@@user-vn7ce5ig1z The 90s weren't only about novelties like the ones in this video, which are just for fun. There were a ton of new media formats, for example. Zip drives, Click, Jaz, LS-120, several CD formats... Lots of different ports, power sockets, network protocols and whatnot. Anyone could come up with their own thing. User interface design was in its infancy, so everyone was trying new, often crazy stuff. Nowadays, everything's pretty much standardized and matured. Physical media is near dead except maybe some USB drives, USB is the universal data interface and power socket (or wireless), networks are Ethernet, etc. The traditional home desktop computer itself is an endangered species, most everyone now uses a notebook computer or just their phone, so there's less room for crazy peripherals and stuff like that. Yes, you can still get silly mice, but it's nowhere near the craziness of the 90s.
I actually want some software that plays random sounds when you move the cursor. Installing it on someone's PC just to screw around. At work, I once found out that the sound setting on the computers were not blocked by admin, so I set everything to a trumpet sound. It was relatively quiet but definitely audible. Literally every action would play a trumpet sound - a program launching, minimize, maximize, open, click link, connect to remote desktop, and even when just sitting inactive, the computer would randomly play trumpet sounds because of stuff on the background. I did this for all 8 computers in the office and it stayed like that for more than six months. It still makes me laugh whenever I remember it.
hahaaa reminds me of when i was a kid, my dad took me to his work and i was playing games on one of the computers. i figured out how to make the image rotate 90 degrees, and walked away. later saw a lady trying to figure out how the hell to fix it .... it was hilarious.
Nobody has stepped up to make this yet, so I guess it's up to me. How would you like me to deliver the software to you? Also, should the sounds be hardcoded or should it be configurable? For hardcoded sounds the entire program can run from a single EXE file.
I feel like the melody mouse was a good office prank or something to entertain the youngsters on paper but was ahead of it’s time in terms of technical requirements. Maybe if it was made for say Windows XP it wouldn’t be nearly as laggy.
@LabRat Knatz They never were. The older ones were more fun but painfully unreliable. The newer ones are better built they ever done but still very unreliable when compared to Audis or Mercedes.
In lieu of enough burger PC peripherals, I would enjoy a shenanigans PC that uses all the most wacky parts, case, monitor, and peripherals you can find.
The mouse burger fits perfectly with those Burger King headphones. All we need is a giant burger shaped computer case, and a keyboard where all the keys make an image of a burger.
@@teh_supar_hackr I'm not familiar with those containers, but yeah I can see it would be quite fitting. Our burger themed computer set-up will never be bereft of mouth-watering ideas!
ua-cam.com/video/HnYOPbVBaTU/v-deo.html "Little pieces keep falling off" This tracks. A few seconds later "It's kinda on there" - yeah describes the built quality really well.
I have never seen a cursor that actually changes its dimension like that to simulate the correct angle its pointing as you move it, that is insanely cool, almost a dealbreaker itself to buy the mouse.
I appreciate that many of you beat me to the "Vette mouse has proper GM quality" jokes. If you'll excuse me, I need to glue down the dashboard of my Firebird again.
There's an expert fighting game player who exclusively plays with an actual, non-reproduction PSX controller to this day, although his name escapes me. There's also the guy who showed up to a Dragon Ball Fighterz tourney with a keyboard, won games and became a legend. This wasn't a computer keyboard, mind you. He played a fighting game with a piano keyboard.
@@awkwardcultism There was also the guy that used a steering wheel accessory on a fighting game. He didn't turn the wheel or anything, rather just used the buttons as you'd expect, but it was still pretty amusing.
I used to try and use my DDR pad for fighting and racing games. Fighting was always a fun time....racing was like a damn olympic cardio test with the DDR pad.
Somebody in the 90s: "What can I get little Timmy for his 11th birthday?" "Oh, he's so difficult to buy for. He likes the computer and he likes hamburgers." "Say no more."
I love you covering multiple products with lesser depth. It felt like a proper Blerb, but with us getting three for the price of one...lol. I'd definitely even more of these. I'd even enjoy something like this covering a group of like themed computer peripherals, kind of like with the Hotwheels PC, but with no connection between the products other than the general theme.
I love that, even as a viewer, we both had the same reaction to the last one. The immediate realization that it exists to traumatize the user was hilarious.
heyy since the fuck when XD GM is known for quality isnt it? i care nothing about cars but that's the reputation.. Naw I think that was Red Plastic Syndrome, a cousin to GPS
@@KairuHakubi they run fine, but the interiors and plastics are total shit. Source: family is a gm family (dunno why, must be brain damage) and they are all shit inside until like the late 2000's when they become less shit
@@KairuHakubi Its kinda a meme in the car world with GM, They usually can run but boy did they cheap out on a lot of basic stuff. Tbh id say BMW's from 2008-15 are the worst though.
It's a lot better in the C8 (at least in 2LT and above). Although the brushed nickel looking plastic around the door and window controls seems of dubious quality.
@@TORQUENDB good, I have something to look forward to in 10 to 15 years when they depreciate enough for me to buy one. Haha. My c5's interior trim sounds like it's all screeching and fighting each other for dominance around every curve and bump.
