Lol I remember wanting one so bad and my mom ALMOST got me one but didn't.... I was so mad she didn't get me one but I should've thanked her for not getting me that P.O.S
aMondia Let's see, infinitely shittier, not as big a name in video games as Nintendo, nowhere near the marketing and distribution, Nintendo at least providing actual 3D visuals and actual games.... yeah, big surprise.
I have played all the games, like most of them and I don't get eyestrain (when playing for less than say 2 hours) and I don't get sick or anything. So no, I don't think it's bad. I think it's good.
aMondia Virtual Boy had great games. If you can watch modern 3d movies at the theater without getting a headache the Virtual Boy won't give you one either.
MrVenom1974 Indeed! But the R-Zone is worse than the game.com. In fact, for me it is the worst video game system of all time....and nothing will ever change that!
Oh god. I had the original rzone (headband), returned it immediately for the rzone xpg (standard handheld) just to realize these games were just as simplistic as the standard tiger fare... returned and got sim city for snes, never regretted it.
The R Zone is just junk. You could at least make the argument that the Virtual Boy was QUALITY junk. Winner: Virtual Boy. Loser: Everyone who bought either.
How does non one EVER talk about the RZONE in a discussion about BEST CONSOLE EVAR?!? I mean look at the grafx and listen to the sound!!! Take that, Game Boy Color and Neo geo pocket color, TIGER is our new emperor!!!
Oh goodness, I remember getting one of these when I was kid. I had Batman Forever and Indy 500 games and it was probably the worst console I've ever owned. That little eyepiece broke off easily too. The Virtual Boy might have wanted people to vomit, but the R-Zone will make one go blind.
I used to have one of these when I was like, 12 years old. I don't remember which games I had, but they were all horrible. I think a friend gave it to me. He wasn't willing to trade for it or take money for it; he just wanted it gone. I actually completely forgot about this until this review came up. Truly, Mark, you are digging up some VERY deep cuts from the dark side of gaming history!
I was in tears laughing by 1:30 XDDDDDDDDDDDDD I think this is the funniest video Mark has ever made, and that's saying a lot considering how funny the 1999 show was and his other 2008-present episodes are.
Cool nostalgia but are these things even worth anything? In the process of moving and debating if I should toss it or keep. Functioning but without the original box.
I wanted an R-Zone in 1995, VR was cool! ... And yes, soon afterwards I was glad I didn't get one. :) It still would be amusing to have one of these, though. Someone should send him one of the R-Zone models with a regular screen (& more games). They're not NEARLY as interesting looking as the R-Zone Head Gear seen in this video, but they are much easier to film. :)
Haha, we had one growing up and this video is definitely true. It was hard to adjust and see but the red light was kind of cool. Still kind of cool product though for its time as VR and head mounted displays didn't catch on and develop for another 20 years.
Not trying to make comparisons, but if you ever want to review games off this thing with better quality, try contacting James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd, since in his episode about Tiger Electronics, he got some really sharp and clear recordings of R-Zone footage. Plus, there's a Panzer Dragoon game for the R-Zone. No, I'm not kidding, I've seen it go on ebay a while back. They're rare, but they exist.
Oh man, I used to have that, I only had one game for it which was a racing game, I threw it out after I went to go replace the batteries and the batteries had committed seppuku , spilling their insides all over.
Glad to see you realized the true fun of this was not the games, but looking and acting like a complete nerd with the hardware. Used to go everywhere with that on my head as a small kid 😂
I had one of these when I was a kid, but I had the model that resembled a gameboy but way bigger and worse. I think there was even a 3rd model but can't remember.
XD every time I go back to watch this review I laugh just as much as the first time. I mean it's as if it has some hold on me to keep coming back...come to think of it, my room has kind of a red tint to it...I thought it was just my eyes playing tricks...oh no...I may be trapped inside of the R-ZONE!! D: I AM NOW ONE WITH THE R-ZONE. *distorted sound*
downphoenix Oh my Lord, i have sinned. Please forgive your most unworthy follower. As punishment for this unforgivable sin, i won't say anything bad about Derek's reviews for a month and will stop watching Ashen's Popstation reviews (for as long as there is no new one).
i have one of those and i have a game called zorro. but i cant get any information on this game. its not included within the online library of r-zone games pulled up by many websites thru google. dont suppose anyone could help me find out why this game is so unknown?
Yea that’s to say at the time u recorded this video there was way better tech. So for the time it came out it was a Great AR/VR game. I had one and enjoyed it.
