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  • @periodicvideos
    @periodicvideos  6 років тому +117

    Don't miss the second video on Computerphile: ua-cam.com/video/vskNak4TeRs/v-deo.html

    • @marvinschmoll2648
      @marvinschmoll2648 6 років тому +5

      Periodic Videos Of course we won't! Thank you for the great Video. ;)

    • @Muck006
      @Muck006 6 років тому +2

      But but but ... where is the "Any" key?
      That was a real question someone phoned a computer help line for in these days ... just like "the computer doesnt want to read my floppy ... after I put it into the typewriter to label it" OR "what is the foot pedal {the mouse} for?"

    • @thecrudelab3204
      @thecrudelab3204 6 років тому

      Periodic Videos Wow I bet that if you make a copy of this with better graphics you can make millions selling them to schools!!!

    • @firefox5926
      @firefox5926 6 років тому

      could you do the miller urey experiment?

    • @SimonZerafa
      @SimonZerafa 6 років тому +2

      Has anyone tried to locate the two programmers of this game to see what they are up to now? :-)

  • @AgentWaltonSimons
    @AgentWaltonSimons 6 років тому +453

    "It's only time I've earned real cash for the university" made me laugh far more than it probably should have

    • @yishaqdavid2029
      @yishaqdavid2029 6 років тому

      Yeah lol

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 6 років тому +3

      It needed money at the time, it was missing an R

    • @agbook2007
      @agbook2007 6 років тому

      Kiaru, you caught that, too! :D

    • @Dimik20
      @Dimik20 6 років тому +4

      *Crys in academic*

  • @poke548
    @poke548 6 років тому +137

    "I have to press the any key" and they say Martin can't keep up with jokes.

  • @CuriousMoth
    @CuriousMoth 6 років тому +397

    We have to press the any key.

    • @SchutzmarkeGMBH
      @SchutzmarkeGMBH 6 років тому +45

      1995 Simpsons refferece. Almost as ancient as the game

    • @brandon3872
      @brandon3872 6 років тому +7

      CuriousMoth Where's the any key? 😉

    • @jamesjross
      @jamesjross 6 років тому +25

      I'm pretty sure the prof said that as a joke... its so hard to tell with him sometimes. He was joking wasn't he?

    • @dm.6133
      @dm.6133 5 років тому +1

      Where's the any key? Uhmm I see ESC, CATARL and Pig-Up

    • @DarkShroom
      @DarkShroom 5 років тому

      @@SchutzmarkeGMBH i doubt he watched the simpsons it was a common joke

  • @medcologytutorials2636
    @medcologytutorials2636 6 років тому +99

    The professor is someone who can explain anything with such ease and simplicity. It's always a joy to hear him on the periodic table videos and I am happy we are having videos uploaded with less gaps between them.😊

  • @leooglecevac4586
    @leooglecevac4586 6 років тому +27

    The way the professor said “Multiple Choice” was absolutely perfect 😂

  • @munjee2
    @munjee2 6 років тому +12

    " We have to press the any key " , I love sir martyn

  • @johnchancey3941
    @johnchancey3941 6 років тому +14

    Professor: "Let's see... after plutonium is.... " "Drat! Wrong necktie!"
    (Deleted scene, probably)

  • @SuperCrazyfin
    @SuperCrazyfin 6 років тому +255

    Isn't he the guy that said: "I delete games from my computer."

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  6 років тому +221

      Not CHEMISTY games!

    • @dlatua
      @dlatua 6 років тому +14

      ....and game deleted.

    • @Petertronic
      @Petertronic 6 років тому +13

      I'm sure he will allow a Chemistry "Edutainment" game!

    • @drvir
      @drvir 6 років тому +15

      Periodic Videos the professor needs to Dive into the world of computer games. I bet once he tries them he'll become a let's player and start another UA-cam channel for that purpose

    • @baronDioxid
      @baronDioxid 6 років тому +16

      twitch.tv/sir_martyn

  • @dichebach
    @dichebach 6 років тому +8

    I want to remake this on Unreal Engine! Dynamic 3D models of elements and molecules! Catalytic boss fights! Leveling up to higher electron shells!

  • @DevonReviewer
    @DevonReviewer 6 років тому +156

    "I hired two school boys for the summer"..... now there's a phrase that you don't hear often these days....

  • @lmackenzie89
    @lmackenzie89 6 років тому +38

    The most ambitious crossover of 2018

  • @m_riatik
    @m_riatik 6 років тому +146

    *Top 10 Brady Haran crossovers in history*

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 6 років тому +4

      What is this? A crossover episode?

