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  • Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
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    In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 216, The Nerd plays a Super Nintendo classic as he tries to achieve a lifelong dream of getting a Megalopolis and Mario statue in SimCity, at any cost!
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  • @JamesNintendoNerd
    @JamesNintendoNerd  2 дні тому +415

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    • @TheSoupSHOW34
      @TheSoupSHOW34 2 дні тому +12

      Ok :)

    • @CG08C
      @CG08C 2 дні тому +10

      Fan from saudi arabia!

    • @jonthefisherman4879
      @jonthefisherman4879 2 дні тому +5

      This is my favorite SNES game.

    • @UMMot7
      @UMMot7 2 дні тому +4

      Could you please review UmJammerLammy next Mr. AVGN

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez 2 дні тому +4

      It's always a great day when you upload a AVGN Review.

  • @PoeticProphetic
    @PoeticProphetic 2 дні тому +1814

    Destroying schools and hospitals all in the name of urban development so the city’s demonic mayor can build a Mario statue 😂

    • @andywolan
      @andywolan 2 дні тому +36

      I think the schools and hospitals increased the population by around 80 people.

    • @TheHylianJuggalo
      @TheHylianJuggalo 2 дні тому +62

      Just like the real world.

    • @michaelpipkin9942
      @michaelpipkin9942 2 дні тому +28

      At least it's not a Mickey statue...

    • @zyzzy-ko4ww
      @zyzzy-ko4ww 2 дні тому +10

      @@michaelpipkin9942 Or a Zeus statue :)

    • @RyanBlazeheart
      @RyanBlazeheart 2 дні тому +8

      HCBailly didn't need em. He wanted efficiency.

  • @SteelBallRun1890
    @SteelBallRun1890 2 дні тому +557

    To become a Megalopolis, heart is not required, having a soul is also questionable, only endless dystopian city planning.

    • @OtakuboyT
      @OtakuboyT 2 дні тому +16

      Become Robert Moses

    • @kiirogamesbase5892
      @kiirogamesbase5892 2 дні тому +9

      Citypunk shortly before Cyberpunk...

    • @TheXell
      @TheXell 2 дні тому +6

      *Obey The Grid*

    • @brandonlehman7440
      @brandonlehman7440 2 дні тому +2

      every major city be like

    • @KlisrColi
      @KlisrColi День тому +1

      Fun fact: A hippo dressed like Princess Peach tricks Mr. Wright, a guest character in Link's Awakening, into believing he is Princess Peach.

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 2 дні тому +75

    There is actually a second set of 1000 additional maps you can unlock with a trick.

    • @eclat4641
      @eclat4641 2 дні тому +6

      😨

    • @Commrade-DOGE
      @Commrade-DOGE День тому +2

      So it’s something like the minus world trick then?

    • @cridlynch2135
      @cridlynch2135 День тому +1

      All on dat dang cartridge?

    • @Nurhaal
      @Nurhaal День тому +4

      ​@cridlynch2135 the maps are generated and the numbers are just their seed values.

  • @KarenTWilliams-jz8bv
    @KarenTWilliams-jz8bv День тому +82

    The end game of the majority of 90s PC SIM games was the realization that the most effective way to run your city was to either turn it into a concrete dystopia or a police state.

    • @Evilriku13
      @Evilriku13 День тому

      Wonder what Will Wright was thinking about that, given us that kinda message xD

    • @jkljosh7392
      @jkljosh7392 День тому

      ​@@Evilriku13I was looking at the world around him I imagine

    • @japan100100
      @japan100100 День тому +2

      So that's why we are headed towards a concrete dystopian police state! Figures.

  • @wocko1
    @wocko1 2 дні тому +305

    Fun fact: The SNES version of SimCity was developed by the Big N themselves (as opposed to Maxis), and was considered the best port of SimCity.

    • @fixedfunshow
      @fixedfunshow 2 дні тому +26

      It added a lot of new stuff.

    • @Hotlog69
      @Hotlog69 2 дні тому

      That Big N charm for sure!

    • @MacUser2-il2cx
      @MacUser2-il2cx 2 дні тому +41

      They worked together on it. In return Maxis worked on ActRaiser.

    • @LayangSeto-lu1tc
      @LayangSeto-lu1tc 2 дні тому +5

      ​@@MacUser2-il2cx SERIOUSLY!!?? The Enix's games!?

