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I love that it’s clear that James can be incredibly precise and he could have made this look so clean and polished. But instead, he’d rather smash things together like some kind of mad scientist wizard because it’s more fun.
Ayep, as someone Who works in electronic repairs this makes me cringe so hard, There's so much board abuse i can't even wrap my head around It.....yet i love every second of this
I’m not a dankpods viewer, but this is more in-line with what I like watching than dankpods is. You can definitely tell that he’s using the same sorta style though. Not a complaint tbh. If it works why fix it.
As someone who does electronic repair as a hobby I very much appreciate actually showing off some of the struggle & frustration of something just not working for some reason rather than pretending it never happened and editing the video as if it worked first try.
All of his projects are like that stage of prototyping where you finally have a base design, you build it, realize it will need multiple redesigns, then try everything you can to get the current revision working.
Normal youtubers: "i will use cad to model a new shell with slots for the motherboard and controller port, and a cartridge opening, then i will 3d print the adapters and plugs for the shell James: hot glue, angle grinder, flush cutters, scissors and lots of magic
NSFW: "Madlad makes NES cart play with itself." I really hope this goes viral. I think a lot of crazy shit when it comes to tech repurposing, but this is on another level.
I swear to God this channel is a rollercoaster of emotion. I wanna scream and cry when i see how he rips the console apart but still wanna watch it to the end since i think the idea is interesting and cool 😂 The best part is the end with the connector. It looks so wrong but is just brilliant! The embodiment of "if it looks stupid, but it works, it is not stupid anymore!"
The way this man asserts dominance over the electronics is a thing of beauty. Just like a master painter where the brush is a power tool and the paint is hot glue.
You should see him fix cars over on garbage time... James might be even madder than Wade is ((look for donkey van carpeting if you want god reference point)
On your previous video showing the creation of a portable SNES, I stated that I had never seen such a thorough defiling of a machine before, and applauded your efforts. I am here now to say you have once again completely outdone yourself, and I look forward to seeing your work in the future. Godspeed, tech body horror man.
@@koolaid33The name is more already taken because NEC is an actual japanese computer chip manufacturer. I don't think they do much other than computer chip making anymore. I'm actually not sure that they are even still around.
I am a software guy, and this "I came in like a wrecking ball approach to hardware" combined with the fast-cut editing was something I have never seen before. This is very interesting. Congrats on making it all work. Amazing.
I was surprised it still worked with all that cable inductance added to the circuit, but I suppose the clock isn't all that fast. There's a good chance the FCC wouldn't like what emits from that adapter though...
James, I've just finally made it over from the Dank channels and I love this stuff. There's something so wonderfully twisted about making a game play itself. Please keep up this very important work.
The immense power level James displays whenever he just shreds something with zero regard for being careful and it still working at the end is amazing. It's like watching a master chef filet a fish with the blade coming dangerously close to their hand but like, evil and fucked up
13:05 "NES Ball :)" Aside from the overwhelming panic I feel watching a game (presumably not a reproduction cart) getting chop shopped, this was very entertaining.
@@AdriaticTokoru only if you didnt grow up with one. when the playstation 2 came out the old playstation became the playstation 1. marketing and shit, and the internet refined the terminology and broadened it to mean devices outside of peoples' sphere of being influenced, but the first playstation in the series of two consoles that you are keeping up with the release of as a child? You're not calling it "classic" you're calling it the playstation 1. its not a car and children dont have timeframe ranges to know what classicness is anyway, rant over. im not mad at you.
I was just about to comment "I would love to see an nes cartridge playing itself." Then I got to around 12:20 and I was filled with joy that James had the same thought.
Saw this video linked in a Discord server and, not knowing your channel or work, I was expecting the usual RUclips recipe Martha Stewart tier of perfectionist presentation and curated cleanness. I have never in my life been happier to be wrong. THIS is the kind of energy I can get behind, tearing stuff's guts out, accidentally breaking it and having to fix it again, just the true spirit of Tinkering With Shit. I definitely don't have anywhere near the knowledge and background you do but I do tend to open and fix my own shit a lot and this is exactly my speed in terms of the focus on functionality first, and totally embracing chaos. Loved every minute of this and will be subscribing to check out any future videos!
