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00:00First time.
00:02I don't think that works.
00:04Oooh, is this a Tamagotchi?
00:06Wait, what console? This is a console?
00:08It's more of a keychain.
00:10There it is. There's your boy.
00:12Yeah, I'm not playing a game, teacher.
00:14This shit starts playing?
00:16I swear I'm not playing a game.
00:22Oooh, is this a Tamagotchi?
00:24Holy shit.
00:26Is this a Tamagotchi?
00:28Oh, off the top.
00:30Okay, you know that.
00:32I was just making sure.
00:34How old are you?
00:36I don't think I actually played with one, but I know what it is.
00:38I know what this is, I've never had one.
00:40You've never seen this before, have you?
00:42The fun thing about it is you can put it in your ass when you're not using it.
00:46The only thing this reminds me of
00:48is back when I used to be in elementary
00:50there used to be a fucking
00:52water and hoops on the bottom
00:54and you used to be able to get them in.
00:56Oh, I know what you're talking about.
00:58You've never seen these?
01:00Dude, so people used to have these
01:02back when I was in
01:04elementary school, middle school
01:06and you would feed your Tamagotchi
01:08and shit.
01:10It's basically like a little pet, I think
01:12that you take care of on this game.
01:14I think it's like a pet.
01:16People used to love this. It's like a pet that you take care of
01:18and if you don't take care of it
01:20it dies and it was a big deal when it died.
01:22Really?
01:24Yeah.
01:26I don't know. I don't remember how to play it.
01:28I've definitely played with one before.
01:30You like have your own guy, right?
01:32Oh, he's sleeping.
01:34This is when kids were kids.
01:36Yeah, I mean that one's dead. You see him dead?
01:38He's got like the little skull.
01:40Wait, what console? This is a console?
01:42It's more of a keychain.
01:44I think this came out around
01:462003.
01:4896?
01:50I was in high school in 1996.
01:52I remember the Tamagotchis though.
01:54People used to have these.
01:56Maybe when I was in elementary school
01:58then if it came out in 96.
02:04Oh my god.
02:06I would shove it up my ass if I could.
02:08Just such a good thick boy.
02:12Look at this brick.
02:14I've never
02:16owned one of these.
02:18You could tell the age on this one.
02:20That is an old piece of tech.
02:22What is that? Tetris?
02:24Hell yeah.
02:26Oh my god.
02:28I remember Pokemon on this, dude.
02:30Turn that puppy on.
02:38Dude, you're old.
02:42I think you want to stack as much as possible
02:44this way so that if you get a whole brick
02:46of continuous
02:48continuum, then it deletes itself.
02:50Oh my god.
02:52Shit's that old.
02:54Honestly good for them.
02:56You think this guy's a millionaire?
02:58The one that made this? He could be dead.
03:00Is he?
03:02There's a chance.
03:04But yeah, I think he's a millionaire.
03:06The Nintendo maker.
03:08So sorry guys, so sorry.
03:10Did you clear the whole thing out? Yeah, I cleared it out.
03:12It's not gonna happen. I can clear it out.
03:14Trust me.
03:16Oh shit, that's rough.
03:18I traveled one day and I packed it in my backpack
03:20just recently, last year, and I didn't play it.
03:22I just packed it for no fucking reason.
03:24I think I had
03:26one of these. Maybe I had the Game Boy.
03:28This isn't really better than
03:30the condition that I have. Whose is this?
03:32It's unbelievable.
03:34Way ahead of its time.
03:40Whoa.
03:42What is this?
03:44The Sega
03:46Portable Video Game System.
03:48Game Gear.
03:50This might be the most orderless shit I've ever seen
03:52in my life. The Game Gear
03:54Sega Portable Video Game
03:56System. You should bring that on the bus.
03:58So are these Game Gear?
04:00Yeah, Game Gear.
04:02I've never even heard of this. Have you?
04:04I think I've heard of it, but
04:06I've definitely never played it.
04:08I used to love playing Sonic. Really?
04:10I played like
04:12Sega Genesis
04:14Sonic and shit. Maybe GameCube?
04:16I forget where I played Sonic.
04:18Mortal Kombat 2. Sonic.
04:20I love this thing.
04:22Altered Beast was insane
04:24on this game. Yeah, I mean, this is
04:26an era in which the
04:28tangible asset was
04:30in your hands. Joe Montana, my favorite
04:32quarterback in high school. Oh my gosh.
