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The Angry Video Game Nerd — Storyline

The Angry Video Game Nerd is an adult web television series of comedic retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe. The show's format revolves around his commentary and review of older, but unsuccessful video games which are deemed to be of particularly low-quality, unfair difficulty or poor design.

The series began as a feature on YouTube and later became a program on ScrewAttack Entertainment before moving to GameTrailers exclusively. The show was renamed The Angry Video Game Nerd to prevent any trademark issues with Nintendo and due to the fact he started reviewing games from non-Nintendo consoles such as those made by Atari and Sega.

Rolfe's character, "The Nerd" is a short-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of anger, profanity, and habitual consumption of alcohol while reviewing video games.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: James D. Rolfe
• Starring: James D. Rolfe

The Angry Video Game Nerd — Series Details

The Angry Video Game Nerd — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) (2004-05-25) — The Nerd makes his first ever game review, and tries to tackle Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest for the NES, revealing the many flaws and issues that came with it. This is Angry Video
• E2: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (NES) (2004-05-28) — The Nerd takes on reviewing the extremely difficult Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES, in which even the first level is almost impossible to complete.
• E3: The Karate Kid (NES) (2006-04-08) — The Nerd tries out his best moves, as he sees if The Karate Kid for the NES is as any good as the movie it is based on.
• E4: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES) (2006-04-28) — The Nerd wonders if someone framed him to tackle a bad video game, as he takes on the NES game based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
• E5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) (2006-06-21) — The Nerd prepares to go all "cowabunga" and ninja, as he reviews the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES.
• E6: Back to the Future (NES) (2006-07-21) — The Nerd certainly travels back in time, as he takes a look at two bad NES games based on the Back to the Future series.
• E7: McKids (NES) (2006-08-30) — There is nothing he can love about bad video games, as the Nerd reviews M.C. Kids for the NES – a video game based on a popular fast food chain.
• E8: Wally Bear and the NO! Gang (NES) (2006-09-01) — The Nerd finds out what is bad about Wally Bear and the NO! Gang for the NES, a game aimed at teaching kids to not take drugs.
• E9: Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu (NES) (2006-09-08) — The Nerd takes a look at the poor quality behind the game Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu for the NES. First appearance of “guest reviewer” Shit Pickle, a cartoon pickle with feces
• E10: Top Gun (NES) (2006-09-15) — The Nerd tackles two more bad NES games based on another film – Top Gun – and finds out how some elements of their gameplay are just impossible to do.
• E11: Double Dragon III (NES) (2006-09-22) — The Nerd finds out what was bad in the third entry in the Double Dragon video game series – Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones for the NES.
• E12: Friday the 13th (NES) (2006-10-13) — The Nerd prepares for Halloween by taking a look at why the NES game based on Friday the 13th is more frustrating than scary.
• E13: A Nightmare on Elm Street (NES) (2006-10-31) — It’s Halloween, and the Nerd isn’t really that scared when he reviews the NES game based on the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street.
• E14: The Power Glove (NES) (2006-11-15) — The Nerd finds out how good (or bad) Nintendo’s Power Glove is, by using it to play a variety of games on the NES.
• E15: Chronologically Confused About Bad Movie and Video Game Sequel Titles (2006-11-28) — The Nerd discusses the naming of sequels for various movie and video game franchises he has seen or played.
• E16: Rocky (SMS) (2006-12-14) — The Nerd pumps himself up for a fight, to prepare himself for reviewing the Sega Master System video game based on Rocky.
• E17: Bible Games (NES & SNES) (2006-12-23) — It’s Christmas, so the Nerd sees how bad a number of unlicensed religious-themed games were on both the NES and SNES, including Super 3D Noah’s Ark – a game built on the same game

