Shadow Over Mystara (Arcade Game) Review By Mike Matei

If you are frequent purveyor of our blog, you may know that we're HUGE fans of Cinemassacre - home of the brilliant web series, The Angry Video Game Nerd. He used to be just the dude who played opposite of James Rolffe on almost every video he did, from Board James to the Angry Video Game Nerd videos. I know you are not into emulators, but I would love your take on the BS Zelda games sometime. I loved these games.

The games played include: Super Glove Ball, Metroid, Double Dragon, Castlevania, Kung Fu Heroes, Bubble Bobble, Lifeforce, Jackal, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, R.C. Pro-Am, Rad Racer, Top Gun, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Contra, and Super Mario Bros.

As of this review, there are 137 episodes of AVGN - this Blu-Ray contains the first 100. It is, without a doubt, one of the best Zelda games ever. His anger and profanity over these bad games would sometimes climax in him destroying whole game cartridges, or defecating, burning and sometimes even crushing entire video game consoles.

James Rolfe's first videos were intended as "just a joke", with no intentions of making them public, showing them only to his friends. When the actual Nerd reviewed such a game in AVGN Games, he didn't know who Mike was. I love horror films and getting to edit all those reviews helps me learn so much more about them than I normally would by just watching them for enjoyment.

This is the first review of a Mike Matei Sega Genesis game. In his debut episode, the Angry Video Game Nerd takes on Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest on the NES. The advent of Mike Matei as a public figure on Cinemassacre has allowed for a broader variety of shows, lessening the pressure on Rolfe.

WatchMojo listed the Nerd as #10 in its Top 10 YouTube Celebrities, describing him as that "one guy playing video games in his parents' basement who made it a career". The AVGN reviews Toxic Crusaders (GB), Toxic Crusaders (Genesis), Toxic Crusaders (NES). The gameplay is nothing like a real Zelda game.

At its worst, it was cringe-inducingly unfunny, and sometimes even offensive, as many of the film's jokes play on insensitive gender stereotypes about gamers. Around a year or so after the DVD review, James decided to take the big leap that he'd wanted to attempt for a while and finally begin production on the long-anticipated Angry Video Game Nerd Movie.

This is because Mike only appears behind the scenes between the Nerd's fictitious world and James Rolfe's real world. I don't like when they baby us. I grew up with arcade games and the NES which threw players immediately into the action. Matei is a major contributor in helping with the video editing for Cinemassacre's Monster Madness.

Matei is the editor for James & Mike Mondays. Hell yeah man,I love these,and I also like that game Magic Sword,I got that one on Snes still. And one thing we love about the Cinemassacre site is that alongside the AVGN reviews, James Rolfe and Mike Matei also have done numerous videos discussing movies and B-movies in particular, most notably in their annual Monster Madness review series.

CONTENT: If you're looking at this set, you know who the Angry VideoGame Nerd is. This is the same content online, just packed onto a Blu-Ray set and loaded with extras. Anyway, Mike is and always has been the glue that held Cinemassacre together, and personally, I love his videos and his characters.