Oh no the check engine light is on! LOL! Too funny! Welcome to the NABU owners club. Thanks for submitting your serial number to the NABU Network serial number database.
🤣 I too was bullied into the NABU family! Antarctic Adventure is pretty fun, you gotta push forward to run faster and complete the course before time runs out. RetroTech Chris seems to be the best so far
Nice! It is always a great day when I manage to stumble across an awesome channel such as yours! This has all been made possible by trolling through Action Retro’s channel, and for him having a link to your channel! It is always a delight to discover another cool retro computer inspired UA-cam channel, doesn’t hurt your channel comes along with two absurd & silly fellow certified delightful nut cases such as yourselves (Huhzah! I have found more of my people!), keep on crushing it! You two are an absolute riot! Thanks for making this my best 1:00am random discovery in ages! 👏 👏 👏 😂
Yay! I picked up a NABU, myself, and it's been a lot of fun for a computer I had never heard of before a few months ago. ;-) BTW, the in-game instructions on all the games (that I've checked so far) are actually pretty complete, containing not only basic game instructions, but also descriptions of each "wave" / "level" of the game, tips and tricks for winning, and point values for (I think) all possible point-changing actions. I only remembered being really bad at "Miner 2049er" on another system many years ago, so I ended up reading the instructions for it on the NABU, and that helped a lot, lol. I also have "Antarctic Adventure" on cartridge for MSX, and it's pretty much identical. I find it fun but surprisingly difficult (those darned seals!).
Glad to see you back, and I'm happy to see you got one of these. I've been eagerly awaiting the shipment with mine in it, and have already built my cable and spent a while fiddling with the emulated version in Mame.
@@fractalMD ok ok ok, I bought one ... for only US$80 ... plus US$135 shipping & tax to Australia ... I better have as much fun with it as you guys did! 🤣😂🤣
Hi Girls, since you loved so much "Antartic Venture", here are some facts: this game was a direct port for the MSX original game, Antartic Adventure. This game was one of the firts games of Hideo Kojima at Konami. After that game, Pentaro (the penquin of the game and also the MSX mascot) stars in another game, and its FANTASTIC, and everyone shoud play: Penguin Adventure. A much more complex take on that concept, with a lot of itens, secrets and easter eggs to discover, one of the bests games to MSX computers.
@@fractalMD , Why yes it is! I hope you two are having a great time. Was starting to worry about you two since I hadn't seen any videos. Glad to see you two back at it :)
Loved watching you all playing Miner 2049'er for the first time and trying to figure it out. It was like when I had my kids play Commodore games for the first time. Good stuff! Love the energy! Keep it up, and glad you are back!
In Miner 2049er, picking up the items (I.e. the Shovel) is like a power pill in Pac-Man, so you can then touch the baddies to kill them. You’ll notice they changed green when you picked up an item, then after a while they’ll flash before return to baddie status) And yes the aim is to fill in all the steps.
A Nabu!!! I bought one too, still in the box. Been dealing with a bunch of other retro computer projects, like my Apple II restoration.. lol.. Looks like Leo and folks have gotten pretty far getting the network up and running. Awesome.. I've been kinda of waiting until I could actually use it.. lol.. Glad to see you guys back. Keep an eye out on my channel, I'm doing a shoutout video and I gave you guys a shout out!! Cuz y'all deserve it.. Great content.. Keep it up!!!👍👍👍
The company who created the NABU should have gone with the ZILOG Z800 processor as it is backwards compatible with the ZILOG Z80,ZILOG Z80A and would allow you to run all the Z80 based games as well as ZEUS which was a version of UNIX for the ZILOG Z800.
Arctic Adventure is one of my favorite on my ColecoVision. You have to push forward on the joystick to run faster or you will never finish the stage in time.
