You say you're new to museum curation but it's clear you have a natural understanding of what's important: facilitating learning by telling an engaging story, providing a 'hands on' experience and providing access to more in depth knowledge if people want it. I wish I was closer but I intend to visit soon!

@p_mouse8676

10 ай бұрын

It's exactly this why I love this channel so much. I have seen plenty of other channels and museums. But often it's just a bunch of old stuff dumped in a room. Which is just not as interesting.

@T.O.A.D.U.K

10 ай бұрын

I think the main thing is caring about what you are curating and Neil really does.

Sharp X68K will always be my favourite exotic Japanese computer. That thing still looks hi-tech today!

@brian8152

9 ай бұрын

...and the music! its my favorite FM synth music of all, and most games seem to have composers who really gave it their all on the OST, even the porn games lmao. Not to mention all the different MIDI module options. such a great game system and personal computer!

Oh! Dog Policeman! Here's a piece of trivia, Dog Police is the tune that's played when you play Frogger, but later versions of the game, such as the Arcade Archives version, had it removed because some Japanese Toy company got the rights to the song, even though technically it began in the public domain. You can think of it a bit like the Japanese version of how "Happy Birthday" got copyrighted by The Summy Company that only just went back to the public domain in 2015 in the US, and 2017 in the EU.

Watching Neil meowing at an old karaoke game, has cheered me up no end!

@Helltormentor

10 ай бұрын

I laughed so hard I cried. That was great! Oh yeah, I've never been in Karaoke, because I can't sing.

@Helltormentor

10 ай бұрын

Gotta add that it wasn't Neil's singing that made me laugh, it was the song. It just sounded so funny.

You should have a PC-88 and maybe even a PC-98 to round out the Japan display.... just an idea.

@TechCellfish

10 ай бұрын

Good idea. And good opportunity to show off how long 8" floppies were used in Japan.

@talesofgore9424

9 ай бұрын

pc-98 the hentai engine

@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526

6 ай бұрын

​@@talesofgore9424the adventure and rpg machine.

That bit with The Golden Girls just made me realize just how much I've been missing that show. Might just have me a marathon this weekend.

Don't forget Brazil. The MSX was HUGELY popular here, with machines from two local manufacturers (Gradiente and Epcom/Sharp), and a great number of smaller companies producing a wide assortment of accessories, expansion cartridges and even upgrade kits (from MSX 1 to MSX 2 and eventually 2+). Nowadays, we still have many people enjoying, or discovering, the MSX, developing software or manufacturing hardware. Myself included.

Ah, the MSX. I was never a fan, I admit. But it has a huge following here in Brazil. The MSX users group is so big that they are the ones who actually put together the retrocomputing events here in Rio and I admit the MSX began to grow on me. I've only used it a couple of times back in the day as there were a few machines available at my BASIC course way back when I was twelve years old, but I always preferred to use one of the few PC XT's or even the TRS-80 clones they also had available. Back in those days I had an Apple II clone (a machine I'm still trying to find) and dad had a spanking new 286 clone. MSX's are somewhat easy to find at a decent price over here. Might get one someday. Good ol' days!

I was fortunate enough to see this display on Saturday just gone. Some fantastic looking machines, with some great games.

@12:45 MEOW MEOW MEOW - LMAO great stuff 🤣

Impressive collection indeed, you could have a lookout for the PC-88/98, and computers like the Sharp X1 and Fujitsu FM-7. Those would make it the ultimate collection.

@matthewroberts2588

10 ай бұрын

Maybe even the NEC PC 8000

Neil - "Let's not talk of this ever again..... Mark, do you know where I left that Megadrive Joypad?" Mark - "I don't understand, even if I ask a sparrow"

12:50 The Japanese dialogue here is actually "Even if you listen to the crow, you won't understand. Even if you listen to the sparrow, you won't understand" There's something ironically poetic about this...Anyway, you got the "meow meow meow" part right 😂. And wan/wao is the sound a dog makes in Japanese. Japanese OCR translation still has a long way to go

The Twin Famicom you have is a later revision. Besides a slight redesign of the outer shell the only substantial difference is the controllers which have turbo switches. Thus the second version is called the Twin Famicom Turbo, though I don't know if that was ever an official name.

