Dick Tracy (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

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  • @mickeymouse12678
    @mickeymouse12678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2810

    One of my favorite AVGN rants at the end. I think this is the truly genuinely angriest he gets in the entire AVGN series. You can tell he was really channelling his childhood disappointment in that scene. Well done ep.

    • @LouieRC
      @LouieRC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      I think this episode and the batman one are the angriest he gets. Love it 🤣

    • @omikronweapon
      @omikronweapon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      well that, or he's just a decent actor.

    • @ayylmao575
      @ayylmao575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      OmikronWeapon It’s probably both since this game was a part of his childhood, he’s clearly playing it up but some frustration from having dealt with the game when he was younger likely found it’s way in.

    • @gregorymirabella1423
      @gregorymirabella1423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      along with batman forever.

    • @Davidpoland2005
      @Davidpoland2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      he screamed at the pillow like a tf2 character screaming in death

  • @Thecoolguy463
    @Thecoolguy463 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2087

    Whenever James starts ranting about renting the games on a Friday or for the weekend you know the review is a classic

    • @cloudshines812
      @cloudshines812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Its still the year 2020 and I actually end up still renting Video Games from my local video store

    • @klaushammer8687
      @klaushammer8687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@cloudshines812 that's saving money right there

    • @1stRateSerrvice
      @1stRateSerrvice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Drizzt Do'Urden Except you aren't omniscient and can't be expected to know everything. Facts.

  • @skullkid1028
    @skullkid1028 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5201

    14:20 "One guy, no continues" that should be written on James' tombstone

    • @nu-agegamer3548
      @nu-agegamer3548 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He Said One Die No Continues

    • @gd-f
      @gd-f 8 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      he said one guy....

    • @nu-agegamer3548
      @nu-agegamer3548 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ***** Back Off Because I Know He Said one die no continues

    • @Killerbeast-hx5qp
      @Killerbeast-hx5qp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      SkullKid24 or fuck

    • @TanglewiId
      @TanglewiId 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      "Back Off" what are you gonna do? bully him over the internet because an angry nerd said "One guy, no continues?"

  • @Euroviking86
    @Euroviking86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3874

    I love when the Nerd gets so angry that he clips the audio.

    • @YouShotMarvin
      @YouShotMarvin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      Yea thats something thats missing from the newer ones. The sound production is so good you can hear every yell and scream with perfect clarity. I kinda miss the clipping days.

    • @louisnapolitano
      @louisnapolitano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Poor Nerd

    • @stephenfiler3204
      @stephenfiler3204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      That's the Nerd at his absolute best. Unfortunately, he's kinda mellowed out.

    • @xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx
      @xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Walter White my words

    • @AzureRoxe
      @AzureRoxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@stephenfiler3204 Of course he did, he grew up and has a family.

  • @vissova
    @vissova 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3019

    I always feel sad for the nerd at the end in this one. I think it's the hardest he's raged in an episode. I realize it's James acting, but it feels so genuine, like the anger and disappointment from when he was a kid bursting out.

    • @haveyboythebighuggerkid7733
      @haveyboythebighuggerkid7733 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      vissova Yep, espesially for PLAYING A GAME FOR 20 WHOLE YEARS.

    • @justinjolly3144
      @justinjolly3144 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      vissova yeah I agree

    • @jrt2792
      @jrt2792 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      At least we have La Noire.☺

    • @TheLarryburns84
      @TheLarryburns84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      nah, Batman Forever seemed to make him even angrier

    • @roberttaylor8906
      @roberttaylor8906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @MannyTheFur I dunno, with the use of the health packs it looks a lot more manageable especially if you can find a solid way to farm them. I'm sure it can be looked up but off hand I'm not certain if a health pack heals you fully - maybe it just heals 2 stars

  • @LudicrousShows
    @LudicrousShows 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5792

    Unlike his other reviews, I feel like his anger was genuine in this review.

    • @thezachvolt6883
      @thezachvolt6883 8 ปีที่แล้ว +485

      Same with his batman review.

    • @joeblow6914
      @joeblow6914 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Karate Kid...

    • @jalenstimes4100
      @jalenstimes4100 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Don't Be That Guy- Agreed

    • @cryingwithrage
      @cryingwithrage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      plumbers don't wear ties.

    • @IXAreborn
      @IXAreborn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      I completely agree. The other review where I felt like the anger was genuine is the silver surfer review

  • @scottygaither2291
    @scottygaither2291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +954

    The ending makes this review my favorite. It actually seems like this game had actually hurt James and wasted prescious moments of his childhood. I don't think he's ever been this angry in any of his reviews.

