Same here! I really hope maybe in the future he'll compile several games into one review video again. After all, a video like that adds more variety to the channel.
I agree. I've been interested in getting new games made for old systems, but there's so many out there that it's hard to separate the good from the crap. Reviews like his help with that!
He said that he won't be doing game reviews for the time being, so this means he won't be doing them now, but he'll probably get back to it at some point in the future.
Me too, one of the cool things about the retro-gaming scene is that actual commercial games are still released, and that they are pretty good. Please don't stop making these reviews!
An interesting bit of trivia is that the original Final Fantasy was literally going to be Squares final game, their previous games failed and it was a last ditch effort to make money on a dying studio. Obviously the game ended up being so much of a success that they reversed their situation and now we have FF games coming out the wazoo.
This guy gets donations of things I can't find for sale anywhere for any price! The Famicom could run on batteries because it wasn't always common in Japan to have three plugs available for the TV, Famicom, and the disk system. Was more convenient for some in the small households. At least, that's what I've read and heard over the years.
That feature actually came in handy for me. The one I got came with a dud third-party AC adapter, and I really wanted to play it so a got some batteries at the corner store while I waited for the AC adapter to arrive. They last for a decent amount of time, I played through Zelda 1 and Eggerland off of the batteries, and it’s still running off of that.
Haweater A proper, safe power supply going to a Famicom isn’t going to be found in most US stores, because it takes 100V for input, while US wall outlets output 120V. The safest way to run a Famicom is to use the original power supply connected to a Step-Down Voltage converter. The batteries were just a temporary solution.
@@samuelbaugh4952 It still only takes a generic DC input with a standard barrel jack. It wouldn't be hard to find a random multi voltage wall wart that fit.
Ooh, teletypes. Those still works with proper modern UNIX OS. It would be cute to see a modern machine, for example macOS Catalina or Ubuntu 19.10, being accessed from a teletype like this.
I remember the Barcode Battler from when I was a kid. Intriguing concept but in reality they were pretty rubbish. Definitely worth a review, especially if you've never come across one before!
I still have the Barcode Battler, the catch was to find a barcode from different places (everyday items like cereal package, magazines etc) that gave you a good monster or a massive power up. That was fun for a moment, but after couple months that enthusiasm died drastically.
I was perhaps a bit harsh with the "pretty rubbish" comment. In hindsight it was a really novel idea and worked well for what it did. But from the point of view of a schoolkid in the early 90s with all the Gameboys and Game Gears around, I'd have hated to have been the kid at school with the Barcode Battler - and I know, a friend had one!
The Barcode Battler released worldwide was known as the barcode Battler II in Japan. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler The fun of the games is using barcodes from everyday terms and seeing what stats they provide.
One of my friends had this thing back in the day and he said oddly enough Food Lion branded soda gave a good result lol. My aunt also had a CueCat scanner for her PC if you remember that one, and I though it was neat when it did work scanning random stuff around her house lol.
Commodorefan64 I always wanted that cuecat as a kid and my parents were like you don’t need it. Now as an adult my fascination with gadgets that cost just under the threshold to make a purchase on a whim to only regret it a week later-should have listened to dad.
Pretty sure the unusual box at 8:04 is actually two magazine holders! I used to have a bunch of plastic ones that were the same shape. That's actually a pretty creative idea to use them for shipping something flat.
Barcode Battler brought back some good memories from my childhood in the UK. A kid in my school had one and we all thought it was the coolest. Basically it was like a PvP card trading game, as were popular at the time, but these cards had barcodes so you could swipe your challenger into the game and then battle on the screen, kind of like a 90s version of Nintendo Amiibos crossed with a game like Pokemon. The interesting part was that you could of course scan anything with a barcode, so in theory you could make a can of chicken soup fight a loaf of bread, though I'm not sure if/how those kind of scans actually worked....!!
I was 12 when this came out. It did come out in North America. I lived in Ontario but I don’t remember if my friend got it on one of our trips to Buffalo. Indeed we randomly scanned the whole pantry. The results were absolutely wild.
I live in Denmark where it was also sold. I think the manual actually encouraged the player to scan anything....or maybe I was just nerdy and thought it was an obvious thing to do…. Anyway, I immediately started cutting out barcodes of different products. But apart from the technical aspect of scanning barcodes it was not very fun to play.
Ashens had a VERY old video featuring the Bar Code Battler, and with the barcodes that you scan yourself, the machine will give you the stats and the game provides blank cards where you can attach the barcodes to.
I faintly remember it though I never played it, yeah idea was you were supposed to discover barcodes with good scores by scanning household items, kind of like an early Pokemon Go! I think they just included some cards so you had access to a few straightaway.
Hey, David. Thanks for all you do. Man, I hope to see you free and clear in a future appearance wherever and whenever it may be. Godspeed. We need you.
There's a guy in the UK that did the same, last unboxing. He had companies sending him free stuff.. . He had to pay the postage, it was costing him a fortune. He stopped doing them. He runs a bushcraft and outdoors channel, TA Outdoors.
@@Fierofreak01 Currently known on UA-cam simply as "Ahoy." And oh man, if anyone out there has never watched his stuff, they should go watch it immediately. Amazing production values, tons of research, and interesting subjects narrated by a guy whose voice could give Attenborough's a run for its money.
