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  • Опубліковано 27 чер 2011
  • Here is a instructional video that was shown to Nintendo Merchandisers in 1992. It goes into a little bit about many of the Nintendo Interactive Retail Store displays they would be seeing, including displays for the NES, SNES and Gameboy. One of the coolest video's I have ever seen! Enjoy!
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  • @BoundaryBreak
    @BoundaryBreak 7 років тому +3567

    For the record kids. Back in the 90s, everyones dad had a friend that looked like this.

    • @CarnidevRae
      @CarnidevRae 6 років тому +51

      Shesez haha good one
      Also I’m surprised no ones replied to your comment even after a year

    • @TehChozen1
      @TehChozen1 6 років тому +16

      Shesez Holy shit, it's you! What's up?

    • @Mr.Obongo
      @Mr.Obongo 6 років тому +65

      That’s true, everyone’s dad had a friend who looked like a rapist

    • @anadragos8340
      @anadragos8340 6 років тому +9

      Shesez ✨LOL yes they did!!!🎮😂😂😂✨

    • @ObiTrev
      @ObiTrev 6 років тому +37

      But he was never someone's Dad!

  • @noahb8864
    @noahb8864 7 років тому +1950

    me:"dad, how are babies made?"
    this guy:"well you get your mm101 key, and you open up the front door..."

    • @pg40987
      @pg40987 6 років тому +146

      Dr. Crocktopus “Make sure to turn off the volume”

    • @RealChrisJones5
      @RealChrisJones5 6 років тому +9

      Dr. Crocktopus gold

    • @coffiestar1743
      @coffiestar1743 6 років тому +11

      Oh my... I almost choke on my sandwich.

    • @coachNewman17
      @coachNewman17 6 років тому +7

      Your comment won the internet. Can’t stop laughing. Thank you

    • @sagacity6446
      @sagacity6446 6 років тому +1

      Dr. Crocktopus I 'bout blasted my drink onto my laptop

  • @zaarbeats
    @zaarbeats 3 роки тому +480

    SPOILER: He likes the volume really high.

  • @ciclon5682
    @ciclon5682 4 роки тому +664

    police: how did you enter the victim´s house?
    this guy: well i took my mm101 key and opened the front door

  • @abex701
    @abex701 8 років тому +929

    you know him... he sure likes his volume REAL high

    • @themagiclawnmower2212
      @themagiclawnmower2212 8 років тому +1

      Its JEKE !!!

    • @Bobby8451
      @Bobby8451 7 років тому

      +TheMagicLawnMower LOL

    • @keyboardwarria
      @keyboardwarria 7 років тому +15

      dude's probably a metal head

    • @Bobby8451
      @Bobby8451 7 років тому +15

      I believe he was referring to his mental high. Lol

    • @chahalele
      @chahalele 7 років тому +17

      at least hes not selling real fake doors

  • @ikmnification5737
    @ikmnification5737 4 роки тому +548

    This man loves his volume so much, he calls the Gameboy's Power switch "Volume"

    • @gabrielhamilton4595
      @gabrielhamilton4595 4 роки тому +21

      I was laughin, "turn the volume of the gameboy off"

    • @paulytheking7365
      @paulytheking7365 3 роки тому +20

      After he said “hmm.” I think they were tired of taking takes.

    • @MrRandomReviews
      @MrRandomReviews 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Starpotion
      @Starpotion 3 роки тому +8

      Remember: He likes it loud

    • @ethanlaborde
      @ethanlaborde 3 роки тому +5

      @@Starpotion You've gotta *Play It Loud!*

  • @markychaz
    @markychaz 3 роки тому +314

    No modern kid would understand the feeling we had as children, going into a store and walking into the video game section that looked like this! Just to play the console and stare at all the video games on the other side of the glass. It's what made Xmas time so special. We lived it and this is why we watch these videos. To try to get a tiny glimpse of that feeling again.

    • @daniskicker
      @daniskicker Рік тому +2

      Distinctly remember my BestBuy having these everywhere. They had a corner labeled the games area. It was incredible. That same BestBuy's game area is no where as cool as this was. I wish I could have been an employee there during this time and taken some of these if they were throwing them out.

    • @ArgentinaPrimermundo
      @ArgentinaPrimermundo Рік тому +12

      Sorry to disappoint you, pal, but it's still the same with the new consoles. You can go and grab a gamepad to play at the stores. They display the consoles like in this video mainly locked up so no one mess around with them.

    • @RaziMemeGod
      @RaziMemeGod Рік тому +10

      ​@@ArgentinaPrimermundo yeah, but those ones don't look cool infact they look like cheap plastic or cardboard, and they are MODERN CONSOLES. It is a completely different experience.

    • @jkhjtkjj194
      @jkhjtkjj194 Рік тому +2

      @@RaziMemeGod why, i never played any console, playing for the first time the Nintendo Switch and it was awesome

    • @AwEsOmEcHrIs1983
      @AwEsOmEcHrIs1983 Рік тому +6

      i remember gettin Mario World 2 for my Game Boy at Christmas Eve. I was the happiest kid on this Planet. Or buying NES Games with my hard saved Money. Things i will never forget. Great times back in the days.

  • @Ash-mu2ho
    @Ash-mu2ho 3 роки тому +91

    My god this took me back to the 90’s. Walking into an electronics store back then was pure magic. I remember playing virtual boy at Toys R Us until I got a headache. They were impossible to buy, so the only way to play one was in store. Video game companies were truly innovative in the 90’s.

  • @meganwilliams3742
    @meganwilliams3742 5 років тому +879

    Me: I’m gonna go to bed early tonight
    Also me at 1:30 a.m: *watches some instructional video on how to control the volume on early 90’s game console displays

    • @MrBroken030
      @MrBroken030 5 років тому +7

      Let me guess you dont own any of these demo units?

    • @MrAndyPee
      @MrAndyPee 4 роки тому +15

      imagine having an mn-101 key back then 😂

    • @xPadge112x
      @xPadge112x 4 роки тому +4

      I relate so much meg I'm scared to laugh loud.