    • @100purenacl3
      @100purenacl3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Especially when he talks about having played the game for 20 years

    • @Maynards_so_blue
      @Maynards_so_blue 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      the only other one similar to this for anger is Dragons Lair and Batman Forever

  • @shanethefox
    @shanethefox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    2:16
    "I was laughing back then, but I'm not fucking laughing now!"
    There was so much pain in that sentence lol, makes me feel kinda bad for laughing.

  • @stuvo1977
    @stuvo1977 7 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    "This is the reason Game Genie was invented!" The best line by far.

    • @Perich29
      @Perich29 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you can find the magic lamp then you got the genie just rub the lamp and here is the Genie.

  • @Riley-u8m
    @Riley-u8m 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2186

    What kind of law enforcement ignores sniper attacks on every corner of a street?

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 9 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      +Phoenix Archangel *Bush Administration

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      TrapLordDeezus I think you mean Ted Cruz if he had one

    • @the_wasd_guy1170
      @the_wasd_guy1170 9 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      GTA V cops?

    • @HaakonAnderson
      @HaakonAnderson 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      the boner police?

    • @brianmerion
      @brianmerion 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I don't think a Republican would dilute the police force mate...

  • @PrincessSneakyComputer
    @PrincessSneakyComputer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2017

    Damn. AVGN seems legitimately mad and hurt by this game hahah

    • @RoundShades
      @RoundShades 8 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      When was the angriest and most hurt you've ever been by something, which got you hyped and then turned out to be outrageously disappointing? Was it Suicide Squad? New Indiana Jones? New Godzilla? Star Trek Online? Call of Duty or Battlefield sequels? I felt this way about cancelling Megaman Legends and the C&C series.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don't forget Megaman Online. That looked orgasmically good.

    • @Ghostyboi7702
      @Ghostyboi7702 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Star Fox Adventures

    • @HankusTheTankus333
      @HankusTheTankus333 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      YoImShepard gamerpoops ftw

    • @galactic1555
      @galactic1555 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Shady Rounds
      For me it's BvS. Those characters are iconic and can work masterfully in other forms of media like Injustice, Allstar Superman and Under the Red Hood.

  • @ser6Ijvolk
    @ser6Ijvolk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1401

    It's too bad James ran out of bad games he played as a kid and has a genuine connection with. Those are the best episodes.

    • @dunnono00
      @dunnono00 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      The impression I get is that Mike Matei was really the guy who played a much wider spectrum of games, whereas James was pretty much over gaming not long after he got an N64.

    • @dennisbowen452
      @dennisbowen452 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      ​@@dunnono00imagine gen alphas watching millenials reviewing up till ps4 and then nothing beyond that for same reason

    • @MelkorTolkien
      @MelkorTolkien ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@dennisbowen452 James and Mike are millennials, older millennials, but still millennials.

    • @dennisbowen452
      @dennisbowen452 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MelkorTolkien james was how old when return of the jedi came out?
      Cause that was 82 and james has said he was old enough to remember parts of it in theatres.

    • @DawgPound86
      @DawgPound86 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@MelkorTolkienJames is gen x

  • @WillEatForFood
    @WillEatForFood 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1676

    Every kid on the block was running around going "Fred Fuchs!" "Fred Fuchs!" "Fuch This" and "Fuch That!" My Dad said, "Why can't you just call him Fred Fooks?"

    • @m.c.ballyhoo1494
      @m.c.ballyhoo1494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hahaha

    • @brunop.8745
      @brunop.8745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Give this man a medal

    • @Mushroom378
      @Mushroom378 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Illuminati
      Stay right where you are.

    • @TBrizzle01
      @TBrizzle01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Underappreciated comment

    • @rekius328
      @rekius328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      10/10 comment
      Comment Of The Year award.

  • @Stormthewindhog
    @Stormthewindhog 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1886

    If I was James I would tell everyone I knew that when I die have them put on my tombstone,
    James Rolfe
    "One life?! No Continues!?"

    • @Bauglir100
      @Bauglir100 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Atem Andrew Already made the joke, son.

    • @TheAtemAndrew
      @TheAtemAndrew 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ***** ...FUCK.