    • @Ian-Omega
      @Ian-Omega 2 дні тому +1

      @@LayangSeto-lu1tcNo.

  • @ReprobiCrucesignati
    @ReprobiCrucesignati 2 дні тому +18

    At the start of the game: Hello fellow citizens!
    At the end of the game: YOU SHALL FEAR ME!

  • @NGEvangeliman
    @NGEvangeliman 2 дні тому +110

    *takes a long draw on a cigarette*
    "We live in a Simciety"

  • @SteelBallRun1890
    @SteelBallRun1890 2 дні тому +1352

    >send disasters to destroy the citizens lives
    >approval rating went up
    See? Now they respect you, Mayor. Because you're a threat.

    • @AdamAddictL
      @AdamAddictL 2 дні тому +56

      Fly home,Billy 😂😂😂

    • @jdajconroe4725
      @jdajconroe4725 2 дні тому +36

      Is that from The Incredibles

    • @Optimus97
      @Optimus97 2 дні тому +33

      How do you think he got rich? He tamed tornadoes

    • @AeroRanger100
      @AeroRanger100 2 дні тому +36

      ​@@Optimus97You sly dog! You had him monologuing!

    • @Emppu_T.
      @Emppu_T. 2 дні тому

      This is how they get re elected, just look at California

  • @mattyoz0
    @mattyoz0 2 дні тому +399

    My Late mother who passed away 3 weeks ago at 87, loved this game. She got the Mario statue numerous times.

    • @jlk311
      @jlk311 2 дні тому +32

      sorry bout your loss bro----now she is in the big Simcity in the sky
      i was just wondering, did she get the Mario statue by hacking the game like rolf, or did she get it playing straight?

    • @chikkin.salad.sandwich
      @chikkin.salad.sandwich 2 дні тому +25

      your grandma was an epic gamer

    • @mattyoz0
      @mattyoz0 День тому +50

      @@jlk311 haha nah no hacking it was the only game she ever played. She bought a snes just to play simcity after trying mine.

    • @emanuelcasanova6618
      @emanuelcasanova6618 День тому +9

      That's awesome dude

    • @savariousvaldraegon5303
      @savariousvaldraegon5303 День тому +5

      ​@@mattyoz0 haha that's awesome, my dad had a nes just to play pebble beach golf. One game also. Lol

  • @chainreaction8977
    @chainreaction8977 2 дні тому +50

    Fun fact: Sim City was created because of the Commodore 64 game Raid on Bungeling Bay.
    The programmer had so much fun while making the living world map, that he figured other people might also enjoy it.

  • @manuelosorio9325
    @manuelosorio9325 2 дні тому +27

    The nuke scene from Terminator 2 was a nice touch Nerd.

    • @edgepixel8467
      @edgepixel8467 23 години тому +1

      It's a classic, much like Shakespeare

  • @supersplashtoons
    @supersplashtoons 2 дні тому +2893

    Glad to see AVGN still going strong.

    • @blackjacka.5097
      @blackjacka.5097 2 дні тому +415

      With almost none of the passion left

    • @PoorStargazer
      @PoorStargazer 2 дні тому +216

      ​@@blackjacka.5097Don't care, still entertaining

    • @Stupimations2
      @Stupimations2 2 дні тому +167

      @@PoorStargazermeatrider spotted

    • @gideonmele1556
      @gideonmele1556 2 дні тому +131

      After that horse prince episode, anything is up

    • @Alec_Reaper
      @Alec_Reaper 2 дні тому +58

      Still gooning strong

  • @AngéliqueSicard
    @AngéliqueSicard 2 дні тому +592

    Fun fact: Mr Wright is a guest character in Link's Awakening where he is catfished by a hippo pretending to look like Princess Peach.

    • @n-grat9368
      @n-grat9368 2 дні тому +45

      Link's Awakening is all about guest characters. It even has Mario for Pete's sake.

    • @MacUser2-il2cx
      @MacUser2-il2cx 2 дні тому +21

      Same music too.

    • @Slappy985
      @Slappy985 2 дні тому +13

      @@n-grat9368 Chain chomps too.

    • @YoyMcFroy
      @YoyMcFroy 2 дні тому +37

      Ironic coming from a catfish bot

    • @nowheregirl3858
      @nowheregirl3858 2 дні тому +30

      She's a goat, not a hippo! Her name is Christine and she loves hibiscus flowers.

