Super Hydlide & Virtual Hydlide (SEGA Genesis) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

The Nerd returns to the Hydlide franchise with Super Hydlide for the Sega Genesis and Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn. This is Angry Videogame Nerd episode 161
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[@JamesNintendoNerd]

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[@everythingpony]

So have you psted this on episode 1?

[@reapersouls9269]

Your the only angry game nerd for me .👏

[@samsunderson2577]

This game is best when if you speed-run it. Agdq showcased it this year and once you know what your doing it's really funny and fun.

[@ducktape4981]

Ur a poopy head

[@lucridler8986]

I love the Tool reference

[@connorlondon6384]

Fun fact: The company that developed virtual hydlide had released a virtual golf game on the system, and instead of spending the money making a new engine, they decided to use the golf game engine for virtual hydlide. It explains the bizarre walk cycles and golf-like minimap in the corner.

[@ilovesanrioandmcr2031]

That explains why the camera is like it's "chasing the Golf Ball" I guess.

[@anhphonglenguyen2799]

Thanks for the fact :D

[@Nikku4211]

It also explains why the framerate is very bad. It's okay for golf, due to its relatively slow pace, but not for an action RPG.

[@romanbukins6527]

That is actually kinda impressive to use an engine from a golf game for an RPG...

[@TheDONShake]

Can’t believe ATLUS made this shit fest, the very same guys who’ve brought us SMT

[@kurtfranklin2680]

“You have to touch a bunch of balls to open a door.” Sounds like entertainment industry.

[@thomasrevere1728]

😂

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

😂😂

[@2Scribble]

Or most kickstarters or political appointments -nod-

[@akiradkcn]

lul

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

Secretary opportunity..

[@tehberral]

To this day, I still love how he couldn't say the Tool joke without smiling a little.

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

Tool. You got a tool. *pulls out a screwdriver* ah yes, a dragon’s weakness. ♠️

[@user-pz7fr4vg8k]

Have you even seen Ikari Warriors? or the outtakes?

[@NitromantoHDTR]

I'm sure he would have included one of the track names from Fear Inoculum if he had made this after they released it.

[@dittoisgod8108]

11:54

[@bennett420316]

He couldn't have a reflection on his triad of issue's

[@rotaryskratch18]

"Congratulations." They can't even give you an exclamation mark???

[@Aralaas]

Hey they aren't made of money, pixels aren't cheap.

[@nthgth]

At least they could spare more than a single congratulation.

[@gengarzilla1685]

At least they spelt it right.

[@BenCol]

At least it’s a full stop and not a question mark.

[@mdcx2016]

They couldn't fit a gif of the *slow clap*.

[@CattyMintgum]

I couldn't stop laughing at Jim's fairy armor. He looks like an action figure wearing the wrong accessory.

[@TBanos]

EXTREMELY underrated comment

[@figment1988]

and good thing that armor isn't a long one, otherwise it would've accidentally foreshadowed Elsa from Frozen.

[@markcobuzzi826]

It looks like how Phelous would dress up “Bat Hero” in his Bootleg Zones episodes.

[@observingrogue7652]

Or a Barbie dress. Drag-Queens are cool. But when it's not intentional, it's funny.

[@MJFallout]

I don't use the word 'grotesque' lightly, but...

[@magma1264]

"Oh, yeah it's on the Saturn, so I have to set the date and time. I'll let it keep thinking it's 1994, so it doesn't know it's cruel fate of being discontinued." ...Ouch. But LOL

[@renrezcrypto6155]

Saturn is great.

[@Cr4z3d]

lol found this comment right after he said it

[@handsomebrick]

But is it more cruel to let the console suffer in its amnesiac state from having its memory battery drained? Think about it.

[@101Volts]

I wonder which games have easter eggs only on certain days of the year.

[@cameronlestat3246]

Pretty sure all consoles from 1994 are discontinued

[@PyroIce1]

Imagine seeing someone walk into a store to buy a watch battery with his Sega Saturn in his arm.

[@ainadupuis2651]

Never laughed so hard in my life yo lol! 😂

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

I'm definitely doing it with my wii in 15 years

[@qunt100]

I find it funny as someone who owns a sega saturn lol. But i would just buy the batteries without it in my arms.

