The V Smile TV Learning System: Big Brain Time | Billiam

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  • @cafeidiom
    @cafeidiom 3 роки тому +1620

    This unlocked hidden memories for me. I've legitimately been searching for this for YEARS.

    • @unfortunateimperial6019
      @unfortunateimperial6019 3 роки тому +12

      SAME!!!

    • @psychomanatee3459
      @psychomanatee3459 3 роки тому +30

      I was just thinking about this the other day, then when I found this channel, I saw this and was like "YOOOOOOOO!!!!! THATS THE THING!!!!!!!"

    • @genjishimada450
      @genjishimada450 3 роки тому +4

      bro holy shit same, when i saw those cartridges and on and off buttons it immediately clicked

    • @reesemalo
      @reesemalo 3 роки тому

      Me too bro

    • @bonerattler6493
      @bonerattler6493 3 роки тому +5

      Same I thought it was made by leap frog

  • @Natural.Static
    @Natural.Static 3 роки тому +651

    HOLY CRAP what a throw back, I used to have the V-smile. literally had it until I was about 8 and it just stopped working completely but my gosh what a blast it was.

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 3 роки тому +16

      I loved the Winnie the pooh and the lion king game so much

    • @teh_supar_hackr
      @teh_supar_hackr 3 роки тому +4

      That's why I own three of these things! I used to own a 4th one, but that one died on me so I don't have it anymore.

    • @isabelyork3265
      @isabelyork3265 3 роки тому +7

      Same! I played on mine every day until it just quit.

    • @lemonredux1910
      @lemonredux1910 3 роки тому +1

      SAME

    • @luigi7834
      @luigi7834 3 роки тому +1

      I would get one and it would break shortly after. My parents got me 2 or 3 different ones until we just gave up

  • @donyori
    @donyori 3 роки тому +577

    My daycare had one of these bad boys. Everyone would be gathered in the corner, staring up at a small wall-TV. You wouldn't believe how competitive the Dora Videogame got.

    • @giboi03
      @giboi03 3 роки тому +36

      Dora PVP sounds like a fantastic game reboot

    • @ellahoward7519
      @ellahoward7519 3 роки тому +13

      No lie, that sounds like a fun experience

    • @watchforever1724
      @watchforever1724 2 роки тому +2

      Ah nostalgia

    • @sharkyrex_6192
      @sharkyrex_6192 Рік тому +4

      I had one of these at home and I'm glad I at least got to play on a gamecube at daycare and not one of these with other kids😂

  • @Lillian_Farrell
    @Lillian_Farrell 4 роки тому +318

    I had the Dora game as a child and I would literally run away from Boots. Like, I made Dora go so far that Boots wouldn't be on screen for 5 minutes until he caught up. My sister and I thought it was the funniest thing ever back then

    • @zachsmith3
      @zachsmith3 3 роки тому +8

      Ooh I should try that, thanks!

    • @ledo2509
      @ledo2509 3 роки тому +14

      Dora is arrested for animal abandonment

    • @ledo2509
      @ledo2509 3 роки тому +8

      Even though she’s probably 7

  • @gracefriend2837
    @gracefriend2837 4 роки тому +248

    "Historically speaking, baby intelligence has always been very low"
    I had to pause & rewind just to hear that gold medal of a line once again

  • @EmeraldPhoenix-sp8hm
    @EmeraldPhoenix-sp8hm 3 роки тому +428

    Oh my god this was such a central yet foggy part of my childhood.

    • @cheechunlimited
      @cheechunlimited 3 роки тому +5

      Yes I couldn't agree more
      This and the N64 were reallyy early on for me

    • @Fr0staX
      @Fr0staX 3 роки тому +3

      I KNOW! Stuff like that Alphabet Park thing looked so familiar, but still I remembered nothing.

    • @poggingterminator5077
      @poggingterminator5077 2 роки тому

      Same

    • @MiaFloyd-Wynne
      @MiaFloyd-Wynne Рік тому +1

      FR!! At first I thought it was like aa vivid dream

  • @SuupurSanicc
    @SuupurSanicc 3 роки тому +588

    "I was a gamer kid. She said there's no lamer kid."
    That fucking got me.

  • @MeleeTiger
    @MeleeTiger 4 роки тому +530

    "you'll never get into college if you don't play your video games!"
    Sounds like a line I'd expect in something like Ready Player One.

    • @theonlybilge
      @theonlybilge 3 роки тому +18

      WOAH TRACER AND THE IRON GIANT, REFERENCES ARE STORY

    • @jaketaller8567
      @jaketaller8567 3 роки тому +7

      Endgame: The most ambitious crossover in history.
      Ready Player One: Are you sue about that?

    • @jakezepeda1267
      @jakezepeda1267 3 роки тому +1

      Or South Korea

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 3 роки тому +7

      Well considering there are colleges now that give e-sports scholarships...