@MidwestFarmToys

10 ай бұрын

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@TheStevesterX

10 ай бұрын

No, Sharp never officially made a distinction between the first and second revision FC Twins, other than the model number. Also, leave it to Neil to, not only, have an extremely rare bit of Nintendo kit. But, to, also, have the rarest version of it.

Time Life presents RMC GREATEST HITS! Hear Neil sing all the classics including: * Dog Policeman * That Took A Bit Longer Than I Expected ...and many more! Don't delay - call now! ...but seriously Neil, thank you to you and your team for doing the videos and for The Cave!

Currently in bed here battling Covid. That Golden Girls bit nearly finished me off 😂

Five-player Bomberman on the PC Engine, what a great idea! Imagine winning a match at The Cave 🤭 In all seriousness, i really enjoyed seeing this part of the cave. Some really intersting Japanese tech on show.

@RMCRetro

10 ай бұрын

Our reigning champion ladies and gents

@bobbus_74

10 ай бұрын

@RMCRetro I can die happy now. Well, not now as in literally now, but eventually.

The Golden Girls footage over the MSX Nemesis Theme song gave me a smile. The Sharp X68000 is the most handsome system, although I also really love the designs with the gray and green colour scheme featured by the Sharp Twin Famicom and Fujitsu FM Towns, very nostalgic for that era to me.

I'm glad you've made a virtual tour of this part of the museum for those of us who will unlikely to be able to visit anytime soon.

Thanks for watching, here are lots of links to videos of some of the items seen in more detail which you may enjoy! Neil ● Episode Links Support The Cave at patreon.com/rmcretro Visit The Cave: retrocollective.co.uk Sharp X68000 Pro Review: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZmkx8t7dpiwns4.html Testing out the Sharp X68000 Expert: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4WLp5hwmtbMf8Y.html Luxury PC Engine in a Monitor: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmecuaezeKfemtI.html PC Engine Trash to Treasure: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yoqso898ibvWj5M.html FM Towns Car Marty: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5Vpr9GHcrrAYJc.html PCFX Repair: kzread.info/dash/bejne/paaflsSvgrrTlLA.html Yamaha CX5M Demo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6Cplq6coNSad7A.html Amstrad Mega PC Trash to Treasure: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJiLxI-up5Wdico.html Pioneer Laser Active Trash to Treasure: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaaqtLR8kZuxmc4.html

@2:47 Orao! Wow, this brings memories, we had that Croatian 8-bit computer in elementary school, programming in Basic on a green CRT monitor, those were the days! I remember how we had an assignment to make a program that draws numbers (using lines, plot, draw and such commands) and the number we reach will be our grade for the assignment (grades in Croatia go from 1 (fail) up to 5 (the best one)). Me and my mate made a program that drew numbers from 1 to 11 (but we only got one 5 grade, unfair, but better than two 5s and one 1, lol). :)

Jackie Chan like Chuck Norris can sit on whatever shelf they want 😂

Somehow I missed this video until today, a week after visiting The Cave. This video certainly is a good companion to seeing the display in person, and I’m glad that I was able to contribute a Famiclone to the display.

It would be cool to see a complete Sharp X1 system. Those look super awsome! A Sharp MZ-80K might be cool to show off the super retro stuff

it's so cool seeing gaming history. It was a bit surprising when I learned the NES is from 1985

"You probably want to see that Karaoke system don't you?" - Yes Neil. 👍👍

12:49 Not only an excellent exhibition of Japanese retro computers, but also my new ringtone ;)

This is one cracking exhibit, the video doesn't do it justice. And also seeing a Sega TeraDrive in the flesh is pretty special!

