Top 10 Worst Video Game CONTROLS - AVGN Clip Collection

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  • @grundypeebo
    @grundypeebo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1659

    Batman forever, it sucked back then, and it sucks forever
    That is one of my favorite lines

    • @Xrift87
      @Xrift87 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I should know, i HAD that game for my SNES. I practically gave up on it as a kid and decided 'eh FUCK IT'

    • @PsylomeAlpha
      @PsylomeAlpha 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jinnath
      I first pulled it off on my GBC and have been able to do so ever since. then again, I have mutated monster hands.

    • @neoeyebeleave
      @neoeyebeleave 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I used to love Batman Forever on the Sega Genesis. The controls weren't bad.

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm surprised anyone would rent the game, since the movie was crap.

    • @krazykris9396
      @krazykris9396 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually have that game.

  • @FlashX212
    @FlashX212 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2446

    Someone should find the programmers of these games and have them react to the nerd's videos

    • @myrongaines5542
      @myrongaines5542 9 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      That would be epic..

    • @RyuHayabusa
      @RyuHayabusa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      Someone should find the programmers and give each one of them 80 lashes.

    • @javonyounger938
      @javonyounger938 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Flash Smith i would imagine them saying he is right

    • @FlashX212
      @FlashX212 9 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      well, this is just a wild guess. Some of the programmers might have been in their 20's-40's. So getting some of the guys who would be in their 50's and 60's wouldn't be that hard. The ones who would be in their 70's might be harder.

    • @soysaucefool
      @soysaucefool 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      +Adam Potter video games arent that old haha

  • @morsteen
    @morsteen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    This really makes you appreciate the care and thoughtfulness of the controls in super mario bros. You take it for granted, but it really took into account a lot of issues that affect usability.

    • @dukeax6241
      @dukeax6241 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When Mario jumps in Super Mario one, it's very, very stiff trying to redirect him.

    • @opalyasu7159
      @opalyasu7159 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@dukeax6241 it's still not Kid Kool tho

    • @dukeax6241
      @dukeax6241 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The jumping in Mario brothers is very stiff

  • @cheyennedogsoldiers
    @cheyennedogsoldiers 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2146

    And kids today wonder why gamers of my age grew up to become bald, bitter deformed alcoholics.

    • @jlinkous05
      @jlinkous05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Generational woes

    • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
      @ghfjfghjasdfasdf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      There is much truth in this.

    • @prod.eenigma
      @prod.eenigma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      As a newer gen gamer this is the awnser I've needed my whole life

    • @MasterJim2020
      @MasterJim2020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      cheyennedogsoldiers LOL. I’m more of a vaper and I was born during the days of the N64, Sega Saturn, and PS1.

    • @kirilichushanka1357
      @kirilichushanka1357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just become your comment's 666th like

  • @PibbXtraPls
    @PibbXtraPls 10 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I love how on Winter Games, as soon as he starts mashing the buttons at the end, the skater does a move and doesn't fall down.

  • @topazboy333
    @topazboy333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    That part where he yells "CDI" on the the Dark Castle video kills me everytime

  • @germanwares
    @germanwares 8 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    it would be fun to force some of these game's developers to play and finish their own games.. in my opinion if you design it you should be able to finish it

    • @shartoholic
      @shartoholic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      You're 30 years too late with that idea champ.

    • @MrSapps
      @MrSapps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Its never too late to make them suffer, muahahahah!

    • @Emceemur
      @Emceemur 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You said it. Just like Mario Maker uploads. Lol

    • @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb
      @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mario maker in a nutshell

    • @uljk5699
      @uljk5699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Of course they can. They know how the game works back and beyond, and they know all the cheats they've put in themselves.

  • @AmishParadise27
    @AmishParadise27 10 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    I like how when he says "YOU DO THIS!" in the winter games section, the character actually does something in the game, and he didn't even see it.

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Still, I think it's kinda hilarious how he was going on about how Winter Games was uncontrollable and yet when he looked at the camera and away from the game and just pressed random buttons that he actually got the person in the game to do something.

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** One other thing I noticed upon rewatching his "Winter Games" episode is that he said that the B button is never used the video game yet when he says "You do this" we can see him visually press the B button and the girl actually does a figure skating jump.

