Die Hard - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

[@nathanielofwendell7182]

AVGN is one of the few creators that no matter how long the video has been out you can always enjoy it as though it was a new one. It has a sense of timelessness.

[@IN-pr3lw]

Internet TV show

[@liamdevan8254]

“He’s gonna take you back to the past”

[@rolandmendozain]

*One of the rarest*

[@jbartlett4171]

Watch his recent "couch" uploads....bet you don't re-watch those

[@noobmufin6375]

I think they will kinda be like that forever

[@duartemonteiro9459]

"Disturbing, maybe offensive nature of the front cover" When he said that I thought the game had an LJN logo

[@colonless7512]

Laughing Joking Numbnuts

[@X-Gen-001]

@Claudia Solomon You're right, they're not that bad. They're worse! lol

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@Claudia Solomon there almost as bad mr jyeckle and mr hyde

[@jackfreedman9678]

That would've been worse...

[@Tismdylan]

@@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 atleast it would havee made sense if it was a ljn of jekyl and hyde

[@archcorenth]

The Steve Urkel thing is an easter egg reference to an urban legend that Die Hard and Family Matters takes place in the same universe and the cop is the same character in each.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

I guess that's why he has a different name in the series. Genius.

[@sylvesteryoung2514]

Reginald Vel Johnson

[@NeverNude]

@@DOSRetroGamer what? Next you're going to tell me Chicago isn't in Los Angeles!

[@IsmailofeRegime]

The actual reason is that Urkel doesn't appear in the game, it's just a gag James (aka the Nerd) threw in because Theo in the game's cutscenes looks kinda like Urkel.

[@teebeemajestee]

@@IsmailofeRegime thank you I thought I was losing my mind

[@Kugawattan]

'Foot Power' sounds like something Shredder would use to power up his soldiers.

[@Dcfan200]

Lmao

[@lilm8818]

"There's guys coming out of your ass" This is why you gotta love avgn.

[@happsider]

I'd go for a jog, but I'm all out of foot power.

[@vallenrod7404]

Its not important but... OMG SOMEONE FROM SPELUNKY COMMUNITY

[@ErbiumErbium]

happsider lol

[@TheSultan1470]

HAHAHAAHAH

[@Simon0]

That's always my excuse

[@SwiftSmashGamingZone]

[@gregorysmith5134]

there's guys around every corner.. there's guys coming out of the elevator.. there's guys coming out of your ass..

[@Who-uj8nl]

Sounds like destiny.

[@haxzie8644]

I died at that part XD

[@血の神]

Haxel 09 me too XD

[@r2garc1a]

And a guy actually did come out of his ass. That was just too much lmao

[@ButterStick64]

7:59

[@eduardobsn83]

It's a shame. He didn't see the message at the end of the game. "Good job, PARDNER!" hahaha

[@ДанилаВеретенн]

Really? Like bimmy?

[@raymantamantaray1743]

@@ДанилаВеретенн really? you're asking a question to a guy who commented 4 years ago? he won't see it you idiot.

[@CakeHebenstreit]

@Bluntman Chronic this looks fun. Really, I'm replying to comments from 3 months ago? They won't see it, you idiot.

[@naherathe]

@@CakeHebenstreit pff a 1 day ago reply? They won't see it you idiot

[@jhrtelem]

Let`s see...

[@mapeymaple]

"then steve erkel comes on and im like wtf"- my favorite nerd moment

[@unpopularopinion7812]

Ian Schaefer. I always laugh hard at that part too. It's a weird funny moment that the developers made.

[@neilmallick20]

Mark Howell That part isn't even in the game, AVGN just made it up.

[@MoskHotel]

I bet Steve Erkel’s that kid that Winslow shot. LMAO XD

[@neilmallick20]

@boi mac How about you prove that it's in the game.

[@flyingfish1138]

@boi mac you can tell by the text that it was added in, if that was legit, he would’ve made a much bigger deal about roasting it

[@Raizo_Ch]

"There's guys coming out of your ass" hahahah omg that cracked me up!

[@zachhaywood1564]

"Foot Power"sounds like the audition process Dan Schneider and Quentin Tarantino use to find actresses.