    • @Xarai
      @Xarai 4 роки тому +1

      oh look a dumbass joke

    • @xPadge112x
      @xPadge112x 4 роки тому +7

      @@Xarai People must palm you off to other assholes at parties. What a bundle of joy you must be.

  • @kennymcormic5663
    @kennymcormic5663 8 років тому +576

    I just spent the last 10 minutes watching a 90's instructional video on how to change the carts and volume of game cases that dont even exist anymore. I promise i have a life.

    • @MitsuhashiTakashi
      @MitsuhashiTakashi 8 років тому +24

      Yeah we have lives..... we are living I geuss.

    • @killerbee2562
      @killerbee2562 8 років тому +19

      +Kenny mcormic Some of them still exist, beat up by the passing years.

    • @ccateni28
      @ccateni28 7 років тому +8

      Can't blame you, when you own one, you should look up this for information.

    • @kennymichaelalanya7134
      @kennymichaelalanya7134 7 років тому +1

      Kenny mcormic hey fucker u have my name 😝

    • @KThxsBy
      @KThxsBy 7 років тому +9

      I own one.. and it's missing the key! now I know which key I need to get cut. this video was bloody gold dust to me xD

  • @reoire843
    @reoire843 2 роки тому +77

    These video game displays were the best part of going to the mall back in the 80s and 90s. I would find one of these and just camp out as long as I could until my mom finished shopping.

    • @PedricCuf
      @PedricCuf Рік тому +3

      I remember playing Super Mario RPG on one of these stations as we were on our way to JCPenny's to get the dreaded Family Photo. God those were miserable as a kid. The Nintendo station was like a little oasis, in contrast.

    • @reoire843
      @reoire843 Рік тому +1

      @@PedricCuf Haha, yeah when you are a kid those mall trips can feel like an eternity. Especially when clothes shopping! Super Mario RPG is a classic. Fortunately that's one I owned growing up. For me, Super Metroid was one that I only played at those Nintendo demo stations in the mall. Wish I had picked it up back then! That's one of the best games on the SNES.

    • @PedricCuf
      @PedricCuf Рік тому +1

      @@reoire843 It really is one of the best. I didn't get to actually beat it until a couple years ago. No one I knew played it, and I'm not even sure our local Blockbuster had it. I was somewhat sad that I missed out on such an experience while young, but the flipside was that I got to enjoy something familiar, yet different, when old.

    • @reoire843
      @reoire843 Рік тому +1

      @@PedricCuf For sure! It's always nice to discover a classic gem for the first time! I finally got to play it properly too on the SNES Classic. Same for Earthbound.

    • @barbwatchesyt4084
      @barbwatchesyt4084 Рік тому +2

      Same!!! Hahah. In the UK, Dixons had great displays :) Also, I used to go to WHSmith to read the nintendo magazine before going to Dixons lol

  • @DMG118
    @DMG118 4 роки тому +50

    What a world we live in where every single game on every single console in that store can now fit on a little tiny chip.

    • @B727X
      @B727X Рік тому +2

      On a 25$ chip

    • @kevingamboa9420
      @kevingamboa9420 Рік тому +5

      Dude, if you get the nachos stuck together, that's one big nacho

    • @Dr.W.Krueger
      @Dr.W.Krueger 10 місяців тому +1

      absolutely soulless

  • @vree_
    @vree_ 5 років тому +610

    This shop wouldve been my dream back as a kid.

    • @vel2118
      @vel2118 4 роки тому +31

      I would’ve probably passed out in there

    • @Scufflegrit
      @Scufflegrit 4 роки тому +19

      This was, like... every Target and Toys R Us.

    • @film79
      @film79 3 роки тому +10

      I wonder if this was a shop open to the public or just used by Nintendo to train employees and do demonstrations for sellers?

    • @MB2kbps
      @MB2kbps 3 роки тому +1

      Lol same

    • @unknownwolf4046
      @unknownwolf4046 3 роки тому

      @@vel2118 I wonder if this guy still alive and his Shop

  • @CapnCody1622
    @CapnCody1622 7 років тому +457

    I don't know what Jake's doing nowadays but I bet he can't hear shit.

  • @TheLexusKitsune
    @TheLexusKitsune 4 роки тому +86

    I felt like I was actually in the early 90s just watching this
    And I love that feeling

    • @noahstmnts
      @noahstmnts 3 роки тому +3

      Feels like a Nintendo Tech Museum

  • @kazes
    @kazes Рік тому +4

    I remember this gameboy display, it was so mysterious, everyone wanted to see what was on that small screen, you had to get very close above the shoulder of the player. This was my first console. Had a great time with marioland. You couldn't save and the console was powered with 4 AA batteries, so finishing a game was the best feeling for sure. It teaches you perseverance and patience.

  • @Coty0010
    @Coty0010 7 років тому +147

    "You know me, I like the volume up really high"

    • @NativS2002
      @NativS2002 6 років тому +6

      Coty0010
      What He Means , He Likes To Be HIGH And Do Kids

    • @VGMrawk
      @VGMrawk 5 років тому +3

      I want a shirt with that line and Jakes face on it

    • @zerokonan
      @zerokonan 5 років тому

      the "volume"

    • @rikustorm13
      @rikustorm13 5 років тому

      He looks high tbh

  • @sebastianfernandez6146
    @sebastianfernandez6146 8 років тому +80

    Well if there one thing I learned about this video is that he likes his volume really high.

  • @Frisket
    @Frisket 4 роки тому +26

    4:37 Damn look at how shiny and fresh that Metroid 2 cartridge is. In fact everything in this vid is so fresh and clean. Such a rare sight.

  • @ArpeggioPegasusMusic
    @ArpeggioPegasusMusic 4 роки тому +58

    I really really really want that Game Boy display with the screen.

