I had the NES brand new in 1984 when it came out! 🤤🤣👍 I also remember having to perform an operation every time I wanted to play Super Mario Bros or The Legend of Zelda gold cartridge! ❤ I remember the game operation, was bad at it! 😂 Love from Oklahoma
Idk what jank Nintendo Fluffy had, but all my memories of that thing, including everyone I talk too, is that those things were built to LAST.. doesn't matter what was wrong with.. You just blow into it enough, it'll work again. You could drop it off the back of a truck down the highway, it break in nearly two pieces, and just blow into it enough it'll work.
Is that something to take pride in? I’m sorry I grew there and I’m happy I am no longer there. I take pride in my struggles and achievements that got me where I am today.
You say 1987 as if it's ancient history...as in before you were born. I am a 1970s teenager...what's a video game. Had to go to the skating rink or bowling alley to shoot pool or play pinball. Lol
I was born In 1987 and my first big birthday present was the nintendo you remember. And now as an adult i realized that my daddy bought it more for him than me 😂 because at 8pm i was sent to bed. And only was permitted to play from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Afterwards my father would be playing, on work days, from 8pm to 12am. And Saturday and Sunday let me play for 3 hours, and he would play the rest of the time to supposedly show me how it's done 😂
My uncle bought us kids what was called an odyssey video game system back in the 70’s, you had a static plastic screen that you applied to the front of the TV screen and the characters were squares and the ball was a smaller square when you were playing tennis, very archaic For its time.
I still have my OG NES that i got for christmas 1988. I was ten. You still need to blow off every cartridge, for it to work. Its still in like new condition 😂
Me and my brother had a NES. It lasted 4 years and would have lasted longer if there hadn't been a fire in our house. Yeah, it would glitch sometimes and you would blow into the cartridge and the compartment and it would work again.
I grew up the 1970s. Back then, for Xmas I got an Atari 2600 VCS, probably the first commercial gaming console that had real success. It lasted about maybe 3 months before it started acting up. I had about 12 cartridges for it. I left it alone for several months, and then came back to it near the fall. I had to open it up, and essentially dust off all the electronics carefully. Somehow, something I did worked, and after putting it back together, it began working fine again. I was able to get another year out of it, before it began 'dying' again. After the second time, I pretty much gave up, and 'sold' all my game cartridges to a childhood friend, who also had a VCS, but a working one. He lived nearby and I would often go to his house to play the games I had before, but he now bought and owned. I kept the joysticks though, and they were usable when I went to 8-bit computers a few years later.
The kids today don't know the STRUGGLE!!! Trying to get stuff like that to work! We had to do that with our Nintendo as well. Oh and the dial up internet!! trying to connect! Or having to adjust the antenna to get a good signal for the tv.
Still got my PS2 that my parents got me (because I EARNED it) when Walmart was sellin em new. Still got 1 of the first 2 games that I got with it.......Ace Combat Zero.......and it still runs like a top as long as you skip the cut scenes. I was bummed about it until my cousin came over and told me that CAMPAIGN mode was the actual game. I'm country, ok!? I had no idea that CAMPAIGN was a game mode. I never played a video game before. After I found out that was the actual game mode, I played as many missions as I could in a day because I didn't know I needed to buy a memory card to save progress. I literally only had the PS2, 1 plug in controller and 2 games. So my cousin educated me as to the existence and necessity of a memory card. Been a happy gamer ever since. Sold several games at a yard sale once that I wish I still had, but life's a dance that ye learn as ye go. Last game I bought was at a pawn shop cause I couldn't find any PS2 games ANYWHERE else! Crazy how times and technology has changed, but I'm the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type, so I'm still havin obsolete fun with my antique PS2.🤠
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had new games released on it until something like 1994, so there is a good chance you played some games on it. It was designed to look like and load games like an older VCR (the ones you had to push down, not the ones that automatically loaded the tape). And it was marketed and sold as a toy not a game console because video games were toxic after the market crashed and nearly killed video games so when Nintendo entered the dead market (after they asked Atari to distribute it and they said no) they wanted to avoid saying they were just video games. They also added a lock out chip to stop 3rd parties without a license from making NES games, that would reset the system once per minute if it failed. The contacts for the lockout chip were a little shorter than the rest, so as they got dirty, even if the others made contact and the game started, the lockout chip would keep resetting the system causing the infamous flashing. Removing the game and blowing on it seemed to help, so that’s why it became a thing, but it was more the pins scraping as you inserted and removed the game, removing dust and dirt, that usually fixed the flashing. Apparently blowing in the cartridge can potentially hurt it because you are forcing humid air on the metal contacts. Other than the remove and reinsert technique, the best way to clean them is with isopropyl alcohol and a lint free cloth (I would just use a Q-tip) or use a cleaning kit which did much the same thing but more conveniently. End rant.