[@FFP_BF2]

That’s me with my GameBoy advance. Batteries die? Walk into family dollar, buy 4 pack of AAs, and put 2 of them in the GBA in the middle of the store. Cue confused and amused look from clerk.

[@1989Ezal]

😂😂😂

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

Without further a doodoo, classic nerd phrasing.

[@moescredriver5486]

Bonjouuuuuuur 😂

[@tilasole3252]

What is it exactly that you, do do? - Young Frankenstein

[@bailujen8052]

3:23

[@albuttt]

8:46 *Played a 1995 game with the clock set to 1994. What a madlad.*

[@makitvvicentijevic7405]

R/MadLads

[@aquelecientista4491]

maybe when the game was getting made

[@matthaeusrex5627]

HeS GuNnA TaKe YOu BAck To tHE PaST

[@peesinyourass]

tO pLAy THe sHitTy gAMeS thAt SuCk AsS

[@StormsparkPegasus]

The designers must've been smoking the scroll of herb when they made this.

[@spartanforce7]

I could go for some scroll of herb.

[@George_Bulkin]

@@spartanforce7 Hmm, last time I've seen some of them at the Secret Order of Esseepee. I think they have 4, maybe even 20 of 'em, though this sounds like a joke.

[@FizzleFX]

I say a potion made by Zecora...

[@KatonRyu]

I really want to upvote this comment but we're at 420 likes, so I'll just do it this way.

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

7 different herbs to be precise

[@AstalThe9]

I suspect The Nerd had more fun with Virtual Hylide then he wants you to think.

[@Mrcaremal5]

For sure, there's a few games that he openly enjoys when reviewing like Doom and Chex Quest.

[@dominicballinger6536]

I mean, it looks like a worse version of the Elder Scrolls 2

[@butyoucancallmezyn]

"Jim doesn't sound like a knight. Jim sounds like a Nerd." -James stares at camera-

[@marianogamer6261]

you are a genious

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

@@marianogamer6261 WHAT ?? AVGN made the joke.. not him ☝️

[@pepijn23]

You get it? Jim the knight. James the nerd

[@Super_Suchi]

He stares at the camera like a certain other Jim

[@rickylucas6503]

Whats with the crossed out sentence?

[@mugglesmonster]

Was this just a really long "You know what's bullshit" episode???

[@idkidk4334]

He should make a "you Know what's bullshit?" Episode about stupid/shitty advertisements or politics

[@bioswat96]

+

[@stoneocean0065]

No it's a episodes of wanna says alright game is terrible and horrifying no seriously I played it and it was alright I mean super the Saturn one is terrible

[@elmudsbunker8131]

@@stoneocean0065 Foreign or damaged?

[@TaylorZanderFrancis]

I was kinda expecting the Bullshit Man to take the discarded book and make a comment on it... But considering how long it's been since he made a live-action appearance, that costume's probably messed up. I think I could see sponge in it when he last used it. I just hope he smartens it up a bit before he next uses it... Actually, I just realised how strange that sounds: "Rolfe, please can you clean up your bullshit?"..... Yeah, I'll leave now...

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

What did we do to deserve so much AVGN lately?

[@TheRealPsychoetry]

DON'T QUESTION IT, WE NEED IT

[@tonytan8721]

Because it's November, and Christmas specials are coming

[@KombatGod]

Idk what we did, but what he did is an Amazon Prime partnership.

[@raventripp6099]

Idk but it fills my soul with warmth and happiness.

[@SuperAnthony23MJ]

Probably because when you look at the views of his videos many of them top out at about 150k whereas nerd episodes always reach a Million or more, even now. Seeing that, it probably makes a lot of sense for James to make nerd episodes. Though I bet Board James and Bullshit episodes would get a lot of views as well.

[@ellechero1082]

Something tells me that he actually likes Virtual Hydlyde

[@dbone3356]

"So without further a doo-doo." That made me laugh more than it should have.

[@Thatonegirl989]

D Bone same. I’m kind of ashamed lol

[@andremoura7882]

Could you please explain what that means and why it's funny? I can't get it.

[@oliverchiasson7833]

It's a play on “without further ado”

[@abaddon2148]

@@andremoura7882 without further ado, without further a doo doo, you see?