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Don't forget to add "What were they thinking!?" after that on the tombstone haha

    • @Retroist2024
      @Retroist2024 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      God is a bad programmer I guess

    • @flash4354
      @flash4354 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      plarq **le gasp**

  • @NathanMaenle
    @NathanMaenle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    Those goddamn voice cracks at the end kill me every time

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well good thing you're Kenny

  • @ZPizzo_
    @ZPizzo_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1707

    The line “I was laughing back then, but I’m not FUCKIN laughing now.” Is so much funnier as a 24 year old than it is to a 12 year old

    • @averageparasenjoyer
      @averageparasenjoyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      How did 12 years pass after watching the video when this video is only 10 years old

    • @xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962
      @xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      12 YO's shouldn't watch these imo. They're too juvenile to understand the Nerd and too young to lear AVGN swears. Even at my 33 YO i still can't believe i missed some swears and i'm like WoW.

    • @ZPizzo_
      @ZPizzo_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Douginha11 ps4 oops you right I was 14

    • @BrokeBot
      @BrokeBot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i was 12 when this came out

    • @johnclark926
      @johnclark926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@averageparasenjoyer this video is a reupload, the original video aired on September 16, 2008

  • @Synthwave89
    @Synthwave89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    That rage was amazing. It's like little James from when he was a kid just released the anger pent up for all those years.

  • @DustinOffAClassic
    @DustinOffAClassic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    Holy Moses. The anger at 14:20 and 9:13 was either genuine or James is a better actor than I give him credit for.

    • @999dunkins
      @999dunkins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      that's not acting at all.

    • @CitizenLily
      @CitizenLily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@999dunkins it is acting. he literally scripts every episode

    • @liveandletdie4233
      @liveandletdie4233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@CitizenLily out of personal experiances.

    • @HazeAroundtheWorld
      @HazeAroundtheWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@CitizenLily
      Just because it's "scripted" doesn't mean it's acting. That just means he wrote out what he wanted to say in advance

    • @MisterSandmanAU
      @MisterSandmanAU ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​​@@HazeAroundtheWorldThat's still acting. He's acting out a character. He has a similar moment of extreme anger with Board James too in Shark Attack iirc

  • @ActivistParrot
    @ActivistParrot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    It's funny that he gets pissed but it's completely understandable. The NES had a lot of damn near impossible games. That's why there was game genie. This game looks like it would drive me insane.

    • @scottvelez3154
      @scottvelez3154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Sometimes even Game Genie couldn't save you.

    • @ultrairrelevantnobody1862
      @ultrairrelevantnobody1862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The NES has quite the large variety of bad games. Even more so than the Atari 2600.

    • @100purenacl3
      @100purenacl3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottvelez3154 there's a take more damage code XD

    • @elderlycatpatriot
      @elderlycatpatriot หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ...But in this one, he's exaggerating so much that it stops being funny.
      I've actually played this game. The driving controls are extremely simple, and the snipers are actually very inaccurate.

  • @OmnicidalClown1992
    @OmnicidalClown1992 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    14:24 Still to this day one of the best breakdowns that the AVGN has ever done.

  • @regal677
    @regal677 8 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    " i got a rock "
    -James 19XX

    • @ongakuwotabeta
      @ongakuwotabeta 8 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      1991 according to the video camera.

    • @Mintylight
      @Mintylight 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      So cute ^^

    • @jediking12
      @jediking12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      +Mintylight Little James = adorkable

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I gotta rock

    • @Yuginkai12
      @Yuginkai12 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      i got iraq

  • @Romulan64
    @Romulan64 9 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    I've NEVER heard James blow out the microphone levels THIS much, let alone see him THIS legitimately pissed...

    • @oldpotatoman4838
      @oldpotatoman4838 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      it kind of reminded me of Nostalgia Critic's Pearl Harbor Episode

    • @theshipper5797
      @theshipper5797 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yeah

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Romulan64
      He was so disappointed that it made him angry and sad at the same time

    • @supersmashbro596
      @supersmashbro596 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      because james had this as a kid, and could never beat it.
      this is a game james legit hates. childhood trauma man.
      him tackling it as the nerd is probably just therapy for him.

    • @SpikeFartly
      @SpikeFartly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Watch Superman 64!

  • @Recon_Ninja
    @Recon_Ninja 9 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    14:27 is the only time in the whole series that I was worried he actually lost it

    • @fredrichfernando6798
      @fredrichfernando6798 9 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      +117reconninja I love how the audio gets muffled from how loud he's getting.

    • @tu-st2236
      @tu-st2236 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the nerd definitely did lol

    • @Clarissa_Star
      @Clarissa_Star 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +117reconninja Well, I guess some things hit you harder than others.

