News clip: Classic 1991 NES footage with NWC champ Robin Mihara; Nintendo game counselors
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2009
- "Good Evening" Portland Oregon vintage footage, with an exclusive interview with third-place NWC 1990 finisher Robin Mihara.
For more from the champ, visit www.NintendoAge.com and click on our free e-Zine. Robin is a regular writer, and contributes master-level tips as well as memories of competing "back in the day!" 
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4:00 Kenny Omega working at Nintendo
RetroMario 😂😂😂
Who is he?
Смоки В. A wrestler
Yes it is
@@oaka5639 that's what I'm wondering
I called the Nintendo hotline once. The guy was awesome and got me through something I was stuck on.
i think i called one day like 30 times trying to beat shadowgate, after that my mom blocked 900 numbers on the phone lol
I called it once and my mom thought it was a naughty hotline and I had to explain to her I was stuck at a video game. She told me she'd rather I called the naughty hotline and called me a nerd lol 😢
I did that once as a kid, probably 11 or 12. The line I called was the credit card tip line where you have to pay...I didn't know, didn't have a card of course, my parents wouldn't have allowed it...but the guy gave me the tip anyway.
What I love about this, is that its genuine reporting. This woman got into some games and truthfully enjoyed them and showed that video games are for everyone, and its something many people enjoy. She isn't slamming the industry for easy views and ratings, she is educating, and showing another perspective many conservative families who don't know what video games are, may not normally see.
Bravo!
It piss me off because when mortal kombat came out the news was trying so hard bash the shit outta it on purpose and not trying to help seeing how fun the game was
Yeah but the games were for the most part rated G or PG-13 at worse. It's not like she's going to family movies and watching a rated X film and talking about how it seems fun.
@@damin9913 You got to admit up to that point parents didn't know what the game content might be. So I agree that there should be a labeling system, which they made, so that parents can make informed decisions. These days it's easy to load up RUclips or such to see how a game might be but back then you didn't know since the box rarely shows anything graphic.
An old lady playing Final Fantasy with a NES Advantage 🕹... Now I've seen everything
Now you're playing with power.
Lol now thats my kind of old lady!!!
Old? Shes like 45
For anyone debating whether the game they show is Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy, it's Dragon Warrior II at 1:13, 2:56 and 3:54, then Final Fantasy at 4:24
@remarkablehairdo3110 The lady at 4:24 was def between 38-45. Still not old by any means
(3:03) The title screen to MOTHER 1 (planned to be called "EARTH BOUND" once it released in America in 1991) can be seen here. MOTHER 1 was already fully translated into English & readyy release along with a strategy guide and a poster, but at the last second MOTHER 1's international release got canned due to NIntendo of America not wanting to spend that much money mass producing strategy guides, posters, and spend that much money marketing a NES game (let alone a RPG, which back then that genre didn't sell too well in America) during the beginning of the SNES era of gaming.
MOTHER 1 US being one of the games just casually being played by one of the video game hotline counselors as if its another NES that didn't end up being cancelled and lost to time for a good few years is crazy to me and just shows how close America really was to receiving MOTHER 1 back in the early 90s
Once a month id get SCREEEEEAMMED at when my mom got the phone bill for Nintendo calls
That's awesome 😆
"This is one guy that let's his fingers do the talking"
That's what she said.
Yes he does
"Uh oh... I don't like where she's going. Cut the feed!"
Cut.. cut...cut! 😂
"And that's how he got his other trophy!"
This would have been a cool job to have. Back in the 90s game counselors for Nintentdo and Ultima Online were awesome jobs.
I never knew people phoned the Nintendo hotline to tell them they'd completed a tough part, or to tell them about the secret glitches. Now I'm picturing some kid celebrating on the phone that he beat Bowser in Super Mario World, and the hotline agent telling him did he know there's a secret star world? And the kid freaking out
Me either Troy Wright
Back then it was a forbidden 1-900 number. $2.99 a minute, with about 5min on hold.
