSHTIN!
luigiwii UU xD true. xD
I would call the ANGRYNERDBUSTERS
I would use that vacuum as my sexual toy...
@@sinunknown9929 That seems like a YOU issue...
Is anyone still watching this in 2019 then that means people still love angry video game nerd
Playlist on a loop every year or so, it's a classic to me!
Yep
Hecc yea, AVGN is the best. I cant believe how old some of these are, classics
January 2020. Still love AVGN(and James Rolfe in general). Always.
2020 January 14th
14 years and these are still the best videos on TH-cam, James is sacred
Almost 8 years later. Bustin still makes me feel good. Whew. AVGN and I are so old now lol.
Nothing is more satisfying than playing an unplayable shitty game and then getting misspelled conglaturation credits. 80s game developers certainly dialed out for their game production. XD
I love how he just lost his sanity at the end.
2:51 Classic
2:50
8:50 his face gets me every single time, always wondered if that was a real prank call or not lol.
The phone audio feels recorded in an unnatural way. Prolly not?
The guy in the other side is the guitar guy kyle justin
Did you know, that the Japanese version of this game was even less playable?
The ending doesn't work properly, requiring a Game Genie to get the working ending.
The Japanese version's ending was the same except they mispelled "grate"
Oh my..
Who else is clicking on these thinking they’re new episodes but then realizes they just have new thumbnails
Me
Does anyone remember what they use to look like? I grew up on these so seeing the new thumbnail my brain is screaming "WRONG WRONG WRONG" but I can for the life of me remember how they used to look
Now he's done it again.
I watch AVGN's playlist on a regular basis. One of the best aged TH-cam channels
*CoNgLaTuRaTiOn You beat a GrEaT game*
“You proved your nerdiness now go fuck yourself”
Shark fan of the sea Not until part 2.
AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE. 😂
All your conglaturation are belong to us !!
lmao lol lol lol
Try to say "Ghostbusters" with your tongue as far to the back of your mouth as it will go.
That's what the title call sounds like.
Dreigonix XD
I just tried it, and I heard it
Cheryl Lynsky who's the grudge?
🤣🤣
Dreigonix 444 likes now
8:19 - Kyle Justin is the Vacuum store guy. Listen closely.
Activision’s reputation precedes them
The Adorable Video Game Nerd when he prank calls
*Travels back to 2008*
James you've gotta come back with me!
*James:* Where?
Back to the Future!
There's a new shitty Ghostbusters reboot/remake coming out!
This is heavy.
+Xm Flash "What does rolling rock become ass or something?"
Twist: Rolling Rock has always been ass
*2007
There's a shitty new game too. It's even worse than this.
14:49 Billy Mitchell be like
14:49
This is what you came here for. You're welcome.
Eat ramen noodles and watch angry video game nerd and your week will be beautiful
Ottoman Cat I'm doing it right now
Nah I just saw your profile pic, my week is better now. 10x 🙂
Rbo SMF I prefer oriental. The blue one. But still, enjoy what you want
I prefer eating pasta while watching avgn
ZUUL Property Management Ltd
Someone better actually make it
Seeing the nerd doing that phone call was kind of adorable
04:00 I only noticed now the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on the Toploader. The Attention to Detail is just pure gold!
12:08 Why was the game selling you the Hyper Beam? Did they forget that normal types attacks don't affect ghost types? Lol
Mr.McDaniel96 McCord Maybe the Ghostbusters have the Scrappy Ability.
HyperHydreigon or maybe they're using foresight so they can hit the ghosts better lol
Nah, it's the Hyper Beam from Super Metroid.
JeepusChrystler lol
nice one
Seriously, "Conglaturations" almost seems to make the whole thing worth it...
2:46 I love how James sounded actually afraid XD
When I think of the greatest AVGN episode, this is the one I immediately think of. It’s such a comfort watch for me.
10 years later and this is still hilarious! Conglaturation!
15 years later and still funny!
@@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 You just have to love Engrish and massive typos! 😆
All these years later and this is still one of the best episodes.
old folks remember when the original upload actually had footage from the movie...
1:36 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'd rather play this game than see Ghostbusters 2016.
I'm dead serious. *Dead. Fuckin'. Serious.*
Who would see the 2016 version? I'm glad I played this game instead of watching the shitbusters
Massivelegoboy I see you liked your own comment.
Golden Freddy Well it's Paul Feig!
StormerSage XD
Sad thing is, to be honest this game is _far more faithful_ to Ghostbusters than that pandering shit is.
1:16 this scene gets me everytime
Thank you for all of the years of entertainment AVGN.
