The Smallest Nintendo 64 Ever Made
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2020
- The iQue was a refined Nintendo 64 released in China during the early 2000s. This system was a much smaller N64 packing the entire system into a controller the sized of an original Xbox controller. The system itself was fairly impressive even coming out a bit faster than the original N64 console showing that Nintendo has created what is essentially a Nintendo 64 Mini in the past.
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Everyone: "We want the N64 Classic"
China in the 2000's: "Been there, done that"
Also, I wonder if it is possible to flash the firmware and replace the cartridge with an everdrive
Yeah, they should just release a slightly modernized version of the iQue and call it the N64 Classic.
@@GilWanderley i know its possible since in my city they sold those already prehacked.
Except the Que isnt an emulator.
That thing never got popular as people just bought cheaper knock offs.
Translation for the packaging:
iQue
- SoC system level chip
- Free OS update
- Support multiplayer online gaming
- Capable of connecting to the International World Wide Web
* Special accessory sold separately
True 3D
Sank you
@yifu Wang : I don't know about the international part because the Chinese government is big on sensorship and even Westerners in China learn not talk bring up politics.
@LG 96 well just copy the people in the movies
Thanks!
@@numberoneappgames yes you're welcome
Spawn wave: this is a n64 in the size of a n64 controller!
Me: more like *THE DUKE*
It made me think of Dreamcast controllers lol
**DUKE, DUKE, DUKE, DUKE OF.. {siren} Cypress Hill...**
Mistah MegaManFan sawed off shotgun man on the run..
Just a Chinese gamer passing by~ Didn't know the entire console was inside the controller. This was really ahead of its time. Thanks for sharing with us this interesting piece of Nintendo's history lol.
you get the china virus yet?
@@ihatecrackhead 🤦
@@Adonys wanna see something funny?
@@ihatecrackhead Big OOF
@@ihatecrackhead bro don't be disrespectful it's not like all Chinese have the virus :/
"Not a lot of documentation on it"
The entire Verilog and OS source code leaked a couple months ago, along with tons of design documents. While not documented in the traditional way, in some ways it's now the best documented game console.
Yep ;)
Also Wii
the verilog is BIG! I'm assuming you mean for the SOC itself too? Haha I want one!
We need to decap the chip!
Old Liquid we have the source code it’s as good as cracked
Me watching Modern Vintage Gamer: "How about iQue in 2020?"
bUt DUh rAreWaRE GaMEs
What happened to the Nintendo 64 Classic Mini ?
@@shazmosushi As dead as Shin Megami Tensei V
It's basically a plug and play :-)
No!
Except that it’s not an emulator in that controller, and you have to buy all the games. But I guess you could plug it in and play Dr Mario. But ONLY Dr Mario.
Yeah sorta that's probably why this console got past the video game console ban that was in china at the time
@@looeegee YES!
N64 Pro
Honestly, while I'm not a crazy "got get everything" sort of game collector, this is one of those oddball things I've always wanted.
It's also amazing to me that they got the N64 to be a system on a chip in 2003! The GameCube was only 2 years old, and heck, you could still go to a regular department store and buy N64 games in 2003!
I also dig the controller, I wish there was some way to play a regular N64 with it
Nintendo NEEDS to "reuse" this SOC for an upcoming N64 mini!
This is probably more expensive to make than using off the shelf ARM chips, remember, it was all custom hardware (especially the GPU part)
Not neccesarrilly. Because the cheap weaker ARM stuff can't do N64 emulation without a lot of glitches.
@@badwrongfun5541 But they can pick their Wii Mini's($99 at time, with Wii Remote+Nunchuk included) and fill it with N64 Virtual Console games in a new cute shell. They perform great in comparison to open source N64 emulation on cheap ARM chipset.
The problem:
It isn't manifacturerd anymore
It'll be a Raspberry Pie inside a N64 mini shell, with their own roms costs them $30.00 to make but will sell for $129.99.
3:34 They picked the WEIRDEST screenshots for the back.