  • @castlemanpunk4436
    @castlemanpunk4436 День тому +28

    I think I speak for my entire generation(I am 38) when I say, “Thank you man. Thanks for being a part of our lives”.

  • @L0U1S11
    @L0U1S11 2 дні тому +617

    Machinima died, GameTrailers died, Rooster Teeth died but The Video Game Nerds lives on

    • @japyoo2248
      @japyoo2248 2 дні тому +29

      Does he really tho

    • @donbeedrill
      @donbeedrill 2 дні тому +95

      @@japyoo2248 yea he does cope about it

    • @Trainlover1995
      @Trainlover1995 2 дні тому +14

      More like the Angry Receding Hairline Nerd.

    • @WunHunDread
      @WunHunDread 2 дні тому +49

      even Gaming Historian has called it quits. we should all be so grateful that James has a solid work ethic!

    • @Half-Vampire
      @Half-Vampire 2 дні тому +33

      ScrewAttack died :(

  • @andywolan
    @andywolan 2 дні тому +311

    Yes, the pain of the slow simulation speed of the game was real, masked by the awesome graphics and delightful music. Well captured in the video.
    Only thing the nerd missed was the "reload" bug where after loading a saved games, you city entered a power outage for about 20-30 seconds that can cause high valued buildings to be replaced with lower valued buildings. And they often would never go back to the higher value.
    Also, beating all of scenarios gives you a map with no water.

    • @Njuregen
      @Njuregen 2 дні тому +17

      I hated that bug, it ruined my game so many times, I never ever got house values back up after that.

    • @Hugsloth
      @Hugsloth 2 дні тому +33

      I was kinda disappointed he didn't get the Statue at the end.

    • @MrXavierMoktar
      @MrXavierMoktar 2 дні тому +1

      There was also a cheatcode to get that area without water

    • @Hugsloth
      @Hugsloth 2 дні тому

      @@MrXavierMoktar What do you do when people demand a Seaport?

    • @MDLuffy1234YT
      @MDLuffy1234YT 2 дні тому +13

      ​@@Hugsloth probably launch a couple of Bowser attacks until the populace links the attacks to those who dared ask for a seaport in a landlocked city. Ostracizing the few who actually survived the attacks into submission.

  • @stormstrider1990
    @stormstrider1990 2 дні тому +7

    The Nerd going mad with power, and turning his city into a police state, building a massive statue of himself was hilarious.😆

  • @KTSTHofficial
    @KTSTHofficial 2 дні тому +13

    lol u can see Nerd's uvula when he laughs maniacally at the end

  • @risby5358
    @risby5358 2 дні тому +94

    Sim City for the snes was my childhood. Mom calling me for dinner from upstairs and me leaving the controller on the carpet next my Nintendo magazine... thanks for this.

  • @jamilfrost6217
    @jamilfrost6217 2 дні тому +1224

    See, I dont think James necessarily has to review bad games. I just like to see him speak and review on the games he has a connection to or grew up with. Like the Earthbound and Final fantasy 6 videos. Thats what I really want to see. Of couse I still want to hear him scream off the top of his lungs and drop multiple F bombs.

    • @thomasbatta3250
      @thomasbatta3250 2 дні тому +72

      Same that’s why I love to see him review chrono trigger or something like super Mario 64 he could still make it funny while being positive about the games

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 2 дні тому +28

      this video was strangely calming

    • @BladedEdge
      @BladedEdge 2 дні тому +39

      The best videos are always the ones he has some sort of personal connection to.

    • @AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan
      @AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan 2 дні тому +15

      ​@@thomasbatta3250I second a Chrono Trigger review.

    • @christopherjackson2685
      @christopherjackson2685 2 дні тому +5

      I enjoy his positive reviews so much more than the negative ones.

  • @macaryl95
    @macaryl95 День тому +9

    9:09 "That's right we're gonna cheat"

  • @EBankstonMusic
    @EBankstonMusic День тому +2

    grew up watching AVGN. Rewatching the entire series, going back to specific episodes, and watching supercuts. Now, I have grown up. Thank you so much, you definitely paved a part of the way to lead me towards my career.

  • @cartmann94
    @cartmann94 2 дні тому +429

    So many fond memories of SimCity.
    Making sure to activate the money code to fully help grow my city.
    Then enabling the natural disasters to ruin it all.