    • @ArpeggioPegasusMusic
      @ArpeggioPegasusMusic 4 роки тому +1

      @@Obozo_Gaming if you can find any in the first place lmao

    • @SpanishFly120
      @SpanishFly120 4 роки тому +1

      @@ArpeggioPegasusMusic I'm sure somebody on eBay is probably selling one for about $8000, lol.

    • @ArpeggioPegasusMusic
      @ArpeggioPegasusMusic 4 роки тому

      @@SpanishFly120 lol, i hope it comes with the key

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 4 роки тому

      Actually you can indeed find one. Some guy on reddit bought one recently. See here: www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/9wm5zz/very_cool_pickup_yesterday_considering_an/
      I'm still trying to figure out the name.

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 4 роки тому

      @@SpanishFly120 You are *dead right* on that 8000. See here: www.ebay.com/itm/NINTENDO-GAME-BOY-POCKET-Kiosk-Shop-DISPLAY-UNIT-Screen-GAMEBOY-USA-Introvabile/312579479622?hash=item48c7305846:g:R1EAAOSw5oxbzNyZ

  • @BizerkPixel
    @BizerkPixel 9 років тому +183

    *Starts with a tilted view. Yup this is 90s.

    • @deckofcards87
      @deckofcards87 8 років тому +10

      Haha yeah. what was with that trend?

    • @bugslayerprime7674
      @bugslayerprime7674 8 років тому +18

      +Eden tification Advertisement directors who never went to film school? Anyone whose seen the Adam West Batman knows that people who appear on a tilted screen are the badguys. It shows their skewed mind...

    • @Ragitsu
      @Ragitsu 6 років тому +3

      That view is known as the "dutch angle".

  • @Josh-le6lu
    @Josh-le6lu 8 років тому +301

    Man, this puts chills down my spine. Life was so awesome back then!

    • @akiriki97
      @akiriki97 8 років тому +9

      I'm starting to feel old lol

    • @darrenleonard4642
      @darrenleonard4642 8 років тому

      +Matthew Hawthorne Electronics Boutique

    • @autentyk5735
      @autentyk5735 8 років тому +3

      +thaddeus FrankenCow Yeah, life is not a bed of roses nor Nintendo shop displays. By the way, there is no such thing as "now a days". Can you honestly tell me you ve' ever actually seen the indefinite article before a plural noun or noun phrase?

    • @darrenleonard4642
      @darrenleonard4642 8 років тому +8

      autentyk Actually there is such a thing as "nowadays" it just means at this present time Compared to what it used to be like. lol

    • @autentyk5735
      @autentyk5735 8 років тому +2

      Darren Leonard I was asking about "now a days", not "nowadays". People can be slow to read and think, and quick to comment nowadays, can't they?

  • @venividivici4253
    @venividivici4253 3 роки тому +18

    I miss being a kid in the early 90’s. The best decade ever.

    • @Faceplay2
      @Faceplay2 Рік тому +1

      I honestly think that’s just a nostalgic talking. I’m someone who is born in the middle of the 90s but my childhood was for the most part in the early 2000s. And in my memory that was the best times. I know my parents say the same thing for back in the 80s. I think it comes down to the more innocent time of your childhood where you’re having fun with your friends but basically no responsibilities.

    • @VashStarwind
      @VashStarwind Рік тому +3

      @@Faceplay2 Or the fact that there was no social media or cell phones, so people actually communicated, and did stuff like go to the movies and things like that

    • @Faceplay2
      @Faceplay2 Рік тому

      @@VashStarwind But that’s the thing when I grew up we did have all those things. Facebook blew up when I was in junior high so my space was already popular before that. the IPhone came out and decently affordable when I was a sophomore in high school.
      But we went outside we went to high school parties we went to concerts we went to the movies.
      I think there’s an honest misunderstanding of generations.
      We simply did things a little differently. Like for instance I grew up in Arizona so we had dirt bikes and we would go off Roading we just happen to have cell phones with us as well for communication purposes.
      We would have sleepovers with our closest friends but we would bring our phones with us. And just like people from 10 years prior we would also bring our game devices and play video games late into the night it’s not like we just kept our face in our cell phone lol.

    • @VashStarwind
      @VashStarwind Рік тому +3

      @@Faceplay2 Yeah thats the thing, you guys DIDNT grow up with that stuff your whole life, you got to highschool AND THEN that stuff became popular. Now that kids have grown up LITERALLY their whole life with smart phones and social media, they stopped going out and doing things like movies, book stores, game stores, toy stores, wherever. Its totally different now especially with the kids that dont know what life was like before all those things existed. They dont even know that people used to have to go knock on other peoples door, just to see if they were even home lol.
      Fb used to be a good thing the first few years it came out, it was cool. Then they got the idea of taking over the whole internet and it turned to shit after that.

    • @Faceplay2
      @Faceplay2 Рік тому

      @@VashStarwind I guess that’s a good point. My first cell phone I had I was probably like 11 years old but it was just a emergency cell phone so I could call my family if I got lost or so they could call me if I was out and about. I grew up in a decent suburb so it wasn’t uncommon for parents to drop us off to like the movie theater and stuff so we had a cell phone so we could call her parents to get picked up since we were that age. But again it basically didn’t do anything.

  • @BenoitAdam
    @BenoitAdam 3 роки тому +93

    Nintendo had it all :
    "Got 250$ ? Here is a SNES !"
    "Doesn't have 250$ ? Take a NES !"
    "Doesn't have a TV ? Take a Game Boy !"
    "Doesn't have money ? Take flyers and shit !"

    • @Gameboy-Unboxings
      @Gameboy-Unboxings Місяць тому

      So great. I love how they had this amazing trio of systems. I love how the next gen never replaced last gen right away. They worked together. And they really did advertise all 3 systems together in magazines & stuff. Now all we have is one console. Dedicated handhelds are a thing of the past. Sad.

  • @Batmanshack
    @Batmanshack 7 років тому +79

    Kids used to go to the mall just to play on these, they had to set a time limit it was that good...

    • @annabellelecter1926
      @annabellelecter1926 5 років тому +4

      I remember those days!!

