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00:00First time.

00:02I don't think that works.

00:04Oh, 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.

00:22Oh, is this a Tamagotchi?

00:25Holy shit.

00:27Is this a Tamagotchi?

00:29Oh, off the top.

00:31You know that.

00:33How old are you?

00:35I don't think I actually played with one,

00:37but I know what it is.

00:39I know what this is. I've never had one.

00:41You've never seen this before, have you?

00:43The fun thing about it is you can put it in your ass

00:45when you're not using it.

00:47The only thing this reminds me of

00:49is back when I used to be in elementary,

00:51there used to be a fucking water

00:53and then hoops on the bottom

00:55and you used to be able to get them in.

00:57You never seen these?

00:59No.

01:01People used to have these back when I was in

01:03elementary school, middle school.

01:05Yeah?

01:07And you would feed your Tamagotchi and shit.

01:09It's basically like a little pet, I think,

01:11that you take care of on this game.

01:13I think it's like a pet.

01:15People used to love this.

01:17It's like a pet that you take care of

01:19and if you don't take care of it, it dies

01:21and it was a big deal when it died.

01:23Really?

01:25I don't know. I don't remember how to play it.

01:27I've definitely played with one before.

01:29You have your own guy, right?

01:31Oh, he's sleeping.

01:33This is when kids were kids.

01:35Yeah, I mean, that one's dead.

01:37You see him dead? He's got the little skull.

01:39Wait, what console?

01:41This is a console? It's more of a keychain.

01:43I think this came out around

01:452003.

01:47Wow.

01:49I was in high school in 1996.

01:51I was a senior in 97 and I never saw these.

01:53I remember the

01:55Tamagotchis though. People used to have these.

01:57Maybe when I was in elementary school

01:59then if it came out in 96.

02:05Oh my god.

02:07I would shove it up my ass if I could.

02:09Just such a good

02:11thick boy.

02:13Look at this brick.

02:15Wait, hold on.

02:17I've never owned one of these.

02:19You can tell the age on this one.

02:21That is an old piece of

02:23What is that? Tetris? Hell yeah.

02:25Oh my god.

02:27I remember Pokemon on this, dude.

02:29Turn that puppy on.

02:31Top left.

02:37Dude, you're old.

02:41I think you want to stack

02:43as much as possible this way so that

02:45if you get a whole brick of

02:47continuous continuum

02:49then it deletes itself.

02:51Oh my god.

02:53Shit's that old. Honestly good for them.

02:55You think this guy's

02:57a millionaire?

02:59He could be dead. Is he?

03:01There's a chance.

03:03But yeah, I think

03:05he's a millionaire. The Nintendo maker.

03:07So

03:09sorry guys, so sorry. Did you clear the whole thing

03:11out? Yeah, I cleared it out. It's not gonna happen.

03:13I can clear it out. Trust me.

03:15Oh shit, that's rough.

03:17I traveled one day and I packed it in my

03:19backpack. Just recently, last year.

03:21And I didn't play it.

03:23I just packed it for no fucking reason.

03:25I think I had one of these.

03:27Maybe I had the Game Boy Go. This isn't really

03:29better than the condition that I have.

03:31Whose is this? It's as good as this.

03:33It's unbelievable. Way

03:35ahead of its time.

03:41Whoa.

03:43The Sega

03:45Portable Video Game

03:47System.

03:49Oh, this might be the most

03:51horrible shit I've ever seen in my life.

03:53The Game Gear Sega

03:55Portable Video Game System, right? You just bring that

03:57on the bus? So are these

03:59Game Gear? Yeah, Game Gear.

04:01I've never played this. I've never even heard of this.

04:03Have you? Uh, I think

04:05I've heard of it, but I've definitely never played it.

04:07Sonic, man. I used to love playing Sonic.

04:09Really? You played like, uh

04:11like Sega

04:13Genesis Sonic and shit?

04:15Maybe GameCube? I forget where I played Sonic.

04:17Mortal Kombat 2,

04:19Sonic, I love

04:21this thing. Altered Beast

04:23was insane on this game. Yeah, I mean

04:25this is an era

04:27in which the tangible asset

04:29was in your hands. Joe Montana,

04:31my favorite quarterback in high school.

04:33Oh my gosh, look at this.

04:35Mm-hmm.

04:37So good.