[@thatkindofboi9955]

dan "get in the van" schneider

[@b.o.j.1442]

that kind of boi dan “the defiler” schneider

[@thatkindofboi9955]

@@b.o.j.1442 dan "she's a fighter hold her tighter" schneider

[@MaxOakland]

I feel terrible for the people who survived that abuse

[@vequitas1972]

Oof.

[@em.4774]

So thats where Hotline Miami came from.......

[@0Synergy]

+Eric M Expect This game gives you a headache 10x worse than Hotline Miami

[@cvltist.]

+William Stipcevic you can get headache from hotline miami ?

[@0Synergy]

Yep the movement of the screen causes motion sickness to some ( I once threw up after playing it)

[@cvltist.]

ok.... i played 1 in one session... without problems... i was high though maybe that helped i dunno. the powerplant in 2 gives me headaches tho.... but not from motion sickness :'D

[@0Synergy]

Lol

[@WinVisten]

This episode was directed by Michael Bay.

[@diepiepew12]

+WinVisten Michael Bay??? BITCH PLEASE!!!! avgn always puts explosions!!

[@WinVisten]

radionatix bahamas It was a joke.

[@madmatt3771]

+WinVisten god damn it michael fuck i mean bay its fuck now

[@andrewrogers7404]

And is as awesome as the SMTD

[@WinVisten]

Andrew Rogers Pretty close, more like as awesome as The F-15C. c:

[@petewadesays12]

For some reason the opening rant about the image on the cover has always been one of my favorite Nerd moments. His facial expression and how serious in his voice. Just always have loved that a lot.

[@iLJailbreak]

oh boy the 9/11 memes are coming

[@chrisjenkins2099]

This will always rank up there as one of the best AVGN episodes. I can't believe it has less views than ones like McKids or Nintendo Power. It's so fucking epic. Not only are the special effects at the end awesome but the delivery of his lines through the whole episode are fucking perfect.

[@lieutenantpepper3421]

This game's being ASS!

[@ToastyMann]

Gyromite 76 Steve erckle

[@swarmtown]

Chris Jenkins I come to this video every few months or so just for the "He won't climb down with a rope, but he'll jump out of a window and fucking kill himself?!" line. It gets me every single time.

[@lilturk726]

+Chris Jenkins My favorites were always Ikari Warriors and Atari Sports Games. But to be fair, there aren't too many (if at all) bad episodes of AVGN.

[@sumerian88]

+Chris Jenkins ''WELL TAKE A WILD FUCKING GUESS'' Lol, that line kills me. Of course it's gonna be shit xD

[@RockstarGamer45]

oh my god the part where he says Officer Carl Winslow and Urkle coming out saying "did I do that?" bit is just epic hilarity

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Oh boy... i'm just imagining an alternate cut of Die Hard where Steve Urkel makes a cameo and inadvertently causes a rocket to blow up the armored police car with everyone looking at him as he says his most famous phrase: "Did I do that?"

[@tipsybun]

LOL

[@shoptemtemflake4113]

E1ite Yoshi Hoi! Lol

[@chillydawgg4354]

then he turns into sonic the hedgehog & spindashes away

[@c-force5217]

Oh, the quarterback is TOAST!!!

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

End result snapped disk

[@ProtoMario]

Dog buscuits in Lethal Weapon would have been funny though.

[@batcat2338]

No

[@flaviapunktexe]

In Wolfenstein 3D you also can eat dogfood or DRINK BLOOD!

[@brunosoaresmaciel1684]

I hate you

[@bedroom2878]

@@brunosoaresmaciel1684 me too

[@jadedheartsz]

they actually did have those in the SNES version.

[@JBowKow]

This actually looks incredibly ambitious for its time.

[@piccolo54trunks2]

big agreee

[@selka1661]

Yea reminds me of Hotline Miami sort of

[@seanmyster6]

@@selka1661 I was just about to say, Hotline Miami is basically this game done with modern polish.

