You say you're new to museum curation but it's clear you have a natural understanding of what's important: facilitating learning by telling an engaging story, providing a 'hands on' experience and providing access to more in depth knowledge if people want it. I wish I was closer but I intend to visit soon!
It's exactly this why I love this channel so much. I have seen plenty of other channels and museums. But often it's just a bunch of old stuff dumped in a room. Which is just not as interesting.
...and the music! its my favorite FM synth music of all, and most games seem to have composers who really gave it their all on the OST, even the porn games lmao. Not to mention all the different MIDI module options. such a great game system and personal computer!
Oh! Dog Policeman! Here's a piece of trivia, Dog Police is the tune that's played when you play Frogger, but later versions of the game, such as the Arcade Archives version, had it removed because some Japanese Toy company got the rights to the song, even though technically it began in the public domain. You can think of it a bit like the Japanese version of how "Happy Birthday" got copyrighted by The Summy Company that only just went back to the public domain in 2015 in the US, and 2017 in the EU.
Thanks for watching, here are lots of links to videos of some of the items seen in more detail which you may enjoy! Neil ● Episode Links Support The Cave at patreon.com/rmcretro Visit The Cave: retrocollective.co.uk Sharp X68000 Pro Review: th-cam.com/video/OepeiBF5Jnk/w-d-xo.html Testing out the Sharp X68000 Expert: th-cam.com/video/EQWE67jsfOc/w-d-xo.html Luxury PC Engine in a Monitor: th-cam.com/video/h3hWEzHDxjo/w-d-xo.html PC Engine Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/0VxAmCYXp_0/w-d-xo.html FM Towns Car Marty: th-cam.com/video/ya5MoNBWZ04/w-d-xo.html PCFX Repair: th-cam.com/video/srk4bvRWmdM/w-d-xo.html Yamaha CX5M Demo: th-cam.com/video/qlu4Lcpq4GM/w-d-xo.html Amstrad Mega PC Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/6dWb-uw27Yg/w-d-xo.html Pioneer Laser Active Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/_rvRRCa8Kik/w-d-xo.html
The Twin Famicom you have is a later revision. Besides a slight redesign of the outer shell the only substantial difference is the controllers which have turbo switches. Thus the second version is called the Twin Famicom Turbo, though I don't know if that was ever an official name.
No, Sharp never officially made a distinction between the first and second revision FC Twins, other than the model number. Also, leave it to Neil to, not only, have an extremely rare bit of Nintendo kit. But, to, also, have the rarest version of it.
A great tour of a great exhibition. Some real Specials there. As a retro computing geek (which I consider myself) there were a bunch of things I hadn't seen or even heard of, so truly worth a place in a museum. Thank you very much for the interesting and educational tour. Best wishes for you and your Museum and keep up that excellent work.
Ah, the MSX. I was never a fan, I admit. But it has a huge following here in Brazil. The MSX users group is so big that they are the ones who actually put together the retrocomputing events here in Rio and I admit the MSX began to grow on me. I've only used it a couple of times back in the day as there were a few machines available at my BASIC course way back when I was twelve years old, but I always preferred to use one of the few PC XT's or even the TRS-80 clones they also had available. Back in those days I had an Apple II clone (a machine I'm still trying to find) and dad had a spanking new 286 clone. MSX's are somewhat easy to find at a decent price over here. Might get one someday. Good ol' days!
Love the idea for the exhibit! Also - quite liked the talk about letting go of ideas that are better in our own heads, so often true! I'm glad you were able to recognize this, especially now through the lens of your new role. And OF COURSE always lovely to see the exhibits themselves. Hearing about your thought process and development as a museum curator leaves me with the impression that you're really approaching everything genuinely. Bravo!
Impressive collection indeed, you could have a lookout for the PC-88/98, and computers like the Sharp X1 and Fujitsu FM-7. Those would make it the ultimate collection.
