The euro versions likely have buttons with symbols becouse of the language barriers so they only have to reprint the manual and not the actual cartridge itself also in German and you pronounced the German surprisingly well!
..... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@@DaisythedragonpuppeteerOSC I don't recall if it's from DankPods, as it honestly might've been on here, I watch so much content I can't recall Either way, I'm pretty sure it's the name of a more recent knockoff Gameboy emulation system. After all, those always have the highest quality translations and product names! 😎
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
I love how you're a total dork and at the same time a walking encyclopedia of technical knowledge. I have another one of those best mani thingies I could send you if you'd like.
...... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
I don't feel old knowing that this thing is nearly 50 years old. I feel old knowing that Stuart Ashen from Ashens covered the Microvision _over a decade ago on TH-cam._ It only feels like last year!
It's the magic of ashens: any of his videos can be both from a decade ago, or from last week, and they would look and feel identical. Man's an unrivalled champion of content consistency.
Fun fact about this thing, the devs of Alien Isolation totally used it as a data pad for the androids in the game. I saw one pull one of these out and I'm like- hang on, I saw this on Ashens and now James Channel.
I love it when they just grab some random object instead of making a prop. I was watching Legends of Tomorrow and they pulled out some remote control thing, and I look at it and go wait that's a Reddragon gaming mouse... I'll bet they just grabbed it off one of the animator's desks lol.
@@Lizlodude For movies n' shows it makes a lot of sense since they can shortcut a lot of having to fab something from scratch. I think the PKE meter from Ghostbusters was based off a brush or something like that. I've seen really old laptop coolers used as props on walls in the Expanse. It's super neat. But for this? They had to totally make it from scratch since it's all 3D. But also- they had to know what they were doing, Alien was made around the time of the Microvision - near enough anyway. So I feel like they picked it because- it just fit.
Milton Bradley (Hasbro) during the 70s had a shady deal with Ireland where labour for making toys such as board games and that electronic block game was most likely manufactured by women in laundries. That might seem innocent on the surface but a lot of companies leased out laundries at that time since women there were essentially prisoners that could be used for slave labour. Really dark shit. That went on until the 1990s if you can believe it.
Another little detail about the European buttons is that seem to be universal when it comes to languages. So the same console could be sold to multiple regions without having to change the language on the buttons. Probably cheaper to do it like that and just print the instructions in the manual than the logistical nightmare of having 20 different kind of language prints variants.
It has that early youtube vibe, someone creating content not to make money but because they geniunely enjoy what theyre doing and want other people to learn about their hobby too
I think you'd make great old nintendo console/handheld repair videos. It's very hard to figure out exactly what's wrong with my stuff when I don't know anything about the insides of electronics, and you make it sound so simple and easy!
I had one, including that cartridge, it was awesome to play on the bus in the morning. The press buttons wore out over time. I probably have mine still somewhere around here, but the liquid screen is bleed toast from freezing and time. I also have or had a Merlin, Simon, the green Football better version of the football game, and an LED basketball game. The Merlin is hanging on my wall as art.
i actually have my dad's microvision still, only have the eu shooting star for anyone curious: you can bring back the dual battery setup if you cut the trace making them run in parallel so you can have them run seperately, you just need to solder new wires to your input, you wont have the explosive battery issue, just make sure you add a 9 volt capable power distributer so you dont blow anything in the og board
Sadly, Macrovision isn't anything cool, but instead is an ancient copy protection 😕 Interestingly, Macrovision Corporation became Rovi Corporation, which then bought TiVo Inc (in 2016) and rebranded as TiVo Corporation.
.... Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
You know, I love little puzzle games. I could see myself playing Lights for hours on this thing. Love that game and this is a version I've never seen before.
@@Games_for_James "in einem (See-)Gefecht gegen einen" actually is really good. Most people struggle with "ch" much more. I'd say many words are at least understandable. You earned yourself some Sauerkraut-points.
I doubt the 9V batteries in Parallel was a concern back then. Almont all 9V batteries in the 70s and 80s were Zinc-Carbon batteries with very low capacity. It's more of a problem when using modern Alkaline batteries with many times the output current of older batteries.
The European ones might actually may have been manufactured in my home county of Waterford, Ireland! There was a Milton Bradley plant on the outskirts of Waterford City that made games, which was eventually taken over by Hasbro, then Cartamundi before closing.
