The 20 WORST Video Game Consoles Of All Time

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  • We've seen truly bad game consoles over the years. For this list, we’ll be looking at the lowest, most disappointing points in video game console history, whether their failures were due to a lack of games, poor hardware, or both. Our countdown of console failures includes the Atari Jaguar, the SouljaGame, the LaserActive, the R-Zone, and more! Did you own any of these console bombs? Do you think the hate is overblown? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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  • @mojoplays
    @mojoplays  6 місяців тому +22

    Did you own any of these console bombs? Do you think the hate is overblown? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez 6 місяців тому +5

      No thank goodness.

    • @Zottix
      @Zottix 6 місяців тому +2

      Nope

    • @Selgeron
      @Selgeron 6 місяців тому +4

      I owned an ouya. But I bought it from someone who kickstarted it for $20 and I used to to play ROMs and that archery game that came with it. It was okay.

    • @Jimdstaff84
      @Jimdstaff84 6 місяців тому +2

      I owned a gamescom. It was on clearance sale at Walmart. Still wasn’t worth it lol.

    • @TheNewSoda
      @TheNewSoda 6 місяців тому +1

      Google stadia was a real platform compared to the Soulja game scam he was trying to claim that the criticism was about him being black I'm not the fact that Nintendo literally goes after everyone of all races

  • @doctor_elefant
    @doctor_elefant 6 місяців тому +31

    and almost 2 decades after the hyperscan dropped, loot boxes n DLCs remain a problem in games. just remarkable how that concept went from being totally reviled to being the norm.

  • @eshwaaz
    @eshwaaz 6 місяців тому +61

    Action Max was such a flagrant ripoff that my dad, upon seeing what they were passing off as “games” went back to Toys R Us with me less than an hour after I bought it to make certain I got a full refund. He was genuinely disgusted.

    • @michaelh3588
      @michaelh3588 6 місяців тому +1

      A VHS based video game right? Yeah we had one of those back in the day.

    • @JustinEmlay
      @JustinEmlay 6 місяців тому +1

      Ripoff of what? The games for that console were their own existing laserdisc games.

    • @doodlestrudel1991
      @doodlestrudel1991 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@JustinEmlayTwo definitions of rip-off here on the internet: One that's straight a copy (Thought people use Bootleg or Knock Off) and just one that scams your money and when you finally get it: It's not that good which makes it a waste

    • @JustinEmlay
      @JustinEmlay 5 місяців тому

      @@doodlestrudel1991 The system worked fine and they own their games. So my question remains unanswered.
      Ripoff of WHAT?

    • @Bishop228
      @Bishop228 5 місяців тому +1

      @@JustinEmlayBruh, stop defending this awful company & awful product. You’re just embarrassing yourself with these silly comments. Go get some fresh air, you need it. What a stupid hill to die on, defending Action Max lol.

  • @sandy_shark
    @sandy_shark 6 місяців тому +17

    “And I want a Nokia N-Gage”
    “No you don’t, it went defunct in 2006!”
    “Actually, it went defunct in 2007.”

    • @pokemonlover4208
      @pokemonlover4208 4 місяці тому +1

      You know the year it went defunct! Why do you want it?!

    • @LegendaryHedgieMii
      @LegendaryHedgieMii Місяць тому +1

      Because it looks so freaking cool, daddy!

  • @TadashiNazuka
    @TadashiNazuka 6 місяців тому +32

    The Hyper Scan business model is very similar to the current gen. Buy the base game, then buy dlc, upgrades, and additional crap to complete the experience. Sad, really.

    • @danthompsett2894
      @danthompsett2894 6 місяців тому +3

      addictive in game purchase games should be banned

    • @shinigamiphantom1391
      @shinigamiphantom1391 6 місяців тому +1

      Except, dlcs are not a fresking raffle where you buy a blank box and hope the expansion is inside.

    • @minimalbstolerance8113
      @minimalbstolerance8113 5 місяців тому +1

      @shinigamiphantom1391 Give EA time, they'll think of it sooner or later...

    • @shinigamiphantom1391
      @shinigamiphantom1391 5 місяців тому

      @@minimalbstolerance8113
      I mean expansion packs. They're like DLCs, right?

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 5 місяців тому

      Look at what you did "Hyper-Scan" made a greedy mess outta modern gaming

  • @anthonyamato8019
    @anthonyamato8019 6 місяців тому +43

    I bet the avgn has alot of these consoles on this list

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 6 місяців тому +6

      He does lol

    • @shinigamiphantom1391
      @shinigamiphantom1391 6 місяців тому +5

      He tackled most of them, i think.
      There's too many episodes of his show to check.

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 5 місяців тому

      Technically, why dafuq Ouya even on this list ? That not a console it's a streaming bs device . Can't collect physical copy like a typical console

  • @CH-uk1il
    @CH-uk1il 6 місяців тому +231

    I swear if I see Wii U on here...
    Edit: Oh thank god.

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez 6 місяців тому +44

      The Wii U had great games!