    • @TheBigH
      @TheBigH 2 дні тому +15

      nothin but fond memories

    • @beauwalker9820
      @beauwalker9820 2 дні тому +17

      We all probably did that.
      "Take that, you puny sims!"

    • @osurpless
      @osurpless 2 дні тому +7

      @@beauwalker9820”The fussy plebs…” - Zero Punctuation

    • @TheHeroWTF
      @TheHeroWTF 2 дні тому +7

      Sim City - Natural Disaster Simulator.

  • @thwyter
    @thwyter День тому +4

    thank you AVGN for talking about simcity, because of you, the clip of me showing the mario statue went up in views

  • @TantrisHumble
    @TantrisHumble 2 дні тому +5

    We’re growing up with you, AVGN. So cool you’re still making videos.

  • @slaydezero2658
    @slaydezero2658 2 дні тому +35

    I learned a trick by accident. I was messing around and crashed a plane as soon as it took off. The entire airport was engulfed in flames and destroyed all but one little square. Still an airport, still counts and no pollution.
    ...I never made it to megalopolis either. I was always using the money trick so my stuff never filled in.

  • @darkzircon8165
    @darkzircon8165 2 дні тому +501

    That Twilight Zone reference at the end is pure gold haha

  • @classictimer4052
    @classictimer4052 2 дні тому +3

    This was one of my mothers favourite games, and one of the very few she still plays today! Personally, I could never truly get the hang of it, but I will still cherish it for being one of the few things me and my mom could bond over.

  • @takaba-81trf7pxf9v5
    @takaba-81trf7pxf9v5 2 дні тому +19

    Never needed Mario Statue we have Mayor Nerd here! 😅

  • @Patmanx1
    @Patmanx1 2 дні тому +84

    he started out making a city of dreams, but ended up making the state of South Carolina lol

  • @mrbleak9873
    @mrbleak9873 2 дні тому +194

    When residential zones are still just houses you can demolish part of the zone and stack extra blocks. This increases the population density significantly.

    • @slightlyevolved
      @slightlyevolved 2 дні тому +16

      However this DOES prevent those blocks from reaching the max density high rise building.

    • @noseboop4354
      @noseboop4354 2 дні тому +22

      ​@@slightlyevolvedThis is where the pro gamer move comes in: Create disasters on purpose to demolish parts of a residential high-rise, then bulldoze and build on the newly created space. As long as you keep the central square intact, it counts as an entire residential building.

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 2 дні тому +7

      @@slightlyevolved It's nice keeping some parts of your city into cozy mode. You shouldn't have to gentrify the whole block lol.

    • @zombiemontage
      @zombiemontage 2 дні тому +7

      Are ya winning, son?

    • @neoturfmasterMVS
      @neoturfmasterMVS 2 дні тому +8

      Same thing in Act Raiser. Hit the town with earthquake and some will die, yet they'll build back the city and population bigger.

  • @YukoValis
    @YukoValis 2 дні тому +2

    That opening scroll of the city with the music is one of my core nintendo memories. Just something about it fills me with such yearning.

  • @fjorgyn7438
    @fjorgyn7438 День тому +3

    To this day, my dad is the only one I know who got the Mario statue.

  • @DBZking119
    @DBZking119 2 дні тому +50

    Turning the end of the episode into a twilight zone reference was wonderful

  • @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty
    @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 2 дні тому +47

    Kinda crazy to think this was a launch title. Imagine you're 11 years old in 1992 and just got your SNES. This would've seemed ultra futuristic.

    • @johnnythewalrus
      @johnnythewalrus 2 дні тому +2

      Lol I was 11 in 1992.

    • @TheItalianTrash
      @TheItalianTrash 2 дні тому

      @@johnnythewalrus Ditto

    • @Nurhaal
      @Nurhaal День тому +2

      It was.
      Between this, F-Zero and once Starfox was in my hands, the early 90s felt crazy to me.
      It didn't help that my Grandpa worked with Skunkworks as an engineer and was on the design team for the F-22. He played flight Sims on his expensive PCs back in the day and introduced me to Wing Commander.
      So as a result, between playing this, Starfox and seeing him explain how cool the YF-22 prototype was, the 90s felt like a dream

  • @ghostmutton
    @ghostmutton День тому +2

    Always love when James incorporates obscure Twilight Zone references.

  • @JoypadDivison
    @JoypadDivison День тому +3

    Loved the Twilight Zone reference. You did very well with all the lines and the laughter. Pretty clever to make the connection between Sim City and Little people.