    • @FoxflameGoddess
      @FoxflameGoddess 3 роки тому +1

      the movie or the book? the book was amazing, the movie was meh

  • @_gremlinboy
    @_gremlinboy 3 роки тому +196

    The ABC park game holds such nostalgic horror for me, hearing the sounds from it sends me into a state

    • @_gremlinboy
      @_gremlinboy 3 роки тому +19

      Coming back to this- the falling noise!! It haunts me!!

    • @coffeewithkarlie
      @coffeewithkarlie 3 роки тому +16

      @@_gremlinboy THE CLOWNS ON THE TRIPWIRE LAUGHING AND THE LITTLE DUCKS TALKING

    • @watchforever1724
      @watchforever1724 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah I know what you mean

    • @XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW
      @XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW Рік тому +8

      I loved that game except for the fact I was scared of literally any possible enemy in it, so when we’d play it together I’d make my younger brother get past the enemies

    • @jaelinsmith5207
      @jaelinsmith5207 Рік тому +1

      Are you kidding i loved that game Indeed, My sister and i played it so much we both play 2 players for V-Smile Alphabet Park Adventure (2004).

  • @TeamAPS
    @TeamAPS 4 роки тому +1471

    Collectible junk perfectly describes his channel and that's 100% why I'm here for it.

    • @Aiden2041
      @Aiden2041 4 роки тому +20

      Two collectible world's colliding, holy shiiit

    • @bobbyspennati9821
      @bobbyspennati9821 4 роки тому +13

      Wow, seeing my favorite Yu-gi-oh channel comment on one of my favorite UA-camrs.
      Amazing!

    • @Allias_TheToon
      @Allias_TheToon 4 роки тому +5

      Sums up why I watch your channel too 😂

    • @rampaginbob9640
      @rampaginbob9640 4 роки тому +1

      Woah I haven’t whatched you guys in years

    • @markfuston2714
      @markfuston2714 4 роки тому +4

      Holy crap, never expected you guys to show up here! Haha

  • @zekeram129
    @zekeram129 4 роки тому +581

    holy shit the nostalgia combined with long-lost memory is causing physical trauma

    • @monstermagic2714
      @monstermagic2714 4 роки тому +8

      Right?

    • @EthanMastercrafter
      @EthanMastercrafter 4 роки тому +17

      I'm tripping too brother... it's been too long

    • @nicholasgerald9665
      @nicholasgerald9665 4 роки тому +11

      It literally punched me in the gut seeing the thumbnail then proceeded to beat me to death as i watched the video

    • @Lesyaaaaaaa
      @Lesyaaaaaaa 4 роки тому +9

      I thought I hallucinated this thing omg?? I had the Care Bears game and it annoyed the hell out of me lmaooo

    • @coimachine8784
      @coimachine8784 3 роки тому +7

      I hate how I used to have one of these and I forgot about it

  • @springheeledjax
    @springheeledjax 3 роки тому +117

    Watching that first game unlocked hidden childhood memories I didn't know I lost. The sound of the kid getting hit SENT me back

    • @BG54
      @BG54 3 роки тому +2

      Same!

  • @taperhunter8671
    @taperhunter8671 4 роки тому +518

    During my childhood I used to literally speed run the Dora game.

    • @erugurara8235
      @erugurara8235 4 роки тому +28

      Run a speedrun for games done quick webpage.

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 4 роки тому +24

      I can already see the title now "The progression of the Dora the Explorer World Record."

    • @TrialzGTAS
      @TrialzGTAS 4 роки тому +3

      @@haruhirogrimgar6047 *Home- Were Finally Landing plays in the distance*

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 4 роки тому +3

      @purificationthroughputrefaction From the statement they were implying they were trying to beat the game as fast as they possibly could. Which is the definition of a Speedrun in reference to video games. In this instance they meant "literal."

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 4 роки тому +2

      @purificationthroughputrefaction To add emphasis to the sentence. It is extremely common for English speakers to add adjectives to make a sentence more dramatic or hyperbolic.
      I could totally rewrite this radically cool sentence to have just of half the totally tubular vocab by just cutting out the mega-awesome adjectives. Or: I could rewrite this sentence to have zero adjectives. They mean the same thing but one is more eccentric.
      If you want to be pedantic about "literally" and "figuratively" there are at least a million better comments or phrases to pick on about it.

  • @burgundychipmunk2590
    @burgundychipmunk2590 4 роки тому +283

    Fun Fact:
    The portable edition also has a left - handed button on the back.

    • @CycloneJoey518
      @CycloneJoey518 3 роки тому +25

      Fun fact: they also made a version that doesn't

  • @Sammy-The-Watcher
    @Sammy-The-Watcher 3 роки тому +57

    This is one of the most forceful and happiest trips through memory lane I've ever been through. I love my vague memories of that silly thing and I appreciate this look at them.

