Top 10 Worst Video Game CONTROLS - AVGN Clip Collection

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  • @grundypeebo
    @grundypeebo 11 років тому +1659

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

    • @Xrift87
      @Xrift87 11 років тому +32

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

    • @PsylomeAlpha
      @PsylomeAlpha 11 років тому +7

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

    • @neoeyebeleave
      @neoeyebeleave 7 років тому +9

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

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 6 років тому +4

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

    • @krazykris9396
      @krazykris9396 5 років тому +1

      I actually have that game.

  • @morsteen
    @morsteen 5 років тому +167

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

    • @dukeax6241
      @dukeax6241 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @opalyasu7159
      @opalyasu7159 5 місяців тому +3

      @@dukeax6241 it's still not Kid Kool tho

    • @dukeax6241
      @dukeax6241 Місяць тому

      The jumping in Mario brothers is very stiff

  • @cheyennedogsoldiers
    @cheyennedogsoldiers 11 років тому +2145

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

    • @jlinkous05
      @jlinkous05 5 років тому +40

      Generational woes

    • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
      @ghfjfghjasdfasdf 5 років тому +43

      There is much truth in this.

    • @prod.eenigma
      @prod.eenigma 5 років тому +27

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

    • @MasterJim2020
      @MasterJim2020 5 років тому +10

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

    • @kirilichushanka1357
      @kirilichushanka1357 5 років тому +3

      Just become your comment's 666th like

  • @FlashX212
    @FlashX212 9 років тому +2446

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

    • @myrongaines5542
      @myrongaines5542 9 років тому +162

      That would be epic..

    • @RyuHayabusa
      @RyuHayabusa 9 років тому +257

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

    • @javonyounger938
      @javonyounger938 9 років тому +63

      Flash Smith i would imagine them saying he is right

    • @FlashX212
      @FlashX212 9 років тому +104

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

    • @soysaucefool
      @soysaucefool 9 років тому +32

      +Adam Potter video games arent that old haha

  • @germanwares
    @germanwares 8 років тому +708

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

    • @shartoholic
      @shartoholic 8 років тому +82

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

    • @MrSapps
      @MrSapps 7 років тому +50

      Its never too late to make them suffer, muahahahah!

    • @Emceemur
      @Emceemur 7 років тому +29

      You said it. Just like Mario Maker uploads. Lol

    • @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb
      @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb 7 років тому +10

      Mario maker in a nutshell

    • @uljk5699
      @uljk5699 7 років тому +6

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

  • @PibbXtraPls
    @PibbXtraPls 10 років тому +70

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

  • @topazboy333
    @topazboy333 7 років тому +94

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

  • @AmishParadise27
    @AmishParadise27 10 років тому +263

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

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 років тому +10

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

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 років тому +3

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

    • @AmishParadise27
      @AmishParadise27 10 років тому

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

    • @TrainerTakumi
      @TrainerTakumi 10 років тому

      LOL Thank You for pointing that out

    • @Avataan
      @Avataan 10 років тому +5

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

  • @matter509
    @matter509 11 років тому +2247

    20 years from now the whole list will be Kinect games

    • @chrisandrew7577
      @chrisandrew7577 7 років тому +25

      Matt Revell no kidding

    • @MrMadRealms
      @MrMadRealms 7 років тому +40

      Matt Revell also wii games with motion controls

    • @redtrocity
      @redtrocity 7 років тому +145

      Levi Castelo most wii games have great motion controls

    • @TheLonePantheist
      @TheLonePantheist 7 років тому +118

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

    • @johnathonbeaumont8643
      @johnathonbeaumont8643 7 років тому +18

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

  • @WileyKiley19
    @WileyKiley19 11 років тому +71

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

  • @cyanmanta
    @cyanmanta 10 років тому +226

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

  • @The_Fat_Turtle
    @The_Fat_Turtle 8 років тому +117

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

  • @xXHurdyGurdyManXx
    @xXHurdyGurdyManXx 9 років тому +584

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

    • @gongames
      @gongames 9 років тому +17

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

    • @vpfan207
      @vpfan207 9 років тому +26

      GonGames nerd said that in the video

    • @KingVirus68
      @KingVirus68 9 років тому +14

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

    • @WillEatForFood
      @WillEatForFood 8 років тому +20

      Or perhaps Peter Pan with a mullet

    • @Gwennerini
      @Gwennerini 8 років тому +11

      He IS Shaggy

  • @CaptainCocaine
    @CaptainCocaine 9 років тому +609

    Nyuh-nyuh nyuh-nyuh-nyuh!!

    • @Mannetasi
      @Mannetasi 8 років тому +79

      Woa-Uhhh-Uhhh

    • @petestone6001
      @petestone6001 8 років тому +7

      milk!!!