  • @citythatbreeds
    @citythatbreeds 2 дні тому +471

    my favorite move was to jack up the taxes for like 3 months, reap the rewards, then set them to zero while building nothing but railway

    • @ThyPandora
      @ThyPandora 2 дні тому +45

      Called the "million dollar cheat" because it takes advantage of a bug if I recall correctly.

    • @RachDarastric2
      @RachDarastric2 2 дні тому +63

      My least favorite part of the game is when everyone is like
      "Our mayor isn't doing anything!"
      And I'm like
      "What did you expect? You permanently set my money to 0."

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 2 дні тому

      ​@ThyPandora Oh. So THATS what Gavin Newsom is doing.

    • @MrJoeRosa
      @MrJoeRosa 2 дні тому +2

      reap the whirlwind!

    • @conspiracycornerpodcast4302
      @conspiracycornerpodcast4302 2 дні тому +1

      Lol

  • @dateabaretoTokisakiKurumi
    @dateabaretoTokisakiKurumi 2 дні тому +7

    くっひひ…。これ狂気な育成のシテイを作りゲームですのよ

  • @TimTE01
    @TimTE01 День тому +3

    Forget it, James- it’s Nerdtown.

  • @ajthefunkmonster4767
    @ajthefunkmonster4767 2 дні тому +93

    At the end, I was expecting Mike Matei with a SNES controller saying "Ain't I a stinker?"

    • @Amanda-gg6kz
      @Amanda-gg6kz 2 дні тому +5

      @@ajthefunkmonster4767 such a missed opportunity!! 🤣

    • @aidanredding8058
      @aidanredding8058 2 дні тому +1

      @@Amanda-gg6kz Eh the Twilight Zone reference was great too

    • @BuddyFellows-xd9yn
      @BuddyFellows-xd9yn 2 дні тому +2

      Sad that mikes not here ☹️

    • @GoodmansGhost
      @GoodmansGhost 2 дні тому +2

      @@BuddyFellows-xd9yn He is... in the credits :P

    • @Jason-eo1rh
      @Jason-eo1rh 2 дні тому +1

      @Amanda-gg6kz Nah, sounds like something a middle school freshman would come up with.

  • @mrsleep0000
    @mrsleep0000 2 дні тому +265

    'Yo, I heard you like AVGN reviews, so we put an AVGN review in your AVGN review!' -Xzibit...probably

  • @obscured.by.clouds.
    @obscured.by.clouds. 2 дні тому +2

    LET ME SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU is classic Nerd at his finest.

  • @twiztidnoodle5784
    @twiztidnoodle5784 2 дні тому +4

    Miss the original theme song still 😢

  • @NathanVarner1
    @NathanVarner1 2 дні тому +42

    You get to play as the mayor? Mayor!?? I like the sound of that! Mayor Goldie Wilson

    • @ncapone87
      @ncapone87 2 дні тому +13

      You can start by sweeping the floor

    • @johnnythewalrus
      @johnnythewalrus 2 дні тому

      Better than that Red Thomas fella. Lol literally my favorite movie.

  • @boblangford5514
    @boblangford5514 2 дні тому +17

    I just watched the James and Mike episode of Sim City last week. They talk about almost everything mentioned in this video. This truly was a real James Rolfe episode. Glad these are still going strong.

  • @YoungMakaveli07
    @YoungMakaveli07 День тому

    As you were about to destroy the hospitals and schools, all that was going through my head was Palpatine saying "DEW IT" lol.

  • @cartoons4andy
    @cartoons4andy 2 дні тому +1

    The ending turning into The Twilight Zone was great, but a missed opportunity it cutting to that Bugs Bunny playing the game while proclaiming that he was, in fact, a stinker.

  • @ArchangelExile
    @ArchangelExile 2 дні тому +31

    So, Nerd still didn't achieve the population of a half a million Megalopolis.

  • @barttheraven
    @barttheraven 2 дні тому +99

    15:41 that was the perfect image for showing how you're a dictator in the game.

  • @DrGuessFilms
    @DrGuessFilms 2 дні тому +2

    You'd think James and Folding Ideas were working together

  • @ict113090
    @ict113090 2 дні тому +2

    7:19 James, you could have just said "Detroit" minus the Robocop. lol

  • @LaylaLetcher
    @LaylaLetcher 2 дні тому +154

    I have been watching this show for over 10 years... To have the Nerd review a game I actually played myself when I was a kid is a treat.