@Sandy V. that's gotta be illegal but also really cool lol
@Sandy V. I think selling homemade copies of a magazine counts as piracy but I could be wrong on that.
I think it was something like a dollar a minute too, so they would definately encourage you to boast about your accomplishments, ha ha.
This is a nostalgic gem 💎
"Those super high end graphics!" - said in 1991
Well, show me some mainstream game console from that era with better graphics.
That's true Kristopher
@@blakfloyd me to
@@blakfloyd sega
@@blakfloyd Real World
This reporter is outstanding ❤
I wish I could dive into this video like a swimming pool and stay in that time forever
You need a time machine for that.
Yeah, I would have played some Doctor Mario with Sharon.
@@calebt8182 A hot tub time machine...
I’ve been a Nintendo fan my whole life at age 30 I still love it
Same here
40 here and same!
I'm 41 and miss playing super mario bros on the original nintendo
When America was a magical place back in the 80s and 90s
Look how many people work there. Amazing that there were jobs like that.
My neck of the woods! Portland represent!
Lol I love this. It's funny when the news tries to jump on a story about something that's popular at the time but they really seem way out in left field with their understanding of it. This was an incredible time to be a gamer. So much fun back then. Loved every minute of it.
No BS soon as she said "don't you just love the music" my Dr Mario ringtone went off
That was the beauty about gaming back then during the 80s and 90s. No internet to cheat, less realistic games, and developers were more creative because of system limitations.
That's because people had Game Genie if they wanted to cheat back then.
That's funny, because they were constantly developing new mappers for the cartridges to attempt to side-step those limitations, and make the most realistic games they could within those limitations. There have always been/will always be limitations that developers have to work around - even the PS5/Series X have limitations that have to be worked around. Actually, if you look at indie/AA games, they've gotten even more creative because of fewer limitations on modern systems - there are games we're playing now that couldn't have been conceived of in the NES days because there would have been no practical way to make them happen, so in many ways, better tech increases creative possibilities. Less creativity in AAA games these days has everything to do with these games being far more expensive to produce, so publishers "play it safe" and produce games in popular genres - I'm sure many working at AAA developers would love to do more creative games, but only the "safe" games/genres are funded because of cost.
We had magazines so we did know some cheats and tricks
And after all these years, Dr. Mario is STILL one of the best games ever!
Matt Wright Notice she mentioned the music. That is the first thing people seem to remember about the game even more than the awesome game that it is.
And thanks to Robin for digging through his Fibber McGee closet full of childhood stuff to produce this old VHS. :) See you back at NA!
These guys were so down to earth qnd helpful
My childhood. The only way you found out about games was renting them, word of mouth, commercials, see them at someone's house or magazines.
Same wouldn't buy a game with out renting it, got burned with bad games to many times. Hell back in the day my mom got in good with the owner of a video store and he would order games for us.
3:09 The guy is feeling the pain of working at a call center.
I fell in love with the man at 2:10 .... and yes, he agrees it was not so idyllic...
The guy at 3:09 is pretty cute too. Probably in his late 40's now so about ten years older than me but if he would have been game coach back then... woof 😍
I bought a Nintendo Power magazine lot off of Ebay around 15 years ago or so, and the seller just happened to be Robin and the magazines were from his childhood subscription.
Robin's a fantastic person and I'm glad he's passing on his collectibles for others to enjoy!
Nintendo counselor seems like the best job ever.
Why do I feel the Nintendo hotline is the coolest job to have, think about it you literally get to play Nintendo games all day and give tips
“Don’t you just love the music?”
*MA’AM MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE GAME BECAUSE YOU’RE GONNA LOSE*
I was 1 year when this video was made 😊
I was born in early 90s may 3 1990 played Nintendo at Children's hospital in Arkansas think around age 2 in 1992 I don't remember my old friends 😥
In the early 90s, Nintendo and mullets go hand in hand
the call in centers for gamers who are stuck, was a 900 number too so it cost 1.99 the first minute and .99 for every minute after that. .
