Wow, I have never heard of that portable system before. It looks pretty cool. I mainly focus on GameBoy and such for handhelds. But I do have a huge collection of vintage handhelds from the 70's and into the 90's. Including Tiger, Mattel, Coleco, Tomy, Akklaim, Radio Shack, as well as Nintendo Game & Watches. Well you get the picture. lol
I really love your videos. You touch on some stuff that isn't usually talked about, and your collection is incredible. I don't collect beyond the 90's other than Nintendo, and I don't do complete collections because I mostly go for stuff that I love/loved to play an will return to. It's great to see stuff that I wouldn't normally go for. And, who knows? If I could get more storage space, I might. Thanks for taking the time to do these!
I received one of these for Christmas when it was new. I think I was 15 or 16, and I loved it, even though the only game I had was the Blockbuster clone it was packed with. Thank you for bringing back a great memory!
I love this kind of video from you. It shows off stuff that many may have not seen that is rare or hard to fine. It could even bring back the for collection in people. Keep up the great work.
We were watching Friday the 13th Part 2 and they had two of these. I asked my family, "Why do they have two? I think those things had changeable games." Then I came here to check it out. The last time I'd seen one was at a department store when they were new, so I was pretty impressed that I'd remembered that detail all these years later. Thanks for the video.
Hey John, I just want to say thank you for everything you do to keep the classics alive. You are a must watch for me on RUclips, and I hope to someday meet you at a convention. Cheers my friend!
Cool! I had one have no idea where I got it from . Its been 30 years and I guess those sounds are stuck in my brain forever. :D Thanks for the memories ! I hope my little self took the 9-volt out. lol.
I'm actually planning a big full-fledged review of the Microvision and its complete library. It's my first complete collection, so of course I want to go into detail about it. I'm really excited about making the video. Seeing this reminds me I should get to work on it.
I love the way you go through all of the inserts and minutiae of what was originally included in the box. Personally, I try to save everything like that when I buy most anything and it is fun to go back and look at it. Keep up the good work in your videos!
Glad yours still works after all these years. I had two duds back in the day. In both cases, they both died (nothing on the screen) within about a week. As a 9 or 10 yr old I was crushed to say the least!
A British youtube channel had listed this as 5 consoles that are slowly rotting away. To see an old device like that still in working order is somewhat of a miracle. I was born In the 90s, but one would be suprised, maybe even flabbergasted, just how old electronics could still work. I like your videos. They show some of the historical landmarks in consumer electronics, and the days before modern gaming. Modern gaming just got worse because of the DLC, sloppy console releases, and other things that make people want to shy away from modern gaming and go the route of retro. Keep up the good work.
I really want a Microvision! My mom had one back in the mid 80s I used to play. She also had a Tomy Video pinball table I haven't been able to locate, but would love to surprise her with a working model some day of either!
I really enjoy watching the 'Does it still work?' videos you make, and you're 100% right, these types of videos are something that very few people can produce and you are uniquely qualified to do so! I'm not a big commenter but I wanted to pop in and say my wife and I always look forward to your 3 videos a week and keep up the great work!
Thanks for showing this system in detail and in action. A neat piece of gaming history. The Chinese knockoffs of this system had all the games on it built in and were being sold well up to the late 90's. I even remember our bank offering us one around the holidays.
I love watching your video’s and im glad to see you showing off stuff that we may have never seen I have always been into video games but some of these systems didn’t always make it for sale in small towns if it wasn’t a sure hit so very cool to see thank you John
I love this video!! I think it would be a great series to see "Does it still work?"! I love the idea and can't wait to see more! The suspense was really fun LOL!
Thank you for sharing this with us John, it's not something I had seen in any detail before as the Microvision system itself is older than me by at least a few years; it's an interesting handheld device which must have been fantastic for its time. I have a few Nintendo Game & Watch units, some from my childhood which were bought second-hand and others which were acquired more recently so if you are planning on making any new videos on Game & Watch units then I would definitely be interested in that but I have been enjoying watching your videos regardless as they are all very interesting. Looking back it seems I've been watching your videos for just over six months now ever since your "Holy Grail Game Donated, Video Game Space Issues" video so it's amazing to see just how far you've come in that short space of time with your new expansion but I look forward to delving into some of your older videos when I have more time. I just felt like taking some time out of my day to say "Thanks" for all the content you create, it's inspirational and I hope to make my own videos some day; when that hopefully happens I will be sure to preserve anything in my collection which might be a little bit odd or rare because though I've only been collecting for probably less than half the time that you have, it's possible I might find something worth sharing at some point in the future. Anyway, take care and I look forward to continuing to support your channel.
