Cybiko & Cybiko Xtreme | Ashens

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Let's all meet up in the year 2000. Won't it be strange when we're all sending wireless messages to each other over very short distances? (Also: fully grown)
Can't shake the feeling that the Xtreme is a really nice device, and if it had been released a few years before it would have been incredibly successful. (Before being inevitably made obsolete by mobile phones, obv.)
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  • @HeyKirbay
    @HeyKirbay9 жыл бұрын

    I had one of these back in high school. There were about 2,500 students at that school, and to my knowledge, one other kid had one. We messaged each other a couple times when I first got it along the lines of "Hey you have a Cybiko too!" Then we never communicated again. I think that pretty well sums up the Cybiko experience.

  • @HeyKirbay

    @HeyKirbay

    9 жыл бұрын

    Lol, just finished the video and thought I'd point out I had the original Cybiko. I never heard of the Xtreme, but it actually looks pretty awesome. However, I think at that point I had a cell phone.

  • @bizzzzzzle

    @bizzzzzzle

    5 жыл бұрын

    I made it a fad in our school, about a dozen of us got them, my class only had 90 people in it though.

  • @cky2chris

    @cky2chris

    4 жыл бұрын

    I had one, I had no actual computer so I begged my parents and got a cybiko for christmas one year. Realized no one else had them and you basically needed a computer with it to do much of anything. Also how fucking weird it had a basic dating app function for a toy marketed to kids.

  • @TheCutiePatrol

    @TheCutiePatrol

    9 ай бұрын

    that wasn't another student, that was some weirdo outside the school gates lol.

  • @mikeyg9958

    @mikeyg9958

    7 ай бұрын

    The technology wasnt there yet sadly 😢

  • @0BRAN0
    @0BRAN03 жыл бұрын

    Hearing "12 years ago" when talking about the year 2000 in 2021 is a trip.

  • @michaelepica3564

    @michaelepica3564

    2 жыл бұрын

    22 years ago my god

  • @growskull

    @growskull

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelepica3564 23

  • @growskull

    @growskull

    Жыл бұрын

    it made me feel nauseous

  • @0BRAN0

    @0BRAN0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@growskull it's now 23 years ago LMAO

  • @growskull

    @growskull

    Жыл бұрын

    @@0BRAN0 its so weird to think about how long ashens has been here. when he made this video gangnam style was only 3 months old and noone had ever heard of COVID or any of this madness. i was 6 years old probably picking my nose or something

  • @jaxsonharper9091
    @jaxsonharper909110 жыл бұрын

    Just think about the fact that somewhere in the world there is a married couple who accidentally met on Cybiko and kicked it off from there.

  • @EverySixt

    @EverySixt

    9 жыл бұрын

    Impossible. If there is someone who did, I envy them.

  • @lShadowdark

    @lShadowdark

    7 жыл бұрын

    that lived 3 streets away but never met before?

  • @Quicksilver_Cookie

    @Quicksilver_Cookie

    7 жыл бұрын

    You know every person within 3 streets from you? If you live in a densely populated city that would be thousands of people potentially...

  • @Anex952

    @Anex952

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol the dating app happen (spelt differently ) is pretty much like this

  • @mygguy6489

    @mygguy6489

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jaezen Harper lol

  • @OGNuggz
    @OGNuggz10 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't expecting to see true 3D graphics from this kind of device.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios

    @HappyBeezerStudios

    4 жыл бұрын

    it runs doom

  • @Skelig

    @Skelig

    4 жыл бұрын

    Doom isn’t 3D

  • @breightonlarsen2152

    @breightonlarsen2152

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Skelig well, doom is technically 3D.. Operating word is technically.

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame that the device only have ugly beeps as sound, if these devices had a proper sound chip similar to the gameboy and a frontlight for the screen, this device would have been more succesful.

  • @ziongite

    @ziongite

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not true 3D actually. True 3D is like a polygonal world. What you are seeing here is basically like a game that appears 3D, but is actually sprite based, often in the game industry these are called 2.5D games. The first to achieve this were Japanese games from the 80's. Again, pretty sure this Russian calculator things isn't truly running an actual polygonal 3D environment, which would mean it isn't by definition truly 3D.

  • @TheHamzyDumzy
    @TheHamzyDumzy8 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't it give you a deep kind of sadness when you see "no one found, try again later"? It makes me a bit sad. Same as revisiting a chat room that was once bustling just to find it empty, knowing that those people you've encountered in there have grown up, moved on or have even died. You feel alone.