[@andremoura7882]

@@abaddon2148 Yes, I see. But why is it funny? I mean what is a "doo doo"?

[@InuYugiHakusho]

I see the Nerd's house was rebuilt after being blown up in the Resident Evil Survivor episode.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Courtesy of BSAA

[@turtleanton6539]

Great continuity

[@Ozku9]

Umbrella has pretty good insurance, just as long as you survive that is...

[@LaNoLaCola]

Good thing too. The nerd's house almost became an explosion sandwich.

[@JonathanHenry]

He's friends with The Angry Carpentry Guy and The Angry Electrician. And everybody who works with construction seems to be angry. So, he gets a pretty good discount.

[@Yarumasi]

This is the closest in recent history that an episode has completely felt like a classic. I love it.

[@WadeWilsonKPop]

The theme sealed the deal.

[@dawgiedawg6893]

I'd have to agree.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

2 words: Lightspan Adventures

[@DarthLahey479]

2nd to me, idk If its recent, but his paperboy review felt right at home in 2006-9

[@LonelyGuitarKid]

The snare in the intro is way too compressed though

[@fetusdeletus9266]

Apparently the vampire in virtual hydlide is saying ‘please choose the number of player’ in Japanese which has been slowed down and reversed

[@G.L.999]

I can honestly say that AVGN secretly enjoyed this game.

[@ramitouati1325]

Tbh virtual hydlide is Not that bad

[@LegoYesMegaBloxNoVGCPd3dsaRE3]

The return of the real theme song

[@HEYitzED]

Ross Spence Still the best one too.

[@raptor4798]

Seriously, and it even sounded like they boosted the guitar

[@WhiteLantern12]

THANK GOD

[@SSGrau.]

Classic.

[@gyromurphy]

That dubbed "AAAASSSSS"!!!! gets me every time.

[@DarthRushy]

FHUUUUUUCK

[@FizzleFX]

Beat innocent children? I mean, look at those games!

[@ethanwilkins6033]

Damn you’re cute and like kratom?

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

Game was innovative for its time though... a lot of interesting ideas, like the randomized world. Too bad the ridiculously bad graphics, camera and controls hold it back, but you can see what they were going for and I appreciate the ambition.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

true but as mr myagi once said " ambition without knowledge is like boat without rudder"

[@DemonSaine]

Virtual Hydlide seems like it was the extreme prototype of Souls games a bit

[@bingobongo1615]

Frankly speaking the graphics are absolutely amazing for Saturn. The framerate is too low and some stuff looks unappealing but the fidelity is really high for the system

[@angel_of_rust]

it's like the worst a roguelike could be

[@ronmower]

@@dionjaywoollaston1349 Hai.

[@OriasX]

12:44 It turns the game red,game is called *Virtual* Hydlide The game was originally designed for Virtual Boy confirmed

[@osamafarqad7035]

2 avgn videos in one week.. Its a dream come true

[@chek8197]

Osama bin Laughin' those videos were already on amazon prime.

[@erllt5710]

yes

[@osamafarqad7035]

@@chek8197 im broke as fuck

[@tfstopmotions5672]

Hundredth like!

[@madirishman4403]

I enjoy the rate of episodes. It used to be 2 every few months and now it’s 1 every week.

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

Hydlide… sounds like a noxious chemical, like Potassium Hydlide.

[@EdwardNavu]

NaH. More like Sodium Hydride.

[@cristianmurgociu4569]

@@EdwardNavu cue the... laughter? Seriously, what was that?

[@EdwardNavu]

@@cristianmurgociu4569 Ionic compound of sodium and hydrogen, with hydrogen as the negatively charged, unlike conventional cases. A strong base useful for organic synthesis, AFAIK.

[@nomblob5592]

Edward Knave Thats...interesting to know. So the game does have an actual real life name

[@Bung-ms9jc]

@@EdwardNavu big brain

[@ClockworkMan13]

When it comes to randomized games, the claim that there are billions of level combinations is extremely misleading. Not only would you have to rule out the majority of non-playable combos, you'd also have to rule out the combos that are functionally identical. For example: if you were to move one object one space to the left, that would technically count as a new level combination.

[@michaell6807]

Id just turn off the game and call that a combo

[@njackson6807]

I'm not gonna lie, Virtual Hydlyde actually looks like fun

[@tiruliru1189]

Virtual Hydlide is better than Super Hydlide and Hydline (NES), but still, it sucks.