TheRealColBosch I thought he changed his name! When I searched RetroAhoy, and both names shows up. I just thought I fat fingered it! And I agree, I absolutely love his content, I could listen to him reading an ingredients label!
The original Japanese version of the game was notorious in its homeland. There was a particular type of canned soup stock that was known to generate a godlike guy for you to use. It was sold out for months as children would buy excess cans of it to prevent classmates from being able to fight back with one. Mom and pop candy stores barely broke even that year, as kids were buying out cans of soup instead of buying candy after school.
I think I had one of those as a kid in the US, but it looked a bit different, like it had handles? I'm not sure if it's a similar idea, but I distinctively remember it having a weird cardish gameplay that made no sense to me.
For some reason I don't see your new videos appearing on my UA-cam frontpage anymore. I am subscribed and I did hit the alarm bell. Are there more people who have the same experience?
The toggle switch on the Miniterm with the hand written "No Print"/"Print" looks to be a mod. According to this it dates from 1977. terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Computer_Devices_Miniterm_1203
The Title "seriously" had me Panicking. But your clever idea of dealing with the "Space" problem reminded me of the SPCA "finding homes" for pets and warmed my heart. -- Its very interesting that the Channel is Evolving into a larger Networked Collection of Collectors and Content Creators. People don't live forever and my parents have worried about their precious collectibles and who would care for them or care about them after they are gone. As I get older I think similar things. An online networked community that turns into a content or repository database for Content creators and researchers to use (and that is being used) is simply 'awesome'. I'm happy that it even exists. I hope it grows and spans multiple generations.
@@TheGeekPub Idk, people don't like the guy for some reason. I don't really follow him, but can definitely attest he's a perfectly pleasant and genuine person to talk to while drinking beer in the hotel lobby. Certainly seems out of character to me for anyone to accuse him of scamming people. He also seemed pretty upset when he was talking about how people have this misconception that he's got a ton of fuck you money and a basement full of hoarded treasure, when that's not the reality at all (he doesn't evidently even have a basement, and he's a Texas teacher IIRC).
That "unusual box" with a curve is a magazine holder. You put your magazines/comic books in it, and you put the holder on a shelf, and your magazines won't get bent out of shape.
Megacat is local to Pittsburgh and me. Would love to meet up with those guys. I need to buy the one game where you're a snake lady. Stay safe 8-Bit Guy!!
Wow, the front of that teletype terminal looks really old like 1960s but the rear looks a lot more modern like '90s, the fan looks like it could be from now. The acoustic coupler reminds me of War Games, and they used to sell them here in the UK in Tandy (aka Radio Shack)
7:39 Oh, that silver box! Old memories kicking in! :) I recall the typical smell of the labels that came with 3M disks... I got my first PC for Christmas so this smell = Holidays. :D
Just send that stuff back to the Netherlands, I'll be happy to receive it, not only for storage...You just blow off Mega Cat studios :) I love the game reviews, one of my favorite videos
Obligatory Banana Comment. Can’t wait for all this virus stuff to pass and we can get back to normal society. I also want to get an SD2IEC, but getting one with the (basically) necessary fastload cartridge and shipping it to me would cost around $100.
That sounds about right. I have 3 now, and I've paid around that price for each of them (a bit more for the one in the larger case with the DIP switches and dual IEC ports.) A Pi 1541 will cost around $80-$100, when fully set up, too. A vintage 1541 is typically somewhere in the $80-$150 range. I paid a bit under $200 for a 1541 Ultimate with shipping and around $250 for an Ultimate 64 and Turbo Chameleon. My Tandy 102 and 200 both now have a Rex flash storage module, and that cost $80 or so, shipped. So that's pretty typical for modern retro storage hardware.
@@tomwilson2112 What? An actual (working, I assume) 1541 is now worth $80-$150? If that's true, I have a small fortune. In pretty much every variety. Holy cow, I'm gonna have to look into this. 10 years ago, I could barely give one away. I wonder why? They used to be everywhere, and everyone uses other solutions now.
My personal favorites are the Amiga SCSI card and peripheral, because being able to connect newer SCSI devices to old hardware is just great! I actually have an 18 GB SCSI HDD from 2002 connected to a 286 PC and it works perfectly (albeit only 8 GB are usable due to the limits of the SCSI controller). If you want to try this for yourself all you need is an ISA SCSI card, a 50-pin SCSI ribbon cable, an adapter from 50-pin to whatever your HDD has, and of course an SCSI HDD that supports SE (single-ended) connections (the disks usually say LVD/SE on the label). Make sure the cable is properly terminated, either in the adapter itself, in the HDD or with a separate terminator, and your are good to go! As mentioned, only part of the disk capacity will be usable - 1 up to 8 GB depending on the SCSI controller, but it's still so much easier to find those SCSI disks from the early 2000s than any old IDE drives. Btw. for some old PCs you can also "oversize" IDE HDDs and use new drives, but this heavily depends on the BIOS and IDE controller and also the disk itself. In the best case the usable disk size will be reduced due to limitations in old BIOSes, but on some machines there will be strange errors e.g. when formatting partitions and on others it does not work at all.
I would 100% watch a video about that NES game. I'm newer to the channel than many of your long time fans but want to express my interest for future videos. New games for retro systems are definitely something I'd like to learn more about.