@@jasepoag8930 I'm genuinely impressed by the overall quality so far (~7500 miles in 11 months). Only real annoyance I have are the electric door releases, they don't always release the first time. None of the poor quality interior or floppy seats the magazine used to endlessly complain about in the 90s and 00s
I'm certainly okay with a handful of doohickies clumped together in a vid if there's not much to be said for them individually. I quite enjoyed this =)
Love the storage space backdrop; Invites so much wonder! As a kid I used to go to the computer shop just to stand in awe of computery type things setup like this. Ahhhh...
"Everything had speakers at one point." I never met him, but supposedly my grandfather had speakers wired all throughout the house. Including in the bathroom sink. Supposedly one would be washing their face, and they would be frightened by a loud scream.
I like how the "Media Mouse" packaging is trying SO hard to look like a Sound Blaster product while remaining (ahem) legally distinct. That should have been the first warning that it would be terrible. Also, I'm so drooling over that 20th Anniv Mac at the convention.
Reminds me of some goofy thing Logitech had in the PS2 days, the thing had some kind of vibration motor in it. Utter gimmick that required support from the program thus wasn't really used.
I remember using the Burger Mouse and the Corvette Mouse myself, though I can't remember the circumstances. You've explored both more than I got a chance to. Thanks for the overview on all three. :-)
The sad thing is that McDonald's cheeseburgers have shrunk so much over the years that the Mouse Burger would probably compare quite favourably to one these days.
Haha, love this. I'd love to see more multi-item episodes like this. There's tons of items out there that don't warrant their own videos, but would work great for multi-item retrospectives like this!
I remember people arguing whether mice should have different v/h sensitivities, back in the day, when mice were becoming "a thing." The theory went that moving, say, half way up should be the same - and since screens were rectangles... I think it was called proportional v. linear movement, or something like that. The idea was that "proportional" would not require you to adjust to working with different resolutions and monitor sizes. This is going waay back, but it was a topic of discussion at the ol' computer club.
@@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee then you have never been in any gaming comunity dpi and refresh rates are like religion there. as fpr dpi i guess use whatever dpi you are used to
We need a video on the game "Vette" seen here. It sounds fascinating, given it was a 3D open-world sandbox of the entirety of San Francisco, all in 1989! A video on that game, if you please! Edit: Ah, he did one about ten years ago! Cool.
The terminology used in the MotorMouse control software makes me strongly suspect the same company also sold an e-waste mouse that looked like a spaceship of some kind, and they didn't even bother to relabel stuff for the Corvette version.
Am I really the only one amazed by the sculpt and paint quality of the Mouseburger??? I mean, it's just a novelty thing yet so meticulously detailed :O
goodness, this kind of stuff always gets me fascinated in a way that "modern" computers are incapable of. being able to dive into retro computing and wacky periferials, software and devices is something i've longed to do for a very long time. i wish i could get my paws on the stuff..
@@the_kombinator expensive collaector market, lack of availability, items consistently damaged in shipping, zero local swap meets, interesting electronics stores, or community.....
So nostalgic! I remember chuckling at those burger mice back in the 90s. There were so many weirdly shaped mice back then. You don't see that kind of silliness so much anymore. It's all about ergonomics nowadays, which is great for the hands but often visually boring. xD
I had a 1/2 sized usb travel mouse from IBM and it was horrible to use. Absolute finger strainer. I left it on my desk as a novelty because the scroll wheel lit up, it was cool for being small and exactly like the full sized ibm mice of the time.
I worked with a person that had that melody mouse. Thank goodness she was in the front office. I had no idea what this was, but I will NEVER forget that insane sound library.
I imagine the melody mouse software would've worked ok with pretty much any mouse attached to the system? making the whole thing even more pointless - like, who was this for?
I was thinking the same, Probably the company that created a Melody Mouse had a surplues of cheap mouses and figure out that transforming them to a novelty thing adding a silly software would lead to a bigger profit than just selling them for pennies.
I was imagining some sort of scenario where someone said “People like multimedia. Why don’t we make a multimedia mouse?” and everyone just had to roll with it despite not having any clue what that product would actually even do.
Honestly I can think of a lot of people who would go for such a thing back then. PCs were still viewed as complicated and scary at the time, so the market was pretty overflowing with any silly little gimmick that made them seem more fun 'n friendly to Joe Average Home User.
I saw Motor Mouse pitched on Dragon’s Den (UK Shark Tank) the other day, an old episode on UA-cam, had to double check when you said you had one. I guess the business did well
@@camotech1314 Mainly on UA-cam these days, like many segmented shows the original owners just upload a bunch of clips of various pitches, binge watch em
That last mouse just makes me ask "why?". Having a burger or car for a mouse makes for a nice novelty, but the melody mouse is just software with a plain looking mouse. Given how obnoxious the sound effects are, it serves better as a prank for a coworker. Maybe there would be some merit if the sound effects happened on click, but not on scroll.
Thanks, Clive! I personally looks forward to more of this type of video, I very much enjoyed it. And I think software for "media mouse" would make a funny prank even today, if you can somehow run it on modern OS. Hmm...