I bet if you had 1 of these back when it first came out you were the coolest kid around haha it's crazy we've went from that to smart phones tablets and the Nintendo Switch. Awesome video as usual bud.
that's why its good to buy stuff like PS3 games right now while they're $4 each at every pawn shop. VHS too, they sell them at 5 for $1 at my goodwill. in 30 years they might be $20 each. it's not like anyone is making new VHS tapes.
Is this what cavemen played around the campfire back in the day? Very primitive but very cool piece of gaming history that I had no idea existed! Thanks for showing it.
Wow! That's what i call a big...really BIG game library you have, it's incredible that you have enough patience and ... money XD to have such a giant collection of games... and I don't want to imagine when someday you think about moving to another house because it would be a great back pain to take the whole collection with you, if you know what I mean.
Great video! I had this when I was a kid but it only had one game and it was pinball. Could you please showcase that one some time.Awesome memories Thanks
Thanks for this video. I found one of these in a box full of mint 70s AD&D books. Mine doesn't work though. It made some sounds but no graphics came up at all even after adjusting the knob on the back. It does have the star trek licensed phaser strike game as well as pinball in the box with it but it's just a conversation piece for me right now.
If you check on ebay right now there is a man who is selling microvision replacement screens for this console. Pretty cool and might be the reason your handheld does not work.
Mattel Electronic Handhelds were also very primitive... any plans on doing a video those in upcoming videos? I did not know Microvision existed thanks for sharing.
Got this for Christmas in the 70’s. Expensive and someone fragile. Still fun though. The blockbuster game it came with was among the top games. Additional games were pricy so I never collected all of them.
Hi love your videos and knowledge of games. Question . I am looking for a tiny arcade style hand held from the 80s . It was bad dudes from remco data east . I have checked local stores , pawn shops , eBay and don’t seem to be able to find it except a few pics . Any other ideas on where to look? . Keep up the amazing work you do for retro gaming and when you open a gaming museum I’ll be sure visiting it . Cheers from cold canada
Hey John love this video. Im wondering if you can steer me in the right direction. I recently got an atari 600xl in the box its in mint shape. After a couple minutes of playing it it blacks out and wont show an image again. All the caps internally look good . And sometimes I can wait awhile and its almost like when it cools down I get another couple of minutes . Any thought? Thanks
Thanks for sharing! What was your first hand held? Mine was the OG gameboy. I would’ve had fun playing on this though. I really loved owning the Star fox watch game I had. Don’t know whatever happened to it haha
great video! i luv the does it work format! i have a complete european collection. Does anyone have an idea how to store a microvision the best way (temp, humidity...), so it is kept in good shape and the screen does not fail??
Bonsoir, je voudrais savoir si je peux mettre une émulsion MICR0VISION sur mon windows 10 et si vous auriez un tutoriel pour m'expliquer de A à Z tous l'installation de l'émulateur MICR0VISION sur windows 10 s'il vous plaît.
I remember a relative gave me one of these back in the Summer of 1991 along with that awful Blockbuster game. I play it for one day and the next day the thing died and never work again even with fresh new battery install. Eventually I threw it away nine years later along with my Karate Kid Tiger LCD game which also broke.
Interesting video but there's also a lot of repetitive mindless talking. With all the times you said some type of variation of "it's been a long time since using this" you could've included facts or just nothing to keep the vjdeo shorter.
So many hours of my youth spent with this toy. Thanks for the retro memories!
Wow, what a blast from the past. Super cool old school handheld and the full library to boot. Keep up the great retro vids!