There's an old flash game called vintage game shop (developed by Dr. Ludos), where you act as a pawn shop owner who buys old video games and you try to collect them all. I've sunk hours into this over multiple play throughs, and THIS IS IN THAT GAME!!!
Merlin The Electronic Wizard was one of those LED games, but it actually had like 12 games programmed in! My dad had one, and I had a lot of fun with it even though I owned a GBA. If I remember correctly, it also had like 1000% profit rate because, while it was very well made, the parts were dirt cheap. Edit: Oh hey, you brought it up!
Those games are very Sophisticated. I don't think children would of enjoyed those games back then. I remember I had a Cheap game like this, with 10 games in 1. Brick car racing, etc. I can't remember the name tho.
I've never heard of this thing before, I love story time and hands on with ol' mate James. Also, thank you so much for adding an early access tier.... sign me up!
I know that according to John Elder Robinson's memoir, the Microvision was having 60% of units returned as defective during the 1979 holiday season because neither the units nor the factories had any ESD protection, so you could easily destroy your unit just by swapping games. Not sure how they got that through quality control.
.... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
I’ve got one of these in my loft along with about 12 games. My recollection is that the original games had plastic buttons but the repeated pressing meant they eventually snapped off. Later games had a thin plastic membrane instead… I bought mine in the UK and I have both types. The early ones were buttons later ones membrane. Need to go find it and see if it still works 😁
I remember first seeing this thing on the Ashens channel 11years ago. Still blows my mind that this thing was made a full decade before the DMG Gameboy
Oh a french youtuber talked about those on his show called "hard corner" a few years ago ! They're very rarely talked about, it might be a rare knowledge only shared between living encyclopedia about gaming lol
I had one and took it to middle school every day that year. I was playing the Block Buster game before the start of a class, teacher told me to shut it off, I got it into a diagonal loop of the cursor and put it inside my desk. Halfway through class it jumped out of the loop and the loud buzz of "dying" filled the class. I got a dirty look from the teacher. I was more worried about the high score I was working on.
My friends over in liechardt Sydney, have used their nes since their grandparents got it for their parents . We play this weird bomber worm game on it from time to time
....... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
It would be fun if a modern console came with physical screen art overlay. Don’t know why or how, but if every physical switch game came with a custom art boarder to stick on the front that would be fun.
Even though it's in the same category as what you said in the beginning, I would've thought of Merlin from Parker Brothers as an earlier portable game system.
I've played that (American) football game, or a variant of it... I think the one I played had the field oriented vertically? Even if not, definitely had more LEDs. I would've played it around 1990 though (+/- a year), as it was at my aunt and uncle's. They never had kids and only had it as something they picked up at a garage/yard sale with the intent to resell it at their collectable store _(see: mainly antiques)_ 😅
I had this and loved it! Those membrane keys were HORRIBLE and the matrix display became dodgy after some time, with entire rows or columns vanishing. Still, I thought it was the most futuristic sci-fi toy ever!
I like to imagine that james is making all of his videos on Tonys car hood.
wait, it's not?
*trunk, or actually, it's Australia: *boot... No hold on, it a front boot: *froot
The only problem is we don't hear Wade screaming in the background.
I wanna see episode like that now
@@watsgoinonhere1 What did you call me? 😠 😂
The euro versions likely have buttons with symbols becouse of the language barriers so they only have to reprint the manual and not the actual cartridge itself also in German and you pronounced the German surprisingly well!
I agree! Certainly more intelligable than a lot of german characters in tv shows
Uhm
Bratwurst
guter versuch@@Sharkwedge
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Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Nothing’s better than the “Interchangeable Game Child”! Nothing can replace its glory!
Interchangeable Game Child saved my city, thank you Interchangeable Game Childe. God Bless.
I mean, no. But everything has a place and the Game Child is in its.
Dankpods reference?
@@Skona99 the Interchangeable Game Child filled the Interchangeable Game Child shaped hole in my heart! thank you Interchangeable Game Child!
@@DaisythedragonpuppeteerOSC I don't recall if it's from DankPods, as it honestly might've been on here, I watch so much content I can't recall
Either way, I'm pretty sure it's the name of a more recent knockoff Gameboy emulation system. After all, those always have the highest quality translations and product names! 😎
i love that theirs a little history, a little show and tell, a little repair and some gameplay. one of the best classic games channels on youtube
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I love how you're a total dork and at the same time a walking encyclopedia of technical knowledge. I have another one of those best mani thingies I could send you if you'd like.