@2:47 Orao! Wow, this brings memories, we had that Croatian 8-bit computer in elementary school, programming in Basic on a green CRT monitor, those were the days! I remember how we had an assignment to make a program that draws numbers (using lines, plot, draw and such commands) and the number we reach will be our grade for the assignment (grades in Croatia go from 1 (fail) up to 5 (the best one)). Me and my mate made a program that drew numbers from 1 to 11 (but we only got one 5 grade, unfair, but better than two 5s and one 1, lol). :)
Don't forget Brazil. The MSX was HUGELY popular here, with machines from two local manufacturers (Gradiente and Epcom/Sharp), and a great number of smaller companies producing a wide assortment of accessories, expansion cartridges and even upgrade kits (from MSX 1 to MSX 2 and eventually 2+). Nowadays, we still have many people enjoying, or discovering, the MSX, developing software or manufacturing hardware. Myself included.
Time Life presents RMC GREATEST HITS! Hear Neil sing all the classics including: * Dog Policeman * That Took A Bit Longer Than I Expected ...and many more! Don't delay - call now! ...but seriously Neil, thank you to you and your team for doing the videos and for The Cave!
Just found the channel and I very glad I have. Such attention to detail and care is put into these videos and it really makes me feel like I got to know these systems.
Five-player Bomberman on the PC Engine, what a great idea! Imagine winning a match at The Cave 🤭 In all seriousness, i really enjoyed seeing this part of the cave. Some really intersting Japanese tech on show.
12:50 The Japanese dialogue here is actually "Even if you listen to the crow, you won't understand. Even if you listen to the sparrow, you won't understand" There's something ironically poetic about this...Anyway, you got the "meow meow meow" part right 😂. And wan/wao is the sound a dog makes in Japanese. Japanese OCR translation still has a long way to go
Somehow I missed this video until today, a week after visiting The Cave. This video certainly is a good companion to seeing the display in person, and I’m glad that I was able to contribute a Famiclone to the display.
Everytime I watch a video from RMC I just want go out and get the items aswell. But some of these gems are so rare and would collect dust on my shelves. I really appreicate the work you have put into creating this museum. I hope I can pop over some time to visit the cave. Greeting from Sweden
The Golden Girls footage over the MSX Nemesis Theme song gave me a smile. The Sharp X68000 is the most handsome system, although I also really love the designs with the gray and green colour scheme featured by the Sharp Twin Famicom and Fujitsu FM Towns, very nostalgic for that era to me.
Neil - "Let's not talk of this ever again..... Mark, do you know where I left that Megadrive Joypad?" Mark - "I don't understand, even if I ask a sparrow"
As a game dev myself I have a soft spot for devkits and tech that lets you develop on it, so that Terradrive is right up my alley, super looking forward to more of it. I also love the Net Yaroze, there's just something extra cool about it, I wonder if they've got one in the collection?
Had a Sega SC-3000H, SF-7000 and plotter which I stupidly sold when the Amiga was released. It was even due to have a modem released for it - not sure if it was. Great video.
Looking at the writing on those green controllers, you're actually holding them upside down (confusing, as that's the way they hang up). The switch on the far left is volume loud or soft, the switch next to that (under tennis) is players 1 or 2, the switch on the right (under hockey) switches between TV signal and the console. Guessing you remembered in reverse
31:50 Most SC-3000 computers were black in color is their overall release. I have a Japanese that is as well. Japan did have white versions and even a red one but these were much more rare. Just thought you'd want to know. Great collection of Japanese systems you have there. Best of luck getting the TeraDrive up and running.
I still want you to find a grey Gameboy that someone has drawn art all over. I know I'm not imagining it but can't find any info on it and not really found any old photos. But I remember there was a craze back in the 90s and an article about it (maybe on Bad Influence) about people making their boring grey Gameboys looks cool with artwork all over them. Never seen any of these for sale on eBay.
One of my flatmates at college had a Super Wild Card. Must have been 1994 or thereabouts. I'd completely forgotten about that device, was highly popular in the house.
Yeah funny that, I'm not a lover of red really at all, but electronics in red I have always like, boom boxes and wlakmans, I believe I had a lovely red Sanyo portable tape player when I was a teen, it was rather expensive, the battery lasted for around a week with a few play throughs and I got it for Christmas, so it was a bit better than average because it was a Christmas present. Thank you for your contribution to retro gaming and your video,,, annnd for reminding me of a fond memory. 😊
Very much appreciate your work Neil. Always drags me back to days when my brother and I would argue over our next investment. He was a computer guy but I was an arcade shill. I never understood his knack of being able to sink in depth to rpg titles. We have our own lives now but these videos remind me of those great times. Thank you for your time..👏
Neil, that's an amazing Japanese system collection as-is, but I have a soft spot for the Motorola 6809 processor, hence I would love to see a Fujitsu FM77 AV.. Japanese 8-bit system with 4096 colors and a genlock.. Dead-sexy too.