The karaoke demo was worth the price of entry 🤣

As a game dev myself I have a soft spot for devkits and tech that lets you develop on it, so that Terradrive is right up my alley, super looking forward to more of it. I also love the Net Yaroze, there's just something extra cool about it, I wonder if they've got one in the collection?

Love the idea for the exhibit! Also - quite liked the talk about letting go of ideas that are better in our own heads, so often true! I'm glad you were able to recognize this, especially now through the lens of your new role. And OF COURSE always lovely to see the exhibits themselves. Hearing about your thought process and development as a museum curator leaves me with the impression that you're really approaching everything genuinely. Bravo!

One of my flatmates at college had a Super Wild Card. Must have been 1994 or thereabouts. I'd completely forgotten about that device, was highly popular in the house.

LOL the singing bit was gold!😂

A great tour of a great exhibition. Some real Specials there. As a retro computing geek (which I consider myself) there were a bunch of things I hadn't seen or even heard of, so truly worth a place in a museum. Thank you very much for the interesting and educational tour. Best wishes for you and your Museum and keep up that excellent work.

Yeah funny that, I'm not a lover of red really at all, but electronics in red I have always like, boom boxes and wlakmans, I believe I had a lovely red Sanyo portable tape player when I was a teen, it was rather expensive, the battery lasted for around a week with a few play throughs and I got it for Christmas, so it was a bit better than average because it was a Christmas present. Thank you for your contribution to retro gaming and your video,,, annnd for reminding me of a fond memory. 😊

12:49 - I'd say that was about on-par with Techmoan's awesome rendition of "Get Lucky". lol

@RMCRetro

10 ай бұрын

High praise! Thanks Ash

If could press the button twice, I would, if only for the Golden Girls clips. I should have assumed you were all for watching the gray ladies.

The museum is amazing but Neil's karaoke singing is epic! 🤣

An outstanding episode. Your presentation of these systems was excellent, and is the only way I was ever going to see this exhibit.

I love that last IBM/Sega system. Even the keyboard looks cool, despite it's not working!

I thank you for your service as Virtual Boy Ambassador. It is such a neat little system, but everyone already "knows" it as "the red gameboy that causes headaches"

Neil, you are giving William Shantner a run for his money on that famicon karaoke. Must say i really like the japanese console garden ( bad reference to Police Squad joke) i llmy school had the yamaha msx and keyboard back in 1984l3 as well

Thank you for showing me around the museum! I like this style of video.

Your dedication makes my heart smile. Hell of a lot of work.

I still want you to find a grey Gameboy that someone has drawn art all over. I know I'm not imagining it but can't find any info on it and not really found any old photos. But I remember there was a craze back in the 90s and an article about it (maybe on Bad Influence) about people making their boring grey Gameboys looks cool with artwork all over them. Never seen any of these for sale on eBay.

I think we've found Strouds entrant to this years X Factor 😄

Famicom clones, commonly named "Megason", had great success in Israel during the late 80s and early 90s. They were compatible with Famicom cartridges, and with NES using an adapter. Megasons were still being sold alongside Mega Drive and Super Nintendo systems.

Just found the channel and I very glad I have. Such attention to detail and care is put into these videos and it really makes me feel like I got to know these systems.

One of the greatest channel in the whole world, such a shame YT doens't help spread what really matters...

No PC-6000, PC-88, or PC-98? The latter two are quintessential!

@thepirategamerboy12

10 ай бұрын

It seems like a lot of these kinds of Western retro computing channels when they talk about Japanese computers it's often just X68k and FM Towns. Don't get me wrong, those are cool, but the PC-98 was at one point the most popular series of computers in Japan by far, basically their equivalent to how ubiquitous IBM PCs were in the west. I'd say it has plenty historic value, and if part of the reason is because "it only has adult games", well that's just not true. There's plenty of SFW games for it you could show off in a public setting.