    • @bobsmudger3979
      @bobsmudger3979 2 дні тому +1

      I loved it on the SNES, so many hours, simpler times

    • @mathprodigy
      @mathprodigy 2 дні тому +13

      You literally joined UA-cam 7 hours ago lol

    • @Cosmis5
      @Cosmis5 День тому +1

      🤖

    • @alfje5492
      @alfje5492 День тому

      Wow, a spambot that's over 10 years old?! Break out the champagne!!!

  • @JohnnyBurnes
    @JohnnyBurnes 2 дні тому +23

    Is this what Mike Haggar sees when not fighting?

  • @Indiboy500
    @Indiboy500 2 дні тому +1

    "Imagine if you started up Mario Kart and there were so many courses to pick, you couldn't even look through them all."
    'Modnation Racers' was exactly this and it was awesome. Dozens of the player-made tracks are as engaging and enjoyable as the best MK courses. This game did not deserve to flop out of existence!

    • @pir_hana
      @pir_hana День тому

      I feel delight knowing that this gem still isn't forgotten by PlayStation fans

  • @RainbowDash-TheAntihero
    @RainbowDash-TheAntihero 2 дні тому +304

    It is actually amazing how AVGN Debuted in 2004 and still going 20 years later. I love AVGN so much!

    • @justins21482
      @justins21482 2 дні тому +28

      That really is amazing. He's practically family to many of us even if we never met the guy.

    • @JimVollrath-tf5hc
      @JimVollrath-tf5hc 2 дні тому

      ​@@justins21482weird...

    • @Critter145
      @Critter145 2 дні тому +8

      So say we all

    • @rwlynch3468
      @rwlynch3468 2 дні тому +13

      I only discovered him in 2015. Always remember the year (because of a breakup).
      Binged every video in one month. Some amazing videos over the years.

    • @errorbirdesther
      @errorbirdesther 2 дні тому +3

      I discovered him from a ytp
      He made my memories and made people concerned as he influenced my humor too much

  • @nicholaslienandjaja1815
    @nicholaslienandjaja1815 2 дні тому +362

    Fun fact: Dr. Wright is also an Assist Trophy summon in Super Smash Bros. (starting from Brawl).

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez 2 дні тому +12

      He's very useful in Brawl.

    • @pjf674
      @pjf674 2 дні тому +23

      He also makes an appearance in Link's Awakening.

    • @TheJayrod23
      @TheJayrod23 2 дні тому +2

      I always wondered who that guy was

    • @punkloser1465
      @punkloser1465 2 дні тому +7

      And a regular trophy in Melee

    • @trmptboy2007
      @trmptboy2007 2 дні тому +2

      ​@@pjf674And Minish Cap

  • @nightsong81
    @nightsong81 День тому +2

    I loved the classic Twilight Zone reference at the end. One of my favorite episodes!

  • @redstratus97
    @redstratus97 День тому +1

    Wow! I loved this! I’m amazed that I actually got the 500K population and Mario statue way before the AVGN did. All you needed was that SNES players guide and with its tricks and map screen shots, especially one particular one, it really wasn’t that hard to do.

  • @Luos_83
    @Luos_83 2 дні тому +17

    I actually checked all the 999 maps as a kid, and.. bonus points: if you load the same number twice, you actually get an alternative map.
    So yea, I checked all of them twice. Yay for ocd.

  • @Mizticall
    @Mizticall 2 дні тому +76

    This really feels like one of the classic episodes where you're just kinda talking about a game for 20 mins. Love it

    • @oscarlupton
      @oscarlupton 2 дні тому +10

      Definitely felt like a return to form

  • @MegaAedu
    @MegaAedu День тому +1

    It's actually a great idea to use footage from the James & Mike series for AVGN episodes.

  • @linksbetweendrinks7032
    @linksbetweendrinks7032 День тому +1

    Before I got home PC access as a kid, I must've sunk a thousand hours into SimCity on SNES.

  • @janevasquez1061
    @janevasquez1061 2 дні тому +32

    The best for AVGN is for James to talk about games he actually cares to speak on I really do love these kinds of videos you've done

  • @CVizzle
    @CVizzle 2 дні тому +35

    I've never clicked an AVGN video faster. I LOVED Simcity on the snes growing up and never gave up trying to get to the megalopolis. Through the insane strats James showed, it's just barely possible.

