The WEIRDEST Handhelds

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What is it about handhelds in the 90s being named after water fowl?
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Chapter Titles
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0:00 Hello and Welcome
0:30 Game.com (not a website)
1:08 The SuperVision
2:09 The Cybiko
3:17 The Gizmondo
4:29 The Select-A-Game
5:17 The Mega Duck
5:57 BanDai WonderSwan
7:14 The Digiblast
8:07 Atari Lynx
9:37 TurboXpress (Game TANK)
10:33 R-Zone XPG

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  • @asnowpoff
    @asnowpoff Жыл бұрын

    I want the "matt talks about Kamen Rider for 8 uninterrupted minutes" cut

  • @HecateEnodia

    @HecateEnodia

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @CaptainVaxinth

    @CaptainVaxinth

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. This should be a video of its own.

  • @raymondcorrea1
    @raymondcorrea1 Жыл бұрын

    Matt knowing about Kamen Rider ExAid gives this episode so many bonus points

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    @SHiSNO :)

  • @KinseyFromThisIs
    @KinseyFromThisIs Жыл бұрын

    celebrating today bc I finally got them to talk about Kamen Rider on This Is :D!

  • @thisis

    @thisis

    Жыл бұрын

    you WOT

  • @kittyfries915

    @kittyfries915

    Жыл бұрын

    Didn't even read the comments yet, when the wondersawn came up i was like "lemme guess they're probably going to bring up that it made a cameo in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid"

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kittyfries915 what better way to establish the backstory of how he became a gamer AND a doctor

  • @Mochi_Wan

    @Mochi_Wan

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @joshuawoodbridge6267

    @joshuawoodbridge6267

    Жыл бұрын

    Super Sentai is better :P 😂😂

  • @EricM-Prime
    @EricM-Prime Жыл бұрын

    I can't be the only one who wants that 8 minutes of Kamen Rider, right?

  • @villagestone8946
    @villagestone8946 Жыл бұрын

    Kenzi and Matt slowly shoving kamen rider bits into this show is smthing I never thought would happen, but I'm glad it's here

  • @eldaritch
    @eldaritch Жыл бұрын

    we need a unedited cut of Matt talking about Kamen Rider Ex-aid

  • @iMoevious
    @iMoevious Жыл бұрын

    I need video of Matt talks about Kamen Rider for 8 uninterrupted minutes

  • @Fr3ud
    @Fr3ud Жыл бұрын

    Love when Kyle comes thru with the facts bro

  • @facundopetrolo1999
    @facundopetrolo1999 Жыл бұрын

    That Ergheiz "cool" sound is unmistakable

  • @TheFlyingHernie
    @TheFlyingHernie Жыл бұрын

    My brother had the Turbo Express (with TV tuner) when we were young....I was low key jealous. That thing was super cool!

  • @asdfrozen
    @asdfrozen Жыл бұрын

    IMO the main (and possibly only) notable thing about the WonderSwan is that it was created by the same person who created the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi.

  • @wargreysama
    @wargreysama Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy that Matt is ONE OF US.

  • @wargreysama

    @wargreysama

    Жыл бұрын

    Okay, Kamen Rider Belt reviews when?

  • @JesseJuarezz12

    @JesseJuarezz12

    Жыл бұрын

    Never thought I’ll ever hear him say Kamen Rider like holy moly

  • @wargreysama

    @wargreysama

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JesseJuarezz12 That was truly unexpected indeed.

  • @PrimeKPhotography
    @PrimeKPhotography Жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing this when I was young! I remember that anything with button layouts that werent conventional were cool and thought this thing was pretty awesome! Never got a Cybiko though

  • @jordangulfin
    @jordangulfin Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure it’s been said many times, but I just want to thank This Is for throwing the THPS character select screen music into rotation. It’s a good vibe 🤙🏾

  • @AronFromThisIs

    @AronFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a bop

  • @Antarsan
    @Antarsan Жыл бұрын

    I need those 8 minutes of Matt talking about Ex-Aid, where do I send money?