Neil, you are giving William Shantner a run for his money on that famicon karaoke. Must say i really like the japanese console garden ( bad reference to Police Squad joke) i llmy school had the yamaha msx and keyboard back in 1984l3 as well
Not a suggestion for a Japanese exhibition, but somewhat related nevertheless: How about a handheld corner - tracing the history of handhelds from the Game & Watch (and Tiger Electronics) and Microvision through the various Gameboys, the Game and and Lynx, and lesser known devices like the Neo Geo Pocket, the Wonderswan or the Sega Nomad? It all could be presented chronologically and end with .... I dunno, a Nintendo Switch? Or Smartphones (which have their own history of games, which will be (and already is) incredibly difficult to preserve) Thanks for all the great content and if I ever make it to the UK and your neck of the woods, I will gladly visit the museum :). Michael
I was living in Hong Kong in the late 80's and we had a Grey NES with the Red Disk Drive, he had quite a few games on disk, I still have the Red Disk Drive but nothing to use it on anymore.
I thank you for your service as Virtual Boy Ambassador. It is such a neat little system, but everyone already "knows" it as "the red gameboy that causes headaches"
An exotic collection, shows what the 70's and 80's produced. I wish I had the money to buy this stuff, no thanks to my meagre allowance. You do a good job as a first time curator. Even though I live in Wales, I'll have to visit some day.
I noticed in the intro that you have a "MGT Sam coupe" I bought one of these when they first came out its a shame it was a failure I thought it would have done better. great video as always.
To answer the question in the title: A Sharp X6800 in black with matching peripherals. It's the most beautiful computer ever made. As for the actual video: That is an AMAZING collection of Japanese hardware! Love the full PC Engine CD setup as well.
I believe that NEC had 3D and RAM upgrade modules planned for the PCFX that would have fitted into the bottom serial connection and the connector inside the trapdoor but because it completely tanked in the face of the PlayStation and Saturn they abandoned the market all together. Don't quote me on this but I'm sure I read an article regarding this somewhere.
I've seen bigger collections of rarer machines, but they often feel kind of soulless. I think you really nailed the charm and the small contextual bits though which turns something from a collection into a *museum*. Well done. I just wish I lived closer so I could come see it :)
I don't learn much but I still enjoyed the video. You said that you love electronics in red cases, well, I can recommand you to search for a Sharp X1. And with a VHD module, you might be surprise by some FMV games.There's also a Pioneer MSX that can be plug on a laser disc (Pioneer Palcom). And another mindblowing NEC PC Engine part is artist tool (it's a combo of trackpad and printer)
I only ever saw the Yamaha MSX computer in the US because some musical instrument stores sold it since it had a low-end DX synthesizer built-in. The X68000 I find interesting because it was really sold as a PC, but just had great graphics and sound, making it good for games too.
Interesting video. I have a question regarding the way you chose to display your collection though. It seems you got some very valueable old items in your museum - why would you store and display them in what looks to be rotting wooden fruit crates? (eg 2:27 )
As lovely as this was (and to be honest I really need to make the short trip from Reading to actually see the place), I was actually quite sad to hear Gary is selling his retro collection. Just glad the Cave was able to make sure an important piece of it made its way to the Cave
I love all of these! They're crazy and zany and impractical and impressive and gorgeous! Had I only the space to house them, or the means to procure them, I'd want one of each.
RE the AVOCADO green controllers on the 1978 KJS TV GAME. In the US in the '70s that horrible color was very popular on cars, appliances like washers and driers, refrigerators, shag carpeting (yech!), etc. Maybe it eventually caught on in Japan, too.
You say you're new to museum curation but it's clear you have a natural understanding of what's important: facilitating learning by telling an engaging story, providing a 'hands on' experience and providing access to more in depth knowledge if people want it. I wish I was closer but I intend to visit soon!
It's exactly this why I love this channel so much. I have seen plenty of other channels and museums. But often it's just a bunch of old stuff dumped in a room. Which is just not as interesting.
I think the main thing is caring about what you are curating and Neil really does.
