@@haruhisuzumiya6650 E Reader cards were superior too because they stored entire game data as opposed to just codes to unlock stuff already in game cartridges
This was what I read up regarding USB: “Further, the USB port on the back of the HyperScan -- means that every HyperScan console ever built can be a host or device to a PC. That means every console is a developer kit.”
I would have guessed firmware updates on USB sticks, but apparently not! Going on your information, it was apparently cheaper and easier to make every console a developer unit rather than respin the board to delete this PC connectivity feature.
The original Xbox is the same way, take away a few ram chips and add a different bios, you have the retail console. While not easy, a retail Xbox can be converted to a debug console except for 1.6 boards.
Though him ranting on the dated controller ports is so weird. I mean sure using those is a weird decision but it doesn't really make things any worse. Controllers don't need much data bandwidth so there is plenty. Also him saying he hasn't seen one of them in a long time is weird cause most MOBA's still have them. The PC I bought for myself last year brand new still has a seperate input like that for both the mouse and keyboard. They really are completely pointless as I just use a wireless USB dongle for them but it's still there.
I can believe you on that part as the cards are mandatory for EVERYTHING and you need "booster packs" to get more content. Not helped by the fact that they most likely thought that video games were nothing more than a toy
I worked for mattel and helped make this system. We had extra money in the budget, and to be honest...the execs are so disconnected, you just have a good pitch and you can have anything you want.
If your game console is located in the toy aisle; it's garbage. My young self knew better to avoid this junk. Hell, I think it was already in the clearance bins when it was new; it was that bad.
Fun Fact: The HyperScan’s Wikipedia page has the minimum amount of money you would have to spend in order to get all of the cards in the game. Combined it would be around no less than $1000?!!!!
"Some games were planned to have more than one type of Card Packs, being released at a later date. X-Men had in the manual the complete list of 102 cards that could work with the game, the first half being released as the Black Series, with a later Red Series being planned but canceled, leaving the game with half the content locked with no way to access it." From the wikipedia article. Just wow. Instead of doing Hot Wheels AcceleRacers 5 and 6, Mattel did this. smh
Then again, if someone emulated it with codes or hacked the console properly like some folks here are talking about, maybe they could get the whole game.
They had a planned (and canceled) Avatar: The Last Airbender game I wonder how the gameplay for that would be like lol One card for each character and/or bending move
dev team meeting: boss: so who have experience in game development? no one? no worries. kids are dumb. just make it slightly better than e.t. for Atari. guy1. whats e.t. guy2. whats atari guy 3. im just a janitor who wondered in the meeting. but how about cards to unlock the games we sell for money boss: guy3 you are promoted you are the boss now. im go vacation. release any garbage asap
Pleading with your parents about the indeterminate funds you require to buy cards and complete a Hyperscan game in 2006 while superior browser games are free and all your homies are packing Pokemon cards is like Wile E. Coyote walking in mid-air away from a cliff without falling because he's still looking forward.
Some of us were children that were scammed. Although I do remember buying them at a goodwill every weekend. As an adult that would've been a red flag but as a gullible child I was thrilled.
12:12 "You could spend hundreds of dollars on a single complete game." Well, as complete as it can be without _hacking the damned thing._ The rest of the HyperScan cards (and I honestly cannot believe I'm saying this) _never came out._ So if you want the _complete_ game, you've gotta basically _homebrew your HyperScan,_ or you'll never get the _actual full game._ *_That's just sad._*
Not entirely sure, but _someone_ on the internet might know how to homebrew one of these HyperScan consoles. I've seen _emulators,_ but they are a _bitch_ to try and set up.
@@PearangeProductions I guess that if the games were any good then there would've been more progress made with the emulation. I'm actually surprised that anyone bothered to developed an emulator at all.
If the cards aren't encrypted (seems unlikely they would be, being 2006) you could totally backup cards and use them on the system with an rfid reader writer Plus burned backups of the games, and bam you got all the games and all the content
The funny thing about this console is that when you take into account how expensive all the cards were, assuming you wanted to do anything more with this thing besides cleaning out your ass with it, would be just as if not more expensive than even the 360 and PS3 were at launch, just to unlock all the content on a disc.
imagine being the person who did buy all those packs of spiderman cards just to play all those levels of that terrible game. where are they now? what has this done to their lives?
@@otherjacobyt That's literally all they had to fucking do. They just had to make it a competent system and you'd be able to look past the lootboxing, but they couldn't! they couldn't do it somehow!
It sounds impractical, if it were released somewhere in the 1990s it would be somewhat alright. But at that time, consoles were already "modern" Just.. soo impractical to use.
It's never a good sign when a toy company makes a "console" with a gimmick attached to it. The HyperScan is just a Plug-n-Play console with a card game gimmick that makes the whole thing feel more like a toy than a video game console, especially when you consider the fact that Skylanders had a similar gimmick (albeit better executed) that involved toys rather than cards. Moral of the story: Don't sell your game based on a gimmick that involves you having to go out and spend money on external products. At least with Lootboxes and DLC you can buy them _digitally_ and not have to take a trip to Walmart all the time.
The thing that Skylanders did right was that it wasn’t required to get more figures to beat the game. Those three that came in the box? That’s all you needed. Hell, you could toss out the two others and just play as one. Beat the game with only Gill Grunt? Hell yeah! The extra characters could unlock optional content, but it wasn’t necessary. Here, every. Single. Game. Has to have cards to finish the game. All the levels in one game? Cards. Entire fucking stories in another game? Cards. Finishing moves? Cards, cards, cards, cards! Edit: Also, with Skylanders, you can see what character you get before you buy!
All the breath of the wild DLC unlocked by amiibo is a thing though. Even if you can now buy packs of NFC cards from Ali express that match the characteristics.
IWL could’ve been a neat return to the cartoony, lighthearted style of games that were popular in the 16-bit era. I’m not a fan of that type of game, but I know some people are.
I remember seeing those card packs everywhere but I’ve never actually saw the console. I thought that it was some type of board game that talks. Well I was too busy enjoying my 360 anyway.
Wait a minute. WAIT A MINUTE! You saying you thought it was a talking board game reminded me that I thought the exact same thing! I totally forgot that until now
Even the cards alone without anything else, like a console or board game, would probably be a better use of a player's time than playing the Hyperscan. I wonder if anyone kept their Intellicards and used them for card games. I can imagine other people being like "whoa dude where'd you get those shiny red cards with those weird metal rectangles on them?" "If you ever ask me that question again, I will scan my Spider-Man card to give you a web blast to the face after twenty or thirty seconds have passed." "Bitch what did you just say?...seriously, what?" *Starts searching for Broken Record mod to repeat last message*
@@wolfetteplays8894 it's always been gambling, just because something can be seen as "illegal" doesn't mean it's enforced, especially if it can be easily taxed
I want to start a fundraiser to make a short film where it's just Alfred Molina as Doc Ock standing in front of a museum and using his tentacles to reach in and grab various art pieces to toss into the street. We can have a stretch goal for getting scenes of Tobey's Spider-Man catching the art and gently setting it down.