  • @NamiNuitsuki

    @NamiNuitsuki

    8 жыл бұрын

    That's how I feel about nintendo's picto chat. There's no one and I feel so empty thinking of the good times I had with my friends on it.....😢

  • @mihaelkYeah

    @mihaelkYeah

    8 жыл бұрын

    Kinda like if you'd revisit Digital Space Traveller. Or if you used the MSN Revival/Reviver program to bring back MSN to only find people talking back to you from Skype with their MSN profile settings exactly how they left them right before it was taken down.

  • @IYamJayJay

    @IYamJayJay

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nami Nuitsuki well that was more of a local thing, even back then youd rarely find anyone that wasnt your friend.

  • @helenmcfarlane1

    @helenmcfarlane1

    8 жыл бұрын

    its like old games that were once busy but now are empty. I know the feel.

  • @jprants1129

    @jprants1129

    8 жыл бұрын

    It is depressing, yes!

  • @mymarci
    @mymarci3 жыл бұрын

    Who else came here, after LGR made a review and one bloke from the comments mentioned that Ashens made a video nearly ten years ago?

  • @zaxlorax7605

    @zaxlorax7605

    3 жыл бұрын

    yep, same

  • @xmlthegreat
    @xmlthegreat3 жыл бұрын

    What the hell I just came here from the LGR Cybiko video to find Ashens covered it 8 years ago...

  • @samuelmoreno36

    @samuelmoreno36

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scrolled down to find a comment like this...thank you good sir.

  • @theultumzero8491
    @theultumzero84918 жыл бұрын

    Men's Room 2, this time it's urinal.

  • @radoo4772

    @radoo4772

    8 жыл бұрын

    +the ultum zero Then Men's Room 3- bladder problems.

  • @brunismartinskibilds4594

    @brunismartinskibilds4594

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Max Kitten Then Men's Room 4- in space.

  • @PianoVideosJustForU

    @PianoVideosJustForU

    8 жыл бұрын

    +the ultum zero Men's Room 5 - 0:14 Edition

  • @iaincowell9747

    @iaincowell9747

    8 жыл бұрын

    +the ultum zero Men's Room 6: The Diarrhea Problem

  • @thegloriouswizard5270

    @thegloriouswizard5270

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Iain Cowell Men's Room 7: Hole in the Ground

  • @TrueShilic
    @TrueShilic5 жыл бұрын

    If I ever invent time travel, I will go back to when this video was filmed, and lurk outside Ashens' house with a Cybiko, just to freak him out when he scans the area for active Cybiko's and he finds "Hello Stuart."

  • @ladyluckapologies6077

    @ladyluckapologies6077

    Жыл бұрын

    See a person with real dreams and goals...

  • @DOSRetroGamer

    @DOSRetroGamer

    6 ай бұрын

    That's definitely the best use of a time machine I've ever heard and I am only half joking.

  • @intronaut8582
    @intronaut85828 жыл бұрын

    Literally the instant Ashens hit enter to send his message, I got an SMS.

  • @squishlez

    @squishlez

    7 жыл бұрын

    Intronaut XD

  • @alistairpage-mcgill2723

    @alistairpage-mcgill2723

    7 жыл бұрын

    I like to imagine your disappointment that it was just a hot girl proposing a booty call

  • @theinternet1424

    @theinternet1424

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ashens does this stuff all the time and I wish he'd stop. Nothing worse than watching his videos and having rotten food suddenly appear on my plate. KZreadrs shouldn't do sorcery.

  • @Wflash00

    @Wflash00

    6 жыл бұрын

    Just to think, a Cybiko communicating with a modern smart phone

  • @DoctorNemmo

    @DoctorNemmo

    3 жыл бұрын

    What kind of people receive SMS these days

  • @eddardstark3915
    @eddardstark391510 жыл бұрын

    I remember when this was the shit, my whole neighbourhood had them... for about two months...

  • @FiorinaArtworks

    @FiorinaArtworks

    10 жыл бұрын

    * suddenly flashed with images of the Stark kids sending messages to each other all around Winterfell castle *

  • @eddardstark3915

    @eddardstark3915

    10 жыл бұрын

    Fiorina Artworks haha, you're kinda right. Manchester has much the same character as the north :D

  • @FiorinaArtworks

    @FiorinaArtworks

    10 жыл бұрын

    Eddard Stark Sorry, I couldn't resist... CatMommy: Dinner time, everyone! Robb: *sigh* Moom, you forgot to put Jon on the mailing list. Again! TheonCockjoy: LMFAO! LadySansa: Shut up Theon, you’re not on the mailing list either. Arya: He doesn’t need to. Robb shares everything with him

  • @inglebritt

    @inglebritt

    10 жыл бұрын

    Fiorina Artworks And everybody forgets Rickon exists as usual... HODOR!

  • @FiorinaArtworks

    @FiorinaArtworks

    10 жыл бұрын

    inglebritt xD I pictured the messages to be written way before the series when everyone is much younger and Rickon is still a toddler. A peaceful summer in Winterfell.