You know, I always forget how destructive disassembles can get in these videos, so I'm always in a bit of shock whenever I see James breaking things apart with usually very little concern.
Yep, this video demonstrates the exact energy of someone who responds to the phrase "the light globe is broken" with "no, I can still fix it" AFTER digging the aforementioned globe from underneath a pile of heavy metal tools (they don't play Dio riffs, sadly).
The fact that the cartridge was still presentable and not an amalgamation of glue and tape at the end is actually big. Considering that this same man produced the portable SNES that still haunts my sleep paralysis demons at night.
I love to watch retro console modding videos regularly but this video is nothing like the others, you just earned new fan and subscriber. Keep up the mad work!
I love this! In fact... I take you an even harder challenge: Can you take a Famiclone, and make a Famicom cartrige play Famicom games by fitting the Famiclone inside? (I know it would be impossible to fit the game and the console at the same time since the cartridges are already so small... BUT: Some famiclones come with some game or games already built in, so MAYBE you can make the Famiclone console be the cart game's itself by using one of those Famiclones.
As a Person of Technology (POT) the way you opened up that NES clone and just brutally destroyed all of the insides hurts me both physically and spiritually...
Plugging a cartridge into itself makes me uncomfortable. It feels like it breaks the laws of physics. It really just feels like trying to put a magnet in front of something to achieve infinite acceleration.
i've never ever ever never ever seen a better advertisement for a dremel.. "do YOU ever struggle with cutting delicate stuff with your angle grinder? are YOU tired of destroying stuff even when you didn't actually wanna do that for fun? well, we've got just the tool you need!"
I love that it’s clear that James can be incredibly precise and he could have made this look so clean and polished. But instead, he’d rather smash things together like some kind of mad scientist wizard because it’s more fun.
There is method to this 🔥madness🔥
It’s giving Mekboy so hard.
You have to know how to do things right in order to know how you can get away with doing them wrong.
He's taking the Wade approach of DankPods.
@@SupaGamersAlt and the approach of "if it works but is ugly.. it works"
Everything about this makes me so uncomfortable yet I am 100% here for it
My manz juzt woke up and CHOZE VIOLENCE
the tearing apart the console and cutting the cartridge was so bad
As someone who's only ever handled boards to build a pc, compared to how i baby those parts i was shocked anything worked at the end
Ayep, as someone Who works in electronic repairs this makes me cringe so hard, There's so much board abuse i can't even wrap my head around It.....yet i love every second of this
Came here to say the same thing.
You not only fit an NES in a cartridge, but you also fit a full cartridge inside and played the cartridge on a cartridge. Genuis
but best of all: nes ball
I agree @GamemodePC 😂
Cartridge on a cartridge on a cartridge on a cartridge
lol
the true genius was in the restating of what he did in the video
This feels like a dankpods video except where he knows too much about electronics
and fast placed + no background music
I’m not a dankpods viewer, but this is more in-line with what I like watching than dankpods is. You can definitely tell that he’s using the same sorta style though. Not a complaint tbh. If it works why fix it.
i think james and dankpods are friends or something
@@CrashFan03That's the rumor.
@@chiken9913This.
As someone who does electronic repair as a hobby I very much appreciate actually showing off some of the struggle & frustration of something just not working for some reason rather than pretending it never happened and editing the video as if it worked first try.
I think that's the best part showing the struggles. Once it ends up working, it is the best feeling for someone who likes tinker.
12:50
IM SORRY, YOU MADE A GAME LITERALLY PLAY ITSELF
puts a different spin on the term “you played yourself”
There's something powerful about the disrespect and use of power tools with the electronic components. It's like deranged prototyping.
All of his projects are like that stage of prototyping where you finally have a base design, you build it, realize it will need multiple redesigns, then try everything you can to get the current revision working.
A series of bold hacking together with hot glue choices
I was a bit nervous with how close he got while cutting some of those pieces
gross, its playing with itself
-Dremel?- Nah.