David's astoundingly understanding wife finally finally puts her foot down about "no more broken computers around the house" ? I know I get that about once every 9 mo or so...
I'm really looking forward to a video on the Timex Sinclair 2068. It was the first computer we ever had in my household. We never had any of those cartridges either, though!
I'm so jealous! I use to have a miniterm. The one I had had a built in microcassette and and editor/assembler software. Those are based on 6800 processor and have ram. You can load and run software on them.
8:26 the barcode battler, I remember selling that one when I worked in a videogame story back in the days. It was a very short lived phenomenon in Sweden.
@@GarwoodNick Think pokemon only the monsters and such come out of the barcodes on everyday products. In essence the game use the barcode number as a seed value for producing in-game objects and beings, that were represented as numbers on the display.
That's cool that you have the community of collectors. It's kinda like a library. I imagine most doners are looking to make space and give their collectibles to someone who will care for them, so the goal is still accomplished!
That portable teletype machine looks like something my high school got around 1983 and it was connected by phone to someplace in Columbia SC, about 2 hours away. We were amazed that we could type messages back and forth with someone so far away. (golly!)
The Barcode Battler was sold in the US. I had one and it was fun for about an hour. It came with creature cards (each with bar codes) that you would scan to load a character (each with different stats) into the system. Each player scaned in their character and then they would "fight." Since it only came with a few cards, you would quickly learn which characters were the best and there would be no point in playing anymore. So, the real gimmick was you could also scan random UPC and other bar codes to see if they would generate a new character. The idea wasn't bad, but the execution sucked since it was very difficult to find bar codes that would actually create a character. We spent hours scanning every item in the pantry, but most just returned an invalid code message. The few we did find only generated weak characters.
I got a barcode battler for Christmas one year! It's a game where you swiped barcodes on the bottom, which would generate either monsters or items that would modify your monsters. You could then use them to battle / do tournaments. The monsters you had were either fighters or magic users. Sometimes you'd scan a UPC and just get a completely invincible guy which you could use to steamroll anyone you fought. Kinda fun actually. I would imagine that now that we can print our own UPCs, it'd be pretty easy to custom-build god characters.
Why? Was the modem used for packet radio? I've found the relationship between packet radio, telephone modems, and cassette interfaces fascinating. They each have different problems and have approached them different ways. One of these days, it would be fun to do a video on that... but only like 10 people would watch it, because it would be such an esoteric, technical topic.
I get that problem a lot with keyboards. Someone wants to sell me a keyboard and I explain to them that I doubt I'll have as much of a use for it because more and more of what I've been doing lately has been 'in the box' anyways and don't have time to work with hardware which usually doesn't have as easy of an interface. Prime example has been this Ensoniq EPS16+, yes it's a sampler keyboard but everything I've been able to do with it could more easily be done on today's computers and with better control as well as quality!
The Miniterm is actually a computer in its own right, having a 6800 processor and a built-in tape drive which uses minicasettes. The unit itself has no programming interface, though, and as such has to be programmed using a development system which was sold with the unit.
It's interesting to see what looks like a box of New 8 inch floppy disks. I only had limited exposure to them, around 1985, and last I heard they were only being used in IBM 3800 laser printers (mainframe level printers) as boot up media. According to one repair tech (around 1996), they were used specifically because they were outdated media that most people didn't have access to.
It's sad to see this is the final Unboxing video, I really loved to see products that I never seen and how people donated things to you. I love your channel, keep up the good Work! :) Greetings form Hungary.
Don't stop with the Canal, I watch here from Brazil keeping you alive the history of the primordial information technology. I would like to leave you my congratulations and continue with the wonderful videos. Hug!
The reason the FC Diskdrive has the option of battery power is that most japanese houses at the time only had 2 power sockets (where the TV was located ofcourse), so one for the TV and one for the FamiCom
I'm 100% baffled how people can thumbs down an 8bit guy unboxing video. Sure it's only 3%, but ... if you wanted to watch an unboxing video, how do you watch this one and react like, "that sucked"? It's the 8bit guy, he is opening boxes of retro computer stuff people sent him. It's kind of the ultimate in "Truth in Advertising" kind of video.
David's explained on the past that he's I think partially colorblind, or something like that, so sometimes the color correction between shots aren't the same. It's happened every few videos for the past few years, but imo it doesn't detract from the quality or anything.
I don't think I have ever seen a game review on your channel, but if I ever did I would watch the hell out of that! I love your personality and old video games and would love to see that!
"It's great for PET owners" made me laugh. I wish i could get some info on my dog through that haha Also looking forward to the collab with LGR on that camera
Imagine my surprise to see a Control Data branded box of storage media. Control Data Corp was a pivotal player in the days of main frame supercomputers (do the names Seymour Cray and Bill Norris ring a bell?). In addition, they were a huge player in early mass storage. Anyone interested in this type of history should check them out. Fascinating story.
I read "final" and "channel announcements" and that got me scared, I was thinking for a second that the channel was ending!
Me too, but then I thought it was a April Fools video that didn't make it on time...but no...just final unboxing
Lol same
CoTeCiOtm : Sadly there’s far too many retro computers left to retrobrite and spray WD40 on.