04:34Look at this.
04:36Mm-hmm.
04:38So good.
04:40Sega Genesis was
04:4290...
04:44No, no, no.
04:46It was like 88? So this
04:48is probably...
04:50I want to say
04:5294. 1990?
04:56Here, you want to try? Yeah, do.
04:58I was just teaching Liv how to...
05:00So this is the Game
05:02Gear? So this is not the Sega Genesis.
05:04This is the Sega Game Gear.
05:06This had to have come out in like the 70s.
05:08No. No? Later?
05:10Yeah, way later. Holy
05:12fuck, it's that old that it's buzzing.
05:14Yeah.
05:16Audibly old. I mean,
05:18this is probably the coolest shit ever when it came out.
05:20People were probably loving this.
05:22I can't even do like... This is just
05:24like a different... A whole different
05:26time. It's a whole different time.
05:30Dude, when I have kids, I'm gonna give
05:32them this, not iPads. But it's just...
05:34I can like think about
05:36the way classrooms used to look, and
05:38shit used to smell, and like...
05:44What the
05:46fuck is that?
05:48Bass fishing? Lake? Boat?
05:50Stinger? Oh, stringer. Game?
05:54Dude, my grandad
05:56had this. I've never...
05:58I don't think I've seen this in my life. Dude,
06:00I used to play this. Because I would go
06:02to my grandparents' house,
06:04and they didn't have video games.
06:06But they had this. And I would play
06:08the hell out of this. I don't think this works.
06:10Oh, dude, we're fishing.
06:12This is fishing? We're fishing.
06:14Oh, it's a game. It's a
06:16fish game.
06:18I've never played this. I've never
06:20had this.
06:26Oh. Okay, I see the sonar on the right.
06:30Okay.
06:36You got one!
06:38No, you gotta give it to little Daniel.
06:40Word to my man Lake Ford.
06:42Justin Radcliffe.
06:50What does that do? I don't know.
06:52First time. I don't think that works.
06:54That's like Wii technology.
06:56I don't think we're ripping out a bass fish
06:58apostrophe.
07:00Like that?
07:02There it is. Now, that's it.
07:04Splashing in the water. Now your line's
07:06out. So that's where your line is.
07:08You want to reel
07:10it close to the fish. So reel in.
07:12Reel in more. Like, really reel
07:14in. So now
07:16hold it close to the fish, and
07:18a fish will come and bite it.
07:20That was a bite, I think.
07:22This is like a fidget toy
07:24person's dream right here. Just having
07:26something to play with. How do you set the hook?
07:28When did this come out?
07:301985.
07:34Am I too early on a lot of these?
07:36This came out in 97?
07:38Were there any video games in like the
07:4080s?
07:48What is that? What the fuck is this?
07:52Ew.
07:54Who the fuck made this? This is a calculator.
07:56Oh, it's a calculator?
07:58No, but it looks like it. Who the fuck
08:00made this?
08:02It should be a calculator.
08:04This is the Pro 200
08:06Gaming System.
08:08This thing was made in
08:101994.
08:12The Gaming Calculator.
08:14Oh, it's
08:16Tetris again.
08:18To kind of
08:20market towards students who wanted to
08:22be gaming during class.
08:24Really? I don't remember this.
08:26I've never seen this in my life.
08:28Yeah, I'm not playing a game, teacher.
08:30This shit starts playing?
08:32I swear I'm not playing a game.
08:34Oh, it's like Frogger.
08:36Yeah, you just don't hit the other cars.
08:44This is what was keeping kids entertained
08:46back then? That's insane.
08:48Yo, what do you want to bait round?
08:50Call me so we can make rounds.
08:52Far and away
08:54the best audio system.
08:56I would say
08:58a year.
09:00Maybe 98. It is 98?
09:02Good fucking guess.
09:08Oh, I've seen this.
09:10Oh yeah, I've played this shit.
09:12Which one is this? Nintendo DS.
09:14This is our time.
09:16Yeah, this is our time.
09:18Wow, I used to play GTA on this game.
09:20There it is.
09:22There's your boy.
09:24Does it have the little drawing stick
09:26or do they not have them yet at this point?
09:28This thing?
09:30Yeah, dude. Holy shit.