As a Canadian, I appreciate when something is actually made here, even if it’s mouse drivers. Did anyone else notice the pizza mouse mat? Also, it looks like that Corvette mouse needed a mechanic when it fell apart out of the box. That’s what happens to cheap plastic after a bit. Toy collectors could probably tell you some horror stories.
Yep, can confirm - Gold Plastic Syndrome is one of the more well known plastic problems we collectors face, but Cheap Plastic Syndrome is just as bad. :v
@@euphoria_7477 I like American made pencils. Anything made in Asia breaks too easily, but any pencil made in the USA is god enough to sketch with, never mind write.
I'm proud to say that I owned the burger mouse in the mid 90s and actually did try to use it for a while. It was awful but it was also a burger, it's awfulness was more about the shape than anything else though and if Apple engineers had used the 90s Burger Mouse they would have known that the 'Puck' mouse design was a bad idea since a round mouse is hard to use.
Thank you for this video Clint! It reminded me of the weirdest mouse we had - the Star Trek Phaser Mouse. It was not good in any capacity, but the novelty was a ton of fun
THIS WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!! - I was SOOOOO entertained!!! I LOVED IT!!! You really should do videos of weird things grouped together like this. ESPECIALLY if you have no idea what they're gonna dso, like that terrible Melody Mouse, oh man this was PURE GOLD!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Those sound effects on the melody mouse reminds me of the childhood game I used to play, which was created by Sandlot Games, which was called Slyder Adventures, where you adventure out to collect food items and avoid the enemies that are in the way during the levels, it makes some sound effects that when you pass through something, as if it were in the way, and slows you down a little bit while going forward, or either if you went through something bouncy, it would bounce you away.
I love it when two completely different game developers can have nearly identical names. Looked up Sandlot found out there was a Japanese Video game developer named "Sandlot" that was founded a year earlier than Sandlot Games.
Ha, that takes me back, I had the cheeseburger mouse back in the day! Got it from a computer fair i'd go to with my dad, along with a cheeseburger mouspad, because why the hell not!? No idea what it cost, but likely in the £10 range if i could afford it with pocket money.
Every time I see those soundblaster speakers i get a (more than usual) nastolgia feel... I used to have them and regret i kinda lost track of them many years back. I still have somewhat of a retro collection, but wish i held on to a lot more stuff than I currently still have. Nowhere near LGR's collection but still... Oh well, I can always come to this channel when in need of nostalgia! Keep up the great work!
I've always been amused that companies 'congratulate' a customer for buying a product, like somehow you've achieved something outside the realms of your normal dull existence by unlocking the magical powers of capitalism.
Congratulations you found our product! We arent sure how you did it, but now its yours. Enjoy, and see if you can find more easter eggs on your next playthrough.
It came from the early days of customer psychology and focus groups etc. That doing things like that would make a customer feel better about buying a product.
@@braddl9442 Oh I'm very aware of where it comes from, it still makes me chuckle. It doubly amuses me that the Chinesium providers these days appear to think it's still a good tactic so you open the box and they act like you've won the damn thing.
Ahhh weird mice - good lord how the market was absolutely flooded with them during the late '90s/early 2000s or so. ^^ And how utterly atrociously awful many of them were, the Media Mouse had me in stitches! Thanks for showing them off, Clint!
My first multi-player network game experience was playing Vette over a modem with a friend driving around SF. It was mind blowing that you could see another player in the same game remotely.
Can you imagine being a kid and the Melody Mouse being the only mouse you've ever used, only to go to a friend's house and being amazed at how fast the cursor goes on their mouse
I'm just wondering about that and I have 2 questions: Did he eat the burger after filming that segment? And is it tax reductable (being a "business expense")?
@@bitterlemonboy countless channels (and the companies behind them) would like to differ, just because they are focusing on this particular online medium, that doesn't invalidate the legitimacy of their business. At the very least, most big youtubers do have a company to make things easier and video equipment, etc. are legitimate business expenses on which they rely.
@@bitterlemonboy ad revenue through monetisation? patreon? sponsorships? other incomes from other platforms and/or other business ventures? generally speaking, at least. LGR doesn't do sponsorships and obviously I don't know Clint's finances, but afaik he's doing youtube full time, so why would it not be a business?
![Radius Pivot: The Rotating CRT Monitor from 1991 [LGR Oddware]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mpayqVGmKyo/mqdefault.jpg)
I miss the "throw everything to the wall and see what sticks" PC era from the 1990s, all kinds of wacky things like this were on sale.
Novelties are still a thing now.
For like 20 years my grandma used this ghost shaped wired optical mouse it was literally the shape of a ghost and it glowed in the dark
@@user-vn7ce5ig1z The 90s weren't only about novelties like the ones in this video, which are just for fun. There were a ton of new media formats, for example. Zip drives, Click, Jaz, LS-120, several CD formats... Lots of different ports, power sockets, network protocols and whatnot. Anyone could come up with their own thing. User interface design was in its infancy, so everyone was trying new, often crazy stuff. Nowadays, everything's pretty much standardized and matured. Physical media is near dead except maybe some USB drives, USB is the universal data interface and power socket (or wireless), networks are Ethernet, etc. The traditional home desktop computer itself is an endangered species, most everyone now uses a notebook computer or just their phone, so there's less room for crazy peripherals and stuff like that. Yes, you can still get silly mice, but it's nowhere near the craziness of the 90s.