Season 2

• E1: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Part 1 (2007-01-25) — The Nerd tackles his first movie review and sits down to watch the third entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. Parts 1 & 2 incl
• E2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Part 2 (2007-01-25) — The Nerd tackles his first movie review and sits down to watch the third entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film trilogy – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. Parts 1 & 2 incl
• E3: Atari 5200 (2007-02-13) — The Nerd finds attempts to play the Atari 5200. However, after struggling to set up the console, he is unable to play any games as both the standard Atari 5200 joystick and Trak-Ba
• E4: Ghostbusters (NES) (2007-02-27) — Part 1 of 3. If 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.
• E5: Ghostbusters: Follow-Up (NES, Atari 2600, SMS) (Part 2) (2007-03-20) — Part 2 of 3. The Nerd is once more being called out to bust down more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he looks at those made for the NES, Atari 2600 and Sega Master System.
• E6: Ghostbusters: Conclusion (NES & Genesis) (Part 3) (2007-04-03) — Part 3 of 3. It’s a third outing for the Nerd against more bad games based on Ghostbusters, as he reviews two more made for the NES and Genesis.
• E7: Spider-Man (Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance) (2007-04-17) — The Nerd has his hands full, swatting down bad video games based upon comic book character Spider-Man, created for the Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance.
• E8: Sega CD (2007-05-02) — The Nerd reveals how some console add-ons were never worth owning, as he takes a look at the Sega CD – an add-on for the Sega Genesis – and finds out what the games made for it are
• E9: Sega 32X (2007-05-15) — The Nerd finds out what another add-on for the Sega Genesis is like – the 32X – and tries out some of the games that were made for it, including Primal Rage and Doom.
• E10: Silver Surfer (NES) (2007-06-05) — Another superhero has had a bad game made about them, so the Nerd delves in to find out just what it’s like to play Silver Surfer for the NES.
• E11: Die Hard (2007-06-19) — The Nerd fins the front cover of the Die Hard game to be a little controversial due to it depicting a skyscraper being blown up which he advices that we all know what it reminds us
• E12: Independence Day (2007-07-04) — The Nerd reviews Independence Day for Playstation 1 and it's basically an average flight simulator like any other video game that involves flight simulator. The main complaint the
• E13: The Simpsons (2007-07-17) — The Nerd reviews Bart vs. The Space Mutants and Bart vs. The World, two licensed Simpsons games for the NES. He cites bad controls and ludicrous concepts as the games' low points.
• E14: Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (2007-08-07) — The review starts off in the same fashion as a Looney Tunes short film. The Nerd reviews Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout which is nothing more than a poor man's Super Mario Bros. sty
• E15: Atari Porn (2007-08-22) — The Nerd does a brief history lecture on General George Armstrong Custard, only cause he's about to review one of the adult theme games for the Atari 2600. The game in general is "
• E16: Nintendo Power Memories (2007-09-04) — The Nerd does a tribute to the magazine Nintendo Power by showing selected ads that were made exclusive to the magazine, the posters, the walk-through content, and the fan letters
• E17: Fester's Quest (2007-09-18) — Dressed as every member of the Addams Family, the Nerd reviews Fester's Quest, an overly long and overly difficult game that he deems is not worth the effort. He destroys it with G
• E18: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2007-10-10) — The Nerd goes to a small yard sale run by a hillbilly. All of the games on sale were all bad ones. The one that caught the Nerd's attention was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the
• E19: Halloween (2007-10-31) — Sometime after the Nerd escape from Leatherface, the crazed fan, and the red neck. He's now safe at home, but isn't in a good mood cause he has to baby sit two kids he doesn't like
• E20: Dragon's Lair (2007-11-20) — Due to popular demand, the Nerd reviews Dragon's Lair. Not the arcade classic, but the poorly programmed and extremely difficult NES version. He can barely make it past the first s
• E21: An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 1 (2007-12-18) — The Nerd receives a crappy present which is a NES game of Home Alone 2. So he decides to review the game only to find the choice of enemies and the layouts of the levels to be very
• E22: An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 2 (2007-12-24) — The Nerd is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past who shows him his childhood of when he played the NES as a kid and when he first got his Super Nintendo. After reliving his youth
• E23: Chronologically Confused About the Legend of Zelda Timeline (2008-01-08) — The Nerd does a review on the time-line of Legend of Zelda in the same fashion as his previous review on confusing titles to sequels of movies and games. For this one he talks abou
• E24: Rambo (2008-01-22) — With the upcoming release of the fourth Rambo movie, the Nerd reviews Rambo for the NES. The game suffers from four problems which are: confusing navigation on the landscapes, poin