    • @leejordan001
      @leejordan001 7 років тому +9

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

    • @MrStonedgolem
      @MrStonedgolem 5 років тому +2

      Facts check out. Looked it up on Wikipedia 👍

    • @RyuHirakashi1
      @RyuHirakashi1 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @PerryMason123
    @PerryMason123 8 років тому +240

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

    • @jasonmosher8047
      @jasonmosher8047 8 років тому +2

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

    • @bluedragon3085
      @bluedragon3085 8 років тому +11

      Punch out uses the select button

    • @SuperMarioMinecrafter321
      @SuperMarioMinecrafter321 8 років тому +9

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

    • @robjackson4050
      @robjackson4050 8 років тому +1

      you use select on the menu screen of duck hunt

    • @RoundShades
      @RoundShades 8 років тому +8

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

  • @Cha0sLord93
    @Cha0sLord93 11 років тому +147

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

  • @_Paul_N
    @_Paul_N 11 років тому +856

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

    • @cozmicvideos702
      @cozmicvideos702 9 років тому +30

      Is there an option to be sentenced to death instead?

    • @westerling8436
      @westerling8436 7 років тому +11

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

    • @blackflyingfox3365
      @blackflyingfox3365 7 років тому +24

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

    • @tacoxaco
      @tacoxaco 7 років тому +17

      depends on the jail and what you were sentenced for

    • @Mudamir
      @Mudamir 6 років тому +4

      NyanyanyanyanYanyanya....

  • @GiordanDiodato
    @GiordanDiodato 11 років тому +237

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

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 11 років тому +3

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

    • @ryandennison8754
      @ryandennison8754 6 років тому +9

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

    • @gjtrue
      @gjtrue 5 років тому +8

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

    • @KootenaiKing
      @KootenaiKing 4 роки тому +1

      Funny how it's another 'Batman' game.

  • @xenxander
    @xenxander 3 роки тому +22

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

  • @jakeduran62
    @jakeduran62 9 років тому +610

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

    • @twistedworldtv
      @twistedworldtv 9 років тому +4

      Lucky D:

    • @WilliamMc91
      @WilliamMc91 8 років тому +19

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

    • @zyphyrsyphyn5403
      @zyphyrsyphyn5403 8 років тому +46

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

    • @ghosty9051
      @ghosty9051 7 років тому +2

      ikr best moment in avgn history :D

    • @FullArcher05
      @FullArcher05 5 років тому

      *Gates of Hell open*

  • @TecDax
    @TecDax 9 років тому +255

    I love how these monsters keep mocking you. Nyenyenyenyenye

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 7 років тому +27

      More like "ñañañañaña".

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 5 років тому +2

      That is actually the sound of your character dying.

    • @rohe4077
      @rohe4077 5 років тому

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

  • @zeppelin5000
    @zeppelin5000 10 років тому +43

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

  • @FatalExistence
    @FatalExistence 11 років тому +126

    Lmfao that whole conversation with spiderman and james

  • @MUMSUniverse
    @MUMSUniverse 3 роки тому +23

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

  • @jackbaradog
    @jackbaradog 9 років тому +180

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

  • @stormstrider1990
    @stormstrider1990 10 років тому +58

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

  • @KevinThePilgrim
    @KevinThePilgrim 9 років тому +53

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

  • @acorgiwithacrown467
    @acorgiwithacrown467 9 років тому +44

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

  • @Galejro
    @Galejro 11 років тому +53

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

  • @blackprobegt2000
    @blackprobegt2000 10 років тому +6

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

  • @22Sangre
    @22Sangre 8 років тому +97

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

    • @uTubeNoITube
      @uTubeNoITube 8 років тому +14

      Pressing up to duck is pretty fucked up!

    • @rust2rust19
      @rust2rust19 8 років тому +8

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

    • @yoshifan0312
      @yoshifan0312 8 років тому

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

    • @MrBlock-qe7hi
      @MrBlock-qe7hi 8 років тому

      rust2rust19

    • @samchorostecki6275
      @samchorostecki6275 8 років тому +2

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

  • @Sypaka
    @Sypaka 9 років тому +25

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

  • @adamwest9177
    @adamwest9177 9 років тому +142

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

  • @jeffreycook166
    @jeffreycook166 9 років тому +17

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

  • @princessolmeca2933
    @princessolmeca2933 3 роки тому +10

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

  • @thesteveus
    @thesteveus 11 років тому +54

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

  • @tombailey8395
    @tombailey8395 11 років тому +5

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

  • @tombrannan9314
    @tombrannan9314 9 років тому +30

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

  • @thezachvolt6883
    @thezachvolt6883 8 років тому +30

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

    • @athena8561
      @athena8561 8 років тому

      You can't change the controls in that game

    • @thezachvolt6883
      @thezachvolt6883 8 років тому +11

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

    • @athena8561
      @athena8561 8 років тому +1

      The Zachvolt k

    • @Bauglir100
      @Bauglir100 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @ThePlamzJoker
    @ThePlamzJoker 11 років тому +20

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

  • @metae.4256
    @metae.4256 10 років тому +140

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

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 10 років тому +19

      Michael Salter You disagree?