I never wanted to give away something to a friend when I was a kid. I knew my parents work hard for that. I'm the kind of guy that values the simple things.
If your Nintendo had a door on the side to insert the cartridge, it was the Nintendo. If the cartridge went directly downwards into the top, you had a Super Nintendo.
Ops lounge on my ship had an NES. I remember playing Blades of Steel against a buddy, and beating Mike Tyson's Knock Out....all the way up to Tyson. Never did beat Iron Mike.
Who Remembers Fixing an 8-track player by wedging a book of matches under it? Or having to spin a Cassette Tape on a Pencil to Rewind/Put the Tape back in? hehehe
They say now that the whole blowig into cartridges thing didn't really work and it only damaged the games. I think thats BS, I know it worked. They said it was the act of reseating(taking the game out and putting It back in) the cartridge that was what made it seem like the blowing thing worked. I regularly tried to just reseat the cartridge and sometimes it worked, but what nearly always worked the first time was blowing into the cartridge.
I was a hacker. Can't do anything now lmao. I was 13 when I started and 17 when I ended but not for this reason though. I stopped because Cia wanna know if you good, they'll hire you. Bad? Jail time. I didn't have confidence 😅
If my family got any "electronic" toys, the Ist thing my parents would look at was how many batteries the toy would need. If you couldn't go to the corner store to get a two pack of batteries for it, we were not getting that toy!!
Um, Gabriel just said in front of an audience that he didn’t buy Wii U games but paid someone $75 to pirate them for him. It’s not that hard to do, but it’s not the kind of thing you want to admit to in public- Nintendo is not nice to people who do that. Also, depending on how it was done, it may have violated the warranty, though, Gabriel could always just buy a new system if the old one broken. Although, the Wii U shop recently shut mostly down, you can download games associated with your id, but you can no longer buy anything or redeem codes.
Dropping off another new artist to give a listen, if interested "Johnny Mathis: Misty (Live)" (by the channel: NewWin Productions) the video quality is pretty decent. Have a great day
Don’t we just feel old all of the sudden? Like, sure, we’re raising our own kids, but it’s other people’s kids out in society that gets us shaking our heads like we’re ready for the front porch and rocking chair. I’ll be 40 in 2025 but somehow mentally I’m already signed up for AARP. Edit: We’ve been thru SARS, H1N1, Columbine et al, OKC bombing, 1993 WTC bombing, 9/11, like 2 or 3 wars, 2 recessions, COVID….. no wonder we’re the youngest “back in our day” generation.
You do such a great job with your reactions! Love it! 😊
thank you so much!
You are so beautiful, Your eye's and your smile
I got old, and I love you as a mother. Questions, dad asks...
I had the NES brand new in 1984 when it came out! 🤤🤣👍 I also remember having to perform an operation every time I wanted to play Super Mario Bros or The Legend of Zelda gold cartridge! ❤ I remember the game operation, was bad at it! 😂 Love from Oklahoma
We played Operation, sorry, chutes and ladders, twister
Idk what jank Nintendo Fluffy had, but all my memories of that thing, including everyone I talk too, is that those things were built to LAST.. doesn't matter what was wrong with.. You just blow into it enough, it'll work again. You could drop it off the back of a truck down the highway, it break in nearly two pieces, and just blow into it enough it'll work.