[@dwarflord420]

@J. C I know,right. I thought I was the only one who was getting Daggerfall vibes from Virtual Hydlide. And did anyone else notice that the opening cutscene was a direct ripoff of "As the world falls down" from Labyrinth?.

[@thebasskid9543]

I would play it

[@itsastikbotparty8149]

********************no********************

[@sebastianriz4703]

I mean its "Handholding: The Game" I cant get invested in an open world RPG if they just give me only 1 objective and tell me where it as at all times

[@XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX]

2 AVGN reviews so close together, WE'RE NOT WORTHY!

[@cryingwithrage]

The Nerd is back and he gives 2 fucks

[@fernandonavia8804]

We are not

[@zzzpoma9961]

James has a plan of making 12 episodes a year and he fell back a lot so he catches up now.

[@xhunter20]

Indeed

[@Cyber_Akuma]

I was watching AGDQ play this.... and it seems that AVGN """lucked""" out, the SUPER Magic Lamp is actually a rare drop version of the normal Magic Lamp! .... and the reason lucked is in quotes is because apparently the only difference.... is that the Super Magic Lamp weighs more.... so it's actually worse than the normal one.

[@SALshaNoma]

That's where I saw it too.

[@omegahaxors3306]

Like super pitfall

[@floatingf8783]

20:11 AVGN sprained his ankle on the way back to his home planet and had to take a week off to heel.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

LMAO, nice one

[@kevink2986]

Imagine not having eaten for two hours and suddenly dropping dead in the middle of a conference meeting. Sadly, that is a real phenomenon in Japan called karoshi where people work so hard they die. RIP to those who died from this disease.

[@WesternWolf4311]

@Drizzt Do'Urden thanks drizzt, epic.

[@monroethealolantrainer732]

@Drizzt Do'Urden Real mature, buddy. 😔

[@maytheprincessofhoenn619]

@Drizzt Do'Urden That wasn't really funny, Drizzit. That's low.

[@aiharakotokorulesbluerose4170]

@@maytheprincessofhoenn619 wha?

[@maytheprincessofhoenn619]

@@aiharakotokorulesbluerose4170 Something on your mind?

[@shitcock86]

Dude I just wanna say that I am so glad you're STILL going strong after ALL These years. I remember finding your stuff in 2004 and being supremely entertained. Glad this is still the case after all this time.

[@Alfador42]

James is pure awesomeness.

[@xLevyGSx]

James Is life

[@taben9jake]

I remember working as a security guard and watching on their shitty internet on the shitty screwattack site. Wait an hour to watch a 10-15 min video. Fun times

[@TheTrekkie42]

Fred Wilkins but it was James so it was worth it.

[@drewerty77]

He came out in 06

[@lassejensen4525]

13:32 I love how our boy takes the console with him to the store

[@handsomebrick]

He's attempting to get pity so he gets faster service.

[@rilluma]

that scene was well crafted.

[@citavalo]

He’s gotta let people know why he’s only buying batteries.

[@Achilles8249]

I lol'd so hard at that part, something's wrong with me.

[@zecorho3978]

9:52 THAT WALK CYCLE IS ALPHA AF

[@asmodeus58XX]

8:58 And then Varalys asdsddsgksejtkshgsdfksdf and the princess explodes into fairies!

[@damianwezzterman9218]

Everyone likes to hate on these games but in the end they all have one redeeming quality.... They made a great AVGN episode.

[@elijahdavallos6955]

Some games are so bad and bland, they can’t make it into an AVGN episode! Those games are the ones you’d want to avoid.

[@stewartbladensb]

Ass kisser. 😉

[@CHIEFS_DYNASTY_]

suck me off, avgn quality is on a huge decline and has been for about 5 years now

[@pontubs]

The fact that this guy is still making videos shows there’s hope for This platform

[@dmer-zy3rb]

and then you remember that jake paul exists and its ruined...

[@snowyicicle1335]

It's amazing he's been around since the start of KZbin and I think before that too

[@allmertalex]

I felt very apprehensive about pressing like on this comment because it had 69 likes already and I'd have liked it to stay this way. I had to do it though because I agree with the comment.