Well it's true. This version only had the dbz scouter bit over one eye, which meant you needed to close the other one so that your depth perception didn't get all screwy.
Damn! I tried this when I was a little kid. My classmate came with it to school and was showing to all the kids like "look what I got". I could barely see anything and he said "it's because you're wearing glasses".
The Virtual Boy needed competition?
We must create Evil to combat Evil
The Pickles LOL
You got that man
.... I am everywhere.....
Lol I remember wanting one so bad and my mom ALMOST got me one but didn't.... I was so mad she didn't get me one but I should've thanked her for not getting me that P.O.S
jet fire Yes, call and thank her right now.
Lemonslice I should get her a dozen roses and a parade
As soon as I got mine I wanted to give it back
You know it sucks when it went up against the VirtualBoy and lost.
aMondia Let's see, infinitely shittier, not as big a name in video games as Nintendo, nowhere near the marketing and distribution, Nintendo at least providing actual 3D visuals and actual games.... yeah, big surprise.
LemonSlice Plus Virtual Boy is good
+Johan Öberg (Protoman85) lol no
I have played all the games, like most of them and I don't get eyestrain (when playing for less than say 2 hours) and I don't get sick or anything. So no, I don't think it's bad. I think it's good.
aMondia Virtual Boy had great games. If you can watch modern 3d movies at the theater without getting a headache the Virtual Boy won't give you one either.
Compete with the virtual boy... Lets think that though a little bit, compete with the virtual boy.
CaptmagiKono Talk about choosing your enemy well.
CaptmagiKono I just bought a laser pointer and shined it directly into my retina. Basically the same experience.
CaptmagiKono Also keep in mind, not only did it compete with the virtual boy, it lost.
***** Well, at least it make you look like budget Vegeta rather than futuristically blind-folded.
Tiger Electronics made great business decisions.
Making a 6 minute video for R-Zone must have been really hard. Great videos as always.
Award for the funniest CGR review goes to this episode
Gets funnier every time I'm watching this...the zone...THE ZONE!!!
I think you mean "The ZoOoOoOoOoOoOoOone". :)
I think Dolph Lungren and Jean Claud Van Damme used the R-Zone in Universal Soldier. :D
"Released in 1995 to compete with the Virtual Boy" explaines everything!
I now know what awaits gamers in Hell.
Now I have a favorite episode - Mark and Derek go so well together!
Tiger Electronics®, _The Future of Video Games is Here™_
Deltaexio if this is the future then I need to find a new hobby XD
*****
future = future as in movies like Road Warrior and the Italian rip-offs
OMG... Tiger did it again... Resistance is futile...
MrVenom1974 Indeed!
But the R-Zone is worse than the game.com.
In fact, for me it is the worst video game system of all time....and nothing will ever change that!
I need that system! But it's fucking expensive an Ebay.
MrVenom1974 Sadly, there seems to be no emulator for you to play all the R-Zone games (and make videos of all of them).
Highretrogamelord Sadly? Thank Zeus! May there never be an R-Zone emulator.
I had an R Zone. That thing was SHIT! And i had Batman Forever. Made the virtual Boy seem like a technology marvel.
Twas' the virtual boy! LONG LIVE THE VIRTUAL BOY! IT WAS SO BETTER IN HINDSIGHT!
Technically the technology was better than the snes it just didn’t have all the l.e.d’s cause they’re really expensive.
Oh god. I had the original rzone (headband), returned it immediately for the rzone xpg (standard handheld) just to realize these games were just as simplistic as the standard tiger fare... returned and got sim city for snes, never regretted it.
The R Zone is just junk. You could at least make the argument that the Virtual Boy was QUALITY junk.
Winner: Virtual Boy. Loser: Everyone who bought either.
How does non one EVER talk about the RZONE in a discussion about BEST CONSOLE EVAR?!?
I mean look at the grafx and listen to the sound!!! Take that, Game Boy Color and Neo geo pocket color, TIGER is our new emperor!!!
CarozQH Because R-zone masterrace members don't have time for such trivial internet bickering.
Floydthefuckbag yeah mainly cos they're now blind
jgfjgfify The virtual boy had some really good games actually, Wario land and jack bros are quite good. The R-Zone... has Batman Forever.
CarozQH Still waiting for the r-zone 2 here.
Because when it comes to shitty games Tiger LCD games are barely games as it is.
This is one for the CGR highlight reel. Awesome review, guys.
Oh goodness, I remember getting one of these when I was kid. I had Batman Forever and Indy 500 games and it was probably the worst console I've ever owned. That little eyepiece broke off easily too. The Virtual Boy might have wanted people to vomit, but the R-Zone will make one go blind.
