The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)

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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.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (16,226 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -1.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 20
Status: Still airing
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

James D. Rolfe The Nerd

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

7.59 avg 17 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 9 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	7.7	457
2	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	6.8	422
3	The Karate Kid	7.0	386
4	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	7.1	370
5	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	8.1	405
6	Back to the Future	7.5	370
7	M.C. Kids	7.1	355
8	Wally Bear and the No! Gang	6.8	335
9	Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu	6.9	337
10	Top Gun	7.8	366
11	Double Dragon 3	7.0	321
12	Friday the 13th	8.5	430
13	A Nightmare on Elm Street	8.4	409
14	Power Glove	8.1	379
15	Chronologically Confused About Movie and Video Game Sequels	8.3	388
16	Rocky	7.4	322
17	Bible Games	8.6	414

Season 2 (2007)

7.95 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 11 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Part 1	8.1	295
2	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Part 2	8.1	278
3	Atari 5200	8.1	337
4	Ghostbusters	8.5	362
5	Ghostbusters: Follow-Up	8.0	315
6	Ghostbusters: Conclusion	7.9	308
7	Spider-Man	7.8	336
8	Sega CD	8.3	325
9	Sega 32X	8.3	316
10	Silver Surfer	8.2	320
11	Die Hard	8.0	294
12	Independence Day	6.9	284
13	The Simpsons	7.7	295
14	Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout	8.4	359
15	Atari Porn	8.4	316
16	Nintendo Power Memories	8.4	320
17	Fester's Quest	7.5	281
18	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	8.0	318
19	Halloween	8.0	321
20	Dragon's Lair	8.0	296
21	An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 1	7.2	276
22	An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol: Part 2	7.6	274
23	Chronologically Confused About the Legend of Zelda Timeline	7.5	272
24	Rambo	7.8	281

Season 3 (2008)

7.96 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 12 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Virtual Boy	8.3	328
2	The Wizard of Oz	7.9	296
3	Double Vision: Part 1	7.9	282
4	Double Vision: Part 2	7.8	273
5	The Wizard and Super Mario Bros 3	8.2	309
6	N.E.S. Accessories!	8.8	369
7	The Indiana Jones Trilogy	8.1	293
8	Star Trek	7.3	271
9	Superman	7.9	290
10	Superman 64	8.6	399
11	Batman: Part 1	8.6	316
12	Batman: Part 2	8.4	302
13	Deadly Towers	6.8	262
14	Battletoads	8.1	291
15	Dick Tracy	8.1	281
16	Dracula	7.9	262
17	Frankenstein	7.6	260
18	CD-i: Part 1 - Hotel Mario	7.5	266
19	CD-i Part 2: Zelda Wand of Gamelon	8.0	270
20	CD-i Part 3: Faces of Evil and Zelda's Adventure	7.8	262
21	Bible Games 2	8.0	259
22	Michael Jackson's Moonwalker	8.0	283
23	Milon's Secret Castle	7.5	260

Season 4 (2009)

7.88 avg 25 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 13 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Atari Jaguar: Part 1	8.1	266
2	Atari Jaguar: Part 2	8.3	271
3	Metal Gear	7.7	244
4	Odyssey	7.6	262
5	X-Men	7.5	243
6	The Terminator	7.8	249
7	Terminator 2	7.8	245
8	Transformers	7.6	242
9	Mario Is Missing	7.4	249
10	Plumbers Don't Wear Ties!	9.1	508
11	Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle	8.2	293
12	Super Pitfall	7.9	255
13	Godzilla	8.1	258
14	Wayne's World	7.2	238
15	Castlevania: Part I	8.2	258
16	Castlevania Part II: Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse	8.1	252
17	Castlevania Part III	8.0	244
18	Castlevania Part IV: Bloodlines and Symphony of the Night	8.0	248
19	Little Red Hood	7.5	245
20	Winter Games	7.4	239
21	Street Fighter 2010	7.8	246
22	Hydlide	7.2	232
23	Ninja Gaiden	8.0	262
24	Swordquest	8.3	256
25	Pong Consoles	8.2	261

