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

The Nerd turns into a detective to find out why no one would want to play Dick Tracy for the NES, and soon uncovers the many flaws and problems with it. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 56.

A year on from Tim Burton’s successful revival of Batman onto the big Screen, Warren Beatty attempted something similar with another comic-book origin detective story, Dick Tracey. Hitting theatres in 1990, it had Beatty on producer, director and acting duty playing the title role. He was joined by a mouth watering cast including Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, and Madonna with Danny Elfman scoring. With a strong marketing campaign aimed at kids, expectations couldn’t be higher.

On its release though, the film received mix reviews, and despite a strong weekend opening, it generally disappointed at the box office. Twenty five years on, it hasn’t been able to establish itself with any kind of lasting memory or legacy for the character.

‘But what of the game?’ I hear you ask.. released by Bandai, (who really should have just stuck to making action figures) The game is both a driving top-down and side-scrolling platformer, putting the player in the role of a detective trying to gather clues to solve a case. Sound good right? If you can find yourself a steerable bullet-proof car, a map, pen and paper, plus hire a NASA scientist to help explain how the health power-ups work, you’ll enjoy it just fine …

The Nerd wasn’t so lucky. Better get your banana rain-coat on, the poo is about to hit the fan.

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Battletoads (NES) – Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

As the Nerd prepares to review Battletoads for the NES, he finds himself joined by the “guitar guy” who’s been living behind his couch, and who helps to show him why it’s impossible to complete the game with two players. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 55.

Battletoads is one of the gems that Konami put out on the NES. Konami witnessed the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and created a franchise to mirror. The Battletoads franchise also sported action figures and an animated series, which never lived up to the hype of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The NES game debuted in 1991 and its’ notoriety stemmed from it’s obvious similarity to the Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles and its’ incredibly difficult gameplay. The game is also playable on the Sega Genesis and had a sequel/crossover game with Double Dragon. The game possesses extremely fluid gameplay and original music and sound effects that perfectly suit its’ “beat em up style.” The game included a variety level designs that go back and forth between beat em up, platform, and racing. All of which (beyond the second level) are infamously difficult. The Nerd reviews this game and demonstrates it’s impeccably cooperative two-player mode with his very recognizable theme song artist. The pair show us how a two-player beat em up game should be programmed as they pay homage to one of the most underrated classics from the NES library.

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Dr DisRespect Gaming: Bleeding Scar-H EP1

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“I may have died 8 times, but I made sure 30 soldiers had there faces shoved back into the cement ……………..get my drift?”

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Deadly Towers (NES) – Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

The Nerd finds out how deadly difficult it is to complete another bad video game, when he attempts to review Deadly Towers for the NES. This is Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 54.

Deadly Towers for the NES was, incredibly, a hit in 1987, back when roleplaying games were harder to find. Years later, it’s hard to imagine what people were thinking- this game ate it hard whether you like RPGs or not.

In fact, the Nerd hates the game so much he can’t find the words to describe it- so for this special episode, he solicited comments from you, the fans, to create the only fan-written episode of AVGN.

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