  • @EthanMastercrafter
    @EthanMastercrafter 4 роки тому +3015

    If you grew up with this. You're a real gamer

    • @theonezeroboi8040
      @theonezeroboi8040 3 роки тому +48

      HELL YEA MAN LETS GOOOO

    • @damarioYT
      @damarioYT 3 роки тому +15

      Pog I did!

    • @arandomguy2616
      @arandomguy2616 3 роки тому +42

      I still have it....

    • @EthanMastercrafter
      @EthanMastercrafter 3 роки тому +32

      @@arandomguy2616 I'm clearly not worthy of your presence

    • @jawg0
      @jawg0 3 роки тому +14

      @@arandomguy2616 I just found mine again we are a different species of perfection

  • @slingz8475
    @slingz8475 3 роки тому +315

    Gosh this brings back memories, though my kid brain remembered the animation better. I use to play the Alphabet game a lot, but there were two stages I was terrified of 1)the one with the robotics alligator that chased you, 2) the bees that would cause you to fall while floating on the balloon.

    • @reflectlight1368
      @reflectlight1368 3 роки тому +7

      bro exactly. I was always scared of the robots and I would always take the path where no robots were 🤣

    • @watchforever1724
      @watchforever1724 3 роки тому

      Yeah I know

    • @ledo2509
      @ledo2509 3 роки тому

      I had the Nemo game as a kid and cars 2

    • @watchforever1724
      @watchforever1724 3 роки тому

      @@ledo2509 cool for you

    • @trippycxspvr
      @trippycxspvr 3 роки тому

      The soccer game was my fav

  • @FluffyLover
    @FluffyLover 3 роки тому +35

    I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS. The second I saw the thumbnail I was in such a happy shock. Though, I never remembered this as a learning game. In my memory, these were just REALLY hard games that required a lot of skill. Then again, I have dyslexia lmfao.

  • @SonplaysMinEcraft
    @SonplaysMinEcraft 4 роки тому +131

    Can confirm. Played this at my mom's friend's house like 14 years ago and now I'm a software engineer major

    • @UnluckyOctopus
      @UnluckyOctopus 3 роки тому +7

      Is that because of what the game taught you or because you wanted to ensure this crap wasn’t ever put in any other child’s hands by well meaning but misguided parents?

    • @SonplaysMinEcraft
      @SonplaysMinEcraft 3 роки тому +2

      @@UnluckyOctopus ye

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 3 роки тому +2

      Damn must be hard being selected to be promoted to that high of a status in the software engineering army

  • @redwarlock536
    @redwarlock536 4 роки тому +227

    I had a VSmile as a Young Boy, I was born in 2005, I haven’t heard anyone whisper the name VSmile ever & I honest to god thought I imagined it

    • @multifandomfangirl9664
      @multifandomfangirl9664 3 роки тому +9

      Me too and back then I thought it was cool since most educational games where on the computer but this is before I got my nintendo ds.
      I was a weird kid back then who loved education gaming stuff (like vsmile and leapfrog) but now I'm meh about it...

    • @koolkat6269
      @koolkat6269 3 роки тому +2

      SAME

    • @madisontheys7665
      @madisontheys7665 3 роки тому +6

      I was born in 2001, and I also have not heard this system be mentioned since

    • @polariize
      @polariize 3 роки тому +1

      is... ur channel name a homestuck reference

    • @basketman2517
      @basketman2517 3 роки тому +1

      Same, I was born in 2006.

  • @namaeliz7905
    @namaeliz7905 3 роки тому +35

    The V smile was definitely a height of my
    childhood. My family was poor at the time so I thought it was the best thing to exist and I have some pretty fond memories of playing on the console with my siblings

    • @watchforever1724
      @watchforever1724 2 роки тому +3

      I remember when I played this years ago as well ah the early 2000’a

  • @rorycharlesworthington
    @rorycharlesworthington 4 роки тому +500

    Holy shit, you've unlocked some hidden nostalgia here

    • @toptomato
      @toptomato 4 роки тому +6

      IKR

    • @Funnivids100
      @Funnivids100 4 роки тому +18

      Seriously. Remember playing Alphabet Park with a friend, and going through Toy Story 2 near daily.

    • @moss5356
      @moss5356 4 роки тому +6

      I know right

    • @yeaaaaaaaaaaahff
      @yeaaaaaaaaaaahff 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, I had the winnie the pooh game and alphabet park, I still have them today

    • @thegaminggecko6850
      @thegaminggecko6850 4 роки тому +4

      i remember having all of the consoles and accessories becuase i liked playing video games as a kid, and i kid you not there are like 8 different consoles you can buy and i had all of them.and litterally the only difference was that there was original, original with microphone, original with drawing pad,big drawing pad, handheld, handheld with microphone, hand held with drawing pad,and original with motion controls. And all of them were advertised as new consoles

  • @Solbady
    @Solbady 4 роки тому +80

    You had the perfect opportunity to use the Socrates quote, "All that I know is that I know nothing" for Baby Socrates

    • @skylordvenom
      @skylordvenom 4 роки тому +1

      True, instead he shows alter Descartes.