  • @TOASTEngineer
    @TOASTEngineer10 жыл бұрын

    It'd be interesting if each Cybiko acted as a network node/rebroadcaster for messages. So if you had a dense enough population of Cybikos, you could have a sort of city-scale internet. Sometimes I feel bad that the Internet already exists, because it denies me the chance to invent it.

  • @mattstevensms60

    @mattstevensms60

    10 жыл бұрын

    Invent the internet 2

  • @OdaSwifteye

    @OdaSwifteye

    10 жыл бұрын

    Matt Stevens Don't call it internet 2 though. Call it. Supernet.

  • @TOASTEngineer

    @TOASTEngineer

    10 жыл бұрын

    Oda Swifteye Cybikonet.

  • @OdaSwifteye

    @OdaSwifteye

    10 жыл бұрын

    TOASTEngineer Oh. Actually that one sounds more relevant.

  • @TOASTEngineer

    @TOASTEngineer

    9 жыл бұрын

    Oda Swifteye That's why I'm the engineer, and you're the... chess piece?

  • @chronikuad
    @chronikuad10 жыл бұрын

    I got a Cybiko when they were new. The best part about it was they had a contest with that skateboard game. I did well enough to win a PlayStation copy of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.

  • @kantraa

    @kantraa

    2 жыл бұрын

    talk about SKILL...

  • @DaciaSandero_1.5DCi

    @DaciaSandero_1.5DCi

    Жыл бұрын

    *legitmate applause*

  • @kuanwang9107
    @kuanwang91073 жыл бұрын

    Saw LGR and suddenly realised Ashens did it like years ago

  • @TeaganD
    @TeaganD8 жыл бұрын

    i'll take a game system disguised as a calculator

  • @ThecreeperKiller1234

    @ThecreeperKiller1234

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think you can get some on ebay

  • @photonicpizza1466

    @photonicpizza1466

    7 жыл бұрын

    You can program some calculators to have games

  • @TeaganD

    @TeaganD

    7 жыл бұрын

    Photonic Pizza like that pokemon battle simulator

  • @madmax2069

    @madmax2069

    7 жыл бұрын

    Photonic Pizza yep, Doom as an example

  • @photonicpizza1466

    @photonicpizza1466

    7 жыл бұрын

    madmax2069 Did you just watch LGR's video?

  • @dickbison
    @dickbison4 жыл бұрын

    I click this every time it's recommended to me. There's something so weirdly appealing about these devices, I just like looking at them.

  • @markenetube
    @markenetube Жыл бұрын

    Toy r Us were selling the Extreme off cheap. I got one with the mp3 player add on. It was cheaper than paying for a mp3 player on its own. The Extreme was a solid little thing. Remember at the time people had personal organizers. It was just like one of those on steroids. I think the company had a dream that schools would be full of kids sending messages to each other.

  • @Torch70
    @Torch709 жыл бұрын

    I have a pair of Xtremes from back in the day and they are definitely cool little devices. Actually used one on the job to do what my smartphone does today. There used to be a big home-brew scene but that died off years ago. There are versions of Asteroids and Defender which are amazing. I keep hoping the hobby community will take notice of these little devices.

  • @Dd-gi5lm

    @Dd-gi5lm

    7 жыл бұрын

    Do you remember the website they were on? Try using the Internet archive, it might be there.

  • @alistairpage-mcgill2723

    @alistairpage-mcgill2723

    7 жыл бұрын

    I hope you don't mean you used it while having sex

  • @oswaldfigglebottom

    @oswaldfigglebottom

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alistairpage-mcgill2723 sorry, the cybiko stays on during sex

  • @Boemel
    @Boemel3 жыл бұрын

    Came here from LGR review !

  • @pajicadvance
    @pajicadvance3 жыл бұрын

    Got this recommended after watching the LGR video lol

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart10 жыл бұрын

    Is anyone else is seeing the head of Rayman in the up-right corner of the first Cybico ?

  • @matthewferraro8020

    @matthewferraro8020

    5 жыл бұрын

    ElectronikHeart I do

  • @Mralanc

    @Mralanc

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes that was a classic cybiko character who you'd feed and take care of.

  • @SqualidsargeStudios

    @SqualidsargeStudios

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup, i also see a target.

  • @SuperTrainStationH

    @SuperTrainStationH

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SqualidsargeStudios The Rayman-like character button was a shortcut to a virtual pet game which I've forgotten the name of. The Crosshairs were a shortcut to a very rudimentary FPS called Lost In Labyrinth, these two "titles" were treated as the killer aps of the device early on to the point where they made dedicated shortcut buttons for them.

