I had been a frequent patron of a local game rental store for some time at this point, but one day, the owner asked me "Hey, do you want some stuff?" Being a young teen, I of course said yes. He LOADED me up with things. A Panasonic 3DO, an Atari Jagur, an SNES (I only rented Genesis games, at the time), a 32X, a SegaCD, a Game Gear, a Game Boy, my pick and as many as I wanted of games for each of them. I was a kid in a candy store... He let me go ham, and packed up everything I asked for, smiling the whole time. I went back the next week to tell him about all the fun I had with what he'd given me, and the store was out of business... Still to this day, I wish I could thank him for that... I never seen him again.
0:25 Number 30 PlayStation 3 controller with a screen 1:46 Number 29 Ouya 3:18 Number 28 Apple Bondi Pippen 4:30 Number 27 Nintendo Virtual Boy 5:57 Number 26 Game Gear Micro 7:16 Number 25 Phillips CDI 8:37 Number 24 Zebo 9:55 Number 23 Nokia N-Gage 11:39 Number 22 ZX Spectrum Vega+ 13:07 Number 21 Sega Genesis Flashback 14:34 Number 20 Super Wonder Boy 15:59 Number 19 Zone 3D 17:03 Number 18 Tiger Gamecom 18:16 Number 17 Commodore 64 Games System 19:30 Number 16 Batman N64/Xbox hybrid 20:29 Number 15 PX 3600 21:23 Number 14 Power Player Super Joy 3 22:20 Number 13 Game Wave Family Entertainment System 23:34 Number 12 3Dio Interactive Multiplayer 24:47 Number 11 Advanced Game Player 25:43 Number 10 RDI Hon 27:15 Number 9 Wireless Air 60 27:56 Number 8 Mattel HyperScan 28:52 Number 7 Atari Jaguar CD 29:59 Number 6 Newon 31:11 Number 5 Aiga CD32 32:14 Number 4 Tiger Gizmondo 33:37 Number 3 Action Max 34:17 Number 2 LJN Video Art 34:52 Number 1 RZone
My confession: In 1992, I sold someone's Grandmother a CDi. I was the worst salesman in the world, it was a filler job when I got out of college and my boss was going to fire me if I didn't sell something to someone. To whoever got that, I apologize. If it helps, I still have nightmares sometimes.
I had Stadia. The infrastructure was great. Controller was cool (I use it to play my PC games now). Low input latency, and it did exactly what it said it was going to do. The problem was paying full price for games that you could easily get for cheaper on consoles and, y'know, you could actually own those games. I just couldn't understand the business model. And neither could Google, apparently.
@@joink25 I also used Stadia for two years. Absolutely loved the service, and it pretty much saved my sanity during the lockdown. We had the best version of Cyberpunk too. Unfortunately, it was a flawed concept. They should've taken the Game Pass route but Google didn't have enough pull in the gaming market. The free controllers that came with certain game purchases were a nice touch though.
I absolutely loved my stadia, playing metro at work on my break was a ton of fun. I was really sad to see it get shut down. My stadia gets used as my main controller on my pc now
Back in the 90s, dad worked for Toys R Us distribution. Whenever demo consoles got discontinued, they gave them away to staff. I got a Virtual Boy display. Only had 2 games. No one could play it but me because it made them sick.
In Brazil, we have the PoliStation, which looks like a PSOne and just has a bunch of emulation roms. A lot of kids that wanted Sony's first console got betrayed. 😂
I think those were quite common in all of Latin America during the late 90's and early 2000s. I had one of those, and had another bootleg console that looked like a Sega Genesis (that one could read both NES and Famicom cartidges)
I bugged my parents for weeks to rent a Virtual Boy from Blockbuster when I was a kid, I remember laying down and just placing it on my face. I recall a horrible headache after a few hours and all I got from it was Mario Tennis. Wish you could still walk into a store and rent a video game.
We still have one in my town where we can do that... It's a Family Video... The manager and I joke that I'm tyne only one keeping them in business and if I would stop going he would be able to retire early... He always seems happy to see me though and still let's me know when they get new games in...
You should open a brick and mortar store that you could sign up for a type of membership model and be able to take home physical games and even after a little bit maybe even movies. You could pay a small amount and play a game for a week or so. I bet that would be super profitable since we have nothing like that available!
About Zeebo, tectoy, the company that made it, is trying to launch a new console in the steam deck style named Zeenix (zeebo+phoenix, as a rebirth). As a Brazilian i hope it works, Tectoy was the company that brought us SEGA consoles in the 90's
Boomerang design sounds like a genius way of stopping a tv being destroyed by a rage flung controller by looping it back and slapping the anger out of the one who threw it
@@JoshuaJacobs83 Yup, and that's only actual usable consoles he plugged in. The worst knock offs + good emulation handhelds etc. (which I guess he didn't use) exist on mass. Hell, if someone would want to emulate gameboy advance games specifically and look for a handheld there's god knows how many that fill that role at this point - probably like 60 actually useable models alone, we've even got a few with which you can emulate PS2 on the go (altho only like 2-3h of battery life) at this point.
