The Rise and Demise of Halcyon, the Doomed Console of the 1980s

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  • Опубліковано 28 лют 2018
  • HAL was poised to be one of the greatest technological innovations the world had ever seen. Its inventor, Rick Dyer, banked everything on its success. But his dreams would soon come crashing down.
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  • @seanmekinda3059
    @seanmekinda3059 6 років тому +143

    Please tell me there's more of this educational stuff coming - Failed electronic history is wildly fascinating,

    • @dasutin
      @dasutin 6 років тому +1

      This is one of my favorite weird/failed electronics things on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/QwaoHmLvHl8/v-deo.html

    • @dasutin
      @dasutin 6 років тому

      Also, the documentary he mentions is really interesting too.

    • @freyaporter99
      @freyaporter99 6 років тому +2

      Check out Polygon's History of Fun podcast! They did one on the N-Gage but also stuff like Tokyo Disney and dodgeball and Duke Nuken Forever

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 6 років тому +1

      Lazy Game Reviews has a bunch of videos like this, too. Tech Tales, they're called.

  • @VillaFanDan92
    @VillaFanDan92 6 років тому +15

    That's quite sad. That guy was so ambitious.

  • @iancampbell9866
    @iancampbell9866 6 років тому +11

    I like HBomb but I didn't know he had the copyright to the history of the Halcyon? Good for him!

  • @giggleloop13
    @giggleloop13 6 років тому +15

    I'm loving these educational historical videos, Simone! 👍

  • @louissmith3485
    @louissmith3485 6 років тому +74

    This just in: Two people can't talk about the same thing without it being plagiarism.

    • @louissmith3485
      @louissmith3485 6 років тому +43

      Polygon released an episode on Dragon's Lair the month before Hbomb did his Halcyon video, are you gonna claim plagiarism on his Halcyon video? I love the dude but guys seriously.

  • @TheDude4077
    @TheDude4077 6 років тому +4

    These are great! I hope these style videos keep coming!

  • @laurafrakinroslin
    @laurafrakinroslin 6 років тому +8

    I love Simone’s video game history series

  • @santorinisunrise
    @santorinisunrise 6 років тому +5

    Really enjoying this content from Polygon.

  • @sharkofjoy
    @sharkofjoy 6 років тому +7

    You can't plagarize history, people. History is public domain.

  • @Soulkreed
    @Soulkreed 6 років тому

    This looks amazing! Can't be patient to view more like this. Great job.

  • @keithinadhd6693
    @keithinadhd6693 6 років тому +3

    More please. Thank you

  • @LucidLegend1984
    @LucidLegend1984 6 років тому

    One of, if not the largest factor for a successful business is timing. Much like this product and many superior products throughout the years, having a product at the right time when the climate is right, makes or breaks a company

  • @jspiessTTU
    @jspiessTTU 6 років тому +1

    Cool video!

  • @Goblin_Mom
    @Goblin_Mom 6 років тому +1

    so the virtual boy/power glove of voice control

  • @KoRMaK1
    @KoRMaK1 6 років тому +6

    Is this Vox? Feels like Vox.
    Gimmie more of this specific kind of edutainment

    • @KoRMaK1
      @KoRMaK1 6 років тому +2

      FYI I know that Polygon is a subsidiary of Vox media

  • @polygon
    @polygon  6 років тому +1

    If y'all are interested in learning more about Rick Dyer's work, feel free to check out the Dragon's Lair video we did last year: ua-cam.com/video/0i270e2geO8/v-deo.html

  • @blahmarduk
    @blahmarduk 6 років тому

    thanks for being the failed forerunner to the digital hellscape i can barely bring myself to want to escape, hal

  • @c4tp
    @c4tp 6 років тому +2

    "phenomenal success"

  • @johneygd
    @johneygd 5 років тому

    Halcyon was the grantmother of sirl.

  • @Lewa263
    @Lewa263 6 років тому +25

    Man, I hate when CBS plagiarizes NBC. They need to come up with different news, but they're just too uncreative.