09:32It's for your Pokemains?
09:34Holy shit.
09:36Oh.
09:38How do you shoot?
09:40Very cool.
09:42Now this, this was my baby.
09:44Quick play.
09:46Quick play, yeah.
09:48Let's go easy.
09:50Let's see what you got.
09:52I feel like I might have played this.
09:54Is it a top down?
09:56How do I get out of here?
09:58There we go. There's the door.
10:00Oh yeah, now you're figuring it out.
10:02There's the gamer.
10:04There's the pro gamer.
10:06You love World at War games.
10:08I love this game. World at War is one of my favorites.
10:12I'm getting lit up.
10:14I got an ass.
10:18I just slammed that guy.
10:20Can you aim in this shit?
10:22How do you reload?
10:24For how polished
10:26the system is,
10:28I couldn't imagine playing
10:30that for fun on it.
10:32That's just not fun.
10:342004?
10:36I was like 10 when this came out.
10:38Dude, I was 10 when that came out.
10:44PSP.
10:46Dude, I never had a PSP.
10:48All my rich friends had them.
10:50I had a PSP. Did you?
10:52Oh yeah. Oh my god.
10:54The PlayStation Vita.
10:56PSP. I used to have one of these.
10:58I used to have one of these
11:00in my mortgage days and I used to have
11:02a stack of movies and I would just
11:04put it here and I would be data entry
11:06just listening to the audio.
11:08You could use the internet on this, couldn't you?
11:10This was the first time you could use the internet.
11:12Yeah.
11:14I remember how to turn it on.
11:16I did love the joystick feeling.
11:20I think that was my favorite part about this shit.
11:22I'm not gonna lie.
11:24There's something about it.
11:26Dude, I think the PSP was so ahead of its time.
11:28You could play games.
11:30You could watch music videos.
11:32You could buy movies.
11:34This movie was ahead of its time.
11:36That looks so smooth in comparison to what we've been playing.
11:38Why am I kind of going crazy?
11:40Yeah, you're kind of flying.
11:42Yeah, hit that drift.
11:44Yeah, catch up to that guy.
11:46Come here, you prick.
11:48Fuck over here.
11:50Oh, I'm losing it. I'm losing it.
11:52Yeah.
11:54Wow, this has fucking delayed run.
11:56Is it?
11:58Did you overclock it?
12:00Oh, no, this is not overclocked.
12:02Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:04I feel like I'm bordering off.
12:06No, you're in second, dawg.
12:08Yeah, you're in second.
12:10Final lap.
12:12Yo, this cop is only going for me, by the way.
12:14Only going for me.
12:16Shark turn there, hitting the chicane.
12:20So PSP must have been 2006?
12:22No, no way.
12:24No, this shit came out.
12:26This shit came out.
12:28That was not out when we were playing COD 4 and shit.
12:30That had to have come out before those games, right?
12:32Yeah, I'll go with it.
12:34Yeah, I'll go with it. Oh, wait, sounds good.
12:362004. You're so wrong, dude.
12:40I mean, the fact that you can play
12:42every single one of those games
12:44that have come up on this thing.
12:46I mean, the progression.
12:48Obviously, technology has gotten better,
12:50but that shouldn't take away
12:52from the fact that those moments
12:54in time.
12:56Delicious.
12:58But this is causing anxiety, depression.
13:00Oh, yeah.
13:02You wanted to be someone else.
13:04That just made you want to fucking play.
13:06Play Need for Speed.
13:08At least for me, I was born in 2001.
13:10I swear, every year
13:12there's always something better
13:14the next year.
13:16That, for me, is just fucking crazy
13:18because the people that were living
13:20in the 1950s, they have never
13:22seen some shit like this.
13:24Also, I think
13:26the tech has gotten a little stagnant,
13:28I'd say, in terms of gaming.
13:30Gaming 100%.
13:34Tech, this, gaming, this.
13:36The next thing is going to be this.
13:38You're going to put your glasses on,
13:40and then you're just going to have your hands here,
13:42and then it's just going to read your movements.
13:44This is going to be a virtual screen
13:46through your glasses?
13:48That's crazy, man.
13:50Where will we be in the next 30 years?
13:52Probably not here.
13:54Stay tuned.
14:00Stay tuned.
14:02Stay tuned.
14:04Stay tuned.