    • @kylehill3643
      @kylehill3643 5 років тому

      What do you mean set a time limit?

    • @neverstreamer4875
      @neverstreamer4875 5 років тому

      I had to go to a wal-mart most of the time to play these and they were always broken in some way.

  • @travis264
    @travis264 7 років тому +369

    And you know me... I like to get reaaaalllly high

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 5 років тому +9

      I remember finding the secret hidden knobs in stores when I was little and messing with shit like this.

    • @vel2118
      @vel2118 4 роки тому +3

      😂 😂 u made my day

    • @neongreenninja5433
      @neongreenninja5433 4 роки тому +1

      lmao

  • @Farie977
    @Farie977 4 роки тому +16

    For some reason I always come back to this video and watch it again

    • @CameronCobb
      @CameronCobb 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @Godlike_Virus
      @Godlike_Virus Місяць тому

      For me...I just download these and other classic Nintendo Demonstration videos off of UA-cam to watch on my phone whenever.😆

  • @leroykincaide
    @leroykincaide Рік тому +8

    Wow... this take me way back. I remember playing on these loads as a child while mum and my nan went to town. The nostalgia kicking in bigtime. Childhood memory unlocked

  • @aderek79
    @aderek79 7 років тому +92

    A real ass was responsible for placing those volume adjustment controls.

    • @ajsmodernandretrogames8523
      @ajsmodernandretrogames8523 7 років тому +12

      They had to hide them, or every kid ever would be changing the volume constantly.

    • @aderek79
      @aderek79 7 років тому +15

      I was thinking about the ones behind locked panels. It would have been easy to have a clearly visible knob or wheel with labels.
      As for the one just under the edge anyone could reach, when I was playing on those as a kid I would have followed this guy's example.

    • @edmundthefox3656
      @edmundthefox3656 6 років тому +1

      It's to make the device Tamper resistant. You don't want somebody tampering with the machine and messing it up and making it an inconvenience for everyone, do you?

  • @juliancwcwcw
    @juliancwcwcw 7 років тому +29

    Now I can add "Able to operate retro video game displays" to my resume.

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 4 роки тому +65

    Does anyone else start twitching when he takes the games out and puts the same exact game back?

    • @juanpablocastano2192
      @juanpablocastano2192 4 роки тому +3

      I can't stand it when people put the same game back on after just removing the disc or in this case cartridge.

    • @scooterparsons5349
      @scooterparsons5349 3 роки тому +4

      Almost like Billy mitchell, BOOM!

    • @josephromano8604
      @josephromano8604 3 роки тому +13

      No. Because it’s just a training demo for retailers.

    • @LadyCoyKoi
      @LadyCoyKoi 3 роки тому +6

      Nope. It was how us 1980s and 90s kids got some games to work properly. These carts can somethings not work if you don't clean it or set it in right. I recall the "blowing into your cart" technique that sometimes it works, but it is better to just get a q-tip with a little alcohol and swip it over the reader inside where the game connects to the console. I also recommend doing this to clean the inside of the console. Always use alcohol or alcohol based cleaners like Windex to clean your systems. Water takes longer to dry and will damage the system.

    • @alicyjinx8923
      @alicyjinx8923 3 роки тому +1

      To be fair thats the best way to fix a game if it isnt playing correctly. Its way more effective than blowing into the cartridge.

  • @MW-cx3sb
    @MW-cx3sb Рік тому +7

    I remember these displays in the early 90's they were so great.

    • @stevesargent8731
      @stevesargent8731 Рік тому

      if you look at the one at 2:54 , I've got one of those displays in my attic and the gameboy still works.

  • @nopelol8718
    @nopelol8718 7 років тому +189

    At 7:00 as he hits on the gameboy tv adapter the thing glitches out and restarts lol

    • @ginogelatinoshorts2291
      @ginogelatinoshorts2291 5 років тому +3

      hehe

    • @slimpyman
      @slimpyman 5 років тому +2

      lol i was just watchin and i was thinkin damn did that thing have a restart timer.... and BOOM i read this... god damn shitty contacts

    • @StellaSteve80
      @StellaSteve80 5 років тому +4

      Someone must have pulled too hard and yanked all the wires out.

    • @GrinddalCPH
      @GrinddalCPH 5 років тому

      nope lol s

    • @Purple_Sloth
      @Purple_Sloth 5 років тому

      Jake, destroyer of gameboys

  • @dogbunns
    @dogbunns 7 років тому +258

    Make sure you turn the volume off before removing the cartridge in your Gameboy.

  • @StarwindAmada1
    @StarwindAmada1 4 роки тому +172

    I found this guy on LinkedIn and messaged him asking how to turn up the volume on my TV because I couldn't find a rubber gromit and he had no idea this was on UA-cam

    • @ALeaud
      @ALeaud 4 роки тому +36

      That's amazing. I hope he's amused by it haha.

    • @sage_the_husky649
      @sage_the_husky649 4 роки тому +6

      Nah I dont think so

    • @StarwindAmada1
      @StarwindAmada1 4 роки тому +25

      @XBOXRULES I'm gonna kick your ass

    • @nicholasmoose6574
      @nicholasmoose6574 4 роки тому +33

      @@StarwindAmada1 I'm not trying to be offensive, but your response of "I'm gonna kick your ass" is the funniest response to a dick UA-cam comment I have ever read, and the fact that the argument started because of him making fun of your desire for rubber gromits makes it even better! And the fact that this video could ever cause anyone to get pissed at anyone to the point of wanting to kick their ass makes it EVEN better!! Haha! Again, no offense intended, but this video is like, the most innocuous thing I have ever watched, so I find it funny that it could result in somebody saying, "I'm gonna kick your ass."

    • @BenjaminHari
      @BenjaminHari 3 роки тому +3

      How did you find him with just a name lol?

  • @myhandlewasstolen2
    @myhandlewasstolen2 3 роки тому +15

    This is cool, the 90s had such awesome stuff.