32:54 The worst part about this 'cheaper model with ads' thing was that the ads were never turned on before the console was dead on arrival. So in case you felt bad about buying the Gizmondo, imagine how utterly buttblasted you must have been if you spend 400 dollars for the ad free version just to have the exact same version as the people who bought the cheaper one.
N-gage owner here. This metal gear is years later on Nokia “ngage” game “engine”, you can’t play it on normal n-gage. If my memory doesn’t fail, it came Between 2008~2009
I loved my Ngage for everything but making calls. Though they fixed that with the Ngage QD but it was too little too late. I had a real good times playing a few of the games with friends multiplayer. One was called FloBoarding Feels like a lifetime ago
N-Gage got lots of PC games like Half-Life, Doom and lots of other games. It were popular for a long time and got new software/games daily on IRC for at least 2 years. Symbian OS were popular to make things for. I still own 2 real N-GAGE's in 2 different colors and i own a bunch of physical retail games for it.
29:25 - One year, I would watch the Highlander cartoon before heading to the bus stop. It was perfect, because I could finish the show, and if I left as the credits started, I'd get to the bus stop with around 5 minutes to spare.
Jokes on Falcon, Highlander is still a somewhat known expression in Brazil for whenever you're mocking someone as if they were invincible. I know only really old folks use though lol - I, for once, used it a lot but was too young to know what that was about.
Tiger handhelds were awesome. 90's commercials for kids were the best. That Conan skit was hilarious. And I absolutely remember watching that Highlander cartoon.
My first console was a model 1 Sega Genesis, it was a retirement present for my grandpa. I have great memories of visiting him during the summer. He'd get Sega Channel, when I'd visit. I still remember when he gave me it to me, I've kept it safe.
In the Netherlands, the home country of Philips, the CD-i was heavily marketed as an interactive information and entertainment centre instead of a game console. They even had tie-in marketing with TV programs that heavily emphasized the "Interactive" part. "Interactive" was one of the biggest buzz word in the early nineties and Philips was hoping to cash on that.
The one system I remember coming out when I was a kid that I was excited about was the 3DO. Because there was nothing like it anywhere. It was graphically miles ahead of any console or pc really at the time. But it's price tag was way beyond the average households at the time and that killed it.
This is fair. The emulation quality was meh and not including Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider or Gran Turismo out of the box is unforgivable. You shouldn't have to load your own ROMs to make it worth buying. And if you're willing to do that, there's dozens of objectively better options.
@@T00DEEPBLUE More then likely that was due to licensing, but the games it had not even running that great was just unacceptable! And I know Gran Turismo is Sony, but as I've found out more recently with many racing games being de-listed, the licenses for the real world cars used in the game can expire.
@@scottthewaterwarrior And even if licensing was a serious issue, all that would suggest is that the PS1 Classic was not a viable product for Sony to make to begin with. GT1 & 2 were two of the most popular and influential games the PS1 ever had in it's history. Franchises like Forza literally owe their existence to GT's success. To omit those games on the PS1 classic as though they were irrelevant is unbelievable.
@@T00DEEPBLUEand why even have it when most PlayStation gamers play different games unlike the Wii U and n64 who’s owners played the same games like 90% of Wii U owners played mk8,smash 4, Nintendo land and Mario 3d world while PlayStation owners have played different games as not even a third of those gamers played FFVII or gt compared to n64 gamers playing Mario 64
I thought my kink was Falcon saying the f bomb in 7 year old gameranx videos.. but this last week has shown me that it’s his 30 minute plus videos instead 🫡 a voice we never get sick of hearing
Pretty sure I’ve seen almost every gameranx video ever posted, and I believe that this holds the record for being the longest. I fall asleep to these videos a lot so I appreciate a longer video every now and then 😂🤙🏼
Probably just a joke, why else would falcon make a point about him being a billionaire... I'm sure "falcon" doesn't dislike rich people or something like that... right? I mean, what is he, a Marxist-Leninist?
I actually bought the OUYA. I thought it was the coolest thing because of the premise of it. I honestly had a good experience owning it and thought it had legitimate promise. I understand why it failed though.
@@cowboycinema8648 I couldn't care less about the doubt cast by an internet random whose opinion means less to me than the dirt on the bottom of my shoes.
@@cowboycinema8648 if you think a reply on social media counts as caring, I suggest seeking professional help. You replied to my comment, I replied to yours. It's how conversations work. Try to keep up, sport.
I actually had an Action Max when I was a kid. When you actually shot a target in a game, your score counter would increase and the box would say "Target Hit!" One of my favorite stories from my childhood was pointing it at Dan Rather's face one night while the news was on and squeezing the trigger. To my surprise, the box yelled "Target Hit!" My brother and I looked at each other and absolutely lost it laughing. Tried to get that to happen again for years to no avail.
I feel legit sorry for anyone who at one point own these consoles and only for them to collect dust over the years . Their ultimate fate being to only to be throw away or to be donated
I had the R-Zone. It looked like the scouter from DBZ.That thing’s only redemption was the R-Zone Super Screen, which was released later. It allowed you to play R-Zone games on an actual handheld.