@@naturedetectiveminecraft6362 that's so cool. i want a ghost or a burger mouse haha
@@user-vn7ce5ig1z Sure, but nowhere near as much and not to the extent as they were in those days.
I actually want some software that plays random sounds when you move the cursor. Installing it on someone's PC just to screw around.
At work, I once found out that the sound setting on the computers were not blocked by admin, so I set everything to a trumpet sound. It was relatively quiet but definitely audible. Literally every action would play a trumpet sound - a program launching, minimize, maximize, open, click link, connect to remote desktop, and even when just sitting inactive, the computer would randomly play trumpet sounds because of stuff on the background. I did this for all 8 computers in the office and it stayed like that for more than six months. It still makes me laugh whenever I remember it.
Haha, that's innocuous, yet devious. And overall, hilarious!
hahaaa reminds me of when i was a kid, my dad took me to his work and i was playing games on one of the computers. i figured out how to make the image rotate 90 degrees, and walked away. later saw a lady trying to figure out how the hell to fix it .... it was hilarious.
(Liked) : D
A-grade prank. Nicely done!
Nobody has stepped up to make this yet, so I guess it's up to me. How would you like me to deliver the software to you?
Also, should the sounds be hardcoded or should it be configurable? For hardcoded sounds the entire program can run from a single EXE file.
That melody mouse would make a great practical joke. Imagine installing it on a coworker's computer
Also would work much better now that this wouldn't lag the mouse so hard. Just set it to 1000px though (or higher, depending on screen res).
Why did the sound wall trumpets sound like schitts creek opening for a second. Lol
I feel like the melody mouse was a good office prank or something to entertain the youngsters on paper but was ahead of it’s time in terms of technical requirements. Maybe if it was made for say Windows XP it wouldn’t be nearly as laggy.
Glad to see GM's plastic quality carried over into the mouse
If this were Reddit, I'd give you one of those free awards that you get every week or so.
I was first with that joke.
@@fl570 UA-cam will steal the feature at some point lol
@LabRat Knatz beemers are built well
@LabRat Knatz They never were. The older ones were more fun but painfully unreliable. The newer ones are better built they ever done but still very unreliable when compared to Audis or Mercedes.
I think we need a burger themed PC build at this point, with burger peripherals. Complete the meme.
Burger Time the video game.
"We are closed for now"
Nah, there should be a burger mouse, slice of pizza for the keyboard, box of fries and a drink for the speakers etc lol
probably be more reliable than McDonalds milkshake machine.
Don't forget the classic Baguette typing rest!
In lieu of enough burger PC peripherals, I would enjoy a shenanigans PC that uses all the most wacky parts, case, monitor, and peripherals you can find.
The mouse burger fits perfectly with those Burger King headphones. All we need is a giant burger shaped computer case, and a keyboard where all the keys make an image of a burger.
and each row of keys is a burger layer
And add some cheesy yellow floppy discs wrapped separately in clear clingy plastic.
@@autumn_of_thought With those same floppies stored in one of those plastic containers Kraft made in the 90s to store cheese.
@@teh_supar_hackr I'm not familiar with those containers, but yeah I can see it would be quite fitting. Our burger themed computer set-up will never be bereft of mouth-watering ideas!
@@autumn_of_thought The wires could possibly be the color of Ketchup and Mustard
Corvette mouse acts just like real GM products: immediately starts falling apart after leaving the showroom(like almost all 90s era Chevy did).
chevys still do that xD
lol fun fact, this one was made in china x'D
@@mikec.8604 Oh so it's a Songsang ?
ua-cam.com/video/HnYOPbVBaTU/v-deo.html "Little pieces keep falling off" This tracks. A few seconds later "It's kinda on there" - yeah describes the built quality really well.
Still an improvement over some of the 70s stuff. The Chevy Vega was notorious for leaking oil on the showroom floor...
“I’m just gonna run over a nun real quick” -LGR
I have never seen a cursor that actually changes its dimension like that to simulate the correct angle its pointing as you move it, that is insanely cool, almost a dealbreaker itself to buy the mouse.
Do you mean deal maker?
Ayo got the Erobb pfp
Yeah I think that’s pretty cool
@@juststuffinc gotta rep the loser
Could just be the same dimensions as the largest frame with transparency
I appreciate that many of you beat me to the "Vette mouse has proper GM quality" jokes. If you'll excuse me, I need to glue down the dashboard of my Firebird again.
"So other than the ways that it sucks... it's not bad."
YOO
I didn't think I'd see you here
You made my childhood man
HEY ITS THE LEGO GUY i havent seen you since like 2016 my man
@@Coaretired the algorithm and rules for kids slowly killed the channel... but thanks for your support!
I love your videos dude! Pizza delivery series is my favorite!