    • @kicksyo2171
      @kicksyo2171 6 місяців тому +13

      Dude, i was the same way

    • @josephsharp6221
      @josephsharp6221 6 місяців тому +42

      The Wii U wasn’t bad, just it’s marketing

    • @MaxWeb2599
      @MaxWeb2599 6 місяців тому +9

      It wasn't a great console but not a terrible either(with the exception that many users had a problem that the reader stopped working after not using it for a while)

    • @MaxWeb2599
      @MaxWeb2599 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@keynanmartinez it maybe had some great games at the time but for some, me included, there were still too few wii u exclusives, to buy it. Many(only 39 left) thankfully got later switch ports.

  • @stephentruett
    @stephentruett 6 місяців тому +83

    Apple releasing a product much more expensive than its competitors??? You don't say.

    • @rayelgatubelo
      @rayelgatubelo 6 місяців тому

      Honestly, I don't think the Pippin really counts as an Apple product... Or anything released between when Steve Jobs left and when he returned to Apple. That's when Apple really established their brand and weren't an also-ran.

  • @Highretrogamelord
    @Highretrogamelord 6 місяців тому +31

    Tiger R-Zone is the worst video game system. LCD games with red and black screens...

    • @FoxUnitNell
      @FoxUnitNell 6 місяців тому +5

      the headset was bad but the handheld version was an improvement

    • @whaduzitmatr
      @whaduzitmatr 6 місяців тому +1

      I wanted that R-Zone headset so bad when I was a kid there were a couple kids a grade ahead of me who would wear them every day at lunch/recess, I thought they were sooo cool

    • @cjsvinyl
      @cjsvinyl 6 місяців тому +1

      Wow neither you nor the others mentioned anything about how awful the controller was! The buttons were the most uncomfortable tactile experience I've ever had!

    • @shinigamiphantom1391
      @shinigamiphantom1391 6 місяців тому

      Even the kids in the commercials were terrified.

    • @adamkrim8867
      @adamkrim8867 5 місяців тому +1

      I remember my grandparents buying me the headset one in the 90’s. I played it about 3 times just to make them feel happy with their purchase. It was absolute garbage.

  • @raytheawesomedude8455
    @raytheawesomedude8455 6 місяців тому +20

    The $1,000,000 question is: Can they all run Doom

    • @DXKramer
      @DXKramer 6 місяців тому +1

      I think Doom was actually released on a few of those.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 6 місяців тому

      How about on the Gakken Compact TV Boy? 😂

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes. If a pregnancy test could, trust me these could.

    • @denzilnagel254
      @denzilnagel254 6 місяців тому

      They are doomed, yes.😂

    • @NeoTechni
      @NeoTechni 6 місяців тому

      OUYA can

  • @toadskywalker6417
    @toadskywalker6417 6 місяців тому +14

    Saying that these concoles belongs in a museum would be an understatement

  • @FastTquick
    @FastTquick 6 місяців тому +16

    Dishonorable Mentions:
    PC-FX: The PC-FX had drastically lower specs than its Saturn and PlayStation counterparts and lacked a 3D graphics processor, which hurt it out of the gate. The game library was cluttered with pornographic dating sim games because of NEC’s liberal licensing policies for the system.
    CDTV: This was Commodore’s far worse competitor to the Philips CD-I. The system specs were identical to the Amiga 500 and its CDXL-format discs could only hold up to 30 minutes of video that was of lesser quality than even VHS.

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 6 місяців тому +31

    I haven’t even heard of these consoles honestly

    • @BigBossBaker
      @BigBossBaker 6 місяців тому +16

      Stop lying I know you bought the Soulja Game Console last week!😂

    • @Animeguy300
      @Animeguy300 6 місяців тому +3

      @@BigBossBaker no I don’t

    • @StageRight123
      @StageRight123 6 місяців тому +5

      AVGN literally covered almost all of these years ago.

    • @GlennJimenez
      @GlennJimenez 6 місяців тому +4

      @@StageRight123years and years ago
      That was a whole era of UA-cam

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +2

      I know a good few of them.

  • @louisdellalucca8969
    @louisdellalucca8969 6 місяців тому +6

    Worst part of the Virtual Boy was the eventual loss of Gunpei Yakoi. When it flopped, he left the company.

    • @HoneyBunny-69
      @HoneyBunny-69 4 місяці тому

      He didn't just leave the company in disgrace, but allegedly, he committed S*ICIDE. They say he was hit by a car, but that was a cover-up.
      (Gotta love those conspiracy theories)
      Btw, his name is YOKOI, not YAKOI.

  • @Thelodis
    @Thelodis 6 місяців тому +5

    I understand why Action Max seemed awesome in 1987, it was probably the only option to play FMV games at home. But I guess that people didn't realize before they bought it that when you play a Laserdisc based game, the scene changes based on how good you're playing, like shoot the bad guy and you can continue, miss and you die. But no matter how good or bad you are, the video on a VHS tape never changes.