This is the first time I've heard Falcon go for 40 minutes. We'll done and thanks for the throwbacks, especially the Highlander cartoon, I used to love that as a kid!!
Literally one of my biggest childhood memories was that I actually owned a Tiger R-Zone. Had a Panzer Dragoon title for that that I played NON-STOP. The headset weighed about a pound, and had a cheap elastic headband that didn't even hold up the weight of the device, so it would slide down over your ONE EYE you had to use to see the screen with. The screen was bright af all the time, and your eye would start to get burned in to that bright red, so when you took the thing off, you couldn't see colors correctly for a good 10 minutes. Never mind the fact that the thing gave you a massive headache from the bright screen and the vice-like grip on your dome. Man, what a shit show. 9/10.
I can’t believe this was your number 1 pick. When you chose this as your number 1. I laughed so hard. I truly didn’t see that coming. I bought a R-Zone with my own money. Thank you good old Tiger Electronics. Thank you Falcon this was a great video.
I worked for Staples from 2008-2014 and I hated SD cards. Almost all of the tech used them back then, and there were so many variants, customers were constantly confused about which size their particular phone, or other electronic used. PC’s had to have a different port for every size and it was just a mess. I’m glad that era is over
This episode is a straight up history lesson, and I’m loving it. I haven’t heard of a majority of these consoles probably for good reason. Honorable mention room should go to the Soulja Boy Console.
Dudes why have your videos become so long these past few weeks, its becoming a grind to watch. Still love gameranx though, you guys rock, but damn i miss those 15min vids it was just perfect
I was so disappointed by those tiny Game Gears. When I first heard about them I was assuming it would be a normal sized Game Gear with a ton of classic games pre-installed. These days, they could put in the entire catalog in English and Japanese with no issues. I was planning to import one. Then we got... what they released. Yeah... That's a "no" from me.
One of the primary goals of the Ouya was to create a platform that gave indie developers a foothold in the gaming industry, addressing the significant challenges they faced in getting their games published on the major consoles at the time. While the Ouya itself didn't achieve widespread success, its impact on the industry was notable. Following its hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, policy changes soon followed, making it significantly easier for indie developers to bring their games to market on major platforms. Because of this, I don’t believe the Ouya was as big of a failure as people often claim.
10:30 fun fact about the N-Gage. One of the designers was agitated with all the changes they were wanting, so he made a design inspired by Goatse (if ya know ya know). And that was the design they chose. The N-Gage design is based on Goatse.
The Hyper Scan was Skylanders long before Skylanders. I never played it but I worked in an Amazon Warehouse for a few months and a whole lot of Skylanders minis got sold. Those Minis had a base that you connected to the game system. Insanely predatory practice considering marketed to very young children.
I don’t remember the Highlander cartoon, but I fondly remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, where these kids went to an amusement park and were transported to the world of D & D on a roller coaster. Saturday mornings used to be the best part of the week.
I was extremely fortunate that whenever a console came into my house it was the genuine article. We couldn't afford it but my brother got gifted our first console in the original PlayStation back in 99. And that is what launched both of our gaming adventures.
The kid staying up till Christmas morning just to open a bootleg console and trying not to be disappointed really took me back to my childhood. Anybody else?
I had the R Zone for all of 1 evening. I begged my father to buy it for me because I thought it was a Virtual Boy. I have never, ever been more confused about a game system in my entire life. When we finally realised that it was indeed powered on, that a game was indeed playing and that the red blob on the visor that moved erratically was evidence of this fact I turned it off and told my father that I didn't want it. He was furious and was forced to take store credit when he returned it. He couldn't even get his money back. Good times!
CAUTION: Red and blue 3-D glasses can permanently damage/altar your vision if worn for too long. Using my “Rad Racer” (NES) glasses to read a Batman 3-D graphic novel, I found the last page had a pair of cardboard glasses you could punch out. It also had a warning to not ware them for more than fifteen minutes. I’d been wearing mine for two hours. To this day I can close one eye and everything will look artificially reddish and rosie, while if I close the other, everything turns dull blue and dreary.
FUN FACT: The Taco N-Gage's button layout is based off goatse because one of the designers is getting frustrated by the execs who can't make up their damn mind, until they found out the Goatse layout and they accepted that. Basically, the Nokia designers didn't even want to design a console in the first place. There's also an updated model that fixed the infamous cartridge placement.
You just brought back memories of playing the Sonic the Hedgehog version of the Tiger handheld at my grandparent's house when I was little. 😂 I totally forgot about those things.
Excuse you, Falcon, I actually did remembered the Highlander cartoon a few weeks ago, before completely forgetting about it again. Back when they made "Jr." of everyone, including James Bond Jr.
10:52 There were two n-gage models, the latter one was known as the n-gage QD and it solved most of the issues of the original n-gage. Issues such as removing the battery to switch the sd card or the speaker being awkwardly designed. I owned the QD for a while back in the day and it was great for its time with the ability to play emulators, listen to music and have official releases of well known games like sonic. Obviously it was nowhere near the psp which was released not too long after the QD.
