Imagine the idea that out there, there might be a game that should have been a huge success, probably even bigger than Pokemon, but was never released because of someone's decision in a company.

@jfspiresbeta

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy thing, and bad luck

@akirakilluar

2 жыл бұрын

Same as movie/animation industry. I mean they cancel the high anticipation, high expectation and high quality of “Popeye” movie for the shitty “Emoji movie”. Becuase, some bigshot at the top think the “meme base” movie will get more audiences. Smh.

@halfhalf622

Жыл бұрын

I honestly think that's happened hundreds of times and no one noticed

@k_kubes

Жыл бұрын

@@akirakilluar The biggest problem in the entertainment isdustry is how the top executives of those companies seems to never want to take any risks and just goes to the route of easy money making machine that are trending that week and forget that they are only there in the first place is because someone else was willing to take the bet

@NameName-dx8lb

9 ай бұрын

​​@@akirakilluarsame story with the Thief and the Cobbler

Nintendo: We don't need link cables for the gameboy pocket. We should probably keep it anyway though, let's just make it cheaper. Game Freak: Hello there. Look at this game that makes heavy use of the link cable and will be extremely popular. Nintendo: Dodged a bullet on that one.

@Dairunt1

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that was not the case for the Super Game Boy; they had to make a "Super Game Boy 2" just to add a link cable port.

@JeffreyPiatt

Жыл бұрын

That was likely because when they built the first one they didn't picture users wanting to play multiplayer titles then came Pocket Monsters that required the port to use half the functionality and was Super GB enabled.

@xxxxxxxx183

Жыл бұрын

I've had a Gameboy since the first one and have never used a link cable.

@twenty-fifth420

Жыл бұрын

@@Dairunt1 In fairness, when you leave luck to the heavens, sometimes you just roll a 1, not a 20.

@niallmcardle7

2 ай бұрын

​@@xxxxxxxx183Impressive.

I love this series please keep making these Alex.

@MarkD20

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I enjoyed watching it :)

@kaliban4758

Жыл бұрын

Yes i agree with this

Remember you can get the Game Boy camera bonus video on Nebula with with Curiosity Stream bundle. Thanks to their support I can explore this new series: curiositystream.com/lowspecgamer If you sign up via Curiosity Stream you will get an email with a free Nebula subscription. And then you can watch the bonus video here: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-very-weird-story-of-the-game-boy-camera

@goeland4585

2 жыл бұрын

maybe you should add the link to your Nebula channel, I spent some stupid amount of time searching for you on Curiosity Stream lol. Btw the link here is missing a slash. :)

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Will fix

@KelseyHigham

2 жыл бұрын

For those of us who already have a Nebula subscription, please link to the Nebula videos in the description! It’s annoying to have to search for bonus videos whenever they’re mentioned

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

You got it! I will start doing that. Just linked the bonus for this one.

@KelseyHigham

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The late-stage success of the Game Boy is so perplexing.

@cheeeeezewizzz

2 жыл бұрын

Man it's all in the name. Do you think a single adult in the USA bought a gameboy for themselves? I'd wager 95% of all sales were to shut up children. gameboy looked and seemed more user friendly and had Nintendo branding which was synonymous with video games in the west back then

@SnakebitSTI

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s perplexing when you consider the market. There was a wave of handhelds circa 1990, with the Game Boy coming out the clear victor. Then the Nomad in 1995 and Pocket in 1996, then another wave starts in 1998 with the GB Color, Neo Geo Pocket (and later Color), WonderSwan (and later Color), and then the GBA takes over in 2001. Also, Pokémon. You couldn’t play Pokémon on a WonderSwan or Neo Geo Pocket, but you could on a decade old Game Boy.

@parlinmains

2 жыл бұрын

@@SnakebitSTI I figured it would be because of Pokemon. But on the Game Boy, not the GBA? I guess the tech wasn’t ready by then.

@SnakebitSTI

2 жыл бұрын

@@parlinmains I think it was a lack of attempts more than a lack of technology. There kind wasn’t a 16bit handheld generation? The mid-90s got the Nomad (a portable Mega Drive not a ground-up handheld) and the Virtual Boy (not a handheld, poor battery life, and actually 32bit). Proper 16bit handhelds only arrived in 1998, with the WonderSwan and Neo Geo Pocket. Both had good battery life, making them potential threats to the Game Boy, but the Game Boy Color managed to hold them at bay until the 32bit GBA in 2001. Maybe if Nintendo hadn’t gone off the rails with the Virtual Boy, or if Yokoi had quit instead, maybe then we would have seen a 1995ish WonderSwan equivalent.