    • @KirkLee1983
      @KirkLee1983 Рік тому +2

      Yep and 80s as regular nintendo came out in the 80s though and was awesome. It came out when I was 2 in 1985. Me and my brothers played it all the time in 1988 and 1989 threw the early 90s. Especially Punchout and Metroid.

    • @myhandlewasstolen2
      @myhandlewasstolen2 Рік тому

      through*

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH Рік тому

      90s tech was doing the edgy arcade aesthetic.

  • @TheFlamingPike
    @TheFlamingPike 5 років тому +340

    My uncle was pretty much like this guy ( and still is lol )! He was in his mid-20's back then. He knew everything about video games. He brought me to the arcades and introduced me to plenty of classics. Space Invaders, Missile Command, Galaga, Pac-Man, etc. One day, he brought a NES he rented at the Japanese rental store. That's right: our first rental store was owned by Japanese people ( my hometown was a small town so they were the only immigrants and it was a big thing for us lol ). They had the Japanese version of the NES too, a Famicom, and plenty of games I never saw elsewhere until roms came out. I still remember vividly how the store was made, where the shelves were, the carpet rug and everything.
    My first crush ever probably was the Japanese girl behind the counter of that store. I called her "Nintendo Girl" because all they had at that time was Nintendo stuff. She hated us kids and would put pressure on us to rent games and stop wasting time. She had a strong Japanese accent and man, she was severe when our parents weren't around. She scared and fascinated me at the same time. Her brother ( or maybe boyfriend but I always wanted to believe he was just her brother ) would barely even speak. I would sometimes go to that store and not rent anything because I just wanted to look at the Nintendo Girl, then when I'd feel like she was going to get mad at me, I'd take a couple of quarters out of my TMNT-themed wallet and buy myself a jawbreaker bubble gum or two. Obviously, she didn't know about my feelings ( I was just a kid anyway ) and she just thought I was trying to steal stuff in the store, that I was up to no good. One day, Blockbuster came in and they closed the store and I never saw them ever again. Whenever I find an old nintendo video like this one, I think about her lol.

    • @marco18979
      @marco18979 3 роки тому +9

      amazing story . whats your town called

    • @MrZillas
      @MrZillas 3 роки тому +14

      Thats a sweet story actually.

    • @fana406
      @fana406 3 роки тому +8

      This was so romantic!

    • @JuanAlvarado-nb9hy
      @JuanAlvarado-nb9hy 3 роки тому +30

      Man I feel you on that.. I really liked this Italian girl and I was like 12 years old but I had to move to a different state.. 10 years later I came to visit and I couldn't believe it that she was still there after so many years.. In the end we hanged out and we finally told each other that we had a crush , I didn't even know she liked me but she did.. But she already had a boyfriend at the time and she said that the only reason she was going out with him is b/c he reminded her of me.. She was Italian and I'm Mexican..so of course she was going out with a hispanic guy.. Awe man 😔.. Never will forget about her..

    • @deanthompson88
      @deanthompson88 3 роки тому +14

      I miss independant games and rental shops like that, the staff were generally much more interested in games and there was always a massive selection of obscure preowned games going back generations, most had quirky props and displays too so it was always fun to go in and look around, the big chains these days dont even bother with those cardboard displays anymore haha, very lifeless and boring.

  • @CyberIce2000
    @CyberIce2000 6 років тому +282

    6:48 "Don't forget, close the door and lock it". Forgets to lock it. XD

    • @Turambar3791
      @Turambar3791 5 років тому +25

      Maybe little details like those were intentional to select future personal. I mean after showing the video, the guy in charge could ask job candidates key numbers and if all was done correctly at the video.

    • @Jason_Van_Stone
      @Jason_Van_Stone 4 роки тому

      🤣

    • @ocoe5528
      @ocoe5528 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah! I noticed that! 😂

    • @Brickbuilder128
      @Brickbuilder128 3 роки тому +1

      Saw that the first time I watched it

    • @Mitsuraga
      @Mitsuraga 3 роки тому

      Anyone would be tired after being totally on, explaining what are basically cabinets that hold video games. You can see him getting winded, by the end.

  • @huldu
    @huldu 4 роки тому +5

    That last kiosk was mindblowing. Never seen one of those before not even in stores as a kid.

  • @LadyCoyKoi
    @LadyCoyKoi 3 роки тому +6

    This is awesome. 😎👍 I could watch this guy explain the mechanics of our childhood consoles for hours. Thank you took me back in time. This room use to be how Game Stop was. Now GameStop doesn't even display or showcase consoles anymore. Nor does it sell the original NES or SNES games anymore. 🙄

  • @TheReaIOptimusPrime
    @TheReaIOptimusPrime 7 років тому +157

    man I love the 90's

  • @EddieG1888
    @EddieG1888 5 років тому +370

    I actually thought this was a joke video made as a parody of 90s instructional videos.

    • @greciasoleble
      @greciasoleble 4 роки тому +9

      Lol me too, with those 80's filters

    • @yt_user1772
      @yt_user1772 4 роки тому +2

      @@greciasoleble nah. They wouldn't make so much stuff to just make parody.

    • @TheDemocrab
      @TheDemocrab 4 роки тому +4

      @@yt_user1772 *laughs in jontron*

    • @ComicChronology
      @ComicChronology 4 роки тому

      omg same lol

    • @BigFox86
      @BigFox86 4 роки тому +19

      I thought so too, the guys haircut/stashe made it seem like he might be playing up a character. but as the video went on i was like damn....they sure collected alot of expensive rare stuff for this joke.

  • @jaygray7984
    @jaygray7984 3 роки тому +5

    Bro.. Watching this has brought back so many memories walking into electronic stores as a kid growing up in the 90s w all the screens everywhere connected to my favorite systems. Id kill for one of these things man im tellin you. Thank you for uploading this.

  • @blackheartzerotheundergrou3225
    @blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 4 роки тому +2

    7:57 - _"At last, this final task, binding me to this mortal plane, is over!"_

  • @blueshky
    @blueshky 7 років тому +17

    Jake devoted his life to changing the volume of Nintendo kisok's. That's a satisfying life.