You know, as I was watching you play the Ben 10 game, I had a thought. '...Wasn't this game intended for children?' And then I realized that none of the developers likely ever had that thought.
@@MuchWhittering Sure but what about the type of children that would get a Hyperscan? They're usually very small, and if I've learned anything from having a little brother, they get really pissed when the game is "too hard," which usually just means that they lost the game. So, if a game made for children is really hard, not a lot of children is going to want to play it.
@@MuchWhittering in fairness there are gamers that aren't really looking for a challenge either. Some gamers just want to sit down with a game and chill and have fun.
The USB may have been intended for controllers, but they may have found USB introduces too much latency due to the weak-ass SoC that serves as CPU and I/O controller and thus added DIN controller ports accessible directly through GPIO, memory mapping, or similar. (Thus adding EVEN MORE INPUT LAG.) The long load times are undoubtedly due to slow I/O to the CPU, a shitty drive that can only do 1x, or both.
That's the main reason the controller shouldve plugged into a port close to the core of the cpu same with the debug mouse and keyboard the like plugging in a keyboard to a din cable on an old PC the port would be close to the cpu in most cases on ancient 80s to mid 90s motherboards when the inputs improved to 16 times though they didn't need the ports next to the internal cpu this console uses hardware older than the late 90s guys its that ridiculous or what also I think the console comes with a busted terrible hard disc on launch which may explain why the games need the cards because their hard disk had like 1056 kilobytes of memory enough for a 3 to 4 cards based format to save to the console which means they couldn't make this thing with a better hardware like a 100 mb hardisk that would actually make, the games playable without the cards considering the quality of the games on the console
I swear Mattel refused to give this console a better hardrive just to make shifty videogame practices through loot box style mechanic cards about decade earlier than Expected I hate Mattel so much but now I hate them even more because a good big hard drive would make the games completely functional with no dlc cards
@@soulhoney1227 Oh, ok. Thanks. I didn't feel like looking up what they did anyways. So basically, they just took a beloved franchise, like Thomas The Tank Engine, which I loved to watch as a kid, and ruined it? Great... another massively beloved franchise ruined by out of touch corporate a-holes who only care about their own greed and making money, cool. It's not cool, I'm being completely sarcastic, actually. But thanks anyways.
@@soulhoney1227 Nope. Sorry. I don't really watch tv anymore. When I said i watched it as a kid, i meant the original one back in like, the 90s. I'm almost 30, I don't really have a reason to watch the reboot. Sorry I didn't clarify that earlier.
More like: Sonic 06: *now loading...* "Our loading screens are so long and terrible, everyone will know me because of them!" HyperScan: *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* *now loading...* "Hold my RFID scanner."
I'm guessing the people at EA all grew up playing the HyperScan and decided to make all of their games have something similar to their childhood experiences where they had blacked out the bad
@@JC-hi8fk at least Amiibo have a scanner in your hand and are not really needed. You can live your whole nintendo-filled life without touching an Amiibo (at least for the games I've played).
@@mechanomics2649 its probably the difference in quality and the fact that it affects less, ontop of working for all games instead of being forced on just a single one not the worst thing nintendo did by a mile, and not the worst way to do it either
Lets make a very fragile console with exceptionally long loading times that relies on having easily lost cards in order to actually do anything and market it to children! You know, those things known for breaking and losing everything they get their filthy hands on and having no patience for anything! We're sure to make a fortune!
Looking back, I wonder if Mattel really missed an opportunity here. Aside from making a better system with better games, I think they could've gotten a lot more hype and attention if they'd just changed from cards to chips. Think about it- as a kid, it's hard to convince your parents to part with $10 for something they don't understand. But three or four quarters? Heck, that's literally chump change! If Mattel had just stuck with chips or something smaller, they could've set up a ton of 'vending units' in local malls (think like the Japanese 'gashapon' models) where each little 'dispenser' bubble is set up for a specific game or series (ex. one has a giant 'Ben10' label on it, another one has 'Spider-man', etc). Yeah, they'd have to keep the cost of these additional collectibles low; but it would've been great advertising, and a unique, fun take on the whole 'collectible gaming' theme. Oh well...
Agreed. When watching this video, I was thinking that the idea had potential, but it was done poorly. I was thinking that each card (or chip) could have been scanned in once, and saved on the system. This would eliminate the hassle of trying to keep up with them and switch them out on the fly. In addition, each card/chip could have a unique identifier to make them usable once, so that way people just don't trade them around. Lowering the cost (I like the dispenser idea you mentioned), making the system more functional, making the cards/chips storable in the system memory... these could have gone a long way towards making it stand a better chance.
@@AddableStone13 It used to be that those particular vending machines were confined to illegal underground gambling 'clubs' and whatnot- they weren't exactly legal or highly-accessible, and I doubt too many even exist these days (internet).
@@tophatgaming1873 Basically, what was inside the cards, only removing the larger 'card' part. Like the Disney Infinity Power discs, or the base of a Skylander's figure- a small chip that the game 'reads' to give you the right character/move/ect. A thick card wouldn't fit in most existing vending machine designs (as they're either for round capsules or flat cards), so to keep costs low they could use existing capsule machines if they just cut down the size to the size of the chip (and some decals on top or whatever to identify each chip, of course).
"Mattel is a massive company!" "They could do no harm, right?" i mean you can pick one or the other, you don't get really really big by doing things right
Very fun idea, I could imagine the “mods” from the Marvel game being in-game unlockables in a much better game... But paying for all of them? Paying to get a *chance* at playing them? That’s beyond fucked.
24:49 Actually, The reason that you turn into the wrong alien when you scan the card is because in the original TV series, sometimes Ben would just turn into the wrong alien & this is an example of that.
YES! More of the worst ever! With the worst ever, my days get better! All jokes aside, Shane, you should actually team up with people like Vinesauce and Cinemassacre when it comes to bizarre consoles and plug and plays. Collab or not, that would be wonderful to see. As always, good stuff!
I think he had a cameo in the AVGN episode for the Aladdin Deck Enhancer video. But to see him work with James on an AVGN video and comment on a game or two with him, that would be great to see!