This is perhaps the most painful Gameranx video I've ever seen. Not because it's bad (it's great actually), but it feels like descending the nine circles of hell. The R-Zone was straight out from a David Cronenberg film
I'd like to add the "On Live" console. The first effort in game streaming. The console was actually very clever in that you would have a 'wall' of thumbnails of people playing games and you can swiftly hop in to any of them to watch them playing. It was cooler than Twitch. Way ahead of its time, given that fibre connectivity was still not in a lot of countries. Ultimately it died due to high running costs and limited availability (from show internet). Sony bought the tech rights.
Those Tiger games handheld things were a fundamental part of my childhood when I was on long road trips. I needed those batteries to plug into the Gameboy for Pokemon Red >.> The slander is insane here.
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I had been a frequent patron of a local game rental store for some time at this point, but one day, the owner asked me "Hey, do you want some stuff?" Being a young teen, I of course said yes. He LOADED me up with things. A Panasonic 3DO, an Atari Jagur, an SNES (I only rented Genesis games, at the time), a 32X, a SegaCD, a Game Gear, a Game Boy, my pick and as many as I wanted of games for each of them. I was a kid in a candy store... He let me go ham, and packed up everything I asked for, smiling the whole time. I went back the next week to tell him about all the fun I had with what he'd given me, and the store was out of business... Still to this day, I wish I could thank him for that... I never seen him again.
0:25 Number 30 PlayStation 3 controller with a screen
1:46 Number 29 Ouya
3:18 Number 28 Apple Bondi Pippen
4:30 Number 27 Nintendo Virtual Boy
5:57 Number 26 Game Gear Micro
7:16 Number 25 Phillips CDI
8:37 Number 24 Zebo
9:55 Number 23 Nokia N-Gage
11:39 Number 22 ZX Spectrum Vega+
13:07 Number 21 Sega Genesis Flashback
14:34 Number 20 Super Wonder Boy
15:59 Number 19 Zone 3D
17:03 Number 18 Tiger Gamecom
18:16 Number 17 Commodore 64 Games System
19:30 Number 16 Batman N64/Xbox hybrid
20:29 Number 15 PX 3600
21:23 Number 14 Power Player Super Joy 3
22:20 Number 13 Game Wave Family Entertainment System
23:34 Number 12 3Dio Interactive Multiplayer
24:47 Number 11 Advanced Game Player
25:43 Number 10 RDI Hon
27:15 Number 9 Wireless Air 60
27:56 Number 8 Mattel HyperScan
28:52 Number 7 Atari Jaguar CD
29:59 Number 6 Newon
31:11 Number 5 Aiga CD32
32:14 Number 4 Tiger Gizmondo
33:37 Number 3 Action Max
34:17 Number 2 LJN Video Art
34:52 Number 1 RZone
This needs to be higher on the list, honestly
Thank you sit
Absolute heroism, my man coming in clutch
MVP over here.
Thank you
My confession: In 1992, I sold someone's Grandmother a CDi. I was the worst salesman in the world, it was a filler job when I got out of college and my boss was going to fire me if I didn't sell something to someone. To whoever got that, I apologize. If it helps, I still have nightmares sometimes.
Bro i don't think that they remember that at all if they do it's just will be a fun memory when their grandmother bought a bootleg console.
You absolute MONSTER!
If anybody ever sold you a lemon your karma has been paid
Thank you for your service.
I'm surprised Stadia didn't make it to the list...
I had Stadia. The infrastructure was great. Controller was cool (I use it to play my PC games now). Low input latency, and it did exactly what it said it was going to do. The problem was paying full price for games that you could easily get for cheaper on consoles and, y'know, you could actually own those games. I just couldn't understand the business model. And neither could Google, apparently.
@@joink25 I also used Stadia for two years. Absolutely loved the service, and it pretty much saved my sanity during the lockdown. We had the best version of Cyberpunk too. Unfortunately, it was a flawed concept. They should've taken the Game Pass route but Google didn't have enough pull in the gaming market. The free controllers that came with certain game purchases were a nice touch though.
stadia wasnt a bad console. it was a bad business idea.
I absolutely loved my stadia, playing metro at work on my break was a ton of fun. I was really sad to see it get shut down. My stadia gets used as my main controller on my pc now
Stadia wasn't a console, just a really bad streaming service like OnLive.
Back in the 90s, dad worked for Toys R Us distribution. Whenever demo consoles got discontinued, they gave them away to staff. I got a Virtual Boy display. Only had 2 games. No one could play it but me because it made them sick.
In Brazil, we have the PoliStation, which looks like a PSOne and just has a bunch of emulation roms. A lot of kids that wanted Sony's first console got betrayed. 😂
I was ALMOST one of those, thankfully I had parents that listened to me and I was old enough to spot the difference when this became a thing lol
I think those were quite common in all of Latin America during the late 90's and early 2000s. I had one of those, and had another bootleg console that looked like a Sega Genesis (that one could read both NES and Famicom cartidges)
Yeap and in brazil you can find some mega drive 4 etc
We have those in Indonesia too 🤣🤣🤣
We had it in Greece too, it was a schoolyard joke.