  • @mrninjapants9008
    @mrninjapants9008 3 роки тому +36

    Seeing the Alphabet Park main menu just brought back a fucking tsunami of memories for me. Thank you for this.

  • @classicalheroes8910
    @classicalheroes8910 4 роки тому +127

    oh look, the scooby do man is doing something else

  • @trystonsimek3824
    @trystonsimek3824 4 роки тому +112

    "Two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And I took the one with the gazelle."
    -Baby Robert Frost

  • @maverickREAL
    @maverickREAL 3 роки тому +55

    The anticlimax of Dora just saying "Swiper no swiping" even with no color pressed made me guffaw IRL

  • @maliberlin9046
    @maliberlin9046 4 роки тому +255

    Kinda pissed he'd didn't review the Winnie the Pooh game, it was in the background!

    • @CycloneJoey518
      @CycloneJoey518 3 роки тому +10

      Kinda pissed he didn't review the zayzoo games

    • @darthgrayson8449
      @darthgrayson8449 3 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @tripleg2513
      @tripleg2513 3 роки тому +3

      Same with Spider-Man and Scooby doo

    • @beelzemobabbity
      @beelzemobabbity 3 роки тому +3

      It’s one of the best ones too...smh..

    • @smelly6137
      @smelly6137 3 роки тому

      that shit was my jam. i played it before i was old enough to read so i didn’t know how to do anything, so i just walked around the maps and used my imagination to make up stories. it was nice.

  • @whateveer
    @whateveer 4 роки тому +68

    I had my V-tech until I discovered club penguin secret agent missions. Those were a lot more complex and enjoyable. Ugh I miss those times

  • @rocvalleycreations
    @rocvalleycreations 3 роки тому +40

    “I stink, therefore I am” made me laught too hard

  • @awesomer2991
    @awesomer2991 3 роки тому +215

    Broo, the alphabet park section didn't just take me back, it THREW me back, my god, it's been so long, i spent so much time on this thing as a kid

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 3 роки тому +3

      I swear I’ve seen alphabet park as a term for something lgbtq+ related. Then again it may be bcs most are “alphabet ___”

    • @celebrity292
      @celebrity292 2 роки тому +3

      This must been the game where it randomly showed fuck

    • @katharina3545
      @katharina3545 2 роки тому

      Same i hate the Game Alphabet because These fucking mini games 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @biggestbubba
      @biggestbubba Рік тому

      I had Alphabet park as well, but i feel like the characters were different? im not sure why. maybe a regional thing?

  • @Prince_Endymion
    @Prince_Endymion 4 роки тому +80

    Unlocking lost memories, thanks so much Billiam.

  • @eazy8579
    @eazy8579 3 роки тому +29

    My god, I had this as a kid, and I blame it for my love of video games today; the Winnie the Pooh game was my favorite, especially the winter level, which is burned into my brain, and I still absolutely love them today

    • @taylor1906
      @taylor1906 2 роки тому +5

      I thought the winter level was so cool because you left footprints in the snow

  • @taperhunter8671
    @taperhunter8671 4 роки тому +180

    Growing up with learning disabilities the Dora game was literally prescribed to me to help me learn spatial skills.

    • @zanpakutoman4225
      @zanpakutoman4225 4 роки тому +11

      Would you say it helped?

    • @taperhunter8671
      @taperhunter8671 4 роки тому +39

      @@zanpakutoman4225 The games were to easy. I probably learned more from playing more complex games. Tetris, Chess, Total War, ETC

    • @billiam
      @billiam  4 роки тому +56

      That’s really interesting! Most reading I found sort of dismissed the console. I would definitely be interested to try and find if this was common, but I can’t find anything with immediately

    • @zanpakutoman4225
      @zanpakutoman4225 4 роки тому +24

      @@billiam I think I have heard about some study that showed kids with dyslexia improving their reading skills, after regularly playing mario 64 for about an hour a day. Stating that playing a healthy amount of the game indirectly helped train their brain to concentrate or something. I didn't look too far into it and this was like almost a decade ago.

    • @taperhunter8671
      @taperhunter8671 4 роки тому +10

      @@billiam I remember the games being too easy. I can't say for certain what ultimately worked helped me overcome my learning disabilities. Spatial skills are used in visualizing math equations, using equipment, navigation, Organization.

  • @matbars
    @matbars 4 роки тому +83

    I like how "Digimon World: Virtual _Baby_ Simulator" is the "Up Next" video in the recommended section.

  • @mxstrikk
    @mxstrikk 3 роки тому +28

    I'm pretty sure this is what got me into gaming. Who could've known that I would go from a VTech kids system to a PS5!