It wasn’t always like that. It was free for Nintendo and Sega until the 90’s
Worth it
Hi Dangevin - I notice you around Nintendo Age
Wow, its been months since this been uploaded . I can't believe I haven't found this until now. I find it fascinating this program even mentions the Super Famicom when it was practically new on our shores as the Super Nintendo. This clip is pure Gold. Thanks for uploading this !
thanks for uploading this....this is awesome
0:40 it wasn't just for kids it was for everyone to play
People 25 years from now will look back at the games we have now and laugh at us for thinking how high tech the graphics are too!
The graphics on a NES look really good if you do an RGB mod and then hook it up to a PVM. For those who use emulators, you can run an emulator on the computer and then hook the computer up to an HD CRT television with component cables.
Not really. Crysis came out 10 years ago and that game still looks great. We've hit a plateau with graphics.
Patrick Lange No not really graphics will look better but not that good.Imagine a first person shooter that is recorded with a camera everything is real wouldn't that look wierd?Maybe in game graphics will get as good as cintimatic graphics but not look that great
I'm from 3036 and you are the game.
There's kind of a limit to graphics though. You can't make a game look more real than real life and we're already getting pretty damn close to photo realistic graphics. It's hard to say where exactly the future of gaming will take us, but VR technology will definitely become pretty wild. I don't think VR will take over everything though. People will always want to play some games outside of VR.
Man, I want one of those new Famicom systems
Me, too. I want that for Christmas.
I bet none of these guys could help with that one hallway in Castlevania with all the knights.
This is a fantastic video about Nintendo
Thank you for this. Now I can see the person I love at the job he loved most.
Who was that in the video?
@@A_Man_In_His_Van he was the redhead games counsellor :-)
This is one guy who let's his fingers do the talk.....
Goddamn latysha, you had one job one job ..
Wow...I grew up during this time period. I was and still am a gamer for life. This was the very first news coverage from that time period that I didn't want to choke the news anchors. These ladies were fun and didn't attempt to slam our hobby once. I feel like they just got us and good on them. I watched another old video on the N64 and the news anchor said and I quote "At least the music isn't as annoying as the older console." Basically implying the Snes had terrible sound and as a Sega diehard m, I can say with clarity that is absolutely false. The Snes's sound was, in its day something to write home about.
I remember the first time I heard the soundtrack for Castlevania IV. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. That games music perfectly circumferenced the type of music the Snes was capable of. The Genesis with a proper sound team can throwdown in this department as well....Thunder Force IV, SOR2, and the fan fix of SF2SC anyone? ;)
Exactly, gamer until I decompose inside of a casket and that is never going to change.
wow thos great old sounds of classic nintendo games are just sweet they will never fail to please people. nowadays its a graphics battle and games suck. i love the old snes nes and sega just cant beat the good old games
I agree, I think retro gaming is still funner then modern gaming.
+1 for "funner"
This is one guy who let's his fingers do the talPHHHHHHHSHHSGPSH
XD
lmao
Your right about that
At that very instant, Gyigas broadcasted his invasion of earth
I'm sure the graphics in 20 years will make the graphics of today look low tech.
I still consider a lot of NES graphics to be good. It's a style of it's own. Compared to Atari 2600 NES graphics were godlike.
The NES blew the Atari out of the water, the NES games still do look good today. The Atari games look so gomer pile today.
SMS games looked better.
NFS Underground is 17 years old and aged very well
@Enrico Vanderswanlake
Ehhhhhh no
Atari 2600 was a beast!!
I called them once for Super Mario World
"super famicom with 3d graphics"
Some games are considered 3D, but that was already true for the NES.
Yes I remember the hotlines now .. thanks for reminding me! Look at that super famicom, back to days when Nintendo produced a powerful console
My mom would have had my head when those phone bills came in
Same, and those wrestling hotlines, they’d cover their ass with “be sure to have your parents permission before calling” 😂😅
Great video quality.