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Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I don't feel old knowing that this thing is nearly 50 years old.
I feel old knowing that Stuart Ashen from Ashens covered the Microvision _over a decade ago on TH-cam._ It only feels like last year!
It's the magic of ashens: any of his videos can be both from a decade ago, or from last week, and they would look and feel identical.
Man's an unrivalled champion of content consistency.
I still remember when he saw it takes 2 9v batteries he said that's enough to power the entire Croatia lol
I'm 29, I remember that video too. Man I feel old now.
@@JeanMarceaux The brown couch is *forever*
"For gameplay see back" *turns over to completely blank box* was honestly hilarious
I bet it was one of the European releases. A US release from a US company would have more integrated packaging.
Fun fact about this thing, the devs of Alien Isolation totally used it as a data pad for the androids in the game. I saw one pull one of these out and I'm like- hang on, I saw this on Ashens and now James Channel.
I love it when they just grab some random object instead of making a prop. I was watching Legends of Tomorrow and they pulled out some remote control thing, and I look at it and go wait that's a Reddragon gaming mouse... I'll bet they just grabbed it off one of the animator's desks lol.
@@Lizlodude For movies n' shows it makes a lot of sense since they can shortcut a lot of having to fab something from scratch. I think the PKE meter from Ghostbusters was based off a brush or something like that. I've seen really old laptop coolers used as props on walls in the Expanse.
It's super neat.
But for this? They had to totally make it from scratch since it's all 3D. But also- they had to know what they were doing, Alien was made around the time of the Microvision - near enough anyway. So I feel like they picked it because- it just fit.
The empire strikes back ice cream maker though@@Lizlodude
Milton Bradley (Hasbro) during the 70s had a shady deal with Ireland where labour for making toys such as board games and that electronic block game was most likely manufactured by women in laundries. That might seem innocent on the surface but a lot of companies leased out laundries at that time since women there were essentially prisoners that could be used for slave labour. Really dark shit. That went on until the 1990s if you can believe it.
Was hoping someone else brough this up
Balls: 2
Speed: lots
Paddle: yes
go
…ew
A Saturday night for you, huh?
I love when you take apart stuff and fix it! It’s always an exciting adventure!
When life has no meaning, our dear James uploads again. Rejoice!
Praise be the blessed anglegrinder and our savior lord Hot glue
corny as heck
@@CatacombsBCwho gives a damn man let us have fun
7:44 Yes! I'm famous now! 😊
Ask Wade to say AUSTAUSCHBARE CASSETTE sometime. That might be more fun than the games lol
Knowing Wade, he might accidentally summon a demon while trying to say that. 🤣
Another little detail about the European buttons is that seem to be universal when it comes to languages.
So the same console could be sold to multiple regions without having to change the language on the buttons. Probably cheaper to do it like that and just print the instructions in the manual than the logistical nightmare of having 20 different kind of language prints variants.
You know James this channel has quickly became one of my favourites on TH-cam.
It has that early youtube vibe, someone creating content not to make money but because they geniunely enjoy what theyre doing and want other people to learn about their hobby too
@@ozan1234561 i gotta agree with you in my apinon dankpods has the same vibe as well wich is why i like them both so much
ive been watching this dudes videos lately and i love how he doesn't care and just demolishes devices for his own lol
I think you'd make great old nintendo console/handheld repair videos. It's very hard to figure out exactly what's wrong with my stuff when I don't know anything about the insides of electronics, and you make it sound so simple and easy!
I had one, including that cartridge, it was awesome to play on the bus in the morning.
The press buttons wore out over time.
I probably have mine still somewhere around here, but the liquid screen is bleed toast from freezing and time.
I also have or had a Merlin, Simon, the green Football better version of the football game, and an LED basketball game. The Merlin is hanging on my wall as art.
i actually have my dad's microvision still, only have the eu shooting star
for anyone curious: you can bring back the dual battery setup if you cut the trace making them run in parallel so you can have them run seperately, you just need to solder new wires to your input, you wont have the explosive battery issue, just make sure you add a 9 volt capable power distributer so you dont blow anything in the og board
Microvision is such a cool sounding name
Yes
Like Colecovision or Intellivision
Sadly, Macrovision isn't anything cool, but instead is an ancient copy protection 😕
Interestingly, Macrovision Corporation became Rovi Corporation, which then bought TiVo Inc (in 2016) and rebranded as TiVo Corporation.