I want to make a game where at least one stage takes place in the R-Zone
I remember wanting one of these so badly as a kid
Also, one of the best videos ever, almost laughed as hard as I did the first time you had Heyzoos on
I love this review. The subject matter and script merges, or, melts, if you will, into one hilarious mess.
It's like Nintendo made a deal with Tiger to create a console that makes the Virtual Boy look awesome.
Who would win?
*The R-Zone vs. Locutus*
I remember the r zone as a kid. You guys just made a million times more entertaining. XD Thanks for the laughs keep it up.
I remember the commercial for this thing being one of the most delightfully 90s things ever.
I remember AVGN's video of this console.
I used to have one of these when I was like, 12 years old. I don't remember which games I had, but they were all horrible. I think a friend gave it to me. He wasn't willing to trade for it or take money for it; he just wanted it gone. I actually completely forgot about this until this review came up. Truly, Mark, you are digging up some VERY deep cuts from the dark side of gaming history!
I was in tears laughing by 1:30 XDDDDDDDDDDDDD I think this is the funniest video Mark has ever made, and that's saying a lot considering how funny the 1999 show was and his other 2008-present episodes are.
this is as bad as crt
+Dark
Still better than you.
@@harshnemesis Wow you failure
This is my favourite CGR review.
Yes, this is one I have been hoping and waiting for you to review Mark!
Perhaps we are all in the R zone. That’s why CGR undertow isn’t around anymore thanks to the R zone
Cool nostalgia but are these things even worth anything? In the process of moving and debating if I should toss it or keep. Functioning but without the original box.
Got one with star wars. Thought about sending it to you but shipping it from Poland was beyond my budget at the time.
Damn I miss Derek
I wanted an R-Zone in 1995, VR was cool! ... And yes, soon afterwards I was glad I didn't get one. :) It still would be amusing to have one of these, though.
Someone should send him one of the R-Zone models with a regular screen (& more games). They're not NEARLY as interesting looking as the R-Zone Head Gear seen in this video, but they are much easier to film. :)
I got this handheld simply because it was $5, looked interesting and I hadn't added a new handheld to my collection in quite some time.
Revisiting this classic. Thank you Mark.
I feel bad that my parents bought one of these for my brother. Tiny me didn't care that it was bad and wanted to play it all the time.
How does the R-zone compare with the Virtual Boy? What were some games that defined the R-zone?
Does anyone else thing vectrex should get in on vr?
Or are they even still in business?
Ilovejibblets
Vectrex was GCE / Milton Bradley, which is now Hasbro
These guys must love it when there's not much to report on a certain thing, because we get to see them fool around like this XD
When he said get in the R zone I thought of the commercial
"Get in the zone, r-to zone"
Haha, we had one growing up and this video is definitely true. It was hard to adjust and see but the red light was kind of cool. Still kind of cool product though for its time as VR and head mounted displays didn't catch on and develop for another 20 years.
In the R-Zone, Mark sounds amazingly like Mantenna from the She-Ra cartoons.
Not trying to make comparisons, but if you ever want to review games off this thing with better quality, try contacting James Rolfe, the Angry Video Game Nerd, since in his episode about Tiger Electronics, he got some really sharp and clear recordings of R-Zone footage. Plus, there's a Panzer Dragoon game for the R-Zone. No, I'm not kidding, I've seen it go on ebay a while back. They're rare, but they exist.
Thanks, Mark. Now my computer screen is red and blurry.
One of the channel’s funniest episodes/reviews LMAO.
Use to have the R-Zone with Virtua Fighter. It only played Jacky's theme.
Oh man, I used to have that, I only had one game for it which was a racing game, I threw it out after I went to go replace the batteries and the batteries had committed seppuku , spilling their insides all over.
I've heard rarely a good thing out of New Jersey on the radio. The R-Zone is definitely not an exception.
I had the R-Zone SuperScreen with Battle Arena Toshinden. Good times.
As the Angry Video Game Nerd would say,this thing is just a shittier version of the Virtual Boy.
even this peice is missing so he need to find something useful
As if the Virtual Boy isn't already shitty enough.
What planet did this thing come from.
what are are you drugs?
Kenneth Yalier Bosque No it's from the AVGN Tiger games review.
mirta aguayo By the way the game it self sucks just as much as the others.