Sharp X68K will always be my favourite exotic Japanese computer. That thing still looks hi-tech today!
...and the music! its my favorite FM synth music of all, and most games seem to have composers who really gave it their all on the OST, even the porn games lmao. Not to mention all the different MIDI module options. such a great game system and personal computer!
Oh! Dog Policeman! Here's a piece of trivia, Dog Police is the tune that's played when you play Frogger, but later versions of the game, such as the Arcade Archives version, had it removed because some Japanese Toy company got the rights to the song, even though technically it began in the public domain. You can think of it a bit like the Japanese version of how "Happy Birthday" got copyrighted by The Summy Company that only just went back to the public domain in 2015 in the US, and 2017 in the EU.
You should have a PC-88 and maybe even a PC-98 to round out the Japan display.... just an idea.
Good idea. And good opportunity to show off how long 8" floppies were used in Japan.
pc-98 the hentai engine
@@talesofgore9424the adventure and rpg machine.
That bit with The Golden Girls just made me realize just how much I've been missing that show. Might just have me a marathon this weekend.
Thanks for watching, here are lots of links to videos of some of the items seen in more detail which you may enjoy! Neil
● Episode Links
Support The Cave at patreon.com/rmcretro
Visit The Cave: retrocollective.co.uk
Sharp X68000 Pro Review: th-cam.com/video/OepeiBF5Jnk/w-d-xo.html
Testing out the Sharp X68000 Expert: th-cam.com/video/EQWE67jsfOc/w-d-xo.html
Luxury PC Engine in a Monitor: th-cam.com/video/h3hWEzHDxjo/w-d-xo.html
PC Engine Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/0VxAmCYXp_0/w-d-xo.html
FM Towns Car Marty: th-cam.com/video/ya5MoNBWZ04/w-d-xo.html
PCFX Repair: th-cam.com/video/srk4bvRWmdM/w-d-xo.html
Yamaha CX5M Demo: th-cam.com/video/qlu4Lcpq4GM/w-d-xo.html
Amstrad Mega PC Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/6dWb-uw27Yg/w-d-xo.html
Pioneer Laser Active Trash to Treasure: th-cam.com/video/_rvRRCa8Kik/w-d-xo.html
Watching Neil meowing at an old karaoke game, has cheered me up no end!
I laughed so hard I cried. That was great! Oh yeah, I've never been in Karaoke, because I can't sing.
Gotta add that it wasn't Neil's singing that made me laugh, it was the song. It just sounded so funny.
The Twin Famicom you have is a later revision. Besides a slight redesign of the outer shell the only substantial difference is the controllers which have turbo switches. Thus the second version is called the Twin Famicom Turbo, though I don't know if that was ever an official name.
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No, Sharp never officially made a distinction between the first and second revision FC Twins, other than the model number.
Also, leave it to Neil to, not only, have an extremely rare bit of Nintendo kit. But, to, also, have the rarest version of it.
A great tour of a great exhibition. Some real Specials there. As a retro computing geek (which I consider myself) there were a bunch of things I hadn't seen or even heard of, so truly worth a place in a museum. Thank you very much for the interesting and educational tour. Best wishes for you and your Museum and keep up that excellent work.
Ah, the MSX. I was never a fan, I admit. But it has a huge following here in Brazil. The MSX users group is so big that they are the ones who actually put together the retrocomputing events here in Rio and I admit the MSX began to grow on me. I've only used it a couple of times back in the day as there were a few machines available at my BASIC course way back when I was twelve years old, but I always preferred to use one of the few PC XT's or even the TRS-80 clones they also had available. Back in those days I had an Apple II clone (a machine I'm still trying to find) and dad had a spanking new 286 clone. MSX's are somewhat easy to find at a decent price over here. Might get one someday. Good ol' days!
Love the idea for the exhibit! Also - quite liked the talk about letting go of ideas that are better in our own heads, so often true! I'm glad you were able to recognize this, especially now through the lens of your new role. And OF COURSE always lovely to see the exhibits themselves.
Hearing about your thought process and development as a museum curator leaves me with the impression that you're really approaching everything genuinely. Bravo!
Impressive collection indeed, you could have a lookout for the PC-88/98, and computers like the Sharp X1 and Fujitsu FM-7. Those would make it the ultimate collection.