Season 5 (2010)

8.04 avg 11 episodes 8.6 → 8.7 18 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Action 52	8.6	322
2	Cheetahmen	8.4	286
3	Game Glitches	7.8	273
4	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	7.9	255
5	Back to the Future Trilogy	8.5	261
6	Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Re-Revisited	8.2	270
7	Lester the Unlikely	7.7	248
8	How the Nerd Stole Christmas	7.0	231
9	Day Dreamin' Davey	7.2	233
10	Star Wars Games	8.4	275
11	R.O.B. the Robot	8.7	325

Season 6 (2011)

7.90 avg 6 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 18 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Spielberg Games	8.3	263
2	The Making of an Episode	8.4	229
3	Kid Kool	7.2	227
4	Nintendo World Championships	8.1	261
5	Dark Castle	7.9	234
6	Bible Games III	7.5	206

Season 7 (2012)

7.83 avg 11 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 17 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Schwarzenegger Games	8.1	251
2	Ghosts N' Goblins	8.2	244
3	Atari Sports	8.2	244
4	Ikari Warriors	7.7	247
5	Toxic Crusaders	6.4	262
6	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	7.6	225
7	Tiger Electronic Games	8.4	280
8	Alien³	7.1	203
9	AVGN Games	8.6	305
10	Wish List: Part 1	7.9	206
11	Wish List: Part 2	7.9	228

Season 8 (2014)

7.29 avg 16 episodes 9.0 → 7.9 7 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing	9.0	423
2	Desert Bus	8.3	272
3	E.T. Atari 2600	6.8	215
4	Beetlejuice	7.1	207
5	Tagin' Dragon	6.5	189
6	Alf	7.0	192
7	CrazyBus	7.7	220
8	Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs	6.7	179
9	Rocky and Bullwinkle	6.7	203
10	Mary-Kate and Ashley "Get a Clue"	6.6	185
11	V.I.P. With Pamela Anderson	6.9	184
12	Lethal Weapon	6.9	183
13	Porky's	7.3	188
14	HyperScan	7.6	203
15	Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure	7.6	206
16	LJN Video Art Entertainment System	7.9	215

Season 9 (2015)

7.72 avg 5 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 13 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hong Kong 97	8.4	321
2	Darkwing Duck Turbografx 16	7.4	215
3	Seaman	8.4	262
4	The Crow	7.0	194
5	Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero	7.4	184

Season 10 (2016)

7.46 avg 5 episodes 8.3 → 6.0 17 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mega Man Games	8.3	253
2	Paperboy	7.8	224
3	Beavis and Butthead	6.9	208
4	Berenstain Bears	8.3	233
5	Sega Activator Interactor Menacer	6.0	235

Season 11 (2017)

7.38 avg 12 episodes 7.8 → 6.9 14 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	7.8	191
2	Sonic the Hedgehog 2006	7.5	213
3	Planet of the Apes (Playstation)	7.2	176
4	Game Boy Accessories	8.5	227
5	Treasure Master	6.9	168
6	Wrestling Games	7.4	180
7	Polybius	8.2	225
8	Robocop Games	7.2	158
9	Sonic 2006: Part 2	7.0	168
10	Charlie's Angels (GameCube)	6.9	152
11	Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi (PS1)	7.0	154
12	Lightspan Adventures (PS1)	6.9	150

Season 12 (2018)

7.50 avg 9 episodes 8.5 → 8.3 21 min avg

U-shaped

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	EarthBound	8.5	254
2	Dirty Harry	6.8	153
3	Drake of the 99 Dragons	6.8	153
4	Tomb Raider Games	7.3	161
5	Resident Evil Survivor	7.1	157
6	Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide	7.0	144
7	Amiga CD32	7.9	163
8	The Town With No Name (CDTV)	7.8	184
9	Home Alone Games	8.3	271

Season 13 (2019)