    • @dorourke105
      @dorourke105 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Valentine Maxwell Ariel Zwe Well you'd lose it too if a video game had that kind of crap in it. Seriously one life no continues? I call shenanigans on that

    • @Fede4Cod
      @Fede4Cod 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      That's why this is one of my favourite avgn episodes, you can really feel his anger

  • @Ge_Stern
    @Ge_Stern 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Mom, can we have L.A. Noire?
    No, we already have got L.A. Noire at home.
    L.A. Noire at home:

  • @daftoptimist
    @daftoptimist 8 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    It's been 8 years since this episode and I don't think he's topped the rage in this one yet!

    • @marziovera9798
      @marziovera9798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And he probably never will

    • @uajw7269
      @uajw7269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Marzio Vera he did. Batman forever

    • @jonathanbradley4896
      @jonathanbradley4896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      His freak out at Back to the Future 3 on Genesis was pretty good too

    • @MarvelFan1995
      @MarvelFan1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Video originally aired 2008

    • @MohitKumar-jf8lz
      @MohitKumar-jf8lz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Batman forever.

  • @techtronicman1
    @techtronicman1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    I actually became an electronics engineer partly because I wanted to understand why so many earlier games were so tough. Turns out a lot of it was early memory coding. Having the game remember such things as continue points, number of lives, and inventory items and item amounts was actually pretty tricky back then. Could be done, but it was only the game developers with the most saavy programmers that could do it.
    It's interesting looking back at these games and having some idea what was going on in the programming behind the scenes.

    • @fernandobanda5734
      @fernandobanda5734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Colias Palaeno Some part of the reason is game makers came straight from arcades, whose philosophy was to be tough enough that you'd have to spend money on them.

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@fernandobanda5734
      This is true. Also: if players could beat an NES game in one sitting, they wouldn't be likely to buy it, they'd just rent it once or twice instead. So since these games had such limited memory to work with, they had to make it incredibly difficult to try and extend the length of the game.

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Shove it up your ass. Coding lives is one of the easiest things to do in games programming. It's literally a single if statement, a counter, and a decrement. There are many ways to make it harder and more memory intensive, but a basic go-back-to-this-location life system is utterly trivial.

    • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
      @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No need to be such a Dickard about it, Angolin. But yes, techtronicman1's comment is only really valid for the earliest, non-CPU-based arcade games - the ones that used TTL logic. The NES had 2K of RAM built in, which is plenty for storing "continue points, number of lives, and inventory items and item amounts". And cartridges could also include additional RAM, up to 1 MB, which would be enough to store the full state of the game, including the positions of every dead enemy body, etc.
      Now, the Atari 2600 only had 128 _bytes_ of memory, in which case the argument holds a bit more water, but as shown by games like _Adventure,_ it's perfectly possible to code a relatively complex game state within those limits, if you're careful with your RAM usage. I wouldn't say you had to be one of the best of the best to do this successfully (almost every programmer during that era had to work within pretty severe resource constraints), but yes, you had to be a good coder.

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@angolin9352 Shouldn't the cartriges or the console itself have some sort of memory in order to do that? Like PS did with the memory stick. Instead they used the password system which is pretty much a cheat code as far as I understand. You can enter anyone else's password and it will work, that's basically a code which you say "I had x lives, y powerups and stopped in z in the game" with.

  • @jamesdee5296
    @jamesdee5296 8 ปีที่แล้ว +692

    I was laughing back then, but I'm not fucking laughing now. LOL funniest part of the video

    • @dillclinton4379
      @dillclinton4379 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I got a rock....

    • @412FilmsProductions
      @412FilmsProductions 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I Got a rock just like freaking Charlie Brown

    • @harrisonbetker2271
      @harrisonbetker2271 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cole Behan what I don't understand is this, why was Charlie constantly getting rocks on Halloween?

    • @alexmangie9857
      @alexmangie9857 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because he had trouble with the scissors

    • @hunterjenkins11
      @hunterjenkins11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hat falls off. I bet James laughed at that part. Probably why he placed that clip there at 2:20

  • @Winterreise189
    @Winterreise189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is his best episode imo. The anger at the end stemming from having the game as a kid and hating it just makes it so good.

  • @multano9815
    @multano9815 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    By far my favorite episode. Dont think he was in character for this, i could feel the rage coming through the screen.
    "I was laughing back then, but I'm not fucking laughing now"

  • @imthinkinwacky2859
    @imthinkinwacky2859 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    I love how genuine the Nerd's rage was in this episode.