Only heard of the NABU a week ago (and I had no idea what the heck it was, until this video) and now everyone is talking about it everywhere. Anyway, it's great to see you both back ;) that penguin game is the original Tux racer in Linux (exactly what you said Amy) but made easier. You guys have got to give Circus Charlie another chance, that's one of the best games ever (in my opinion) no, but really do, give it another go. Miner 2049er is fun too. Are the only games and software the NABU has is what's available on the sudo cable or can you connect a tape or disk or something? Anyway, it's great that you're both back. Thanks for sharing it was fun ;)
I mean, it's crazy out here on the bleeding edge of retro! The winter break went a bit longer than expected. 😃 That's crazy it was a legit Linux reference. But i knew I was getting Tux vibes. Circus Charlie likely a bit less hectic when I have a working joystick the whole time, heh. We'll have to give that and Miner 2049 another go off camera for sure. Not sure about what else you can hook up to the NABU at this point, but since you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one right now, no telling what kinds of stuff in the pipeline. Btw, I saw your pac man arcade video. That thing is super cool!
I love the aesthetic... It's dark and sleek, unlike nearly anything else from it's era. Too bad it got no foothold in North America, much like any MSX-based machine. Kind of an untenable network to manage in the mid-80's. Great work as always!
Hope you enjoyed your break. Having seen it in action I think I'll give the NABU a miss. According to the interwebs "Nabu is the Babylonian god of wisdom, learning, prophecy, scribes, and writing and was also responsible for the abundant harvest and all growing things. His name means "the Announcer" which refers to his prophetic and creative powers in calling forth words, the harvest and other plant life, and the visions of prophecies." or (Natural Access to Bi-directional Utilities) if you prefer.
Oh no the check engine light is on! LOL! Too funny! Welcome to the NABU owners club. Thanks for submitting your serial number to the NABU Network serial number database.
Yeah, where are we in the list? Definitely going to check!
@@fractalMD 12th on the list under USA. I'd put a link in my comment, but not sure if YT would eat it or not.
It's SO impressive how much this little computer can do compared to where it was at a few months ago.
Leaps and bounds!
Love the sierpinski earings!
You noticed! I really like them. Got them at Boutique Academia. Can recommend!
As a Canadian, I approve this purchase.
Woo hoo!
Good stuff! UPS just dropped mine off. Can't wait to check it out.
Welcome to the NABU owners club 🙂
🤣 I too was bullied into the NABU family! Antarctic Adventure is pretty fun, you gotta push forward to run faster and complete the course before time runs out. RetroTech Chris seems to be the best so far
I play it almost every day!
Uh huh. Sure. You like the NABU and know it 🙂
Nerdy peer pressure is the BEST peer pressure. 🤣
Nice! It is always a great day when I manage to stumble across an awesome channel such as yours!
This has all been made possible by trolling through Action Retro’s channel, and for him having a link to your channel! It is always a delight to discover another cool retro computer inspired UA-cam channel, doesn’t hurt your channel comes along with two absurd & silly fellow certified delightful nut cases such as yourselves (Huhzah! I have found more of my people!), keep on crushing it!
You two are an absolute riot! Thanks for making this my best 1:00am random discovery in ages! 👏 👏 👏 😂
Welcome to the madness! Action Retro is definitely a stand up guy. So glad you found us. :)
If you had also been sent the Network Adapter and Nagravision Authorization Card then you would not have had all the problems DJ Sures had.
We made sure to wait long enough everyone else did the hard work so we could mooch off of it. 😉
Thanks that was fun. Good old 8-Bit fun only Gen-X appreciates. I'll have to break out the NABU at the next house party.
Is it even a party if there is no NABU?
The Naboo think they are so smart. They think their brains so big!
🧠
Glad you ladies are back.
Can't get rid of us that easy!
“Nabu nabu” -Mork from Ork.
LOL!
Yay! I picked up a NABU, myself, and it's been a lot of fun for a computer I had never heard of before a few months ago. ;-) BTW, the in-game instructions on all the games (that I've checked so far) are actually pretty complete, containing not only basic game instructions, but also descriptions of each "wave" / "level" of the game, tips and tricks for winning, and point values for (I think) all possible point-changing actions. I only remembered being really bad at "Miner 2049er" on another system many years ago, so I ended up reading the instructions for it on the NABU, and that helped a lot, lol. I also have "Antarctic Adventure" on cartridge for MSX, and it's pretty much identical. I find it fun but surprisingly difficult (those darned seals!).
It's our trademark move to definitely not read any directions ever! Isn't it crazy how NABU just suddenly came out of NOWHERE.
