this one was really fun to research. lot of really insane console concepts from back in the day that couldn't have worked 'cause they were ahead of their time
Laughed so hard at 2:36. You could see the gears turning in Matt's head where he would cheer Kinsey on to do that and then admonish her afterwards. Matt is a natural boss.
7:46 my mate used to play wow on a laptop with integrated gfx i remember seeing him literally loving life at 4fps .. literally i square brown no lies 4fps
The Konix multi system was pretty advanced for the time. The hardware was made by the guys that created the Atari Jaguar. It was going to have a recoiling lightgun and a full on hydraulic gaming chair like a temu version of space harrier. Jeff minter wrote a few games for it and it also had an impressive afterburner clone that got recoded and released as blue lightning on the Atari lynx. Its main flaws were lack of memory and games that came on slow 3.5 disks. The chair also overheated and broke at a trade show. It did eventually get released as a joystick for the PC (without the console bit obviously).
The Atari Cosmos would have had a grid of red LEDs that would light up underneath holograms. It wasn't mind-blowing technology. And all its games were built in, swappable only by changing out the hologram cartridge. It's things like this that ultimately killed Atari, they were spending tons of money on things like holographics, video phones, even things like heart defibrillators. They had somewhere between 120 to 180 buildings scattered across Silicon Valley doing all sorts of R&D, and not paying attention to how much money the company was taking in. They were losing something like $2 million a day on all the stuff they were working on, including designing, manufacturing, and then warehousing the Atari 7800 but not getting to the point of releasing it. Everybody carries a piece of Atari in their pockets all across the world. The little holograms on credit cards and driver's licenses? Invented by Atari. Holograms used to be expensive and complicated to make, Atari wanted them for the Cosmos, figured out a new process to make them dirt cheap, and ultimately sold that division off after the game market crash. Now they're everywhere.
the remote control car didnt move b/c of radio signals. when left on, battery powered remote control cars move byitself to remind you to turn it off and save the battery
1. Not every remote control car is designed that way. 2. Most cases where this is true, it is far less often than what theirs was showcased doing. 3. Radio interference causing issues with controls with devices like RC cars has _long_ been documented and is even listed in the paperwork that comes with them as a potential issue
Funny radio signals story, my dad had a radio show a few years back and the station was at the top of a hill with million dollar mansions all around it. The people who routed the cables for a new construction did not use shielded cables for the entire house resulting in those cables getting every signal being put out my the radio station. Also if you're reading this, I hope you have a great weekend.
I wanted a 32X in the 90s as a kid, Neptune or not, until I realized the 32X-specific game selection wasn't really my cup of tea, and then the PS1 came out.
Imagine playing on your console and accidentally jamming police or air control radios. Seriously, 1000ft? Who the hell would entertain this abomination?
I had a sega Neptune as a kid. It looked just like that, had the slot for cartridges as well as the disk tray. We only had some disks and not carts to say if that part functioned. But it was all one piece, not attachments
You should have included the Phantom from Infinium Labs. They legally threatened a tech review /gaming news website, HardOCP over their investigations into the console and the people at Infinium Labs. Kyle from HardOCP filed a counter lawsuit and Infinium Labs settled to get out of a lawsuit that was not going well for them. One of the known early prototype units was destroyed by HardOCP at QuakeCon.
I definitely would've if we hadn't talked about it in a different video already! "The Weirdest Consoles of All time", october 2022 (i don't think it'll let me link). also yo, kamen rider icon?
@@KinseyFromThisIs yeah some Rider 1 (I think, if not Ichigo then it's Nigo). Ah, already mentioned... Yeah it could be an entire video in of itself (especially if you could pull from Wayback Nachine all the articles from Kyle chronicling the saga). Edit found the video th-cam.com/video/sneLZ8Toeaw/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I can't believe the Indrema L600 wasn't mentioned. It was announced in 2000 and was supposed to be made of off the shelf PC parts and ran Linux. It was more than possible to make it, but it never happened.
The Nuon came out, I have two of them. And the entire library, all eight games. I have the tendency to back oddball underdog consoles. There was no Indrema console. It was an "everything but the kitchen sink" type machine, a PC in a console case running Linux and games were open source. But nobody was interested because of the massive hype for the PS2, so it went nowhere.