  • @gal00t84
    @gal00t84 6 років тому

    something something how you get skynet

  • @richroberts7512
    @richroberts7512 6 років тому +1

    rick dyer biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich

  • @Mr_x_19922
    @Mr_x_19922 Рік тому

    Early 80s was second gen, not third

  • @spectacularbear
    @spectacularbear 6 років тому +4

    everyone itc talking about some guy that isn't LGR 🤔 who dat

    • @kyris0
      @kyris0 6 років тому

      Spectacular Bear who's lgr?

  • @EyeOfKings
    @EyeOfKings 5 років тому

    Oof

  • @dbzrulesmorgan98
    @dbzrulesmorgan98 6 років тому +1

    presented by audi(tm)

  • @helgakrobo
    @helgakrobo 6 років тому +32

    ...didn't I see a video about this console from HBomberguy?

    • @Manak26
      @Manak26 6 років тому +6

      That video was more about Rick Dyer than the Halcyon.

  • @kevinmcbroom4370
    @kevinmcbroom4370 5 років тому

    His wife left him 3 months later for Bill gates....😂

  • @thedogshop7561
    @thedogshop7561 6 років тому

    Flirstey

  • @deathbyreindeer4174
    @deathbyreindeer4174 6 років тому

    Scott the Woz copy

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      @anthonymark1761 6 років тому

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      @deathbyreindeer4174 6 років тому

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  • @ThePilgrums
    @ThePilgrums 6 років тому +8

    How dare you plagiarize Giant Bomb's Unprofessional Fridays from February 1st, 2013! For SHAME, Polygon!!

  • @JakobPea
    @JakobPea 6 років тому +13

    This feels like y'all took the HBomberguy video and made a Cliffsnotes version of it

    • @MaxNewland_
      @MaxNewland_ 6 років тому +4

      probably more likely that they had the same idea around the same time

    • @Valmillions
      @Valmillions 6 років тому +4

      Max Newland hbomberguy's video came out months ago, no way this video took that long

    • @HonestyJZ
      @HonestyJZ 6 років тому +3

      But Polygon's Dragon's Layer video came out a month before hmbomberguy's Halcyon video, so it seems totally plausible they're just continuing with Rick Dyer stuff.

    • @MaxNewland_
      @MaxNewland_ 6 років тому +1

      The cool thing about living on a planet with 9 billion people is sometimes two people have the same idea. Also unless you are a video producer that puts the kind of production in that Polygon does I don't think you have a leg to stand on with that claim of how long a video takes to make

    • @Valmillions
      @Valmillions 6 років тому

      ^ Smartest guy on planet earth

  • @leto2
    @leto2 6 років тому +4

    "Not plagiarism" except the original video is much more detailed and better researched?

    • @Peizur
      @Peizur 6 років тому +15

      Of course it is, it's 43 minutes long. this video is just meant to be a quick overview.

    • @Peizur
      @Peizur 6 років тому

      ^^^ This

  • @inatinybox7210
    @inatinybox7210 6 років тому +9

    This is just a less interesting and less in-depth version of HBomberGuys video on Rick Dyer and the Halcyon. Polygon I love you guys but you’re better than this.

  • @Valmillions
    @Valmillions 6 років тому +1

    I wouldnt really call this 'copying' hbomberguy, but they definitely saw the video and picked the topic off it. Two people can make a video on the same topic, yes, but with such an obscure topic like this there's no way they thought of this before seeing hbomberguy talk about it

    • @HonestyJZ
      @HonestyJZ 6 років тому +9

      They've already talked about Dragon's Lair, which was created by the same guy, so it seems totally plausible that they just continued from there.

    • @binary_terror2
      @binary_terror2 6 років тому +3

      They’re a video game news company. Why wouldn’t they know about this stuff?

  • @hexyoutubeaccount
    @hexyoutubeaccount 6 років тому +12

    did ya'll pay hbomberguy for all the research he did for this episode?

  • @YadonTheCat
    @YadonTheCat 6 років тому +2

    Nice plagiarism, Polygon