[@pontubs]

Loved this guy since Godzillathon. Jesus time flies

[@MikeJr9284]

Especially because KZbin nowadays wants its creators to make politically correct videos.

[@emmanuelmiranda9348]

To be honest. These games look ambitious and interesting. Maybe poorly programmed but they caught my attention.

[@KeMeEscupaUnPollo]

Agree, the Virtual one would have blown my mind back then..

[@nicosimioni7363]

Virtual Hydlide even looks like some sort of antecesor to Demon's Souls and Dark Souls.

[@windflier1684]

@@nicosimioni7363 More like the early Elder Scroll entries like Daggerfall

[@fabianherrera5427]

even the charcter creator/ stat screen and merchants@@nicosimioni7363

[@megadestroyer454]

That poochie reference was freaking hilarious.

[@NintendoFan]

The original Hydlide review was one of my favorite episodes. Nice to see a sequel to it!

[@voltingaround3837]

Eai

[@Ulissescars]

Caraca vc aqui kkkk

[@rikpeek6664]

"Over 40 billion difrent worlds, but you still do the same shit" So virtual hydlide pretty much is the 'no man sky' from 1994.

[@UsernameRulesSuck1]

Also Spore without the mildly interesting bacteria mini-game.

[@niklasklasen8048]

@@UsernameRulesSuck1 spore was enjoyable enough though once you broke every single mechanic

[@LaCheeseman]

9:34 AVGN videos always have the best captions

[@gh0stykins]

i just wanna say how much i enjoyed that clean OG opening

[@XJX2011]

The Kyle Justin AVGN Intro is Back!

[@nakano15]

With Mike's intro sketchs.

[@cepollard86]

I know I was really happy to hear that

[@leoluster3027]

Yes

[@SpacetouristGaston]

finally, the only intro i can't get enough of.

[@konradfesk]

Sounds like it has been remixed or remastered or something!

[@japoople]

I can't wait for the day I'm playing an RPG, and I open a chest and a Tool CD flies out.

[@thebasskid9543]

Fighting a boss and schism starts playing? Hell ye

[@thunderforceninja5445]

That would be fucking awesome 😐

[@bappojujubes981]

A Tool CD is worth alot more than any of these shitty games.

[@ruffdawgg]

@Horror From Below you don’t get tool!

[@RandumbDoomer]

Someone had a lot of fun with the Closed Captions.

[@alejandrokudo5463]

4:33 Honestly, i’m shocked to see that word come up in the closed captions

[@KeyleeTamirian]

Dies after not eating for 2 hours? Ohh, it's not that bad. In Adventure Island, you die after not eating for 20 SECONDS.

[@TheAmubis]

Imagine being a human which metabolisms are faster than a hummingbird

[@cherryrush210]

Adventure Island is a good game, though.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

@@TheAmubis I don't want to. How that person suffers is something I don't want to envision.

[@winstonsmith7169]

I spent 20 mins on your video, and all I get is a "conglaturation"? Ok, fair enough.

[@PearangeProductions]

Hey, it’s better than what the Nerd had to go through.

[@Aenygma_]

Dude... The Poochie ending fucking floored me hahahahah

[@DipUniversal]

17:03 the one time today that the Nerd becomes Arnold Schwarzenegger for a lil while

[@xrik7865]

To be fair, graphics aside, the mechanics of Super seemed a bit ahead of their time

[@TheLastRaven6]

TBH its kinda fun to play, though grindy.

[@OsricRexor]

THIS is how I perfer AVGN; straight forward and not overproduced. Keep it classic!

[@Alfador42]

Let him do what he wants dude..

[@sachimi_ggz]

Me too

[@waterguyroks]

I like when there’s some gimmick at the beginning or end like with RE:S but the core of it is straightforward. Batman was too much for example

[@adammiller84]

Two new nerd episodes in a week?! Christmas came early, and so did I!

[@turtleanton6539]

Metoo

[@petevaldezbc1]

Eeeeeeeewwwww

[@CraytexOnYT]

...dont think you meant what i think you meant.

[@bloodhuntimintherabbithole3583]

Someone lost no nut

[@stoopiosproductions3130]

@Pyxlup Gaming yes!

[@AmyNumberSeven]

Procedurally generated world, you start out punching trees Saturn Minecraft confirmed.