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Yeah, that's true. It's not really his fault. It's just a pet peeve of mine.

    • @TrainerTakumi
      @TrainerTakumi 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL Thank You for pointing that out

    • @Avataan
      @Avataan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** old post. But as far as I know some game footage have been recorded before the actual AVGN episodes. So he probably just smashes the buttons to make it look like he's playing

  • @matter509
    @matter509 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2243

    20 years from now the whole list will be Kinect games

    • @chrisandrew7577
      @chrisandrew7577 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Matt Revell no kidding

    • @MrMadRealms
      @MrMadRealms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Matt Revell also wii games with motion controls

    • @redtrocity
      @redtrocity 7 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Levi Castelo most wii games have great motion controls

    • @TheLonePantheist
      @TheLonePantheist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      The Wii was the only console that did motion control right. Still prefer none motion control games though.

    • @johnathonbeaumont8643
      @johnathonbeaumont8643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      TheLonePantheist Probably because the rest needed to get the motion controls while the Wii was still popular!

  • @WileyKiley19
    @WileyKiley19 11 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    YOU PRESS DOWN, TO JUMP. I love that part so much. lol

  • @The_Fat_Turtle
    @The_Fat_Turtle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    8:50 I really enjoy when you can hear the real, deep frustration in his voice.

  • @cyanmanta
    @cyanmanta 10 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Dark Castle should be called Inner Ear Infection. How do you program a 2D sidescroller game where the player can't even walk in a straight line?

    • @JohannGambolputty22
      @JohannGambolputty22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      cyanmanta, this is a seriously underrated comment. Lol

  • @xenxander
    @xenxander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    James and I are just one moth apart in age.
    I just smiled to myself when I found out about that.
    Wish we were friends growing up. He had some fun hobbies - games, film making, amature animation ^_^
    Well here's to you james and for hopefully ten more years of the Nerd.

  • @_Paul_N
    @_Paul_N 11 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    If I had the choices of playing Dark Castle or spend the entire weekend in jail, I would easily pick the jail sentence without hesitation.

    • @cozmicvideos702
      @cozmicvideos702 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Is there an option to be sentenced to death instead?

    • @westerling8436
      @westerling8436 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've been to jail, believe me: you wouldn't, nancy boy

    • @blackflyingfox3365
      @blackflyingfox3365 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kevin Vuile Rotte Lafaard I went to jail. They put me in a cell with 16 other guys. Nobody bothered me. I just sat around watching tv all day. We even got to eat cheeseburgers and fried chicken. They had one toilet for pissing and the toilet next to it was for shitting. They had a sign on the wall that said "don't let us catch you pissing sitting down". The shitting toilet was marked by a drawing of a skeleton taking a shit. Jail is not as bad as people say it is.

    • @tacoxaco
      @tacoxaco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      depends on the jail and what you were sentenced for

    • @Mudamir
      @Mudamir 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      NyanyanyanyanYanyanya....

  • @jakeduran62
    @jakeduran62 9 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    I got dark castle on C.. D.... IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAHHHHIIIIIIII

    • @twistedworldtv
      @twistedworldtv 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lucky D:

    • @WilliamMc91
      @WilliamMc91 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Jake Duran The Nerd has unleashed his Inner Demon! :P

    • @zyphyrsyphyn5403
      @zyphyrsyphyn5403 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Let's flick that shit switch and crank up that diarrhea dial!!!

    • @ghosty9051
      @ghosty9051 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr best moment in avgn history :D

    • @FullArcher05
      @FullArcher05 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Gates of Hell open*

  • @PerryMason123
    @PerryMason123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    "No other game uses the select button"
    Bloody Wolf on Turbografx-16 uses select as the grenade button. It's weird as shit yeah but at least Bloody Wolf is great

    • @jasonmosher8047
      @jasonmosher8047 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who is that as your profile picture?
      Also, didn't Mass Effect also use the select button to use grenades?

    • @bluedragon3085
      @bluedragon3085 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Punch out uses the select button

    • @SuperMarioMinecrafter321
      @SuperMarioMinecrafter321 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Castlevania: Rondo of Blood uses the select button for item crashes.