Season 3

• E1: Virtual Boy (2008-02-19) — The Nerd investigates the infamous handheld that gave us headaches…in 3D!
• E2: The Wizard of Oz (2008-03-04) — The Nerd plays the Super Nintendo adaption of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie. Something that can't be made into a good game. Mainly due to the addition of weird enemies and locations
• E3: Double Vision: Part 1 (2008-03-25) — The Nerd does a review on the two competing consoles to the Atari 2600 Intellivision and Colecovision. He starts his review on Intellivision first and also does a review on most of
• E4: Double Vision: Part 2 (2008-04-08) — The Nerd does a follow up to the previous review by showing us the features of the Colecovision. The controllers aren't any different from the Intellivision, while most of the game
• E5: The Wizard and Super Mario Bros 3 (2008-04-22) — The Nerd decides to review a good game for once which is Super Mario Bros. 3. Before he reviews it, he talks about the movie The Wizard which is how American gamers first learn abo
• E6: N.E.S. Accessories! (2008-05-14) — The Nerd reviews all the crap Nintendo tried to market along with the NES. Zapper guns, LaserScopes, Roll'n Rocker, and other accessories one needs to look "cool" while playing vid
• E7: The Indiana Jones Trilogy (2008-05-21) — In honor of the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the AVGN reviews the games based on the original trilogy. Raiders of the Lost Ark on Atari, Temple of
• E8: Star Trek (2008-06-11) — In a Star Trek theme review, the Nerd dons a yellow Starfleet uniform and decides to review a couple Star Trek related games, cause reviewing all of them would be too much for him
• E9: Superman (2008-06-26) — The Nerd reviews two of the earlier Superman theme games. The first one for the Atari 2600 is not just bad in graphics but is confusing to navigate. While the Superman game for the
• E10: Superman 64 (2008-07-08) — The Nerd complies to his fan requests to review Superman 64 which he decided to pull everyone's leg by reviewing the Superman game for Commodore 64. His main complaint is the load
• E11: Batman: Part 1 (2008-07-22) — AVGN gets dressed up like Batman to review a series of games based on the Caped Crusader. First up, a Commodore 64 game, which sucks and is given "the Bat punishment." While he pra
• E12: Batman: Part 2 (2008-08-11) — The Joker holds AVGN hostage and forces him to play the NES, Game Boy and Sega versions of Return of the Joker. They all suck. It enrages the Bat-Nerd so much, he breaks free and f
• E13: Deadly Towers (2008-08-19) — As a special incentive, the AVGN has his fans write his dialogue as he sets out to rant and rave about an NES game he wishes never existed.
• E14: Battletoads (2008-09-03) — The Nerd and his guitar guy from behind the couch, Kyle Justin, join forces to play Battletoads on Nintendo proving that, with just one player the game is a mild challenge, but wit
• E15: Dick Tracy (2008-09-19) — Game on the chopping block this week: Dick Tracy on Nintendo. The world's most popular yellow-coated detective in the world's most frustrating, nonlinear game. Watch as the Nerd st
• E16: Dracula (2008-10-15) — In this special Halloween episode, the Nerd reviews games that star one of the most popular icons in horror film: Count Dracula.
• E17: Frankenstein (2008-10-28) — The Nerd and his diabolical creation, Franken-Nerd, play games dedicated to that other popular horror movie icon: Frankenstein.
• E18: CD-i: Part 1 – Hotel Mario (2008-11-12) — After spending $700 on a CD-i and games, the Nerd reviews Hotel Mario.
• E19: CD-i Part 2: Zelda Wand of Gamelon (2008-11-25) — The Nerd now reviews one of the three Zelda games for the CD-i. Out of the three he decides to play Zelda: Wand of Gamelon first cause the Nerd thought it be cool to control Zelda
• E20: CD-i Part 3: Faces of Evil and Zelda's Adventure (2008-12-09) — In the third and final video in the Nerd's CD-I series he plays through Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda's Adventure. Link: The Faces of Evil plays similarly to Zelda: The Wand of
• E21: Bible Games 2 (2008-12-23) — It's Christmas time once more, and this time the Nerd decides to play more Bible games. This time most of the ones he's reviewing are official licensed games. The most obscured gam
• E22: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (2009-01-07) — The Nerd reviews one of the first Genesis games he ever played which is Moonwalker. He expressed that at the time anything with Michael Jackson was worth buying and the idea of con
• E23: Milon's Secret Castle (2009-01-27) — When it comes to secrets, Milon's Secret Castle is filled with them. When the Nerd tries to play this game, he finds it to be unusual that two entrances to the castle lead right ba