Haha true
Me too. Almost got a heart attack :-)
The real title is: Wife says enough is enough!
LoL
Look at Henny Youngman over here
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Hahahahahahaha
Haha
i actually liked your game reviews a lot. it'll be a shame you won't be doing these or unboxings.
Same here! I really hope maybe in the future he'll compile several games into one review video again. After all, a video like that adds more variety to the channel.
I agree. I've been interested in getting new games made for old systems, but there's so many out there that it's hard to separate the good from the crap. Reviews like his help with that!
Flutterwhat I also enjoyed the game reviews. Hopefully David will at least make a couple more reviews in the future.
He said that he won't be doing game reviews for the time being, so this means he won't be doing them now, but he'll probably get back to it at some point in the future.
Me too, one of the cool things about the retro-gaming scene is that actual commercial games are still released, and that they are pretty good. Please don't stop making these reviews!
I have a distinct feeling the "last unboxing" will be about as last as the "Final Fantasy". Things always work out that way
Like a "final concert tour" from KISS,Rollin Stones, or Cher.Oh,come on do one more you aint dead yet.
An interesting bit of trivia is that the original Final Fantasy was literally going to be Squares final game, their previous games failed and it was a last ditch effort to make money on a dying studio. Obviously the game ended up being so much of a success that they reversed their situation and now we have FF games coming out the wazoo.
8:01 Suomi mainittu, Finland mentioned :) Thanks for the new upload!
Nah it'll be like Windows 10 -- a rolling release. It will just be one eternal unfinished unboxing video, released in pieces.
I can't wait for final unboxing 7 remake.
How cool would it be if there was a retro computer library to house all of this type of equipment and let people check it out when they need it?
There is one of those already, it's at the cradle of aviation museum in long island
There is. He went to one in an episode but I can't put my finger on which one it was.
Look up the HP Computer Museum - pretty cool
That's an awesome idea!
Says 27 mins but this comment 4 hours ago..
This guy gets donations of things I can't find for sale anywhere for any price!
The Famicom could run on batteries because it wasn't always common in Japan to have three plugs available for the TV, Famicom, and the disk system. Was more convenient for some in the small households. At least, that's what I've read and heard over the years.
That feature actually came in handy for me. The one I got came with a dud third-party AC adapter, and I really wanted to play it so a got some batteries at the corner store while I waited for the AC adapter to arrive. They last for a decent amount of time, I played through Zelda 1 and Eggerland off of the batteries, and it’s still running off of that.
A one time purchase of an outlet cube tap at a dollar store would be cheaper than to keep feeding it with disposable batteries from the same store.
Haweater A proper, safe power supply going to a Famicom isn’t going to be found in most US stores, because it takes 100V for input, while US wall outlets output 120V. The safest way to run a Famicom is to use the original power supply connected to a Step-Down Voltage converter. The batteries were just a temporary solution.
@@samuelbaugh4952 It still only takes a generic DC input with a standard barrel jack. It wouldn't be hard to find a random multi voltage wall wart that fit.
and then bitches about not having enough room for them, talk about ungratefulness
The 8 bit guy is the only person who can make me watch him wipe stuff and not feel bored
Wiping dirt off keyboards is certainly a fun sport. ;D
“Not making game videos because no one watches them “
Checks views... 100k-200k each.
Yup, seems legit 😂
Travis MCP now its 3k
i feel famous when my video reaches 50 views
Ooh, teletypes. Those still works with proper modern UNIX OS. It would be cute to see a modern machine, for example macOS Catalina or Ubuntu 19.10, being accessed from a teletype like this.
Yea
FWIW, I watched all the game reviews you did, especially for homebrew titles.
Yeah, I think more indie retro devs need game reviews - even if few people watch them. The more exposure, the better.
Now that he's announced discontinuing game reviews I bet interest will spike.
No game no more?
I remember the Barcode Battler from when I was a kid. Intriguing concept but in reality they were pretty rubbish. Definitely worth a review, especially if you've never come across one before!
I still have the Barcode Battler, the catch was to find a barcode from different places (everyday items like cereal package, magazines etc) that gave you a good monster or a massive power up. That was fun for a moment, but after couple months that enthusiasm died drastically.
ctrl-alt-rees I have one and find the idea really great. But you have to be into be a bit into rpg’s to really appreciate it i think.
@@AriHaapasaari So it's like Magic or Pokemon (the card game), but with bar codes from random places? Interesting!!
@@tomwilson2112
No, it is like Pokémon the video game. Or Pokémon GO without all the downsides.
I was perhaps a bit harsh with the "pretty rubbish" comment. In hindsight it was a really novel idea and worked well for what it did. But from the point of view of a schoolkid in the early 90s with all the Gameboys and Game Gears around, I'd have hated to have been the kid at school with the Barcode Battler - and I know, a friend had one!
5:07 really? Damn that's a shame, I'd watch that video gladly
me too.
The Barcode Battler released worldwide was known as the barcode Battler II in Japan.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler
The fun of the games is using barcodes from everyday terms and seeing what stats they provide.
I remember when Ashens did a review on this years ago
This reminds me of those "Skannerz" things I had as a kid!
I seem to recall that a barcode from a Michael Jackson CD was one of the best barcodes to have for that Barcode Battler.