They picked the best
Wasn't allowed in china to play: made in china
@@jamiem2494 Sony does copy Nintendo 🤣 Even the PlayStation name was just Nintendo Play Station without the blank space between Play and Station.
@@linkthehero8431 even if that's the case. Who actually cares?
Best not tell these true fans there are several Sony chips inside most Nintendo boxes. May break their little hearts. ;)
@@linkthehero8431 that's kind of an idealized version of what actually happened. Sony retained the name that they and Nintendo agreed upon. "Playstation", both in name and effect is a permanent slap in the face to Nintendo and a reminder of whats possibly Nintendo's biggest failure.
Nintendo is finally making a comeback now, but they've been a joke for a long time.
@@sagaciousassessor6237 Nintendo a joke for a long time?, where?
The stick isn’t beat up because kids didn’t beat it to death playing Mario Party
So that's what it was .
Yep I didn’t have that problem but apparently it got crazy with the sticks
I still have that jesus 64 scar in the palm of my hand.
Wake me up when you find the largest Nintendo 64 Ever Made
I'm still waiting for a N128 with big-ass cartridges bigger than Neo Geo cartridges.
Pretty sure that was the Pikachu edition.
It was slightly larger than a standard N64
The SGI Onyx? Good luck.
The Pokemon Snap kiosk?
The developer N64 is if you class that... It's like 5 n64 stacked on top of each other
They managed to integrate the CPU, the RDP and the RSP in one chip. That's really impressive.
It apparently is possible to inject different games into the system. Look up "iQueBrew". Hoping to get one of these so I can test it out myself.
Oof! I am going to look at this!
I’ve had this video in my Watch Later and I’m just watching it now but I just looked up the iQue on eBay and checked out iQue Brew so thank you for this cuz I might have to get an iQue system now, only thing stopping me is the resell pricing is a lil too much for my liking lol
What about officially released games, meaning not injecting a ROM into one of the demos, assuming the files are out there? There's no other way to get them since the store is shut down.
@@tyisafk As far as I know, all of the stock ROMs have been dumped. But I think they're also identical to the retail cart versions.
imagine Nintendo choosing to finally make N64 Classic, and using same or even better technology as iQue used and then just having a better n64 thanks to this
And maybe release upgraded versions of many games!
Daddytastyd101 lol you wish
@@sccanj If it wasn't for nintendo the playstation would had actually never exist in the first place.
kurokoro 28 If it wasn’t for Nintendo being a dick Playstation wouldn’t exist.*
@@redenginner Playstation wanted nearly all the profits generated from their addon, yet nintendo is the dick?
So this was the original Nintendo mini console?
Even better
I bet they bring it back! I'd sure get one
No. The NES had a mini version that was a toploader. The SNES also had a smaller version in 1997.
@@Therealguymins i thik those counts as "revisions"
@@Therealguymins Not that type of Mini console, He means the Mini console that has games preinstalled, unless you’re joking.
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Nintendo in 2001:
3:35 The bottom of the box says: hundreds of games coming soon...
Imagine if the N64 controller looked like that.
It would be so much better in my opinion
There was a 3rd party that was pretty close and highly sought after
It would horrible in my opinion.
I got myself a third party controller to play my emulated N64 games, it's called the hyperkin admiral, it doesn't have rumble which sucks and the dpads abit shit but it is a Bluetooth controller, awesome to play N64 games on, best part is the z button is on both shoulders so you can use either one to suit what ever game your playing.
I wish it was a third party controller for the N64
I hope someday we can get that SOC so we can make that mini64
In fact it's weird that they didn't made knockoffs out of this.
Well the thing is that no1 ever tought of makeing a colne is the NEC SOC so that's why u will only find famiclones insted of n64 clones
It's too weird
Can you imagine if this was what actually came out in 1996 as opposed to the original N64 hardware?
I would not have change the results in that console war. A bit less slowdown in certain games, but speed was never the biggest criticism of the N64. It was the storage capacity, and the small texture cache that forces to have blurry textures everywhere.