  • @Vailskibum
    @Vailskibum 4 роки тому +398

    big brain moves out here

  • @volcanicash1257
    @volcanicash1257 4 роки тому +61

    God this was locked so far in the back of my memory

  • @Thelostsock16
    @Thelostsock16 3 роки тому +24

    I had a Vsmile when i was younger, it was my first ever game console. I felt like a baddie when i played on that thing.
    Me who now ten years later has a nintendo switch lite wich is small and compact, thinks it looks like a brick. It was badass tho.

  • @OutOfTheShadows1
    @OutOfTheShadows1 4 роки тому +144

    Oh god I had one of these when I was a kid.. legit managed to break it within an hour cos I was klutzy af

    • @Yaboydizzy1
      @Yaboydizzy1 4 роки тому +3

      Bruh me too

    • @Maloz-se1rf
      @Maloz-se1rf 4 роки тому +3

      I had one of the newer models that could be played portably, I had most of these games too

    • @starnight8819
      @starnight8819 4 роки тому +2

      Same... mine broke so I got the handheld version for Christmas

    • @Code7Unltd
      @Code7Unltd 4 роки тому +4

      It's made for kids, yet it can break easily. I believe that's what would either be called a "failure" or just cheaply made.
      How were these made when the first one was easy to demolish?

  • @NegativeLegend
    @NegativeLegend 4 роки тому +1061

    Everyone ignore this comment so he doesn't know I'm here. I just want to help his algorithm.

  • @ellsebells1
    @ellsebells1 3 роки тому +15

    They do seem simple, but these are things kids really need to learn. You'd be amazed what kids-and adults- who have never been exposed to video games, or even writing or different types of visual media can deal with intellectually!

  • @PunkExMachina
    @PunkExMachina 4 роки тому +70

    This channel feels so cozy. I cant explain. I guess it’s sort of like a kid waking up to watch morning saturday cartoons. Thanks for all the hard work Billiam.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 4 роки тому +192

    "You'll never get into college if you don't play your video games"

  • @BOOcketMan
    @BOOcketMan 3 роки тому +11

    Seeing commercials (specifically the line “you’ll never get into college if y don’t play your video games”) for the v smile was the first time I felt academic pressure.

  • @andromeda_va39
    @andromeda_va39 4 роки тому +17

    I just got this in my recommended and I am almost crying because my big brother and I played V-Smile all the time when we were little. We even had the Lion King game in the thumbnail! And the Dora the Explorer game, and the Mickey Mouse one, and Bob the Builder, and Spider-Man, and Scooby-Doo. I think Alphabet Park Adventure came with it.

  • @startedtech
    @startedtech 4 роки тому +134

    0:43 Madden 09? This is a disgrace to Scott The Woz. Madden 08 is far superior.

    • @CrummTheDumm
      @CrummTheDumm 4 роки тому +3

      but that’s like your opinion bro

    • @jaxyaboy
      @jaxyaboy 4 роки тому +3

      I'm more of a madden 13 guy myself

  • @ArthurTyminskyy
    @ArthurTyminskyy 11 місяців тому +3

    I never remembered a memory this far deep into my past, I would tear up right now if my eyes weren’t to dry from the edible I ate. I missed this feeling, nostalgia isn’t the word for it even. This felt like the new center of my universe and life became to happy, I love it. This was my life.

  • @alec4672
    @alec4672 3 роки тому +51

    "but I like wanted to know somebody who had a little sibling who had one, I wanted access to it just to see what it was for a minute" I'm glad I wasn't the only kid to think stuff like that 😂😂

  • @Styrophoamicus
    @Styrophoamicus 4 роки тому +57

    "The illusion of education is the power of the Dick Smith Wizard. He lives on in the V Smile."
    This is the most fever dream thing I've heard all day. Make it into a shirt.

  • @shamanbc9952
    @shamanbc9952 3 роки тому +15

    I am absolutely devastated you didn’t cover the beautiful timeless cult classic that is Scooby Doo Funland Frenzy, a pillar of my childhood

    • @CCClarinet12
      @CCClarinet12 2 роки тому

      OMG I LOVED THE PART WHERE YOU SWAM IN THE OCEAN I FORGET WHAT THE LEVEL IS CALLED BUT I ALSO REMEMBER ONE WHERE YOU FLEW ON A PARACHUTE OR SOMETHING AND IT WAS CALLED SKY SAIL I THINK

  • @Lawlsomedude
    @Lawlsomedude 4 роки тому +49

    Alternative title: Billiam Attempts to Regain the Knowledge Lost From Watching Years-worth of TV

  • @dstinnettmusic
    @dstinnettmusic 4 роки тому +83

    “Madden 09”
    *Scott the Woz has left the chat*

    • @atuaangie5160
      @atuaangie5160 3 роки тому +5

      As a man named madden I can confirm.
      I watched Satan forge it myself!

