Top 20 Most Time-Consuming AVGN Episodes to make (UPDATED April 2016)

Ever wondered which AVGN episodes took the longest to make? If you want to know the whole process, see this in-depth video here. The Making of AVGN: Barbie (NES).

The list counts multi-part episodes. The reason they’re counted is because, those videos were made together, meaning the writing would happen first, for all parts, then the shooting would come, for all parts, and then, the editing would happen one at at time. Since they were produced together, my hand-written hourly logs only tell me how much time was spent from start to end, not the time spent jumping back and forth between say parts 1 and 2. So there’s no way I could ever find an accurate log for the single-Parts. That is why I have no choice but to count multi-parts, and since they were made in marathon sessions. As far as amount of time goes, the logs are very accurate.

E.T. is not counted, since that was produced as part of the movie which took years. The hours spent on the movie were never logged, and I wouldn’t even have the slightest guess. I think at that point you wouldn’t even be measuring in hours anymore.

20

Game Glitches

52 hours, 45 min

19

Star Wars

54 hours, 45 min

18

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Re-Revisted

55 hours, 15 min



17

Ikari Warriors

57 hours, 45 min

16

Christmas Carol (Parts 1 and 2)

59 hours

15

Terminator (1 & 2)

60 hours, 30 min

14

Batman (Parts 1 and 2)

60 hours, 45 min

13

Ninja Gaiden

62 hours

12

How the Nerd Stole Xmas

63 hours, 30 min

11

Seaman

Gameplay = 19 hours, 30 min

Writing = 15 hours, 15 min

Shooting = 10 hours, 30 min

Editing = 21 hours, 30 min

Total = 66 hours, 45 min

10

NWC

70 hours

9

CDI (Parts 1, 2, 3)

72 hours, 45 min

8

Jaguar 1 & 2

78 hours, 15 min

7

Super Mario 3

79 hours, 30 min

6

Castlevania: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4

Gameplay = 18 hours

Writing = 21 hours

Shooting/Editing = 46 hours, 45 min

Total (each part) approx. = 21 hours, 30 min

Total (all 4 parts) approx. = 85 hours, 45 min

5

Dracula/Frankenstein

102 hours

4

12 Days of Shitsmas

Gameplay/Writing = 60 hours

Shooting = 25 hours, 30 min

Editing = 35 hours, 30 min

Total = 121 hours

3

Crazy Castle

Writing-Shooting = 74 hours

Editing = 47 hours, 15 min

Total =122 hours, 15 min

2

R.O.B.

Writing = 16 hours, 30 min

Shooting = 43 hours

Editing = 60 hours

Total = 119 hours, 30 min

Re-editing = 3 hours (approx)

New Total = 122 hours, 30 min

1

Mega Man

Pre-Production = 38 hours

Production =47 hours, 15 min

Post-Production = 53, hours 15 min

Total = 138 hours, 30 min