[@Ragefeast95]

i thought the site was frozen at the beginning

[@lewie895]

ebkdan na he means when it says ''episode 28'' at the start, lol i actually thought it crashed as well

[@notkimpine]

Ragefeast95 What Frozen? I Watch At The Beginning It Turns Out Nothing Happened

[@Alex-uj9xz]

Ragefeast95 same

[@user-sd2gv8vz8f]

Ragefeast95 do true

[@wwemonkey619]

goodbye world no idea

[@CreamyClaws]

"This game's being ass!" is something I laughed way too hard at

[@2312uri]

It's so strange how many references there are about 9/11 BEFORE it happened

[@aussienick4520]

Notice in Die hard 3 that the black guy nearly crashes because he's looking up at the twin towers?

[@BraydenCH04]

It's probably the video game time line includes every system ever realeased

[@andrewc1199]

Die Hard on NES, made by Osama bin Laden Video Game Productions. Sold only in Afghanistan.

[@aussienick4520]

Andrew Carlstedt NOTICE: Developers have been defunct since 2011.

[@zafelrede4884]

AussieNick OMG you found out who blew up the twin towers

[@jupiter9099]

The thought of Mario talking back to the player made me burst into laughter.

[@cmb9173]

Jupiter9099 "...you know what? I'm pretty sure that rescuing the princess is not worth the trouble. Why can't we just find another one? I'm sure Daisy would be a great new princess. G'day sir." *walks back to the left bound of 1-1*"

[@creakingskull7008]

+Jupiter9099 Why do I keep finding you?!?? This is starting to creep me out.........

[@jupiter9099]

El todo poderoso Arceus Lots of people say they find me everywhere.

[@creakingskull7008]

Jupiter9099 I always find you in AVGN, Nostalgia critic, Panty and Stocking videos, N64 Music videos and The Frollo show

[@cmb9173]

Jupiter9099 I gotta agree, you *are* everywhere.

[@savagegamer81013]

Classic game developers always depicting tragic future events with the box art on one of their games

[@1UpEXP]

"What if a Video Game Character just talked backed to you" Tell that to Sonic the next time he says "Fuck this, I'm outta here" after waiting 3 minutes in the original Sonic.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

That was actually Sonic CD.

[@DerpTheWorld1]

This video has more explosions than a michael bay movie.

[@Sil3ntLynx]

It's more or less a draw :P

[@TheKaiserTheKaiser]

I think this game looks very ambitious for its time. The locks instead of a simple clock are a nice touch, and they did all they could to make the game resemble the movie, with the limited and known number of bad guys, the foot power, the locks, etc. The "fog of war" is a pretty smart mechanic too, enemies don't notice you before you see them. Maybe the game is impossible due to the firepower the enemies have, and the bad controls, but it really does look like it could have been a classic.

[@crimsonslayer6641]

8:49 That finale fit so well!

[@_lucyfree]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes. I especially love the fast pace of this and some of the other ones made around this time.

[@Tool0GT92]

The locks are from the safe in the movie when they were breaking into it.

[@dualshock3]

The ending was awesome XD

[@MegaPieOverlord]

Nice naming your account after a controller. i wouldve never thought of that.

[@erbebo03]

MegaPieOverlord OMG someone who is nice youve earned the disticon:Nice guy

[@superrazor7617]

You still around?

[@yungevilbruh]

@@superrazor7617 ig not bruh its bad 😞😞

[@b-fizzlehizally7056]

You know what? I think this is one of the best Nerd videos around. Good blend of anger, live action, and it's probably one of the funniest I've seen. Well done!

[@tylermills1699]

"You can't even scratch your head. You'll just be playing and then all of a sudden, WOAH! Your dead"-Favorite quote of the episode

[@FreeThinkAlways]

His reaction to the WOAH is perfect delivery lol

[@tylermills1699]

@@FreeThinkAlways Yes it is

[@junior214223]

4:25 "He walks like there's something wrong with him" he doesn't have enough foot power, duh.

[@crossingpoelz4984]

How could anyone be offended by the cover? This game was made in 1991, pre-dating 9/11 by ten years.

[@odeiomine]

Hint: 21/01/2009

[@peppermillers8361]

Matheus Henrique ???