One of my friends had this thing back in the day and he said oddly enough Food Lion branded soda gave a good result lol.
My aunt also had a CueCat scanner for her PC if you remember that one, and I though it was neat when it did work scanning random stuff around her house lol.
Ya man, it was basically Pokemon Go for the 90s
Commodorefan64 I always wanted that cuecat as a kid and my parents were like you don’t need it. Now as an adult my fascination with gadgets that cost just under the threshold to make a purchase on a whim to only regret it a week later-should have listened to dad.
A pack of Japanese noodles was another.
I always found lego barcodes made good weapons.
Pretty sure the unusual box at 8:04 is actually two magazine holders! I used to have a bunch of plastic ones that were the same shape. That's actually a pretty creative idea to use them for shipping something flat.
Yes and they're from IKEA :D
most definitely magazine files!
That is correct. :)
Barcode Battler brought back some good memories from my childhood in the UK. A kid in my school had one and we all thought it was the coolest. Basically it was like a PvP card trading game, as were popular at the time, but these cards had barcodes so you could swipe your challenger into the game and then battle on the screen, kind of like a 90s version of Nintendo Amiibos crossed with a game like Pokemon. The interesting part was that you could of course scan anything with a barcode, so in theory you could make a can of chicken soup fight a loaf of bread, though I'm not sure if/how those kind of scans actually worked....!!
I was 12 when this came out. It did come out in North America. I lived in Ontario but I don’t remember if my friend got it on one of our trips to Buffalo. Indeed we randomly scanned the whole pantry. The results were absolutely wild.
I live in Denmark where it was also sold.
I think the manual actually encouraged the player to scan anything....or maybe I was just nerdy and thought it was an obvious thing to do…. Anyway, I immediately started cutting out barcodes of different products.
But apart from the technical aspect of scanning barcodes it was not very fun to play.
Ashens had a VERY old video featuring the Bar Code Battler, and with the barcodes that you scan yourself, the machine will give you the stats and the game provides blank cards where you can attach the barcodes to.
@@SwiftDK The commercials certainly encouraged you to scan anything and everything with a UPC
I faintly remember it though I never played it, yeah idea was you were supposed to discover barcodes with good scores by scanning household items, kind of like an early Pokemon Go! I think they just included some cards so you had access to a few straightaway.
Nostalgia really hits hard seeing those packed Floppy Disk. Have not seen them in a while
Hey, David. Thanks for all you do. Man, I hope to see you free and clear in a future appearance wherever and whenever it may be. Godspeed. We need you.
First time I ever heard "The last unboxing."
Edit 2: Yeah, That's weird more likes?? Likes: 287.
omg ur name really confused me at first and I thought you found a way to change the comment time lmao
Unbox Therapy should do a "reaction video"
Nice
There's a guy in the UK that did the same, last unboxing. He had companies sending him free stuff.. . He had to pay the postage, it was costing him a fortune. He stopped doing them. He runs a bushcraft and outdoors channel, TA Outdoors.
Same... If it's joke...
Ah yes ending it with a quote from Techmoan :)
the nod to techmoan was the cherry on the cake :)
Brothers from different mothers
NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T REALLY LIKE FLOSSING MY TEETH...
Matt has much better puppets tho'
10:46
and to quote another famous UA-camr, "that's is for the moment"
Me: [TECHMOAN INTENSIFIES]
Juango 500 The exact quote should be “That’s it for the moment, as always, thanks for watching.”
@@Claro1993 is that ETAprime?
Pacoroto No, he’s talking about RetroAhoy.
@@Fierofreak01 Currently known on UA-cam simply as "Ahoy." And oh man, if anyone out there has never watched his stuff, they should go watch it immediately. Amazing production values, tons of research, and interesting subjects narrated by a guy whose voice could give Attenborough's a run for its money.
TheRealColBosch I thought he changed his name! When I searched RetroAhoy, and both names shows up. I just thought I fat fingered it!
And I agree, I absolutely love his content, I could listen to him reading an ingredients label!
Oh wow, I'd almost forgotten about Barcode Battler. FYI, David, it was sold in Canada too.
The original Japanese version of the game was notorious in its homeland. There was a particular type of canned soup stock that was known to generate a godlike guy for you to use. It was sold out for months as children would buy excess cans of it to prevent classmates from being able to fight back with one. Mom and pop candy stores barely broke even that year, as kids were buying out cans of soup instead of buying candy after school.
I think I had one of those as a kid in the US, but it looked a bit different, like it had handles? I'm not sure if it's a similar idea, but I distinctively remember it having a weird cardish gameplay that made no sense to me.
very intetesting! was it sold in greenland, too?
- i think i have one in my collection of electronic retro tech
No more unboxing videos.. :( Sad times, sad times
Luckily for us we can view all the older unboxing videos all over again!
For some reason I don't see your new videos appearing on my UA-cam frontpage anymore. I am subscribed and I did hit the alarm bell. Are there more people who have the same experience?
same
Squirrel Monkey Here’s an explanation; UA-cam hates actually interesting channels
You answered your own question. It's the home page, not the sub page lol.
I do feel, like so many other items now, things here are changing - don't know if for the better or worse. Just more distant...
The toggle switch on the Miniterm with the hand written "No Print"/"Print" looks to be a mod.