Im surprised the XGO isn't on this list. It was Kickstarter'd that was successful, but all the sudden, after its completion, was Suspended. Nobody know why it was suspended or if refunds were distributed, but it doesn't exist. Legitimately, it looks like something you get from one of those mall kiasks.
The 32X was a good idea with bad executions. Towards the end of their life span, both Genesis and SNES had games that were $90+. The 32X could help get the prices of those games down, but Sega dropped the ball.
2004: The PHANTOM Linux Gaming Console. I was so Geeked when I read the Announcement article, it looked like Abandonware Almost Instantly I tried to Learn everything I could to make my own out of PC parts, but nothing about the OS was shown
Does anybody remember a commercial for a second sega handheld around 2002. Or did I hallucinate it. I swear I remember it but can’t find any info online.
I remember, back in the early 2000s, on the show "Pulse" on G4, they talked about all digital console called the Phantom. It was the console of my dreams. Now, i barely touch my Series S. Lol
To be fair with the Sega Neptune, it does sort of exist, there are a couple TH-cam vids of people modding their Sega Genesis to be one th-cam.com/video/oz_8-sqxLjs/w-d-xo.html for example
I can't believe you dug up so many obscure consoles and then said NOTHING about them! What a wasted video. stupid jokes and WoW nostalgia instead of mentioning wtf the Panasonic Jungle was actually about. Why?
this one was really fun to research. lot of really insane console concepts from back in the day that couldn't have worked 'cause they were ahead of their time
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Throw stuff on the wall and see what sticks.
Thanks! Appreciate the work!!
The "we need jungle, I'm afraid" sudden bit lmao
Been listening to too much DnB to let that one go without doin something lol
I'm glad the Atari Box is an actual real console and not a scam like the Coleco Chameleon and Intellivision Amico.
Thanks for the jungle edits my dood
🎛️🎚️🎧🎵🎶👨🎤
Laughed so hard at 2:36. You could see the gears turning in Matt's head where he would cheer Kinsey on to do that and then admonish her afterwards. Matt is a natural boss.
7:46 my mate used to play wow on a laptop with integrated gfx i remember seeing him literally loving life at 4fps .. literally i square brown no lies 4fps
The Konix multi system was pretty advanced for the time. The hardware was made by the guys that created the Atari Jaguar. It was going to have a recoiling lightgun and a full on hydraulic gaming chair like a temu version of space harrier.
Jeff minter wrote a few games for it and it also had an impressive afterburner clone that got recoded and released as blue lightning on the Atari lynx.
Its main flaws were lack of memory and games that came on slow 3.5 disks. The chair also overheated and broke at a trade show.
It did eventually get released as a joystick for the PC (without the console bit obviously).
I wanted that KFC gaming PC so bad! STILL DO!
The NEO GEO Arcade Cabinets ran on Beta Tapes and their games were the Creme Brûlée of the day.
The WarmerMaster joke was incredible. I spit my coffee laughing and my cat looked at me like I offended her ancestors.
2:53 Austin sounding like Mermaid man but looks like Barnacle boy 😂
The Atari Cosmos would have had a grid of red LEDs that would light up underneath holograms. It wasn't mind-blowing technology. And all its games were built in, swappable only by changing out the hologram cartridge. It's things like this that ultimately killed Atari, they were spending tons of money on things like holographics, video phones, even things like heart defibrillators. They had somewhere between 120 to 180 buildings scattered across Silicon Valley doing all sorts of R&D, and not paying attention to how much money the company was taking in. They were losing something like $2 million a day on all the stuff they were working on, including designing, manufacturing, and then warehousing the Atari 7800 but not getting to the point of releasing it.
Everybody carries a piece of Atari in their pockets all across the world. The little holograms on credit cards and driver's licenses? Invented by Atari. Holograms used to be expensive and complicated to make, Atari wanted them for the Cosmos, figured out a new process to make them dirt cheap, and ultimately sold that division off after the game market crash. Now they're everywhere.
