@@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.
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.
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.
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?
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?!!!!
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.
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*
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.
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!
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
"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."
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
@@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".
@@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?
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!
Digital Eclipse tried to revitalize the Hyperscan to some degree I guess. I wonder why they didn't just release Interstellar Wrestling League for a better system. Even a PC version back in 2006 would have done better.
"Worst ever" is your "best ever" series dude, I've been watching your videos for a long while but you have really stepped it up I get super excited when I see you have a new video up, really good vids lately man
Wow, who could have imagined that having to go out and buy lots of random cards to even play the game you already paid for.. to even play AND to complete levels.. wouldn't succeed?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Me: Sky landers are the worst they make you buy their dumb figures This game: You can’t tell what card your getting so you have to buy the packs multiple times Me: ...
Yeah, with Skylanders, at least you knew what you had and what you still needed. With this, it's like grabbing a bunch of them off a shelf blindfolded and still buying them, regardless if you already had one or two of them.
I've watched all of the Worst Ever series (I think), and there's been some bad consoles. The Ouya, Google Stadia, N-Gage, the ones from Soulja Boy, and others are all bad in their own right. But this is the one I keep coming back to. There's just something about the HyperScan that is the correct mix of awful that makes it special. The cheap plastic console, the bad controller, the scamming card system, the input lag, the consoles breaking down and being unfixable, the loading times...all of these things come together in such a unique way that I'm stupefied that a company as huge as Mattel ever greenlit this. Thank you Mattel and Rerez for giving us these laughs after all this time.
22:43 Not Only Are There Alien Card's But (Coughing Noise) There Are Also Project Mods, Attack Mods, Defense Mods, Speed Mods, Power Mods, Villain Defense, Help & Ultimate Card's ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHY DID YOU NEED SO MANY?
I have an RFID keyring for accessing my building and with how often the entry system pops up with "INVALID TOKEN", any console using it for a game function is an obviously bad idea. And RFID was pretty common so either they knew it was a sketchy way to do it and didn't care or they bought the absolute cheapest half-broken chip readers they could find.
Oh wow, the Hyperscan? Christ, I remember when the AVGN talked about this, and it looked like such a weird, completely garbage, and unique game console. It’s great to see someone else who knows what it is, and it’s even cooler to see another Worst Ever Series Video!
“Do you like video games, do you like collectible cards?” I heard this and started thinking about the E-Reader and it’s cards. Which is surprising because I didn’t own a E-Reader or a GBA in general.
Whats funny aboit all of this is, you won:t believe how much content is locked on the disc because some cards never got released! X men alone has 46! cancelled cards!
Some arcade games do this, mostly in Japan. They have the Magic Apron game, a Jewelpet Columns game, Ongeki... They're a HELL of a lot more fun that this, I assume!
ongeki is a rhythm game. AFAIK they don't use cards as unlockables. instead you have an aime card which acts as your savegame. games like sound voltex print out collectible cards for a second credit. the closest thing which comes to the hyperscan stuff is games like lord of vermillion. that game is actually free to play, but to play it, you need a lot of cards which are ￥500 a pack.
My favorite quote from AVGN's look at the HyperScan was when he was talking about the loading between the previous match, the stats and character selection, and to the next match. "Then you wait through another load screen just to see the character stats, then it's another load screen just to select the character, and then yet ANOTHER load screen before the next fight starts! Three, fu*king, load screens between matches!"
11:44 "The X-Men game alone has over 100 cards. A booster pack contains only 6 cards. Do you comprehend how many packs you'd have to buy for a chance to get everything you need to play the game fully?" Assuming the game has exactly 100 cards and I have no cards at the beginning then I need to buy at least 17 booster packs, of course. But that is the best case scenario. How do I calculate the average scenario? How many booster packs should I expect to have to buy, assuming each booster pack contains no duplicates but is otherwise perfectly random? What's the formula for that one, again?
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 …
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!💀
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*
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
“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
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
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
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!
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
Seeing the Thing fall again and again and AGAIN into the crevice was hilarious. Lol.
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...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
*now loading...*
"Hold my RFID scanner."
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.
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.
Fun fact: The IWL game used the same stock sound pack Turtle Rock Studios used for the first Left 4 Dead.
(You have a Hyperscan.)
(You sense a feeling.)
(The Intellivision looks down upon you in shame.)
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.
19:04 See, you _CAN_ still have fun with a hyperscan! Btw, best use a Mattel Hyperscan will ever see.
It's like a Y2K bug, but in reverse form...
A project that should be launched more than a decade before
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
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
“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*
"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."
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
21:42 You had one chance to call the Hyper-Scan a Hyper-Scam.
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.
Potato Man saying he was the "Common Tater" for the wresting league...
Ok that got me laughing
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
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.
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
17:15 What do you mean? That looks like a great Hyperscan game. Emphasis on the "Hyperscan".
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
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".
Well, at least the HyperScan makes for an excellent puppet. So much so, that the scanner even looks like a tongue.
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
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?
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
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.
I can’t help but love the intro to IWL, it’s so cheesy and dumb but it’s hilarious too and has personality.
Honestly it could've had a little bit of potential if it wasn't on such an awful console
Digital Eclipse tried to revitalize the Hyperscan to some degree I guess. I wonder why they didn't just release Interstellar Wrestling League for a better system. Even a PC version back in 2006 would have done better.
"Worst ever" is your "best ever" series dude, I've been watching your videos for a long while but you have really stepped it up I get super excited when I see you have a new video up, really good vids lately man
Wow, who could have imagined that having to go out and buy lots of random cards to even play the game you already paid for.. to even play AND to complete levels.. wouldn't succeed?