I just found my old childhood R-Zone in my parents garage and I can turn it on but the d pad and action buttons don't work. Guess I'm lucky
Glad to see you realized the true fun of this was not the games, but looking and acting like a complete nerd with the hardware. Used to go everywhere with that on my head as a small kid 😂
He missed Top Gun day, so he wasn't in the Danger Zone. Instead, he entered the dreaded realm of the R-ZONE. Someone call Kenny Loggins.
So much review in such little time :P
I Rember those I had one. I used to play a racing game on it at night when I was supposed to be sleeping.
It would have been funny if they did stop motion single frame animation like the game when trapped in the r zone
Despite the obviously crappy hardware it's interesting that they could portray an image directly on a piece of transparent glass.
I had one of these when I was a kid, but I had the model that resembled a gameboy but way bigger and worse. I think there was even a 3rd model but can't remember.
i wish cgrundertow would come back
Someone tell me: What does the R-Zone say about Lord Karnage's power level?
calvin3464 It's over 9000
***** What?! 9,000?! There's no way that can be right! Can it?
+calvin3464 It's 1.
We are the Borg, you will be assimilated, resistance is futile.
I think I know what the "R" in the R-Zone stands for but I'm not allowed to say it.
I wanted this so bad as a kid, but epic parent fail got me the handheld instead.
XD every time I go back to watch this review I laugh just as much as the first time. I mean it's as if it has some hold on me to keep coming back...come to think of it, my room has kind of a red tint to it...I thought it was just my eyes playing tricks...oh no...I may be trapped inside of the R-ZONE!! D: I AM NOW ONE WITH THE R-ZONE. *distorted sound*
I had a R-Zone with the Batman & Robin game. I enjoyed it for about 5 minutes before it got boring lol.
I had an R-Zone, i wish i still had it. I played the heck out of Batman and Robin.
7 former Tiger electronic employees who worked to make the R-Zone, disliked the video!
Mark, you made my day, I needed a good laugh, thank you!
Damnit, Derek found Mark's weak point. Before you know it, he'll take over the intergalactic space arcade.
downphoenix
Yeah, but Mark said that he'll be back. Probably in his Camaro.
*****
Drained batteries ...
Frank Schneider his camaro? Lord Karnage is disappointed, it's his El Camino (That has lasers and flamethrowers strapped on).
downphoenix
Oh my Lord, i have sinned. Please forgive your most unworthy follower. As punishment for this unforgivable sin, i won't say anything bad about Derek's reviews for a month and will stop watching Ashen's Popstation reviews (for as long as there is no new one).
What happens when the R-Zone & Hyperscan combine their powers?!
Surely the mouth of Hell will open up and swallow the Earth?
i have one of those and i have a game called zorro. but i cant get any information on this game. its not included within the online library of r-zone games pulled up by many websites thru google. dont suppose anyone could help me find out why this game is so unknown?
I love Derek and his woman-ass voice but Mark is the GREATEST!! XD
2:31 LOL MARK AND DEREK!
Yea that’s to say at the time u recorded this video there was way better tech. So for the time it came out it was a Great AR/VR game. I had one and enjoyed it.
How do you recover after being trapped in the R-Zone?
gEt iN tHe zOnE, tHe rZoNe!
Awesome! Loving the more silly reviews.
If I could like all these videos more than once, I would
Hahahaha, i nearly pissed myself about the r-zoned version of Strauss' "An der schönen blauen Donau".
Holy shit, even Mark likes UA-cam Poops!
"You have to close one eye to play it..."
Haha, I lol'd.
Well it's true. This version only had the dbz scouter bit over one eye, which meant you needed to close the other one so that your depth perception didn't get all screwy.
wow! Awesome vid yet again!
I had one of those
The games i had were Mortal Kombat, football and some dinosaur fighting game
Damn! I tried this when I was a little kid. My classmate came with it to school and was showing to all the kids like "look what I got". I could barely see anything and he said "it's because you're wearing glasses".
Much like the powerglove; it's not a piece of gaming hardware, it's a fashion statement!
I had an R-Zone. My half-brother had a Virtual Boy.
It's a less practical popstation. Does the R-Zone have Street Fighter?
The R-Zone!!!! You are all in the R-Zone!
I like the RZone Remix for the CGR Theme
WE ARE IN THE R-ZONE
didn't this channel used to have a different name? why is it now lord karnage?
Ru use a coller red for the R-zone review
Once you are in there is no escape
Once I’m in the R zone I can’t get out 😂
You guys are channeling the end of "Altered States" :)
Had to rewind the video to make sure I heard right.... 1995? If that was released in 1983 it wouldn't have any redeeming features.
2:54
"Every time Batman gets hit, he sounds like he just got done taking a big dump."
~AVGN, 2013