    • @robjackson4050
      @robjackson4050 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you use select on the menu screen of duck hunt

    • @RoundShades
      @RoundShades 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is true with a lot of menu screens. Thus, being called "select".

  • @xXHurdyGurdyManXx
    @xXHurdyGurdyManXx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    The main character in Dark Castle looks like Shaggy, I keep thinking it's him.

    • @gongames
      @gongames 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Glad I'm. to the only one who thought that

    • @vpfan207
      @vpfan207 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      GonGames nerd said that in the video

    • @KingVirus68
      @KingVirus68 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +xXHurdyGurdyManXx I was browsing TvTropes and saw an article about Dark Castle. Apparently, the main character's name is "Duncan".

    • @WillEatForFood
      @WillEatForFood 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Or perhaps Peter Pan with a mullet

    • @Gwennerini
      @Gwennerini 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He IS Shaggy

  • @CaptainCocaine
    @CaptainCocaine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    Nyuh-nyuh nyuh-nyuh-nyuh!!

    • @Mannetasi
      @Mannetasi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Woa-Uhhh-Uhhh

    • @petestone6001
      @petestone6001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      milk!!!

    • @leejordan001
      @leejordan001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sadpants McGee i laugh loud in the middle of night! oh those little bastards. 😁

    • @MrStonedgolem
      @MrStonedgolem 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts check out. Looked it up on Wikipedia 👍

    • @RyuHirakashi1
      @RyuHirakashi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The best part of the whole video. Those sound effects in dark castle makes my side ache from laughing so hard!

  • @Cha0sLord93
    @Cha0sLord93 11 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Dark castle was comical, I lost it at the Cdi version

  • @GiordanDiodato
    @GiordanDiodato 11 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    If he thinks Batman Forever's controls suck... He should play Batman and Robin on PS1....

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** I love your profile pic. Yukari is my Persona waifu

    • @ryandennison8754
      @ryandennison8754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      God, they just get progressively worse with each entry, just like the movies they were based on!

    • @gjtrue
      @gjtrue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They finally have on *James & Mike Mondays.* 😆

    • @KootenaiKing
      @KootenaiKing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny how it's another 'Batman' game.

  • @zeppelin5000
    @zeppelin5000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I laughed so hard I had tears coming from my eyes watching the Dark Castle controls! The noises added to the comedy!

  • @FatalExistence
    @FatalExistence 11 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Lmfao that whole conversation with spiderman and james

  • @MUMSUniverse
    @MUMSUniverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    *I love how **_Spider-Man_** had a comeback for everything said about the controller controls.* 🎮🤣

  • @TecDax
    @TecDax 9 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    I love how these monsters keep mocking you. Nyenyenyenyenye

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      More like "ñañañañaña".

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is actually the sound of your character dying.

    • @rohe4077
      @rohe4077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I get the feeling that the dark castle game was developed to make everything else the hero. The environment wins.

  • @jackbaradog
    @jackbaradog 9 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Watching him try to play dark castle on the cdi is hilarious

  • @acorgiwithacrown467
    @acorgiwithacrown467 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Those weird third party controllers that's covered in Cheeto cheese that you have to use when you go over to your friends house ....

  • @stormstrider1990
    @stormstrider1990 10 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The CD-i Dark Castle character sounds like Butthead when he gets dizzy.

  • @adamwest9177
    @adamwest9177 9 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Omfg. That last part was so fucking hilarious I literally couldn't stop laughing

  • @KevinThePilgrim
    @KevinThePilgrim 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I got Batman Forever for Christmas back when I was kid.
    Never finished because it was so fucking horrible and never found out how to use the items besides the hook.

  • @22Sangre
    @22Sangre 8 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Having a fucking up button as fucking jump is fucking fucked up!

    • @uTubeNoITube
      @uTubeNoITube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Pressing up to duck is pretty fucked up!

    • @rust2rust19
      @rust2rust19 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Pressing down... to jump... that has to take the cake.