  • @TheGrayMysterious
    @TheGrayMysterious 8 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    14:27 Rest in peace, James' blood pressure

    • @Perich29
      @Perich29 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same heart attack that drinkingwithbob had.

  • @tarochanusa
    @tarochanusa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    At that moment when James got that rock as a kid, he eventually gets rolling rock

  • @allanslegos11
    @allanslegos11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    "I was laughing back then but I'm not laughing now!" *gose back to person who gave him a rock's house with a shotgun*

  • @WillEatForFood
    @WillEatForFood 10 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    Everybody went from "who's Fred Fucks?" to "Woah! Fred Fucks is the shit!"

    • @randomquentin
      @randomquentin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I think it was just an excuse for kids to say fuck.

    • @Ratciclefan
      @Ratciclefan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Fuckard.

    • @xplinux22
      @xplinux22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      **Fuchtard

    • @agustinval1508
      @agustinval1508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just because of godfather 3

    • @freezetile8588
      @freezetile8588 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish people would use Fred Richards, the less vulgar version.

  • @jediking12
    @jediking12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1597

    It looked like he really did get angry at the end

    • @oddballExtraordinaire
      @oddballExtraordinaire 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      From the Angry Video Game Nerd, to the Raging Video Game Nerd.

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Yeah, this was back when he still did a prettttty convincing angry! ...What if the calm intellectual media critic persona we see in his 'more casual' video reviews and things is the mask, and the avatar of rage is his true self? o.O

    • @supersmashbro596
      @supersmashbro596 6 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      ooc, james legitimately hates this game. he owned it as a kid and, could never beat it.
      that isnt acting on james part. that is pure, unadulterated frustration, built over 20 years, and projected through the nerd persona.

    • @dorotheafranco5613
      @dorotheafranco5613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah calm the hell fuck down

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      If you look at early AVGN reviews, where James is mostly going through stuff he played as a kid (this game included), he sounds much more convincing in his anger. Nowadays the Nerd is clearly just a character, but back then the Nerd was just James pretending to destroy his TV with sonic booms or whatever.

  • @chemergency
    @chemergency 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This is definitely one of the best AVGN episodes, probably the highest level of anger depicted too, whether acting or not lol

  • @crazyjamie7106
    @crazyjamie7106 8 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    9:10 he doesn't seem to be acting

  • @eddyfuzzy5
    @eddyfuzzy5 9 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    Jesus, that got intense at the end.

  • @minutehourdayweek
    @minutehourdayweek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    “He’s gonna take you back to the past”
    Oh yes, now it makes even more sense

  • @kentuckydragon4586
    @kentuckydragon4586 8 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    I loved how he lost his shit at the end xD!!

    • @pinecone9619
      @pinecone9619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Kentucky Dragon Why are there no continues?!?

  • @girlgarde
    @girlgarde 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When the nerd threw his tantrum at the end, I laughed out loud but I understood his pain. It's what I wanted to do as a kid whenever I lost in a game due to design flaws in the game but couldn't because my parents would get mad at me for blowing up over a video game.

  • @SlikTF
    @SlikTF 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of my favourites, can't beat that honest rage at the end that came straight from his childhood.

  • @Johnny2Drinks
    @Johnny2Drinks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    13:39 is my fav nerd moment ever, I’ve cried from laughing about how mad he is.

  • @quietlander6443
    @quietlander6443 8 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    that was his BIGGEST rage ever XD amazing!

  • @Marco-nv6ps
    @Marco-nv6ps 8 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    genuine rage at the end there
    u gotta be REALLY pissed off to scream into a pillow

  • @jayschannel6820
    @jayschannel6820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Honestly my favorite AVGN review. The commentary was hilarious, it had some good scenes, and my god was his anger genuine, which I really love and wish he implement his anger more in newer reviews.

    • @MysteriousStrangerVA
      @MysteriousStrangerVA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s actually part of the reason why the AVGN wasn’t originally going to be a big thing like it is now. James was just going to focus on the games he played and hated, and that was it. I think it was gonna be like 10 episodes, or something like that.

  • @Kiwijr2579
    @Kiwijr2579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Seeing how angry he got here, imagine the rage when he played this game as a kid :o

  • @Yoshikage8008
    @Yoshikage8008 9 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I think this episode was the one he raged the most. He raged more in this than the Godzillia review.

    • @reivunrantington9425
      @reivunrantington9425 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That ending was glorious. Like you could just feel the rage. Funniest thing I've seen in a while.