    • @jdncat
      @jdncat 3 роки тому +3

      He liked the volume up really high!

  • @ProDannZ
    @ProDannZ 7 років тому +304

    Jake... no more cocaine for you.

    • @Well_Its_Me
      @Well_Its_Me 7 років тому +59

      he amited it in the end, he likes it "really high"!

  • @DemoNova
    @DemoNova 4 роки тому +8

    I remember some cruise ships (Silja Line I believe) had NES displays like these with various games you could play. We also used to have a video game store in my home town, where you could try the games (NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Master System) before you bought them, but they didn't use any fancy displays like these.

  • @watchinglion7774
    @watchinglion7774 3 роки тому +4

    Wow, I remember the Super NES display. I really enjoyed watching this instructional retail video. It's so awesome how people uploaded preserving these vintage training videos.

  • @jrvbamafan1
    @jrvbamafan1 7 років тому +38

    these were the best years ever. I feel sorry for the kids now. they don't even realize what they missed out on. the 80s and 90s were a great time to grow up

  • @ip3onmyspace158
    @ip3onmyspace158 7 років тому +65

    As soon as that guy started talking I thought there's no way this was made in 1992, it seems like a parody lol

    • @spacebud9569
      @spacebud9569 7 років тому +13

      Are you kidding? This reeks of the early 90's.

    • @jortega61924
      @jortega61924 7 років тому +1

      Space Bud95 childhood memories here.

    • @spacebud9569
      @spacebud9569 7 років тому +2

      jortega61924 It was a simpler time man. Before the advent of smart phones and facebook. I miss it :'(

    • @SoulLoveBase
      @SoulLoveBase 5 років тому +6

      I thought it was fake too at first. It's just too on the nose.

    • @ployth9000
      @ployth9000 5 років тому

      facebook is the same thing as myspace and other I don't know why everyone is going crazy over facebook like its something new@@spacebud9569

  • @SteelBallRun1890
    @SteelBallRun1890 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you for this video, very informative.
    Now I'm ready to go to my work that exists in the 90's and crank that cabinet volume up reaaal high after opening that cabinet with an MM101 key.

  • @rebelscum1825
    @rebelscum1825 3 роки тому +11

    I love how they make something that's so simplistic and primitive look so complicated that it needs a step by step instructional video

  • @Ragitsu
    @Ragitsu 7 років тому +117

    Am I the only one here who wants some of that sweet Nintendo merchandise?

    • @Spikeland
      @Spikeland 5 років тому +8

      No Because I want one too

    • @NeoArashi
      @NeoArashi 4 роки тому +1

      I want that too.

    • @John6-40
      @John6-40 4 роки тому +1

      Nah. I'd love to have one of these for my collection.

    • @zacharyrollick6169
      @zacharyrollick6169 Рік тому +1

      Nope.

  • @MikeyTaylorGaming
    @MikeyTaylorGaming 9 років тому +162

    This guy is a fucking legend ahahaha

    • @JunKurosu
      @JunKurosu 8 років тому +1

      What do you mean?

    • @MikeyTaylorGaming
      @MikeyTaylorGaming 8 років тому +3

      Maya Amano I mean he's a legend, like, a cool guy! hahaha

    • @GillesBoutenfeu
      @GillesBoutenfeu 8 років тому +3

      +MikeyTaylorGaming What do you mean exactly?

    • @WaverBoy
      @WaverBoy 8 років тому +2

      +GillesBoutenfeu I think he's being ironic. And I agree, this guy is a fucking legend. Hilarious.

    • @mark224
      @mark224 8 років тому +5

      +MikeyTaylorGaming I like it reaaaaaaallly loud

  • @alixxworkshop846
    @alixxworkshop846 3 роки тому +1

    Man i love those times...Please return me back to 90's and leave me there for ever!!!

  • @vBDKv
    @vBDKv 3 роки тому +6

    I spent so many hours playing these in stores when mom was out shopping. Good times indeed :)

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH Рік тому

      Mom always knew where me and my brother would be.

  • @eljugadorloco
    @eljugadorloco 9 років тому +16

    The Volume Guy.

  • @BobofWOGGLE
    @BobofWOGGLE 8 років тому +139

    He didn't lock the door on the NES display.

    • @Psythik
      @Psythik 8 років тому +12

      +Bob Woggle And he hit the Game Boy next to it so hard it reset.

    • @DrxSlump
      @DrxSlump 8 років тому

      +Bob Woggle he wanted to change the game after the video to play something :p

    • @hibyhihi
      @hibyhihi 8 років тому +11

      +Bob Woggle oh shit! i'm running down there now to steal it!

    • @joanagrossa1770
      @joanagrossa1770 8 років тому +4

      +420 blaze it up seeing those brand new snes consoles make my mouth water.

    • @infidelgermany
      @infidelgermany 8 років тому

      +420 blaze it up Better hurry up before he realises!

  • @jaredrush4302
    @jaredrush4302 5 місяців тому

    I come back to this video from time to time. Those guys are living the dream. Juke box kiosks are on my hit list.

  • @malachisproduction975
    @malachisproduction975 Рік тому +1

    Brings back so many memories being in Sears and playing super Mario world for the very first time while my family did their Christmas shopping.

  • @Sopaguayaba
    @Sopaguayaba 7 років тому +585

    Let's just hope that when he watches porn he doesn't up LIKE his volume really high

    • @corey9137
      @corey9137 7 років тому +4

      Aghasting Sky 😂😂

    • @lactate
      @lactate 7 років тому +22

      idk he was pretty vocal about how he likes it up REALLL loud.

    • @ruler_of_everything
      @ruler_of_everything 7 років тому +3

      did youtube exist then
      OH! I FORGOT THE SECRET GAME P3RNMAN2! DEVS ONLY!

    • @MAGWolf
      @MAGWolf 7 років тому +18

      As least we wont "Forget to close the door and lock it!"