04:39Sega Genesis

04:41This was

04:4390...

04:45No, no, no. It was like 88?

04:47So this is probably

04:51I want to say 94.

04:531990?

04:55Here, you want to try?

04:57Yeah, do. I was just teaching

04:59Liv how to...

05:01So this is the Game Gear?

05:03So this is not the Sega Genesis. This is the

05:05Sega Game Gear. This had to have come out

05:07in like the 70s, I feel like.

05:09No? Later? Yeah, way later.

05:11Holy fuck, it's that old

05:13that it's buzzing.

05:15Yeah, audibly old.

05:17I mean, this is probably the coolest shit

05:19ever when it came out. People were probably loving

05:21this. I can't even

05:23do like... This is just like a different...

05:25A whole different time.

05:27It just...

05:31Dude, when I have kids, I'm going to give them this, not iPads.

05:33But it's just...

05:35I can like think about the way classrooms

05:37used to look and shit used to smell

05:39and like...

05:45What the fuck

05:47is that? Bass fishing? Lake?

05:49Boat? Stinger?

05:51Oh, stringer. Game?

05:53Dude,

05:55my granddad had this.

05:57I've never... I don't think I've seen this

05:59in my life. Dude, I used to

06:01play this shit. Because I would go to my grandparents'

06:03house, and they didn't have video

06:05games, but they had this.

06:07And I would play the hell

06:09out of this. I don't think this works.

06:11Oh, dude, we're fishing. This is fishing?

06:13We're fishing.

06:15Oh, it's a game. It's a fish game.

06:19I've never played this. I've never had this.

06:25Oh.

06:27Okay, I see the sonar on the right.

06:35You got one?

06:37No, you gotta give it the little dangle.

06:39Word to my man,

06:41Lake Ford.

06:43Justin Radcliffe.

06:49What does that do? I don't know.

06:51First time.

06:53I don't think that works.

06:55That's like Wii technology. I don't think we're ripping

06:57out a bass fishing apostrophe.

06:59Like that?

07:01There it is.

07:03Now that's it splashing in the water.

07:05Now your line's out. So that's where your line

07:07is. So you want to

07:09reel it close to the fish.

07:11So reel in. Reel in more.

07:13Like really reel it.

07:15So now hold it close to the fish

07:17and a fish will come and bite it.

07:21That was a bite, I think. This is like a

07:23fidget toy person's dream

07:25right here. Just having something to play with.

07:27How do you set the hook? When did this come out?

07:29Nineteen...

07:311985.

07:33Am I too early on a lot of these?

07:35This came out in

07:3797? Were there any

07:39video games in like the 80s?

07:47What is that?

07:49What the fuck is this?

07:51Ew!

07:53Who the fuck made this?

07:55This is a calculator. Oh, it's a calculator?

07:57No, but it looks like it.

07:59Who the fuck made this?

08:01How is it a game?

08:03It should be a calculator.

08:05This is the Pro 200 Gaming System.

08:07Uh, this thing was

08:09made in 1994.

08:11The Gaming Calculator?

08:13Game Engine Calculator.

08:15Oh, it's Tetris again.

08:19To kind of market towards students

08:21who wanted to sneak in gaming during class.

08:23Really?

08:25I don't remember this.

08:27I've never seen this in my life.

08:29Yeah, I'm not playing a game, teacher.

08:31This shit starts playing.

08:33I swear I'm not playing a game.

08:35Oh, it's like Frogger.

08:37Yeah, you just don't hit the other cars.

08:45This is what was keeping kids entertained back then?

08:47That's insane.

08:49What do you want Bait Round for?

08:53Far and away the best audio system.

08:55I would say

08:57a year.

08:59Maybe 98.

09:01It is 98?

09:03Good fucking guess.

09:09Oh, I've seen this.

09:11Oh yeah, I've played this shit.

09:13Which one is this? Nintendo DS.

09:15This is our time.

09:17Wow.

09:19I used to play GTA on this game.

09:21There it is. There's your boy.

09:23Oh my god.

09:25Does it have the little drawing stick?

09:27Or do they not have them yet at this point?

09:29This thing?

09:31Yeah, dude. Holy shit.

09:33It's for your Pokemains?

09:35Holy shit.

09:37Oh.

09:39How do you shoot?

09:43Now this was my baby.

09:45Quick play.

09:47Let's go easy.