    • @yoshifan0312
      @yoshifan0312 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smash Bros does that and I don't mind
      But for platformers it's horrible

    • @MrBlock-qe7hi
      @MrBlock-qe7hi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      rust2rust19

    • @samchorostecki6275
      @samchorostecki6275 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And having a DOWN button to jump is even more fucked up

  • @princessolmeca2933
    @princessolmeca2933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That face at 9:25 gets me every time. It's so perfect! 😂😂😂

  • @Sypaka
    @Sypaka 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    11:08 Look at the TV in the back here, where James mashes buttons.
    He is actually doing something without noticing xD

  • @blackprobegt2000
    @blackprobegt2000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love that you keep reviewing old games, don't let them be forgotten!

  • @Galejro
    @Galejro 11 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I wonder who is nerd's biggest enemy in his show, LJN or the stairs in games? LJN is self explanatory, but it's like every game he ever plays that features stairs has to screw them up.

    • @420POGCHAMP
      @420POGCHAMP 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nostalfia Critic

  • @tombrannan9314
    @tombrannan9314 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    4:35 - 5:25
    One of my favorite Nerd moments!

  • @jeffreycook166
    @jeffreycook166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It gets me every time you try to throw a rock quickly in dark castle and it just throws at the ground

  • @gigantopithecushominoidea8779
    @gigantopithecushominoidea8779 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh my god jesus christ, I all most spitted coffee all over my keyboard because of this, right at 11:00 he can't do anything, but right after he turn around to curse and press random shitless, the character does the most awesome acrobatic move in ice skate ever!!! ahahahaha oh god!!!! GG

  • @thesteveus
    @thesteveus 11 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Cockamamie, not enough people use that word anymore........

    • @SuperMarioJustin4
      @SuperMarioJustin4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tisk-tisk, I have never heard such language.

  • @tombailey8395
    @tombailey8395 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like these clip collections! Keep them up James. They bring back all the memories of especially funny episodes, like the batman ones for instance

  • @travelreview5962
    @travelreview5962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "You'd have better luck playing Silver Surfer with the Power Glove"
    😂😂😂

  • @ThePlamzJoker
    @ThePlamzJoker 11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "I can't even last two seconds on the first screen!" Dark Castle CD-I reminds me of when Milhouse played the arcade game of Kevin Costner's Waterworld in The Simpsons.

  • @metae.4256
    @metae.4256 10 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Ah, the Toxic Crusaders guy. I do believe he stole the show in that one episode.

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Michael Salter You disagree?

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael Salter I found that he was a lot more crazy than the nerd character, and just look at him work off the nerd when it's mentioned his name is on the game. Those alone got my attention in ways the nerd either hasn't, or haven't in a long time.

    • @1Sandwitch1
      @1Sandwitch1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Meta E. actually he made it unwatchable for me.....I hate that old fuck

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1Sandwitch1 I'd believe it. He really was something out of left field.

    • @1Sandwitch1
      @1Sandwitch1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don't get me wrong, he's unique and very sharp for his age. Its just all his so called immature stuff totally didnt go with the video at all....he pretty much took over the whole video....

  • @thezachvolt6883
    @thezachvolt6883 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    For Wand of Gameleon, there were 3 buttons on the controller AVGN was using. Why couldn't they just make the status screen the 3rd button?
    Oh wait, FORGOT, that would make too much sense!

    • @athena8561
      @athena8561 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't change the controls in that game

    • @thezachvolt6883
      @thezachvolt6883 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Npc_madman
      Sorry for taking a while to reply. I meant for the game designers, not Cinemassacre.

    • @athena8561
      @athena8561 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Zachvolt k

    • @Bauglir100
      @Bauglir100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because that's not the default controller, and they couldn't be bothered to change the controls to suit the other controllers.

  • @bonesaw-777
    @bonesaw-777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:38 Quite possibly the best AVGN rant I’ve seen so far

  • @bushbasher85
    @bushbasher85 9 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    4:35 My favorite Nerd face

    • @DEthe5150
      @DEthe5150 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +bushbasher85 So is 9:25

    • @WilliamMc91
      @WilliamMc91 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +See it or Flick it. 9:25 is my Favorite

    • @williamblough6415
      @williamblough6415 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      See it or Flick it. Flicker

    • @danreuter7144
      @danreuter7144 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      See it or Flick it. Should be his thumbnail