It couldn’t have the power because this came out two years AFTER the game cube.
@@eduardoalvarez2497 Thee biggest downfall of the N64 was Nintendos insistence on using cartridges like a bunch of cavemen.
@@G-Mastah-Fash thats what I mean by storage.
This is why it is fully possible that we could see an N64 classic at some point....
If Nintendo doesn't make a n64 classic they don't give a shit about fans
Doubt it. Hardware is too expensive and pointless. Look up MVG
Mario 64, Ocerina of time and Smash Bros alone make it worth 70 to 80 bucks
Tyler Hughes Maybe Nintendo could finally localize the original Animal Forest for US and UK fans, as a special bonus
@@callumcc8897that just flat out isn't true. It wouldn't be that expensive to make another emulator console, putting files on a mini n64 isn't going to be that expensive they just don't know if they'll make a huge profit
that cartridge is so nice... The cartridge slot on the N64 is HUGE meanwhile this one literally blends into the design
Scott the Woz forgot this in his plug in play video last week 😂
It is not realy a plug and play
@@kyugiyeneku1803 well technically it is you plug it into the tv and the power outlet and there you go. it meets the criteria for a plug and play system.
@@kyugiyeneku1803 it is
Concidering the system only has one game and that is Dr. Mario I beleve you would want to get more games like mario 64 or kart 64 soo it is a plug&play and a half
Apple: we're proud to introduce the iQue for only $8,999!
🤣🤣🤣
True
This barely makes any sense
@@brandon_nope Apples stuff is expensive thats the joke.
@@sonicfan101sonic6 that makes no sense, I don't disagree but that makes no sense
How the hell could you take off that heat spreader you know how rare these consoles are? You have balls of steel bro.
Great video. Thanks Spawn Wave!!!
Great upload learned a lot about this elusive console 👍🏻
Love your channel man , keep up the good work.
So we are basically looking at the N64 mini??? My speculation
Oh you later discuss this at the end
This is really cool, thanks for sharing ! 😄
Great video and info never knew this
Awesome TechWave video Jon(SW).
This is really neat I want one lol.
I can't see no reason why Nintendo can't do an N64 Mini in the near future.
Spawn Wave: “I can’t read Chinese.”
Google Translate: “Is your internet down?”
How is he supposed to put a box into Google Translate?
@@Schwarzorn Google Translate has AR features. Your phone camera can scan the text and translate it in real time
Lagoster
Oh! I’ve never noticed that option before.
However, I feel like machine translation of Chinese to English is probably as unintelligible as Japanese to English. Haha.
@@Schwarzorn I mean you usually can get the gist of what it was saying after translating
@@ve6009 Or so you think... Even PROFESSIONAL translations are often plagued with translations that end up saying the opposite of what was written in Chinese. But SOMETIMES Google Translate can suffice, yes. I just know I can only really use it to find specific sentences, so I can then translate it by hand.
The system looks just like a Duke controller from the original Xbox.
Thank you for making this video.
Glad to see you showcasing the iQue, it's such a bizarre piece of gaming history.
So in conclusion, there is no modding community for the ique. Right? I mean if there was ppl would be porting n64 rooms to this sistem and probably upgrading it to hdmi like the ultra 64 is doing.
I don't think so
There were actually two models of the iQue. One has the mini-USB cable and the support built-in to connect to iQue servers to download the game you'd want after purchasing it. Apparently there is a small scene, but given it can be a complete crapshoot, it's basically not worth picking one up to do it.
What about these Chinese roms? Have they ever been "dumped"?
Well one of the part is wrong one is right
Softwere kodas are a thing for like 2 years now hardwere mods not so mouch
@@WedgeStratos There is only one model. The difference in usb support is from firmware versions and you can actually update the non usb compatible ones by sticking the memory card into a usb compatible one and updating it.
looks like the Xbox "duke" controller
From where the hell u got all the ideas!!