I bugged my parents for weeks to rent a Virtual Boy from Blockbuster when I was a kid, I remember laying down and just placing it on my face. I recall a horrible headache after a few hours and all I got from it was Mario Tennis. Wish you could still walk into a store and rent a video game.
Worst sports video game of all time. You're better off playing in an IRL tennis court than on the virtual boy.
I remember being able to rent a whole console from Blockbuster 🤤
Now you can pay full price for a demo AAA game. It will be finished in a few years. :D
We still have one in my town where we can do that... It's a Family Video... The manager and I joke that I'm tyne only one keeping them in business and if I would stop going he would be able to retire early... He always seems happy to see me though and still let's me know when they get new games in...
You should open a brick and mortar store that you could sign up for a type of membership model and be able to take home physical games and even after a little bit maybe even movies. You could pay a small amount and play a game for a week or so. I bet that would be super profitable since we have nothing like that available!
About Zeebo, tectoy, the company that made it, is trying to launch a new console in the steam deck style named Zeenix (zeebo+phoenix, as a rebirth). As a Brazilian i hope it works, Tectoy was the company that brought us SEGA consoles in the 90's
Boomerang design sounds like a genius way of stopping a tv being destroyed by a rage flung controller by looping it back and slapping the anger out of the one who threw it
Never thought of it that way you may be onto something! lol
Now with patented self-harm ragequit(tm)
Didn’t realize there’s even been 30 consoles. Let alone 30 bad ones
Same!
Most of them are knock offs, so they shouldn't count.
Nintendo alone has had almost half that many. Not bad ones but number of consoles. There were a lot of crap ones right before the 1983 crash.
Wikipedia said there's over 1,000! Someone plugged 444 into a TV recently
@@JoshuaJacobs83 Yup, and that's only actual usable consoles he plugged in.
The worst knock offs + good emulation handhelds etc. (which I guess he didn't use) exist on mass.
Hell, if someone would want to emulate gameboy advance games specifically and look for a handheld there's god knows how many that fill that role at this point - probably like 60 actually useable models alone, we've even got a few with which you can emulate PS2 on the go (altho only like 2-3h of battery life) at this point.
32:54 The worst part about this 'cheaper model with ads' thing was that the ads were never turned on before the console was dead on arrival. So in case you felt bad about buying the Gizmondo, imagine how utterly buttblasted you must have been if you spend 400 dollars for the ad free version just to have the exact same version as the people who bought the cheaper one.
N-gage owner here.
This metal gear is years later on Nokia “ngage” game “engine”, you can’t play it on normal n-gage.
If my memory doesn’t fail, it came Between 2008~2009
I loved my Ngage for everything but making calls. Though they fixed that with the Ngage QD but it was too little too late.
I had a real good times playing a few of the games with friends multiplayer. One was called FloBoarding
Feels like a lifetime ago
They sold really well in the uk, if you do find one now for sale. You can seriously pay almost hundred plus for it,
N-Gage got lots of PC games like Half-Life, Doom and lots of other games.
It were popular for a long time and got new software/games daily on IRC for at least 2 years.
Symbian OS were popular to make things for. I still own 2 real N-GAGE's in 2 different colors and i own a bunch of physical retail games for it.
$700 in 1993 is worth about $1,513 in 2024. No wonder the 3DO bombed.
That was the best system ever made and ps1 money now is huge so what lol
They were banking on the hardware rather than the games
@@cowboycinema8648they had games though which the 3DO had none that mattered
@@staringcorgi6475 okay
29:25 - One year, I would watch the Highlander cartoon before heading to the bus stop. It was perfect, because I could finish the show, and if I left as the credits started, I'd get to the bus stop with around 5 minutes to spare.
Yeah, it's what I would watch instead of getting ready for school, then I'd have to run to make up for the lost time walking to school.
Jokes on Falcon, Highlander is still a somewhat known expression in Brazil for whenever you're mocking someone as if they were invincible. I know only really old folks use though lol - I, for once, used it a lot but was too young to know what that was about.
That was the Starship Troopers CGI Animated Show for me....aired at 7am.
Wait what? There was a Highlander cartoon???
@Azhrei2000 Yes, yes there was.
Tiger handhelds were awesome.
90's commercials for kids were the best.
That Conan skit was hilarious.
And I absolutely remember watching that Highlander cartoon.
"Tiger handhelds were awesome."
Tell that to the Angry Video Game Nerd.
My first console was a model 1 Sega Genesis, it was a retirement present for my grandpa. I have great memories of visiting him during the summer. He'd get Sega Channel, when I'd visit. I still remember when he gave me it to me, I've kept it safe.
Incredible story
@@JayRacer thank you, I want to make some kind of neat display for the Genesis, my GameGear and games as a sort of memorial to him
@@cjrensh that would be awesome. I would do anything to have the Nintendo my grandfather played with us.
@@JayRacer at least you have great memories.
