Video Game / Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit

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In true AVGN fashion, the game follows the Nerd as he races to stop a corrupted Super Mecha Death Christ, who infects his NES and unleashes a virus into cyberspace, threatening all of gaming. To fight back, the Nerd decides to battle fire with fire by creating a shitty game of his own. Armed with his trusty NES Zapper and Power Glove, he must blast his way through six stages inspired by some of his most hated games in order to take the entity down once and for all.

This game contains examples of:

• Ascended Meme: In the opening cutscene, the Nerd says the “64 bits, 32 bits, 16 bits…” meme in reverse while describing the creation of the universe.
• Assist Character: If you're down to your last life in Chill as Hell mode, Shit Pickle will appear and continuously drop power-ups and extra lives, even pulling you out of pits.
• Boss Rush: After you beat all six stages (and the ludicrous Super Mecha Death Christ), you unlock a proper Boss Rush mode. That’s right, all the bosses you faced get thrown at you in succession. If you collect every password and beat the game, you can see how far your upgraded Zapper and collected pickles can really take you.
• Charged Attack: The Nerd is able to find and equip the SNES Super Scope, which allows him to charge his shots like Mega Man.
• Endless Game: Added as a free update, Endless Challenge Mode has the player run through ten randomly generated rooms and a boss with a visit to the Game Weenie’s shop in-between runs, where they can purchase a rotating selection of items to aid them as the runs get progressively more difficult.
• Everyone Has Standards: It's one thing to mess with the Nerd's games (he even says he probably deserves it), but when you mess with the rest of the world's games, that's when the Nerd decides it's time to take action.
• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: The opening cutscene has these in terms of the NES cartridges, which all conveniently have their covers torn away or blurred out:
  • The Nerd initially tries to get Super Mecha Death Christ out of his NES by giving it a copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
  • The games the Nerd uses to craft his own crappy game are Top Gun, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Battletoads, and Fester's Quest in addition to Jekyll and Hyde.
• Light Gun Game: Like in the previous two games, the NES Zapper once again serves as the Nerd's weapon of choice, with the Super Scope also making a return, if you can find it. You can also boost your Gun Power by collecting small icons scattered throughout each stage. You lose a portion of it whenever you take a hit though, so watch out.
• Live-Action Cutscene: Unlike the previous two games, this one features live-action cutscenes throughout, making it feel more like you're watching an actual AVGN episode.
• One-Hit Kill: After being absent from the main game, Death Blocks make their return in Endless Challenge Mode, working just like how did in the previous games.
• Password Save: Saves? What’s that? You get a Mega Man-style password grid when you clear a stage. Write down the gibberish code or (more likely) take a photo of your screen if you want to pick up where you left off.
• Prolonged Prologue: The opening cutscene lasts a full six minutes before the title screen appears.
• Shout-Out:
  • The entire game is this to the original Mega Man games on the NES, even more so than the first two games with its 8-bit artstyle and gameplay.
  • As the Nerd suits up, preparing for the ritual of making his shitty game, he straps on the Power Glove and says, "Groovy."… right before throwing it aside and saying "Actually, not groovy."
• Spot the Imposter: In the opening cutscene, the Nerd figures out it’s not Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 B.C. Version 4.0 Beta attacking him, it’s actually Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 B.C. Version 4.1 Beta.
• The Cameo: Mike Matei (who was the original thumbnail artist and portrayed characters like The Joker and Bugs Bunny in the web series) briefly appears in the ending cutscene as a not-so Excited Gamer on television when all video game systems have been restored.
• The Stinger: After the credits roll, the Nerd wonders who could’ve glitched and corrupted Super Mecha Death Christ, cue the laughter of the Glitch Gremlin…
• This Explains So Much: The Nerd's reaction to finding a bloody pentagram underneath the rug of his room.
• When It All Began: Who exactly is Super Mecha Death Christ? Well, he was built by cavemen, upgraded by Nazis, rebooted by the U.S. military, and eventually reprogrammed by Satan. Oh, and he can fire rockets and shoot lasers from his eyes. You got all that?
• Wolverine Publicity: Super Mecha Death Christ's only major appearance in the series was in the Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Wizard episode. Here, he's the main antagonist and even gets a full on backstory.