Shane & James are 2 different worlds. I'd love to see them in the same video but itll never fully happen. Their was one though, that featured a small mix of review like people. Was it the Aladdin Deck Enhancer I think ...
Hold up X-Men was released in 2006 and Spider-Man was released in 2007 X-Men: Last Stand was released in 2006 and Spider-Man 3 was released in 2007 Coincidence, I think not!
"Let's make an SNES and put all of the characters behind a paywall." "OK, I hear you, but what if we put them behind a paywall _and_ we make them trading cards?" "Only if we use gacha mechanics, too."
I feel deeply sorry for you but I am also glad you feel better now. Never forget. The HyperScan can't hurt you anymore! ... It probably died after you turned it off last time. That fragile little thing.
@@robertharris6092 At the very least, amiibo are physical, reusable lootboxes that you can see what you're getting long before you actually commit to buying it, even when they cost probably 3 times as much as most lootboxes do.
@@moblinmajorgeneral though what you get is usually extremely inconsequential to the game. Which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't create artificial scarsity to unrightfuly increase the prices.
You hiss? Like a cat hiss, or a raccoon hiss? I’ve only seen one guy hiss before, while he waited at a bus stop, but never got on any buses. Any relation?
I was also curious to see if TH-cam had a mod scene for this "console". Initial search shows nothing but commericals and reviews. No one even tried to make use of all this plastic. It's just bad.
@@chrispham6599 The hardware wasn't planned obsolescence. The hardware was just plain incompetence as well as quite a few people coming down with a terrible case of "not my problem".
“You get to level up your fighters! That sounds cool right?” I don’t play fighting games. Like at all. But isn’t the idea of fighting games.... BALANCE?”
The HyperScan: Proof that doing something first and doing something well don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. I'd have to say that Amiibo, which came after several other toys-to-life series, is probably the best TTL system because A. It's still going today and B. Games that use Amiibo rarely ever REQUIRE them for most things, but have them used to unlock cosmetics or other extra items.
I once got a booster pack of the Ben 10 cards as a prize from a county fair balloon pop game. I got the card for my favorite alien, Upgrade, but I didn’t know there even was a game it was supposed to go with, so the other cards just confused me, and I didn’t understand why the cards were so thick.
I remember seeing this thing advertised as a kid and thinking it was definitely a cash grab and crap. I thought it was a plug n play honestly. Those were HUGE at the time. Color me surprised to find out otherwise today.
Maybe that was the reason why those loading screens were long AF. You are literally loading games with (probably) 32-bit graphics, maybe over 100 megabytes and DEFINETILY a wack processor.
This guy is soo freakin’ hilarious and the production quality of his videos is phenomenal. You can tell he really cares about what he does and the content he puts out there. I’ve seen no other channel that dives into obscure consoles as thoroughly and with a sense of humor as he does! Nice work man!
The HyperScan console itself reminded me of another Mattel product called the Nick Click. It's a Nickelodeon-themed digital camera made in the late 90s and came with a cd-rom containing "games" and photo editing tools. The pictures the camera took were of worse quality than the ones at the time due to that same cost-cutting technique seen in the HyperScan (they looked like something straight out of the "crusty jpeg" meme and r/cursedimages). Look up LGR's review of the camera. It has much of the same problems as the HyperScan (outdated ports, weird power supply, flimsy build, slow loading times, weird noises).
Ive seen a comment (dont remember if it was in this video or AVGN's video) that said "the ben 10 game looks like something id play on miniclip when i was 11"
Or like amiibos. seriously I've got a Kicks one that my Significant other mailed me from across the country and I cherish that thing like it's a vital organ.
A major issue with this video is Shane seemed to ignore the instructions that came with the game and Hyperscan, telling one how to properly scan the cards. IE, that you hold the literal target on the cards over the center of the device. The system and games are already pieces of crap. You don't have to go out of your way to make it look worse.
I figured it was a cheap 1x or 2x drive, but wow. No caching or read-ahead buffer? What was it doing then, just reading the disc directly into RAM where the game is stored for playing?
Mattel managed to combine Destiny's "paying-for-locked-content" model and the loot box model way before either of those became common place. Truly revolutionary.
They tried to do amiibos too early, and did literally everything wrong.
Meanwhile Nintendo did the E reader cards earlier
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 and better
Shame Nintendo didn't do much with AR Cards really. Anyone remember those?
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 E Reader cards were superior too because they stored entire game data as opposed to just codes to unlock stuff already in game cartridges
Even Animal Crossing amiibo Festival at least tried.
Fun fact: the HyperScan was killed before all cards for X-Men were released, leaving half of the game locked.
You mean that Mattel intended to release the cards for the HyperScan in MULTIPLE WAVES?!
@@blackwolf249 indeed. could you imagine?
Man
I have the cards. For sale for only $5,000 each
Yikes
4:09 Keep in mind that this thing only sold 10,000 units... And since they were prone to breaking, you can probably imagine how many were returned
Bro the Soulja game console sold better💀
if I remember, AVGN covered this a long time back, and it also took millions of years to load
rumor has it that its still loading to this day
The 10th day of Shitsmas in fact! Also Interstellar Wrestling League had super low volume and Ben 10 had super high volume.
I remember that. He got his ears blasted out by the Ben 10 theme song.
That's wrong.
AVGN also covered how bad the scanning was.
Saw that episode too huh? I remember that episode uploaded like a fresh loaf of bread being baked for the first time ever
I feel sorry for every kid who got this as present.
I hope no parent was that dumb.
thankfully, very few.
M Ak I killed my parents. They deserved it.
I got one and never touched it. Went right back to the cube.
@@donkique956 That's pretty fuckin edgy
This was what I read up regarding USB:
“Further, the USB port on the back of the HyperScan -- means that every HyperScan console ever built can be a host or device to a PC. That means every console is a developer kit.”
I would have guessed firmware updates on USB sticks, but apparently not! Going on your information, it was apparently cheaper and easier to make every console a developer unit rather than respin the board to delete this PC connectivity feature.
The original Xbox is the same way, take away a few ram chips and add a different bios, you have the retail console. While not easy, a retail Xbox can be converted to a debug console except for 1.6 boards.
Though him ranting on the dated controller ports is so weird. I mean sure using those is a weird decision but it doesn't really make things any worse. Controllers don't need much data bandwidth so there is plenty.
Also him saying he hasn't seen one of them in a long time is weird cause most MOBA's still have them. The PC I bought for myself last year brand new still has a seperate input like that for both the mouse and keyboard. They really are completely pointless as I just use a wireless USB dongle for them but it's still there.