[@pogwigginsprod.7702]

The only people that can stand those Tool jokes... “the patient.” /slowsmile

[@Feskprins]

This. This is the quality shit I signed up to KZbin for.

[@originalsteveo]

"Jim doesn't sound like a knight. Jim sounds like a nerd."

[@strider5964]

For once James actually references his name

[@Dargonhuman]

I just got to that part and I'm literally dying; I can't drsw a bretth vzion gttng drk

[@dannyhargreaves3340]

Jim the knight killed by bees

[@KenjiAsakura09]

Portly Dude the Knight, killed by bees

[@L1ghtweaver]

Said James. Oh wait I just got it.

[@Dragonsamuari]

I only just noticed now that not only the store scene is completely mirrored (thus facing wrong), the background is a CVS.

[@VishiousLOW]

I feel like the nerd needs to do an episode with somebody that actually likes these games. Just to see the reaction

[@inco-gneito7543]

Ha ha 11:59 You can see him start to laugh at his tool joke.

[@awesomechannel257]

Inco gneito 16:49 get the fuck down get the fuck down GET THE FUCK DOWN it feels like I am talking to a cat

[@Spaztiq]

So many reasons AVGN is one of my favs. The fact that he's also a fan of Tool is just icing on the sweet, nerdy cake.

[@inco-gneito7543]

@@Spaztiq I just wish there were more games for him to poetically destroy. I miss him

[@inco-gneito7543]

@@Spaztiq Besides, anyone that can laugh, or break character at their own jokes is truly a master at their skill.

[@westerling8436]

good joke

[@squareone2787]

The angry video game nerd is one of those youtubers that still manages to hold up even after all these years. Great content all around, thanks for the entertainment nerd.

[@watchingufrmbhindu8979]

I remember beating this as a young tike highlight of my childhood and how I learned that life exists only to cause me pain

[@miker706]

"You Get Tool" lmao 😂🤣😂😂

[@587DeathKing]

AVGN: *8 years ago I played Hydlide* Holy shit has it been 8 years?

[@lajeandom]

@@Winter_337 yep...damn...

[@Videogamelover58]

Ikr. Time flies by

[@Videogamelover58]

In 2 months its gonna be 9 years old

[@5nesta]

*WHISTLE CONCERT* _I sprouted a couple of grey hairs just from hearing that._

[@Aenygma_]

At least the Raid 2020 review is coming soon.

[@Sweetrad]

AVGN is the survivor, the nostalgia, the truth. the last piece of quality youtube programing from the very dawn of the platform

[@Section8dc]

So fucking true, he is a true OG no doubt.

[@Levi_Skardsen]

Captain Disillusion has been going since 2007. He puts as much effort, perhaps even more into his videos as James does.

[@ericwilliams8420]

For real he's the truth. There's definitely quality content around KZbin, but James is definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of KZbin.

[@GypseyKing4]

Mega64 would have something to say about this.

[@mrpause9171]

awesomex35 honestly I think he is the only KZbinr that never got old

[@skakirask]

That Muzzy reference took me back

[@KissedPuppet]

When he vampire spoke I couldn't even. It sounded like the singer from Monster Mash recovering from a stroke.

[@Ladderthief1]

Jim the Knight. Killed by bees.

[@Ritokure]

F*ck you nature.

[@penguinman2233]

Ladderthief1 And then the Princess EXPLODES into fairies!

[@tectiva6126]

"It's like sacrificing a child with every swing."

[@zenosphere6490]

Ladderthief1 Portly guy the knight. Killed by bees

[@davincent98]

Bees. My God

[@KombatGod]

Great episode. This felt like a classic old time Nerd episode. Playing a pretty bad game (although not downright broken like Hong Kong 97) and getting unnecessairly angry over it.

[@danielconde001]

you just summed up every episode. He's still my fav dough

[@seriousbismuth2173]

*That...* is *exactly* what I was thinking.

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

except HK97 was made bad on purpose.. it was a joke game by a single dev done on a weekend. it wasn't really meant to be released but got leaked.