    • @Eastswood
      @Eastswood 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your everywhere

    • @Yoshikage8008
      @Yoshikage8008 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bobert Mcgrowski lol I've seen alot of people with the same profile picture.

    • @filthypigdaddy
      @filthypigdaddy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Simone Perez He's like a slightly angry dad now, which I also like

    • @MrJonnyilbello
      @MrJonnyilbello 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He raged a lot even with batman forever...and for that one it sounded even real ahah xD

  • @R3fug333
    @R3fug333 9 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    James was the cutest kid. That feels weird to say but it's true. So happy and optimistic. Before he played all these shitty games and got so cynical.

    • @ZzMattizZ
      @ZzMattizZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      James is nice. The Nerd is a character...

    • @thomasingram1727
      @thomasingram1727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You know james himself is not cynical like the character he plays, right?

  • @gideonwaxfarb
    @gideonwaxfarb 10 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Clearly, the man was not pleased with the quality of this game.

    • @JoxxArt
      @JoxxArt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Wow what are you Dick Tracy? Wait...

    • @poiuytrewq11422
      @poiuytrewq11422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gideon Waxfarb
      Debatable.

  • @donkeygat93
    @donkeygat93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    im currently 27. have been watching avgn since i was 12. it is such a feeling watching my past in the past about the past. im almost sad... i miss it.... i miss everything. i miss enjoying life as a kid...

    • @tacoplanet
      @tacoplanet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      This guy's 30 now

  • @talkingrevolver9700
    @talkingrevolver9700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    It's been ten years, and the Nerd's absolute meltdown at the end still kills me

  • @daviddamasceno6063
    @daviddamasceno6063 7 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    This game is riDICKulous!

  • @erik2311
    @erik2311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    the rage in these old videos sound way waaay more legit than in the new ones

  • @josephbailey4421
    @josephbailey4421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the fact that after all these years James is still making these vids. I was watching avgn in like 3rd grade lol back in like 2008 and still watch it today. This I'd say is my favorite episode of avgn.

  •  9 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    what kind of sad fuck gives a rock to a kid on halloween?

    • @willt6494
      @willt6494 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Those adults in Charlie Brown! ASS!

    • @phoenixarchangel5082
      @phoenixarchangel5082 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      He's from Jersey.
      It was a rock of crack cocaine.

    • @topjimmy7325
      @topjimmy7325 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phoenix Archangel ahh, the 90s. back when everyone and their grandparents were smoking caine.

  • @bailydaily6493
    @bailydaily6493 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    James actually sounded legitimately mad in this

  • @michaelmacleod6517
    @michaelmacleod6517 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Dat look when James has the hammer in his other hand, priceless :D

  • @kerryhall
    @kerryhall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I love when he's screaming and tries to swig his beer

  • @BroeyBroe
    @BroeyBroe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    At the end it feels like such a genuine reaction lol

  • @Gamesta100
    @Gamesta100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    "What did I do different?"
    The question I regularly ask when playing fighting game tutorials and I do exactly what is shown on screen yet I do a completely different combo/move lol

  • @scratchytowel8652
    @scratchytowel8652 9 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    As much as this game is shit, what pisses me off is it had so much potential, it could of been the ancient version of L.A Noire. But instead its just a load of ass

    • @kirbyhamill3534
      @kirbyhamill3534 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Scratchy Towel L.A Noire was kind of a load of ass.

    • @scratchytowel8652
      @scratchytowel8652 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah you're right it kinda was.

    • @deneb_tm
      @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe somebody with some programming knowledge could make a playable version happen.

    • @3of12
      @3of12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +InfinityCraft you could probably do it... I can't imagine its OOP.

    • @deneb_tm
      @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Benjamin Edwards Well, too bad I don't know assembly. Or anything about NES game development at all.
      I do have a bit of knowledge with Unity 5 (2D) though - but not quite enough.

  • @noobmurilo
    @noobmurilo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Haha, nine years and his final rage outburst with the beer & pillow still gets me

  • @newkidatWCU
    @newkidatWCU 11 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The way James destroys the cartridge is one of my favorites. His facial expression just makes it. Also, I think this is probably one of the few videos where his rage is probably more real than acted out, like some other ones are

    • @rosstedfordkendall
      @rosstedfordkendall 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be honest, watching the vid made me angry, and I never played the game. I mean, the whole first aid thing would frustrate the hell out of me.