Lost a few IQ points on this one guys
I’m just gonna say that Bloons didn’t deserve that shade, Austin threw a whole ass tree at BTD 😂
I put so many hours into playing the Ballons games on the Ninja Kiwi site. No regrets
i freaking remember wanting the panasonic jungle back in the day LMFAO it even made an appearance on rob dyrdeks fantasy factory on mtv!!
YESSSSS another one of these lists. I love when Austin and Matt are completely taken off guard by nonsense Kinsey found
the remote control car didnt move b/c of radio signals. when left on, battery powered remote control cars move byitself to remind you to turn it off and save the battery
1. Not every remote control car is designed that way.
2. Most cases where this is true, it is far less often than what theirs was showcased doing.
3. Radio interference causing issues with controls with devices like RC cars has _long_ been documented and is even listed in the paperwork that comes with them as a potential issue
Funny radio signals story, my dad had a radio show a few years back and the station was at the top of a hill with million dollar mansions all around it. The people who routed the cables for a new construction did not use shielded cables for the entire house resulting in those cables getting every signal being put out my the radio station. Also if you're reading this, I hope you have a great weekend.
I wanted a 32X in the 90s as a kid, Neptune or not, until I realized the 32X-specific game selection wasn't really my cup of tea, and then the PS1 came out.
How could you leave out the Infinium Labs Phantom? It was the Amico of the early 2000s.
Imagine playing on your console and accidentally jamming police or air control radios. Seriously, 1000ft? Who the hell would entertain this abomination?
I need Matt's shirt. Such an understated Star Wars reference that I would wear it just to identify other people who could recognize it
I can’t believe Austin just dissed Bloons like that 💀
I had a sega Neptune as a kid. It looked just like that, had the slot for cartridges as well as the disk tray. We only had some disks and not carts to say if that part functioned. But it was all one piece, not attachments
You should have included the Phantom from Infinium Labs. They legally threatened a tech review /gaming news website, HardOCP over their investigations into the console and the people at Infinium Labs.
Kyle from HardOCP filed a counter lawsuit and Infinium Labs settled to get out of a lawsuit that was not going well for them.
One of the known early prototype units was destroyed by HardOCP at QuakeCon.
I definitely would've if we hadn't talked about it in a different video already! "The Weirdest Consoles of All time", october 2022 (i don't think it'll let me link). also yo, kamen rider icon?
@@KinseyFromThisIs yeah some Rider 1 (I think, if not Ichigo then it's Nigo).
Ah, already mentioned... Yeah it could be an entire video in of itself (especially if you could pull from Wayback Nachine all the articles from Kyle chronicling the saga).
Edit found the video
th-cam.com/video/sneLZ8Toeaw/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@EB01 thanks for the suggestion!
11:29 I hear his mother is really proud of him
I can't believe the Indrema L600 wasn't mentioned. It was announced in 2000 and was supposed to be made of off the shelf PC parts and ran Linux. It was more than possible to make it, but it never happened.
No Nuon or Phantom? 🤦🏻♂️
The Nuon came out, I have two of them. And the entire library, all eight games. I have the tendency to back oddball underdog consoles.
There was no Indrema console. It was an "everything but the kitchen sink" type machine, a PC in a console case running Linux and games were open source. But nobody was interested because of the massive hype for the PS2, so it went nowhere.
"Neptune was in retrograde" best joke in a long time, 10/10
Im surprised the XGO isn't on this list. It was Kickstarter'd that was successful, but all the sudden, after its completion, was Suspended. Nobody know why it was suspended or if refunds were distributed, but it doesn't exist. Legitimately, it looks like something you get from one of those mall kiasks.
I know most of thoses weird console but I didn't know many you show in your video, great job guy's... And it's was funny A'F !
Are we sure the new Intellivision isn't owned by Kel-Tec?
I love this episode 😂❤️
You could also have added the razer switchblade. Not really a console, but it looked really nice
Want to see how much they'd hate the razor junglecat controllers.(joysticks all at the top)
04:48 The yoof won't know whats wrong with that VHS tape, but us old heads know...
Lazer disc baby!!!