    • @royalcass
      @royalcass 3 роки тому +2

      Madden 16, 17, 18! Not as good as 08 pretty blatantly

  • @ZoeAlexa11
    @ZoeAlexa11 Рік тому +3

    Oh my god I grew up with the VSmile! Some of the titles I remember playing as a kid are Care Bears, Dora, Spongebob, Barney, The Wiggles, Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, Elmo, The Lion King, and Toy Story 2

  • @_loveableidiot
    @_loveableidiot 4 роки тому +124

    I kinda want it now-
    Also imagine configuring that thing as a switch controller for smash

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 3 роки тому +22

      when you combo an upgreen into a dyellow

    • @anthonyvaldes6070
      @anthonyvaldes6070 3 роки тому +18

      “Hey watcha doing”
      **intense v-smile controller spamming**
      “Imma come back later”

    • @cryamistellimek9184
      @cryamistellimek9184 3 роки тому +3

      @@anthonyvaldes6070 I’m not sure the cheap controller could handle some high level smash play.

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 3 роки тому +1

      Uh that’s how your meant to play smash... did you not see the direct?

  • @admiraldoggo9602
    @admiraldoggo9602 4 роки тому +61

    To anyone who had one as a kid, does anyone remember zazu’s adventure? Or whatever it was called, with the lil alien dude?

    • @Awoo_San
      @Awoo_San 4 роки тому +6

      Yes! But only barely...I remember a level where they're at a playground and thats about it.

    • @mattwaters7371
      @mattwaters7371 3 роки тому +4

      I only vividly remember a Shrek game where it used the lost woods song from Zelda

    • @CycloneJoey518
      @CycloneJoey518 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah zayzoo actually
      Best game on there

    • @azaviermartin
      @azaviermartin 3 роки тому +1

      I remember the lion king

    • @shaleelindsey6664
      @shaleelindsey6664 3 роки тому

      I loved it

  • @darkdog42
    @darkdog42 3 роки тому +30

    “He was a gamer kid she said there was no lamer kid” is genius

  • @Silvamoon
    @Silvamoon 3 роки тому +36

    “I don’t have that baby reaction time I used to have”
    Currently playing megaman battle network series for nostalgia. I swear I had better reflexes as a kid.

  • @moss5356
    @moss5356 4 роки тому +13

    6:45 I haven’t heard this audio in 14 years. The faint music in the background, the damage noise. bILLiam, this is too nostalgic

    • @CCClarinet12
      @CCClarinet12 2 роки тому

      USE YOUR JOYSTICK TO MOVE! #nostalgia

  • @enoshade
    @enoshade Рік тому +3

    I had the v.smile smart keyboard as a child (undoubtedly the origin of my sick touch-typing skillz), and whilst games such as scooby doo, whinnie the pooh and thomas the tank engine were absolutely bangin', there was one that stood out - the built-in Smart Keyboard game, a sci-fi isekai gem which looked like it had 5 times the visual budget of any other V Smile game, with epic (addition and multiplication based) bossfights to boot, and brilliant music (at least to my 6 year old ears).

  • @ShyasShadow
    @ShyasShadow 4 роки тому +54

    I remember the console but no memory of playing with it. :0

    • @theflipphonechannel8198
      @theflipphonechannel8198 3 роки тому +6

      Same!! I completely forgot it existed until I saw the video

    • @SuupurSanicc
      @SuupurSanicc 3 роки тому +3

      The only times I saw this were in elementary school. like, 2nd/3rd grade. I would be going to the bathroom, and one of the classes had one, and they would play it a lot.
      Never got to actually use one though.

  • @ffqa.
    @ffqa. 4 роки тому +41

    The infinity vsmile controller
    “Reality can be whatever I want”

  • @creepypastacraft
    @creepypastacraft 3 роки тому +5

    Dude literally every niche toy or show you talk about is straight from my childhood, LOVE this channel.

  • @udnmare1776
    @udnmare1776 4 роки тому +46

    I still remember when I got mine on Christmas, I still have it, it´s in the closet with a bunch of cartridges.

  • @Lexi_Zone
    @Lexi_Zone 4 роки тому +27

    Well Simba's a lion so clearly he should go down the path with the gazelle because gazelle is lion fuel.