  • @Nov-5062
    @Nov-5062 6 місяців тому +26

    3DO was an awesome console. It had great exclusives, both western and japanese, and was the first to bring console versions of laserdisc arcade games. Its only problem was the steep price. Being a commercial failure doesn't mean "bad".

    • @Scrofrogoly
      @Scrofrogoly 6 місяців тому +7

      I don't think the script writer actually played any of these consoles. 3DO had great games like need for speed, road rash, Lucienne's Quest, only console version of Star Control II, Super Street Fighter II, etc. Definitely was an issue of them cheaping out by leasing production instead of licensing production with one company to control the price. And the fact it's only launch game really wasn't great.

    • @Theguywithasillynickname
      @Theguywithasillynickname 6 місяців тому

      Another console that was a failure but wasnt all that bad was the gizmondo it had decent games (though there werent that many of them) and lots of ahead of their time features (for portable consoles at least) but the ties to the swedish mafia and quite absurd price were the reason why it failed and never reached its full potential which is a damn shame :(

    • @SkiBumMSP
      @SkiBumMSP 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Scrofrogoly I've played both the 3DO and PC version of Star Control II. The 3DO version was actually better as it had full voice acting, some really cool cut scenes and a few other nice little features that the PC version did not have.

    • @dax_prime1053
      @dax_prime1053 5 місяців тому +2

      I had the 3DO, the whole family enjoyed it. I gave it to my dad when i moved on to other systems, he kept it and played it for years.

    • @YeahKrazy
      @YeahKrazy 5 місяців тому

      3do and atari jaguar W systems

  • @MrGUnit27
    @MrGUnit27 6 місяців тому +22

    Man, video game commercials from the 90s were completely insane

    • @evandenney8335
      @evandenney8335 6 місяців тому +4

      Everything was better

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 5 місяців тому +1

      Commercial back in the 80s and 90s went hard to grab people attention, kinda miss it cheesey adds like that lol

    • @johnpolczinski5071
      @johnpolczinski5071 8 днів тому

      Like the tiger electric R zone commercial of the mud screaming in agony? Lmao

  • @sergiofernandez7318
    @sergiofernandez7318 6 місяців тому +44

    EA saw the hyper scan and thought hmmmmm paid dlc 🤑🤑

    • @Randomark3087
      @Randomark3087 6 місяців тому +5

      Activision too. Hyperscan's concept reminds me of Skylanders.

    • @Mechaghostman2
      @Mechaghostman2 6 місяців тому +4

      @@Randomark3087
      Also makes me think of Amiibos.

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 5 місяців тому

      Hyper-Scan gave greedy modern gaming industry bad intentions , Soulja Boy cracks me up , selling simple Chinese emu that sold on ebay and Amazon for about 40 bucks in 2018 , he was re-selling them for over 100 . That just dirty, technically emu aren't actually consoles either

    • @GizmoKiDd
      @GizmoKiDd 9 днів тому

      Lmfao

  • @minimalbstolerance8113
    @minimalbstolerance8113 5 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact: The N-gage went through so many redesigns to try and incorporate all the necessary buttons that in the end the disgruntled designer turned in a design based on the infamous R-rated early Internet meme "Goatse." Of course, that was the design Nokia went with, and by the time anyone noticed what the N-gage was based on, it was already in production...

  • @antonyjames4698
    @antonyjames4698 5 місяців тому +3

    $250 for the turbo grafx in the 80s is equivelent to 950 itoday with inflation n such... thats wild.

  • @davidknightx
    @davidknightx 6 місяців тому +4

    **raises hand** I even had the Pioneer LD player were the laser switched to the top/button so I didn't have to flip the disk. Had a nice sized anime library back then.

  • @randyhamm3862
    @randyhamm3862 6 місяців тому +8

    The 3DO in the Dreamcast we're both ahead of their times especially the Dreamcast

    • @stevenspx6226
      @stevenspx6226 6 місяців тому +3

      Dreamcast was an awesome console

    • @mrlaidback83
      @mrlaidback83 6 місяців тому +1

      I never owned a 3DO but I own a Dreamcast and to this day, it's still my favorite console of all time.

  • @MaxWeb2599
    @MaxWeb2599 6 місяців тому +6

    I was working at a second hand shop and needed to test an n-gage. I heard of it's reputation but It had some interesting games and thought "maybe it can be one of those 'so bad it's good' thing?",not knowing that I'm about to have one of the most miserable moments in my life. Like already said Controlls where atrocious and i needed to take that thing apart to switch games but also the displey was so small you had sometimes problems seeing what even happens on screen plus the games weren't even on the main display rather a subfolder(I needed 2 min simply to find the game). I had even pity with the console itself, such a disaster was that.

  • @keynanmartinez
    @keynanmartinez 6 місяців тому +26

    Makes me Greatful I'm living in balance timeline of Video Game Console.

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +1

      How so? None of these were popular, they all sold horribly and nobody cared about them. If anything, it's worse now because consoles are basically completely irrelevant.

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez 6 місяців тому

      @@koolaid33 it's just my opinion.