Season 4

• E1: Atari Jaguar: Part 1 (2009-03-16) — The Nerd gives us a history on Atari's library of game consoles. Along with show casing most of the consoles Atari manufactured for the market. He mentions how with so many console
• E2: Atari Jaguar: Part 2 (2009-03-25) — The Nerd reviews some of the Jaguar games, he saves his criticism for Cybermorph due to the obnoxious green female head and the fogging atmosphere you fly around in the game. Durig
• E3: Metal Gear (2009-04-08) — The original Metal Gear is hailed a classic by video game buffs and is considered to be one of the best games on the NES. The Angry Video Game Nerd, however, begs to differ.
• E4: Odyssey (2009-04-21) — The Nerd reviews the very first home video game console in existence: the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. Watch as he and a hilarious special guest play the most primitive of video games ev
• E5: X-Men (2009-05-06) — The Nerd pays his respects to the X-Men by reviewing their library of video games. He finds the two on NES to be inferior… it's LJN, what did you expect? And two on Sega that act
• E6: The Terminator (2009-05-19) — Being a big fan of the Terminator movies, the Nerd decides to give the video games a try. He dislikes the NES game for not offering enough lives, having no continues and being put
• E7: Terminator 2 (2009-06-02) — The Nerd's arch-nemesis LJN strikes again. Having license all home console versions of the Terminator 2 game, the Nerd checks them all out, and while the NES game is okay, the Game
• E8: Transformers (2009-06-17) — The Nerd lists all the different formats a gamer would play for video games, and then shows an unlikely format for the first Transformers game which is a cassette tape. It's for th
• E9: Mario Is Missing (2009-07-01) — The idea of Luigi being in his own game fore once sounded like a cool idea to the Nerd. Only to discover that "Mario is Missing" for the NES is a poorly executed educational game w
• E10: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties! (2009-06-21) — Watch as the Nerd tackles one of the worst games of all time. "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" for the 3DO. A strange odyssey of a game consisting of still images, poor editing, poor dir
• E11: Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle (2009-08-05) — Bugs Bunny gets revenge on the Nerd by forcing him to play not one, not two, not three, not four, but FIVE Crazy Castle games! It's a pie-throwing, bomb-bursting, game-smashing, fi
• E12: Super Pitfall (2009-08-20) — Pitfall for Atari 2600 was a classic, however the NES game Super Pitfall is a horse of a different color. The Nerd dislikes how the level layouts of the game make little sense such
• E13: Godzilla (2009-09-04) — The Nerd loves Godzilla, but unfortunately for him the movies were hard to find growing up and the available video games were all terrible. To his extreme dismay, he finds out all
• E14: Wayne's World (2009-09-24) — The Nerd isn't sure how any game company can create a video game based off of the movie Wayne's World when all the movie is just about two guys hosting their own show in a basement
• E15: Castlevania: Part I (2009-10-08) — In honor of the Halloween season, the Nerd decides to treat himself to the Castlevania series by reviewing every game for the Nintendo, Super Nintendo and even Nintendo 64. First,
• E16: Castlevania Part II: Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse (2009-10-21) — Continuing his Castlevania marathon, the Nerd decides to revisit the horrors of Castlevania II: Simon's Quest by doing a fresh, new review of it. He also tackles Castlevania III, w
• E17: Castlevania Part III (2009-11-05) — The Nerd continues to revisit the Castlevania games. In this one, he covers Super Castlevania IV. He also covers the dreaded Nintendo 64 Castlevania game.
• E18: Castlevania Part IV: Bloodlines and Symphony of the Night (2009-11-19) — It's the final part of the Nerd's Castlevania marathon, so he decides to cover Bloodlines and Symphony of the Night. He also discusses the future of Castlevania.
• E19: Little Red Hood (2009-12-03) — Out of all of the NES games in his collection, the Nerd decides to review the one that stands out like a sore thumb which has an unusual slot on top of the cartridge. Mainly becaus
• E20: Winter Games (2009-12-23) — It's the middle of winter at the Nerd's house, and to keep himself occupied from being cold is by reviewing Winter Games for the NES. The Nerd explains how the Winter Games for the
• E21: Street Fighter 2010 (2010-01-06) — What better way to kick off the year 2010 than by playing Street Fighter 2010? The Nerd strives to beat this ridiculously hard game that has nothing to do with the Street Fighter s
• E22: Hydlide (2010-01-20) — Within the NES collection of the Nerd lies a game called Hydlide, the pronunciation of the name is debate-able. The Nerd points out that while the game looks like a rip off of Lege
• E23: Ninja Gaiden (2010-02-04) — Ninja Gaiden is one of the Nerd's favorite games, but its extreme difficulty has prevented him from beating it. This game is so hard, you'd have to be a ninja to beat it. The Nerd
• E24: Swordquest (2010-02-18) — The Nerd does a history lecture on the Swordquest games which were not just your average Atari action genre games but were actually games used for a promotional contest where gamer
• E25: Pong Consoles (2010-03-06) — The Nerd does a lecture on the game Pong a very simple concept for a game that ended up spawning to many spin-offs and remakes. In this case he reviews every single Pong console he