    • @EmobeWut
      @EmobeWut 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That part is one of my favourite clips of all avgn videos. His face is priceless

  • @PatricksCrazyPlace
    @PatricksCrazyPlace 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This was one of those games that had a really good game trapped within it, but was bogged down by aspects that were garbage.

  • @miles7777771
    @miles7777771 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The part at 14:27 made me crack up. WHY ARE THERE NO FUCKING CONTINUES. That rage sounds so legit.

  • @AbletonRinzler
    @AbletonRinzler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    14:43
    The iconic scene of this AVGN Episode.

  • @KGRAMR
    @KGRAMR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    And this review will be like the only time we see him genuinely angry at any game.

    • @albertoandroidain
      @albertoandroidain 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      His Batman Forever Review got pretty close as well.

    • @KGRAMR
      @KGRAMR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      albertoandroidain but not this level.

    • @deivi1
      @deivi1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      albertoandroidain Yeah, Batman Forever is my all time fave AVGN lol

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bill and Ted got pretty heated too. It felt like the culmination of all things LJN.

  • @quizboy99
    @quizboy99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    That ending still gets me. Easily one of my favorite freakouts ahhaha

  • @Lucols4
    @Lucols4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    with better programming this would actually be a decent game

    • @TheBarbiegirl50
      @TheBarbiegirl50 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lucas Garibaldi it’s called La noire

    • @nathanbeardsley5936
      @nathanbeardsley5936 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lucas Garibaldi the sega Genesis version is better

    • @DmanDice
      @DmanDice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats actually what makes it even worse lol

    • @BillyBob_McSanchez
      @BillyBob_McSanchez 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All of yall are wrong, it's called the Mafia trilogy

  • @Seventeen_Seconds
    @Seventeen_Seconds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If there was ever an award for the youtuber that gives the most and out the most effort in to his videos....it’s the need. I love these videos they are so relatable

  • @slug2082
    @slug2082 10 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Wow this is the angriest I have seen James

    • @WillEatForFood
      @WillEatForFood 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He hates dicks

    • @mericido5609
      @mericido5609 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Go see Batman Forever.

    • @louiecando6078
      @louiecando6078 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Antwain Alexander Was just about to say the same thing...

    • @jerelminter
      @jerelminter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      AVGN gets extemely pissed off in the Superman 64 and Battletoads reviews too.

    • @yam83
      @yam83 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Antwain Alexander Have you played this game? It is THAT bad.

  • @Moakmeister
    @Moakmeister 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The idea that snipers could be on rooftops and the police just ignore them has aged remarkably well…

  • @TheHero136
    @TheHero136 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    8:00
    Fuck. Fuck! Fuck! FUCK! COULD THEY HAVE PUT THIS CLUE IN A MORE UNREACHABLE SPOT?!?!?!?
    XD, I'm on the ground crying from laughter.

  • @brettbobjj9577
    @brettbobjj9577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Avgn is some of the best content I have ever come across on TH-cam.

  • @Garyfan2001
    @Garyfan2001 9 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    this is the angriest I seen the nerd

  • @hemispheres789
    @hemispheres789 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Definitely one of the best Nerd episodes

  • @padlock711
    @padlock711 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If Nerd makes a "Top Ten Angriest Nerd Moments" video, nothing will stand a chance against this one.

  • @hankmellorgaming8371
    @hankmellorgaming8371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Poignant, seamless, all stitched together into one solid and effervescent review. I can feel your sheer fury bubbling under the surface as you struggle to make sense of what happens in 8 bits on the screen before you. Godspeed, James, you and your reviews are a kettle of dynamite in the deepest pits of Hell and I respect them.

  • @Rgmekanic
    @Rgmekanic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    gamegenie was invented for this shit

    • @Rgmekanic
      @Rgmekanic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      lmao, I in 100% honesty made that comment before he said it in the video.

    • @Takato2527
      @Takato2527 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rgmekanic you forgot Ninja Gaiden! _ _!

    • @JT-hk9ur
      @JT-hk9ur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kenshin 811 Nah, Ninja Gaiden is best played without Game Genie.

    • @Fede4Cod
      @Fede4Cod 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Game genie in ninja gaiden is completely useless, check the episode!

    • @TheBigDynamo
      @TheBigDynamo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Game genie was invented for games like this castlevania and ninja Gaiden

  • @sozaj
    @sozaj 9 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    L.A. Noire did what this game tried to do but did it right.

  • @fredericksaturnine4167
    @fredericksaturnine4167 6 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    I love how it's a cop that tells you "you need more evidence". When has a cop ever needed the proper amount of evidence to charge you with a crime?