  • @lucss21a

    @lucss21a

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SuperTrainStationH It's Cyblandia

  • @danny_yeets
    @danny_yeets9 жыл бұрын

    What was I doing in the year 2000? Probably shitting my diapers.

  • @williamthebritoriginal

    @williamthebritoriginal

    9 жыл бұрын

    brooklynk335 Hey me too! Ah, to be 30 again :]

  • @akiofurukawa8103

    @akiofurukawa8103

    9 жыл бұрын

    williamthebrit I only had to read your comment to know you were the cool guy in highschool.

  • @williamthebritoriginal

    @williamthebritoriginal

    9 жыл бұрын

    Akio Furukawa * Secondary school

  • @caco2532

    @caco2532

    9 жыл бұрын

    williamthebrit It's High school if its in the states

  • @dankmoo

    @dankmoo

    9 жыл бұрын

    brooklynk335 I was a egg in my mothers uterus in 2000. Not really, but still, I imagine lots are.

  • @RonLaws
    @RonLaws8 жыл бұрын

    I had one of these Xtreme units, as did my sister at the time. One thing you could do with them was plug one in to the PC and have it act as an internet gateway for nearby devices. They were also capable of communicating much further than 300M, as long as there were active devices within range along the way (like a daisy chain) so you could talk to someone miles away in theory if everyone in town had one (which they didn't obviously), As usual, around this time was the arrival of Mobile phones and bluetooth (which took off in 2001), The poor thing never stood a chance.

  • @energymaster22

    @energymaster22

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ron Laws Let's revive the cybinko! All we have to do is put one every 300 meters across the globe!

  • @RonLaws

    @RonLaws

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lol, can you imagine the latency?

  • @macgeek2004
    @macgeek20048 жыл бұрын

    WTF?!? I don't think I've ever seen proper 3D graphics rendered on a dot matrix monochrome LCD screen before! That's actually crazy fucking impressive...almost reminds me of watching videos on those old piece of shit VideoNow things from a few years back with the built-in black and white LCD screens, except this is awesome and that was shit.

  • @AgentTasmania

    @AgentTasmania

    8 жыл бұрын

    +macgeek2004 Strictly speaking, the screen you viewed this on is dot-matrix. As opposed to POPstation style predrawn-graphics LCD

  • @JLConawayII
    @JLConawayII9 жыл бұрын

    The sound from this thing is a miracle. I'm convinced it's from another universe where our laws of physics don't exist.

  • @Nothing-pb8hu

    @Nothing-pb8hu

    8 жыл бұрын

    It's graceful music comes from the "flatulent music" dimension.

  • @TrueRetroflection

    @TrueRetroflection

    8 жыл бұрын

    +JLConawayII I'd say that describes Russia quite well.

  • @AgentTasmania

    @AgentTasmania

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ruben The Raging Alcoholic Which is almost definitely going to be in season 3 of Rick & Morty.

  • @Nothing-pb8hu

    @Nothing-pb8hu

    8 жыл бұрын

    AgentTasmania Hopefully

  • @tbb033

    @tbb033

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's clearly from The Darkest Timeline. We all have goatees there.

  • @BooTeresa1006
    @BooTeresa10069 жыл бұрын

    The music from Cyrace 2 is worth the price of admission alone.

  • @Viewer-ld5rc
    @Viewer-ld5rc8 жыл бұрын

    I had a cybiko back then...I recall going to a Walmart close to my house and finding 7 other cybiko connections!Once I even asked some random guy a math question!

  • @darthnihilus9964

    @darthnihilus9964

    8 жыл бұрын

    What was the question?

  • @kelvinwills2394

    @kelvinwills2394

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chatbox 3000 what was the question

  • @Viewer-ld5rc

    @Viewer-ld5rc

    7 жыл бұрын

    I dont even remember but i think it was something like: 4x=7+7

  • @carlover1816

    @carlover1816

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chatbox 3000 x = 3.5

  • @JohnJacobGarza

    @JohnJacobGarza

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you have it still ?

  • @sporkafife
    @sporkafife10 жыл бұрын

    On Cyrace 2, you managed to fail getting in to the top ten when there was only 6 other people on the scoreboard. That, sir, is an achievement!

  • @joshleafjl1
    @joshleafjl13 жыл бұрын

    I like how everyone watching this in 2021 is just as surprised as me, at how old this video is, and how long ago 2000 was 😆

  • @tncorgi92

    @tncorgi92

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have a son in college who wasn't even around in 2000.