Maybe even the NEC PC 8000
@2:47 Orao! Wow, this brings memories, we had that Croatian 8-bit computer in elementary school, programming in Basic on a green CRT monitor, those were the days! I remember how we had an assignment to make a program that draws numbers (using lines, plot, draw and such commands) and the number we reach will be our grade for the assignment (grades in Croatia go from 1 (fail) up to 5 (the best one)). Me and my mate made a program that drew numbers from 1 to 11 (but we only got one 5 grade, unfair, but better than two 5s and one 1, lol). :)
Don't forget Brazil. The MSX was HUGELY popular here, with machines from two local manufacturers (Gradiente and Epcom/Sharp), and a great number of smaller companies producing a wide assortment of accessories, expansion cartridges and even upgrade kits (from MSX 1 to MSX 2 and eventually 2+).
Nowadays, we still have many people enjoying, or discovering, the MSX, developing software or manufacturing hardware. Myself included.
@12:45 MEOW MEOW MEOW - LMAO great stuff 🤣
12:49 Not only an excellent exhibition of Japanese retro computers, but also my new ringtone ;)
An outstanding episode. Your presentation of these systems was excellent, and is the only way I was ever going to see this exhibit.
Time Life presents RMC GREATEST HITS! Hear Neil sing all the classics including:
* Dog Policeman
* That Took A Bit Longer Than I Expected
...and many more!
Don't delay - call now!
...but seriously Neil, thank you to you and your team for doing the videos and for The Cave!
Just found the channel and I very glad I have. Such attention to detail and care is put into these videos and it really makes me feel like I got to know these systems.
12:49 - I'd say that was about on-par with Techmoan's awesome rendition of "Get Lucky". lol
High praise! Thanks Ash
Five-player Bomberman on the PC Engine, what a great idea! Imagine winning a match at The Cave 🤭
In all seriousness, i really enjoyed seeing this part of the cave. Some really intersting Japanese tech on show.
Our reigning champion ladies and gents
@RMCRetro I can die happy now. Well, not now as in literally now, but eventually.
What a fantastic museum and thank you for the tour! I greatly enjoyed that.
The regular Famicom also has controller storage along the side of the console.
12:50
The Japanese dialogue here is actually "Even if you listen to the crow, you won't understand. Even if you listen to the sparrow, you won't understand"
There's something ironically poetic about this...Anyway, you got the "meow meow meow" part right 😂. And wan/wao is the sound a dog makes in Japanese.
Japanese OCR translation still has a long way to go
Great video. The museum looks fantastic.
This is one cracking exhibit, the video doesn't do it justice. And also seeing a Sega TeraDrive in the flesh is pretty special!
"You probably want to see that Karaoke system don't you?" - Yes Neil. 👍👍
It would be cool to see a complete Sharp X1 system. Those look super awsome! A Sharp MZ-80K might be cool to show off the super retro stuff
I'm glad you've made a virtual tour of this part of the museum for those of us who will unlikely to be able to visit anytime soon.
Somehow I missed this video until today, a week after visiting The Cave. This video certainly is a good companion to seeing the display in person, and I’m glad that I was able to contribute a Famiclone to the display.
Everytime I watch a video from RMC I just want go out and get the items aswell. But some of these gems are so rare and would collect dust on my shelves. I really appreicate the work you have put into creating this museum. I hope I can pop over some time to visit the cave. Greeting from Sweden
The Golden Girls footage over the MSX Nemesis Theme song gave me a smile. The Sharp X68000 is the most handsome system, although I also really love the designs with the gray and green colour scheme featured by the Sharp Twin Famicom and Fujitsu FM Towns, very nostalgic for that era to me.
What a fantastic episode, big fan of the X68000 and FM Town. Thanks for sharing, all of this is priceless.
Your dedication makes my heart smile. Hell of a lot of work.
Sterling job, Neil! Can’t wait to get a mo to pop down west country and visit you guys, hopefully before summer’s out! ❤
LOL the singing bit was gold!😂
Well done Neil. What you’ve turned The Cave into is truly amazing and inspiring.
Neil - "Let's not talk of this ever again..... Mark, do you know where I left that Megadrive Joypad?"
Mark - "I don't understand, even if I ask a sparrow"
Great video! Love the NEC stuff!