Wow, I have never heard of that portable system before. It looks pretty cool. I mainly focus on GameBoy and such for handhelds. But I do have a huge collection of vintage handhelds from the 70's and into the 90's. Including Tiger, Mattel, Coleco, Tomy, Akklaim, Radio Shack, as well as Nintendo Game & Watches. Well you get the picture. lol
I really love your videos. You touch on some stuff that isn't usually talked about, and your collection is incredible. I don't collect beyond the 90's other than Nintendo, and I don't do complete collections because I mostly go for stuff that I love/loved to play an will return to. It's great to see stuff that I wouldn't normally go for. And, who knows? If I could get more storage space, I might. Thanks for taking the time to do these!
I received one of these for Christmas when it was new. I think I was 15 or 16, and I loved it, even though the only game I had was the Blockbuster clone it was packed with. Thank you for bringing back a great memory!
'Does it still work?' is an amazing idea for videos. As someone who started gaming in the early 80s, I really look forward to what's up next.
This is amazing!
I wasn't born nor lived through this generation but its cool to see how handhelds(and the game industry as a whole)has evolved
I love this kind of video from you. It shows off stuff that many may have not seen that is rare or hard to fine. It could even bring back the for collection in people. Keep up the great work.
John, you constantly surprise me with whats in your collection. Thank you and keep making these awesome videos
We were watching Friday the 13th Part 2 and they had two of these.
I asked my family, "Why do they have two? I think those things had changeable games."
Then I came here to check it out.
The last time I'd seen one was at a department store when they were new, so I was pretty impressed that I'd remembered that detail all these years later.
Thanks for the video.
Hey John, I just want to say thank you for everything you do to keep the classics alive. You are a must watch for me on RUclips, and I hope to someday meet you at a convention. Cheers my friend!
Nice to see it still works. I'm pretty sure that a MicroVision is what the character Mark uses in Friday the 13th part 2 (the wheelchair character).
Cool! I had one have no idea where I got it from . Its been 30 years and I guess those sounds are stuck in my brain forever. :D Thanks for the memories ! I hope my little self took the 9-volt out. lol.
I'm actually planning a big full-fledged review of the Microvision and its complete library. It's my first complete collection, so of course I want to go into detail about it. I'm really excited about making the video. Seeing this reminds me I should get to work on it.
I love the way you go through all of the inserts and minutiae of what was originally included in the box. Personally, I try to save everything like that when I buy most anything and it is fun to go back and look at it. Keep up the good work in your videos!
Glad yours still works after all these years. I had two duds back in the day. In both cases, they both died (nothing on the screen) within about a week. As a 9 or 10 yr old I was crushed to say the least!
I love the Microvision, the box, and the graphics design that went into it was amazing, very nice late 70s aesthetic. Def a collectable! Great Video!
I honestly had never heard of that. Thanks John, for showing me something I didn't even know existed... Love the channel!
A British youtube channel had listed this as 5 consoles that are slowly rotting away.
To see an old device like that still in working order is somewhat of a miracle.
I was born In the 90s, but one would be suprised, maybe even flabbergasted, just how old electronics could still work.
I like your videos. They show some of the historical landmarks in consumer electronics, and the days before modern gaming.
Modern gaming just got worse because of the DLC, sloppy console releases, and other things that make people want to shy away from modern gaming and go the route of retro.
Keep up the good work.
this console is pretty neat, i have never seen or heard of this before and i thought i had seen everything lol. thanks for showing this stuff off!
I really want a Microvision! My mom had one back in the mid 80s I used to play. She also had a Tomy Video pinball table I haven't been able to locate, but would love to surprise her with a working model some day of either!
I really enjoy watching the 'Does it still work?' videos you make, and you're 100% right, these types of videos are something that very few people can produce and you are uniquely qualified to do so! I'm not a big commenter but I wanted to pop in and say my wife and I always look forward to your 3 videos a week and keep up the great work!
Always enjoy your videos! I had a chance to get some Microvision games and I passed them up. Now I wish I had gotten them...
I had one when I was a kid. Thanks for the memories :)
Thanks for showing this system in detail and in action. A neat piece of gaming history. The Chinese knockoffs of this system had all the games on it built in and were being sold well up to the late 90's. I even remember our bank offering us one around the holidays.
Cooooool! I always wanted a MicroVision but my parents couldn't afford one at the time.