    • @TheIcefreeze
      @TheIcefreeze 7 років тому +21

      3:41 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @MeatVision
    @MeatVision 5 років тому +157

    Seems like volume was a really touchy thing back then

    • @gwishart
      @gwishart 4 роки тому +46

      In toy shops and department stores full of hyperactive kids playing video games, being able to stop the little twats from turning the volume up was very important.

    • @TheDemocrab
      @TheDemocrab 4 роки тому +7

      @@gwishart Hell it still is to this day. There's a reason why the volume on these is still controlled to the point where they were even eliminating IR remote control in the mounted TVs when kids started getting phones with IR blasters.

    • @XxAtomic646xX
      @XxAtomic646xX 4 роки тому +8

      @@TheDemocrab lol I use to go to sixflags and use my note 4 to turn off tv's

    • @Linuxdirk
      @Linuxdirk 4 роки тому +1

      And on the last one even the customers could turn up the volume really high if they wanted to (and if they know where the volume wheel is).

    • @gelerickson
      @gelerickson 3 роки тому +1

      a lot of stuff used pretty finicky, shitty potentiometers for volume control

  • @199NickYT
    @199NickYT 3 роки тому +2

    I can't believe this isn't a parody of 90's instructional videos.

  • @zero71234
    @zero71234 3 роки тому +2

    maybe it's me getting old but this looks so much better than what we have today. not the graphics or gameplay, but imagine going to a store and see all those colorful games e stations so you can try the game and hang out with your friends.

  • @YamatoFukkatsu
    @YamatoFukkatsu 7 років тому +19

    Oh man, I miss these things. Really intriguing how they could have GameBoy displays on a TV well before the Super GameBoy ever became a thing, but it was only exclusive to those retail displays.

  • @8thManDVDcom
    @8thManDVDcom 8 років тому +171

    I always wanted one of those Gameboy Displays b/c the pic was so lousy and hard to see on normal GB lol

    • @stevefitz3802
      @stevefitz3802 6 років тому +6

      It's too bad there hasn't been an adapter/ cord made that plugs the gameboy video output directly to a TV, without the need for a super Nintendo! Think I'm gonna start checking the web for that just in case.

    • @releasethedogs
      @releasethedogs 6 років тому +5

      It's called HDMIboy

    • @readein
      @readein 6 років тому +6

      I actually know someone who owns the exact model shown in this video

    • @araregoodguy
      @araregoodguy 5 років тому +2

      Be sure to adjust the contrast before you say such things! (I am joking)

    • @tomrow32
      @tomrow32 5 років тому

      I saw this video once where a guy named ben heck modified a gameboy and attached it to a tv

  • @Ernest-ATX
    @Ernest-ATX Рік тому +3

    I would never change my time with these games with growing up with a PS5 and Call of Duty. Today’s kids will never understand it.

  • @nicholasferguson3014
    @nicholasferguson3014 3 роки тому +1

    I remember these displays. No telling how many hours I spent standing at the Game Boy one.... God, I am so old.

  • @camaroman101
    @camaroman101 7 років тому +58

    1:22 hey that's not a new game pack cartridge, he just used the same one! What a scam, dudes a straight up con.

  • @Configurations
    @Configurations 7 років тому +20

    Got up to 2 minutes before i realized this video wasn't meant for customers.

  • @bluetarantulaproductions6179
    @bluetarantulaproductions6179 2 роки тому +1

    Love Game Boy since I was a kid, im now 35 years old and I still play Game Boy to this day.

  • @LorianandLothric
    @LorianandLothric Рік тому +4

    Take me back to the 90s!

  • @wikitxp
    @wikitxp 7 років тому +24

    This is so epic, I wish our stores still had these kinds of presentations of consoles and handhelds..

  • @ragonel
    @ragonel 7 років тому +169

    wonder what happened to all those displays

    • @SamPendleton
      @SamPendleton 7 років тому +91

      Jake built a house out of them to live in when his bosses figured out nobody on Earth actually needed his services.

    • @Cpt-Falco
      @Cpt-Falco 7 років тому +85

      The NES one at 6:55 prolly got stolen because he didn't lock it up

    • @rchan0
      @rchan0 7 років тому +32

      if they survived they'd be worth a lot to retro games collectors. imagine having a shelf load of game carts and then having the retail demo units there so it's like youve got your own video game store? i guess most of them would have probably been dumped though, who would have known these things would eventually be collectible

    • @Video-Games-Are-Fun
      @Video-Games-Are-Fun 7 років тому +38

      nintendo told retailers to DESTROY all units, not to sell them nor ship them back so legallly that is what happened. a few employees took some home quietly...and those ended up on ebay today.

    • @pimphandgamester
      @pimphandgamester 7 років тому +28

      Lol no. They had to send them back to the distributer, Nintendo still owned those, they didn't just give them to retailers or nothing. I know because I worked at HHgregg in high school. We set them up...etc and at some point had to pack and send them back.
      The ones on Ebay or that were ever sold were where they would liquidate them from the warehouse at auctions. Whoever originally bought them then sold them around and of course they eventually end up on Ebay and whatnot.

  • @DoraDora20188
    @DoraDora20188 3 роки тому +2

    Interesting I might go their to turn the volume so high that this guy would give me every Nintendo system

  • @keeler1160
    @keeler1160 3 роки тому +2

    When electronics stores were awesome to go to.

  • @capoverdepires
    @capoverdepires 5 років тому +45

    I think he was “really high” when he made this lol

    • @Adamz678
      @Adamz678 3 роки тому +1

      lol would you blame him?

    • @Lindguardian
      @Lindguardian 3 роки тому +1

      no, just a regular american sales guy.

  • @kwicksandz
    @kwicksandz 9 років тому +42

    he really likes volume controls

    • @silencedogood3324
      @silencedogood3324 9 років тому +14

      And reaaaally high

    • @holdenwolf7992
      @holdenwolf7992 9 років тому +1

      you know him he like it real loud

    • @GamesFromSpace
      @GamesFromSpace 9 років тому +2

      He likes them so much he even says "volume" when he means "power" for the gameboy.