Bro got the Xbox 360 profile picture
They call it that because the screen is so tiny, you need excellent eyesight to be able to play it properly.
13:09 Holy shit, memory unlocked. I had a Merlin when I was little, but totally forgot it existed.
And I still love the case design.
honestly the beepy bloopy ol' gaming sounds with rain in the background is a mood
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Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Ahhhhh you showed a Merlin!! Love your vids. So much good info. And random chaos, too.
There's a surprising amount of German showing up both here and on DankPods. How is that? You guys are literally on the other side of the planet!
You know, I love little puzzle games. I could see myself playing Lights for hours on this thing. Love that game and this is a version I've never seen before.
As a german, witnessing James trying to read the german manual is something i didn't know I needed today :D
Did I get ANY words close?
@@Games_for_James "in einem (See-)Gefecht gegen einen" actually is really good. Most people struggle with "ch" much more. I'd say many words are at least understandable. You earned yourself some Sauerkraut-points.
Haha awesome. I did learn german at school between grade 4 and 7. I can count and that’s about it though lol
The Microvision is surprisingly affordable to collect nowadays - I got mine complete in box a couple months ago!
Oh geez, I had one of those as a kid. (As well as all those Mattel sports LED games.)
Thats so cool! Im super interested with this type of old tech
I doubt the 9V batteries in Parallel was a concern back then. Almont all 9V batteries in the 70s and 80s were Zinc-Carbon batteries with very low capacity. It's more of a problem when using modern Alkaline batteries with many times the output current of older batteries.
1:10 They did that with the idea that Americans would eat food and play at the same time and jam the buttons
That baseball game unlocked a core memory of grandma's house.
Oh how i appriciate all the fine people out there keeping new old stock around
10:33 Microvision, you need glasses to play that tiny thing.
And not even regular eyeglasses, you need super-powered magnifying glasses.
"It has a knob to fiddle with!" Might be the best quote from this channel so far
Finally, the GameFetus
The European ones might actually may have been manufactured in my home county of Waterford, Ireland! There was a Milton Bradley plant on the outskirts of Waterford City that made games, which was eventually taken over by Hasbro, then Cartamundi before closing.
There's an old flash game called vintage game shop (developed by Dr. Ludos), where you act as a pawn shop owner who buys old video games and you try to collect them all. I've sunk hours into this over multiple play throughs, and THIS IS IN THAT GAME!!!
I've never heard of the Microvision before, and somehow the biggest revelation to me is that Anchors Aweigh has lyrics.
4:13 I love playing with my knob
Lmfao🤣
2:55 because a singular diode was just too much to bear in cost
Merlin The Electronic Wizard was one of those LED games, but it actually had like 12 games programmed in! My dad had one, and I had a lot of fun with it even though I owned a GBA. If I remember correctly, it also had like 1000% profit rate because, while it was very well made, the parts were dirt cheap.
Edit: Oh hey, you brought it up!
Had one of these when it came out. Absolutely loved it!
Those games are very Sophisticated. I don't think children would of enjoyed those games back then. I remember I had a Cheap game like this, with 10 games in 1. Brick car racing, etc. I can't remember the name tho.
I've never heard of this thing before, I love story time and hands on with ol' mate James. Also, thank you so much for adding an early access tier.... sign me up!
Back when video game graphics were so simple that they just gave you a bunch of monochrome pixels and left everything else to your imagination!
I know that according to John Elder Robinson's memoir, the Microvision was having 60% of units returned as defective during the 1979 holiday season because neither the units nor the factories had any ESD protection, so you could easily destroy your unit just by swapping games. Not sure how they got that through quality control.
I too love fiddling with my knob!
I inherited one of these from my uncle Jeff. I used to play with this in the car on road trips. Then I got a Gameboy and everything changed.
What a amazing device! This is the first time hearing for it.
Dude your collection is way more diverse than I would ever collect for. I'm basic. I really wouldn't bother collecting for anything pre-crash of '83.
OHHHHHHHHH YESSSS. OLE MATE TARGETED. I can't believe I didn't know about this sooner.