Season 5

• E1: Action 52 (2010-04-30) — After getting so many request to review Action 52, the Nerd has no choice but to give what his fans want. The game is an unlicensed NES game compiled with 52 games. This seem to be
• E2: Cheetahmen (2010-06-06) — The Nerd reviews the 52nd game on Action 52 titled the Cheetah Men, which came with it's own single volume comic and a preview to a line of action figures that never got made. It l
• E3: Game Glitches (2010-07-07) — The Nerd is about to enjoy playing the NES Pac-Man, only to discover that it contains game glitches. He tries to blow the dust out of it and even try playing it on different NES co
• E4: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (2010-08-04) — The Nerd is surprised to get a lot of requests to review the second Zelda game which he comments is a good game. But decides to review it since the game was known for being harder
• E5: Back to the Future Re-Revisited (2010-09-03) — The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews the Back to the Future video games and also revisits Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES), Top Gun (NES), Back to the
• E6: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Re-Revisited (2010-10-06) — After being surprised that people ignored his warning and played the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game for the NES. The Nerd reluctantly decides to revisit the game to give it a more ex
• E7: Lester the Unlikely (2010-11-03) — The Nerd randomly picks a Super Nintendo game to review which turns out to be Lester the Unlikely. The Nerd knows that the game isn't going to be fun just by seeing the main title
• E8: How the Nerd Stole Christmas (2010-12-08) — The Nerd who appears only as an illustration is frustrated that the citizens of Gameville have all the good games, while he is stuck with the bad games. So the Nerd decides to ruin
• E9: Day Dreamin' Davey (2011-01-05) — The Nerd reviews a NES game called Day Dreamin' Davey which features a very bland story about a kid who keeps falling asleep and is amazed by basic objects. The Nerd's main complai
• E10: Star Wars (2011-02-03) — The Nerd has a bad feeling about this!
• E11: R.O.B. the Robot (2011-03-03) — The 100th episode has arrived! Nintendo's first accessory meets the Nerd! Featuring music by John Jennings Boyd and Lachlan Barclay.

Season 6

• E1: Steven Spielberg Games (2011-04-06) — The Nerd begins an epic journey through the world of games based on Spielberg films!
• E2: The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd Episode (2011-07-06) — Follow the Nerd as he makes an episode from start to finish!
• E3: Kid Kool (2011-08-03) — Kid Kool is anything but cool.
• E4: Nintendo World Championships (2011-08-26) — The rarest and most widely sought NES game ever.
• E5: Dark Castle (2011-10-05) — The Nerd is back with a foul wretched Sega Genesis game from the depths of hell!
• E6: Bible Games III (2011-12-08) — The Nerd returns just in time for the Holidays with another round of Bible games from Hell!

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Angry Video Game Nerd have? 20 season(s) with 236 episodes.

Who created The Angry Video Game Nerd? James D. Rolfe.

Where can I watch The Angry Video Game Nerd? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.