@@fractalMD LOL, I see! And, yeah, it sure did come out of nowhere! Err, I mean, CANADA. ;-)
@@derekchristenson5711 Covered in poutine...
Excellent, nice to see it finally do something...so cool for the 80s when I was a young warthog!
When he was a young warthooooooog! (I literally just sang that outloud, so satisfying. )
Hey ladies, hope you're coming to CoCofest in April.
Tis the plan!
No way - you got the Canadian computer! I have one I still have to pick up from a person who has one for me.
Go get it!!!!
Miner 2049er was ported to pretty much all the old computers.
And the mule, too, eh?
I like the joysticks.
Glad to see you back, and I'm happy to see you got one of these. I've been eagerly awaiting the shipment with mine in it, and have already built my cable and spent a while fiddling with the emulated version in Mame.
Oh, you sound ready to go! You are gonna love playing around with the NABU.
Best review of the NABU so far, thank you!
Or at least the goofiest?
@@fractalMD indeed, the first NABU review to make me chuckle a few times
@@Brfff winning!
@@fractalMD ok ok ok, I bought one ... for only US$80 ... plus US$135 shipping & tax to Australia ... I better have as much fun with it as you guys did! 🤣😂🤣
@The Clueless Engineer wow!!!!
Hi Girls, since you loved so much "Antartic Venture", here are some facts: this game was a direct port for the MSX original game, Antartic Adventure. This game was one of the firts games of Hideo Kojima at Konami. After that game, Pentaro (the penquin of the game and also the MSX mascot) stars in another game, and its FANTASTIC, and everyone shoud play: Penguin Adventure. A much more complex take on that concept, with a lot of itens, secrets and easter eggs to discover, one of the bests games to MSX computers.
Hey! We need to get in on some Penguin Adventure for sure.
@@fractalMD brazilians like me are MSX fanboys, and Nabu is a MSX with xbox one feelings. ;-)
Maybe someone needs to build a NABU ZILOG Z8000 powered personal computer.
Phew, the show is back. I was about ready to ask the æther for proof of life.
We live!!!!
Been a while...I missed you ladies
We missed you, too! :)
Great video as always :)
Hmmmm Nabu.....I use to go there a lot on S.W.G. after work :D
It's David Ladd!
@@fractalMD ,
Why yes it is!
I hope you two are having a great time.
Was starting to worry about you two since I hadn't seen any videos.
Glad to see you two back at it :)
It's a ColecoVision!
What if NABU was ALSO a leather company?!! 🤣
cool girls
😎😎
I appreciate the Sierpiński triangle earrings BTW.
I love them so much! Got them from Boutique Academia if you are in the market.
Yay! You are back!
Girl, I know! These full time jobs areHUGE on cramping my style.
@@fractalMD Same! 🤣
Happy Valentine's Day ladies! I wish I lived closer to have flowers and candy delivered.
The NABU reminds me of the Memorex VIS at first glance.
You are too sweet!
@amy I've just subscribed to the IG page, just if anyone wants to give a special shout out. Lol
Loved watching you all playing Miner 2049'er for the first time and trying to figure it out. It was like when I had my kids play Commodore games for the first time. Good stuff! Love the energy! Keep it up, and glad you are back!
I mean, don't worry, we will never look up how to play a game first!
NABU is super awesome, I love mine!! Running mine attached to a Raspberry Pi
NABU Renaissance!
NABU Forever!
Web TV!
Kanukistan's finest home computer we never saw! *Chuckle* Nice one. How do you save your BASIC program?
I mean, it seems like you don't! We have the same question.
In Miner 2049er, picking up the items (I.e. the Shovel) is like a power pill in Pac-Man, so you can then touch the baddies to kill them. You’ll notice they changed green when you picked up an item, then after a while they’ll flash before return to baddie status) And yes the aim is to fill in all the steps.
Enlightenment!
LOL I knew it was a joke but I AMOST checked ahead to make sure it wasn't the end of the video after seeing the LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE @3:12! :D
You never know with us!
A Nabu!!! I bought one too, still in the box. Been dealing with a bunch of other retro computer projects, like my Apple II restoration.. lol.. Looks like Leo and folks have gotten pretty far getting the network up and running. Awesome.. I've been kinda of waiting until I could actually use it.. lol.. Glad to see you guys back. Keep an eye out on my channel, I'm doing a shoutout video and I gave you guys a shout out!! Cuz y'all deserve it.. Great content.. Keep it up!!!👍👍👍
That is so nice! We appreciate ya! Get that NABU out and join the NABUniverse.