    • @lolomcspanky
      @lolomcspanky 6 років тому +1

      @Magnus Juul Best low-key Bojack reference I've ever seen. High five!
      (if it wasn't an intentional reference, please don't tell me, I want to believe)

    • @eelooplanitia6640
      @eelooplanitia6640 4 роки тому

      #2: Whack A Mac

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster 6 років тому +8

    "30 years ago [...] they sold the discs for the computer came."
    That hits hard. Discs. 30 years ago. I still remember how they were the leatest and greatest...

  • @Alexander_Grant
    @Alexander_Grant 6 років тому +3

    This is awesome, going back and playing some game from 15 years ago is nostalgic for me, I can't imagine how it must have felt to see that pop up for the professor. Love to see software like this saved, even if it is just a game, there's no telling how much software like this has been lost forever.

  • @Markle2k
    @Markle2k 6 років тому +33

    Lawrencium is LR! Score for Brady!

  • @williamsquires3070
    @williamsquires3070 6 років тому +10

    There was a really old game/simulation program for the Apple ][+ (//GS?) that let you perform simple experiments in inorganic chemistry. If you did it right, you could see the result, but if you mixed your chemicals in the wrong order, or used the wrong amounts, or the wrong reactants, it would - IIRC - make an animation of the glassware breaking and the experiment was over. Forgot the title, though, too much time has passed.

  • @joshuakahky6891
    @joshuakahky6891 6 років тому +5

    "We have to press the 'any' key."
    Brilliant

  • @tyrgoossens
    @tyrgoossens 6 років тому +1

    Cor, hearing real floppy disk sounds always takes me back.

  • @irgendwer3610
    @irgendwer3610 6 років тому +3

    "Do you play games?"
    "- I delete games"

  • @davideisner6171
    @davideisner6171 4 роки тому +1

    Love this. I was about to plead for an upload so I can try to run it too, and you've already uploaded it for us! Props for saving the disk.

  • @josephvinod7157
    @josephvinod7157 6 років тому +1

    The Professor is someone who can explain anything with such ease and simplicity. Its always a joy to hear him on the pereodic table videos and i am happy we are having videos uploads with less gaps between them.

  • @Erik_The_Viking
    @Erik_The_Viking 6 років тому +2

    Awesome! It's nice to see some old software come back to life. I have my share of old files and such from the 80's that I'll need to port some day.

  • @magicalpencil
    @magicalpencil 6 років тому +3

    I don't know why but this video is such a feel-good video for me. Probably cos the passion for their subjects combined with nostalgia they are both having.
    Just plain awesomeness!

  • @NovaHolyDays
    @NovaHolyDays 6 років тому +31

    1: Periodic Table
    2: Multiple Choise
    Periodic Videos: You know one what i want?
    Martyn: Multiple Choice?
    Periodic Videos: .....

  • @corinaking2052
    @corinaking2052 4 роки тому +2

    I love this idea, its such an intuitive way to learn something like this!!

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 6 років тому +4

    I remember those 5.25" floppy discs. I had a nibbler tool that let you make them double sided by creating a notch.

    • @angelopastorini1711
      @angelopastorini1711 6 років тому

      electronicsNmore still a more useful notch than the iPhone X notch (and many others)

  • @Taras195
    @Taras195 6 років тому +27

    WOAH A CROSSOVER

  • @permanentvisitor2460
    @permanentvisitor2460 6 років тому +1

    I'd love to play this. I had a chemistry game for my Comodore 64 that had compounds you had to make and each one had a specific list of elements available for the task, as well as the ability to heat and/or pressurize the working area. It was fun. But no matter what I tried, I could never make the synthetic diamond.

  • @adrianevans5953
    @adrianevans5953 6 років тому +2

    The BBC Micro wow that brought back some memories from my childhood at school using these old computers thank you for this video :-)

  • @knife_wizard
    @knife_wizard 6 років тому +1

    This is the most ambitious crossover event in history.

  • @julianrdz
    @julianrdz 3 роки тому

    I love how they both acknowledge the image is off center and don’t do anything about it

  • @gnuthad
    @gnuthad 6 років тому +1

    0:18 Ahh Chuckie Egg. I used to play that game back in school on the BBC computers we owned.