Yooo its you
I love how LGR loses his shit at the melody mouse. That smile and laugh is infectious.
I can just imagine some dude going to an esports event with a damn cheeseburger mouse and all kinds of magic dongles and wrecking competition
There's an expert fighting game player who exclusively plays with an actual, non-reproduction PSX controller to this day, although his name escapes me.
There's also the guy who showed up to a Dragon Ball Fighterz tourney with a keyboard, won games and became a legend.
This wasn't a computer keyboard, mind you. He played a fighting game with a piano keyboard.
@@awkwardcultism There was also the guy that used a steering wheel accessory on a fighting game. He didn't turn the wheel or anything, rather just used the buttons as you'd expect, but it was still pretty amusing.
I used to try and use my DDR pad for fighting and racing games. Fighting was always a fun time....racing was like a damn olympic cardio test with the DDR pad.
Somebody in the 90s: "What can I get little Timmy for his 11th birthday?"
"Oh, he's so difficult to buy for. He likes the computer and he likes hamburgers."
"Say no more."
You whipping out a real burger to compare made my day :D
It had to be done!
Made me hungry lol
Could only be topped if he whipped out a real Corvette!
Absolutely agree Hehe ^_^
I love you covering multiple products with lesser depth. It felt like a proper Blerb, but with us getting three for the price of one...lol. I'd definitely even more of these. I'd even enjoy something like this covering a group of like themed computer peripherals, kind of like with the Hotwheels PC, but with no connection between the products other than the general theme.
I love that, even as a viewer, we both had the same reaction to the last one. The immediate realization that it exists to traumatize the user was hilarious.
Just imagine doing this to an unsuspecting family member, and the mayhem that would ensue! They'd never use a computer again!
I absolutely lost it when you said "oh no..." That media mouse was absolute insanity! Loved it, thank you for sharing that blast from the past.
I like how the Corvette mouse simulates exactly the build quality you expect from GM.
heyy since the fuck when XD GM is known for quality isnt it? i care nothing about cars but that's the reputation..
Naw I think that was Red Plastic Syndrome, a cousin to GPS
@@KairuHakubi no they're known for being utter dog shit lmao, especially in the 80s to the late 2000s.
@@rotarydude9737 if you say so. my dad's '88 corsica ran for a long-ass time but it was certainly falling apart after 14 years of heavy use so I dunno
@@KairuHakubi they run fine, but the interiors and plastics are total shit. Source: family is a gm family (dunno why, must be brain damage) and they are all shit inside until like the late 2000's when they become less shit
@@KairuHakubi Its kinda a meme in the car world with GM, They usually can run but boy did they cheap out on a lot of basic stuff. Tbh id say BMW's from 2008-15 are the worst though.
"Other than the ways that it sucks, it's not bad" 😂
I can still see that being the most positive review the Corvette mouse ever received.
13:00 As a Corvette owner myself, I can confirm that this is consistent with cheap GM plastics.
It's a lot better in the C8 (at least in 2LT and above). Although the brushed nickel looking plastic around the door and window controls seems of dubious quality.
@@TORQUENDB good, I have something to look forward to in 10 to 15 years when they depreciate enough for me to buy one. Haha. My c5's interior trim sounds like it's all screeching and fighting each other for dominance around every curve and bump.
@@jasepoag8930 I'm genuinely impressed by the overall quality so far (~7500 miles in 11 months). Only real annoyance I have are the electric door releases, they don't always release the first time. None of the poor quality interior or floppy seats the magazine used to endlessly complain about in the 90s and 00s
Is your Corvette by chance a 2000s Corvette
@@kippzthemudkip2652 2001, yes
The Melody Mouse sounds like something that would be made up for a Simpsons episode so Homer could be delighted with it
Sound's more like Peter Griffin stuff to me
This is what my morning was missing
Really? A review on crap computer mice from the 90s?
@@worldofretrogameplay6963 3:13
@@worldofretrogameplay6963 Yes.
Right!?D
I'd like to see a video like this about digital art stuff - old graphics tablets, paint programs, etc, if you have a few of them. This was really fun!
i second this!
I'm certainly okay with a handful of doohickies clumped together in a vid if there's not much to be said for them individually. I quite enjoyed this =)
Why wouldn't you be, lol? A good video with good content is just that. Just seems like a comment that goes without saying.
@@g1ng3rsn4ps Thank you, Captain Fun Sponge.
Nothing at all to do what what I said.
I appreciated the Fival goes west reference. Seeing all these older computer hardware brings me back.
Was never into those movies but I always appreciated the art-style.
Love the storage space backdrop; Invites so much wonder! As a kid I used to go to the computer shop just to stand in awe of computery type things setup like this. Ahhhh...
"Everything had speakers at one point."
I never met him, but supposedly my grandfather had speakers wired all throughout the house. Including in the bathroom sink. Supposedly one would be washing their face, and they would be frightened by a loud scream.
"The Car is farting, that's good."
- a real sentence.
It's a LGR thing.
The man knows his cars
especially in winter.