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    send me all your gashats

  • @DarrelDelfin
    @DarrelDelfin Жыл бұрын

    Damn, I can't believe Austin didn't care about the Kamen Rider lore drop. Disappointed. Massive L. 😔 Matt though, is an absolute king for that. Massive W. 💪🏽

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    yea i've basically been holding Matt at gunpoint and he finally caved and watched a few episodes of OOO and 1971 ... i guess in hopes of understanding what i'm talking about at any time also hey i know you from twitter, i didn't know you watch This is!

  • @DarrelDelfin

    @DarrelDelfin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KinseyFromThisIs Hahah Y'all keep me company on long drives. Love all the content! ☺️

  • @DemonGhostX
    @DemonGhostX Жыл бұрын

    Yet again the Neo Geo Pocket Color, the greatest handheld of its generation, getting absolutely no love. It had a built-in microswitched joystick and had not one but TWO Metal Slug games for it. How badass is that? It needs to be included in the next video!

  • @EB01

    @EB01

    Жыл бұрын

    The clicky joysticks make the Neo Geo Pocket handhelds such a unique experience.

  • @Z64bit

    @Z64bit

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok so it was good but how weird was it?

  • @EB01

    @EB01

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Z64bit Hard to say. I don't recall any Neo Geo cabinet having the clicky stick - could have been worn down but the Neo Geo cabinets in NZ were often more DIY than anything official. I don't think that any had clicky sticks. For NGP Metal Slug it felt perfect. The stick had a good "click" in it and it felt very satisfying in general. Like I wish I could have a fidget toy of it (but not a real NGP stick as I don't want to wear out an OG part). IMO it would be hard to put a clicky stick on a modern handheld, except maybe as a replacement for the D-Pad (i.e. have an analog stick and a clicky stick on Left). As for weird. There would be an oddness to use it for any game used to an analog stick over micro-switches. Edit: Oh and it's out of the park better than the shallow feeling sticks like on the PSP (I think that NGP clicky stick better than the 3DS Circle Pad).At the time it would have been the absolute best "stick" on any portable.

  • @nicholaskrupa6259
    @nicholaskrupa6259 Жыл бұрын

    Did you guys cover the Sega nomad? My brother had that, and it was basically the same idea as the turbo Express, which we never had but had the turbo grafix 16, also had the game gear with TV tuner lol

  • @shawnjb1989
    @shawnjb1989 Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone remember Skannerz, it was like a monster fighting one hander like digimon digivice or Pocket Pikachu, the gimmick was it had in IR scanner where you went around scanning the upc codes and fight evil monsters and turn ‘em friendly and then add them onto your pocket monster team, the premise of this was there were different colors and shapes of scanners all corresponding to different alien factions and you could fight your team against your friends by scanning each other’s IR blaster. This was back in the days of the gameboy color so it had a tiny 2 inch screen and obviously no wifi, but I enjoyed it, it would be fun to see that come back on something like the switch, or I guess Pokémon Go was pretty close to it idk I never got on that train.

  • @KyanbuXM

    @KyanbuXM

    Жыл бұрын

    I miss it, was such a neat idea. Wish it didn't die quite as hard as it did.

  • @Itachi0609
    @Itachi0609 Жыл бұрын

    I agree 100000% with Austin the Lynx is an amazing system. My stepdad gave me his.

  • @anon_y_mousse
    @anon_y_mousse4 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing the ads for all but two of these in the Sears Wish Book and fantasizing about them but never getting them. However, I don't think that the CDAB layout is weird for that Tiger handheld since now we've got XYAB and YXBA. No, the weird layout there is with having an on and off button on opposite sides of that row of buttons, start *and* select *and* pause, with pause being next to off, which just sounds like a recipe for disaster.

  • @sloppynyuszi
    @sloppynyuszi Жыл бұрын

    I had the PC engine GT and played a lot of two button street fighter on it (the only way to play it in my opinion, you want to use the start button to switch between kick and punch). It wasn’t that big, and compared to the game gear the screen was really crisp and not washed out at all. Who ever threw in China Warrior in the package for me was cruel. 😢

  • @dextersbeard3472
    @dextersbeard3472 Жыл бұрын

    Correction* every kid wanted a portable TV as a kid back in the 90s. Even now everyone watches youtube and streaming apps from their smartphone, how is that not the same as watching portible TV. Also i dont think portable TV had anything to do with the Turbografx handheld failing. Turbografx in general was not marketing very well in the US vompared to Nintendo and Sega. It is a great console though

  • @ThatuanGai
    @ThatuanGai5 ай бұрын

    My favorite part of this video were the subtitles. Matt had his name every time but Austin was "Man With Glasses". Glorious.