According to this it dates from 1977.
terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Computer_Devices_Miniterm_1203
The Title "seriously" had me Panicking. But your clever idea of dealing with the "Space" problem reminded me of the SPCA "finding homes" for pets and warmed my heart. -- Its very interesting that the Channel is Evolving into a larger Networked Collection of Collectors and Content Creators. People don't live forever and my parents have worried about their precious collectibles and who would care for them or care about them after they are gone. As I get older I think similar things. An online networked community that turns into a content or repository database for Content creators and researchers to use (and that is being used) is simply 'awesome'. I'm happy that it even exists. I hope it grows and spans multiple generations.
Finding homes for PETs… i see what you did
I still need a ton of things for my museum. So I'll store some donations for sure!
John Scamcock, is that you?
@@rturner99 WTF?
Same
@@TheGeekPub Idk, people don't like the guy for some reason. I don't really follow him, but can definitely attest he's a perfectly pleasant and genuine person to talk to while drinking beer in the hotel lobby. Certainly seems out of character to me for anyone to accuse him of scamming people. He also seemed pretty upset when he was talking about how people have this misconception that he's got a ton of fuck you money and a basement full of hoarded treasure, when that's not the reality at all (he doesn't evidently even have a basement, and he's a Texas teacher IIRC).
@@rturner99 He's the other Murray brother, not a scammer. 🙄
That "unusual box" with a curve is a magazine holder. You put your magazines/comic books in it, and you put the holder on a shelf, and your magazines won't get bent out of shape.
Megacat is local to Pittsburgh and me. Would love to meet up with those guys. I need to buy the one game where you're a snake lady. Stay safe 8-Bit Guy!!
I love being a snake lady.
Woohoo Pittsburgh, yeah!
XCOM?
what is the title, I REQUIRE THE INFORMATION
The game is called Little Medusa. It was released on Steam and several retro cartridges.
Wow, the front of that teletype terminal looks really old like 1960s but the rear looks a lot more modern like '90s, the fan looks like it could be from now. The acoustic coupler reminds me of War Games, and they used to sell them here in the UK in Tandy (aka Radio Shack)
I have that boombox on the wall...It only plays Run DMC
7:39 Oh, that silver box! Old memories kicking in! :)
I recall the typical smell of the labels that came with 3M disks... I got my first PC for Christmas so this smell = Holidays. :D
If Perifractic’s stuff wasn’t from PCB Waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy, I’m going to be disappointed
It was. I watched the video where he announced and showed off his prototype.
Confirmed!
But why not go with something extremely cheap like JLCPCB ;P
@@ForwardBias They are a bit cheaper for sure. Then again you get what you pay for. Better quality = less returns and problems for me to handle 😊👍
We went with JLC and our PCBs came all warped.... But I mean the traces were high quality
Just send that stuff back to the Netherlands, I'll be happy to receive it, not only for storage...You just blow off Mega Cat studios :) I love the game reviews, one of my favorite videos
Jan Jacobs niet alles voor jezelf houden hè haha'
Ik sta ook open voor donaties :)
Obligatory Banana Comment.
Can’t wait for all this virus stuff to pass and we can get back to normal society. I also want to get an SD2IEC, but getting one with the (basically) necessary fastload cartridge and shipping it to me would cost around $100.
That sounds about right. I have 3 now, and I've paid around that price for each of them (a bit more for the one in the larger case with the DIP switches and dual IEC ports.)
A Pi 1541 will cost around $80-$100, when fully set up, too.
A vintage 1541 is typically somewhere in the $80-$150 range.
I paid a bit under $200 for a 1541 Ultimate with shipping and around $250 for an Ultimate 64 and Turbo Chameleon.
My Tandy 102 and 200 both now have a Rex flash storage module, and that cost $80 or so, shipped.
So that's pretty typical for modern retro storage hardware.
OBLIGATORY MANGO COMMENT.
Sd2IEC also supports JiffyDOS, so if you have a JD Kernal, no need for the FastLoad cart.
bozimmerman :o
@@tomwilson2112 What? An actual (working, I assume) 1541 is now worth $80-$150? If that's true, I have a small fortune. In pretty much every variety. Holy cow, I'm gonna have to look into this. 10 years ago, I could barely give one away. I wonder why? They used to be everywhere, and everyone uses other solutions now.
My personal favorites are the Amiga SCSI card and peripheral, because being able to connect newer SCSI devices to old hardware is just great! I actually have an 18 GB SCSI HDD from 2002 connected to a 286 PC and it works perfectly (albeit only 8 GB are usable due to the limits of the SCSI controller). If you want to try this for yourself all you need is an ISA SCSI card, a 50-pin SCSI ribbon cable, an adapter from 50-pin to whatever your HDD has, and of course an SCSI HDD that supports SE (single-ended) connections (the disks usually say LVD/SE on the label). Make sure the cable is properly terminated, either in the adapter itself, in the HDD or with a separate terminator, and your are good to go! As mentioned, only part of the disk capacity will be usable - 1 up to 8 GB depending on the SCSI controller, but it's still so much easier to find those SCSI disks from the early 2000s than any old IDE drives.