@KimFareseed

2 жыл бұрын

@@parlinmains With how Red & Green had been in development for the Game Boy for about half a decade, and with funds having dried up, can't exactly change course anymore.

Cool to see more console-y documentary style videos. Love your channel, dude. You've helped keep me entertained while working from home for the last 20 months. I appreciate it. Btw, I had the yellow launch GBP. I loved it. That and the GBC (I had the purple one at launch) were probably my favorite consoles of all time.

2 batteries instead of 4 cuts the voltage in half, surely there was some hardware difference in the Pocket to handle that difference.

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

The power regulation circuit in both devices is different, but the voltage that actual board uses is about the same if I remember correctly

The Pocket (w/ Blue Version) was my first Game Boy. Mine still turns on even after some water damage.

@joemck85

2 жыл бұрын

Same! My first Nintendo handheld was a Blue GB Pocket that I got along with Pokemon Blue. It still works perfectly. Still no issues with the smaller, cheaper, supposedly less durable link port either.

that's Drake Bell in the pokemon ad you used, I just think everyone deserves to know that

Gunpei Yokoi did do one more console design after leaving Nintendo: the Bandai WonderSwan. It used an x86 derivative processor, the NEC V30MZ, and a similar display to the Game Boy Pocket. Advancements in boost converter technology allowed for the use of just one AA battery, which provided up to 40 hours of operating time.

13:20 LOL I had that toy! It's probably still in a box somewhere. Never had enough patience to solve that rotating barrel as a kid. Maybe I should dig it up and finally figure it out.

Love your drawing style, especially the shading - you have good control of when to use halftones and solid shades and they're both impeccable. Awesome.

@Kaka-cj3gn

Жыл бұрын

He also is good at telling stories

Wow, imagine if they actually completely removed the link cable port. The Pocket wouldn't have sold nearly as well as it did in reality.

It's funny if you think about that. *Pocket Monsters* (lately shortened for international releases as "Pokémon") made the *Game Boy Pocket* win. It's almost poetic too

came running to tell you, you are great Alex!!! 💕

I watch a lot of KZreadrs who advertise curiositystream, but you are the one to convince me to pull the trigger. Good content, brother

Your new video style is absolutely incredible. This is some of the best content on KZread. Thank you so much!!

Ya vi el que esta en español, ¿Crees que lo veré de nuevo?... Efectivamente, procedo a activar los subtitulos.

I cannot IMAGINE the gameboy without the link cable. Literally I was yelling at the video "WHAT ABOUT POKEMON YOU CANT NOT HAVE THE LINK CABLE" lmao excellent video!

I can't believe one of my favorite youtubers used a clip from my channel! I'm so happy!!! Thank you for the credit!

The illustrations and graphics really tie everything together as it should

Yay this series is great! Can't wait for the GBC video

Was cost-cutting part of the reason the first run of silver Game Boy Pockets lacked a power LED indicator?

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Any chance you can start mentioning that the episodes have extra content in Nebula in the description or with a caption? I usually watch your videos on KZread, but I'm starting to wonder if I should just only watch them in Nebula. On that note, which format benefits you the most?

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I will add in the description as well. This is why I mention it in the middle of the video as well as the end for all versions, including the one in Nebula. And to answer your question: a view in Nebula is worth many, many KZread views for me. So that is where it benefits me the most. Thanks!

@TheDalisama

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer Well, that answers where I'll be watching your content. Thanks.

Love your videos on the history! Keep at it!

When you got to the part about alkaline batteries, my reaction was "Who buys that crap?". I've been using rechargeable batteries for most of my life. Nickel-Cadmium as a kid in the 1980s and 1990s, then moving to NiMH and adding the odd Lithium-ion one in adulthood (though those always come with something and can't be used in anything else (if they can even be removed at all) because the manufacturers hate standard form-factors). AAA NiMH are a perennial in my house (with a few AA ones still getting some use, though nowhere near as much as they used to in the days of cassettes and CDs). I cycle through half a dozen sets of the things every couple of weeks running the wireless headphones I use with the computer. Non-rechargeable batteries would cost a fortune. Rechargeable ones get used hundreds of times before they wear out and stop holding a charge. Sure rechargeable batteries cost a bit more to buy, but by the time you've charged them a dozen times, you've covered the cost relative to the non-rechargeable counterpart, and from then on it's basically free until they wear out. I don't actually know how many charges they get, but let's call it 500 and say a set costs $20. That's about 4c per charge. If a set of non-rechargeable batteries costs a tenth as much, you're paying $2 per charge, and a cost of $1000 over the same period of time. What a waste of money! About the only thing that should ever be powered by a non-rechargeable battery is a smoke detector, and the only reason for that is due to how they behave as they go flat. Non-rechargeable batteries drop off in voltage gradually, while rechargeable ones go suddenly, preventing you from getting the low-battery warning.