[@SuperLordGaming]

Joshua Gregory Hah, not me. I made a comment 3 months ago about this too. Not all of us are over sensitive or anything.

[@JoshuaRAWRR]

SuperLordGaming You're an exceptional breed then, and you don't deserve to be an American, you're too good to be an American.

[@RobotFr0g]

Joshua Gregory I'm not overly-sensitive.

[@coleman4840]

8:06 I love how part of the backdraft soundtrack is in this

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Isn't there supposed to be text at 6:22? What's he reading, 'cause my screen is just black during that part.

[@JohnnyCasey]

Yeah that happens.

[@cazador7131]

Happened to me too

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

I guess we have to dish out the DVD for that

[@MasterJim2020]

6:17 This reminds me of “Lester the Unlikable”, where Lester just randomly stops and says “No.”

[@AdamX21198]

1:17 According to wikipedia, the release dates for Die Hard the game for Amiga/Dos/NES were around 1990-1992 (It is multi-platform apparently) and the 9/11 attacks were a decade later. Not the first game to have this sort of coincidence, Deus Ex was missing the Twin Towers in the background of the first level.

[@brittanycunningham787]

It's called pre predictive programming

[@smurf88]

The enthusiasm and nitpicking of his old vids is still so refreshing to this day.

[@kylitothemidcreator]

8:49 i always replay this part and it never gets old 😆

[@VideoGameGirl64]

That ending.. Was the most epic thing I've ever seen in my entire life :O

[@arcticular]

True OGs will remember when this episode and Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout were both age-restricted.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

sensitive content LOL

[@cloudshines812]

Came here after hearing Bruce Willis is retiring... We'll miss you "Yipee Ky Yay"

[@deathsia250]

*dies laughing* *Gets resurrected as a zombie* *laughs so hard she crumbles to dust*

[@stormblahblah5589]

Cute.

[@jollabang9564]

um, okay...

[@ayylmao575]

deathsia What?

[@Bobombkaboom]

Anyone ever reply on someone's 4 year old comment... just to see if they're still around?

[@gustafdahlstrom5504]

Hi, are you still around boyo?

[@thatsmallcessna8300]

Y’all good?

[@Simon0]

Yes sometimes I reply after eight years even though after that long they probably don't care about their comment anymore.

[@papayer]

Are you all dead yet

[@unkowncontentcreator]

Knock knock; whos there? ....

[@Tillyard86]

He actually gets a lot of details wrong about this game. For example, the timer running out takes you to the final boss battle with any reminding bad guys. I'm also not sure why he is so surprised that jumping out of a 32nd-floor window kills you.

[@SSKO2]

6:41 my favorite part

[@JohnMatayas]

Game concepts like feet, glass and darkness all seem pretty cool to be honest

[@acornstairlift]

To be honest, this is a fun game. It also follows the movie really well and is probably the best movie adaptation I've ever seen on the NES.

[@AC1.0_5]

1:24 WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING!

[@B3Band]

Is the "no thanks" part censored for some reason? Why is that part blank?

[@PhenomenalJec]

I think it's a troll.

[@Bauglir100]

It's a glitch.

[@happyjoker666]

what about DIE HARD trilogy on PlayStation

[@manueldope2292]

That was one of my favorite games.🤣😂🤣

[@mendez704]

Regarding what the nerd says about characters talking back to the player (around 6:24...) Actually, in Sierra a Lucas Arts graphic adventures characters talk back to the players all the time (especially to tell him or her that they are not going to perform certain action that the player commanded)

[@julietafierrolanouguere]

I’m pretty sure most Lucas Arts graphic adventure games got that

[@Isaac1995]

4M Views and only 2M subscribers. THAT'S the sign of a good KZbinr.

[@DoctorBHSwift]

Isaac I know I've watched each episode at least 3 times haha

[@deridivisstar884]

Character will commit suicide by jumping out a window, but won't use a rope to descend down the same building. Fascinating

[@FreshprinceObelair]

I thought my screen froze at the beginning.

[@walkthroughz1]

Same lol

[@strangeway330]

Nice stolen comment

[@MrRenegadeshinobi]

FreshprinceObelair so did I.

