James Rolfe actually protested and tried to stop the tearing down of the set from Phantom of the Opera.

At the request of the person... I will not mention who it was, but I have a family member who worked on this game. The original concept was: The arcade room was going to be the place you'd earn tokens to go on rides. Arcade games were ranging from Universal trivia or puzzle games. Winning would give you tokens where you could go to the rides of major films. Each film would be a genre related 2D classic video game. For example: Back to the Future was going to be a beat em up but side scrolling like Metal Slug, set in the western era of the third movie but instead of a gun Marty had a whip (I assume the whip instead of a gun was because this was when games were being attacked by soccer moms complaining about the violence in video games). Jurassic Park was a top down racing game with the SUV from the movie, had to dodge tar spitting dinos or else the T-Rex at the bottom of the screen would catch up to you . E.T. was possibly a space shooter with ET trying to get home but they canned the idea before going into detail about it. So what happened? Kemco the publishers fucked everything over. You should know them James, they made Bug's Bunny Birthday Blowout and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle lol.

I just lost it when James laughed like Woody Woodpecker.

I think Nintendo made this game shitty on purpose as revenge for Universal trying to sue them over Donkey Kong.

On the 11th day of Shitmas, THE Fred Fuchs gave to me 11 Flickering Glitches 10 Awkward Controllers 9 Shitty Power-ups 8 Virtual Boys 7 Useless Weapons 6 Purple Objects 5 BIBLE GAMES! 4 CDI'S 3 Nerd Clones 2 Sega Add-Ons And a game of E.T on Atari!

Not only did Universal demolish their oldest set of all, The Phantom of the Opera, to make way for a Harry Potter ride in Universal Hollywood, they also recently demolished the famous long-running Jaws ride in Universal Florida to make way for another Harry Potter ride, even though there already was one in Islands of Adventures! What were they thinking?! Well at least they still have E.T. Adventure.

when I went to Universal, it was the super bowl, and there basically were no lines.

5:48 James breaking character always makes me smile.

Best one yet! Had a real length, felt like a real, full AVGN episode.

If this was a modern day game The micro-transactions would be though the roof.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the Nerd had to unwrap, Eleven rides you don't ride, Ten days of loading, Nine Atari rapists, Eight bits of boredom, Seven plastic surgeons, Six restraining orders, Five-second musiiiic looops! Four hundred slaps, Three abominable buses, Two pedophiles, And a baby blue piece of dragon crap!

0:22. Hold on a damn moment, you tell me that this trash collecting simulator is rated T for teens?

This game was programmed by a Universal Studios theme park janitor.

"Dude, I fucken shook hands with E.T, I mean, come on." - AVGN Could replay that 1000 times lol

I love it when James laughs during the episodes, like at 5:50. Makes everything even funnier.

As much as I like Harry Potter, the fact they destroyed a piece of history in order to make a ride for it is a travesty in my opinion.

The nerd NEEDS to review Sonic '06. It would be so funny.

Every system needs one truly awful game, and the GameCube is lucky that it got its own right at the start.

Reminder: Kemco was the company that made this game, not Nintendo. They also made the Crazy Castle series.

The Universal Back to the Future Ride had a funny joke that stuck with me where the Professor warns you not to talk to yourself if you see yourself waiting on line lol

Can't wait for The AVGN to unwrap Mike Matei's giant Schlong

It's strange to see him cover a game that they've already done on James and Mike Mondays, but somehow this works.

1:01: "The oldest surviving movie set in history gone overnight." That's not how it happened. The oldest sound stage was destroyed, but the set was removed. I believe the studio plans to donate it to a museum once they find someone with proper facilities.

James delivery of his line at 0:44 very well as he transitioned from positive to negative in such a subtle manner while retaining the same voice tone.

It makes sense that he reviewed all of this licensed crap for Christmas, seeing as most of the people buying them were poor clueless parents and family members as Christmas gifts.