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo 6 років тому +3

    6:28 Throwing shade at Brailsford. Niiiice

  • @louiskreyling1551
    @louiskreyling1551 6 років тому

    Thanks for all you do you opened up new doors for me now i know so much more about chemistry im 17 years old one day i hope to be as knowledgeable about chemistry as you

  • @andimukendi8253
    @andimukendi8253 6 років тому +1

    Wish you long life and good health always, prof.

  • @koushuu
    @koushuu 6 років тому +1

    Never miss a Periodic Video :)

  • @pralhadshenoy5901
    @pralhadshenoy5901 6 років тому +6

    I love him so much. He is the only interesting and fun professor I know.

  • @spshowcase2040
    @spshowcase2040 6 років тому

    That's so cool. It really takes me back about 30 years when I was writing computer code in Basic on a Radio Shack Color Computer 2. I am an IT Engineer and also a Telecom Tech.

  • @alexclaxton997
    @alexclaxton997 6 років тому

    Talk about bringing back memories I still have an acorn electron in my loft

  • @silkworm6861
    @silkworm6861 6 років тому +7

    Cool emulator! It even has the sounds on the machine reading the floppy.

  • @DakotaAbroad
    @DakotaAbroad 6 років тому +1

    This is absolutely awesome! Thanks for sharing it.

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  6 років тому +2

      You’re welcome. Hope you caught the additional video on Computerphile.

    • @DakotaAbroad
      @DakotaAbroad 6 років тому

      I was on my lunch at work earlier so I didn't have time, but I'm going to now that I'm home! =D

  • @1978SOOTY
    @1978SOOTY 6 років тому +1

    You are truly amazing sir.

  • @rareroe305
    @rareroe305 6 років тому

    Used to play a game on DOS called Atomix, a puzzle game where you had to line up the atoms to make the molecule. Used to love that game.

  • @daicon2k6
    @daicon2k6 6 років тому +17

    It was Americium and Nobelium (Am and No, respectively).

    • @lolomcspanky
      @lolomcspanky 6 років тому +1

      I was wondering if anyone else was yelling "Nobelium! Nobelium!!!!" at the screen. This channel is the main reason I memorized the whole thing in the first place :P

    • @thegreaterconundrum
      @thegreaterconundrum 5 років тому

      What a silly situation to use the word respectively in

  • @leonelrommanovv9068
    @leonelrommanovv9068 6 років тому

    I really enjoy this videos and the way this great professor explains it all , Greetings from mexico

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 6 років тому

    Excellent! Thanks so much for the video!

  • @Petertronic
    @Petertronic 6 років тому

    Nice games! I had the same Cumana drive, with the clunky solenoid that engages/disengages the heads each time it runs.

  • @nannesoar
    @nannesoar 3 роки тому

    5:55 that table looks SO much better than I expected

  • @brucet9799
    @brucet9799 6 років тому +1

    David Glowacki at the University of Bristol UK, has developed a virtual reality tool that allows chemists to picture the structures they study in the lab. In pre;preliminary tests, Glowacki has shown that people are much faster at moving digital models around using VR gear that they are doing the same task on a screen.
    Glowacki hopes to harness that spacial intuition to let humans tackle problems too hard for supercomputers to solve. - Time for Periodic Videos to visit Bristol?

  • @greensteve9307
    @greensteve9307 6 років тому

    In 2000 I got a chemistry game from free with one of those "PC World" magazines, or something like that. I think it was called "ChemLAB"? You could run all kinds of experiments with it, with things boiling or reacting in "real time" via simple graphics. I couldn't make much of it, but a friend who was doing chemistry at my TAFE loved it!

  • @jameskitching6187
    @jameskitching6187 6 років тому

    I am a biochemistry student at nottingham now and think it would be very interesting to see the 3rd option, what studying there was like back then!!

  • @KGello
    @KGello 6 років тому

    The most ambitious crossover in the history of UA-cam

  • @jairusloo4106
    @jairusloo4106 5 років тому

    I cant get over the professor casually quaking in the back ground at 2:00

  • @1mctous
    @1mctous 6 років тому +4

    95 = Americium, which I learned thanks to you!

  • @otakuribo
    @otakuribo 6 років тому +1

    6:24 _casually roasts Professor Brailsford omg_

  • @brian9731
    @brian9731 6 років тому

    When I was at Sutton Bonington from '86 to '89, BBC micros, were set up as terminal emulators connected to the DEC Vax VMS mainframe. We had a lab full of them and you could start them up in terminal mode or BBC Micro mode. They were quite remarkably robust - must've been given a lot of hammer by undergrads for years.