    • @Angie2343
      @Angie2343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good point.

    • @JesseGolo
      @JesseGolo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Always, if they want it to stick.

    • @flexmasterize
      @flexmasterize 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Only when you're white...

    • @Angie2343
      @Angie2343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@flexmasterize We need to END racism!

    • @fredericksaturnine4167
      @fredericksaturnine4167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Angie2343 we need to end the cult of statism.

  • @KimonoFlareonGX
    @KimonoFlareonGX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    14:39 I’d love to see those clips uncut.

  • @fascinatinglist9654
    @fascinatinglist9654 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    BEST AVGN REVIEW

  • @Donut117
    @Donut117 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This video had me laughing my ass off the whole time. He sounds so sincerely angry throughout the whole thing. It's beautiful.

  • @ColonelCarnage
    @ColonelCarnage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I love these older episodes where his anger was genuine because he suffered through those shitty games as a kid.

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You can clearly tell that this game was genuinely an almost traumatic experience for James.

  • @Burn_Angel
    @Burn_Angel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    The drill part just killed me, lol.

    • @SterneStarfrost
      @SterneStarfrost 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too lol and then the hammer :v

    • @Saturn537
      @Saturn537 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EeveonVania 2 I'm pretty sure whenever James does that kinda stuff for AVGN episodes, he makes a mock up of the game and destroys that. I don't think James is the kind of person who would legitimately have that little care for his games. You gotta remember that he's just playing the character of The Nerd, and he's not really like that. Whenever he does something ridiculous like that, it's just an act.
      James really cares for his games (even if they're bad) & his entire collection in general.

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Saturn537 Of course he's not going for real.
      For example, he destroyed a copy of Zelda 2 trying to make it look like he destroyed an original cartridge of Nintendo World Championship.

  • @Ragefeast95
    @Ragefeast95 10 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I don't think there;s any other AVGN video where he got angrier than this.

  • @SuperCosmicMutantSquid
    @SuperCosmicMutantSquid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    11 years later I still laugh at the thought at 'DICKARD'.

  • @tunatunaleeks
    @tunatunaleeks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This has got to be one of my all time favorite nerd videos. You totally can feel his own personal rage permeating into the nerd character.

  • @vks_productions
    @vks_productions 8 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    So this game is sort of an early LA Noire.

    • @unpopularopinion7812
      @unpopularopinion7812 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Definitely. The clues, driving, and combat were good in that game. This one was not. Why are there snipers on roofs ? Is this Arkham City ? I used to have to write down the clues which was not acceptable for a detective game. If they left out the snipers and made the clue book and driving better, this could have been a fun game. It is an awful game as it is.

    • @vks_productions
      @vks_productions 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So I guess it is an older,crappier version.

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Movie licenses were always terrible back then, for a variety of reasons.

    • @PubliusAfricanus
      @PubliusAfricanus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Better than LA Noire.

    • @ZionSairin
      @ZionSairin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mark Howell the driving was good? I ALWAYS struggled.

  • @AmyraCarter
    @AmyraCarter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Real Rage
    *takes a drill and hammer to destroy the cartridge*

  • @thema1998
    @thema1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I'm sorry for spamming you. I was just trying to say that this episode had me dying from laughter! 😔

  • @AllGamingStarred
    @AllGamingStarred 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    13:58
    Nintendo: Fights against the game genie citing that it makes games less fun to play
    Also Nintendo: Allows this game on the NES

  • @spudbone2003
    @spudbone2003 8 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    id like to meet the people behind these shitty games...just wanna sit down and have a nice long talk with them
    ....see what's really going on...

    • @Y-all-mofos-need-Talos
      @Y-all-mofos-need-Talos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Just to know what are they thinking...

    • @YoshiLightStar
      @YoshiLightStar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      people: money the money is always right money gimme money

    • @JohnSmith32643
      @JohnSmith32643 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ljn the laughing joking numb nuts

    • @jimslasher7190
      @jimslasher7190 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pretty sure if that ever happened they would be dead after the talk.

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "so... why are there no continues"

  • @holynarwhale8729
    @holynarwhale8729 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You can tell this was genuine anger.

  • @rabidrabbitshuggers
    @rabidrabbitshuggers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "I am not a crook." --Dickard Nixon

  • @takeshiC1
    @takeshiC1 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    9:20 one of my fave Nerd rants

  • @LITTLE1994
    @LITTLE1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That part in the end HAS to be the only time where James as the Nerd seemed legitimately pissed off.