  • @danked6731

    @danked6731

    6 ай бұрын

    2024 and terrified

  • @user-yg2vp7qr4j
    @user-yg2vp7qr4j8 жыл бұрын

    I was given 20 Cybikos in 2001. I gave 18 of the Cybikos to my friends. Although very few of my friends who received a free Cybiko ever used the system, I did have a few friends who played multiplayer wireless games on the Cybiko with me. Cybiko hit their stride after the release of the 1Mb Memory Add-on but they didn't last long after that. The end was near by the time the Cybiko Xtreme was released. I donated all of my Cybikos to Goodwill about 10 years ago but I picked up a few new ones on eBay a few years ago.

  • @tomkenning5482

    @tomkenning5482

    7 жыл бұрын

    This sounds like a fucked maths problem.

  • @rubykelly2305

    @rubykelly2305

    Жыл бұрын

    So what you're saying is that 80% of the world's Cybikos have passed through your hands?

  • @MrHeatscore94
    @MrHeatscore948 жыл бұрын

    This message was sent via cybiko Xtreme "eat up martha"

  • @DiamondProAlpine

    @DiamondProAlpine

    7 жыл бұрын

    jj coolj you just had to make a simpsons apple newton reference

  • @allie-ontheweb
    @allie-ontheweb7 жыл бұрын

    You have no idea how much this excites me, my Dad had one of these when I was a kid and my Brother and I used them as walkie-talkies, oh my God

  • @MXOY99
    @MXOY998 жыл бұрын

    ...I want a emulated version of that feckin car game...

  • @Bucking_Fastard
    @Bucking_Fastard4 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool, I would have loved having a device like this when I was a kid.

  • @brandonboogers
    @brandonboogers9 жыл бұрын

    I made it my tradition to watch this video whale eating soup

  • @FedorovAvtomat

    @FedorovAvtomat

    9 жыл бұрын

    A whale eating soup? That sounds awesome.

  • @Dominoes282

    @Dominoes282

    9 жыл бұрын

    FedorovAvtomat I think he's referring to ashens being a video whale and due to copious amounts of lsd he sees him eating soup

  • @brandonboogers

    @brandonboogers

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yup, you got it

  • @drsamc21

    @drsamc21

    9 жыл бұрын

    didnt ashens drop something he was reviewing into soup before he started the video?

  • @ricorodriguez1069

    @ricorodriguez1069

    9 жыл бұрын

    Brandon Boogers Bonzi Buddy????

  • @Azfar90
    @Azfar906 жыл бұрын

    Try playing "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" while communicating through Cybiko devices..

  • @tangofizz77
    @tangofizz779 жыл бұрын

    Random Note Jeff Presents "Songs That Are Un-listenable" Vol 3 - 7

  • @CooperDooper38
    @CooperDooper383 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, one of the most legendary of Ashens' intros. I can't not laugh every time I hear it. "If you hadn't been born yet back in 2000, be sure to stop watching, because I'm going to be saying the word "cunt" later. Only kidding! I wouldn't say anything like that." Also, can't forget classics like: "I knew a man with a funny ball once. He didn't like to talk about it." Or "I'm gonna stick this thing up its bumhole" *electronic fanfare*

  • @vero.ssoares
    @vero.ssoares3 ай бұрын

    I think this was the first video I watched from this channel, about 10 years ago. Today YT put it on my home feed again. What a blast!

  • @silvershocknicktail6638
    @silvershocknicktail66387 жыл бұрын

    I love it when I get my hands on an old piece of tat and it does something impressive. That gaming performance was surprisingly great.

  • @stevesteveson2435
    @stevesteveson24359 жыл бұрын

    Bloody hell it´s in proper 3D! I was actually quite amazed!

  • @TheJesterGuy_
    @TheJesterGuy_3 жыл бұрын

    Ah, I remember watching this a while ago, and came back here thanks to LGR's new video.

  • @RacmusDK
    @RacmusDK9 жыл бұрын

    18:06 "Stop farting music in my general direction" I died.

  • @DaltonGoesSlow
    @DaltonGoesSlow9 жыл бұрын

    imagine getting one of these today, and happening on someone else with one. fate brought you two together.

  • @tncorgi92

    @tncorgi92

    2 жыл бұрын

    I picture a spy network using them for communication, knowing no one else is going to have one so they can talk securely. Or maybe in a basement room at the NSA they have one of these just in case...

  • @trashdemon570
    @trashdemon5707 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The Urban Dictionary page for "bog roll" (a phrase used in this video) spiked in popularity in November 2012, the same month and year this video came out. Coincidence? The real question is, how and why do I know this, considering it's been nearly five years?

  • @enariken8758
    @enariken87585 жыл бұрын

    Hey that cybiko looks amazing

  • @BolverkAtlasia
    @BolverkAtlasia9 жыл бұрын

    Back in 2000, I was playing my Dreamcast a lot. I miss that.