  • @Chrish1981
    @Chrish1981 Жыл бұрын

    Freedom units is now the official currency lol awesome

  • @wobedraggled
    @wobedraggled Жыл бұрын

    TurboExpress and Lynx were so amazing, as long as you were near an outlet... or had fee use of the car cigarette lighter port.

  • @sloppynyuszi

    @sloppynyuszi

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure what your dad was like, but mine was pretty pissed when the car wouldn’t start

  • @poletooke4691
    @poletooke4691 Жыл бұрын

    8:42 goddamn it. ok that got me lmaooo

  • @thumbtak123
    @thumbtak123 Жыл бұрын

    The Mega Duck was for markets where game systems could not be imported, from my understanding. You might want to look into the history. It is interesting.

  • @Tagiau

    @Tagiau

    Жыл бұрын

    That's where it ended up being mainly sold, but it was intended to be a gameboy competitor worldwide.

  • @Hyena_Tron
    @Hyena_Tron Жыл бұрын

    I can’t imagine listening to Matt infodump about Kamen Rider and then saying you didn’t need to know all that, what else is there more important than video gamer doctors and Kamen riders?

  • @Makerr8
    @Makerr8 Жыл бұрын

    There needs to be a ranking of the best pocket pet devices. Something like Tomagachis, Digimon, the pocket pikachu from G/S, etc..

  • @Tagiau
    @Tagiau Жыл бұрын

    Does it count if I turn on the amphitheater effect in windows? I feel like that's close enough to be a clean pirate and not a filthy one.

  • @officialmilhouse
    @officialmilhouse Жыл бұрын

    When listening to this in 'audiobook' mode, matt sounds like the parrot from Aladdin 😂😂

  • @MRTuning704
    @MRTuning7049 ай бұрын

    I had a cybiko lol my mom won it in a box of junk on eBay I remember it had a doom clone on it and it was the only thing good on it

  • @Wimmle
    @Wimmle Жыл бұрын

    That intro was so on point for This Is

  • @BrentM11
    @BrentM11 Жыл бұрын

    So uh, where's our uncut version with the Kamen Rider discussion.

  • @payhemseht
    @payhemseht Жыл бұрын

    >look at that d-pad I can't, it's not on screen anymore. Maybe have a little window somewhere with the things you're talking about?

  • @itsdeonlol
    @itsdeonlol Жыл бұрын

    That hat Matt LMAO!!!

  • @Lakotashunkaha
    @Lakotashunkaha Жыл бұрын

    More Kinsey!

  • @Logan.
    @Logan. Жыл бұрын

    Legends of the hidden temple…. That show was dope AF😂

  • @BalloonDog289
    @BalloonDog28911 ай бұрын

    Can you review the leapfrog handheld

  • @niall0423
    @niall0423 Жыл бұрын

    The DIGIBLAAASSST!! 😂

  • @Shunbound
    @Shunbound Жыл бұрын

    The only thing that kinda made me switch to my phone for YT was Premium. I hate ads. Mostly use shorts on mobile nowadays. Long form vids I watch mainly on my computer.

  • @denzelrobinson5512
    @denzelrobinson5512 Жыл бұрын

    The Cybiko looked like the Skwak Pad from Cyberchase 😆

  • @SquishySenpai
    @SquishySenpai Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure the MP3 cartridge mentioned early in the video was the same idea as the one on the Handspring Visor. It added MP3 playback capability and had just enough storage to hold like 10 songs.

  • @joshuawaldrop7979
    @joshuawaldrop7979 Жыл бұрын

    That THPS main menu track going very hard.

  • @RaineyRetro
    @RaineyRetro Жыл бұрын

    Me and my sister had the blue cybiko...Im subscribing just because yall mentioned it

  • @erronr
    @erronr Жыл бұрын

    Matt, I still want to know where that shirt is from!

  • @NoNamicekk
    @NoNamicekk Жыл бұрын

    6:57 how could I forget the name of this song?