Man u r the best
How much did you get this for, and how long ago? I have been searching for this console for almost 5 years now, and I can't believe that you found one with so many games loaded onto it! Any suggestions for finding one like that?
If you ever do a techwave on the evercade it'll be interesting to see how you get it open because I don't see any screws on my evercade. Maybe it is using clips?
How did you get your hands on one of these?! They are freaking expensive now! I wish I would have bought one when I heard of it back in 2010.
That homemade tool is great for taking out the top to get into the chip. Worked for the ps3 and it worked again on this.
I played my N64 without a heatsink for years and hours of gameplay and it was totally fine. I actually lost the heat sink because I was working on it for a while and after I used it for a whole 3 years without it I chopped up an existing heat sink and used it on the N64 just in case!
The RF shield alone provided a fair amount of surface area, with the heatsink piece acting as a bit of an extension to it.
@@nitrax8629 Yeah I had the RF shield on because I was paranoid! What ended up happening was when I touched the chips while in oot after about an hour or 2 in the fire temple, they were warm not hot to the touch so I didn't worry about it because I wasn't gonna play n64 for more than 3 hours. I left it on overnight to see the result and it was still not hot. The shielding was warm. Overall I think the n64 doesn't really need the heatsink unless you are overclocking!
Very cool! Didn't even know iQue was a thing.
I had no idea this existed and it's so fascinating.
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Yes, that "SoC" means system-on-chip in that line. Also, this was released before the console-ban in China (there was official PlayStation 2 in China as well). iQue (the company) was able to release DS and 3DS in China during the console ban for some reason though, but they are just modified DS/3DS systems, not like iQue. There were multiple accessories released for iQue as well, one of being the "controller-only" version of this controller-console hybrid designed for local multiplayer, and a box for four -player multiplayer capability.
I thought the iQue existed because of the console ban, and that the fact that the whole system existed within the controller circumvented said ban, as it would be classified as a portable rather than a home console
and also the iQue was released after the ban in 2003 (the ban started in 2000). Sony on the other hand tried to position the ps2 as a "computer entertainment system" and planned to release the ps2 in 2003, China quickly responded by banning sales and advertising. Eventually in 2004 the ps2 did see a release in china however only 10 games ever got released during it's lifespan. The history of video games in China is indeed very interesting. South Korea also has a pretty interesting ban on Japanese game consoles where Samsung & Hyundai would release versions of Sega & Nintendo consoles. And the of course you have the Dendy in Russia (another Famiclone)
Was there only online multiplayer and no local? Or would you use the small usb port to link controllers?
Very interesting video thanks. It would have been great to see you playing the actual console plugged in and connected to a TV. And it appears that a real drawback to this form-factor for modern-day use is lack of multiplayer (I assume).
iQue didn't get as many game releases though.
Only 14 games from what I see.
All the essentials pretty much
@@sonicfan101sonic6 Shut it, Sony, Xbox and Nintendo are as good as eachother.
@@sonicfan101sonic6 Why?
@@sonicfan101sonic6 😂😂 iQue is nintedo
Very good dude. An awesome teacher.
I always thought it was weird how the Ique looked pretty close to the Dreamcast controller shape
Love the background color 👌
I played golden eye again with a few friends the other day. Most fun I've had playing a game in a hot minute. Proximity mines make the multiplayer matches both funny and extremely frustrating lol
What does that have to do with the ique player
This is my favorite outro music of all the usuals. Does anybody have any info about that music? Thanks!
I did not know about the higher RAM or clock speed. That's very interesting
It was a speedruning machine for OOT cuz it gave a 1min advaintige but since one glitch bricks iQue Player and so the system has been phased out
Love a good Techwave
“How the system looked”? Definitely one of the best looking consoles.
I'm actually jealous of this. I'm sure that someone could modify it to play N64 games directly and remove the obsolete kiosk port. This controller kind of reminds me of the modern "Brawler" third party N64 controller. I have heard of this console device a few times in the past and I had assumed it was a typical Chinese knockoff with Super Mario Bros and a bunch of other Nes games on it. This was incredible to hear that it was an official Nintendo product that was a miniature N64.
love the pink backdrop
It looks like a dreamcast controller to me. Stick placement and shape, and also you put the "memory card" in the top.