  • @chriswalton4763

    @chriswalton4763

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ahhhh 2000 I had a dreamcast but my dad hogged it all the time but I had the Nintendo 64 so that made me happy.

  • @BolverkAtlasia

    @BolverkAtlasia

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** My uncle overheated mine during one of his NFL 2K2 binges. I had a spare, but unfortunately I found it dead out of the box years later when I finally got around to it. I'll have to get another Dreamcast eventually.

  • @s.l.msedits7290

    @s.l.msedits7290

    8 жыл бұрын

    I was born in 2000

  • @StellaFoxxie

    @StellaFoxxie

    8 жыл бұрын

    back in 2000 I was an infant... I really wish I could have played dreamcast back then.

  • @SianaGearz

    @SianaGearz

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bolverk-GTM The dead out of the box one might not be so dead. Chances are, the contacts between board and PSU need to be just flexed and de-oxidized. Dreamcasts aren't the hardest systems to keep alive really, for decades if need be.

  • @AnTran147
    @AnTran14710 жыл бұрын

    That Cyrace 2 is pretty impressive O_O

  • @idadru
    @idadru9 жыл бұрын

    My god the late 90's would of been perfected with such a device... It's like a mobile ICQ!

  • @Dizz2K7
    @Dizz2K75 жыл бұрын

    That "bloody hell" during the racing game was so genuine! Lol!!

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart10 жыл бұрын

    "Men's Room 2" This time it's definitively personal ! xD

  • @MarioMastar

    @MarioMastar

    10 жыл бұрын

    12 years later and I'm STILL waiting for the highly anticipated sequel: Men's room 3: The Secret of the next door neighbor.

  • @HaydenX

    @HaydenX

    6 жыл бұрын

    Men's Room 4: Double Double Toilet Trouble?

  • @theyamo7219

    @theyamo7219

    5 жыл бұрын

    Men's Room 5: Jimmy Savile edition

  • @TheLukesterGaming
    @TheLukesterGaming5 жыл бұрын

    That was a pretty awesome moment when you had both those Cybiko messaging between each other, but a shame that it only seemed to work one-way D: The CyRace 2 game has to be one of the most impressive things I've ever seen running on a 'mobile' based device from back then, very unexpected and a pleasant surprise indeed! :o :)

  • @redakaminekloc5167
    @redakaminekloc51677 жыл бұрын

    The most advanced POPstation

  • @DarkMario2
    @DarkMario23 жыл бұрын

    The farty music is pretty much my favorite part of this review.

  • @Snyper20
    @Snyper2010 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I had one of these in middle school and it was freaking awesome. We convinced my spanish teacher that it was a translator and just chatted and played games every class period we could.

  • @camptube7621
    @camptube76214 жыл бұрын

    In a way, these were ahead of their time. We have all this now in smartphones.

  • @TonyDAnnunzio
    @TonyDAnnunzio10 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else watch ashens videos while going asleep?

  • @chriss.9398

    @chriss.9398

    10 жыл бұрын

    I thought i was the only one that did that lol

  • @DerptheCreeper

    @DerptheCreeper

    10 жыл бұрын

    I do....literally every night. Probably because you can legitimately only watch 7 videos and get through 7 hours even though each standard review on the biggest list I could find is at least 10:00 long.

  • @jonedwards9512
    @jonedwards95128 жыл бұрын

    On behalf of pedants everywhere, I'd like to thank you for your correct pronunciation of the word "xtreme".

  • @Greenturtlmonstr
    @Greenturtlmonstr11 жыл бұрын

    I just found three of these whilst digging round my attic, which took me way back to the good old days of translucent electronics and gaping at anything wireless. Splendid review and great humor.

  • @PeachIceCreamy
    @PeachIceCreamy3 жыл бұрын

    Impressive quality for 2012!!!

  • @mmnvie
    @mmnvie2 жыл бұрын

    In the year 2000 mobile phones were a rare thing? Can't imagine that, kinda.

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart11 жыл бұрын

    Men's Room 2 This time it's Public.

  • @TheRokkis
    @TheRokkis7 жыл бұрын

    Blue cybiko was on wrong channel, it sent to General, which could be picked up by silver with general -Plootool(whatever), but silver sends to General - Plootloot(or whatever it was). You could select right channel from top down menu which says "All". I know it's too late, but anyway =D

  • @niallmartin590
    @niallmartin5905 жыл бұрын

    Nearly 7 years later this gave me a good laugh, thanks

  • @RobotwarsKing
    @RobotwarsKing9 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me, or is there a _Rayman_ button on the top right of the first unit?

  • @MadManMcGee

    @MadManMcGee

    9 жыл бұрын

    RobotwarsKing Came to the comments to post exactly this. :P

  • @ItsStevieBoy

    @ItsStevieBoy

    9 жыл бұрын

    +MadManMcGee me too!