This is… actually pretty advanced for it‘s age..
Yeah I was genuinely impressed
@@Games_for_James Same. Especially when i saw that there was a german version too! We germans never really had fun tech, so this is rather rare! ^^
I just love the fact that James is almost like Dankpods in an alternate universe.
Oh my god, james is breaking out the dark magic for this one.
They could had called it the Micheal Vision if it had a king of pop game.
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Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Seriously love your channel, man. Keep it up!
I’ve got one of these in my loft along with about 12 games. My recollection is that the original games had plastic buttons but the repeated pressing meant they eventually snapped off. Later games had a thin plastic membrane instead… I bought mine in the UK and I have both types. The early ones were buttons later ones membrane. Need to go find it and see if it still works 😁
I had one of those as a kid. It was fantastic. we had 3 games.
It's like if Intellivision and Tiger had a baby.
"Hey all, Scott here. I've decided to start playing game systems that accurately describe me so...
I'm gonna start playing the Microvision."
I remember first seeing this thing on the Ashens channel 11years ago. Still blows my mind that this thing was made a full decade before the DMG Gameboy
All handhelds should have a button labeled 'Balls'...
9:54 ahh the Philippines, a titan of industry
For one thing, Barbie dolls and Pentiums were once assembled there.
Oh a french youtuber talked about those on his show called "hard corner" a few years ago ! They're very rarely talked about, it might be a rare knowledge only shared between living encyclopedia about gaming lol
I had one and took it to middle school every day that year.
I was playing the Block Buster game before the start of a class, teacher told me to shut it off, I got it into a diagonal loop of the cursor and put it inside my desk. Halfway through class it jumped out of the loop and the loud buzz of "dying" filled the class. I got a dirty look from the teacher. I was more worried about the high score I was working on.
I feel like I just stumbled upon mirror universe dank pods. Instead of a green background it's a red background. But the styles are so similar.
Meow! Love how calm James is when fixing this stuff.
My friends over in liechardt Sydney, have used their nes since their grandparents got it for their parents . We play this weird bomber worm game on it from time to time
Also James needs the "party" electronic game "MANIAC!"
Thank you James.
I remember I found a few of these in my families old disused closet, they somehow survived two mouse infestations, and various leaks
As an Irish , im surprised some random tech company from 1979 has recognized our existence
.......
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
It would be fun if a modern console came with physical screen art overlay. Don’t know why or how, but if every physical switch game came with a custom art boarder to stick on the front that would be fun.
mate thank you for the content that makes me feel something again
for reference, 16x16 is also the resolution of a single minecraft block texture
I kinda like how you tried do speak german. Me as a german guy can say that you tried your best 👍
1 minute out, and I'm here. Aussie TH-camrs Unite
I always remembered this thing as that old handheld from Aliens.
Thank you, James!
John Elder Robison worked with the Microvision, I only know about him because I read his book
This is the kind of games console you would find inside an analog horror game
when James publishes a new video i click on it faster than the video finishing publishing
Even though it's in the same category as what you said in the beginning, I would've thought of Merlin from Parker Brothers as an earlier portable game system.
523rd. Lessgo!
Old blockbuster had one of these on display.
13:06 OH MY GOD i had that game i haven't seen it in decades holy s***
11:18 I’m surprised you didn’t recognize that theme being one of the main garbage time background soundtracks
wait really?
A fellow Microvision owner!
Another good video james!!
Surprising that there are brand new repro LCDs for this thing.
I've played that (American) football game, or a variant of it... I think the one I played had the field oriented vertically? Even if not, definitely had more LEDs.
I would've played it around 1990 though (+/- a year), as it was at my aunt and uncle's. They never had kids and only had it as something they picked up at a garage/yard sale with the intent to resell it at their collectable store _(see: mainly antiques)_ 😅
Yay new aussie man upload!
Whoa I’ve never even heard of these before!
I had this and loved it! Those membrane keys were HORRIBLE and the matrix display became dodgy after some time, with entire rows or columns vanishing. Still, I thought it was the most futuristic sci-fi toy ever!
My parens5had an intellivision with the voice modulator. "B-17 bomber" was probably the most unique game
Ashens covered these. But I think yours has more information because you showed the inside workings.
I feel like I'm watching a james version of electroboom.
Thats really good considering it was the first portable game consle
Now you have to show us your gameboy collection james