12 years later. These videos are a time capsule
I feel a lot more 'courageour' after watching this.
Did you feel strongth welling in your body.
@@gengarzilla1685 yeas.
@@kimmolaine8069 So will you return to starting point, challenge again?
Lol that line about drunk drivers was gold.
And so was the rest of the video, had me in stitches.
Lol ikr
LOL that avatar
Derpy Hooves WTF you doing here? Get back to your mailing, slacker!
Derpy Hooves want a muffin?
14:45 why is he still holding a normal nes controller if he supposedly went turbo
"What kind of food would ghosts eat?"
Plasma? Fear? Souls of the damned?
They eat the souls of the innocent
Boo berry's.
Boologna
4:00 love how dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is in his toploader nes
At least that super man 64 game is not on the n64 tho
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 just a game 1000s of times more addictive :D
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 Because this is before he does the Superman 64 review.
@@bingewatch8002 I already know that
I love when he rages at 13:30 "FUCK, I hate this fucking game"
Nerd: in 2009 when my whole life was in a crisis, I discovered your videos and you helped pull me through. Now in 2020 the world is in crisis and here I am again, in the company of the Nerd where I belong. Thank you.
I've been quoting 2:24 and especially 2:47 since I was 11 years old when this ORIGINALLY came out in early 2007.
What kind of food would ghosts eat?
Boo Berry Cereal
CONGLATURATION ! ! !
YOU HAVE WATCHED
A GREAT MOVIE .
AND PROOVED THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
OF OUR WARRIORS .
NOW GO AND REST OUR
WOMEN !
-Ghostbusters 2016
Why "women"? The word " heroes* can be used for both man and women so the last line should be unchanged
+CodeNameZ It was a reference to the fact that the new Ghostbusters movie has females in the lead roles for the sake of having females in the lead roles...
Leopold Litchenstein Again the word "hero" have mean both male or female, I know he was talking about the Ghostbusters 2016 trailer but I am saying he could just write "heroes" and everything would be fine
+CodeNameZ Tell that to the people making the new movie, not the commenter. Their intention was to satirize the upcoming movie's logic
+Leopold Litchenstein (SpongeBobfan1.5) Don't try to explain a joke to an idiot, you're just wasting your time...
Man I can always come back to this classic every year or so and enjoy it
15:10 "Do you think that's enough?" is one of my favorite AVGN lines.
2:46
ERMAGERD!
GERSTBERSTERS!
lol
Holy shit this game is ripe for micro transactions......wait....who made this game? Was it by any chance Activision or ea maybe.
Edit: And its made by Activision, damn they started early.
Lol How many times can you update the same game?!
Yeah I remember getting this game for atari 65E and it was on tape made by activision
Microtransactions = shit, ripoff
Period.
Lmao, how convenient!
@Freak159753 Ever heard of a joke?
As is tradition, I always watch this ghostbusters series to end my AVGN Halloween Saga. Now on to Christmas
conglaturations!
you have completed, A Great Game!
me : rewatching old AVGN Episodes while they never get outdated. they are still enjoyable.
"You have completed a great game..." "Well, that's just simply wrong."
20 points just for that. Even if it was a great game, they shouldn't have to announce it.
Why is the main building called Zuul?
"Gozer the Traveller, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms.
During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a
large and moving Torb! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last
of the Meketrex Supplicants they chose a new form for him... that of a
Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the
depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!"
Yeah, I don't know. It's just fun to drop that quote whenever possible. XD
How many other 15yr old videos still hold up today? NONE
AVGN.. you are a living legend.
The fact that this was released in 2007 is wild, it holds up so well
The most legendary TH-cam video that I know of. God speed AVGN, god speed...
Nice to know AVGN's older videos are still relevant, that's one thing ng we can give Ghostbusters 2016 credit for.
They're sorta relevant with Afterlife too, even if it was decent enough.
Well, looking at the Description, I see TH-cam Content ID didn't detect the Ghostbusters theme as Huey Lewis and the News' "I Want a New Drug". Somewhere, Ray Parker Jr. is screaming, "SEE?!?"
8:20 to 8:50 I'm gonna prank call a vacuum cleaner store later with that routine. Lol!
2016 and activision did it again lol! They even kept the looping theme song!
I remember how frustrating this game was when I was a kid, especially since I was such a huge Ghostbusters fan! I had that proton pack, LOL I dressed up as Egon in third grade for Halloween
I miss watching him and now I'm going rewatch him again
Me too old episodes
Only watched about 6 AVGN vids so far I'm glad you've made these for years I could watch them all. I don't watch tv anymore.