[@KombatGod]

@@rionthemagnificent2971 I don't know about that, remember the "send us your floppy" thing? But anyway HK97 was just an example, you know what I mean, those so-bad-they're-not-even-games games, those that are lower than Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (and The Last Ninja) on the shitscale. There's been a period where it seemed like the Nerd HAD to find worse and worse games, to the point that he couldn't get angry at just bad ones.

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Get Down Get Down GET DOWN

[@yokoyonku2261]

9:10 "Hydlide: Special(edition)" is japanese famicom version title. 「ハイドライド・スペシャル」は日本のファミコン版のタイトルですね。

[@nathanmurphy7585]

Takeshi’s Challenge is waiting for you, Nerd...

[@MasterYoda389]

And please... show us the karaoke singing. Don't cut it out like some other youtuber >_> *COUGH JON COUGH* Edit: im serious , shit is hillarious D: Check it out on "Game Center CX - Takeshi no Chousenjou"

[@Meowystery]

I hope he covers this game

[@tuli0hwut78]

*Spirits Begone!*

[@HTPCYMC]

Wait... this sounds familiar, just like Hydlide’s theme.

[@ByakurenEnjoyer]

the music from hydlide 2: the temple of death is better imo

[@funkyweapon1981]

Sounds like a bunch of buffalo butt dump to me.

[@crazyluigi6664]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tysonthewolfe93]

AAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

[@marinejcksn1]

Best username ever. RRRREALLLLY

[@Tnu1138]

I can't help but apprciate how indepth and ambitious these games were.

[@mattd7927]

18:28 Good self-reference, I’d be surprised if 10% of the viewers actually got that.

[@syok4929]

mattd You need to have brain damage NOT to catch that. What made you think that was so hard to get?

[@mattd7927]

I think you need to rephrase that question, bruv, you’ve got some lip.

[@tomchrist777]

Damn Virtual Hydlide looks pretty good visually. Also, cool to hear AVGN is a Tool fan 👍

[@UtushoReiuji]

I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't equip the armor that was too heavy off the bat in Super Hydlide, it's a great way to die before you even leave the town.

[@AI-xm6xc]

17:40 "This is bullshit, I did hit him, I diiihhht"

[@joshgellis3292]

His Schwarzenegger impression is hilarious!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Michael-vm4bb]

virtua hydlide looked neat for its time.

[@jeremytaflinger4212]

I didn't think it was that bad either...

[@trav37z0r]

I kinda want to play it myself after watching this... I need to seek help ASAP I guess :)

[@arseneleclerc3707]

Yeah I thought the same

[@onigames7309]

Yeah, but the main guy's name and look was uninspired.

[@lordmuhehe4605]

@@knight0fdragon Too bad, that it looks absolutely horrible, not to mention the godawful framerate, which would make it very hard to play.

[@8thLife]

Wait, a game starting with Super that isn't on the Super Nintendo but the Sega Genesis instead? 😂

[@handsomebrick]

Why didn't they call it Mega Hydlide, like how the Genesis naming conventions usually worked?

[@DevineInnovations]

Virtual Hydlide should have been called Hydlide 64

[@setsers1]

Super Fantasy Zone did that too!!😁😆

[@TiringCoyote]

Its on the Sega Saturn not the Nintendo 64

[@ryandennison8754]

I guess Hydlide Genesis didn't do it for them.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Sunday afternoon, beer in hand. Time to binge some AVGN

[@DarkLiger]

I recently bought a Sega Saturn. now I kinda want to play Virtual Hydlide

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

I remember buying a copy of Super Hydlide in a second hand store when I was maybe 12 because it looked vaguely like Zelda on the back of the box... I was incredibly disappointed. Luckily, the game couldn't even display the dialogue text correctly half of the time so I got to exchange it as "broken" for Thunder Force IV... years later I found out that the text is that buggy in all copies of the game. So, thank you Super Hydlide developers for making your product so broken that returning it to shops was super easy!

[@TearTheRoof0ff]

@Channel07 Oh yeah, Thunder Force IV is a brilliant game.

[@lambsauce7969]

At least the game you got in return was awesome.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Yeah, I'd already played Thunder Force IV because my sister's boyfriend owned it 😊 I also owned Power Strike II for the Game Gear, which is another fantastic scrolling shooter. Another great swap I did was Alex Kidd for Mortal Kombat II, my mother was against "violent" video games to the point where I was banned from owning Streets of Rage or Golden Axe, but I snuck around those rules by swapping the game with a friend. The Mortal Kombat series may be somewhat flawed in terms of fight mechanics, but it was an awful lot more fun than Alex Kidd!