    • @Chalky.
      @Chalky. 9 років тому

      Yeah he likes playing with those nobs that get turned on.

    • @SteaveMC25
      @SteaveMC25 9 років тому

      He likes the volume OVER 9000!!!

  • @Torbero47
    @Torbero47 3 роки тому +2

    Crazy how much POWER Nintendo had back then.

  • @VoltageTHD
    @VoltageTHD 9 років тому +32

    Let me guess, he likes they volume up REAL high?

  • @desmondbrown5508
    @desmondbrown5508 4 роки тому +24

    The way they rigged up that gameboy to a tv screen. They don't make in-store handheld stations like they used to. That's awesome.

    • @floydfan2026
      @floydfan2026 4 роки тому +4

      It'd be so cool if the 3ds had tv kiosks

    • @Poever
      @Poever 3 роки тому +1

      VirtualBoy_gaming they had nine years to do it and failed to before the 3DS family effectively left the market. Japan did have 3DS Stations that worked like display kiosks, but those have been discontinued

    • @floydfan2026
      @floydfan2026 3 роки тому

      @@Poever Nice

    • @ChicagoMel23
      @ChicagoMel23 Рік тому

      @@Poever other countries did too. Retro Future has a video about it

  • @noahstmnts
    @noahstmnts 3 роки тому +1

    That ending with his eyes widened! He looked creepy but hilarious when he said "I like the volume up high!" 😂😭

  • @Dokitree
    @Dokitree 4 роки тому +8

    Mm101 key is forever engraved in my head

  • @mattpez4863
    @mattpez4863 9 років тому +10

    Jake still has nightmares about the displays... They haunt him at night... "Turn me up really loud Jake... You know you want to..."

  • @Xaibo_Red
    @Xaibo_Red 8 років тому +34

    6:59 he slapped the gameboy so hard it reset itself xD

    • @gentleman1686
      @gentleman1686 8 років тому +6

      HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T SAW THAT !

    • @gentleman1686
      @gentleman1686 7 років тому

      huh

    • @Bobby8451
      @Bobby8451 7 років тому +1

      Darn it! Y'all going make me watch this again, this will be like 7 times. I think I need a cold one.

    • @Bobby8451
      @Bobby8451 7 років тому

      +Arcade Holy!...... I thought 7 times was bad. lol

    • @misterartist1603
      @misterartist1603 3 роки тому

      It's probably a demo version that resets itself after a certain amount of time

  • @zerodohc
    @zerodohc Місяць тому

    As a child in the 90s I would on occasion have the chance to operate one of these units at a local K mart establishment. The experience was impeccable.

  • @neoasura
    @neoasura Рік тому +2

    Glad to hear someone from that actual era call it the "Super NES" not the "SANES" like kids do today.

  • @VGMFan20XX
    @VGMFan20XX 8 років тому +26

    My god I wish places like this still existed. 0.0

    • @FlintG
      @FlintG 8 років тому +1

      +NESSNESMASTER I know all we got is stupid gamestop now. I miss when we had cool displays like those that gameboy display looked awesome with the built in screen.

    • @KirbyKidG
      @KirbyKidG 3 роки тому +2

      I know of one in Bonita springs FL called "8 bit Hall of Fame"

  • @UraYukimitsu
    @UraYukimitsu 8 років тому +72

    6:48 "Don't forget, close the door and lock it!" *Doesn't lock the door* THUG LIFE!

    • @craigward7691
      @craigward7691 8 років тому

      +UraKn0x looooooooooool

    • @FlintG
      @FlintG 8 років тому

      +UraKn0x Lol I noticed that too he didn't even lock it :D

  • @pkerry12
    @pkerry12 4 роки тому +6

    2:42 I remember playing the gameboy in those displays :) loved it.

    • @dennismolina9033
      @dennismolina9033 3 роки тому

      That unit looked better with gameboy games since it was like a lil crt tv and the graphics were enhanced with it.

  • @closedchannel7726
    @closedchannel7726 3 роки тому +10

    Stranger: HOW DID YOU STEAL MY CAR'S HEADLIGHTS??!?!!!
    Me: Long story short: I took my MM101 key and opened the front door.

  • @adamsanter9385
    @adamsanter9385 8 років тому +8

    His moustache power level is over 9,000!

  • @BinaryCounter
    @BinaryCounter 7 років тому +38

    I want a MM-101 key now, seems to open anything.

  • @pizzahighfive2612
    @pizzahighfive2612 3 роки тому +1

    Now im very sad..
    Seeing this video was like seeing a video of a old best friend who past away and is never coming back... Video game stores looked so damn awesome back then I truly truly miss them and still think about them frequently. It is a unforgettable experience going in there to play. I remember it so clearly it looking all dark like this, with all those red glowing signs everywhere. Jesus.. Back then everything was just so much friendlier and happier and every way. Social media and this new way of living is really killing our soul.

  • @pirajacinto4
    @pirajacinto4 Рік тому +1

    THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS!! That Interactive display! I remember replacing some games over and over. Oh my gosh I didn't expect this video to fully unlock the hidden part of my childhood I couldn't remember.

  • @lolman9630
    @lolman9630 7 років тому +4

    God damn even Nintendo's training videos are fun and whimsical :3

  • @funnyguys445
    @funnyguys445 7 років тому +15

    I miss the 90s of video games :((

  • @George-dk6yb
    @George-dk6yb 4 роки тому +4

    What a store! 80's kids had it the best!

  • @TGSamaritans
    @TGSamaritans 3 роки тому +3

    For those who wonder: Jake Olsen-Jacobsen, currently Sr. Retail Demo Manager at Microsoft!

  • @mspeter97
    @mspeter97 7 років тому +21

    I really want that Mario Paint key ring

    • @furydeath
      @furydeath 7 років тому

      me toi

    • @stopthrm
      @stopthrm 7 років тому

      you can find them on ebay actually. I looked after I saw the vid...