So people could actually make good homebrew for this thing?
@@wolfetteplays8894 I'm not surprised. Making good stuff for this garbage is the ultimate challenge for an Indie dev.
Microsoft: Xbox
Mattel: Lootbox
EA: Lootbox on Xbox
Ubisoft!
So it seems Mattel was the pioneer of game lootboxes
More like
*Microsoft: Xbox*
*Microsoft: Lootbox*
They were ahead of the times.
Is it just me, or the name "Intellicards" sound like a unreleased, uncool accessory for the Intellivision? Pretty ironic, because Mattel created both.
That would have actually been dope.
One thing different. Intelevison are actually decent for it's time
Might have been intentional branding since they made both
Pretty sure it's just an intentional call back.
sounds like an amiico thing
Shane: "Way back in the year *2006...* "
Me: Graduated high school in 2005, "Yea... That's *SO* old, dude..."
Me: God, *I'm* SO old, dude...
you think that’s scary? i’m old enough to drive, and i was born your junior year of high school.
Graduated in 2009 here, and I agree, I feel old af
i graduated ..........wait for it.......1997. Ya ....owned a launch model 8 Bit NES.
I feel you, class of 05 here too
I feel ya, I graduated in 2004.
This amount of greed is actually disgusting
Die Gier ist fast egal, das unverschähmteste ist das es dreckig zu spielen ist...
This is lootbox's to a tee!!!
*nervous EA sounds*
This is an insult to greed.
I can believe you on that part as the cards are mandatory for EVERYTHING and you need "booster packs" to get more content. Not helped by the fact that they most likely thought that video games were nothing more than a toy
The worst part about this console is that its moneymaking gimmick of locking content behind random draws actually survived its demise...
Remember when you didn't have to PAY for a free game?
@@Surg-265 I do. It's called apks on Android and Piracy on PC. Also known as hacking on consoles.
@@Regigigas_YT No, it's called piracy no matter where you do it.
@@Surg-265 APK files can be legally obtained through Google Files, you can share paid apps that way.
"_____ is a massive company, and they can do no harm right?" oh boy if I had a dollar for every time someone thought THAT
Good god, you might get richer than Jeff Bezos
Then you'd have enough money to start your own company.
@@QUEST-FOR-POWER And become massive.
And make even more money.
If I had a nickel for everytime someone said that, I'd own the entire coin making industry.
Crapitalism baby! Love it or go back to North Korea!
You forgot one thing about the intellivision: That gorgeous and beautiful woodgrain
and the BEEE SEVENTEEN BOWMBEEER
@@Dragonfire511 what about b0mb squd
@@Dragonfire511 AVGN 🤘
@@sirlukas73 they will never do in time out the code the code. figure out the code!
LGR would like your comment, lol
I worked for mattel and helped make this system. We had extra money in the budget, and to be honest...the execs are so disconnected, you just have a good pitch and you can have anything you want.
If your game console is located in the toy aisle; it's garbage. My young self knew better to avoid this junk. Hell, I think it was already in the clearance bins when it was new; it was that bad.
True
Calling the hyper-SCAM garbage would be unfair to both garbage and Oscar T. Grouch.
Myles Fontana Exactly. It’s just a plug and play with dlc.
AtGames Genesis: *quietly tries to scoot out of sight behind the Buzz Lightyear action figures*
Agreed
Fun Fact: The HyperScan’s Wikipedia page has the minimum amount of money you would have to spend in order to get all of the cards in the game. Combined it would be around no less than $1000?!!!!
For that kind of money I could buy 2 decent handguns and blow my head off twice
"Some games were planned to have more than one type of Card Packs, being released at a later date. X-Men had in the manual the complete list of 102 cards that could work with the game, the first half being released as the Black Series, with a later Red Series being planned but canceled, leaving the game with half the content locked with no way to access it."
From the wikipedia article.
Just wow.
Instead of doing Hot Wheels AcceleRacers 5 and 6, Mattel did this. smh
I am sad
But also glad
Don’t care for the other half
There's so much gambling involved with the hardware itself they might as well just make a casino-themed console
Then again, if someone emulated it with codes or hacked the console properly like some folks here are talking about, maybe they could get the whole game.
They had a planned (and canceled) Avatar: The Last Airbender game
I wonder how the gameplay for that would be like lol
One card for each character and/or bending move
I would love to read/watch a behind the scenes from the dev teams for these games and the console itself.
That runs through my head _every_ time I watch an AVGN episode. "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??!"
I'd really like to know!
Someone get Matt McMuscles on this posthaste!
I hope you speak Chinese.
@@CarrotConsumer "F@#£ it" but in Chinese
dev team meeting:
boss: so who have experience in game development? no one? no worries. kids are dumb. just make it slightly better than e.t. for Atari.
guy1. whats e.t.
guy2. whats atari
guy 3. im just a janitor who wondered in the meeting. but how about cards to unlock the games we sell for money
boss: guy3 you are promoted you are the boss now. im go vacation.
release any garbage asap
Pleading with your parents about the indeterminate funds you require to buy cards and complete a Hyperscan game in 2006 while superior browser games are free and all your homies are packing Pokemon cards is like Wile E. Coyote walking in mid-air away from a cliff without falling because he's still looking forward.
Some of us were children that were scammed. Although I do remember buying them at a goodwill every weekend. As an adult that would've been a red flag but as a gullible child I was thrilled.
You could spend a hundred dollars on a single game.
-Every EA game ever
Spore:"Am I a joke to you?"
@@anonymousperson7536 6 words, plants versus zombie garden warfare two.
fallout 76: hold my nuka cola
@@anonymousperson7536 WWE2K18 switch and WWE2K20: hold my glitches
@@anonymousperson7536 No they don't. Sim City on PC didn't really work for the longest time.
12:12
"You could spend hundreds of dollars on a single complete game."
Well, as complete as it can be without _hacking the damned thing._
The rest of the HyperScan cards (and I honestly cannot believe I'm saying this) _never came out._
So if you want the _complete_ game, you've gotta basically _homebrew your HyperScan,_ or you'll never get the _actual full game._
*_That's just sad._*
Not entirely sure, but _someone_ on the internet might know how to homebrew one of these HyperScan consoles.
I've seen _emulators,_ but they are a _bitch_ to try and set up.
@@PearangeProductions I guess that if the games were any good then there would've been more progress made with the emulation. I'm actually surprised that anyone bothered to developed an emulator at all.
@@Sheevlord I can imagine someone desperately trying, just to completely void all the loading screens.