Same here, mine still works ( + adapter cables for modern TV)
Is that something to take pride in? I’m sorry I grew there and I’m happy I am no longer there. I take pride in my struggles and achievements that got me where I am today.
You say 1987 as if it's ancient history...as in before you were born. I am a 1970s teenager...what's a video game. Had to go to the skating rink or bowling alley to shoot pool or play pinball. Lol
I was born In 1987 and my first big birthday present was the nintendo you remember. And now as an adult i realized that my daddy bought it more for him than me 😂 because at 8pm i was sent to bed. And only was permitted to play from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Afterwards my father would be playing, on work days, from 8pm to 12am. And Saturday and Sunday let me play for 3 hours, and he would play the rest of the time to supposedly show me how it's done 😂
My uncle bought us kids what was called an odyssey video game system back in the 70’s, you had a static plastic screen that you applied to the front of the TV screen and the characters were squares and the ball was a smaller square when you were playing tennis, very archaic For its time.
I still have my OG NES that i got for christmas 1988. I was ten.
You still need to blow off every cartridge, for it to work.
Its still in like new condition 😂
Gabriel was on the Disney Channel - he was never “ghetto.”😂
Me and my brother had a NES. It lasted 4 years and would have lasted longer if there hadn't been a fire in our house. Yeah, it would glitch sometimes and you would blow into the cartridge and the compartment and it would work again.
I grew up the 1970s. Back then, for Xmas I got an Atari 2600 VCS, probably the first commercial gaming console that had real success. It lasted about maybe 3 months before it started acting up. I had about 12 cartridges for it. I left it alone for several months, and then came back to it near the fall. I had to open it up, and essentially dust off all the electronics carefully. Somehow, something I did worked, and after putting it back together, it began working fine again. I was able to get another year out of it, before it began 'dying' again. After the second time, I pretty much gave up, and 'sold' all my game cartridges to a childhood friend, who also had a VCS, but a working one. He lived nearby and I would often go to his house to play the games I had before, but he now bought and owned. I kept the joysticks though, and they were usable when I went to 8-bit computers a few years later.
You kids today!!!!
I still have my original NES, that still works, lol from 1987
The kids today don't know the STRUGGLE!!! Trying to get stuff like that to work! We had to do that with our Nintendo as well. Oh and the dial up internet!! trying to connect! Or having to adjust the antenna to get a good signal for the tv.
Still got my PS2 that my parents got me (because I EARNED it) when Walmart was sellin em new. Still got 1 of the first 2 games that I got with it.......Ace Combat Zero.......and it still runs like a top as long as you skip the cut scenes. I was bummed about it until my cousin came over and told me that CAMPAIGN mode was the actual game. I'm country, ok!? I had no idea that CAMPAIGN was a game mode. I never played a video game before. After I found out that was the actual game mode, I played as many missions as I could in a day because I didn't know I needed to buy a memory card to save progress. I literally only had the PS2, 1 plug in controller and 2 games. So my cousin educated me as to the existence and necessity of a memory card. Been a happy gamer ever since. Sold several games at a yard sale once that I wish I still had, but life's a dance that ye learn as ye go. Last game I bought was at a pawn shop cause I couldn't find any PS2 games ANYWHERE else! Crazy how times and technology has changed, but I'm the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type, so I'm still havin obsolete fun with my antique PS2.🤠
I can relate because I had the SNES and Saga game gear and Saga Genesis
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had new games released on it until something like 1994, so there is a good chance you played some games on it.
It was designed to look like and load games like an older VCR (the ones you had to push down, not the ones that automatically loaded the tape). And it was marketed and sold as a toy not a game console because video games were toxic after the market crashed and nearly killed video games so when Nintendo entered the dead market (after they asked Atari to distribute it and they said no) they wanted to avoid saying they were just video games.
They also added a lock out chip to stop 3rd parties without a license from making NES games, that would reset the system once per minute if it failed. The contacts for the lockout chip were a little shorter than the rest, so as they got dirty, even if the others made contact and the game started, the lockout chip would keep resetting the system causing the infamous flashing.