  • @StageRight123
    @StageRight123 6 місяців тому +5

    The only two I have never heard of are the Nuon and the Gakken.

  • @xFenix1016x
    @xFenix1016x 6 місяців тому +19

    My cousin had a 3DO and i thought it was the greatest technological achievement in human history

    • @dougpopson5734
      @dougpopson5734 6 місяців тому +7

      it was at the time

    • @solid_justice5855
      @solid_justice5855 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@@dougpopson5734 not really, it released just before the Saturn and ps1. And both where alot better

    • @ianrangers
      @ianrangers 6 місяців тому +3

      The 3DO appears on these lists all the time mostly trashed by people who never played them. It’s easy to look back now and say how bad it was but it predated ps1 and some titles were really good. Still has the best version of road rash to this day

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 6 місяців тому

      @@solid_justice5855”at the time” meaning when it came out it was the best for a few years

    • @AmigaA-or2hj
      @AmigaA-or2hj 6 місяців тому

      I had a 3DO. I enjoyed playing Road Rash.

  • @JillyMaysHere
    @JillyMaysHere 6 місяців тому +3

    Though i didn't ever own one (or really any of these consoles), i distinctly remember feeling convinced that the Ouya was going to be a trendsetter for the whole industry. (I was 14 when it launched...and kinda dumb)

  • @henriklinz
    @henriklinz 6 місяців тому +17

    You forgot the Amiga CDTV and CD32 both are in my possesion and I love em

    • @Pegfoxx
      @Pegfoxx 6 місяців тому +3

      Ah yes the Amiga CD32 is awesome. I still play games like Cannon Fodder, The Chaos Engine and Simon the Sorcerer to this day on a real Amiga CD32. What a great time to be alive lol.

    • @O5-XIV
      @O5-XIV 6 місяців тому +1

      @henrlklinz Nice, but do you have the Rarest Amiga CD32 Add-on?... the Paint Bucket ;)~

    • @StageRight123
      @StageRight123 6 місяців тому +3

      @@Pegfoxx I loved Cannon Fodder.

    • @AmigaA-or2hj
      @AmigaA-or2hj 6 місяців тому

      Mine has a MPEG cartridge, SX-1 expansion unit, hard drive, 8mb and a beefy power supply.

    • @AmigaA-or2hj
      @AmigaA-or2hj 6 місяців тому

      Microcosm is mediocre.

  • @yeoedwin1619
    @yeoedwin1619 6 місяців тому +1

    Also dishonorable mentioning:
    Super A'can - Taiwan only video game console around 1995,
    Casio Loopy - 1995,
    Memorex VIS - 1992,
    FM Town Marty - 1993,
    V Smile - 2004

  • @JustinEmlay
    @JustinEmlay 6 місяців тому +1

    The Ouya is actually making a comeback. Unofficially of course. I'm surprised you didn't cover the Gamerstick, it was worse than the Ouya.
    Also, quit with the 2 32bit CPU thing. That is not why the Jaguar was considered 64bit. It had a 64bit bus used by the blitter.
    The CD-i is crazy. To this day it's still not completely emulated.
    Knock the Virtualboy all you want but the games are now a blast to play on VR headsets!

  • @ApparitionFVT
    @ApparitionFVT 3 місяці тому +1

    9:19 Is it just me or does the Gizmondo music sound like The Powerpuff Girls? 😂

  • @10191927
    @10191927 6 місяців тому +1

    I once tried the Virtual Boy at a retro game store, the 3D effect was admittedly cool, but yeah I got a headache almost instantly and it wasn’t fun to look at even for a few minutes. And the design was absolutely horrible.
    Thankfully the 3DS was what Virtual Boy should’ve been, and succeeded.

    • @世界-イシュタル
      @世界-イシュタル 5 місяців тому

      Same here. The Virtual Boy was very interesting. There was a Sears store when i used to live in Iowa as a kid that had a small video game corner in the store and one of the gaming devices set up for customers to check out and play was the VB. Yes, prolonged play was strainful to the eyes. I had fun, tho. Too bad child me was unable to convince his mom and dad to buy one. But i got one just over a year ago thanks to an old childhood friend reunited who had it all this time collectin' dust; let me have it and the games he got for it.
      If Nintendo ever chose to do a limited rerun of the VB like with the Nintendo Mini and Super NES Mini, i can see them redesigning the VB headset as similar to the Oculus Rift or PS VR devices so we dont have to lay down or sit slouched forward over a table ledge like the original VB does.

  • @noahboat580
    @noahboat580 6 місяців тому +2

    I dont even think you can constitute the "souljagame" as a game console, when it was just emulation.

  • @AK47z
    @AK47z 6 місяців тому +1

    I remember when I was a kid my R-Zone died so I made it into a DBZ scouter.

  • @zaxko86
    @zaxko86 6 місяців тому +4

    My grandpa work at Phillips. Not sure what he did but he did get a free CDI and I believe some type of watch at retirement. I guess getting rid of the console.