As a game dev myself I have a soft spot for devkits and tech that lets you develop on it, so that Terradrive is right up my alley, super looking forward to more of it. I also love the Net Yaroze, there's just something extra cool about it, I wonder if they've got one in the collection?
Had a Sega SC-3000H, SF-7000 and plotter which I stupidly sold when the Amiga was released.
It was even due to have a modem released for it - not sure if it was.
Great video.
Wow, I'm always impressed by you and your museum efforts. I'd replicate what you're doing if I could.
Looking at the writing on those green controllers, you're actually holding them upside down (confusing, as that's the way they hang up). The switch on the far left is volume loud or soft, the switch next to that (under tennis) is players 1 or 2, the switch on the right (under hockey) switches between TV signal and the console. Guessing you remembered in reverse
The museum is amazing but Neil's karaoke singing is epic! 🤣
Thank you for showing me around the museum! I like this style of video.
You do an amazing job! Would love to come and visit sometime. Keep on doing what you do!
Excellent stuff Neil!
Great video Neil!!! Really enjoyed the history and variety of Japanese systems! The Cave truly is a very special place to visit! 👏👏
I love that last IBM/Sega system. Even the keyboard looks cool, despite it's not working!
Currently in bed here battling Covid. That Golden Girls bit nearly finished me off 😂
31:50 Most SC-3000 computers were black in color is their overall release. I have a Japanese that is as well. Japan did have white versions and even a red one but these were much more rare. Just thought you'd want to know.
Great collection of Japanese systems you have there. Best of luck getting the TeraDrive up and running.
I still want you to find a grey Gameboy that someone has drawn art all over. I know I'm not imagining it but can't find any info on it and not really found any old photos. But I remember there was a craze back in the 90s and an article about it (maybe on Bad Influence) about people making their boring grey Gameboys looks cool with artwork all over them. Never seen any of these for sale on eBay.
What a fun episode, loved it!
One of my flatmates at college had a Super Wild Card. Must have been 1994 or thereabouts. I'd completely forgotten about that device, was highly popular in the house.
Super excited to see the more in depth TerraDrive video :)
I have that same Quickshot Maverick joystick you used for a few machines, only i used it for C=64.
I am looking forward to the Sega TeraDrive repair! Hopefully featuring Mark Fondles Stuff
Yeah funny that, I'm not a lover of red really at all, but electronics in red I have always like, boom boxes and wlakmans, I believe I had a lovely red Sanyo portable tape player when I was a teen, it was rather expensive, the battery lasted for around a week with a few play throughs and I got it for Christmas, so it was a bit better than average because it was a Christmas present. Thank you for your contribution to retro gaming and your video,,, annnd for reminding me of a fond memory. 😊
This is such an interesting wacky collection. I'd love to visit the museum!
Hello from Japan. The video was very interesting. Thanks for the great time.
Fantastic video! What you really miss is a Sharp X1 in red. Complete with red monitor.
A beautiful machine, maybe one day
The karaoke demo was worth the price of entry 🤣
You are great, this is amazing. I have always dreamed of organizing my own retro museum!
that nec is such a cool idea, kinda like the look of it actually also love the look of the fujitsu tower so much better then the beige stuff
Very much appreciate your work Neil. Always drags me back to days when my brother and I would argue over our next investment. He was a computer guy but I was an arcade shill. I never understood his knack of being able to sink in depth to rpg titles. We have our own lives now but these videos remind me of those great times. Thank you for your time..👏
Great video,well done and good luck ❤
Jackie Chan like Chuck Norris can sit on whatever shelf they want 😂
Neil, that's an amazing Japanese system collection as-is, but I have a soft spot for the Motorola 6809 processor, hence I would love to see a Fujitsu FM77 AV.. Japanese 8-bit system with 4096 colors and a genlock.. Dead-sexy too.
Neil, you are giving William Shantner a run for his money on that famicon karaoke. Must say i really like the japanese console garden ( bad reference to Police Squad joke) i llmy school had the yamaha msx and keyboard back in 1984l3 as well
Not a suggestion for a Japanese exhibition, but somewhat related nevertheless: How about a handheld corner - tracing the history of handhelds from the Game & Watch (and Tiger Electronics) and Microvision through the various Gameboys, the Game and and Lynx, and lesser known devices like the Neo Geo Pocket, the Wonderswan or the Sega Nomad? It all could be presented chronologically and end with .... I dunno, a Nintendo Switch? Or Smartphones (which have their own history of games, which will be (and already is) incredibly difficult to preserve)
Thanks for all the great content and if I ever make it to the UK and your neck of the woods, I will gladly visit the museum :).