I love watching your video’s and im glad to see you showing off stuff that we may have never seen I have always been into video games but some of these systems didn’t always make it for sale in small towns if it wasn’t a sure hit so very cool to see thank you John
Love your videos jon! Does it still work is really fun to watch
I had one of these. Super cool video, thanks for sharing!
Excellent video John thanks!
I had never heard of this system before seeing this. Very cool.
1st time i ever even heard of this system but that's freaking pretty damn cool.
Awesome video. Thanks for the upload!!!
I love your collection John, I would love to see this someday!!!
Vintage game hardware is Art! Love the content. Thank you so much. 👍
I love this video!! I think it would be a great series to see "Does it still work?"! I love the idea and can't wait to see more! The suspense was really fun LOL!
We had one of those! Very advanced for a handheld at the time!
The princip was very advanced for its time, yes. But technically, it was very weak, even for its time.
"It may not look like much.." Neither does a Prussian helmet. Perserving history is what I see here. Thank you for keeping the past alive. Cheers
Thank you for sharing this with us John, it's not something I had seen in any detail before as the Microvision system itself is older than me by at least a few years; it's an interesting handheld device which must have been fantastic for its time.
I have a few Nintendo Game & Watch units, some from my childhood which were bought second-hand and others which were acquired more recently so if you are planning on making any new videos on Game & Watch units then I would definitely be interested in that but I have been enjoying watching your videos regardless as they are all very interesting.
Looking back it seems I've been watching your videos for just over six months now ever since your "Holy Grail Game Donated, Video Game Space Issues" video so it's amazing to see just how far you've come in that short space of time with your new expansion but I look forward to delving into some of your older videos when I have more time.
I just felt like taking some time out of my day to say "Thanks" for all the content you create, it's inspirational and I hope to make my own videos some day; when that hopefully happens I will be sure to preserve anything in my collection which might be a little bit odd or rare because though I've only been collecting for probably less than half the time that you have, it's possible I might find something worth sharing at some point in the future.
Anyway, take care and I look forward to continuing to support your channel.
Damn I am 15 today.
And I am enjoying to see these things😊
This was a great video! Love the handhelds
I bet if you had 1 of these back when it first came out you were the coolest kid around haha it's crazy we've went from that to smart phones tablets and the Nintendo Switch. Awesome video as usual bud.
It's funny to think that this was around about 30 years ago. In 30 years time from now a modern PC and PS4 will look just as primitive.
that's why its good to buy stuff like PS3 games right now while they're $4 each at every pawn shop.
VHS too, they sell them at 5 for $1 at my goodwill. in 30 years they might be $20 each. it's not like anyone is making new VHS tapes.
Is this what cavemen played around the campfire back in the day? Very primitive but very cool piece of gaming history that I had no idea existed! Thanks for showing it.
It looks like those $1 Brick Game handhelds I used to play as a kid :D
John, I love this idea for videos. It's alot of fun. I would LOVE to see an ADAM one. Your channel rocks man.
Woah, Microvision is so old school :D
Loved Microvision. Greatest for the tine
It was impressive for its time
Wow!
That's what i call a big...really BIG game library you have, it's incredible that you have enough patience and ... money XD
to have such a giant collection of games... and I don't want to imagine when someday you think about moving to another house because it would be a great back pain to take the whole collection with you, if you know what I mean.
I would've loved that as a kid!
Never even heard of this. Very cool.
I had the micro vision when I was a kid. I had the games blockbuster, Star Trek phaser strike, bowling, and the slot machines
Another cool Star Trek relic. I'm suprised by how many obscure Star Trek games there are.
Great video! I had this when I was a kid but it only had one game and it was pinball. Could you please showcase that one some time.Awesome memories Thanks
Block buster reminds me of playing breakout on my buddy's TI graphing calculator back in the 90s
Very interesting! Keep this kind of videos coming! :-D
Thanks for this video. I found one of these in a box full of mint 70s AD&D books. Mine doesn't work though. It made some sounds but no graphics came up at all even after adjusting the knob on the back. It does have the star trek licensed phaser strike game as well as pinball in the box with it but it's just a conversation piece for me right now.
If you check on ebay right now there is a man who is selling microvision replacement screens for this console. Pretty cool and might be the reason your handheld does not work.
Ooohbilly was here!