[@ShortManlet]

@@strangeway330 or just that relatable

[@fletchy40]

1:00 I thought my video froze

[@rdelangel81]

R.I.P. to Alan Rickman

[@crashpal]

Turn To Page 394

[@michaelbandada9887]

Die Hard 3 has Samuel L Jackson as Zeus who is Bruce Willis’ partner in stopping a revenge scheme orchestrated by Jeremy Irons aka Scar

[@ama-ri_vox]

@@michaelbandada9887 i think we all know that Jeremy irons is scar from Lion King

[@adamuzumaki98]

@@crashpal What is this? "Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban?"

[@AC1.0_5]

F for respect

[@anumpreto]

I have a dissertation and three articles to finish but here I am marathoning AVGN.

[@usasupersoccer]

2007 seems like yesterday, but it also seems like a million years ago.

[@ManinTidyWhities]

When Bruce Willis said Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, he was actually referring to this game, and not the actual movie which is a Christmas movie

[@garrswenson]

My favorite line: "So is this game gonna be good, or is it gonna suck? Well, take a wild fucking guess!"

[@lalocorgan]

Jame is definitely at his best when he reviews movie based games, because it combines his two great passions: films and videogames. And cursing

[@jason1182000]

Duh the cover resembles the Munich Massacre

[@ryanrandall788]

really? I thought it was 911.

[@jason1182000]

Sarcasm

[@epicmegaelectricboogaloobo5080]

Y

[@andreimina7494]

Looked like Columbine Massacre to me

[@AwkwardAndInnocent]

This is my favorite AVGN vid. The last couple minutes where he just starts freaking out are hilarious

[@hitherescotty]

I just played through this entire game and it's the tits. Pretty short and a bit confusing, but really solid for an NES game, honestly. You just have to be CAREFUL and ABLFS, always be looking for sodas. If you've seen the movie, you won't need a walkthrough. Just pay attention to messages on the radio and follow the order of events from the film. They match up almost exactly.

[@senormarston]

Such a shame, that Die Hard cover reminds me of that tragedy...

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

Huge reach

[@choiyenaenjoyer]

i walked through blood and bones

[@Spar10Leonidas]

Was that Steve Urkel thing real or did he add that?

[@SSBBPlayListMaker]

I think he added that, all the pictures consisted of a single color while Steve had multiple.

[@Spar10Leonidas]

SSBBPlayListMaker Good observation. You're probably right. Thanks.

[@MilesEdgeworth129]

No, Theo's sprite in the game just looks kinda like Urkel, which is why he decided to use it as a joke.

[@zchi5417]

Woah what the fuck did michael bay suddenly just take over cinemassacre?

[@paulstaker8861]

Actually the darkness thing was rad. It builds suspense by keeping you guessing what's around the corner, just like any modern action or horror game.

[@McDumDum]

James ferociously punching the guy at the beginning of the video will never not be funny to me

[@NarokathCrimzonAE]

"Forget trying to explain how this game works..." Then he continues explaining it, to epic music, haha!

[@objectiveasylum]

omg James is so young

[@adamuzumaki98]

Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.

[@thebrokenglasskids5196]

You know a game is old when it refers to the bad guys as "crooks." xD

[@WhiteSharkUK]

The "scratch your head and WOAH!" bit made me crack up!! XD

[@krisfrosz133]

6:22 - Why is this part blank? Is it a copyright issue?

[@jdnsae4475]

2:02 Lmao! I laughed so hard at this.

[@joebryant5537]

John McClain's foot power lol

[@liquidorion9250]

Nothing like coming back for a good ol' episode of AVGN.

[@biancaarmstrong5097]

7:44 Best part of this video😎

[@lukethoennes440]

You have to realize that when Die Hard was released, 9/11 was at least a decade off, so the cover wasn't very offensive at the time that the game came out

[@asiansensation1398]

he was prob referring it to be offensive NOW, not back then......