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +2

      Neat. My father's best friend was the son of Panasonic Canada's CEO, so when the 3DO came out my dad would go over and play it with the CEO's son at their house.

    • @zaxko86
      @zaxko86 6 місяців тому

      @koolaid33 Even though those system are bad now a days those systems still are my favorites because of all the good times watching him play casino games and learning how to and how he got it. With me loving video games thr stories of your dad's time doing that would make me curious about his thoughts and fun with it. I didn't has the money for that stuff but like to hear about it good or bad.

  • @subwaymanYT
    @subwaymanYT 6 місяців тому +3

    I remember watching Rerez for some of these consoles such as the Ouya

  • @evandenney8335
    @evandenney8335 6 місяців тому +1

    Im glad my parents got me an NES and we had a Windows PC. Best of both worlds of games and quality game play back then. DOS was king

  • @embracethenoid9085
    @embracethenoid9085 6 місяців тому +1

    I remember wanting the r-zone so badly after being reminded it existed.

  • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
    @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 6 місяців тому +2

    My friend had the 3DO and when it came out it was mind blowing. Wing Commander, Road Rash, Need For Speed looked better than even PCs could manage at the time. For a couple of years it really was the most impressive console around, it’s usp was ultimately its downfall: anyone could produce games for it without paying a license meant the 3DO company lost a lot of potential revenue, it didn’t have any exclusives so all it’s good games were ported to other 32bit consoles and there was zero quality control leading to some of the worst games ever seen

  • @pigs18
    @pigs18 6 місяців тому +1

    Amiga CDTV, CD32, Memorex VIS, and ViewMaster Interactive deserve to be on the list before the Atari 5200. Heck, the Atari XE deserves to be on there before the 5200. It wasn't a great console, but it runs circles around all of those.

  • @mattcraft7164
    @mattcraft7164 6 місяців тому +11

    I remeber dropping coin on the Sega 32X and was slapping the hell out of myself soon after.

    • @FoxUnitNell
      @FoxUnitNell 6 місяців тому +2

      It was neat and an alternative to the nintendo chip solution and would have better games.

  • @electronikko
    @electronikko 6 місяців тому

    So many of these I never heard of, great video!

  • @blackoutgstar9949
    @blackoutgstar9949 5 місяців тому +1

    commodore 64 was awesome
    sega saturn was shit, sega 32x shit, sega cd shit
    if accessories i can go on
    even before watching past 1 minute

  • @georgeweeman9057
    @georgeweeman9057 6 місяців тому +1

    The 3do was an underrated system, that I loved back in the day.

  • @KanoWhite53
    @KanoWhite53 6 місяців тому +1

    I was sooo close to backing the OUYA... dodged a bullet there.

  • @bandaliveevil
    @bandaliveevil 6 місяців тому +9

    ahhh the nineties..... edgy commercials and most of the worst gamming consoles

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +3

      You do know that the 90s brought us the SNES, PS1, Saturn, N64, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Colour and Dreamcast, right? Just to inform you, and that's excluding the other good ones like the Neo Geo or the TurboGrafx-16.

    • @bandaliveevil
      @bandaliveevil 6 місяців тому

      @@koolaid33 watch again the video and from the list most of the consoles are from which decade?? go learn text interpretation dude.

  • @LunaP1
    @LunaP1 6 місяців тому +1

    I REMEMBER ACTION MAX!!!! FINALLY, SOMEONE BROUGHT THIS UP!!!🤩

  • @alextownley9388
    @alextownley9388 6 місяців тому +3

    That guy from Laseractive sounds like TODD HOWARD wtf lol

  • @vozpit
    @vozpit 6 місяців тому +2

    I had the 3DO, which I loved. Atari 5200, which I loved but it left me disappointed because the controllers broke & I couldn't play it anymore. And I had the Virrtual Boy, which I got for $15, with every game included. I liked it, but got bored pretty quickly.I then lost the controller, so I couldn't play it anymore.

    • @koolaid33
      @koolaid33 6 місяців тому +1

      What did you do with these consoles? Just to let you know, the 3DO is worth about $300 CAD with the console, controllers and cables, and the Virtual Boy is like $600 just for a working system alone (in good condition). Don't know about the 5200 though.

    • @vozpit
      @vozpit 6 місяців тому

      @@koolaid33 I sold the 3DO years ago for $200 to a friend. I sold the Virtual Boy at a yard sale. Since it was missing the controller, I got like $50 for it. Should have held onto it.

  • @The_Laser_Channel
    @The_Laser_Channel 6 місяців тому +3

    In a way, the Hyperscan was ahead of its time....Look at modern gaming....$70 to buy games that are incomplete....DLC packs that SHOULD have been included and loot boxes you have to pay real money for. Hyperscan was releasing incomplete games and relied on booster packs of cards to unlock the entire game.....plus running the risk of getting duplicates of cards you already have or don't need...much like loot boxes....but the games were cheaper.....