  • @dstarfire42
    @dstarfire42 4 роки тому

    As a computerphile fan I was so excited when he said we're heaving over to the computer science department. I immediately thought "hope we get to see a familiar face", and it turned out to be one of my favorite computerphile hosts (the other is Professor Brailsford, obviously).

  • @ciaran4283
    @ciaran4283 6 років тому

    I bet you’re glad there are games out there on steam like spacechem, chemist, sokobond, and other science inspired games out there to get people into it

  • @Fiddlesticks86
    @Fiddlesticks86 6 років тому +4

    "You have to press the any key" 😂

  • @dosalline
    @dosalline 6 років тому

    I adore your way of explaining stuff. At school I found Chemistry boring and now I find it sooooo interesting and fascinating

  • @sufssuz5188
    @sufssuz5188 6 років тому

    I LOVE Periodic Videos.

  • @roidroid
    @roidroid 6 років тому +1

    The noises from computers was rather satisfying, i remember.

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 6 років тому

    I love to listen to Martyn.

  • @Christoph1990
    @Christoph1990 6 років тому +11

    Make a let‘s play with the professor! :D

  • @andrewbuckley9180
    @andrewbuckley9180 6 років тому

    Hi Professor, have you heard of the chemistry game called Sokobond? You have to make molecules by manipulating one of the atoms around a grid to pick up the others using their electrons to end up with the complete molecule. Then there is an interesting fact about the molecule. Quite a nice way to learn about molecules I think

  • @opsimathics
    @opsimathics 5 років тому

    A jrpg, with a magic battle mechanic where you combine elements and based on their bonds and possible combinations, spells turn out powerful or not. Elemental qualities like radioactivity, covalence, decay time and others determine buff/debuffs

  • @CodeLeeCarter
    @CodeLeeCarter 6 років тому +4

    I'd love to have a version of the Periodic Table game, where you can select the element and it'll display all the information for the given selection like it does here. Is there anything like this in circulation? I like the version we can play online, however, I'd like to see an updated version of this to install and play offline.

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo 6 років тому

    This was so cool. Thank you for sharing.

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  6 років тому +1

      You can thank us by sharing it too. :)

  • @shooting6lasers
    @shooting6lasers 4 роки тому

    “Computers were more visceral, they made noises and such.” I guess the computer science professor has never seen my gaming laptop that sounds like a jet turbine.

  • @juicyjuice671
    @juicyjuice671 Рік тому

    Prof: "you have to press the any key"
    me: *dies of cuteness*

  • @timlipinski2571
    @timlipinski2571 6 років тому

    Great video ! That Disk looked like a 5 1/4 inch Floppy Disk ! I have an old Dell Computer that has a 3.5 inch Floppy Disk... Hope to save an online version of the programs ! tjl

  • @oron61
    @oron61 5 років тому

    This era isn't from my youth, exactly. More like my early teens, digging through my Dad's old computer Equipment.

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang 6 років тому

    I remember the programs, we had them in a couple of schools I worked in.

  • @daviddupoise6443
    @daviddupoise6443 6 років тому

    I wrote a similar bit of code in 1986 for my 11th grade science project using the C-64. I am certain that I have neither the machine nor the code. This was fun. Mine was prettier but didn't have sound due to time pressure and we were forbidden to collaborate.

  • @TheLambLive
    @TheLambLive 6 років тому

    There must be hundreds of BBC Micro programs floating around covering all education topics thanks to the schools program. I can certainly remember a few. But sadly there doesn't seem to be any copies of this stuff online, or at least not where I've looked. It's a shame... would love to relive those days.

  • @GertrudePerkins
    @GertrudePerkins 6 років тому

    I remember those floppy, floppy disks! I used them back in the mid 1980s.

  • @clxwncrxwn
    @clxwncrxwn 6 років тому +3

    I didn’t get the bell notification, came from computerphile.

  • @Cyberducky
    @Cyberducky 6 років тому

    I would love to try it.

  • @joe564338
    @joe564338 6 років тому

    Man I always wanted to make a chemistry game where you just make random compounds... Its tough trying to figure out how to do it and make it fun

  • @FriedOrange
    @FriedOrange 6 років тому +36

    This video's URL has some chemical symbols in it!

    • @aksela6912
      @aksela6912 6 років тому +23

      Quick, over to Numberphile!
      What's the probability for there not to be a chemical symbol in a UA-cam URL?