Btw. for some old PCs you can also "oversize" IDE HDDs and use new drives, but this heavily depends on the BIOS and IDE controller and also the disk itself. In the best case the usable disk size will be reduced due to limitations in old BIOSes, but on some machines there will be strange errors e.g. when formatting partitions and on others it does not work at all.
5:44 Love those type of keys! Not only for nostalgia, but they also had a really nice feel to them.
I would 100% watch a video about that NES game. I'm newer to the channel than many of your long time fans but want to express my interest for future videos. New games for retro systems are definitely something I'd like to learn more about.
4:05
“A great device for pet owners.”
Like a dog or cat?
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j/k. This one loves a good pun.
Space is one of the bigest problems we all have, even with my own house it is not unlimited & I don't want it to look like a horders hell hole.
David's astoundingly understanding wife finally finally puts her foot down about "no more broken computers around the house" ? I know I get that about once every 9 mo or so...
These old computers pay the bills, sweetheart! 😂
Stay around 8-Bit guy! Never leave
I had a watch from Radio Shack in the late 90's that from this distance looks exactly like what you are wearing! I trust this isn't one of those?
You are correct. I wear an Apple Watch.
@@The8BitGuy Just shows how ahead of their time Tandy products were!!!
Next Episode : How to Recycle Cardboard Boxes
I love your game reviews and would love to see you review those games you got.
Thank you for putting the Channel announcement first. You're an A+ youtuber. I got scared you were quitting
"this is a great device for pet owners" I tried it on my dog buster and it didnt work! help!
Aww, I really liked the "new releases on old formats" game reviews! Hopefully those are just on hiatus, and not gone forever.
Me: OK, it's really time to sleep now
The 8-bit guy: *I don't think so*
05 ItepK that is literally hat happened to me
it daytime here
It's 10:50 PM here
I was just going to sleep, 11:02 PM here (Czech Republic)
Almost 4:00 pm
Yeah, the card for the Amiga is a SCSI HardCard, just missing the drive.
"a great device for PET owners" Ahh the PET puns.
The Netherlands, fuck, please when this "thing" is over give it another shot, cause a lot of people here that would like to meat you
Keep up the good work indeed, and stay healthy and happy.
I'm really looking forward to a video on the Timex Sinclair 2068. It was the first computer we ever had in my household. We never had any of those cartridges either, though!
Love your videos man, keep it up, sad to hear the final one tho, but it’s ok!
I'm so jealous! I use to have a miniterm. The one I had had a built in microcassette and and editor/assembler software. Those are based on 6800 processor and have ram. You can load and run software on them.
9:21 I woud ´´kill´´ for the stuff they send you there
I really like David's videos, they entertain me a lot.
Here in the #CostaRica area I could accept donations of retro computers.
8:26 the barcode battler, I remember selling that one when I worked in a videogame story back in the days. It was a very short lived phenomenon in Sweden.
It sounds like a really strange concept
@@GarwoodNick Think pokemon only the monsters and such come out of the barcodes on everyday products. In essence the game use the barcode number as a seed value for producing in-game objects and beings, that were represented as numbers on the display.
@@digiowl9599 ok that's kind of interesting. I can see how that might be popular for a while.
::: never reviewed :::
@The 8-Bit Guy when are you releasing the last video of commodore series?
If I were you, I'd ask for more and more donations to make unboxings and restorations
That's cool that you have the community of collectors. It's kinda like a library. I imagine most doners are looking to make space and give their collectibles to someone who will care for them, so the goal is still accomplished!
Bro! You right down the street from me right now! Ya'll doing ok?
Some really great stuff there that I have never seen. I am looking forward to you diving into them. Thanks for sharing with us.
Just build a huge garage if you are out of space.
That radio teletype would be AMAZING for ham radio use. I wish I had one!
I, for one, enjoy the game reviews.
Sadly, I did too. I am really surprised they get so few views, typically about 1/4 what a regular video gets.
Perhaps people prefer your hardware-related videos? I know I do
The second note from MegaCat would have been good to read out, considering that game was made in tribute of one of the developers who died.
@Itsacreeper The IT This guy has a million subs, and he's looking for advice from you?
Who wouldn't want to see game reviews? Especially for new games that people make for old systems.
Me : "Cant wait for that LGR & David video :D "
... ( Remembers corona virus ) ...
Me : " Guess I CAN wait :( "
id really like to see more restoration projects! i find them so satisfying and enjoy watching them all!
That type writter had full on twin exhaust pipes lol 😂
That portable teletype machine looks like something my high school got around 1983 and it was connected by phone to someplace in Columbia SC, about 2 hours away. We were amazed that we could type messages back and forth with someone so far away. (golly!)
8:02 The way he pronounced Matti Reinikka's name made me laugh.
i think he pronounced it quite well. :)
The Barcode Battler was sold in the US. I had one and it was fun for about an hour. It came with creature cards (each with bar codes) that you would scan to load a character (each with different stats) into the system. Each player scaned in their character and then they would "fight." Since it only came with a few cards, you would quickly learn which characters were the best and there would be no point in playing anymore. So, the real gimmick was you could also scan random UPC and other bar codes to see if they would generate a new character. The idea wasn't bad, but the execution sucked since it was very difficult to find bar codes that would actually create a character. We spent hours scanning every item in the pantry, but most just returned an invalid code message. The few we did find only generated weak characters.
He's been keeping up with the Commodore.