  • @isaiahach
    @isaiahach 6 місяців тому

    when my grade 10 science teacher overheard my classmate saying he bought a Gizmondo he slowly turned his head to look back at him then smiled and shook his head. he gave him a special assignment that was a 1 page essay about why he regrets his purchase and what triggered his regret. if he humored him it would be a 100% towards his grade. not writing it wouldn't have hurt his grade though

  • @revenge1205
    @revenge1205 6 місяців тому +3

    Didn’t watch this video yet, but I’m 100% for certain that the Atari Jaguar is going to be on this list. I just would like to take this time to point out the system’s positives and that it really isn’t as bad as many make it out to be. In fact, it’s actually quite a fun machine to own and it has some (dare I say) hidden gems that are exclusive to this system like Ultra Vortek, Super Burnout, Alien vs Predator, Skyhammer, Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy, the Iron Soldier games, Cybermorph, Battlemorph, BattleSphere, Defender 2000, Protector, and several others.

    • @Randomark3087
      @Randomark3087 6 місяців тому

      After watching a number of people's reviews of the console, I'd love to try one.

    • @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se
      @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se 5 місяців тому

      The graphics on on a lot of the games were drug infliuenced - they took full advantage of the color palette - too bad they we don't see a lot more home brews for it.

  • @cabbitkisser2620
    @cabbitkisser2620 6 місяців тому +1

    back when i was a kid in the late 70's early 80's. my mom & dad owned the rca studio ii. we only had 2 games for it. we had blackjack & math

  • @JuanVasquezhasreturned
    @JuanVasquezhasreturned 6 місяців тому

    I had a Hyperscan back in 2006. It just looked so cool from the ads, and the concept sounded awesome to me as a kid. Unfortunately I learned the hard way how much of a disappointment it was, and I begged my parents to take it back, and Walmart employees had to explain to my parents that they couldn't take it back. The Hyperscan brings back so many bad memories. I could have just got a PS2, GameCube, or Xbox game instead, but I got that monstrosity that day...

  • @lanceknightmare
    @lanceknightmare 4 місяці тому

    Around the time of the CDI I remember seeing these really odd arcade machines. Which had people talking on the screen with a style similar to the CDI. Only, the technology was more advanced. The particular genre of gaming was unique. It felt rather futuristic even. I only remember seeing one arcade machine like this in a hotel in Missouri back in the 1990's.

  • @mikeRedMDK2032
    @mikeRedMDK2032 6 місяців тому +2

    "I like pie! I like to have pie every day!"

  • @doctorwyvern9992
    @doctorwyvern9992 6 місяців тому +2

    The Wario game on virtual boy looked like fun. Probably the only good game on that system. Why Nintendo has yet to remake it for newer consoles is mind boggling.

    • @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se
      @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se 5 місяців тому

      It was the bes game - I think the system is cool I am a fanboy of 3D tech though.

    • @doctorwyvern9992
      @doctorwyvern9992 5 місяців тому

      @@Eternyl_bliss-nj9seI wouldn’t have been able to use it. I tried a more recent device made by view master and I started getting dizzy within just a few minutes of using it.

  • @doublebarreldanky
    @doublebarreldanky 6 місяців тому +1

    I still have my HyperScan stashed around here somewhere lmao. I played it like twice 💀

  • @orinoco500
    @orinoco500 5 місяців тому +1

    Stadia should at least get an honorable mention.

    • @ZumbeeYTB
      @ZumbeeYTB 4 місяці тому

      That's not a console, that's a service

  • @System_Sega
    @System_Sega 6 місяців тому +2

    How much did Google pay you not to put the Stadia in the top 20?

  • @material___
    @material___ 24 дні тому

    Anyone growing up remembering the “bit wars” deserves a veterans discount

  • @Randomark3087
    @Randomark3087 6 місяців тому

    As a kid I was blown away by Star Fox and Killer Instinct(Arcade). My brother rented the 3DO, and I wasn't impressed.

  • @justeddsworld10
    @justeddsworld10 6 місяців тому

    6:10 For me personally, I see Hyperscan as a Miss out opportunity to get a Mugen game on the system. Like you could you imagine what it'll look like. You can literally create characters and stages and export them as cards and then import them into your game by scanning them and they'll be there forever. You can get the chance to get other people's cards and scan them into your game too. Also, Have another thing for scanning Screenpacks in. Once it's scanned, the game gets a new look unless you wanna change. Like, why isn't that a thing?! Instead we get 5 games with the flopped console that aren't very good. Then again, You have to look everywhere to get the cards to get the character you want to get them so it's probably best to just have that be just a concept

  • @IAmNotAFunguy
    @IAmNotAFunguy 6 місяців тому

    Just think: every AAA game company saw the HyperScan's business model to expand games AND actually thought it was a GREAT idea!...

  • @jamesofficial6829
    @jamesofficial6829 5 місяців тому

    Let's not forget the Nintendo Wii U only lasted like a year on the market. People laughing calling it the Nintendo Pee U because it stunk in sales and it being pretty much the same console as the Wii but updated leaving people to be unimpressed with the console.