09:49Alright, let's see what you got.

09:51I feel like I might have played this.

09:53Let's see what you got. Is it a top down?

09:55How do I get out of here?

09:57There we go. There's the door.

09:59Oh yeah, now you're figuring it out.

10:01There's the gamer.

10:03There's the pro gamer.

10:05You love World at War games.

10:07I love this game. World at War is one of my favorites.

10:11I'm getting lit up.

10:13Oh, he died. I'm dead. I'm ass.

10:15I don't know.

10:17I just slammed that guy.

10:19Can you aim in this shit?

10:21You can't even aim in.

10:23How do you reload?

10:25For how polished the

10:27system is, I couldn't imagine

10:29playing that for fun

10:31on it. That's just not fun.

10:332004?

10:35I was like 10 when this came out.

10:37Dude, I was 10 when that came out.

10:45Dude, I never had a PSP.

10:47Oh, I had a PSP. All my rich friends

10:49had them. I had a PSP.

10:51Did you? Oh yeah.

10:53Oh my god, the PlayStation Vita.

10:55Oh yeah, PSP.

10:57I used to have one of these.

10:59I used to have one of these in my mortgage days

11:01and I used to have like a stack of movies

11:03and I would just like put it here and I would be

11:05data entry just listening to

11:07the audio. You could use the internet on this, couldn't you?

11:09This was like the first time you could use the internet.

11:11Is this a joystick? Yeah.

11:13I remember how to turn it on.

11:15I did love the joystick feeling.

11:19I think that was my favorite part

11:21about this shit, dude. I'm not gonna lie. It's like the

11:23disc, man. I don't know. There's something about it.

11:25Dude, I think the PSP was so ahead of its time.

11:27You could play

11:29games, you could watch music videos, you could

11:31buy movies.

11:33This movie was ahead of its time.

11:35That looks so smooth in comparison to what

11:37we've been playing.

11:39Why am I kind of going

11:41crazy? Yeah, you're kind of flying.

11:45Yeah, hit that drift.

11:47Yeah, catch up to that guy.

11:49Come here, you prick. Fuck over here.

11:51Oh, I'm losing it. I'm losing it.

11:53Yeah.

11:55Wow, this has fucking delayed run.

11:57Is it? Did you overclock it?

11:59I don't know. This is not overclocked.

12:01Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

12:03I feel like I'm bordering on...

12:05Okay, I'm winning. No, you're in second,

12:07I think. Yeah, you're in second.

12:09No, don't worry about it. Final lap.

12:11Yo, this top is only going for me, by the way.

12:13Only going for me.

12:15Shark turn there.

12:17Hitting the chicane.

12:19I mean, you can go to home.

12:21So PSP must have been 2006?

12:23No, no way. No, this shit came out.

12:25No way. This shit came out.

12:27That was not out when we were playing

12:29COD 4 and shit.

12:31That had to have come out before those games, right?

12:33Yeah, I'll go with...

12:35Oh, wait, sounds good. 2004.

12:37You're so wrong, dude.

12:39I mean, the fact that you can play

12:41every single one of those

12:43games that have come up on this thing,

12:45I mean, the progression, obviously technology

12:47has gotten better,

12:49but that shouldn't

12:51take away from the fact that those

12:53moments in time,

12:55delicious.

12:57But this is causing anxiety,

12:59depression, comparison,

13:01hating yourself, wanting to be someone else.

13:03That just made you want to

13:05fucking play.

13:07That's all you wanted.

13:09At least for me, I was born in 2001.

13:11Every year, there's always

13:13something better the next year.

13:15And that for me is just fucking crazy

13:17because, obviously,

13:19the people that were living in the 1950s,

13:21they have never seen

13:23some shit like this.

13:25Also, I think the tech has gotten

13:27a little stagnant, I'd say,

13:29in terms of gaming.

13:31Gaming, 100%.

13:33Yeah, tech, this, gaming, this.

13:35The next thing

13:37is going to be this. You're going to put your glasses on,

13:39and then you're just going to have your

13:41hands here, and then it's just going to read your movements.

13:43This is going to be a virtual screen

13:45through your glasses?

13:47That's crazy, man. Technology.

13:49Where will we be in the next 30 years?

13:51Probably not here.

13:53AI took over. Stay tuned.

14:03Transcribed by https://otter.ai

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