[@lukethoennes440]

Matthew Weekley No poop, professor, but when the game was originally released, it wasn't offensive, so it really shouldn't be that big of a deal now, since the designers had no idea that it would be offensive in 15 years. I'm just saying that we shouldn't make such a big deal out of a coincidence. It isn't even the Towers on the box.

[@asiansensation1398]

read the comment i just said again and again..

[@lukethoennes440]

Matthew Weekley I'm saying that it shouldn't be offensive though. It was not the Towers on the cart, and it is a simple coincidence that it looks like 9/11. The game and movie have nothing to do with the Twin Towers, so it should not be offensive because it is unrelated. It is only offensive if you make it offensive

[@victoneter]

Yeah no fucking shit, dumbass. Do you think we're all retarded or something?

[@8ligh7]

I just love the fact that he calls it foot power.

[@howtoprod1]

The picture on the cartridge and the title screen probably predicted September 11, 2001 💀

[@hollyvelocitygrl]

'Footpower' =hilarious

[@Focusedfelix]

All I could think of was the first TMNT movie >.< Haha.

[@ABOhiccups]

Anyone agrees with me that this AVGN Episode is also a Christmas Episode?

[@seymoorepoone9512]

Yes.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

No

[@Joyless222gaming]

I really like AVGN. James and Mike. I watched AVGN a long time ago but forgot about it. (ADHD) lol My friends talked about him all the time but i didn't really know it was him.

[@danvsjeep8062]

I love alllllllllllllll of the Nerd videos. But there is just something about how raw and cheesy these older ones were. I love it. Love them all. Thanks for doing what you do. Have been a fan since the Friday the 13th episode.

[@thebasquez]

0:31 E.T.??? What a tease xD

[@NintendoWizard24]

is steve urkle REALLY in this?? or is it fake for a joke?

[@gamejackthegameboy8647]

PhantomArtist it's a shame, you asked this question 3 years ago, yet no one answered (at least not on my device)

[@bigrigjoe5130]

It's a joke

[@Spontaneous1984]

There's guys coming out of every corner. There's guys coming out of the elevator. There's guys coming out of ur ass.

[@poet279]

PhantomArtist It's real. It was an easter egg.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

It's a joke the Nerd added since there's cutscenes involving Theo, who in game kinda looks like Urkel.

[@uncaaj]

This game make so much more sense after having seen the film. It still looks like a piece of shit, though.

[@SebastianLundh1988]

Man, must have been a 8-9 years or so since I last watched this video. I love you, James!

[@LukesGamePage]

I played this recently and actually enjoyed it. Was impressed with how faithful it was to the film

[@jaakkopontinen]

What an elaborate game, I think it looks awesome. Intense. It's like Metal Gear Solid but with more action. Way beyond what's usually on the NES shoot'em'up rack. I bet it's kinda hard but man. I'm gonna play this.

[@blu_j_1977]

This desperately needs a remake. Die Hard inspired Metal Gear Solid, the remake should be inspired from that

[@Echo0221]

8:49 one of the best nerd moments ever

[@MoonWho78]

Has there ever been a patched reupload to fix video issue at 6:22? or is it messed up forever?

[@Shaun92official]

Die Hard Trilogy for PS1 was amazing

[@Christoffski]

Literally 3 cool games in one.

[@jadedheartsz]

I played Die Hard arcade and it was epic, also recently played Die Hard Vendetta on the Gamecube and it was pretty solid.

[@SwearfoGod.]

7:49 Me stepping foot in Detroit MI

[@JustYourLocalGuyWhoPostClips]

I can confirm that this is true

[@boxcat24]

This is a good shooter for the year 1883

[@Vindicator12Music]

you dumbass this game is was made in 1745...... get your facts straight bub

[@andrewc1199]

Or for the month, date, and year of September 11, 2001

[@majorehh]

Andy Rome you gus are si wroong, this was made in the acient greks in 710 bc.

[@clementolatum]

Nope it wasn't, it was made by the amazing Ralph in 1+1

[@zafelrede4884]

Q-Animated NO YOU ARE ALL WRONG it was made by me

[@PetProjects2011]

"Have you ever had a video game character talk back to you?" Yes. April Ryan in 'The Longest Journey'.