If the cards aren't encrypted (seems unlikely they would be, being 2006) you could totally backup cards and use them on the system with an rfid reader writer
Plus burned backups of the games, and bam you got all the games and all the content
So the code exists, but the physical cards to activate the code are nonexistent.
The funny thing about this console is that when you take into account how expensive all the cards were, assuming you wanted to do anything more with this thing besides cleaning out your ass with it, would be just as if not more expensive than even the 360 and PS3 were at launch, just to unlock all the content on a disc.
*trying and failing to clean your ass with it...
Imagine how much it would cost for all 5 …
I'm amazed you not even once mispronounced it as 'HyperScam'.
Actually he mispronounced the name the entire video, he kept calling it hyperscan instead of hyperscam
That's not a mispronunciation
go back to reddit
How about no TH-cam is a platform pretty much anyone with a device can access.
I call it the Hyper Scam by accident everytime I talk about.
“The hyperscan looks like something that batman wouldve thrown out of his batcave bc it was obsolete”
The hyper-SCAM has been obsolete since 1492 BCE.
The Hyperscan is so obsolete, the Amish aren't even forbidden from playing it
@@viscountrainbows6452
Hell I doubt even the Amish wants this it was outdated even for them.
The only reason Doctor Doofenshmirtz fails every time is because he uses the circuitboard from the HyperScam- I mean HyperScan.
And needs more cards.
CGR reference there :p
let's just appreciate the fact he spent a fortune just trying to find a working unit-
Had to buy four freaking Hyperscans just to give us a review video
imagine being the person who did buy all those packs of spiderman cards just to play all those levels of that terrible game.
where are they now? what has this done to their lives?
Probably in a padded room somewhere mumbling about booster packs and loading.
Probably dead
Scott Panna I will not stop liking this
They probably became the Seto Kaiba of Hyperscan players. Going around mocking people for their third rate X-Men roster
Probably just fine. Little kids buy dumb things sometimes. Or rather harass their parents to buy it for them.
Imagine on-disc DLC being an actual feature.
haha yeah imagine...
This post was made by the competent console gang.
@@otherjacobyt That's literally all they had to fucking do. They just had to make it a competent system and you'd be able to look past the lootboxing, but they couldn't! they couldn't do it somehow!
*cough cough* Capcom *Cough cough* 12kb dlc *cough cough*
Sonic Forces Super Sonic DLC was on disc. It included Super Sonic and Sanic shirt...
Yeah SEGA is a new EA
The Hyperscan sounds like Modern Video games today. Mattel and the Hyperscan were ahead of their time.
explain pfp. or i will call someone.
It sounds impractical, if it were released somewhere in the 1990s it would be somewhat alright. But at that time, consoles were already "modern"
Just.. soo impractical to use.
I'm pretty sure EA and Ubisoft got ideas from Mattell in 2006
To be fair, you could've just started this video with "It's competitors were the PS3 and Xbox 360" And just ended it right there.
hyperx72 I mean...to have competitors you actually have to BE some sort of competition
this thing was crappy and had to go against The Xbox 360 PS3 and Wii; there is no winning that battle
hyperx72
That’s like comparing a stone axe with a chainsaw
Good one, hyperx72.
@@phet1211 Enemy HYPERSCAN was burned!
As a comic fan I remember seeing this mess advertised in comics a ton. Thought it seemed like a terrible idea.
So sad to see XLR8 being called a "blue black alien thing"
That name's reserved exclusively for fasttrack
ya its sad how are favrote aliens and a kid but we care more about the aliens they masacurd them
*sad kineceleran noises *
Man would suck if you needed a certain alien but you dont own the card.
I just thought this the moment I heard him say it
19:26 DON'T LOSE THIS CARD!
Or suffer the consequence of having to replay the entire game over every playthrough like the old days.
Even SNES had saves
It's never a good sign when a toy company makes a "console" with a gimmick attached to it. The HyperScan is just a Plug-n-Play console with a card game gimmick that makes the whole thing feel more like a toy than a video game console, especially when you consider the fact that Skylanders had a similar gimmick (albeit better executed) that involved toys rather than cards.
Moral of the story: Don't sell your game based on a gimmick that involves you having to go out and spend money on external products. At least with Lootboxes and DLC you can buy them _digitally_ and not have to take a trip to Walmart all the time.
The thing that Skylanders did right was that it wasn’t required to get more figures to beat the game. Those three that came in the box? That’s all you needed. Hell, you could toss out the two others and just play as one. Beat the game with only Gill Grunt? Hell yeah! The extra characters could unlock optional content, but it wasn’t necessary.
Here, every. Single. Game. Has to have cards to finish the game. All the levels in one game? Cards. Entire fucking stories in another game? Cards. Finishing moves? Cards, cards, cards, cards!
Edit: Also, with Skylanders, you can see what character you get before you buy!
But Skylanders did fairly well as far as I know. Amiibos are still a thing
besides, skylanders was a pretty decent game
Hilarious considering Nintendo has done exactly this.
All the breath of the wild DLC unlocked by amiibo is a thing though. Even if you can now buy packs of NFC cards from Ali express that match the characteristics.
IWL could’ve been a neat return to the cartoony, lighthearted style of games that were popular in the 16-bit era. I’m not a fan of that type of game, but I know some people are.
It was clearly trying to be Clayfighter but failed miserably.
I remember seeing those card packs everywhere but I’ve never actually saw the console. I thought that it was some type of board game that talks. Well I was too busy enjoying my 360 anyway.
Wait a minute. WAIT A MINUTE! You saying you thought it was a talking board game reminded me that I thought the exact same thing! I totally forgot that until now
I remember seeing the console at my local goodwill like 10 years ago but never saw the cards
Even the cards alone without anything else, like a console or board game, would probably be a better use of a player's time than playing the Hyperscan.
I wonder if anyone kept their Intellicards and used them for card games. I can imagine other people being like "whoa dude where'd you get those shiny red cards with those weird metal rectangles on them?"
"If you ever ask me that question again, I will scan my Spider-Man card to give you a web blast to the face after twenty or thirty seconds have passed."
"Bitch what did you just say?...seriously, what?"
*Starts searching for Broken Record mod to repeat last message*
The system looks like a grilled sandwich maker from an infomercial. I kept expecting a grilled cheese when you opened it.
@Mudkip909 like the grilled cheese
(Googly eyed Hyperscan):"Nope"
@Enmity the Kindhearted The HyperScan could probably grill cheese pretty well, all you have to do is use it for too long and it'll overheat.
Yeah! I could literally cook a panini in that thing right now!💀
who else thought unregulated gambling targeting children was illegal?