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.
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.
Thanks for making my request, you're the best Shane!
Also I apologize for any pain I may have caused you.
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 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.
4:28 Now that sounds familiar. *flashbacks of the TV4 Four-way Video Game*
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.
when the HyperScan doesnt hyper or scan.
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.
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.
The HyperScan
*- "Makes for a great sock puppet."*
Literally the only reason to buy this thing
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.
The Neverhood-esque music in the background when trying to use the RFID scanner made me smile. :)
"Your console is bad and you should feel bad!" - Zoidberg.
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.
Me: Sky landers are the worst they make you buy their dumb figures
This game: You can’t tell what card your getting so you have to buy the packs multiple times
Me: ...
Yeah, with Skylanders, at least you knew what you had and what you still needed. With this, it's like grabbing a bunch of them off a shelf blindfolded and still buying them, regardless if you already had one or two of them.
10:35 Yeah that was the dumb selling point that I saw right through the second I saw the commercial. I was NINE YEARS OLD!
The Worst Ever Series: Leapster Cartoon Games
8:45
Power is only what the machine CAN do. You still have to actually spend the money and effort to make it.
I've watched all of the Worst Ever series (I think), and there's been some bad consoles. The Ouya, Google Stadia, N-Gage, the ones from Soulja Boy, and others are all bad in their own right. But this is the one I keep coming back to. There's just something about the HyperScan that is the correct mix of awful that makes it special. The cheap plastic console, the bad controller, the scamming card system, the input lag, the consoles breaking down and being unfixable, the loading times...all of these things come together in such a unique way that I'm stupefied that a company as huge as Mattel ever greenlit this. Thank you Mattel and Rerez for giving us these laughs after all this time.
22:43
Not Only Are There Alien Card's But
(Coughing Noise)
There Are Also Project Mods, Attack Mods, Defense Mods, Speed Mods, Power Mods, Villain Defense, Help & Ultimate Card's
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
WHY DID YOU NEED SO MANY?
19:04 someone needs to make this a meme!
This is basically just EA but in a "console"
I have an RFID keyring for accessing my building and with how often the entry system pops up with "INVALID TOKEN", any console using it for a game function is an obviously bad idea. And RFID was pretty common so either they knew it was a sketchy way to do it and didn't care or they bought the absolute cheapest half-broken chip readers they could find.
Oh wow, the Hyperscan? Christ, I remember when the AVGN talked about this, and it looked like such a weird, completely garbage, and unique game console. It’s great to see someone else who knows what it is, and it’s even cooler to see another Worst Ever Series Video!
“Do you like video games, do you like collectible cards?”
I heard this and started thinking about the E-Reader and it’s cards. Which is surprising because I didn’t own a E-Reader or a GBA in general.
23:32 😂🤣😂the alien smacking the back of your head after you were already falling to your death.
The card vomiting scene at the end is 100x more entertaining than anything on the system, I lost it.
Whats funny aboit all of this is, you won:t believe how much content is locked on the disc because some cards never got released!
X men alone has 46! cancelled cards!
Some arcade games do this, mostly in Japan. They have the Magic Apron game, a Jewelpet Columns game, Ongeki...
They're a HELL of a lot more fun that this, I assume!
Yes. Because those Japan Carddass games work.
we have pokemon tretta and aikatsu too, both are also hella fun like the jewel pet game
Summer Sison I'll admit, I want to play the Jewelpet game.
ongeki is a rhythm game. AFAIK they don't use cards as unlockables. instead you have an aime card which acts as your savegame. games like sound voltex print out collectible cards for a second credit. the closest thing which comes to the hyperscan stuff is games like lord of vermillion. that game is actually free to play, but to play it, you need a lot of cards which are ￥500 a pack.
@@kennydarmawan13 Ganbaride was fun but I haven't played the newer versions
6:55 That "Yipee" has so much genuine disdain in it, lol.
Mattel must've had the creators of the Wireless Wii clones you reviewed make it.
All the fake wii's use the same CPU as the hyper scan
@@MandrakeFernflower Well, I guess that does confirm that Mattel did hire those fake Wii makers to make this system.
More than likely Mattel accidentally paved the way for the fake Wii makers
@@MandrakeFernflower Or maybe they used them without permission.
CPU is a SPG290A for anyone who cares
My favorite quote from AVGN's look at the HyperScan was when he was talking about the loading between the previous match, the stats and character selection, and to the next match. "Then you wait through another load screen just to see the character stats, then it's another load screen just to select the character, and then yet ANOTHER load screen before the next fight starts! Three, fu*king, load screens between matches!"
Even though it has longer loading times - the Neo-Geo CD is better.
So glad I never got one of these as a teen. Love the googly eyes add-on.
I’ll be honest: as shitty as it is, the cards actually look cool
Reminds me of those Injustice cards in Dave and Busters
Everyone: The PS3 kinda looks like a George Foreman Grill!
Mattel: Hold my beer…
11:44 "The X-Men game alone has over 100 cards. A booster pack contains only 6 cards. Do you comprehend how many packs you'd have to buy for a chance to get everything you need to play the game fully?" Assuming the game has exactly 100 cards and I have no cards at the beginning then I need to buy at least 17 booster packs, of course. But that is the best case scenario. How do I calculate the average scenario? How many booster packs should I expect to have to buy, assuming each booster pack contains no duplicates but is otherwise perfectly random? What's the formula for that one, again?
“I ain’t seen one of these in a LONG time”
That part made me laugh so hard for some reason 🤣