  • @cjsvinyl
    @cjsvinyl 6 місяців тому

    The Sega CD attempted to release a lot of the same games as the 3DO, i know because i owned both as a kid during the 90's. The problem with the Sega CD was that it was just a 16-bit attachment attempting to produce FMV games. The 3DO at least was far greater quality at 32-Bits and it didn't have the horrible grainy graphics and sound quality that the Sega CD had. The Sega CD also consistently failed destroying discs with the first exposure to the ring of death. So many destroyed discs. I'm painfully aware of how bad most of the 3DO games were, but i also owned the greatest ones on the console and the Sega CD should have been put on here instead of the 3DO.

  • @gbman6128
    @gbman6128 5 місяців тому

    I miss several consoles on this list:
    Capcom CPS Changer
    Casio Loopy
    Commodore CDTV
    Google Stadia
    Hartung GameMaster
    NEC PC-FX
    Zeebo

  • @throatwobblermangrove8510
    @throatwobblermangrove8510 5 місяців тому

    I was waiting for the Virtual Boy on this list. I remember buying it when it went on clearance for $20. My experience with it makes me wonder why people later lined up to buy the Oculus. Focusing on a point a few inches from your eyes is just bad, and that doesn't change just because it's no longer red-tinted 1980s-looking graphics.

  • @MTTT19
    @MTTT19 6 місяців тому +6

    I’m expected several if not many comments to be console fanboys saying either Xbox or PlayStation.

    • @stream1entertainment
      @stream1entertainment 6 місяців тому

      P.C master race superior. Console peasants inferior 😂
      Sorry I just couldn't resist 🤣

  • @ThunderFist1978
    @ThunderFist1978 6 місяців тому

    I was curious if the Game Wave would show up here, and I was happy to see it wasn't, though a little surprised at the same time. Released by Canadian company ZapIt in 2005, the Game Wave used controllers that resemble tv remotes, with 4 coming with the console and 2 additional ones you could buy to make up to 6 players possible, and it also played DVDs as well. The Game Wave retailed for $99.99 US I believe, and the games sold for $20 apiece, though in the end only 13 games were ever produced for it, with the last ones coming out in 2007. I feel like the biggest things that hurt ZapIt are the fact that none of the games have the action we usually come to expect from video games, with all of the Game Wave's games being trivia and puzzle based and the like, as they were focused on family entertainment. There was even a Veggie Tales game on the Game Wave. Also, none of the Game Wave's games were rated by the ESRB, which meant most retailers wouldn't carry them. The main places you would find Game Wave games were places like Christian book stores, since they knew the games didn't contain violence. I only found out about the Game Wave when I went to a store with my then girlfriend and found one in a cardboard box marked for $20 with a set of 4 controllers and one game, and I bought it out of curiosity. I now own all the games for it, but I have a feeling that very few people even know that it exists.

  • @srbrant5391
    @srbrant5391 6 місяців тому +1

    I knew Stadia would crash and burn from the get-go.

  • @flatcapman
    @flatcapman 6 місяців тому +1

    c-64? ok it wasnt perfect but it had great games and a sound chip ahead of it's time.Very much a bum rap putting an aging computer on the list when it brought out amazing games The Amiga 32CD? thats a different story

  • @gfear24
    @gfear24 6 місяців тому

    How Soulja Boy hasn't been put in prison for blatant fraud yet is beyond me. He's literally the single biggest scam artist in video game history.

  • @NeoTechni
    @NeoTechni 6 місяців тому

    Objection to OUYA's inclusion. It was great as a cheap way to develop for Android on TV with a controller. And I used it in my wedding proposal. We celebrated our 10 year anniversary this year

  • @davidgarner7948
    @davidgarner7948 6 місяців тому

    I had a Sega CD, a turbo graphics 16 that i bought off a movie store that had trouble renting it, and a neo geo. It was nice being a teen with no responsibilities

  • @rubenlewies-ik3kv
    @rubenlewies-ik3kv 6 місяців тому +2

    Can you make a video of games consoles we never heard of

  • @stevensrocks798
    @stevensrocks798 6 місяців тому

    Maybe I'm bad at business, but surely selling 770k x $180 consoles in just a year can't really be classed as a bomb? I mean, that's $138.6mil. Hardly pocket change, even for a company like Nintendo.

  • @AlessandroCussino
    @AlessandroCussino 6 місяців тому

    Some of those consoles are too advanced and had hi prices for their times.
    In some cases an advanced hardware with a too hi price didn't pay the effort to develop a good console.

  • @ComicToonProductions
    @ComicToonProductions 6 місяців тому

    Just because a console is obscure, doesn't mean it's the worst

  • @meamme8
    @meamme8 5 місяців тому

    The hyper scan wasn't a bad idea, we see the same type of technology being implemented all over the place, amiibo's and amiibo cards and disney infinity etc. It was bad timing.