Michael
Karakoke? What we need is a Retroshop Quartet. Neil, Mark, Alex and another vic.. I mean singer, belting out translated Japanese songs! 😁
I was living in Hong Kong in the late 80's and we had a Grey NES with the Red Disk Drive, he had quite a few games on disk, I still have the Red Disk Drive but nothing to use it on anymore.
Very cool 😊
I thank you for your service as Virtual Boy Ambassador. It is such a neat little system, but everyone already "knows" it as "the red gameboy that causes headaches"
An exotic collection, shows what the 70's and 80's produced. I wish I had the money to buy this stuff, no thanks to my meagre allowance. You do a good job as a first time curator. Even though I live in Wales, I'll have to visit some day.
I noticed in the intro that you have a "MGT Sam coupe" I bought one of these when they first came out its a shame it was a failure I thought it would have done better. great video as always.
One of the greatest channel in the whole world, such a shame YT doens't help spread what really matters...
another very inspiring video. thank you!
To answer the question in the title: A Sharp X6800 in black with matching peripherals. It's the most beautiful computer ever made. As for the actual video: That is an AMAZING collection of Japanese hardware! Love the full PC Engine CD setup as well.
Incredible content yet again, thank you.
Thank you Terry
Another great video 😊👍
I believe that NEC had 3D and RAM upgrade modules planned for the PCFX that would have fitted into the bottom serial connection and the connector inside the trapdoor but because it completely tanked in the face of the PlayStation and Saturn they abandoned the market all together. Don't quote me on this but I'm sure I read an article regarding this somewhere.
Great video! Now you gotta pick yourself up a Epoch Super Cassette Vision to round it out!
I used to have one with a copy of “milky princess” but sadly it was a victim of Marks fire 🔥
Fantastic video
8:59 so the disc drive is inoperative?
I remember looking at all the recently-launched MSX machines at the NEC show in Birmingham, January 1985. 😁👍
I've seen bigger collections of rarer machines, but they often feel kind of soulless.
I think you really nailed the charm and the small contextual bits though which turns something from a collection into a *museum*. Well done. I just wish I lived closer so I could come see it :)
I don't learn much but I still enjoyed the video. You said that you love electronics in red cases, well, I can recommand you to search for a Sharp X1. And with a VHD module, you might be surprise by some FMV games.There's also a Pioneer MSX that can be plug on a laser disc (Pioneer Palcom). And another mindblowing NEC PC Engine part is artist tool (it's a combo of trackpad and printer)
I only ever saw the Yamaha MSX computer in the US because some musical instrument stores sold it since it had a low-end DX synthesizer built-in. The X68000 I find interesting because it was really sold as a PC, but just had great graphics and sound, making it good for games too.
Interesting video. I have a question regarding the way you chose to display your collection though.
It seems you got some very valueable old items in your museum - why would you store and display them in what looks to be rotting wooden fruit crates? (eg 2:27 )
If I ever make it to the cave, I'd highly recommend placing that Sharp X68000 setup behind steel bars 😁
As lovely as this was (and to be honest I really need to make the short trip from Reading to actually see the place), I was actually quite sad to hear Gary is selling his retro collection. Just glad the Cave was able to make sure an important piece of it made its way to the Cave
Great video Neil 👌👌
The museum is gorgeous! I really hope it goes well. Do people actually come on a regular basis?
I love all of these! They're crazy and zany and impractical and impressive and gorgeous! Had I only the space to house them, or the means to procure them, I'd want one of each.
RE the AVOCADO green controllers on the 1978 KJS TV GAME. In the US in the '70s that horrible color was very popular on cars, appliances like washers and driers, refrigerators, shag carpeting (yech!), etc. Maybe it eventually caught on in Japan, too.
What an amazing collection!
google lens says the switch on the KJS left of the game selector is Players 1/2 and on the right it says switch between TV and game.
If I get to the UK there's only 2 places I want to visit...
Stonehenge and the RMC cave museum.
Stonehenge isn’t very far away! Hope to see you some day
The Twin Famicom is so slick looking, I'd love to get one some day.