6.96 avg 11 episodes 6.5 → 7.7 21 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chronologically Confused about Kingdom Hearts	6.5	136
2	Video Game Magazines	7.4	141
3	Aladdin Deck Enhancer	6.9	152
4	Pepsiman (PS1)	8.1	204
5	Superman 64 Returns	7.4	153
6	Life of Black Tiger with Gilbert Gottfried (PS4)	6.5	177
7	Chex Quest	7.2	142
8	Jurassic Park: Trespasser (PC)	6.4	135
9	The Immortal (NES)	5.8	148
10	Spawn Games	6.7	129
11	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)	7.7	139

Season 14 (2020)

6.82 avg 12 episodes 7.1 → 6.6 20 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Raid 2020	7.1	131
2	Mortal Kombat 1 Ports	7.0	131
3	Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs	6.8	124
4	Dennis the Menace (SNES)	6.9	111
5	The Incredible Crash Dummies (NES)	7.3	118
6	Bad Final Fight Games	6.6	107
7	Mission: Impossible (N64)	7.1	122
8	Ecco the Dolphin (Sega Genesis)	6.4	124
9	Countdown Vampires (PS1)	6.3	110
10	The Legend of Kage (NES)	6.6	107
11	Taito Legends (PS2)	7.1	105
12	The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man	6.6	111

Season 15 (2021)

6.15 avg 13 episodes 5.3 → 5.0 23 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shrek's FairyTale Freakdown (GameBoy Color)	5.3	151
2	Darkman (NES)	6.6	122
3	Fear and Loathing in Vegas Stakes	5.9	134
4	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	7.0	116
5	Corpse Killer (3DO)	6.2	108
6	Sega Game Gear VHS Tapes	5.7	109
7	Carmageddon 64 (N64)	5.8	109
8	Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Sega Genesis)	5.8	104
9	The Rocketeer (NES & SNES)	6.3	99
10	Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (Sega Genesis)	5.9	99
11	Commodore 64	7.8	122
12	Freddy & Jason (Commodore 64)	6.6	103
13	The LJN Library	5.0	156

Season 16 (2022)

7.48 avg 6 episodes 7.9 → 7.0 24 min avg

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Last Ninja (NES)	7.9	119
2	Contra: How I Remember It	8.1	115
3	Purr Pals (Wii)	7.1	97
4	Hudson Hawk (NES)	6.9	88
5	Doom	7.9	117
6	Garfield	7.0	86

Season 17 (2023)

7.30 avg 6 episodes 6.5 → 7.9 26 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kid Icarus	6.5	88
2	Earthworm Jim Trilogy	6.8	81
3	Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull + More (Pc, N64, Gen, Nes)	7.8	80
4	A Boy and his Blob (NES)	6.6	68
5	Beating Jekyll and Hyde	8.2	94
6	Final Fantasy 6	7.9	71

Season 18 (2024)

6.84 avg 9 episodes 6.4 → 7.0 22 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Goonies 1 & 2	6.4	77
2	My Horse Prince	4.6	99
3	What is the Best Castlevania?	7.0	69
4	SimCity (SNES)	7.4	69
5	Glover (N64)	7.0	66
6	Deja Vu (NES)	8.4	76
7	Nosferatu (SNES)	6.8	58
8	Blaster Master (NES)	7.0	59
9	Game Glitches: The Legacy Sequel	7.0	67

Season 19 (2025)

7.25 avg 8 episodes 6.5 → 7.9 24 min avg

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gex Trilogy	6.5	49
2	Video Game Commercials	7.1	52
3	Dragon's Lair Re-Revisited	7.7	61
4	Metroid: Original Trilogy	7.3	51
5	Mario Paint with GWAR	6.5	57
6	Werewolf: The Last Warrior	7.8	52
7	Timecop (Super Nintendo)	7.2	41
8	E.T. Interplanetary Mission (PS1)	7.9	55

Season 20 (2026)

7.34 avg 5 episodes Still airing 7.1 → 8.6 26 min avg

Season 20 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Contra Force	7.1	47
2	ToeJam & Earl with Scott the Woz	7.1	43
3	Crash Bandicoot Games with Caddicarus	5.7	41
4	Beating Bubble Bobble	8.2	39
5	Batman: Dark Tomorrow	8.6	33

The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)

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