  • @NerdyHippy
    @NerdyHippy День тому

    What always intrigued me the most with builder/sim/management games is that no 2 people have the exact same approach to them. So it's always fun to see how others go about a game compared to you.

  • @justorion1098
    @justorion1098 2 дні тому +1

    The Twilight Zone reference at the end was the icing on the cake. *chef's kiss*

  • @russellharrell2747
    @russellharrell2747 2 дні тому +18

    I don’t know James Rolfe. But that’s ok because AVGN is still enjoyable.

    • @Derek-kj9mt
      @Derek-kj9mt 2 дні тому +4

      I don't know James Rolfe. 🫡

  • @JLE8811
    @JLE8811 2 дні тому +78

    This is the game that started my love for city builders. I use to play this all night and watch Monster Vision with Joe Bob Briggs in the back ground.

  • @Mitissa515
    @Mitissa515 День тому

    The fact that you included a small clip of Abadox in a world few people have heard of it made my week. Thanks chief

  • @nowonmetube
    @nowonmetube День тому +1

    AVGN in this episode: Complaining about all the features 😂

  • @FrancoDFernando
    @FrancoDFernando 2 дні тому +230

    Sim city for snes was my childhood…got hit by a nostalgia bomb when I heard the music

    • @lordsosa9383
      @lordsosa9383 2 дні тому

      no it was not you liar you never had a snes and you know it tough man
      your child hood system was the pathetic hyper scan
      and you actually enjoyed it

    • @danerd8978
      @danerd8978 2 дні тому

      Soyo Oka

    • @beauwalker9820
      @beauwalker9820 2 дні тому +2

      Sim City has one of the most beautiful soundtracks on SNES.

    • @mryesgaming
      @mryesgaming 2 дні тому

      cough cough MOTHER 2!
      excuse me i have a very bad cough

    • @MrXavierMoktar
      @MrXavierMoktar 2 дні тому

      Me too. At dinertime: 'Oké, but can i please let the game running?!'

  • @ronin539
    @ronin539 2 дні тому +32

    7:13 and the amount of crime in Robocop's Detroit rivals the real Detroit

  • @zaunslab
    @zaunslab День тому

    nostalgia hit hard when the music from sim city plays on

  • @BALLSLAPNIFICENT_
    @BALLSLAPNIFICENT_ 2 дні тому +1

    Years later and still never gets stale

    • @macaryl95
      @macaryl95 День тому +1

      Like a crisp, cold Rolling Rock

  • @Thesnipper96
    @Thesnipper96 2 дні тому +50

    The missed potential for the snes mouse is crazy

    • @zaneiken07
      @zaneiken07 2 дні тому +9

      The mouse didn't come out until the following year with Mario Paint.

  • @SniperDiplomat
    @SniperDiplomat 2 дні тому +15

    Real ones left their SNES on overnight or during school to raise funds.

  • @Angelus_97
    @Angelus_97 2 дні тому

    Hearing that music instantly brought back a lot of memories.
    I had Sim City on PC, SNES and aspects, but the SNES one was my favourite because of the unique Nintendoness of it.

  • @NexGenSaiyan21
    @NexGenSaiyan21 День тому

    He went from being the Angry Video Game Nerd to becoming Kuroto Dan, aka Kamen Rider Genm. And I love it!

  • @HammerGalladeBro
    @HammerGalladeBro 2 дні тому +20

    "Imagine if you started up Mario Kart and there were so many courses to pick you couldn't even look through them all."
    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and its DLC certainly tried.

  • @Electronic_Boyscout
    @Electronic_Boyscout 2 дні тому +7

    My father and I got a megalopolis. He made it seem so easy. No cheats. He would do the donut way, and if the buildings didn't merge the right way, we would take it down and rebuild it.

  • @Sour_AppIe
    @Sour_AppIe 2 дні тому +1

    As an incredibly big fan of twilight zone I had a feeling of where this was gonna go soon as the overnight nerd statue hit the board

  • @ajSammut123
    @ajSammut123 2 дні тому +1

    It's always fun when Mr. Lobo pops up in these videos! I love the Rod Serling voiceover at the end.

  • @DesertRainReads
    @DesertRainReads 2 дні тому +8

    Always loved the soundtrack of this game, Soyo Oka created magic with the SNES soundtrack. The song when you reach City / 10,000 citizens is just so comforting and creates a beautiful dreamscape to relax to.