@LutraLovegood

Жыл бұрын

Clocks too are better off with non rechargeables.

I love how this vid came out!! super unique and informative, who would’ve known this much happened behind the scenes to the produce the pocket

Awesome to see these new videos looks so well and preform so well. Keep up the good work!

Your videos have grown so much in the past couple years. You are awesome and keep up the good work. I love these mini documentaries.

You make me little bit happy when I watch your video. Thank you man. Thank a lot.

I've been eagerly waiting for this since the first one dropped, and it was SO GOOD. Worth the wait. Excited to hear another installment is coming soon. Love your work. Love your art.

Watching and listening to this stories is so relaxing, keep it up🎉

Another excellent video! Just wish you kept the part about LCD technology advancements! I will have to watch it on Nebula! ;)

Gunpei Yakoi - I'm DONE with portable gaming, I never wanted to make a portable Famicom anyway! Also GY - designs the Wonderswan. What?

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

The shit you have to do to pay the bills when you go freelance

Why is it so charming to hear this accent? There's a shift to the vowels and soft consonants ("the" sounds more like "dah") that catches my ear in such a nice way!

This new thumbnail and title was much more interesting to me. Thank you.

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, glad to hear that

@AndrewWoodford

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer I watch all your videos eventually, but this one drew me in more. Thank you for the uploads!

Your documentary videos are always awesome to watch

Great vid! I managed to purchase again my favorite system, an Ice Blue Game Boy Pocket!

The part of the video talking about the brief history of batteries is something I was rather fascinated with! This makes me wonder how much battery life my Game BOY dmg now has because I put 4 AA energizer ultimate lithiums into it 8 months ago and it’s still got power.

With that kind of battery power, you could load your Gameboy on Sunday and play it all week. In fact I think I did. And I was slowly inching my way through Link's Awakening.

If my personality was like Pixar's Inside Out. The Gameboy/Nintendo Handhelds would have an island. Im a little sibling, and I didn't have to share my gameboys because they were priced where my parents could buy us both one. So thank you, Mr. Yokoi for the gameboy, Im sorry it caused him such stress.

Now another reason to still paying the Curiosity Stream subscription. :)

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Expect many more bonus videos

@JoeyBelgier

2 жыл бұрын

I want to but I don't have/want a credit card, the only option :I

@Splarkszter

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoeyBelgier After time using Curiosity Stream is only worth one month. Yes, it is very cheap, but it lacks content. IDK. Really not a big deal. the app is sluggish and bugged, and in 4 months just watched like 6 documentaries that interested me. No more. sad.

Is the Curiosity Stream link deal expired? The deals on the page that loads don't correspond with the deal you mentioned.

Came here for some low spec pc's but staying around for these documentary history videos! Reminds me of those "all your history are belonging to us" I would consider these almost as a spiritual successor to that!

I traded pokemon cards for a gameboy pocket when i was i kid. Back in the days where gameboy color came out. So i was quite far behind. But with the deal i got pokemon red. The original. And i still have it today. Working and all :o

Gracias lowspec por todo ustedes me ayudaron a correr juegos en mi pc de papa

I'm loving these non pc videos, really good 👌

Criminally underviewed top quality videos

I just bought a new gameboy pocket Learning of the origins was very intriguing. Thanks for the video

Exellent series of videos!

I miss how consoles back in the day does not depend on a set lifecycle and lasted for a decade or more. Now people expect a new hardware just 3-5 years on the lifecycle asking for PRO versions. Those old consoles are still ok with just a little of imagination. Nintendo is still doing the same thing but some people expect them otherwise.

@AlluringPegasu13

2 жыл бұрын

yes nitendo switch is still good

@ilyich7567

2 жыл бұрын

to be fair, the 3ds was kinda like that. there were lots of different versions but only a handful of games were exclusive to the new model line

I loved my Game Boy Pocket when I was a kid. I already had an original Game Boy, and I STILL purchased a Game Boy Pocket with my savings because it was so convenient as a handheld.