@@cjrensh very true
No Souljaboy console? Lol just kidding
YOUUUU
Souljawhat?
😂😂😂😂
I was expecting that aswell lol
Tell'em
In the Netherlands, the home country of Philips, the CD-i was heavily marketed as an interactive information and entertainment centre instead of a game console. They even had tie-in marketing with TV programs that heavily emphasized the "Interactive" part. "Interactive" was one of the biggest buzz word in the early nineties and Philips was hoping to cash on that.
9. “There’s a game Crash Zone that crashes the system. Guess I should’ve seen that coming.”
😂😂😂😂
That line was GOLD!
The n-gage with tony hawks got me through school.
There were some ace Java games at that time too. I remember there being a good one for XIII
I loved my Ngage and QD. Felt like a smartphone with that symbian OS.
@@DnBSkunkMDFMM
In today's episode of "Falcon relives the early days of video game atrocities..."
When the Virtual Boy, the red eyes burning menace, is so early in the video, you know things will get really bad quick.
The one system I remember coming out when I was a kid that I was excited about was the 3DO. Because there was nothing like it anywhere. It was graphically miles ahead of any console or pc really at the time. But it's price tag was way beyond the average households at the time and that killed it.
Always a good time when Falcon is venting about bad techs.
He only gets better when he gets into ol man grumpy mode about VG trash
The PS1 Classic deserved a spot. An absolute failed attempt to cash in on the mini console craze.
This is fair. The emulation quality was meh and not including Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider or Gran Turismo out of the box is unforgivable. You shouldn't have to load your own ROMs to make it worth buying. And if you're willing to do that, there's dozens of objectively better options.
@@T00DEEPBLUE More then likely that was due to licensing, but the games it had not even running that great was just unacceptable! And I know Gran Turismo is Sony, but as I've found out more recently with many racing games being de-listed, the licenses for the real world cars used in the game can expire.
@@scottthewaterwarrior And even if licensing was a serious issue, all that would suggest is that the PS1 Classic was not a viable product for Sony to make to begin with.
GT1 & 2 were two of the most popular and influential games the PS1 ever had in it's history. Franchises like Forza literally owe their existence to GT's success. To omit those games on the PS1 classic as though they were irrelevant is unbelievable.
@@T00DEEPBLUEthat’s like an n64 classic console missing banjo kazooie and tooie and perfect dark
@@T00DEEPBLUEand why even have it when most PlayStation gamers play different games unlike the Wii U and n64 who’s owners played the same games like 90% of Wii U owners played mk8,smash 4, Nintendo land and Mario 3d world while PlayStation owners have played different games as not even a third of those gamers played FFVII or gt compared to n64 gamers playing Mario 64
I thought my kink was Falcon saying the f bomb in 7 year old gameranx videos.. but this last week has shown me that it’s his 30 minute plus videos instead 🫡 a voice we never get sick of hearing
I know there for awhile everyone kept saying he didn't sound like himself and asked if he was ok. Lol
Pretty sure I’ve seen almost every gameranx video ever posted, and I believe that this holds the record for being the longest. I fall asleep to these videos a lot so I appreciate a longer video every now and then 😂🤙🏼
No SouljaBoy and Stadia, why i may ask?
Stadia wasn't a console.
@@GrateWight Good point, it was only a controller with streaming service. But is was one of the baddest launch ever🤣
No you may not ask
Because they're numbers 31 and 32, so they barely missed the list.
@@PurooRoy Stadia wasn't a console.
28:50 the whole thing with scanning cards just makes me think amiibos before skylanders existed
Falcon’s sarcastic tone is perfect for lists like this😂
gameranx, nice content you deserve more subscribers
Hey Falcon, the Highlander cartoon was awesome. It aired on Teletoon in Canada, and I believe I was 8 or 9 when I saw it
Hey
Love it. Another banger of a video Gameranx.
“Billionaire dork” is funny to me.
Probably just a joke, why else would falcon make a point about him being a billionaire... I'm sure "falcon" doesn't dislike rich people or something like that... right? I mean, what is he, a Marxist-Leninist?
Watch you guys everyday after work thank you for being gameranx❤
Hey thanks we appreciate you! :)
Congrats on getting over the 8 million mark Team Gameranx!
Great job. You need a series that goes further into some of these!
I actually bought the OUYA. I thought it was the coolest thing because of the premise of it. I honestly had a good experience owning it and thought it had legitimate promise. I understand why it failed though.
No bought it you just wanted to be in the conversation my dude
@@cowboycinema8648 I couldn't care less about the doubt cast by an internet random whose opinion means less to me than the dirt on the bottom of my shoes.
@@dagade2005 if my opinion didn't matter to you at all you wouldn't have responded
@@cowboycinema8648 if you think a reply on social media counts as caring, I suggest seeking professional help. You replied to my comment, I replied to yours. It's how conversations work. Try to keep up, sport.
I was tempted to buy one myself, still kinda am for the novelty and as an emulation box.
I wasn't prepared for my beloved Ouya Special Edition to be attacked today.
I actually had an Action Max when I was a kid. When you actually shot a target in a game, your score counter would increase and the box would say "Target Hit!"