I was hoping that you'd give this game its own episode after the James & Mike sessions showed off how much you both hated it. ...and I wasn't disappointed. A "janitor sim" is the best genre definition here. I look at going on the rides as a diversion from the intense day of trash removal at Universal. I mean, sure, I know there are supposed to be labor laws, but maybe letting the kid on the rides is a way to keep him from telling the authorities. Or something. Really looking forward to Day 12, and what's in that big box of LJN.

3:37 He never forgot

Theme parks are really big on keeping litter under control... This feels like a PSA on trash.

You know, It occurs to me that the Nerd has done reviews on earlier adaptations of every movie featured in this game. Jaws (NES) Back to the Future (NES/Genesis/Super Famicom) E.T (Atari 2600) Jurrassic Park (A ton of systems) Waterworld (Virtual Boy)

A game where you pick up garbage, fitting for a game that is garbage.

4:54 the funniest title I’ve ever heard in a Mario game. Great one James.

Kemco. The Uwe Boll of game publishers.

I wonder how Mike feels when he sees all these comments.

11:13. That's what you get for trying to get a peak at your Christmas presents too early.

3:50 I had to pick up trash at school to go to recess. Everyone has too. But since everyone has to, its rare to find trash.

I'm so sorry to say this, but the look on the Nerd's face at the end is priceless.

A theme park video game actually sounds like a really cool idea. Like a simulator where you go around riding the rides and seeing the shows

Damn didnt realize you had so many trolls James :/

never had to pick up trash at universal to get on a ride. however when i worked at cedar point in Ohio, if employees were in the park on the day off and were caught passing by garbage without picking it up, we got written up and lectured. best part is, they never tell you about that during orientation

"I thought by now that games this horrible would be extinct" James, if you ever thought there would not be horrible games on new game systems then please play Ride to Hell the worse game on the third generation of gaming systems.

3:37 Crazy Castle throwback :D

There were so many times as a kid that I saw this at Hollywood Video or Blockbuster and wanted to rent it to see what's up. Thank goodness I didn't!

4:45 this is his most concerned “what were they thinking?” ever

Good God this one was amazing. James doesn't get enough credit for his writing, which sometimes pales in the presence of his hilarious anger/acting. This is so well written.

This looks like its like playing Final Fantasy 8 but with no battles.

It's November, and what's getting me in the mood for Christmas? The Fuckin' Nerd!

One of the biggest heartbreaks about Universal Studios for me is when they took out the Back to the Future Ride, but what made it even worse is that The Simpsons Ride makes fun of it in their queue segment!

Person: 'tries to get into line' Woody woodpecker: 'pick up that can'

Wait...did LJN DO THEIR OWN CONSOLE?!

james to mike: do i really have to do it? its LJN for fuck sake mike to james: we're doing this for our fans james: hmm, you're right mike: yeah, i hate it too, fucking LJN

James is one of the few KZfaqrs who can leave in a blooper and it actually makes the episode better.

7:22 - _”Imagine playing Excitebike blindfolded, with the controller upside down, coated in rubber cement, while seated on a wild bull.”_ And while you were being tickled under your feet as well…

awesome guess you can thank james and mikes mondays for this

I'm really glad that the Nerd is starting to bring newer games into the show now.

So pretty much they don't even let you enjoy it as a character. They make it so the camera angles are as if you're watching another kid get to run around the park. That's a slap in the face.

7:57 Old game predicted crowds of nobody, before Covid 19.

I always find it crazy how different James is in real life to the AVGN character, he plays it so well.

The moment I saw the horrible LJN Rainbow Logo I paused the video and was like "Oh...shit!"

0:52-1:06 I looked into that, the soundstage was destroyed, their building part of a Nintendo themed part of the park there. The set itself was preserved and put in storage. Meanwhile a Curious George area and an amphitheater were torn down to make way for the Harry Potter stuff

I may buy this game just to shake hands with E.T.