  • @sirejonesk591
    @sirejonesk591 2 дні тому +154

    It's like James and express vpn are best friends

    • @chriscripplercruz1833
      @chriscripplercruz1833 2 дні тому +9

      How can we be lovers if we can't be friends lol

    • @SeanOkita
      @SeanOkita 2 дні тому +16

      money talks

    • @sirejonesk591
      @sirejonesk591 2 дні тому +3

      @@chriscripplercruz1833 idk

    • @sirejonesk591
      @sirejonesk591 2 дні тому +2

      @@SeanOkita talks louder than the teacher yelling

    • @keithpope6288
      @keithpope6288 2 дні тому +16

      Express VPN has been funding this show for years. I'm surprised they still think they'll reach more people through AVGN at this point. 😂

  • @Damachaman
    @Damachaman День тому

    Playing the megalopolis music when talking about the megalopolis - those minor details are what really help your passion for these videos stand out.

  • @ZiouyHiocv
    @ZiouyHiocv День тому

    Fun fact: Sim City wurde aufgrund des Commodore 64-Spiel-Raids auf Bungeling Bay geschaffen. Der Programmierer hatte so viel Spaß bei der Erstellung der Living World Map, dass er dachte, dass es auch anderen Menschen Spaß machen könnte.

  • @fanofbioshock2nolastname861
    @fanofbioshock2nolastname861 2 дні тому +9

    He still has so many games to do. I feel like the children of the nerd will have to continue his legacy

  • @kpw33
    @kpw33 2 дні тому +208

    Now it makes sense why Mike played this awhile back on Twitch.

    • @SaxcatGamingCorner
      @SaxcatGamingCorner 2 дні тому +16

      was thinking the same thing

    • @VaderPopsVicodin10
      @VaderPopsVicodin10 2 дні тому +6

      Exact-u-mundo

    • @Urgod420
      @Urgod420 2 дні тому +45

      James never really plays any of these games, mike is the real avgn

    • @kpw33
      @kpw33 2 дні тому +22

      @@Urgod420 for sure! That’s what I’ve been saying. Mike is the true AVGN!

  • @HereForAStorm
    @HereForAStorm День тому +3

    California Simulator is accurate.

  • @Ironstarfish
    @Ironstarfish 2 дні тому +80

    He needs to do Sim Ant

    • @Games_and_Music
      @Games_and_Music 2 дні тому +8

      Sim Ant and Sim Tower were the ones that i played most.

    • @6_Star_Neckphones_timelost
      @6_Star_Neckphones_timelost 2 дні тому +4

      Simcopter and sim tower for sure

    • @RogelioV1985
      @RogelioV1985 2 дні тому +3

      +1 for Sim Ants lol I can imagine Angry Video Game Nerd had a sandwich one day then later a group of ants invade his house

    • @watevatube
      @watevatube 2 дні тому +3

      I remember spending hours playing sim ant in computer class when I was supposed to be studying lol

    • @No_True_Scotsman
      @No_True_Scotsman 2 дні тому +2

      Sim Tower was rad!

  • @41dn
    @41dn 2 дні тому +69

    Prediction before I watch the video: He's going to say SimShitty

  • @doublewhat07
    @doublewhat07 День тому

    In Simcity 2000, you got the arcologies. Self contained cities, huge apartment blocks basically. They allow you to reach populations of millions. I think they are in SimCity original. Once you have access to them, the sky is the limit.

  • @Ironstarfish
    @Ironstarfish 2 дні тому +3

    This is more like the old ones he used to make!!

  • @MortonGoldthwait
    @MortonGoldthwait 2 дні тому +9

    18:08 That was a beautiful Twilight Zone reference. I love when James's love of old movies finds its way into nerd episodes.

  • @BladeCrossEXE
    @BladeCrossEXE 2 дні тому +8

    With every passing video, James looks more and more like Senator Armstrong.

  • @ben7932
    @ben7932 День тому +1

    As a British person, I think our government is trying to reach megalopolis

  • @matthewpaul6904
    @matthewpaul6904 День тому +1

    The moral of this game: If you're gonna be mayor, be corrupt.

  • @MtgamesGnM
    @MtgamesGnM 2 дні тому +9

    The Twilight Zone Reference was such a wonderful addition, I love that show!