Not in 2006 apparently
POVgames it isn’t gambling. Cause trading cards would’ve been outlawed decades ago if that was the case
@@wolfetteplays8894 it's always been gambling, just because something can be seen as "illegal" doesn't mean it's enforced, especially if it can be easily taxed
Modern lootboxes are still, sadly.
I've also got a game to introduce you to. Ever hear of Raid: Casino Legends? **sadness**
I want to start a fundraiser to make a short film where it's just Alfred Molina as Doc Ock standing in front of a museum and using his tentacles to reach in and grab various art pieces to toss into the street. We can have a stretch goal for getting scenes of Tobey's Spider-Man catching the art and gently setting it down.
You know, as I was watching you play the Ben 10 game, I had a thought.
'...Wasn't this game intended for children?'
And then I realized that none of the developers likely ever had that thought.
"For children" doesn't mean a game can't be difficult.
@@MuchWhittering Sure but what about the type of children that would get a Hyperscan? They're usually very small, and if I've learned anything from having a little brother, they get really pissed when the game is "too hard," which usually just means that they lost the game. So, if a game made for children is really hard, not a lot of children is going to want to play it.
I had that thought when I saw Ben punching people.
@@MuchWhittering in fairness there are gamers that aren't really looking for a challenge either. Some gamers just want to sit down with a game and chill and have fun.
@@MuchWhittering I think he talks about have money to buy lots of collective material, in this case cards
Whenever I hear "Mattel" and "Video Games" I can not help but say "Mattel Electronics presents BEEEEEE SEVENTEEEEN BAAUUMBERRRR"
The USB may have been intended for controllers, but they may have found USB introduces too much latency due to the weak-ass SoC that serves as CPU and I/O controller and thus added DIN controller ports accessible directly through GPIO, memory mapping, or similar. (Thus adding EVEN MORE INPUT LAG.) The long load times are undoubtedly due to slow I/O to the CPU, a shitty drive that can only do 1x, or both.
😯
That's the main reason the controller shouldve plugged into a port close to the core of the cpu same with the debug mouse and keyboard the like plugging in a keyboard to a din cable on an old PC the port would be close to the cpu in most cases on ancient 80s to mid 90s motherboards when the inputs improved to 16 times though they didn't need the ports next to the internal cpu this console uses hardware older than the late 90s guys its that ridiculous or what also I think the console comes with a busted terrible hard disc on launch which may explain why the games need the cards because their hard disk had like 1056 kilobytes of memory enough for a 3 to 4 cards based format to save to the console which means they couldn't make this thing with a better hardware like a 100 mb hardisk that would actually make, the games playable without the cards considering the quality of the games on the console
I swear Mattel refused to give this console a better hardrive just to make shifty videogame practices through loot box style mechanic cards about decade earlier than Expected I hate Mattel so much but now I hate them even more because a good big hard drive would make the games completely functional with no dlc cards
SLOW DOWN PROFESSOR! *furiously taking notes*
I like your funny words, magic man
“Mattel is a massive company and they could do no harm, right?”
Tell that to Thomas and Friends.
Why? What'd they do?
@@shawnfields2369 they own the thomas rights and make a horrible reebot
@@soulhoney1227 Oh, ok. Thanks. I didn't feel like looking up what they did anyways. So basically, they just took a beloved franchise, like Thomas The Tank Engine, which I loved to watch as a kid, and ruined it? Great... another massively beloved franchise ruined by out of touch corporate a-holes who only care about their own greed and making money, cool. It's not cool, I'm being completely sarcastic, actually. But thanks anyways.
@@shawnfields2369 did you watch the reeboot?
@@soulhoney1227 Nope. Sorry. I don't really watch tv anymore. When I said i watched it as a kid, i meant the original one back in like, the 90s. I'm almost 30, I don't really have a reason to watch the reboot. Sorry I didn't clarify that earlier.
Hyperscan: *needs cards to play games*
EA: *also needs your card to play games*
🤔
Your credit card
at least skylanders give you neato looking figures and giants is great
I'm sad to tell this but the "card" system on ea games at least works. Most of the time at least.
@@DPedroBoh, If they want people to pay more for their games, they should just increase the initial cost...
@@Dankcommander45 that’s the joke
4:06 Two dead consoles.
Remember when the AVGN couldn't get two Jaguar CDs to work?
-and the Paint Can Add-on for the AMIGA CD32, and the 4 NES for the "Not use in a top loader game", Atari Controller,
Enhance your game
ENHANCE YOUR LIFE
And Atari 5200
Edit: And few Pong consoles
and also some CDI's
Sonic 06: My loading screens are going to be so terrible everyone will remember me for them!
HyperScan: Hold my beer!
More like:
Sonic 06: *now loading...* "Our loading screens are so long and terrible, everyone will know me because of them!"
HyperScan: *now loading...*
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"Hold my RFID scanner."
Seeing the Thing fall again and again and AGAIN into the crevice was hilarious. Lol.
Mattel to EA: Ahh, yes, yes my child
Not surprising considering their history back in the 90s when a certain infamous genre was prevalent back then and the numerous buyouts between them.
@ZeR0's BuLLeT you never heard of edutainment games?
Not even Evil Anarchy deserves such an insult.
I'm guessing the people at EA all grew up playing the HyperScan and decided to make all of their games have something similar to their childhood experiences where they had blacked out the bad
Everyone behind Amiibo must have as well
@@JC-hi8fk at least Amiibo have a scanner in your hand and are not really needed. You can live your whole nintendo-filled life without touching an Amiibo (at least for the games I've played).
@@MisterFribble unless you want to access all the modes in a game or not have qualify of life improvements locked behind scalpers
@@JC-hi8fk Yeah, weird to see people being charitable to Nintendo and giving them a pass for doing almost the exact same thing.
@@mechanomics2649 its probably the difference in quality and the fact that it affects less, ontop of working for all games instead of being forced on just a single one
not the worst thing nintendo did by a mile, and not the worst way to do it either
Lets make a very fragile console with exceptionally long loading times that relies on having easily lost cards in order to actually do anything and market it to children! You know, those things known for breaking and losing everything they get their filthy hands on and having no patience for anything! We're sure to make a fortune!
HyperScan? More like HyperScam
I remember the HyperScam in stores, and thinking, "that's the dumbest gimmick I've ever heard of."
They should’ve just added eyes to it and market it as a puppet
Imagine if you will a fighting game where input lag is measured in seconds....
....so, Mortal Kombat 1 on the Game Boy?
oh god don't remind me.
Anything on Google Stadia
One of the characters from IWL: I like pie, I like to eat pie everyday.
Hugh Neutron: Endless pie. Endless pie.