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IAMBATMAN

  • @wisdomprophet
    @wisdomprophet 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this! I'd like to see one with worst video game controllers. Still, everything you do is great and you make me laugh when I'm having a bad day. :)

  • @rockandroller7118
    @rockandroller7118 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    9:24 that face is just to memorable

  • @emiranda2491
    @emiranda2491 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Before I go number 1 here are some honorable or in this case.... dishonorable mentions
    Terminator (NES)
    The Amazing Spider-Man (Gameboy)
    Lester The Unlikely (SNES)
    Shaq-Fu (SNES)
    Karate Champ (NES)

    • @Vojingamer
      @Vojingamer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ha,I get that WatchMojo reference

    • @misternani1179
      @misternani1179 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Peacock. :3

    • @Pink3tt
      @Pink3tt 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Quadarrius cg

  • @blackdarkdarkerbleach7100
    @blackdarkdarkerbleach7100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I bought Spiderman for a shit ton of money. It's been over 15 years and I haven't figured out which button does what.

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You know, the Speedboard would actually be helpful when playing Toxic Avenger. Maybe someone saw the Speedboard and thought to himself: This thing is the future. We should make a game for it.

  • @thegoldencoin2176
    @thegoldencoin2176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know stuff gets real when The Nerd says that this this the worst controls in a game and then it’s only number 2

  • @joeywomer
    @joeywomer 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just realized that for the spider man review, that Spider Man was played by Kyle Justin. Usually the characters are played by Mike Mattei.

  • @shakeitupT
    @shakeitupT 11 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Wait...so...there's no...Superman 64?

    • @iamaninsomniac
      @iamaninsomniac 11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Apparently he found games that control worse than Superman. I guess it's just his preference.

    • @shakeitupT
      @shakeitupT 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      iamaninsomniac I remember a long time ago looking at a list of worst-controlled games, and superman 64 was the number one spot. I was suprised it wasnt even on here.

    • @iamaninsomniac
      @iamaninsomniac 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      shakeitupT Honestly I was surprised too. But I guess these were found to be worse.

    • @exitar33
      @exitar33 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Necro response here...it looks he only reviews 8-bit games or their more advanced system ports. He could do an incredible number of games with horrible controls if he included every game machine that has existed.

    • @Kirbman
      @Kirbman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He already reviewed Superman 64 years ago.

  • @RLomoterenge
    @RLomoterenge 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for putting those commercials at the end!!! I haven’t seen a single comment regarding this but it makes so much of a difference!

  • @alexandercarder2281
    @alexandercarder2281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was hilarious 🤣 dark castle should be “drunken castle master 3”

  • @Khorgull
    @Khorgull 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "space invader ensemble of bats" is still one of my favorite nerd lines :D

  • @onprint4868
    @onprint4868 10 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING?!?!?!?!? xD my favorite line :D

    • @darkhunter5293
      @darkhunter5293 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Cowa-Fuckin'-piece-of-dogshit" was mine.

    • @thepeskyone
      @thepeskyone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fred Fuchs

    • @thepeskyone
      @thepeskyone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And AAAASSSSSSSSSSSS

  • @Ionixification
    @Ionixification 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    11:12
    "The controls are fucked up beyond belief, and that's the hardest thing to explain"
    Lold so bad

  • @Jabadamazo
    @Jabadamazo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I swear Dark Castle has to be a joke. Like, your character TRIPS while he's walking? What the living shit? That's like...Downs level of game design.

    • @811brian
      @811brian 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joarthus I always found that part to be funny. Sorta like Dirk the Daring, just an overall doofus. XD

  • @arekmatysiak5515
    @arekmatysiak5515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG, dark Castle commentary had me laughing to tears!

  • @vesselinkrastev
    @vesselinkrastev 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The sound effects in the last game are hilarious :-)

  • @Maximara
    @Maximara 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Dark Castle was a _port_ from the Macintosh and was designed for a keyboard and mouse (your attack was with the mouse) and even there some of the same problems occurred (getting on the stairs could be a pain)

    • @EBEDieandRetry
      @EBEDieandRetry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruce Grubb as often, this explain a lot..

  • @evolution759
    @evolution759 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Video game producers should get fired for making these games very frustrating and unfair to point where they are almost unplayable.