He's a big 4 banger import guy
I think it’s the best sentence I’ve heard in 2021🤣
I wanna see your weirdest, oddest keyboards. I just stumbled into the custom keyboarding scene and I've been a little obsessed ⌨️💕
I like how the "Media Mouse" packaging is trying SO hard to look like a Sound Blaster product while remaining (ahem) legally distinct. That should have been the first warning that it would be terrible.
Also, I'm so drooling over that 20th Anniv Mac at the convention.
Reminds me of some goofy thing Logitech had in the PS2 days, the thing had some kind of vibration motor in it. Utter gimmick that required support from the program thus wasn't really used.
The fact that the Motor Mouse's cursor swivels and pivots 360 degrees is sick! 😎
Pretty sure this is the earliest ive ever been for an LGR video
I remember using the Burger Mouse and the Corvette Mouse myself, though I can't remember the circumstances. You've explored both more than I got a chance to. Thanks for the overview on all three. :-)
You comparing the size of the cheeseburger mouse with an actual cheeseburger was something I didn't think I needed in my life.
That was completely unexpected, but I really appreciate his dedication to the bit.
The sad thing is that McDonald's cheeseburgers have shrunk so much over the years that the Mouse Burger would probably compare quite favourably to one these days.
Ugh. Stop with this trope. Try expressing yourself in a way that isnt so cliche. Please!!!
"Needed in my life", "gives me life"
STOP
@@johndoe9207
I guess you criticizing my life is something you need in yours
I laughed way too hard watching you slide the real burger around like a mouse. Stay weird, dude. ♥
I know it's not possible, but Zoo noises during Duke would be frickin hilarious.
Some light modding and that is entirely possible.
haha I thought that he was going to play duke + zoo activated
Why isn't it possible? He could play Duke in Windows 3 while the noise program was running (it just wouldn't be playable).
Zook Nukem
Haha, love this. I'd love to see more multi-item episodes like this. There's tons of items out there that don't warrant their own videos, but would work great for multi-item retrospectives like this!
I remember people arguing whether mice should have different v/h sensitivities, back in the day, when mice were becoming "a thing." The theory went that moving, say, half way up should be the same - and since screens were rectangles... I think it was called proportional v. linear movement, or something like that. The idea was that "proportional" would not require you to adjust to working with different resolutions and monitor sizes. This is going waay back, but it was a topic of discussion at the ol' computer club.
Sounds like the dpi and refreash arguements today
@@narobii9815 Ive never heard an argument about DPI & refresh rate
@@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee then you have never been in any gaming comunity dpi and refresh rates are like religion there. as fpr dpi i guess use whatever dpi you are used to
That is hilarious! Can imagine someone hopping on a new moniter with a different resolution and just exploding because they cant deal with it lol
@@SimonBauer7 I'm a game designer and developer, playing games is my main hobby.
We need a video on the game "Vette" seen here. It sounds fascinating, given it was a 3D open-world sandbox of the entirety of San Francisco, all in 1989! A video on that game, if you please!
Edit: Ah, he did one about ten years ago! Cool.
The terminology used in the MotorMouse control software makes me strongly suspect the same company also sold an e-waste mouse that looked like a spaceship of some kind, and they didn't even bother to relabel stuff for the Corvette version.
I love gimmicky mice, games, controllers, keyboards, all of that. Definitely the videos I tend to click on the most from you. Great one!
Hope LGR have someone to carry his legacy. Guys like you are, actually 1 in 10000.
Dude that would mean there are 8,000,000 just like him
@@bravo________87372 corrected 😀
@@bravo________87372 lol mathematics! Clint is more like one in a 17 652
@@christophermiller3031 🤣 for LGR 🥂
Am I really the only one amazed by the sculpt and paint quality of the Mouseburger??? I mean, it's just a novelty thing yet so meticulously detailed :O
I was really hoping the sound effects from the last one would continue while playing duke o' nukes
"Considering it's a cheeseburger, it's not too bad"
Words of truth on many levels :)
goodness, this kind of stuff always gets me fascinated in a way that "modern" computers are incapable of. being able to dive into retro computing and wacky periferials, software and devices is something i've longed to do for a very long time. i wish i could get my paws on the stuff..
eBay, electronics stores (yeah they still have some with vintage gear), swap meets, forums....
damn tech companies making boring, simple, and "modern" devices... I just want a phone that looks like a hot dog
@@Coaretired I would love a hotdog smartphone
@@Imasuky Well, the thickness/padding would surely protect the phone from falls.
One in the form of a banana would rock though.
@@the_kombinator expensive collaector market, lack of availability, items consistently damaged in shipping, zero local swap meets, interesting electronics stores, or community.....
So nostalgic! I remember chuckling at those burger mice back in the 90s. There were so many weirdly shaped mice back then. You don't see that kind of silliness so much anymore. It's all about ergonomics nowadays, which is great for the hands but often visually boring. xD
Awww. The nostalgia. I also played Decent with my Burger Mouse back in the 90s.
Haha yes I did the same! Those were the days
The Corvette mouse ".. not bad, i guess"
... literally falls apart in his hands 😂
Novelty over ergonomics. I find smaller mice tends to strain the finger joints more after a short period of use.