Yokoi's ousting was Miyamoto's fault. People praise Miyamoto, but if you look into it, he was kinda an asshole. Hell, the Virtualboy's rushing was Miyamoto's influence.

@gerardotejada2531

2 жыл бұрын

Miyamoto hasnt done a decent game since Pikmin and his influence on N64 and Gamecube was limited. He was the NES and SNES poster boy but he is not a genious

@kevinclear4007

2 жыл бұрын

*Genius

@MrOnepiecem7

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardotejada2531 He is.

OH BOY NEW LOWSPECGAMER VIDEO

I had the yellow gameboy pocket. It was my only gameboy growing up but I really wanted the big original one.

So. I am student of Physico-mathematical faculty. And after viewing your videos i taked powerful charge of inspiration to create thinks one's you talking about. I am very grateful for that. Thanks!!!

LOL, I literally said "Oh no!" in sync with the video when the Virtual Boy appeared.

Tetris -WAS- the best selling game of all time. Minecraft owns that spot for years now, but Tetris really held onto it for so long.

Do you do your own AI upscales? On lowspec hardware ? :P ?

The algorithm will catch up, and this series will age like fine wine my friend. I think you know this already.

9:58 does the attack actually have the gen 1 hyper beam sound in it? Pretty cool if true. And few people seem to mention how Nintendo was in a rather tough spot with Sony taking their console market, and Pokémon provided Nintendo with just enough of a cushion to not completely fall off the map.

Great content sir, please continue historical documentary like this

Ohh new thumbnail here too! Love that Surprised Pikachu meme LOL.

Nice, great detailed documentary as always LSG btw still waiting for lowspec cyberpunk2077 part 2

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure I can deliver on that

@STORMFIRE07

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer np, it’s all right, you don’t have to if you don’t want to or can’t do it, thanks for all the work you have done for us so far

Any chance of making a video about Koto Lab's new handheld that was made specifically for Bandai called Wonderswan?

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Check the Game Boy color video, the sequel to this one

Gameboy really fits in my pocket back then. Yeah I have those Give Six Pocket Pants as a kid. Btw your English becomes better and better for each videos. non-Native english speakers achievements. (゜o゜;

2022 and you made me curious enough to sign up for curiositystream…

I have a spot in my heart for my long gone DMG, RIP buddy! But my fav was always my green Gameboy pocket. My friend had the transparent one which I was def jealous of lol. I remember the Gameboy Camera always looked the best on a Packet because of the sharp contrast of black instead of green.

Looks like Alex Remembered his Password

I still have my game boy pocket from childhood. The battery cover is missing, screen has some scratches and the the buttons are all worn . But it just turns on and works perfectly fine with all my games from my childhood

I love that, its so inter5, thank you!

Could that be Yokoi's actual last video game project? The Wonder Swan console he designed for Bandai?

9:51~10:04 I've legit watched this part over and over again just because I found it hilarious XD

The Virtual Boy is amazing. Thank you Mr. Yokoi.

underrated channel

Good. Videos. And I support you here, too.

This very high-budget video that feels like 7 minutes rather than 16 is great and all but we need some low-end practical videos like 2016 linus tech tips

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what that means

@catfree

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer This was typed on a Flip Phone so excuse me LowSpecGamer latest videos are very high quality; which doesn't fit the channel name/theme at all

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

The theme of the channel is exploring how gaming goes beyond just the latest most expensive technology. Making intentionally low quality videos serves nobody.

@catfree

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer ;(

@awesomeferret

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer it literally does though. Please don't fight such an uphill battle. You don't make the best videos you can make. Nobody does. Video production is about making the best videos you can make with the time and resources you have. If you were afraid of lowering the quality of your videos, you'd always lose money on them. If you stand by your statement, then you also need to argue absurd things like "budgeting for your video is foolish". Figuring out how low quality your video can be without being too low quality is literally one of the biggest parts of for-profit content production. You really need to reconsider what you view "low quality" too. Unless I've greatly misunderstood the OP, he was NOT using that as a negative criticism. LTT just uploaded a video on tech quickie asking why there aren't any GPUs that are soldered on the motherboard, but failed to mention that only a decade ago, this was somewhat common on consumer motherboards. There are tons of "what about nForce" comments, but not a peep from LTT. The production is high quality, but the content is impressively low. You know about this nunace in video production though, hence why your reply is so shocking and confusing. And if you still disagree that "making low quality videos serves nobody", explain to me why Berd has more than a million subs. Low quality can be done with skill, and that's just about impossible to argue against as far as I can tell.