    • @frostyguy1989
      @frostyguy1989 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Worse. They should be made to play them front to back.

    • @evolution759
      @evolution759 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i like that

    • @awesomeninja9178
      @awesomeninja9178 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      even best idea play it if they cant beat it
      RE DO THE DAMN THING LIKE MARIO.

    • @PoliticalFruit4Kids
      @PoliticalFruit4Kids 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      frostyguy1989 It should be common practice to play something as much as you can before you release the product. I know such was hard back in the days of the NES and 2600, but nowadays with dev kits for next gen systems, it is just laziness to release a crap product when they have all of the tools needed to test their product before it goes out. Of course programmers are people too, so nowadays for me, I realize that even with some of the worst product I've seen (Ninjabread Man on Wii, E.T. on Atari, Strawberry Shortcake on Atari), there's still hours and hours put into the product. There's a crapload of code, hundreds of hours on even the worst... Crazy Bus on MegaDrive though, there's absolutely no telling what that code for that pirate hack some Chinese guy made looks like. I bet you he didn't even use the standard notation before each line of code, he just used improper lines of code to create probably the worst product I've seen in years.

    • @alexfraser8352
      @alexfraser8352 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes-in fact I can't believe at one point in time the controls in 3d games were like this:
      on rails-move forward or back and steer left and right. I am so accustomed to today's tilt the stick in x direction to run in that direction that I can hardly play those games. They're not RC cars. MY BRAIN DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!!! I couldn't believe how clunky megaman 64 was when i played it-and even Croc, a game i remember loving when i was a kid. Same with bubsy-it makes even the most basic movements impossible-i had trouble landing on a floating platform-something that should be easy as F*&% on any other game

  • @guilhermehank4938
    @guilhermehank4938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    9:01
    One of my favorites "bullshit" moments

  • @iantunes3603
    @iantunes3603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like when his face gets zoomed in and gets mad at “ you press down to jump “ that killed me

  • @lolzylol115
    @lolzylol115 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    In france we have a avgn too "joueurdugrenier/player of the attic" and our ljn was... infogram

    • @Consolethinks
      @Consolethinks 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Titus?

    • @lolzylol115
      @lolzylol115 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      i dunno him so xD

    • @Consolethinks
      @Consolethinks 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I meant Titus the french game developer company. It has made such games as Carmageddon 64, The Blues Brothers, RoboCop and Superman 64. These are just the infamous ones, but there were a few decent publications (like Worms World Party). It went bankrupt in 2005.

    • @lolzylol115
      @lolzylol115 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh ok yup but infogram is know for their bad ans hard game and it's the worst enemy of the player of the attic :p

    • @Potatosaremyfriends1
      @Potatosaremyfriends1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didnt they make north and south though? That was good.

  • @98756120able
    @98756120able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I take it the programmers never tried the games themselves. When I was young I wanted a CDI just for the Zelda game. Now I'm glad it never happened, as that would have been a huge disappointment.

  • @YungGemini
    @YungGemini 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The batman thing made me ROFL.

  • @Katosepe
    @Katosepe 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LOL Ahh, that number 1 game (don't want to spoil for people who haven't watched it yet). That was probably the funniest episode you've ever had, Nerd. Thanks for the clip show. I know you're busy and these help bridge the gaps between episodes a lot :)

  • @Perich29
    @Perich29 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My first Side scrole game was Prince of Persia, Ninja, and Duke for Dos PC.

  • @alextinkham5741
    @alextinkham5741 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like how when he's ranting about the controls in winter games, he does a fucking triple axle spin!

  • @jimthescotsman
    @jimthescotsman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cant stop the tears on my face laughter like you cant even imagine , 4mins 39 into the video , ive rewound it like 10 times ,,,,,the batman shit is out of this world funny man .... , cheers , fucking way too funny honestly

  • @aslin81
    @aslin81 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had Terminator 2 on Sega Genesis, and in the driving scenes, I found that if you can aim for the centre line you will make it through. Loved the game, but hard as hell, and there is a learning curve.