I got a barcode battler for Christmas one year! It's a game where you swiped barcodes on the bottom, which would generate either monsters or items that would modify your monsters. You could then use them to battle / do tournaments. The monsters you had were either fighters or magic users. Sometimes you'd scan a UPC and just get a completely invincible guy which you could use to steamroll anyone you fought. Kinda fun actually. I would imagine that now that we can print our own UPCs, it'd be pretty easy to custom-build god characters.
A ham would LOVE that miniterm.
Why? Was the modem used for packet radio?
I've found the relationship between packet radio, telephone modems, and cassette interfaces fascinating. They each have different problems and have approached them different ways. One of these days, it would be fun to do a video on that... but only like 10 people would watch it, because it would be such an esoteric, technical topic.
@@tomwilson2112 RTTY.
www.electronics-notes.com/articles/ham_radio/digimodes/what-is-rtty-radio-teletype.php
I get that problem a lot with keyboards. Someone wants to sell me a keyboard and I explain to them that I doubt I'll have as much of a use for it because more and more of what I've been doing lately has been 'in the box' anyways and don't have time to work with hardware which usually doesn't have as easy of an interface.
Prime example has been this Ensoniq EPS16+, yes it's a sampler keyboard but everything I've been able to do with it could more easily be done on today's computers and with better control as well as quality!
Looks like you changed cameras, which one did you get?
First reply
@@MinecraftPlayer-tl5lx are you a 9 year old
@@alb9047 no but i am first reply
@@MinecraftPlayer-tl5lx the only thing I herd from 9 year olds is FIRST FIRST FIRST so that makes you a liar
@@alb9047 your spelling looks like you are a 9 year old 'herd'
The Miniterm is actually a computer in its own right, having a 6800 processor and a built-in tape drive which uses minicasettes. The unit itself has no programming interface, though, and as such has to be programmed using a development system which was sold with the unit.
The 1204 yes, the 1203 (in this video) no.
Little did he know that the second he said corona he would be demonized
No they're not doing that anymore
It's interesting to see what looks like a box of New 8 inch floppy disks. I only had limited exposure to them, around 1985, and last I heard they were only being used in IBM 3800 laser printers (mainframe level printers) as boot up media. According to one repair tech (around 1996), they were used specifically because they were outdated media that most people didn't have access to.
Dude I watch new video games. I would like to see you thoughts on them. When you want to of course, just saying people do watch.
It's sad to see this is the final Unboxing video, I really loved to see products that I never seen and how people donated things to you.
I love your channel, keep up the good Work! :)
Greetings form Hungary.
Let’s be careful
You never know when he gets sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends
Sponsoring RAID: Shadow Legends is the UA-cam equivalent of contacting COVID-19.
Don't stop with the Canal, I watch here from Brazil keeping you alive the history of the primordial information technology. I would like to leave you my congratulations and continue with the wonderful videos. Hug!
Out of space aka his wife dosent want anymore techshit in the house!
The reason the FC Diskdrive has the option of battery power is that most japanese houses at the time only had 2 power sockets (where the TV was located ofcourse), so one for the TV and one for the FamiCom
8:04 theres a phone number plain in this shot
No there isn't.
End of an era. I have thoroughly enjoyed the unboxing videos you've done. Thank you for sharing.
10:50 As always, The 8-Bit Guy, as always.
I'm 100% baffled how people can thumbs down an 8bit guy unboxing video. Sure it's only 3%, but ... if you wanted to watch an unboxing video, how do you watch this one and react like, "that sucked"? It's the 8bit guy, he is opening boxes of retro computer stuff people sent him. It's kind of the ultimate in "Truth in Advertising" kind of video.
Just a mere "thank you Michael" for a complete famicom disk system???
jeeeze put some love in it
I think it's just his personality, he seems like a pretty quiet person who rarely shows a big reaction to things. Doesn't mean he's not appreciative!
This is how he reacts to practically every donation.
He knew what most of them where I think he’s just showing what’s in the box. At least he’s giving things a good home. Instead of landfill.
@@danielsonhud48 Damn, I need to go to a landfill to see if I can find a Famicom Disk System.
You’d be surprised what people throw out though.
I really likes the way you breezed through. Many other You-tubers would have taken over an hour to do half as much WELL DONE. Tom
Did you changed something in the camera? The colors are really washed out.
David's explained on the past that he's I think partially colorblind, or something like that, so sometimes the color correction between shots aren't the same.
It's happened every few videos for the past few years, but imo it doesn't detract from the quality or anything.
Also check you aren't watching in 480 as UA-cam has switched everyone to that to save bandwith during this wonderful virus junk.
I don't think I have ever seen a game review on your channel, but if I ever did I would watch the hell out of that! I love your personality and old video games and would love to see that!
"It's great for PET owners" made me laugh. I wish i could get some info on my dog through that haha
Also looking forward to the collab with LGR on that camera
If someone says "I'm a pet owner", and you ask "2001 or 4032?" you might be a nerd.
Imagine my surprise to see a Control Data branded box of storage media. Control Data Corp was a pivotal player in the days of main frame supercomputers (do the names Seymour Cray and Bill Norris ring a bell?). In addition, they were a huge player in early mass storage. Anyone interested in this type of history should check them out. Fascinating story.