I had a 1/2 sized usb travel mouse from IBM and it was horrible to use. Absolute finger strainer.
I left it on my desk as a novelty because the scroll wheel lit up, it was cool for being small and exactly like the full sized ibm mice of the time.
Im honestly pleased to see how humble you are during reviews and exploring old tech
That Corvette mouse...I've got an old Hotwheels mouse from '95 that comes with a free game, Wouldn't mind seeing a video on that.
he has one he received on a previous mail video.
Wow... I remember typing "menu" in DOS when I was young and just picking and choosing games to play... brings back actually fond memories. 🙂
The melody mouse made me laugh so much, thank you
I worked with a person that had that melody mouse. Thank goodness she was in the front office. I had no idea what this was, but I will NEVER forget that insane sound library.
I imagine the melody mouse software would've worked ok with pretty much any mouse attached to the system? making the whole thing even more pointless - like, who was this for?
I was thinking the same, Probably the company that created a Melody Mouse had a surplues of cheap mouses and figure out that transforming them to a novelty thing adding a silly software would lead to a bigger profit than just selling them for pennies.
I was imagining some sort of scenario where someone said “People like multimedia. Why don’t we make a multimedia mouse?” and everyone just had to roll with it despite not having any clue what that product would actually even do.
Honestly I can think of a lot of people who would go for such a thing back then. PCs were still viewed as complicated and scary at the time, so the market was pretty overflowing with any silly little gimmick that made them seem more fun 'n friendly to Joe Average Home User.
I saw Motor Mouse pitched on Dragon’s Den (UK Shark Tank) the other day, an old episode on UA-cam, had to double check when you said you had one. I guess the business did well
Wow people still watch that show 😂
@@camotech1314 Mainly on UA-cam these days, like many segmented shows the original owners just upload a bunch of clips of various pitches, binge watch em
You need a computer kitty to keep your computer mice in order.
Love the format of this video- that animated Corvette cursor is too good!
That last mouse just makes me ask "why?". Having a burger or car for a mouse makes for a nice novelty, but the melody mouse is just software with a plain looking mouse. Given how obnoxious the sound effects are, it serves better as a prank for a coworker. Maybe there would be some merit if the sound effects happened on click, but not on scroll.
it was supposed to be kid toy
Thanks, Clive! I personally looks forward to more of this type of video, I very much enjoyed it. And I think software for "media mouse" would make a funny prank even today, if you can somehow run it on modern OS. Hmm...
As a Canadian, I appreciate when something is actually made here, even if it’s mouse drivers. Did anyone else notice the pizza mouse mat? Also, it looks like that Corvette mouse needed a mechanic when it fell apart out of the box. That’s what happens to cheap plastic after a bit. Toy collectors could probably tell you some horror stories.
Yep, can confirm - Gold Plastic Syndrome is one of the more well known plastic problems we collectors face, but Cheap Plastic Syndrome is just as bad. :v
I'm sure Clint is familiar, as he appears to own a few '90s Macs in that mini warehouse of his.
Pride in your nations manufacturing is great. I myself am a huge sucker for American made tools, absolutely adore them!
@@euphoria_7477 I like American made pencils. Anything made in Asia breaks too easily, but any pencil made in the USA is god enough to sketch with, never mind write.
I'm proud to say that I owned the burger mouse in the mid 90s and actually did try to use it for a while. It was awful but it was also a burger, it's awfulness was more about the shape than anything else though and if Apple engineers had used the 90s Burger Mouse they would have known that the 'Puck' mouse design was a bad idea since a round mouse is hard to use.
The melody mouse makes the mind control software seem like a value
Thank you for this video Clint! It reminded me of the weirdest mouse we had - the Star Trek Phaser Mouse. It was not good in any capacity, but the novelty was a ton of fun
When I heard Mouse Burgers, I literally thought of Fievel Goes West up until the next few minutes that it gets mentioned.
Hey I have an old C4, fun to drive, and fun to use as a mouse too I guess. Interesting to see the old promotional material.
As a person trying to buy a mouse, I can say that you could make a whole series on just mice.
That corvette cursor is one of the coolest things I've ever seen lmao and so practical
Thank God for interesting, calm, channels like yours. Nice to see you.
I think this is the first time I have seen you laugh so much! Very enjoyable
man I remember when this was just my 'should i buy this sims 3 expansion pack?' channel. You've really grown but now i'm feeling all nostalgic
THIS WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!! - I was SOOOOO entertained!!! I LOVED IT!!!
You really should do videos of weird things grouped together like this. ESPECIALLY if you have no idea what they're gonna dso, like that terrible Melody Mouse, oh man this was PURE GOLD!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Those sound effects on the melody mouse reminds me of the childhood game I used to play, which was created by Sandlot Games, which was called Slyder Adventures, where you adventure out to collect food items and avoid the enemies that are in the way during the levels, it makes some sound effects that when you pass through something, as if it were in the way, and slows you down a little bit while going forward, or either if you went through something bouncy, it would bounce you away.
I love it when two completely different game developers can have nearly identical names. Looked up Sandlot found out there was a Japanese Video game developer named "Sandlot" that was founded a year earlier than Sandlot Games.