I can't believe a video dedicated to vaporware consoles didn't include any mentions of the console named-I kid you not-Phantom
The 32X was a good idea with bad executions. Towards the end of their life span, both Genesis and SNES had games that were $90+. The 32X could help get the prices of those games down, but Sega dropped the ball.
This made me wonder what ever happened to the Atari console they tried to bring back like 5 ish years ago?
2004: The PHANTOM Linux Gaming Console.
I was so Geeked when I read the Announcement article, it looked like Abandonware Almost Instantly
I tried to Learn everything I could to make my own out of PC parts, but nothing about the OS was shown
Don't think you know what abandonware means, bud. It's not remotely the same as vaporware. The Phantom was vaporware.
@@AnachronisticGamer Or I could just be throwing Consoles out there that they themselves could have missed: But Thanks for Playing
Is Matt’s shirt a star wars shirt?
Does anybody remember a commercial for a second sega handheld around 2002. Or did I hallucinate it. I swear I remember it but can’t find any info online.
The Konix looked great back in the 80s
What about the PHANTOM console?
What i want is for sony to release a ps2 classic
We need a second part maybe do prototype consoles
i just got api scammed on steam and lost my $1200 inventory but this video plus some fried chicken has made me feel better!
WoW burning crusade era was the GOAT! Unfortunately Blizzard has since ruined WoW
The YT algorithm put a kfc commercial in you break right after the kfc console 😂
Atari 2600 had working wireless controllers.
🌈 The more you know. 🌟
That's no megazoid that's the cats lair from thundercats! :/
DJ Slopes did a video a while back about the Amico, and apparently its going to be mobile only now.
One comment is plenty.
@@Tactical_Hotdog two comments are better.
Intellivision Amico....NFTS????? Oh boy! This console is going To the Moon..........Patrol.
Sounds like don’t going saga vibes add on disk drive
EVERY VILIAN IS LEMONS
I remember, back in the early 2000s, on the show "Pulse" on G4, they talked about all digital console called the Phantom. It was the console of my dreams. Now, i barely touch my Series S. Lol
Am i the only one who noticed fhe french countdown was the respawn in Halo multiplayer
Yeet it! Yeet it! Yeet it! Yeet it!
Thank you for the French trigger warning. I know it's coming and I still almost puked. 😂
Waldo and a snake got a Vlog?
Scams...oh yeah!
jungle is the best EDM.
To be fair with the Sega Neptune, it does sort of exist, there are a couple TH-cam vids of people modding their Sega Genesis to be one
th-cam.com/video/oz_8-sqxLjs/w-d-xo.html for example
This does sound bad..... almost to the level of most things made by Apple themselves.
Oh, TommyT...how the mighty have fallen.
Parden Austins French 🥖
$2100.00 would be about 6K.
Daddy can do no wrong!
I was really enjoying this untill they made me remember that i started out on C64 and im in the uk so Yes had a cassette lmao..Great Vid dudes :-)
Apex dream 😭 more like a nightmare
Clearly y’all never watched Hbomberguy’s video on the oof sound.
i did but i can only convey so much to them through my slideshows 😂
The APEX Console lmao!
The French moment made my ears bleeding 😩
Guys, you forgot to mention PlayStation Potal.
Go, cry yourself to sleep...
☁ Puff Puff Pass ☁
Nfts.... Immitely reddest flag!
7:15 😂🎉💥
😊 jungle bangers
the guy on the right is way too prideful
Soilder boy 😂😂
Mount Hi y'all
Austin is being possess 🤔🤫
A lot of these weren’t scams 🤷🏻♂️
Amico is dead
id rather kick uranus instead😆
For every *LIKE* this comment gets I’ll pluck out *ONE* of my ball hairs!🙀
See how stupid this is...
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You play garbage like fortnite but you want to call world of warcraft bad? lol
I can't believe you dug up so many obscure consoles and then said NOTHING about them! What a wasted video. stupid jokes and WoW nostalgia instead of mentioning wtf the Panasonic Jungle was actually about. Why?
Touch grass
@@stickman019 no u.
@@exidy-yt ok u win
@@stickman019 Respected. Let us be pals.
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Wish you did proper research. Atari radio controllers were a thing they were created and exist
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