  • @creauspssrb627
    @creauspssrb627 Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow a kamen rider reference in this is Also didn't know matt watcjes kamen rider, ex-aid is kino stuff

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    matt has watched four episodes of OOO bc I said that was my favorite one 😂

  • @creauspssrb627

    @creauspssrb627

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KinseyFromThisIs gee even 000 one of the best TAJADORRRRRR

  • @KinseyFromThisIs

    @KinseyFromThisIs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@creauspssrb627 TAJADOR GOATED

  • @JasonMetzger8898
    @JasonMetzger88988 ай бұрын

    Watching TV on the go is the reason I bought the LG vu, best phone on the market at the time

  • @Galvamel
    @Galvamel Жыл бұрын

    You totally forgot the greatest handheld of all time the Milton Bradley Microvision!!!!!

  • @TheH0lyHamster
    @TheH0lyHamster Жыл бұрын

    ALL MIGHTY KYLE HAS RETURNED!!!

  • @mummymon
    @mummymon3 ай бұрын

    The Watara Supervision had a larger screen than the Game Boy and could also connect to the TV

  • @trstmeimadctr
    @trstmeimadctr Жыл бұрын

    Yo, where do I got to hear Matt talk about Kamen Rider for 8 uninterrupted minutes and how much do I have to pay?

  • @matthewjbauer1990
    @matthewjbauer1990 Жыл бұрын

    What about the Game Child?

  • @josephferrel3413
    @josephferrel3413 Жыл бұрын

    Some very interesting handhelds.

  • @cgwworldministries83
    @cgwworldministries83 Жыл бұрын

    wtf I was watching this video on a projector on the outside of my RV as I was getting ready to go camping... how did you know?!?

  • @benjamingonzales1174
    @benjamingonzales1174 Жыл бұрын

    Sticky Balls 😂☠

  • @rob2257
    @rob2257 Жыл бұрын

    How are you ducking cease and desist orders for using the Powerpuff Girls music? Lol

  • @zombl337og
    @zombl337og Жыл бұрын

    crazy how i only knew half of these and i love tech

  • @aidsmaster69420
    @aidsmaster69420 Жыл бұрын

    Shout out the editor good job m8

  • @williamlau762
    @williamlau762 Жыл бұрын

    The DIGIBLAST will now be repeated constantly in my mind.

  • @AutoYoung
    @AutoYoung Жыл бұрын

    I had a blue Cybiko back in the day

  • @BrianCarmien
    @BrianCarmien Жыл бұрын

    What are the best and worst DIY handheld consoles?

  • @carltonleboss
    @carltonleboss Жыл бұрын

    Good to see Kyle come back

  • @nikkihendrix1234
    @nikkihendrix1234 Жыл бұрын

    Adata uses the branding XPG in their tech products like ram and SSD’s

  • @ChrisLincoln
    @ChrisLincoln Жыл бұрын

    I still have both models of Cybiko, though I don't have the charger for the original and those batteries are cooked

  • @HowardVangorder

    @HowardVangorder

    Жыл бұрын

    please tell me you removed the batteries before they caused damage

  • @Ian99_
    @Ian99_ Жыл бұрын

    7:02 good to know there's another weeb at austin evans other than ken

  • @zombl337og
    @zombl337og Жыл бұрын

    whered u get that oversized hat?

  • @poletooke4691
    @poletooke4691 Жыл бұрын

    7:22 she thought she was safe, but NOOOO! THE DIGIBLAST!!!!

  • @mqaisataloss.5951
    @mqaisataloss.5951 Жыл бұрын

    Oh man I still got my mega duck its like a tank just keeps going

  • @key099able
    @key099able Жыл бұрын

    Give us Kamen Rider cut

  • @TheZoenGaming
    @TheZoenGaming Жыл бұрын

    I still have my Atari Lynx. It was great for hour long drives to see relatives on holiday weekends. Edit: And it still works! LOL My first gameboy stopped working decades ago.

  • @piri75

    @piri75

    Жыл бұрын

    Mine works as well, ah, the good times!

  • @danmcgee6992
    @danmcgee6992 Жыл бұрын

    lol I used to watch tv on my Sega Gamegear all the time

  • @cordelldawhare3854
    @cordelldawhare3854 Жыл бұрын

    7:02 let the man speak!

  • @dwighttuggle
    @dwighttuggle Жыл бұрын

    Hahahhahahahha What in the MC Escher?