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 10 років тому +2

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

    • @1Sandwitch1
      @1Sandwitch1 9 років тому +26

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

    • @metae.4256
      @metae.4256 9 років тому +1

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

    • @1Sandwitch1
      @1Sandwitch1 9 років тому +5

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

  • @rockandroller7118
    @rockandroller7118 8 років тому +28

    9:24 that face is just to memorable

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 11 років тому +10

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

  • @bonesaw-777
    @bonesaw-777 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @travelreview5962
    @travelreview5962 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @bushbasher85
    @bushbasher85 9 років тому +87

    4:35 My favorite Nerd face

  • @gigantopithecushominoidea8779
    @gigantopithecushominoidea8779 11 років тому +4

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

  • @blackdarkdarkerbleach7100
    @blackdarkdarkerbleach7100 7 років тому +9

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

  • @wisdomprophet
    @wisdomprophet 11 років тому +7

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

  • @thegoldencoin2176
    @thegoldencoin2176 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @shakeitupT
    @shakeitupT 11 років тому +209

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

    • @iamaninsomniac
      @iamaninsomniac 11 років тому +38

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

    • @shakeitupT
      @shakeitupT 11 років тому +15

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

    • @iamaninsomniac
      @iamaninsomniac 11 років тому +11

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

    • @exitar33
      @exitar33 8 років тому +5

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

    • @Kirbman
      @Kirbman 7 років тому +10

      He already reviewed Superman 64 years ago.

  • @emiranda2491
    @emiranda2491 9 років тому +40

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

  • @joeywomer
    @joeywomer 11 років тому +4

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

  • @RLomoterenge
    @RLomoterenge 6 років тому

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

  • @onprint4868
    @onprint4868 10 років тому +54

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

  • @alexandercarder2281
    @alexandercarder2281 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @arekmatysiak5515
    @arekmatysiak5515 5 років тому +5

    OMG, dark Castle commentary had me laughing to tears!

  • @lolzylol115
    @lolzylol115 10 років тому +35

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

    • @Consolethinks
      @Consolethinks 10 років тому

      What about Titus?

    • @lolzylol115
      @lolzylol115 10 років тому

      i dunno him so xD

    • @Consolethinks
      @Consolethinks 10 років тому +5

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

    • @lolzylol115
      @lolzylol115 10 років тому +1

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

    • @Potatosaremyfriends1
      @Potatosaremyfriends1 10 років тому

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

  • @Khorgull
    @Khorgull 6 років тому +4

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

  • @vesselinkrastev
    @vesselinkrastev 11 років тому +5

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

  • @evolution759
    @evolution759 10 років тому +31

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

    • @frostyguy1989
      @frostyguy1989 10 років тому +23

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

    • @evolution759
      @evolution759 10 років тому +4

      i like that

    • @awesomeninja9178
      @awesomeninja9178 10 років тому +5

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

    • @PoliticalFruit4Kids
      @PoliticalFruit4Kids 10 років тому +3

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

    • @alexfraser8352
      @alexfraser8352 10 років тому +3

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

  • @Jabadamazo
    @Jabadamazo 8 років тому +24

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

    • @811brian
      @811brian 7 років тому

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

  • @YungGemini
    @YungGemini 10 років тому +29

    The batman thing made me ROFL.

  • @alextinkham5741
    @alextinkham5741 11 років тому +5

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

  • @Maximara
    @Maximara 11 років тому +17

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

    • @EBEDieandRetry
      @EBEDieandRetry 6 років тому +1

      Bruce Grubb as often, this explain a lot..