Fun fact: The IWL game used the same stock sound pack Turtle Rock Studios used for the first Left 4 Dead.
I like how the Ben 10 game was Ghostfreak’s, Ripjaws’, and the classic versions of Upgrade, Stinkfly, and Grey Matter’s only console game appearance
Very sad and doesn't do those aliens any justice.
Poor Stinkfly classic, such a cool alien but never ever used in a good Ben 10 game
The HyperScan: The game console of the red lantern corps
Source for your profile pic plz
@@eins2001 it's a commission of my OC
@@Wispii your oc is hella cute
the 'rage' console
Xbox: Green Lantern Corps
Looking back, I wonder if Mattel really missed an opportunity here. Aside from making a better system with better games, I think they could've gotten a lot more hype and attention if they'd just changed from cards to chips. Think about it- as a kid, it's hard to convince your parents to part with $10 for something they don't understand. But three or four quarters? Heck, that's literally chump change! If Mattel had just stuck with chips or something smaller, they could've set up a ton of 'vending units' in local malls (think like the Japanese 'gashapon' models) where each little 'dispenser' bubble is set up for a specific game or series (ex. one has a giant 'Ben10' label on it, another one has 'Spider-man', etc). Yeah, they'd have to keep the cost of these additional collectibles low; but it would've been great advertising, and a unique, fun take on the whole 'collectible gaming' theme. Oh well...
Agreed. When watching this video, I was thinking that the idea had potential, but it was done poorly. I was thinking that each card (or chip) could have been scanned in once, and saved on the system. This would eliminate the hassle of trying to keep up with them and switch them out on the fly. In addition, each card/chip could have a unique identifier to make them usable once, so that way people just don't trade them around. Lowering the cost (I like the dispenser idea you mentioned), making the system more functional, making the cards/chips storable in the system memory... these could have gone a long way towards making it stand a better chance.
In Japan, used ladies underwear is sold in vending machines.
@@AddableStone13 It used to be that those particular vending machines were confined to illegal underground gambling 'clubs' and whatnot- they weren't exactly legal or highly-accessible, and I doubt too many even exist these days (internet).
@@tophatgaming1873 Basically, what was inside the cards, only removing the larger 'card' part. Like the Disney Infinity Power discs, or the base of a Skylander's figure- a small chip that the game 'reads' to give you the right character/move/ect. A thick card wouldn't fit in most existing vending machine designs (as they're either for round capsules or flat cards), so to keep costs low they could use existing capsule machines if they just cut down the size to the size of the chip (and some decals on top or whatever to identify each chip, of course).
“I’ve heard of the Hyperscan. How bad could this p-“
LOADING COMMENT
“-ossibly... Oh this is horrid.”
A ROLLERMOUSE INPUT??????
This is actively infuriating, Rerez. Great job. 👍🏻
Meanwhile in the late 90s:
"THIS SHOW IS NOW READY TO START, POSE AND DO THE NICK CLICK! READY? 1..2..3
*Johnny Test whip noises*
“Mattel is a massive company and they could do no wrong right?”
Clearly you haven’t seen what they did to Thomas the Tank Engine…
*Thomas had never seen such a mess*
"Mattel is a massive company!"
"They could do no harm, right?"
i mean you can pick one or the other, you don't get really really big by doing things right
*Toyota, Sony, and Chipotle have entered the chat*
What about lego?
@@nthgth gonna have to disagree with Sony, they handled tlou2 very poorly
@@sandtrap175 don't know what that is but I'm guessing Sony were probably really big already before that
@@nthgth Tlou2 is the Last of us part 2
Very fun idea, I could imagine the “mods” from the Marvel game being in-game unlockables in a much better game... But paying for all of them? Paying to get a *chance* at playing them? That’s beyond fucked.
It's like a Y2K bug, but in reverse form...
A project that should be launched more than a decade before
24:49 Actually, The reason that you turn into the wrong alien when you scan the card is because in the original TV series, sometimes Ben would just turn into the wrong alien & this is an example of that.
YES! More of the worst ever! With the worst ever, my days get better!
All jokes aside, Shane, you should actually team up with people like Vinesauce and Cinemassacre when it comes to bizarre consoles and plug and plays. Collab or not, that would be wonderful to see. As always, good stuff!
I think he had a cameo in the AVGN episode for the Aladdin Deck Enhancer video. But to see him work with James on an AVGN video and comment on a game or two with him, that would be great to see!
Maybe someday we will make that happen. :)
Shane & James are 2 different worlds. I'd love to see them in the same video but itll never fully happen. Their was one though, that featured a small mix of review like people. Was it the Aladdin Deck Enhancer I think ...
@@StevenMcFlyJunior ya me and james are different
He should do a collab with the fucking nerd on the R-Zone or Game Com
Hold up
X-Men was released in 2006 and Spider-Man was released in 2007
X-Men: Last Stand was released in 2006 and Spider-Man 3 was released in 2007
Coincidence, I think not!
Wow, companies release games to cash in on new movie releases? What an idea! I've never heard that before!
@@gavinthecrafter The point they were making was that those movies were poorly received, just like the games and hardware.
"Let's make an SNES and put all of the characters behind a paywall."
"OK, I hear you, but what if we put them behind a paywall _and_ we make them trading cards?"
"Only if we use gacha mechanics, too."
This was my first console. So many memories...
I'm so so sooooo sorry.
@@rerez it's okay I only needed 3 years of therapy.
@@jimbocarrino763 Your profile picture says it all.
Holy hell, you poor person. I am sorry for your pain and suffering.
I feel deeply sorry for you but I am also glad you feel better now. Never forget. The HyperScan can't hurt you anymore!
...
It probably died after you turned it off last time. That fragile little thing.
Shane: *whips out the booster cards* This is basically physical DLC!
Me: *backs away and starts hissing, confused and fearful*
*holds up amibo* "this is basically physical micro transactions!"
@@robertharris6092 At the very least, amiibo are physical, reusable lootboxes that you can see what you're getting long before you actually commit to buying it, even when they cost probably 3 times as much as most lootboxes do.
@@moblinmajorgeneral though what you get is usually extremely inconsequential to the game. Which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't create artificial scarsity to unrightfuly increase the prices.
You hiss? Like a cat hiss, or a raccoon hiss? I’ve only seen one guy hiss before, while he waited at a bus stop, but never got on any buses. Any relation?
Well, at least the HyperScan makes for an excellent puppet. So much so, that the scanner even looks like a tongue.
(You have a Hyperscan.)
(You sense a feeling.)
(The Intellivision looks down upon you in shame.)