  • @bart797979
    @bart7979798 жыл бұрын

    stop farting music in my general direction lol

  • @TheSquishey

    @TheSquishey

    6 жыл бұрын

    what_is_the_world_now? Your mother was a hampster and your father smelled of elderberries

  • @Nails_By_Kimberlee

    @Nails_By_Kimberlee

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol, I was just coming to this comment as he was saying this

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt78277 жыл бұрын

    Lol I love the way you narrate your videos, ashens! :D x

  • @NickDanzinger
    @NickDanzinger7 жыл бұрын

    OMG I remember wanting one of these... Was hoping to look it up but I couldn't remember what the dang thing was called. Luckily I viewed your Cassiopeia video and it showed up on the recommended tabs right after! Awesome channel, subbed instantly.

  • @ShakeItLittleTina
    @ShakeItLittleTina3 жыл бұрын

    “Back in 2000” Ah, twenty years ago “Twelve years ago” Oh fuck, this video is old now

  • @Zxzero36
    @Zxzero368 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me or does this look like a Squakpad from cyber chase?

  • @jayzilla331

    @jayzilla331

    8 жыл бұрын

    na it's just you buddy

  • @rurudtsafg

    @rurudtsafg

    8 жыл бұрын

    it does!!!!

  • @ancientapparition1638

    @ancientapparition1638

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit here comes the nostalgia bus

  • @ArtyI

    @ArtyI

    7 жыл бұрын

    OH SHIT GRANDMA LOOK OUT FOR THAT NOSTALGIA BUS!!!

  • @luisgonzalez5482

    @luisgonzalez5482

    7 жыл бұрын

    Arty Ivanenko HOP ON THE NOSTALGIA BUS. Beep beep!

  • @TheRealFobican
    @TheRealFobican10 жыл бұрын

    I actually had an Cybiko Extreme once since about ten years ago too and suprisingly I haven´t seen the usual version unless it was thanks to this video!

  • @himiranda123
    @himiranda1235 жыл бұрын

    it’s crazy how much better technology has come !

  • @MatiPryjomko
    @MatiPryjomko10 жыл бұрын

    Genuine slack-jawed shock at "CyRace 2" :O

  • @andreluizsaleroandrade6484
    @andreluizsaleroandrade64843 жыл бұрын

    "They year 2000. 12 years ago" now 21 long years ago hahaha

  • @lnteIIigence
    @lnteIIigence6 жыл бұрын

    Because of this video, I'm buying one on eBay to relive my childhood. Thanks ashens!

  • @Rammstein45
    @Rammstein456 жыл бұрын

    Say what you want about the Cybiko, but I loved this little thing. I was one of the very few who had one of these as a kid in middle school and they were fun as hell to mess around on during break between classes.

  • @DragWx
    @DragWx11 жыл бұрын

    All things considered, the contrast on the screen is absolutely amazing, especially if it showed up *this well* on camera without you needing to aim a dozen lights at it. Unless you actually were aiming a dozen lights at it, in which case I feel silly.

  • @G0thCrayon
    @G0thCrayon9 жыл бұрын

    Goodness gracious... Here in the United States, we had a couple of knick-knacky devices in the same vein as these. I myself had gotten my hands on a unit back in the early 2000's, and it was supposed to let you text via AOL Instant Messenger (as well as MIRC somehow), use wireless networks, etcetera. It was about $250, but I rarely made large purchases AND the Internet-provider service model in my area had changed from an HOURLY rate over to the "way of the future" MONTHLY rate -and like hell I wasn't going to be online 24/7 after that. So needless to say, I was totally stoked when I got the thing. I wasn't nearly as stoked after going over the manual for the sixth time trying to get the thing to work, and at about the twenty-fifth I was going for my car keys to return the damned thing before the Radio Shack closed. Good times.

  • @indiflow_
    @indiflow_6 жыл бұрын

    Love that Pulp Disco 2000 reference in the description

  • @tahustvedt
    @tahustvedt5 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this in the future and I'm stunned by the racing game.

  • @Dreams_Of_Lavender

    @Dreams_Of_Lavender

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's great how timeless his videos are.

  • @P9R
    @P9R8 жыл бұрын

    Only 6 of us had them in the whole school but by the end of the 2nd week, they had all figured out what we were doing :( You could set one or more up as access points/servers to widen the network (classrooms had thick walls)

  • @Firecul
    @Firecul9 жыл бұрын

    I had one of the original Cybikos (it had a vibration motor in it too btw,) I bought it for £15. It was pretty good to use to read books on, I think most of my Sherlock Holmes reading was done on that. You would just press enter and let it scroll for you. For what was available at the time it was definitely worth it.