  • @LOLchickerz
    @LOLchickerz 3 роки тому +8

    This was my favorite thing for YEARS. I still miss to this very day. I played all the Disney games constantly, specifically Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast

  • @cthrugrl
    @cthrugrl 4 роки тому +36

    "It used three C batteries" That explains why I had this thing as a kid but never played it

    • @CCClarinet12
      @CCClarinet12 2 роки тому

      We had the power cord and we just used that

  • @aaron8762
    @aaron8762 4 роки тому +17

    I'm genuinely concerned about Billy's mental health but at the same time, the deeper he sinks into madness, the funnier his videos get

  • @comradecracker447
    @comradecracker447 2 роки тому +3

    Holy moly. I spontaneously remembered my blues clues game on an orange and purple gaming system. While watching a how to prepare wine for formal drinking. This is so surreal. Oh my god... the alphabet part... that gives me the chills. I loved the noises. I would just fail for the point of hearing. I remember the noises and colors and fun, but I don’t ever remember the things I “learned” but then again I read stalin in my free time... so I guess I wasn’t a normal kid. I was also a really dumb kid who couldn’t understand how to finish a lego game. Nor had the patience to do so(undiagnosed adhd). Once as a kid I completed the Star Wars one, but didn’t have the patience to try to collect everything. So I was always broke and couldn’t buy anything because I would get like 10k coins when a character costs like 100k when realistically anyone with more than five brain cells would get about 75k per level. Back the the games, I remember blues clues too loved the sounds, the marvel marvel one loved the sounds, and idk more but it’s too hazy and fuzzy. And honestly bruh, I might now be cognitively capable without it. Like I wouldn’t of even been able to get to 10% in more advanced games like that sponge bob game. But still keep in mind I practically couldn’t read when I should of. This is really too surreal. The colors are still very... nice... they are very colorful. And that sponge bob one I couldn’t figure it out. I just played the picture games. I also have dyslexia. But the colors are so nice. Their graphics are compelling. As if it’s a game some modern kid would wish they had. Like I see some of the things kids grow up now with and it’s so... gross. It’s just watching coco melon and other really capitalist hellscape things like tiktok.

  • @PopStarAzena
    @PopStarAzena 4 роки тому +15

    I owned one of these as a kid, I believe it’s currently at my uncles house, I loved that thing so much

  • @Sarah34523
    @Sarah34523 3 роки тому +40

    I played the Ariel and Dora game constantly... it all felt like a fever dream until I saw this gameplay. It has haunted me since like, 2005. I'm almost an adult now, and I feel like these were creepy, terrifying figments of my imagination.

    • @jaelinsmith5207
      @jaelinsmith5207 Рік тому +1

      @sarah34523 good comment, what i believe those are what's so called 16-bit graphic design what they like used for Sega Genesis or maybe Atari games. The whole world will never know about videos games give us little children nightmares, me i just love some of the games when i used to play, i just enjoyed spending fun time memories to play and rememeber those good days.

  • @Orebrohkfan
    @Orebrohkfan 3 роки тому +30

    Thanks to the V Smile, i learnt to spell "Embarrassing" in 1st grade
    Edit: Thanks to the V Smile, i became way smarter than the other kids in class, mostly because of the Scooby Doo game

    • @a.wiggins2833
      @a.wiggins2833 3 роки тому +1

      Same but because of the alphabet game

  • @magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374
    @magicalnewsmaneditsbumpers4374 4 роки тому +21

    These consoles haunt my local goodwills. I see them ALL the time.

  • @BossSwagMaster
    @BossSwagMaster 4 роки тому +42

    That was my childhood game system before i could get a Wii 🎮

  • @braelinmichelus
    @braelinmichelus 3 роки тому +5

    I remember having one of these when I was a kid!
    I actually had all three! The original V Smile, the V Motion and the V Smile Pocket!
    There was this one Pixar Cars game I remember playing _ALL_ the time!
    Specifically the one neon sign puzzle minigame. I absolutely loved it.
    I actually still play puzzle games like that to this day! Such as Power Line.

    • @CCClarinet12
      @CCClarinet12 2 роки тому +1

      I had the Motion and I still have my pocket to this day! I am planning to give it to my little brother who is turning 3!

  • @megatoonEJE
    @megatoonEJE 3 роки тому +32

    I remembered having one of these when I was a little lad.
    Nowadays, I can't remember if I still have it or not.

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 роки тому +2

      That Winnie poo game was hard-core for me

    • @soundred1254
      @soundred1254 3 роки тому

      I always remembered when I was little think the battery blinking on the corner of the tv was pop when it was actually the batteries dying

  • @NotBray
    @NotBray 4 роки тому +8

    I had a similar product, I had a vsmile pocket, its like the TV version but the display was so small, luckily it had a TV adapter so I could play on the TV.

  • @greysonkerksieck2083
    @greysonkerksieck2083 3 роки тому +2

    6:46 I was hit with so many flashbacks. I had one of these growing up and couldn't remember the name of the game I played most often on it. It was this.

  • @hopefulhyena3400
    @hopefulhyena3400 4 роки тому +39

    The way he pronounces Descartes is.... interesting.