Removing the game and blowing on it seemed to help, so that’s why it became a thing, but it was more the pins scraping as you inserted and removed the game, removing dust and dirt, that usually fixed the flashing. Apparently blowing in the cartridge can potentially hurt it because you are forcing humid air on the metal contacts. Other than the remove and reinsert technique, the best way to clean them is with isopropyl alcohol and a lint free cloth (I would just use a Q-tip) or use a cleaning kit which did much the same thing but more conveniently.
End rant.
You know you are old when you say "You kids Today" Welcome to the "Old" age club Britt!😂😂🤣🤣👍👍. Another GREAT reaction!!!!!
haha thank you!
My FIRST game system was: Pong.
I never wanted to give away something to a friend when I was a kid. I knew my parents work hard for that. I'm the kind of guy that values the simple things.
Hay, I dealt with Atari 26 and those joy sticks I had 2 repair with aluminum foil to get the contact pads to work again
If your Nintendo had a door on the side to insert the cartridge, it was the Nintendo. If the cartridge went directly downwards into the top, you had a Super Nintendo.
Britt Gabriel is not lying that's the Truth I had pong And atri In a Nintendo In the playstation And a wii games
Ops lounge on my ship had an NES. I remember playing Blades of Steel against a buddy, and beating Mike Tyson's Knock Out....all the way up to Tyson. Never did beat Iron Mike.
I was born in 71
Who Remembers Fixing an 8-track player by wedging a book of matches under it? Or having to spin a Cassette Tape on a Pencil to Rewind/Put the Tape back in? hehehe
Jeez '88??? I was born in '99 and you look the same age as me I swear!!
They say now that the whole blowig into cartridges thing didn't really work and it only damaged the games. I think thats BS, I know it worked. They said it was the act of reseating(taking the game out and putting It back in) the cartridge that was what made it seem like the blowing thing worked. I regularly tried to just reseat the cartridge and sometimes it worked, but what nearly always worked the first time was blowing into the cartridge.
If you're not careful- kids will go right for the GTA. You gotta lock up the adult games.🎮
Sometimes is out of your control. Kids are "dancing" reggaetton in primary school and they are not even 12. (you know.. "perreo" dance).
Had the nintendo, but before that, I had atari 2700. Yeah, I'm old enough to be your dad
2600, fellow granpa
Yes but I played it in the 80s
I was a hacker. Can't do anything now lmao. I was 13 when I started and 17 when I ended but not for this reason though. I stopped because Cia wanna know if you good, they'll hire you. Bad? Jail time. I didn't have confidence 😅
If my family got any "electronic" toys, the Ist thing my parents would look at was how many batteries the toy would need. If you couldn't go to the corner store to get a two pack of batteries for it, we were not getting that toy!!
Um, Gabriel just said in front of an audience that he didn’t buy Wii U games but paid someone $75 to pirate them for him. It’s not that hard to do, but it’s not the kind of thing you want to admit to in public- Nintendo is not nice to people who do that.
Also, depending on how it was done, it may have violated the warranty, though, Gabriel could always just buy a new system if the old one broken. Although, the Wii U shop recently shut mostly down, you can download games associated with your id, but you can no longer buy anything or redeem codes.
Nintendo is more worried about the distributors vs the people who just collect.
Dropping off another new artist to give a listen, if interested "Johnny Mathis: Misty (Live)" (by the channel: NewWin Productions) the video quality is pretty decent. Have a great day
Before that there was Atari
Don’t we just feel old all of the sudden? Like, sure, we’re raising our own kids, but it’s other people’s kids out in society that gets us shaking our heads like we’re ready for the front porch and rocking chair. I’ll be 40 in 2025 but somehow mentally I’m already signed up for AARP.
Edit: We’ve been thru SARS, H1N1, Columbine et al, OKC bombing, 1993 WTC bombing, 9/11, like 2 or 3 wars, 2 recessions, COVID….. no wonder we’re the youngest “back in our day” generation.
Your reaction was great as usual, but this was not one of his better bits. It just wasn't funny in any way