  • @Striderskunk
    @Striderskunk 6 місяців тому

    I had Doom, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Pebble Beach Golf Links and I felt that's all I really needed for the 3DO

  • @Thurston86
    @Thurston86 4 місяці тому

    I hope SouljaGame is on the list!
    Edit: Was not disappointed! 😂

  • @JonathanBresnihan77
    @JonathanBresnihan77 6 місяців тому +1

    Wii U deserves a dishonorable mention here. NO whatsoever improvement from the great Wii vonsole. Just get a 3DS XL if you want a handheld to go with.

  • @retrotechguardian4393
    @retrotechguardian4393 4 місяці тому

    I have a boxed Tapwave Zodiac. That's another one that failed. But I'm glad I have one.

  • @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se
    @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se 5 місяців тому

    Proud owner of the Atari Jaguar / Atari 5200 / NIntendo Virtual Boy / Actionmax / CDI / Gamecom / RCA system .... Tempest 2000 is great on Jaguar / I liked the Virtual Boy / I hated the 5200 controllers - whats interesting check out what Virtual Boy and Jaguar sell for now. Seems to be an interest.... I don't own the 3d0 I should of bought it long time ago now it goes for a lot too along with the Turbografx portable thing. Also remember seeing the laserdisc system still on the lookout for that. They are not something you want to spend thousands on but still pretty cool to own.

  • @dragondaveltd1992
    @dragondaveltd1992 6 місяців тому

    AVGN reviews Commadore 64, Atari 5200, Panasonic 3DO, Atari Jaguar and CD, Amegia CD-32 and Virtual Boy

  • @mickael486
    @mickael486 6 місяців тому

    the Commodore 64 was a huge success for the longest amount of time compared to any other "console" for 12 years. at least that was until recently. weird they put it on the list.

  • @MiamiGameHunter
    @MiamiGameHunter 6 місяців тому

    This list is pretty much a shopping list for retro game collectors.

  • @kirilnikolovski81
    @kirilnikolovski81 4 місяці тому

    Hyper scan is in every bit of console and PC gaming. The concept of booster packs for unlocking features sounds awfully like DLC of loot boxes ffs. Lol

  • @DrRobotnikPingas
    @DrRobotnikPingas 4 місяці тому

    Thank god the RCA Studio was in this list

  • @bradleymcavoy3432
    @bradleymcavoy3432 6 місяців тому

    Yeah N-Gage and Atari Jaguar were HUGE failures but most collectors want one! 🙄 Jaguar is a technical oddity that has a passionate HomeBrew community that has taken its game Library to over 110+ games! I personally don’t think the N-Gage is half bad because there were other worse handhelds on this list! 🤨 Turbo-GrafX Express while a failed handheld was because it cost 300 dollars when it came out! You were better off getting and Atari Lynx or better yet a Sega GameGear! 😎

  • @metal--babble346
    @metal--babble346 6 місяців тому

    I would say modern gaming systems. Buy expensive system, pay for internet. The expensive games are demos, that you have to spend more money to buy new levels. 2000 bucks later to play Xbox/PS5

  • @ppr8x11
    @ppr8x11 15 днів тому

    Way to get clicks by starting with C64. I'm officially the old man who hates the youth.

  • @relaxandcalmstation
    @relaxandcalmstation 6 місяців тому

    The controller for the virtual boy was actually very comfortable and If you look at the game cube controller it has a lot of similarities….. Nintendo must have taken note.

  • @Ubu90
    @Ubu90 6 місяців тому +1

    sry but the laser active should be number 1 not the virtual boy

  • @danthompsett2894
    @danthompsett2894 6 місяців тому

    Atari Jaguar was a marketing mistake, all they needed to do was tell the truth and says its a Dual 32bit or 32bit X2 for short Console and make a half decent controller and it mightve survived a bit longer than it did, and gave game dev's the time they needed to understand the console, you forgot PS3 also having the same fck up of not giving the game dev's the time to understand the console technology.

  • @EthdanTV
    @EthdanTV 6 місяців тому

    Don't get the hate for the 3DO, I bought one a few years ago and it's got some of the best ports on it. Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Road Rash are played best on it too

  • @kaiaxelmorgan6782
    @kaiaxelmorgan6782 5 місяців тому

    The Atari 2600, Commodore 64, The NEC Turbo Express and the Sony PlayStation 3 and 5 aren't pretty bad. But the Nintendo Virtual Boy, and Wii U are seriously bad.

    • @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se
      @Eternyl_bliss-nj9se 5 місяців тому

      if they would of released Virtual Boy at cheaper price like $59.99 and had a large library of games it could of done better. I liked it - the 3D was cool - just no games

  • @heathpass3708
    @heathpass3708 6 місяців тому

    The commadore 64 had great sims for the time. Microprose made many titles that were amazing. Example F-111 Stealth fighter.

  • @pigs18
    @pigs18 6 місяців тому

    The Atari 5200 controller didn't break a lot. The Texas Instrument chip inside the console responsible for the controllers broke. So users would plug in multiple controllers and be left with the impression that the controllers don't work. They were still horrible controllers that didn't self-center.