  • @aslin81
    @aslin81 9 років тому +3

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

  • @98756120able
    @98756120able 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @drgfromnyc
    @drgfromnyc 10 років тому +19

    Dark Castle < A big, solid, green shit

  • @Katosepe
    @Katosepe 11 років тому +1

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

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @Ionixification
    @Ionixification 11 років тому +6

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

  • @burtrusfield2523
    @burtrusfield2523 10 років тому +64

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

  • @greenskiis
    @greenskiis 8 років тому +5

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

  • @guilhermehank4938
    @guilhermehank4938 5 років тому +2

    9:01
    One of my favorites "bullshit" moments

  • @jeremysaigon
    @jeremysaigon 5 років тому +4

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

  • @oliverupload
    @oliverupload 11 років тому +9

    #1 made my day, thanks

  • @bluetopia42
    @bluetopia42 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @ThomasTHEONEANDONLY
    @ThomasTHEONEANDONLY 5 років тому +4

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

  • @Perich29
    @Perich29 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @iantunes3603
    @iantunes3603 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @prodrywallservice
    @prodrywallservice 10 років тому +5

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

  • @claireris
    @claireris 11 років тому +9

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

  • @EvanFAF
    @EvanFAF 10 років тому +10

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

    • @megaemulators2776
      @megaemulators2776 10 років тому +2

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

    • @TheLoveMario
      @TheLoveMario 10 років тому +1

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

    • @FatToki
      @FatToki 10 років тому +2

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

    • @EvanFAF
      @EvanFAF 10 років тому +2

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

    • @ryandennison8754
      @ryandennison8754 6 років тому +1

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

  • @slothy1494
    @slothy1494 4 роки тому

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

  • @mrmcmuffin5588
    @mrmcmuffin5588 5 років тому

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

  • @henrydillard6217
    @henrydillard6217 8 років тому +3

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

  • @tyrantgregcagkaiju71
    @tyrantgregcagkaiju71 8 років тому +13

    Batman Forever was the only game from the vid that I ever played.

    • @Ernesto87
      @Ernesto87 8 років тому +1

      Me too
      The Genesis version is WAY worse than the Snes version.

    • @tyrantgregcagkaiju71
      @tyrantgregcagkaiju71 8 років тому

      +Ernesto87 Wow! Really? I only played the SNES version. And I played it very, very little in my youth. Until I watched this, I'd actually forgotten about it.

    • @Ernesto87
      @Ernesto87 8 років тому +1

      The Genesis version has the same controls, but factor in the standard 3 button controller and you got yourself a bad time.

    • @tyrantgregcagkaiju71
      @tyrantgregcagkaiju71 8 років тому

      Wow! And James was having enough trouble with TWICE that amount of buttons.

    • @Bauglir100
      @Bauglir100 8 років тому +1

      It plays better if you have the six-button controller.

  • @frankfedison5203
    @frankfedison5203 5 років тому +5

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

  • @exitar33
    @exitar33 8 років тому +1

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

  • @dukeax6241
    @dukeax6241 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @140ppolarbear5
    @140ppolarbear5 8 років тому +4

    So this is why control options were created.

  • @AmyraCarter
    @AmyraCarter 6 років тому +13

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

  • @iwanegerstrom4564
    @iwanegerstrom4564 9 років тому +4

    I almost died of laughing at the finale ^^

  • @JOfJaZ
    @JOfJaZ 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @gamewithgreg
    @gamewithgreg 4 роки тому

    I've never heard of dark castle before, but keep seeing the character fall and cry OOF every 2 seconds at the end of the video, for some reason had me in stitches. Just the hopelessness of it all

  • @gagaku666
    @gagaku666 3 роки тому +3

    I had Dark Castle when I was a kid. It's truly awful but you can get used to it.

  • @Calmarius
    @Calmarius 9 років тому +24

    Inability to control your jump in midair is the way real physics work... Unless you put rocket thrusters on your body...

    • @Alleiptr
      @Alleiptr 9 років тому +6

      Calmarius I love that kind of jump because exactly after pressing the button you could tell you fucked up and there was nothing you could do about it, but to keep watching until you died.
      Fucking Super Ghouls n' Ghosts.

    • @demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890
      @demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890 9 років тому +12

      Calmarius It's called a game.

    • @demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890
      @demonetizeddemonetisedinmy1890 9 років тому

      .

    •  9 років тому +4

      +Calmarius It does work that way definitely. But some games' levels were designed the way you need _air control_. (I'm not talking about that horrible game.)
      Classic Castlevania is a prime example of having no control in the air doesn't punish you (except... errmmm... cough... medusa heads... cough), the levels were designed to that limited control. You can't really miss any jumps except if your enemies changes your trajectory by knocking you back. But in overall, I always find that limited, simple control fun because the level design was exactly for that.

    • @redstar906
      @redstar906 9 років тому

      Ádám Pajor ana ga 52.28.151.152.
      brie,

  • @pain9111
    @pain9111 11 років тому +7

    God I'm fucking tired of these unskippable ADS...

  • @veronicastar2114
    @veronicastar2114 7 років тому +1

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

  • @Reppen555
    @Reppen555 4 роки тому +1

    Man, i sure am glad that i grew up with the ps2 slim. i don't remember playing any game with bad controls cause the gaming industry's focus changed from just making money on a simple game to focusing on making games that people enjoy and also make money.