The company who created the NABU should have gone with the ZILOG Z800 processor as it is backwards compatible with the ZILOG Z80,ZILOG Z80A and would allow you to run all the Z80 based games as well as ZEUS which was a version of UNIX for the ZILOG Z800.
Unix on a NABU would be epic.
Arctic Adventure is one of my favorite on my ColecoVision. You have to push forward on the joystick to run faster or you will never finish the stage in time.
Ken, prolly won't even if we do! I need to try it, again.
A bunch of the games are MSX ports. Which is reasonable; the hardware is very similar.
Happy NABU!
Nabu!!!
@@fractalMD Brings the BASIC out in you!
Welcome To the NABU Universe Enjoy
I'm rolling with NABUniverse. Catchy, right? 😀
@@fractalMD Yes very Catchy
Only heard of the NABU a week ago (and I had no idea what the heck it was, until this video) and now everyone is talking about it everywhere. Anyway, it's great to see you both back ;) that penguin game is the original Tux racer in Linux (exactly what you said Amy) but made easier. You guys have got to give Circus Charlie another chance, that's one of the best games ever (in my opinion) no, but really do, give it another go. Miner 2049er is fun too. Are the only games and software the NABU has is what's available on the sudo cable or can you connect a tape or disk or something? Anyway, it's great that you're both back. Thanks for sharing it was fun ;)
I mean, it's crazy out here on the bleeding edge of retro! The winter break went a bit longer than expected. 😃 That's crazy it was a legit Linux reference. But i knew I was getting Tux vibes. Circus Charlie likely a bit less hectic when I have a working joystick the whole time, heh. We'll have to give that and Miner 2049 another go off camera for sure. Not sure about what else you can hook up to the NABU at this point, but since you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one right now, no telling what kinds of stuff in the pipeline.
Btw, I saw your pac man arcade video. That thing is super cool!
For a second i mistook the reflection on the keyboard for blue leds... but blue leds didn't exist back then...
But check engine lights did!
@@fractalMD and for how long are you gonna ignore it??
@@chaoticsystem2211 ignore what? 😉
@@fractalMD the check engine light! :D
Damn it Jim! I"m a doctor... not a retro Canadian computer operator!
Lol, I mean, but literally, John!
I love the aesthetic... It's dark and sleek, unlike nearly anything else from it's era. Too bad it got no foothold in North America, much like any MSX-based machine. Kind of an untenable network to manage in the mid-80's.
Great work as always!
It's a very different aesthetician for the era. The whole Brutalist architecture vibe is real.
Some Penguin Adventure action: ua-cam.com/video/Ex3B44OGaqQ/v-deo.html
Thx!
Hello girls! 😃
Hello!
Hi Amy! Hi Taylor! 😍
Hi Joacim!
@@fractalMD 🙂
NABU for you, not for me :)
One just shows up at your doorstep overnight....
Does it make Chicken Curry and Rice? Cuz I'm kinda hungry! Forgot to say Happy Valentine's Day!
And now I'm ALSO hungry.
How to you like it so far? I'm having a blast so far with mine.
Yeah, it's definitely good fun. I'm still trippin that it had an ad, tho!!
It's pretty cool with the newest edition of numerous MSX games through CP/M.
Hope you enjoyed your break. Having seen it in action I think I'll give the NABU a miss. According to the interwebs "Nabu is the Babylonian god of wisdom, learning, prophecy, scribes, and writing and was also responsible for the abundant harvest and all growing things. His name means "the Announcer" which refers to his prophetic and creative powers in calling forth words, the harvest and other plant life, and the visions of prophecies." or (Natural Access to Bi-directional Utilities) if you prefer.
I mean, you gotta love a forced acronym. Let us NABU, so you don't have to. :)
I caught the reference right away - which is why I wound up calling an emulator for the system "Marduk".
Was the Nabu designed by the Gungans?
I had to.
Did you buy one yet? You should!
Chris is like, first one is free. 🤣
Mesa is intrigued by the Nabu.