    • @namewarvergeben
      @namewarvergeben 6 років тому +26

      Even better, "mmHg" is a unit of pressure! 0mmHg is vacuum.
      And what would a Nickel-Uranium alloy be like? (if they mix)

    • @aksela6912
      @aksela6912 6 років тому +4

      And why is it shaped like a cylinder?

    • @MrInitialMan
      @MrInitialMan 6 років тому

      Lessee... I see Nickle, Uranium, and Mercury. I thought Iodine was in there too, but that's an lowercase "L", not an uppercase "i"

    • @lolomcspanky
      @lolomcspanky 6 років тому +3

      There are more if you consider other single letters besides the U: Carbon, Yttrium, Nitrogen, Iodine, and Hydrogen. Or maybe you were limiting yourself to proper capitalization? Either way, I think you got all the combos... but this is all assuming we're only looking at the video ID and not the entire URL.
      *sigh* I can't stop myself... if we're looking at the whole URL, there's also Tungsten, Sulfur, Phosphorus, Oxygen, Boron, Beryllium, Cobalt, Astatine, Technetium, and Vanadium. Sorry, this was unnecessary but I'm way too obsessed with the periodic table. I tried to stop myself :D

  • @brianjohnson5789
    @brianjohnson5789 6 років тому

    I have seen some interesting interviews (forget where, maybe the Warhol museum) with people who resurrected some Andy Warhol art work which he stored in an old computer tech, obviously while he was still alive. It was a real labour of love. But amazing to see the art he did on with was obviously early computer graphics brought to life.

  • @Markle2k
    @Markle2k 6 років тому +62

    Oh! The number of corny jokes spawned by hit 'any' key.
    Are we going to see the code available for emulators?

    • @victork3248
      @victork3248 6 років тому +8

      Markle2k There's a link in the description with the game available for download

  • @Zikar
    @Zikar 6 років тому

    If you're interested in physics/chemical games, there's a cool programme called the Powder Toy. It lets you play with various elements and chemicals.
    I doubt it's particularly accurate but it's kind of fun to play around with elements, build a working decanter, desalination process or nuclear power plant.

  • @johnnypopulus5521
    @johnnypopulus5521 6 років тому +1

    Prof is a game developer too!

  • @CalvinLimakaFenghuo
    @CalvinLimakaFenghuo 6 років тому +1

    Prof Poliakoff, you are one amazing educator! I’m often so proud to tell my students that you were my uni lecturer whenever they stumble upon Periodic Videos online...

  • @zirize
    @zirize 6 років тому +1

    Oh, Poor Steve, he looks so nervous like who meets the Queen in person.

  • @wjodf8067
    @wjodf8067 6 років тому

    thanks professor

  • @jugginator4390
    @jugginator4390 6 років тому

    Too cool! For some reason (yes, showing my age a bit) the game strikes me as familiar, I may have played it in one of my science classes in elementary school -- how far did the game spread? I do love the nostalgic visit to old floppy-disc programs:)

  • @cyansea2370
    @cyansea2370 6 років тому +1

    "The most ambitious crossover event in history..."

  • @CavernousVaults
    @CavernousVaults 6 років тому

    @PeriodicVideos, is there any possibility of getting a video on strange experiments/studies that failed? Cheers!

  • @SeriousAlexej
    @SeriousAlexej 6 років тому

    Well, now we have Space Chem! Chemistry games can be really fun

  • @3800S1
    @3800S1 6 років тому

    This is awesome.

  • @corwinhyatt519
    @corwinhyatt519 6 років тому +1

    Wow. I havn't seen a 5 1/4" disc in ages.

  • @MortRotu
    @MortRotu 6 років тому

    I'm pretty sure there's a computer like that one running an IR machine or similar in chemistry depts up and down the UK...

  • @ariedge2435
    @ariedge2435 5 років тому

    wow.. respect for professor....

  • @RealUlrichLeland
    @RealUlrichLeland 6 років тому +1

    what a lad

  • @vitorpmemm
    @vitorpmemm 5 років тому

    Remember a little the periodic table that came factory installed on the HP50g...a pity the fifty's doesn't have the gaming options. I am a mess at programming, but actually, that device is turning a vintage already. I got mine at 2009, when my Materials engineering course started. Almost 10 years ago! However, the processing power of the ARM processor and huge consumption of 4 AAA batteries fascinate me just the way floppy drives' "noise"....but in my opinion, MUSIC.

  • @GamersBar
    @GamersBar 6 років тому

    shout out to lode runner on the apple II, i played much too much of that game as a child

  • @plum_pie6402
    @plum_pie6402 6 років тому +1

    your hair.... its amazing