You know, when I play video games and resort to online tutorials, I always feel like a chum because I used to think people in the past either had friends or no one to help them and they did it. Turns out people did seek out help, now I don’t feel so bad
Something so wholesome about that woman enjoying Dr. Mario.
I'm just amazed that TV actually rotated!
it's very cool seeing adults back in the day really get into it and accept gaming as a thing. growing up there was always a stigma still i felt with adults. at least here in the netherlands
Fashions haven't changed much since the 80's
The cartridge awarded to those who placed at these events are now worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Robin must have been knocking chicks up left and right with them pro gamer skills
yeps because he lets his fingers do the talk______
Oh how I wish we could go back to the days of NES/SNES/Genesis/Gameboy/etc. Those were the good days of video games. No one flipping out because a character model wasn't perfect. No playing Online and getting mad at a single death in a game. Back then, you played WITH people, in the same room. You played the games even if the graphics weren't the best, because the games were good. You called a damn hotline if you were stuck, instead of googling. You had Nintendo Power instead of IGN and RUclips.
If you wanted to play a game, and get through it, it required more effort. Nowadays, you can play a game, get stuck, and just google a walkthrough and be done with it in 10 minutes. Back then, even guides and stuff weren't always overly detailed..especially Nintendo Power maps and stuff.
I personally think the GameCube/Original Xbox/PS2/Dreamcast/GBA era was the last great era for video games. Sure, we've had some really good games afterwards, but I kinda thought we still had some cool things right beforehand: G4 TV, Cel-Shaded Graphics, Growing Technology, and a huge lack of sensitivity towards most gamers. Now, we have bickering swearing children (honestly, though, I kinda think it's more of a 2006-2014 kind of deal... But whatever), too many jump scares in video games (instead of legit horror), stupid little concepts (micro-transactions and what not), and other things like that. While I personally think 2014 and this year has offered a better future for gaming, I do still think there can be SOME questionable actions done by the gaming industries these days.
Pixelcitizen PS2 era wasn't bad, but that was around when the whole thing started. It was kinda in between the "good old days" and the current generation of gamers. It's the era of "it's still good, but we have internet to walkthrough everything."
Keeping in mind, I still enjoy current generation gaming. I have a 360 and PS3, and plan to get a PS4 eventually. I just preferred back then when everything was simpler. No internet to look everything up, Actual multiplayer with people in the same room. Spreading game rumors around school and with friends. Sharing cheat codes and glitches with people that you found out rather than googling it in 2 seconds.
I mean hell, I remember Tomb Raider. There was this big rumor around about a "nude code". Everyone ever had to try it. Turns out one of the game magazines advertized the code, and it actually blew your character up mid-jump instead. It was great. And then all the magazine rumors about new Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat characters that turned out to be fake. It was a great time.
I personally don't mind this current generation, too. Even though I'm probably gonna go with PC this time, I don't mind playing today's games. I guess even in the Walkthrough/General Internet generation, I still felt like I was in a more physical, free gaming world (even in the Wii era... Or at least in the pre-2009 or so era). I still remember around 2007-2008, I had a friend who, like me, LOVED to play Destroy All Humans. Even if the Internet was there, for some odd reason, we started a small, short lived rumor in school that there was actually a moviebased off the game... I don't know how it came about, but it just did. We also used to do a lot of crappy computer/hand drawn artwork inspired by the game and physically shared it with each other. Now, if we were in 2nd Grade in 2015, it would be on my Instagram (and I would probably defend the current generation like a bitch). XD Still, I would agree: The NES/SNES/GENESIS/GameBoy/Atari Lynx/Turbografx-16/GameGear era was probably the last era where a good mental challenge in video games was... Well, a thing.
By "Don't mind" I really meant that I enjoy this current generation.
Oh I'm with you on that one, I'd love to go back to the 3rd and 4th gen eras. I had the most fun during those days. Nintendo was the bomb until the 5th gen when the N64 decided to be cartridges still instead of discs. The PS1 ended up with all the best RPG's because of it. I enjoyed the GameCube more then the 64. But the late 80s and early 90s was so much fun. I don't think a day goes by where I don't think about something from those days.