  • @neokimchi
    @neokimchi11 жыл бұрын

    i had one of these back in the day and i adored it. i don't really have any explanation as to why except that i was ten.

  • @scotty_blocks
    @scotty_blocks7 жыл бұрын

    Got my first mobile phone in 1999, lots of people were starting to get them then. The world seemed full of promise. Which didn't last long.

  • @ISemiI
    @ISemiI10 жыл бұрын

    Saw this video a year ago, literally just got the Pulp reference in the description.

  • @ThymeCypher
    @ThymeCypher8 жыл бұрын

    I had one, I remember going to the chat app to see if I'd come across anyone. I never did.

  • @ThymeCypher

    @ThymeCypher

    8 жыл бұрын

    I can't recall at all, I was young. I'd guess 2000 or 2001, I want to say I got mine Christmas 2000 and tried to message in 2001. It was definitely not the Xtreme, I had the transparent purple one. Sadly the charge port broke clean off one day - had a poorly assembled unit...

  • @superperfectstranger815

    @superperfectstranger815

    8 жыл бұрын

    I would use aluminum can to extend range.

  • @DO-rs6hq

    @DO-rs6hq

    7 жыл бұрын

    But one day you finally got a message. At 3am. In your room, when you're all one. You have just enough time to see what it says. "Goodbye."

  • @androgeniko

    @androgeniko

    7 жыл бұрын

    James Landrum and now you live a winner's life thanks to that. imagine the world dominated by the cybiko company

  • @ImSamanthaDuh
    @ImSamanthaDuh4 жыл бұрын

    This video was made 6 years 11 months ago. Still a good video.

  • @Hugh9191
    @Hugh91916 жыл бұрын

    This brings back memories. I bought the regular and the extreme from TJ Hughes for £4.99 some time in the early 2000s. I remember spending hours trying to share my internet connection from a PC over the proprietary serial cable to a friend's identical device, I never could get it to work.

  • @amfram
    @amfram3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting I get this recommended after LGR talks about the Cybiko.

  • @JGonYT
    @JGonYT10 жыл бұрын

    How did I not know about this channel !?! Great channel- Keep up the good work- love the bashing of old and crap knockoff electronics!

  • @MyNameHousefly

    @MyNameHousefly

    10 жыл бұрын

    welcome to tat force 5

  • @someguy2302
    @someguy23029 жыл бұрын

    Man I miss things like this. I wish I could go back to the day I could walk down the street and chat with like three other people

  • @FinleyZero
    @FinleyZero8 жыл бұрын

    What's the track playing at 4:20 (heheh), at the technical difficulties screen? I have a thing for Muzak, I have to know! :P

  • @TheComputerGuy96

    @TheComputerGuy96

    8 жыл бұрын

    Search "ashens technical difficulties song".

  • @AceTheDragon3
    @AceTheDragon311 жыл бұрын

    "Flatulent Music" made me laugh so hard, I cried.

  • @aka9080
    @aka90807 жыл бұрын

    it would be amazing if the cybiko text thing bounced your signal off of other cybiko's, then it would be like a proper text service as long as you didnt live in a rural area

  • @aka9080

    @aka9080

    7 жыл бұрын

    ***** yeah, i hard about that android app, but i never knew ham users did it

  • @GuruSUPERmaster

    @GuruSUPERmaster

    7 жыл бұрын

    What's the name of that Android app?

  • @procommentr

    @procommentr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sort of like a meshnet that we have nowadays - tons of them.

  • @keys72
    @keys729 жыл бұрын

    "If anyone picks you up on this strange, semi-ham-radio device, they'll know that you're a dangerous freak." Made my day.

  • @KaitoKaze
    @KaitoKaze7 жыл бұрын

    it's 10, and I take that thank you humanity.

  • @coltonnickerson4590
    @coltonnickerson45909 жыл бұрын

    ashens, don't kill me if i say this, but i would LOVE to buy this.

  • @chandlerfrantz3140
    @chandlerfrantz31408 жыл бұрын

    Cykablyatko.

  • @AgentTasmania

    @AgentTasmania

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chandler Frantz Cheeki Beeko

  • @Xsaber8894

    @Xsaber8894

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chandler Frantz Чики брики edition

  • @cuirassier4296

    @cuirassier4296

    7 жыл бұрын

    Buy p90

  • @KOTYAR0

    @KOTYAR0

    7 жыл бұрын

    Раш би

  • @ryanl.1085

    @ryanl.1085

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for this comment.

  • @Wallballs72
    @Wallballs729 жыл бұрын

    Love the Pulp reference in the description, gg

  • @MuradBeybalaev
    @MuradBeybalaev8 жыл бұрын

    I would've loved to have this in my childhood and not be the only one around with it.

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