I remember the hyperscan from the avgn
Same, though I think this informed more in why this system was completes ASS.
CGR did a HyperScan review too
Same
I love how the kraken was super imposed over the entire stage.
It didn't even look like XLR8 was even holding the kraken egg while he moved when rerez showed that part.
I was also curious to see if TH-cam had a mod scene for this "console". Initial search shows nothing but commericals and reviews. No one even tried to make use of all this plastic. It's just bad.
R/ITSJUSTBAD
The RFID might run on a battery, if it's not a passive RFID. So the batteries in the card may have died (if the battery in the card exists).
They are passive.....there was no technology for such small batteries at this point in time.
That would be a really bad design.
Good point MabuseXXX
WillieManga, planned obsolescence is a really sad reality
@@WillieManga unlike everything else in this hardware? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@chrispham6599 The hardware wasn't planned obsolescence. The hardware was just plain incompetence as well as quite a few people coming down with a terrible case of "not my problem".
Graphically, I've played flash games better than this thanks Mattel
“You get to level up your fighters! That sounds cool right?”
I don’t play fighting games. Like at all. But isn’t the idea of fighting games.... BALANCE?”
Yeah
Pay2Win in a fighting game
It's like paying for editing your own character in MUGEN
Just the idea makes me sick
You guys talking about Street Fighter V?
Skidoosh Layman SFV isn’t pay to win, though.
@@khdarkriku17 give it time
Bastian 23 I don’t judge games based on hypothetical futures.
“Yea... HyperScan.... it’s REAL hyper!” -AVGN
Hyper *scan my ass*
@@justapeckneck How would I even go about doing that? Especially with your ass?
This is basically just EA but in a "console"
21:42 You had one chance to call the Hyper-Scan a Hyper-Scam.
19:04 See, you _CAN_ still have fun with a hyperscan! Btw, best use a Mattel Hyperscan will ever see.
The HyperScan: Proof that doing something first and doing something well don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. I'd have to say that Amiibo, which came after several other toys-to-life series, is probably the best TTL system because A. It's still going today and B. Games that use Amiibo rarely ever REQUIRE them for most things, but have them used to unlock cosmetics or other extra items.
And a lot of times you can use Amiibo for multiple games.
I once got a booster pack of the Ben 10 cards as a prize from a county fair balloon pop game. I got the card for my favorite alien, Upgrade, but I didn’t know there even was a game it was supposed to go with, so the other cards just confused me, and I didn’t understand why the cards were so thick.
I remember seeing this thing advertised as a kid and thinking it was definitely a cash grab and crap. I thought it was a plug n play honestly. Those were HUGE at the time. Color me surprised to find out otherwise today.
Jedidiah Young
Plug n play have better games and loading screens than this
It would have done better as a plug n play
17:15 What do you mean? That looks like a great Hyperscan game. Emphasis on the "Hyperscan".
EA: "hmmm a very intriguing bussines model indeed"
I think you forgot to mention that the HyperScan only had *16 MB* of system RAM. In 2006.
Maybe that was the reason why those loading screens were long AF. You are literally loading games with (probably) 32-bit graphics, maybe over 100 megabytes and DEFINETILY a wack processor.
25:11 That alien is named XLR8 and his special ability is to run at extremely high speeds like how Sonic does. Just so you know.
And...it doesn't in the game
This guy is soo freakin’ hilarious and the production quality of his videos is phenomenal. You can tell he really cares about what he does and the content he puts out there. I’ve seen no other channel that dives into obscure consoles as thoroughly and with a sense of humor as he does! Nice work man!
Then subscribe to him! As I'm talking to a comment that was made 3 years ago therefore nobody will probably talk to me for that reason :-(
@@LolManI-75 :)
His name is Mr. Rerez
the quote "[insert company] is a massive company, and they could do no harm, right?" is always relevant
oh geeze. IWL looks like an early 90s children's PC game.
The HyperScan console itself reminded me of another Mattel product called the Nick Click. It's a Nickelodeon-themed digital camera made in the late 90s and came with a cd-rom containing "games" and photo editing tools. The pictures the camera took were of worse quality than the ones at the time due to that same cost-cutting technique seen in the HyperScan (they looked like something straight out of the "crusty jpeg" meme and r/cursedimages). Look up LGR's review of the camera. It has much of the same problems as the HyperScan (outdated ports, weird power supply, flimsy build, slow loading times, weird noises).
Ive seen a comment (dont remember if it was in this video or AVGN's video) that said "the ben 10 game looks like something id play on miniclip when i was 11"
@@ahniandfriends123 Or probably the hmmm subreddit
I want that strange IWL game to be ported on PC and current gen consoles like the Xbox One and the PS4
Potato Man saying he was the "Common Tater" for the wresting league...
Ok that got me laughing
Thanks for making my request, you're the best Shane!
Also I apologize for any pain I may have caused you.
It's basically Disney Infinity, but even worse and without the figurines that made the whole thing worthwhile for collectors.
Or like amiibos. seriously I've got a Kicks one that my Significant other mailed me from across the country and I cherish that thing like it's a vital organ.
Also has a vibe of Skylanders now that you put it like that.
A major issue with this video is Shane seemed to ignore the instructions that came with the game and Hyperscan, telling one how to properly scan the cards. IE, that you hold the literal target on the cards over the center of the device. The system and games are already pieces of crap. You don't have to go out of your way to make it look worse.
Even with the manual (assuming it even came with one in the first place), that doesn’t escape how cheap & unresponsive it is.
I like just how offended Rerez is in every video
I love it.
They could've made a system that allowed you to slot in the card, like a credit card. no wireless needed and WAYYYY more reliable
Just make it into a credit card sl- You need to pay $6.99 to unlock the rest of this comment this is by EA
Side note the CD loading is so slow because it has a 2X reader also lacked memory for caching and a read-ahead buffer. (yes I have a working one too)
I figured it was a cheap 1x or 2x drive, but wow. No caching or read-ahead buffer? What was it doing then, just reading the disc directly into RAM where the game is stored for playing?
How was this even legal to do in 2006
HOW? The PlayStation had a 2X CD drive, and that was in 1994!
@@SouthwesternEagle Well, I guess we all know why the RAM was limited to 16MB.
Mattel managed to combine Destiny's "paying-for-locked-content" model and the loot box model way before either of those became common place. Truly revolutionary.
I will say that the part with Spider-Man using his webs to stop the crumbling building is accurate, since Spidey's webs are strong af.
Is it coincidence that the hyper scanner looks like a Red Lantern Corps ring from DC? Looks rage inducing to me.
And ironically, it can barely play Marvel games.