*_ANGLE GRINDER_*
Normal youtubers: "i will use cad to model a new shell with slots for the motherboard and controller port, and a cartridge opening, then i will 3d print the adapters and plugs for the shell
James: hot glue, angle grinder, flush cutters, scissors and lots of magic
Don't forget the pot of liquid NES cartridge
@@IneptOrange NES cartridge purée
*nes ball*@@انا_ابراهيم_البناوي
@@prodbysteexymy game cartridge plays game cartridges!
my laugh " rusty door hinge"
"That's close enough I reckon" is the most real DIY quote ever. It also perfectly sums up this video.
The OurainboNES playing itself at the end was utterly horrifying.
What ungodly creation has this man brought fourth
2:07 Here you see Mario getting a lobotomy.
That's his head not his "head"
Update: I mixed up lobotomy and neutering
@Forthakine easy, I'm stupid
fire in the hole
A much needed one I might add.
@@SetOfAllSetsneuteing doesnf remove your bell end 💀💀💀
NSFW: "Madlad makes NES cart play with itself."
I really hope this goes viral. I think a lot of crazy shit when it comes to tech repurposing, but this is on another level.
The NESturbator!
Actually. No don’t name it that. I think I just threw up a little 🤢
AutoNESullation
@@AdamBuker wiildo
@@AdamBuker Same energy as early PC NES emulator NESticle from 1997
This is currently my favorite video ever
Thanks!!
So this is what the villagers watching viktor frankenstein from far away felt like huh
this comment deserves to not die alone
I swear to God this channel is a rollercoaster of emotion. I wanna scream and cry when i see how he rips the console apart but still wanna watch it to the end since i think the idea is interesting and cool 😂
The best part is the end with the connector. It looks so wrong but is just brilliant! The embodiment of "if it looks stupid, but it works, it is not stupid anymore!"
The way this man asserts dominance over the electronics is a thing of beauty. Just like a master painter where the brush is a power tool and the paint is hot glue.
You should see him fix cars over on garbage time...
James might be even madder than Wade is ((look for donkey van carpeting if you want god reference point)
You know before this channel I sometimes wondered how James and Wade are friends... I understand why now very well
I feel like i just watched a mad scientist create something.
That was awesome 🤩
definitely mad, not so sure about scientist
This is one of the coolest things I've seen someone make. A nes cartridge that can play other games, let alone ITSELF? Great job, man. Here's a sub.
Wade: PKCELL
James: NES ball
Yessss, we need a curio pile over here, too
We need a war to kickstart the exonomy
Wasted opportunity to call it a NESticle
@@adoggewokepupper 💀
On your previous video showing the creation of a portable SNES, I stated that I had never seen such a thorough defiling of a machine before, and applauded your efforts. I am here now to say you have once again completely outdone yourself, and I look forward to seeing your work in the future. Godspeed, tech body horror man.
Call it the Nintendo entertainment cartridge or NEC
confusingly not made by NEC
@@SuperM789 Yeah was gonna say. NEC made the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, so the name's already sort of taken :0
the “Neck”
@@koolaid33 That was the joke ^^
@@koolaid33The name is more already taken because NEC is an actual japanese computer chip manufacturer. I don't think they do much other than computer chip making anymore. I'm actually not sure that they are even still around.
1:50 "I'm going to have to very carefully remove that"
*takes out angle grinder*
Well, he was careful, and it looks... ok
I am a software guy, and this "I came in like a wrecking ball approach to hardware" combined with the fast-cut editing was something I have never seen before. This is very interesting. Congrats on making it all work. Amazing.
"Can your GAME play GAMES?" Nice one James. Lol 😂
Yes , but can your game play games including itself ?.. James is on another planet
lol
Just when I thought it couldn't get more chaotic, the jumper adapter to plug it into itself happened.
10/10.
My wife: "What? It already works! Why are you still making more stuff?!"
Blew my mind
I was surprised it still worked with all that cable inductance added to the circuit, but I suppose the clock isn't all that fast. There's a good chance the FCC wouldn't like what emits from that adapter though...
I was actually very proud of myself for predicting that specific deranged bit before it happened. Kind of had to happen, y'know? :3
James, I've just finally made it over from the Dank channels and I love this stuff. There's something so wonderfully twisted about making a game play itself. Please keep up this very important work.