Awesome games. Very interesting.
this is so awesome
That thing is so freaking cool
Mattel Electronic Handhelds were also very primitive... any plans on doing a video those in upcoming videos? I did not know Microvision existed thanks for sharing.
Could you do a vectrex retrospective sometime? I was trying to buy but I don’t even know where to start..
Got this for Christmas in the 70’s. Expensive and someone fragile. Still fun though. The blockbuster game it came with was among the top games. Additional games were pricy so I never collected all of them.
1979 a super pocket game, good for the school time off.
I always wanted a Microwave :)
Hey! The Coleco Alien Attack was launched in 1979 too.
But wich one was truly first? Isnt there ANY handheld games in 1978 or before???
I actually had one of these with about 4 or 5 games a bit ago that came in this huge atari/coleco lot I got.
I always wanted a Microvision :(
This is better than a 90's Tiger game or the dashes they had moving across a screen and calling it "football" . I wonder why it didn't do better?
Do the Mattel electronics handheld hockey and football! And Merlin wow I played those in the 70’s.
I have a full North America Microvision collection with two base units. Unfortunately, both suffer from the screen rot that makes them unplayable.
cool video, never heard of those.
Hi love your videos and knowledge of games. Question . I am looking for a tiny arcade style hand held from the 80s . It was bad dudes from remco data east . I have checked local stores , pawn shops , eBay and don’t seem to be able to find it except a few pics . Any other ideas on where to look? . Keep up the amazing work you do for retro gaming and when you open a gaming museum I’ll be sure visiting it . Cheers from cold canada
Wow you're quite lucky, mine doesn't show any signs of life. I was starting to think there were none left that had escaped screen rot!
Are those game boxes the same build/style as the omnivision carts?
Hey John love this video. Im wondering if you can steer me in the right direction. I recently got an atari 600xl in the box its in mint shape. After a couple minutes of playing it it blacks out and wont show an image again. All the caps internally look good . And sometimes I can wait awhile and its almost like when it cools down I get another couple of minutes . Any thought? Thanks
Hmm, I’m not the expert but might be a good idea to post on Atariage FB group. It sounds like something needs to be. Resoldered or replaced.
Do you have the original Merlin? That strange red phone looking multi game system by Parker Brothers. This reminds me of that.
Thanks for sharing! What was your first hand held? Mine was the OG gameboy. I would’ve had fun playing on this though. I really loved owning the Star fox watch game I had. Don’t know whatever happened to it haha
Hello Mr Hancock. Do you think 250 for the micro vision and 8 games. Six sealed is a good price
great video! i luv the does it work format!
i have a complete european collection. Does anyone have an idea how to store a microvision the best way (temp, humidity...), so it is kept in good shape and the screen does not fail??
I collect tiger handhelds and others :)
awww I wanted to see all of the games.
I collect old vintage video games
30 years from now, a PC will exist that makes current "modern" PCs look just as primitive as the MicroVision.
Bonsoir, je voudrais savoir si je peux mettre une émulsion MICR0VISION sur mon windows 10 et si vous auriez un tutoriel pour m'expliquer de A à Z tous l'installation de l'émulateur MICR0VISION sur windows 10 s'il vous plaît.
I remember a relative gave me one of these back in the Summer of 1991 along with that awful Blockbuster game. I play it for one day and the next day the thing died and never work again even with fresh new battery install. Eventually I threw it away nine years later along with my Karate Kid Tiger LCD game which also broke.
I love your face haha you look stoned but you don't strike me as the smoking type. Keep up the sweet vids man!
Get the sealed console VGA graded,looks like it would get an 80-85 LOL!!!
Has anyone ever come up with a screen replacement for these? I have a MV with 6 games but the screen is in bad shape.
Chris Melchior not yet
That must have a capacitor that is bringing the power down to 3 volts lol the size of two AA batteries
Micro vision rules
hahah both the games are almost the same. Great item to have though.
lol that's crazy but that's how it was in the beginning lol
Built by Milton Bradley.
Be different. Bust out the systems nobody else has.
Try 20 years before game boy
Interesting video but there's also a lot of repetitive mindless talking. With all the times you said some type of variation of "it's been a long time since using this" you could've included facts or just nothing to keep the vjdeo shorter.
11 minutes to get to the damn point.
Way too much talking