Awesome
Intense! haha...that camera angle at 6:29 must've been awkward for Robin.
Before the internet folks you called lines to help you. Take that kids
One minute costs probably like a sexphone number
Man would i love to work there...in 2020
I see super Mario world on screen that's my favorite video game of all time 😍
Let's talk about those graphics, yeahh. Doesn't get no better than that!
YOO it’s the wii guy
Nintendo siempre tuvo éxito lo mejor se disfruta muchos serían recordando como unos mejores las consolas de los tiempos el recuerdo.
Notice the Gameboy screen was backlit
It would be so funny to hear some of those phone calls!!
4:44 She called it a Family-Con lol
I called this once but my mom saw it was a 900 number so my mom thought i called a naughty hotline. I explained i was stuck in a video game and she said she'd rather i called the naughty hotline amd called me a nerd 😢
That game boy at the kiosk seems like it had a Backlit Screen
They were using Super Famicoms at the Nintendo offices...
at the 1:55 mark to the bottom right of the TV looks like a wii on the ground 🤔the owner must drive a delorean ..
or she just in docs house!
Phaze 29 It does look kinda like the wii
@Sergio Garces Nintendo Didn start working at THE wii so early
Strange... it does look like a Wii. WTF?!
@@fryPS it looks like a wii
Sin3007 Me too
I love TV video game
2:50 crazy how they had modified gameboys back then I would’ve lost my mind if I seen a front lit screen
Yah that's true..
I remember needing to hook on my light boy so I could play in lower lighting. Bonus of that thing is that it had a magnifier as well.
It wasn’t until I was an adult that I knew these Nintendo “tip” lines existed. Had I known this as a kid, I’d have called and asked “HOW THE HELL DO I DRIVE MY TRUCK IN BIGFOOT!!?!?!”
Beat the game Alone . Fuck calling Nintendo
Carrying on convos with no one..sounds like my twitch channel
"Well, you know I'm a BIG fan. I play all the nintendos, and mehrioh games.. "
where are any of these people today??? what do they play now?
There are some powerful mullets in this video.
great sweater sharon
Fuck I miss the 90s
At 2:50 did that gameboy light up 7 years before they had a gameboy light?
Dream job if only I wasn't hearing impaired.
lets make a movie bout this counselors
we can see the first gaming chair
Unbelievable
Before RUclips you’d actually have to call a hotline for help😂😂gaming has really come a long way
3:05 Mother!!! Or as its translated version is called Earth.Bound (zero). See this proves that Nintendo was going to release it. But then the SNES came, so it was canceled.
I couldn't find it
Professor Who Yep I see it too, just the title screen.
Goofy8907 White shirt and glasses consoler, its a quick glance but, it's there on his or her tv.
good eye.
It was eventually released on the Wii-U's Virtual Console as "EarthBound: Beginnings."
What would happen if time travelers dropped an PS Vita on that time?
Was that gameboy with a frontlight?
I want that Nintendo trophy
WHERE IS THIS KID NOW!? 3RD BEST Nintendo PLAYER! 📺
Before the Internet we had the hotline to find out what to do to progress a game wow hehehe I never used the hotline cause I was from Puerto Rico but yeah I've seen it on the magazine and on the games it comes with a Hotline number to call for tips and stuff
So 300 games came out between 1991 & 1994?
Back then people still called games "tapes"
2:22 literally everyone on the internet now
Robert say to you dan langevin News clip: Classic 1991 NES footagebwith NWC champ Robin Mihara; Nintendo game counselors my dad got me a nes happy birthday 1981 a 5
anyone remembers the world of Nintendo store at your local mall ?
to think i would have agreed that the graphics are high tech when i was a kid.
Special note to half the commenters: let's = let us; lets = past tense of let
6:53 don't let his quiet exterior fool you, this guy let's his fingers do the tal-