One of my favorite stories from my childhood was pointing it at Dan Rather's face one night while the news was on and squeezing the trigger. To my surprise, the box yelled "Target Hit!" My brother and I looked at each other and absolutely lost it laughing. Tried to get that to happen again for years to no avail.
I feel legit sorry for anyone who at one point own these consoles and only for them to collect dust over the years . Their ultimate fate being to only to be throw away or to be donated
I had the R-Zone. It looked like the scouter from DBZ.That thing’s only redemption was the R-Zone Super Screen, which was released later. It allowed you to play R-Zone games on an actual handheld.
Famiclones / NES Clones doesn't have to make a list since it's a bootleg / pirated consoles.
I love Falcon’s sarcastic humour, really makes my day! 😂
it's amazing that gaming has become what it has become now, considering where it all started.
haha we’ve come a long way!
This is the first time I've heard Falcon go for 40 minutes. We'll done and thanks for the throwbacks, especially the Highlander cartoon, I used to love that as a kid!!
16:39 ugh paper 3d glasses the horror! **Patrick screams seeing the wanted sign**
Literally one of my biggest childhood memories was that I actually owned a Tiger R-Zone. Had a Panzer Dragoon title for that that I played NON-STOP. The headset weighed about a pound, and had a cheap elastic headband that didn't even hold up the weight of the device, so it would slide down over your ONE EYE you had to use to see the screen with. The screen was bright af all the time, and your eye would start to get burned in to that bright red, so when you took the thing off, you couldn't see colors correctly for a good 10 minutes. Never mind the fact that the thing gave you a massive headache from the bright screen and the vice-like grip on your dome. Man, what a shit show. 9/10.
What dark plane of existence did you dredge these consoles up from haha. I never knew half of these existed
I can’t believe this was your number 1 pick. When you chose this as your number 1. I laughed so hard. I truly didn’t see that coming. I bought a R-Zone with my own money. Thank you good old Tiger Electronics. Thank you Falcon this was a great video.
0:03 what game is it?
Looks like Star Wars Outlaws
Star wars bro.
It's called Neo Berlin 2087.
Goon wars 2332
Chill 😂😂😂
“Get the Gamecom because, man, it’s that!?” 😂 such an informative yet hilarious video. I didn’t know some of these dumpster fires even existed
Welp my Birthday is complete, Gameranx vid featuring Falcon
Happy birthday 🥳🎂
@@mtnman8783 Thank you 😊
Happy Birthday 🎉
@@edmondaggabao Thank you 😊
Your getting me through another work day 👍💯 appreciate ya ❤
These consoles have no con souls.
Ummm, one of them actually does. The gizmondo. 😂😂
Actually they do, henceforth the name "con" soles.
Nice 😂😂😂
This was a particularly interesting video- I really loved the history of these obscure consoles
Hey thanks! We’re glad you enjoyed it :)
Not into the video yet, but I bet they are going to talk about the virtual boy 💯
Yep, was right. Number 27 😂
Thank you for the heart 🥺❤️ love u guys 💋
I worked for Staples from 2008-2014 and I hated SD cards. Almost all of the tech used them back then, and there were so many variants, customers were constantly confused about which size their particular phone, or other electronic used. PC’s had to have a different port for every size and it was just a mess. I’m glad that era is over
This is Worst "worst gaming consoles" video I've ever watched
Brilliant!!!! :-D Thank you so much. So many I hadn't even heard of.
Bad consoles?? these are just bad gadgets overall!
OMG the Super Joy commentary had me rolling. Falcon always delivers.
15:22 Does the SuperWonderboy look like an otter or am I tripping?
Not trippin sir
Yes and yes
This episode is a straight up history lesson, and I’m loving it. I haven’t heard of a majority of these consoles probably for good reason.
Honorable mention room should go to the Soulja Boy Console.
34:56 wait what?
This is the greatest RUclips video I’ve ever seen!
haha thanks for watching :)
Black myth wukong has been so awesome
I’m going to start it today.
Best game of 2024.
Love you guys, and I know you're experimenting with longer videos, but 36 mins is too damn long.
I wish 75% of this list wasn’t aliexpress crap.
Dudes why have your videos become so long these past few weeks, its becoming a grind to watch. Still love gameranx though, you guys rock, but damn i miss those 15min vids it was just perfect
pretty much any console made before the NES is the worst
That's not true.
Nope. Atari was the shit
Idk the Atari 2600 was pretty good
I was so disappointed by those tiny Game Gears. When I first heard about them I was assuming it would be a normal sized Game Gear with a ton of classic games pre-installed. These days, they could put in the entire catalog in English and Japanese with no issues. I was planning to import one.
Then we got... what they released. Yeah... That's a "no" from me.
Yo only real gamers are subscribed to gameranx
Are you a bot they bought trying to get more subscribers? lmao
Nicely done Falcon... Shout out to 98PacerCar
Hot take: All SEGA consoles are awful expect for mega system and genesis.
That's not hot, it's just plain incorrect.