  • @tkdtigre1989
    @tkdtigre1989 Жыл бұрын

    Please let us have the "matt talks about Kamen rider" clip. Please!!

  • @southernpanda33
    @southernpanda33 Жыл бұрын

    The Atari lynx was amazing for the time.

  • @Residentevil1998racooncity

    @Residentevil1998racooncity

    Жыл бұрын

    Except for power consumption was bad

  • @southernpanda33

    @southernpanda33

    Жыл бұрын

    But when it came out, it was still amazing for the time. Power consumption was bad everywhere back then.

  • @speedwaynutt
    @speedwaynutt Жыл бұрын

    10:38 The worst thing about this product is the Batman and Robin film. Nobody needs to be reminded about that train wreck of a film.

  • @EB01
    @EB01 Жыл бұрын

    The Wonderswan (Color) is a good handheld console, with just a critical lack of games.

  • @NerdyMeathead
    @NerdyMeathead Жыл бұрын

    The Cybiko also used to be able to hack garage doors

  • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
    @JohnDoe-wq5eu Жыл бұрын

    The Gameboy always ruled for two simple reasons a) it had great games and b) you can play for hours and hours on a 4 double A's. That was the single biggest problem I think with 99.9% of every competitor. Either less good games and far fewer or absolutely crap battery life.

  • @Splackavellie85

    @Splackavellie85

    Жыл бұрын

    Not only that, but it exemplified the “it just works” mantra, and for the lowest cost of entry in the market. The Game Gear was a good competitor, but it notoriously had failing audio output after a while.

  • @caeberos2819
    @caeberos2819 Жыл бұрын

    You should have taken just one moment to mention the marboro branded lynx, people should know

  • @KingZayre
    @KingZayre Жыл бұрын

    kamen rider ex aid?! "Ill clear this with no continues!" Dai Henshin!

  • @thefacelessgamer2641
    @thefacelessgamer2641 Жыл бұрын

    You forgot the interchangeable game Child

  • @Wagonball_Z
    @Wagonball_Z11 ай бұрын

    i had the watari when i was a kid.

  • @Fix3rJ0e
    @Fix3rJ0e Жыл бұрын

    2:12 Did Austin just Dio Brando the other guy?

  • @The2KXperience
    @The2KXperience Жыл бұрын

    I know it's a longshot but I've been trying for the longest time to find the song that is referenced at 8:46 and if anyone knows the name I'd love you forever.

  • @Grasshole

    @Grasshole

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s the first note of the Ultra Instinct theme

  • @tsuikagura
    @tsuikagura Жыл бұрын

    Guys the GAME GEAR also had a TV Tuner (I had one too, and YES I watched TV on it). Do you mean you never had one?

  • @francissaunders7402
    @francissaunders7402 Жыл бұрын

    Still no Barcode Battler?!?!

  • @dylanwhitmire7433
    @dylanwhitmire7433 Жыл бұрын

    Shout out to the tiny Mike Stoklasa Flossing

  • @AxiomTheory
    @AxiomTheory Жыл бұрын

    A couple fortnight's? That's around three quarters of the February's I've ever lived through

  • @erinlefevre1
    @erinlefevre110 ай бұрын

    Has anyone ever noticed the subtitles don't say their names? They say "matt" and "man with glasses" lmao

  • @belababus3776
    @belababus3776 Жыл бұрын

    Kamen Rider reference!!!!

  • @bcyrx
    @bcyrx Жыл бұрын

    The lack of any real talk on the 'Com is disgraceful. They also do extremely little research for any video they make. The RZone was multiple models, how they chose only the XPG (a late revision) shows they half assed this.

  • @ThatsGirdy
    @ThatsGirdy Жыл бұрын

    I miss the cybiko, it died too soon. The Extreme version had a better design.

  • @thataverageguy826
    @thataverageguy826 Жыл бұрын

    Wait Matt watch Kamen Rider???

  • @Allen-hb2th
    @Allen-hb2th Жыл бұрын

    I need to hear those 8 minutes of kamen rider facts

  • @SirMegaManNeoX
    @SirMegaManNeoX Жыл бұрын

    "THE DIGIBLAST!!!"

  • @joester4life
    @joester4life Жыл бұрын

    I had a lot of these devices.

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