The Gameboy Light is a VERY Rare version as it was on the last years of the gameboy itself before the Color version came out.

Your artwork reminds me of Monster. I like it

god, i love the game boy light so much. got one of the limited edition pokemon centre tokyo ones (one of 5000!), just the handheld (luckily with the battery door) for like, $80 CAD when i was in high school. i can’t believe it’s worth as much as it is now. i have one that needs a new shell, and weirdly enough, those are being made now too. so my second game boy light will finally get to be pretty (im making a model that never got a release at all wrt screen protector + shell colour + button colour so nobody gets confused) after all this time, and it only cost me $25 for the light and another $30 years later for the new shell for the second one. the pokemon one is essentially mint, but im really excited about having a semi-custom game boy light!

I can only imagine how things could have been different if the team decided to cut out the link cable port after all, considering Pokemon ended up being such a large phenomenon that it is currently THE highest grossing media franchise in the world. Bigger than Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Mario, Winnie the Pooh, the MCU, Harry Potter. You get the idea. No ability to trade between the games would have torpedoed all interest in the Gameboy Pocket.

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Hell, one has to wonder IF Pokemon would have become this huge media franchise if the link cable had been removed. No wonder Izuchi has a mini panic attack every time he is reminded of it!

Great vid

1. Nintendo was deeply tied in with the Yakuza, and Japan, despite it's grasp of technology, was, and is, an ancient culture of "honor," where death is preferable to dishonoring your family or clan. Not a concept really understood by the West, but without it, you can not understand Japan. 2. One of the most common ways the Yakuza disposes of dishonorable problems, was through innocuously appearing, yet carefully coordinated "traffic accidents," where one member creates a distraction that stops the target, and a second member plows into them. It is exceptionally difficult to prove any foul play through this method, yet it's an astronomically small chance that those who dishonor the Yakuza keep ending up dead the same few ways innocently. And this is exactly how Yakoi was taken out. 3. The president of Nintendo didn't get there by being a nice guy. It was a mistake of Yakoi, who invented the device that kept Nintendo alive and well, to leave and immediately start developing a similar but more advanced device for a competitor. As Sherlock Holmes would say, you know what happened; your mind just hasn't had the courage to connect the dots already before you.

Why exactly did you have to cut the active matrix LCD section out of the KZread version?

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Retention. People click away when you go through too many side notes and KZread responds by showing the video to even fewer people

@chiwbaka

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer very insightful, i personally love side notes though so i wonder what this means about how most people watch videos

THAT PARK FROM THE POKEMON GO BIT IS AT A PARK NEAR WHERE I WORK

9:54 I think it was actually Pokémon red and green originally in Japan, right?

Hes back!!!

Great content

Doesn’t Game Boy already fit in a pocket? 🤔 I don’t remember this model! My first was a Color so I guess I missed it.

@LowSpecGamer

2 жыл бұрын

If you have very big pockets maybe

@WingMaster562

2 жыл бұрын

@@LowSpecGamer This is why my dad used to have 6 inch wide pockets, so his gameboy and walkman can fit

@cursethemountain

2 жыл бұрын

The OG Gameboy fit well into JNCO pockets

Damn history is something which gets interesting when like you tell us

This was educational and funny at the same time. I would let my kids watch it if I had any.

Oh boy I'm excited

Is Energizer owned by Duracell? I remember the Duracell bunny, but not an Energizer bunny? We have both batteries on sale here.

@FigureFarter

3 ай бұрын

The Energizer Bunny is only in North America and is supposed to be a parody of the Duracell Bunny after the trademark expired there

I love every videos even more now , thank you for the video

Great and hilarious video

Video game historian wishes he was like this. Y'all need to collab on a video like this.

@awesomeferret

2 жыл бұрын

He literally is "like this" though. The Gaming Historian just dropped an hour and 27 minute video about the history Super Mario Land too.

It was interesting. You did great. Appreciate artwork to accompany the story. Send regards to the artist.

Lol Gameboy camera predicted how popular, things like reels, and Snapchat, and Instagram would be.

in the states you can sill buy non alkaline batteries, they are usually cheaper and labled as standard or heavy duty batteries

I loved your buildup about pokemon. XD Pokemon is now the world's largest grossing media franchise! Pokemon Blue practically defined my childhood.