The Official Angry Video Game Nerd Discussion Thread

[DuckTalesNES]

No you were right on. There is a minisub that they use in Jaws IV, while diving for conch shells. Comparing the game to the movie Jaws IV, the game is an unbelievable success.

[Rob2600]

No you were right on. There is a minisub that they use in Jaws IV, while diving for conch shells. Comparing the game to the movie Jaws IV, the game is an unbelievable success.

In that case, I apologize. Jaws for the NES is a masterpiece.

[Greg2600]

No you were right on. There is a minisub that they use in Jaws IV, while diving for conch shells. Comparing the game to the movie Jaws IV, the game is an unbelievable success.

Hah, well I couldn't bare myself to attempt to watch that movie again to find out. The shark eating the airplane, was, amazing.

[Kitsune Sniper]

No, and that's one reason why those games are also feces.

I never thought I'd see the day when gamers actually defend LJN.

I'm not defending LJN. I'm defending Westone.

Jaws was released in late 1987. By then, we had Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Rush 'n Attack, Castlevania, etc. Compared to what was available at the time, Jaws was already garbage.

Yes, and the majority of LJN's other godawful games were released years after those games too! Which means your point doesn't make much sense to me.

[Blitzwing256]

in defense of many of the poorly recieved movie tie in games, it is really dificult to make a game based on many of the movies and keep it topical. hell there was a radio flyer game in the works at one point (seriously)

honestly someone just gave you a large lump of cash and said "make me a game based on jaws for the nes"

what would YOU do with such a licence?

[Kitsune Sniper]

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[Icarus Moonsight]

Another angle: It took one of the least notable Westone games to make LJN look somewhat competent.

The recent Jaws game enjoys some cult popularity... It is rather fun. I don't think Nintendo would have gone for that concept on the NES back then.

So, how to handle the license? Be the Shark. Fishing, even for a legendary silverscreen monster, is boring.

[rkotm]

Decent video, the Jaws part was okay..I can't put my finger on it. The Jurassic Park bits were great, and ET jokes were the best. I don't think we'll see another AVGN until August or so, James said this was the last for a long while.

[Famidrive-16]

Might be the closest to a new one for this month:

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/02/i...charity-event/

[Zing]

I went back and watched some of the old episodes. The two Batman episodes are probably the overall funniest in the series. The Joker "guest" is actually funny and entertaining unlike the other corny stuff like Bugs Bunny or ROB.

[boatofcar]

Jaws is not AVGN material. It's not a bad game by any stretch.

[sheath]

in defense of many of the poorly recieved movie tie in games, it is really dificult to make a game based on many of the movies and keep it topical. hell there was a radio flyer game in the works at one point (seriously)

honestly someone just gave you a large lump of cash and said "make me a game based on jaws for the nes"

what would YOU do with such a licence?

Ninja Gaiden style cutscenes, Shadowgate style evidence collecting scenes, first person shooting scenes where the shark is popping its mouth out of the water while attacking my boat. You could also have a Super Star Wars style boss fight where the shark jumps on_to the boat and shoots fricking lasers out of its head.

Somebody give me a large lump of cash please, and I'll make it happen.

[Zing]

I went back and watched a bunch of his old videos, but when I started the Indiana Jones video, I gave up. Almost every single complaint he had about the game could be avoided by reading the instruction book which came with the game. I owned this game when I was a child and it was actually very easy. I used to finish it repeatedly with ease, and always tried to better my score. I thought it was a great game at the time.

I realized that many of AVGN's complaints for most games were related to simply not knowing how to play. Legit complaints about a game were often humorous, but intentionally making himself ignorant got stale.

[QuickSciFi]

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[Enigmus]

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[QuickSciFi]

just my two cents.

[pseudonym]

Jaws isn't that bad. For my money, Ghostbusters 2 by Activision is the worst game based on a movie that I've played. It's strange that Europe got the most competently made Ghostbusters game that I've played - New Ghostbusters II.

[joshnickerson]

It's strange that Europe got the most competently made Ghostbusters game that I've played - New Ghostbusters II.

Psst. Ghostbusters II on Gameboy in the US was basically a port of New Ghostbusters, abiet missing a few levels.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

There was a flurry of discussion about James/AVGN on The Howard Stern Show this morning.

One of Stern's regular remote interview contributors "Wolfie" was at Too Many Games last week and interviewed a bunch of awkward attendees for comical reaction.

Almost every single person he interviewed mentioned that they were there to see James, and Stern's show producer Garry "Baba Booey" Dell'abate had researched who "The Angry Video Game Nerd" was and chimed in when Howard and Robin questioned "Who's the Angry Video Game Nerd?".

I'm not sure if James is a Stern fan, but it was certainly very cool to hear the gang talk about him in a reasonably favorable light. Howard even commented/speculated on James' income situation vs. some of the admittedly unemployed attendees at Too Many Games "... The Angry Video Game Nerd must be cleaning up!"

I be he'll see a nice spike in site visitation/video viewership thanks to this spot.

Good for him.

[Greg2600]

Wow, I'm more surprised that Stern was actually in studio.