I popped onto youtube at just the right moment, it seems. The idea of a self-contained NES game feels like madness, and it is amazing that it works.
This isnt Jerry rigging anymore, this is James rigging
This was like watching nine seasons of a soap opera. I was invested in every twist and turn. Bravo!
The immense power level James displays whenever he just shreds something with zero regard for being careful and it still working at the end is amazing. It's like watching a master chef filet a fish with the blade coming dangerously close to their hand but like, evil and fucked up
13:05 "NES Ball :)"
Aside from the overwhelming panic I feel watching a game (presumably not a reproduction cart) getting chop shopped, this was very entertaining.
Man after watching 8 Bit Guy and that whole scene be so fussy with making everything original, this was cathartic. Also you're hella smart.
U made a game cartridge...
That can play itself...
And still be the original hardware...
HUGE props to you man, that's another level of awesome.
"My game cartridge plays game cartidgeeesss!!!!"
- James, 2024
8:01 "maybe a real NES game?-[playstation 1 intro noises from the TV????]"
glad i wasn't the only one thinking that
@@CrashFan03 same
PSC
@@AdriaticTokoru only if you didnt grow up with one. when the playstation 2 came out the old playstation became the playstation 1. marketing and shit, and the internet refined the terminology and broadened it to mean devices outside of peoples' sphere of being influenced, but the first playstation in the series of two consoles that you are keeping up with the release of as a child? You're not calling it "classic" you're calling it the playstation 1. its not a car and children dont have timeframe ranges to know what classicness is
anyway, rant over. im not mad at you.
James is a Gem, and his pure skill in making something while being utterly destructive is incredible.
Ii made a Nes ball💀
Call it the "Self-Cartridge". It plays itself.
I could do one better. The "Khaled".
In all honesty, it seems that James put a VTxx system in a NES cartridge.
it plays with itself
@@Code7Unltd I didn't know game cartridges could be disk jockeys
@@Zordyn I guess that also makes sense
I was just about to comment "I would love to see an nes cartridge playing itself." Then I got to around 12:20 and I was filled with joy that James had the same thought.
watching this with the sonic forces title screen song playing in the background made this more emotional than it needed to be.
I'm honestly a little disappointed he didn't put the cartridge on a toploader and played a game onto the cartridge while it's being played.
same
Darn. Saw this comment AFTER I suggested the same thing.
One can only appreciate the surgical precision this man has with a anglegrinder.
I was literally SCREAMING every time the saw was anywhere near your hand.
SCREAMING I TELL YOU.
Badass
Omg its john douglas from yaiy.
Haha thanks ❤️
13:05 nes ball
nes ball
nes ball
nes ball
nes ball
nes ball
James: "I'm gonna remove it very carefully"
Also James: *using a saw to recklessly cut through it*
No NES cartridges were harmed during the filming of this video.
Yes the hell they were
Demonstrably false
Completely untrue
Evidently incorrect
Vociferously fictitious
"Did you seriously just use a micro USB cable?"
"Sorry, guys. I couldn't resist."
This man takes all of the fear out of electronics.
Saw this video linked in a Discord server and, not knowing your channel or work, I was expecting the usual RUclips recipe Martha Stewart tier of perfectionist presentation and curated cleanness. I have never in my life been happier to be wrong. THIS is the kind of energy I can get behind, tearing stuff's guts out, accidentally breaking it and having to fix it again, just the true spirit of Tinkering With Shit. I definitely don't have anywhere near the knowledge and background you do but I do tend to open and fix my own shit a lot and this is exactly my speed in terms of the focus on functionality first, and totally embracing chaos.
Loved every minute of this and will be subscribing to check out any future videos!
Imagine taking this video back in time just a year after the original NES was made and showing this to Hiroshi Yamauchi.
10:38 that good sir is definitely a Nesticle
I love all the attention and care taken with the cutting and fitting of this project!
You know, I always forget how destructive disassembles can get in these videos, so I'm always in a bit of shock whenever I see James breaking things apart with usually very little concern.
Chaotic good?
No, no, no. Chaotic AMAZING!