  • @kungfuskull
    @kungfuskull 3 роки тому +44

    How could they not know "the dick smith wizard" would be a hilariously awful title? 🤣

  • @thedigiseviper1330
    @thedigiseviper1330 Рік тому +3

    Shame you skipped Scooby Doo. That one had a roller coaster section that was incredible

  • @1ittlegs
    @1ittlegs 4 роки тому +17

    We got the Aussies represented with the good old boys at Dick Smith

  • @dash_harvey
    @dash_harvey 4 роки тому +85

    I always thought my brain had made this up, I’m glad to know I’m not crazy and that I did have one as a kid

    • @James11111
      @James11111 4 роки тому +2

      That seems to be a common trend on this channel.

    • @secretworld02-b1r
      @secretworld02-b1r 4 роки тому +1

      yeah i thought the whole thing was a dream and it's also stuck in my head like a tattoo for over a decade

  • @Oceane1803
    @Oceane1803 2 роки тому +1

    I played 3 games on this console as a kid. Shrek, Ernest and Bart, and Winnie the Pook. And the it still works. These games were pretty decent and I still remember some funny sound effects. Like in Shrek, there are levels where you musn't be found, so if Shrek use his yell shockwave attack, Donkey says "Shrek, you CANNOT yell here'', and you're brought back to the beginning of the level.
    The Winnie game was a pretty good platformer for a kid. There even are collectables and levels with different kinds of gameplay. There even are minigames you can play with another player and they're pretty interesting for a kid. The bug catching minigame might even be interesting for an older person in two player mode since you have to go faster than your opponent, which can be challenging if you're playing with someone of your age.
    Finally, the Ernest and Bart game is pretty simple, but the sound effects and cutscenes are pretty funny. I still remember the alien in the moon level "Yepyepyepyep !" or basically Ernest in general.
    Also yes, that controller is just so cool.

  • @yellowflannel8252
    @yellowflannel8252 4 роки тому +13

    I remember having this console when I was a kid. I always played the spiderman game until I got rid of the v-tech

  • @chiruki
    @chiruki 4 роки тому +8

    I can't believe I actually forgot I had one of these. I used to love it when I was a kid.

  • @KernelColonelCollardGreens
    @KernelColonelCollardGreens 3 роки тому +4

    Oh boy I remember this thing. This was actually the 2nd console that I ever had access to, the first being the LeapPad (not sure which one, apparently they made a few different ones which i had no idea about when i was a kid). I specifically remember my favorite game was the Go Diego Go "platformer." As a child I would even sometimes choose this over my PS2 because it was easier to set up and was a lot easier to navigate, for obvious reasons. I'd kill to have a life as simple as that again lol

  • @brockmckelvey7327
    @brockmckelvey7327 4 роки тому +14

    One of these days Billiam is going to have an auction for all the weird toys and videos he's reviewed
    He'll make a fortune

  • @artsyryder
    @artsyryder 3 роки тому +9

    I think the V Smile is what kicked off my love for video games, my sisters and I each had our own personal smartridge. Mine was Blues Clues, and my sisters had Scooby Doo and Care Bears

  • @ThatOneLebaneseGuy
    @ThatOneLebaneseGuy 3 роки тому +1

    I just discovered this channel from YT recommendations and I absolutely love it!

  • @zylynx8854
    @zylynx8854 4 роки тому +22

    **gets not too vivid flashbacks**

  • @williama29
    @williama29 4 роки тому +23

    I remember this educational system as a kid in 2005

  • @elsam7720
    @elsam7720 Рік тому +2

    I had one of these and the handheld and man seeing Zayzoo unlocked some hidden memories
    Those and my Pixter, man. What a gamer childhood

  • @krysanteemi4575
    @krysanteemi4575 4 роки тому +4

    I 100% forgot this was a thing until this video popped up in my recommendations and i'd like to thank you for sating a curiosity i didn't realize i had since i was 8 years old

  • @otakupower1048
    @otakupower1048 4 роки тому +27

    I weirdly feel like I played that dora one but I don’t remember ever having this toy.

    • @sdrawkcabassiram1537
      @sdrawkcabassiram1537 4 роки тому +3

      did you have a leapster? I had both and I remember playing a Dora game

  • @jaykatemorrison
    @jaykatemorrison 3 роки тому +3

    1:06 - Too Old in Two Thousand and Four
    8:43 - 8:58 - Best Song!
    12:36 - Wiggly Fish
    12:41 - It's Not Ugly, It's Beautiful

  • @natto4now
    @natto4now 4 роки тому +18

    I remember always seeing this thing and always wanting to touch it but never play it

  • @seventy7swords224
    @seventy7swords224 4 роки тому +14

    Could “I played every Scooby Doo Game” be in the future?

  • @BigAL68xyz
    @BigAL68xyz 2 роки тому +2

    My son got one of these from his grandparents when he was 2. He would get up in the middle of the night to try to play it (the baby monitor ratted him out.) He was so obsessed with it he started having nightmares about being attacked by the toy hippos from Alphabet Park. He had outgrown it by the time he was 5.