Back when peripherals were fun!!
Yeah now they're just useful, ergonomic, and durable :P
I'd unironically use that Corvette mouse tbh, it's bordering on the edge of "cool" and "ridiculous" and I love it
Ha, that takes me back, I had the cheeseburger mouse back in the day! Got it from a computer fair i'd go to with my dad, along with a cheeseburger mouspad, because why the hell not!? No idea what it cost, but likely in the £10 range if i could afford it with pocket money.
Every time I see those soundblaster speakers i get a (more than usual) nastolgia feel...
I used to have them and regret i kinda lost track of them many years back.
I still have somewhat of a retro collection, but wish i held on to a lot more stuff than I currently still have.
Nowhere near LGR's collection but still...
Oh well, I can always come to this channel when in need of nostalgia!
Keep up the great work!
I've always been amused that companies 'congratulate' a customer for buying a product, like somehow you've achieved something outside the realms of your normal dull existence by unlocking the magical powers of capitalism.
Congratulations you found our product! We arent sure how you did it, but now its yours. Enjoy, and see if you can find more easter eggs on your next playthrough.
It came from the early days of customer psychology and focus groups etc. That doing things like that would make a customer feel better about buying a product.
@@braddl9442 Oh I'm very aware of where it comes from, it still makes me chuckle. It doubly amuses me that the Chinesium providers these days appear to think it's still a good tactic so you open the box and they act like you've won the damn thing.
@@narobii9815 I quite like the concept that tat is the IRL equivalent of Korok "seeds".
I agree, I was rolling !!
this channel is easily my top 5 favorite pics of youtube, I love LGR! thank you Clint for all the hard work you do especially archiving!
I remember having the m&m's mouse and is too wide for my kiddie finger back then and gives me strains on my fingertips.
Clint being disappointed there were no cheeseburger specific documentation is a real feel.
Ahhh weird mice - good lord how the market was absolutely flooded with them during the late '90s/early 2000s or so. ^^ And how utterly atrociously awful many of them were, the Media Mouse had me in stitches! Thanks for showing them off, Clint!
24:02 "Well, this is cursed..."
Of course it is, it's a cursor! 🤣
We need more videos of your cat!
The corvette mouse is about as well put together as a real GM product, so bonus points for the accuracy there!
I have been using the same mouse for 15 years, maybe I should upgrade to one of these
Great to see someone else with an old mouse. I've had mine since around Christmas 2007. Still being used on my new machine.
@@delta250a they don't make then how they use to.
So glad you put these floppies on archive. Using it on my Atari PC3 now so I can change the speed of the Qtronic mouse I'm using.
Wow never know that I need burger mouse and French bread arm rest until now.
My first multi-player network game experience was playing Vette over a modem with a friend driving around SF. It was mind blowing that you could see another player in the same game remotely.
I loved this video format and would love to see more like it.
The fact that you had an actual burger to compare to the mouse is just amazing. You absolute mad lad
I’d go with a rat mouse pad, a rat mouse, would be the ultimate rig
Rat Pad™
It would go well with my rat rod Digital DEC PC and Compaq Deskpro EN projects lol
nananananananana
rat mouse
Or a mouse mouse
Be sure to buy a Mouse brand computer from Japan.
Can you imagine being a kid and the Melody Mouse being the only mouse you've ever used, only to go to a friend's house and being amazed at how fast the cursor goes on their mouse
I had a mouse with a built-in aquarium. THAT was something: D
I've got a couple of those, each one has different items floating inside!
@@LGR Mine was EasyTouch Ocean. I miss it:)
The burger mouse must be a real good icebreaker for conventions.
Having a bit of a weird day today, so thanks for the perfect kind of video, Clint - some naff oddware!
I hope things get better for you soon ^^
@@TeruteruBozusama There's nothing bad going on or anything, it's just it's my first week in Uni, so it's a bit odd getting to grips with everything.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer I understand, best of luck ^^
@@TeruteruBozusama Well, it's a couple of years later! I graduate in two months!
god, I'm so jealous of that crt and speakers. descent looked and sounded just absolutely perfect on them
The fact that Clint went and got a burger just to compare it to the burger mouse is hilarious to me.
I'm just wondering about that and I have 2 questions: Did he eat the burger after filming that segment? And is it tax reductable (being a "business expense")?
@@grzzltn "UA-camr" isn't a business...
@@bitterlemonboy countless channels (and the companies behind them) would like to differ, just because they are focusing on this particular online medium, that doesn't invalidate the legitimacy of their business. At the very least, most big youtubers do have a company to make things easier and video equipment, etc. are legitimate business expenses on which they rely.
@@grzzltn... And how do you generate profit from a youtube video?
@@bitterlemonboy ad revenue through monetisation? patreon? sponsorships? other incomes from other platforms and/or other business ventures?
generally speaking, at least.
LGR doesn't do sponsorships and obviously I don't know Clint's finances, but afaik he's doing youtube full time, so why would it not be a business?
I would watch a documentary about the design process for the melody mouse. From inception to shelves.