What is that Samsung chip to the left of the SOC? I tried to google the info on it, and found nothing useful. Almost looks like a DDR ram chip. If they did move to DDR for the iCue, might be why it has such a limited game library.
I remember this thing! It’s pretty cool!
The Chinese will never know the struggle of blowing dust off the cartridge
Nah they have famiclones
Tbh u could get the same effect after leaving from a Kiosk
Def need an update to this video when you find a way to mod it!!
I remember the whole project reality with Silicon graphics, the fish and the train demo...everything. Anyone else?
I don't remember those. But I do remember wave race 64 being a weird mix of F-Zero meets racing on Venice Italy. It was totally different to the jetski game that was finally released.
I was wondering which N64 was the smallest ever. Thank you.
I've been wondering when you would get to this one
Now
Looks like a Polycom with colorful buttons.
I wish a way to upload roms to this thing would be found. It'd be great :)
Disassembling and Reassembling classic tech always stresses me out
I have one. Was hard to use getting games, so never got into it. Used an old laptop adapter for mine.
And mine got warm... could’ve been the adapter I guess, but others had the same thing happen.
If this gets hacked, this Controller could be a Portable N64 Makers dream come true!
always wanted to see the actual ique design and it look good now and back in 2003.
You can read "ique" in Spanish as "y qué?", meaning "So what?"
no you can't.
@@Hyperlink1337 yes you can, shut up lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣
So I guess the N64 mini already exists. Also looks more comfortable to hold in your hands than the original N64 controller.
We can actually hack games on it now, which is nice
Great episode, even better shirt.
I have this in the original packaging as well
The cut to b-roll at 4:17, was that intentional?
Hey spawn, just wanted to note: you talked about "hoping someone hacked it" and I just wanted to say, it was hacked back in 2018 :)
You can load normal n64 games on it, with some caveats (either games need patches or you need to use my OS hack which makes most games run just fine). Some games have other issues (OoT doesn't boot because it has issues with how it checks memory, for example)
Nintendo 64 Mini Confirmed !!!
What about the iQue Gameboys? On a search on eBay for iQue’s I found quite a few Gameboys. Are these special in any way?
No iQue Player was the only unique one
This thing would be amazing to build a handheld n64
That soc could definitely fit in a mini N64 shell. Nintendo should use this to make the N64 classic
I’m pretty sure that’s illegal
Well the thing is that wat would be Pia to make
Reminds me of those n64 controllers that were in hotel rooms back in the day. Probably the same idea.
When you rewind the video like four times in a row and your GPS keeps chiming in right at that moment where he says something weird you're trying to hear, frick
terrific video!
Do you think one of these could be used to make something similar to the PiiWii or G-Boy?
Why no link to the shirt you're wearing?? I need one.
I had this when I lived in China, played so much Animal Kingdom in it
I have one. It's my understanding that there is only one game on them by default. I've had it for years, but I don't have an american power adapter to power it on. Anyone know what I might need?
how do you play golden eye or perfect dark
Dam, seeing how small this is makes me hope that Nintendo make and release an N64 mini console like how they made one for the NES and SNES
You should do opne of those hotel N64 systems and see if it has similar internals.
I am surprised it wasn't hacked yet, but I guess that is only because not many people have one or know about it. I certainly haven't heard of it until now. I am sure it is definitely hackable to run all the games, or most.
Nice and compact, easy to hide behind the TV when Red Guards come knocking on your door.
With all the N64 hardware documentation being found in the iQue leak, proving that Nintendo still has all schematics and whatnot to make another, modern N64 SoC, the chances are pretty high that they'd do it for an N64 Mini. It certainly would help for power usage since the SoC alone should only draw a couple of watts, if not less than a Watt. =P