They are making Nintendo rides in Universal studos! :D

I heard that Universal wanted to have an attraction based on the movie 'Anaconda', unfortunately Mike refused the job.

3:39 That frown gets me every time.

2:36 just like the old Resident Evil games

On the 11th day of Shitsmas, Fred Fucks gave to me: Eleven pieces of trash Ten card-based games Nine pole-vault puzzles Eight lethal weapons Seven quick-time events Six Olsen twins Five piles of moose shit Four fire dogs Three crazy buses Two alien puppets And a seizure-inducing dragon title screen!!!

Pretty epic "nooooooooo!!" at the end. One of the best ever.

The ecstatic screaming crowd of... Nobody. Pilot: I hate my life.

"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE SO MANY POPULAR FRANCHISES AND *FUCK* THEM UP SO BAD?!?!!!!"

The funny thing about this is I was at Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween this year, and the place WAS filthy. This kid would be a welcome addition to the park these days.

I always thought that the T-rex raft ride was a strange choice for them to do seeing as how that only happened IN THE BOOK and it was not in the movie at all.

11:04 I love the enthusiasm he gives, making it like your with him.

5:45 If TF2 ever got their own amusement park , I feel like they would implement this rule

I'm pretty stoned, but have I seen this before? Or has weed given me the abilit to see into the future?

The Phantom Of The Opera set was not destroyed at all, it was moved into storage. The soundstage was destroyed, not the set.

Not gonna lie, I actually got this game for Christmas one year and I LOVED IT as a kid!

and now on Nintendo and universal are working together to make a Nintendo amusement park

10:08 "Even LJN, when they fucked up Jaws and Back to the Future, it was one at a time, NOT ALL AT ONCE" OMG, I laughed so hard at this

Fixed camera positions are commonplace in the survival-horror genre, and it works just fine in many other PS1 games.

I love the dramatic screaming and the face he makes at the end

7:59 No one was stupid enough to buy the waterworld cap, consumers arent idiots these days.

6:29 Perhaps your most eloquent analogy yet.

It makes “Disney’s Magical Kingdoms” look like a Masterpiece!

Gotta say. Star Tours was one of the best theme park rides I ever been on as a kid. Actually felt like I was on a space ship stumbling onto an imperial fleet.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!!

Thank you James for speaking on film history and keep protesting you are my hero.

"I thought by now games this horrible would be extint" Well.. James you should play Sonic Boom for Wii U i DARE you

This Universal Studios Theme Park in this game is mostly based on Universal Studios Japan instead of Hollywood or Orlando, meaning you get to simulate the Japanese counterpart in the game you bought in the US.

i actually did have to pick up garbage to get on the ride

1:56 You had to ask, Nerd.

This video series is turning 10 years old this christmas. I remember watching them when they were new… im so old man

As a Cali dude myself, the Star Tour was one of my favorite attractions... But I feel the Nerd, what's the point if they're getting rid of history!

I find it DEEPLY IRONIC that a video "game" about a theme park owned by a major movie studio is plagued by BAD CAMERA ANGLES

do another 12 days of Sh*tsmas please!

Seeing these presents, the music and the nerd unpacking them sends me always back to the nostalgic-comfort-zone.

The game was actually made to promote Universal Studios Japan, which opened the same year as this game, which also explains the layout of the park in the game that is a replica of the opening of Universal Studios Japan.

The version of Eee Tee 2 in the AVGN movie should have been a spoof of the ET mini-game here. Now THAT would have been hilarious.

Thrillville was a better Amusement Park game... and before that was Roller Coaster Tycoon

The last 30 seconds made my day again and again and again and again... 😂

I just noticed the Nerd may still be pissed at Woody for taking a shit on his face a few years ago. That's a nice touch on the part of James and Mike

Where's Episode #12 of Shitsmas?! The anticipation is killing me!