[@jayesper4390]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated I think Alex Kidd might just be better on SMS. I do have the Enchanted Castle game or whatever with no MK tho XD

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Jayesper, I've heard it's much beloved on the Master System but I've not really tried it out, having assumed that they're even more inferior versions of Enchanted Castle. JAN! KEN! FIGHT! ✌️

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

Another AVGN episode to make my day.

[@doublechindoge7]

Oh, I haven't seen you in like a month! I thought you were dead Justin Y #369...

[@Pikachu2Ash]

@@doublechindoge7 Unlike the 7000th comment bitching about the top commenter and assuming everyone's a bot 😂

[@JKZEROkenjiMB]

That got me better.

[@doublechindoge7]

@@Pikachu2Ash I never said he was a bot, and i never said I had a problem with it.

[@Pikachu2Ash]

@@doublechindoge7 Making a smug remark comparing him to Justin Y show you do so have problem with him, don't even try to hide it.😂

[@rightyloosey8554]

I just noticed, the Dark Sword in this game removes light from your surroundings. That's actually kind of cool.

[@berkkarsi]

1:36 gets me everytime 😂

[@Frank-jv8ih]

as soon as i saw tool i was like: hope he mentiones them

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

Same lmaoo

[@benjaminmcginty6302]

I really missed this AVGN kind of production. This was an amazing notification I received.

[@CloudColumncat]

14:30 minecraft real world be like

[@OhItsJAB]

Virtual Hydlide actually doesn't look THAT bad...

[@JackTheripper911]

Yes it does..

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

It looks like in the video. It was innovative for the time. I liked it.. Jack The Ripper apparently didn't.

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

@@JackTheripper911 nah.. it's okay. At that time people expected better graphics and framerate because of games like Tomb Raider, Panzer Dragoon..ect. But quality games were hard to come by back then and there was way many titles worst than Virtual Hydlide.

[@starsiegeplayer]

The scroll of Herb trick is genius.

[@notkimpine]

AFTER 8 YEARS HAS PASSED,AVGN FINALLY REVIEWS A SEQUEL TO HYDLIDE...

[@SkipPlaysStrings]

Fun fact: PS2 actually came out in 1988 in Japan, it was one of the earliest titles for the Mega Drive/Genesis

[@jeremylincoln3194]

After a couple years of watching I have to say this is my favorite episode. So many jokes and references I love

[@hellogoodbye4906]

You somehow made Virtual Hydlide look kinda good.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Ikr? It doesn't really look all that bad really....considering the shit console platform it came on.

[@silverdamascus2023]

Nerd, I have an idea for an episode, and you could even make a multi-part series of many episodes: "Failed Mascots" Review games of those old mascots from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s that tried to follow the steps of Mario and Sonic, some of these characters had good games, but all of them failed to keep themselves relevant. - Earthworm Jim - Boogerman - Sparkster - Cool Spot - Noid - Bubsy (Again) - Aero the Acrobat - Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel - Alex Kidd - Ristar - Vectorman - Rocky Rodent - Radical Rex - Ardy Lightfoot - Plok - Croc - Gex - Bug - Jazz Jackrabbit - Wild Woody - Punky Skunk - Glover - Buck Bumble - Klonoa - Blasto - Titus the Fox - Blinx - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger - Alfred Chicken - Brian The Lion - James Pond - Kid Chaos - Mr. Nutz - Quik The Thunder Rabbit - Pierre Le Chef - Zool - And Awesome Possum, maybe the worst of all of them.

[@RayGarraty1985]

You deserve a like. I have been waiting for a multi part series focusing on failed videogame mascots done by the nerd for years now and I still haven't seen one. Here's hoping he gives us one someday.

[@DCGMatthew1]

Earthworm Jim was good until Rockstar grabbed it and tried making it 3D.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

This is a very good idea, hope he notices this comment

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Victor Damázio what? I know that the Ty games weren’t too popular but those were still good games IMO

[@silverdamascus2023]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 I said a few of these characters had good games.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

NGL Virtual Hydlide looks like it’d be at home on the Philips CD-i