James is actually amazing. He's so brutal with tech and you can tell he's incredible at building tech
James channel is so amazing, its such a blessing you found your way into making youtube content
Yep, this video demonstrates the exact energy of someone who responds to the phrase "the light globe is broken" with "no, I can still fix it" AFTER digging the aforementioned globe from underneath a pile of heavy metal tools (they don't play Dio riffs, sadly).
The way he uses that angle grinder seems like he could pull off eye surgery using only a claw hammer.
Your dedication to craftsmanship is unsuparsed
Just call it the NES Ball. The name doesn't have to be appropriate
The fact that the cartridge was still presentable and not an amalgamation of glue and tape at the end is actually big.
Considering that this same man produced the portable SNES that still haunts my sleep paralysis demons at night.
My jaw dropped when the NES Ball bounced. Awesome work
I love to watch retro console modding videos regularly but this video is nothing like the others, you just earned new fan and subscriber. Keep up the mad work!
He never fails to make old tech more valuable, by chopping it up and disfiguring it.
“I’ll have to very carefully remove that”
James’ idea of careful:
I can totally see myself buying one of these if it’s not… made with complete barbarism
The cat gets me all the time, what's his name james?
"I'm gonna have to very carefully remove that"
*Proceeds to buzzsaw the thing off*
I love this! In fact... I take you an even harder challenge: Can you take a Famiclone, and make a Famicom cartrige play Famicom games by fitting the Famiclone inside? (I know it would be impossible to fit the game and the console at the same time since the cartridges are already so small... BUT: Some famiclones come with some game or games already built in, so MAYBE you can make the Famiclone console be the cart game's itself by using one of those Famiclones.
8:55 haha, sure, blame the "garbage blob of a chip" after you blasted the poor thing with a heat gun! haha, that made me laugh :)
10:37 i made a NES ball!
12:51 this man has created a brand new definition for “playing with yourself”
6:33 "bounced twice :D "
i misread the title as “i made an nes play nes games” and that combined with the thumbnail saying “there were struggles” was the funniest shit
As a Person of Technology (POT) the way you opened up that NES clone and just brutally destroyed all of the insides hurts me both physically and spiritually...
but he made it work again.
@@LexYeenBut it was the way he handled the hardware that really hurt me. he disrespected the PCB in all sorts of ways!
this has got to be the weirdest console mod video I've ever seen, I love it
10:22 got me rolling off my bed
Plugging a cartridge into itself makes me uncomfortable. It feels like it breaks the laws of physics. It really just feels like trying to put a magnet in front of something to achieve infinite acceleration.
The way you disassemble clone NESes should be classified as a war crime
Name it the InceptioNES (Inception + NES)
You should name that cartridge with a built-in console a lobotomy
this is beyond jank. thank you youtube for recommending me this hidden gem of a channel
This guy is a mad man and a fricking genius at the same time.
Im simultaneously mortified and impressed by the absolute balls it took to just angle grind that shit 😂 especially right next to the boards
James is a bit like Godrick the grafted, taking apart different consoles and parts to combine into one to create a cursed yet impressive product.
godrick could never be this cool
Here's a good name for it:
"Unholy creation that shouldn't exist!"
i've never ever ever never ever seen a better advertisement for a dremel..
"do YOU ever struggle with cutting delicate stuff with your angle grinder? are YOU tired of destroying stuff even when you didn't actually wanna do that for fun? well, we've got just the tool you need!"
He made an NES cartridge that can-
a) be used in an nes
b) play games
c) play itself
Incredible work
James: I need to remove that bit really carefully.
*proceeds to use heavy construction equipment*
i am shocked i haven't stumbled upon this channel earlier. you make some cool things and have a great eye for aesthetics
The comedic timing of you saying “I’m gonna have to carefully remove that” and breaking out the circular saw cracked me up somehow
"Yo dawg, we heard you liked NES games, so we put a game cartridge in your game cartridge so you can game while you game!"
loved all the little things you came up with to make it work
I'm actually not as worried about his electronics as much as I'm worried about his fingers, that angle grinder nearly drew blood
"Im gonna need to very carfully remove that" *takes out saw*
cross compatibility to a whole new level
The most impressive part was your accuracy with a 4" grinder 👏
James is that one unemployed friend on a weekend where he knows what he is doing but at the same time doesn’t