  • @patsfan4life
    @patsfan4life 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:48 a classic feature of any dog 💩 platformer from the 80’s - “jump-fu**edness” 😂

  • @jeremysaigon
    @jeremysaigon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching those memories, I have realized that AVGN has lost his "angry" feature in his recent videos.

  • @drgfromnyc
    @drgfromnyc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Dark Castle < A big, solid, green shit

  • @burtrusfield2523
    @burtrusfield2523 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Shaq-Fu didn't make it into the list?

  • @AmyraCarter
    @AmyraCarter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    'Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh! Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh! Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh! Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh! Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh! Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh!'
    'Where did you learn to fly!? Where did you learn to fly!? Where did you learn to fly!? Where did you learn to fly!? Where did you learn to fly!? Where did you learn to fly!? '
    lmfao

  • @veronicastar2114
    @veronicastar2114 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he tripped walking on and off the bridge in dark castle. I’m dead 😂

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *James you are the funniest and most logic guy on earth*

  • @greenskiis
    @greenskiis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish we could get a full AVGN or Mike and James Play of CDi Dark Castle!

  • @bluetopia42
    @bluetopia42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Come on, it's the mark of the devil." "This game is the devil!"

  • @oliverupload
    @oliverupload 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    #1 made my day, thanks

  • @emersoduarte4348
    @emersoduarte4348 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    1:23: Super Mario World soundfont?

    • @RetroMediaMan96
      @RetroMediaMan96 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don’t know. Sounds more like Super Mario all stars soundfont.

  • @slothy1494
    @slothy1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And this is being recommended to me in 2020 now. No complaints these vids are timeless

  • @ThomasTHEONEANDONLY
    @ThomasTHEONEANDONLY 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “You think that makes me happy!!, it doesn’t!”

  • @claireris
    @claireris 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The first time I saw the Dark Castle episode I laughed so freakin hard I could've puked! Definitely the funniest one I've ever seen!!

  • @henrydillard6217
    @henrydillard6217 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you dont" lol! ;)

  • @JOfJaZ
    @JOfJaZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Nerd as genuinely mad as he was during Batman Forever

  • @dukeax6241
    @dukeax6241 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how spider man's over there heckling you l o l

  • @iwanegerstrom4564
    @iwanegerstrom4564 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I almost died of laughing at the finale ^^

  • @frankfedison5203
    @frankfedison5203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "What game uses the select button?" You ask? Why, "Space Shuttle" by Activision for the Atari 2600. The select switch opened/closed the cargo doors in orbit and controlled the landing gear on re-entry.
    Yay for old farts with memory!!

  • @EvanFAF
    @EvanFAF 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I forgot which game it was, but in it you press right on the D-pad to jump and A button to go right. beat that.

    • @megaemulators2776
      @megaemulators2776 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think I have played a game with those controls! It was f---ing horrible.

    • @TheLoveMario
      @TheLoveMario 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...a game with that controls must have been made by n00bs which are more comfortable with PC controls, so they made a game with PC-like controls. if they really made controls like that because they are more comfortable for the creators, then they are real noobs. they should think about who buys the game NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES

    • @FatToki
      @FatToki 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is the game Pacland by any chance? That game is a fucking turd.

    • @EvanFAF
      @EvanFAF 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know the name. I do know it was a platformer.

    • @ryandennison8754
      @ryandennison8754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like the kind of control layout a Tiger handheld would have.

  • @exitar33
    @exitar33 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anybody watching this should listen to the CDi Dark Castle part with their smart device with ear phones. The game sound effects are downright hilarious.

  • @mrmcmuffin5588
    @mrmcmuffin5588 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man coming back to these videos makes me feel all warm and tingly inside.

  • @neuron1892
    @neuron1892 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I died at 9:30 lol

  • @140ppolarbear5
    @140ppolarbear5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So this is why control options were created.

  • @grungyperry7530
    @grungyperry7530 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    14:38 scared the shit outta me! hahahah

  • @nowthatsjustducky
    @nowthatsjustducky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:22 Sounds like they failed their intelligence roll and simply failed to see the obvious. Use the L and R buttons for your selections. That would have been even better than having to go to a menu and pause the action for switching weapons and stuff.

  • @J3rs3y_G1rl
    @J3rs3y_G1rl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how guests of the Nerd always torture him in some way.