Dreamcast was cool
@@John_on_the_mountainDreamcast was cool but fuck that controller
holy crap I had completely forgotten about the R Zone. Thank you for the terrible nostalgia for those commercials!
One of the primary goals of the Ouya was to create a platform that gave indie developers a foothold in the gaming industry, addressing the significant challenges they faced in getting their games published on the major consoles at the time. While the Ouya itself didn't achieve widespread success, its impact on the industry was notable. Following its hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, policy changes soon followed, making it significantly easier for indie developers to bring their games to market on major platforms.
Because of this, I don’t believe the Ouya was as big of a failure as people often claim.
Falcon you make the worst stuff always palatable.......i was in tear of laughter listening to you eviscerate those consoles!!
Another morning, another falcon video - Tis a good week.
Enjoy!
@@gameranxTV always!
10:30 fun fact about the N-Gage. One of the designers was agitated with all the changes they were wanting, so he made a design inspired by Goatse (if ya know ya know). And that was the design they chose. The N-Gage design is based on Goatse.
LMFAOOOOO
Goatse? What's that?
The Hyper Scan was Skylanders long before Skylanders. I never played it but I worked in an Amazon Warehouse for a few months and a whole lot of Skylanders minis got sold. Those Minis had a base that you connected to the game system. Insanely predatory practice considering marketed to very young children.
I don’t remember the Highlander cartoon, but I fondly remember the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, where these kids went to an amusement park and were transported to the world of D & D on a roller coaster. Saturday mornings used to be the best part of the week.
I was extremely fortunate that whenever a console came into my house it was the genuine article. We couldn't afford it but my brother got gifted our first console in the original PlayStation back in 99. And that is what launched both of our gaming adventures.
The kid staying up till Christmas morning just to open a bootleg console and trying not to be disappointed really took me back to my childhood. Anybody else?
Hands down,
the FUNNIEST video i've ever watched!
GG Falcon. GG
I had the R Zone for all of 1 evening. I begged my father to buy it for me because I thought it was a Virtual Boy. I have never, ever been more confused about a game system in my entire life. When we finally realised that it was indeed powered on, that a game was indeed playing and that the red blob on the visor that moved erratically was evidence of this fact I turned it off and told my father that I didn't want it. He was furious and was forced to take store credit when he returned it. He couldn't even get his money back. Good times!
CAUTION: Red and blue 3-D glasses can permanently damage/altar your vision if worn for too long.
Using my “Rad Racer” (NES) glasses to read a Batman 3-D graphic novel, I found the last page had a pair of cardboard glasses you could punch out. It also had a warning to not ware them for more than fifteen minutes. I’d been wearing mine for two hours.
To this day I can close one eye and everything will look artificially reddish and rosie, while if I close the other, everything turns dull blue and dreary.
This is one of my favorite videos here!
what is the name of the ps3 game at 1:02?
I think it's a final fantasy game but I don't know which game in the FF franchise it is
Good video didn't know these even exist.. My fave is n64 ps1 dreamcast ..
FUN FACT: The Taco N-Gage's button layout is based off goatse because one of the designers is getting frustrated by the execs who can't make up their damn mind, until they found out the Goatse layout and they accepted that. Basically, the Nokia designers didn't even want to design a console in the first place. There's also an updated model that fixed the infamous cartridge placement.
You just brought back memories of playing the Sonic the Hedgehog version of the Tiger handheld at my grandparent's house when I was little. 😂 I totally forgot about those things.
I watched the Highlander cartoon regularly, but that is the joys of UPN early mornings in the 90's.
Excuse you, Falcon, I actually did remembered the Highlander cartoon a few weeks ago, before completely forgetting about it again. Back when they made "Jr." of everyone, including James Bond Jr.
10:52 There were two n-gage models, the latter one was known as the n-gage QD and it solved most of the issues of the original n-gage. Issues such as removing the battery to switch the sd card or the speaker being awkwardly designed. I owned the QD for a while back in the day and it was great for its time with the ability to play emulators, listen to music and have official releases of well known games like sonic. Obviously it was nowhere near the psp which was released not too long after the QD.
This is perhaps the most painful Gameranx video I've ever seen. Not because it's bad (it's great actually), but it feels like descending the nine circles of hell. The R-Zone was straight out from a David Cronenberg film
I'd like to add the "On Live" console. The first effort in game streaming. The console was actually very clever in that you would have a 'wall' of thumbnails of people playing games and you can swiftly hop in to any of them to watch them playing. It was cooler than Twitch. Way ahead of its time, given that fibre connectivity was still not in a lot of countries. Ultimately it died due to high running costs and limited availability (from show internet). Sony bought the tech rights.
Those Tiger games handheld things were a fundamental part of my childhood when I was on long road trips. I needed those batteries to plug into the Gameboy for Pokemon Red >.> The slander is insane here.
I remember Road Rash 3 on the RZone.. I've actually been trying to remember what it was called for a while now, thanks!
Hey thank you for watching! :)
I suddenly missed my PS1 and PS2 consoles. They already passed away 20+ years ago. Best part of my childhood.
**playstation sound plays in my head**