Looking at the writing on those green controllers, you're actually holding them upside down (confusing, as that's the way they hang up). The switch on the far left is volume loud or soft, the switch next to that (under tennis) is players 1 or 2, the switch on the right (under hockey) switches between TV signal and the console. Guessing you remembered in reverse

Karakoke? What we need is a Retroshop Quartet. Neil, Mark, Alex and another vic.. I mean singer, belting out translated Japanese songs! 😁

Great video. The museum looks fantastic.

The original Famicom is extremely prone to yellowing. It's possible that it was originally cream, especially since that's the lightest color you'll find on one of them today, but there are marketing shots showing it a nearly pure white.

@vix_in_japan

10 ай бұрын

They were originally pure white, you can still find them in Japan in this condition. My local second hand store has one such example.

Had a Sega SC-3000H, SF-7000 and plotter which I stupidly sold when the Amiga was released. It was even due to have a modem released for it - not sure if it was. Great video.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one, I did ❤ - Yoda style, apparently 🙃

What a fantastic museum and thank you for the tour! I greatly enjoyed that.

Great video Neil!!! Really enjoyed the history and variety of Japanese systems! The Cave truly is a very special place to visit! 👏👏

Everytime I watch a video from RMC I just want go out and get the items aswell. But some of these gems are so rare and would collect dust on my shelves. I really appreicate the work you have put into creating this museum. I hope I can pop over some time to visit the cave. Greeting from Sweden

Great video! Love the NEC stuff!

What a fantastic episode, big fan of the X68000 and FM Town. Thanks for sharing, all of this is priceless.

Very much appreciate your work Neil. Always drags me back to days when my brother and I would argue over our next investment. He was a computer guy but I was an arcade shill. I never understood his knack of being able to sink in depth to rpg titles. We have our own lives now but these videos remind me of those great times. Thank you for your time..👏

I miss the original channel format. I’m happy you’ve started a museum. I am not interested in that though. Maybe if you had the channel shift to the back room repairs of the pieces? I’m probably in the minority. It was fun while it lasted, thank you.

Hello from Japan. The video was very interesting. Thanks for the great time.

Sterling job, Neil! Can’t wait to get a mo to pop down west country and visit you guys, hopefully before summer’s out! ❤

1943 Kai on the PC Engine monitor... Couldn't think of a better game to display, it's a banger of a game and my favourite PCE title

Great video,well done and good luck ❤

Excellent stuff Neil!

You do an amazing job! Would love to come and visit sometime. Keep on doing what you do!

another very inspiring video. thank you!

I am looking forward to the Sega TeraDrive repair! Hopefully featuring Mark Fondles Stuff

12:50 to 13:21 Truly brought a tears to my eyes.

This is such an interesting wacky collection. I'd love to visit the museum!

What a fun episode, loved it!

I only ever saw the Yamaha MSX computer in the US because some musical instrument stores sold it since it had a low-end DX synthesizer built-in. The X68000 I find interesting because it was really sold as a PC, but just had great graphics and sound, making it good for games too.

To answer the question in the title: A Sharp X6800 in black with matching peripherals. It's the most beautiful computer ever made. As for the actual video: That is an AMAZING collection of Japanese hardware! Love the full PC Engine CD setup as well.

Wow, I'm always impressed by you and your museum efforts. I'd replicate what you're doing if I could.

Well done Neil. What you’ve turned The Cave into is truly amazing and inspiring.

Great video, thanks! Looking forward to seeing more of the Sega Teradrive!

Another great video 😊👍

You are great, this is amazing. I have always dreamed of organizing my own retro museum!

Ah, thanks Neil. Nice to see the Japanese size of the 8 bit machines of the 80s. My friend Wilf had a Toshiba MSX which we'd play JSW ii and a great game where you had to collect the parts of a nuclear bomb. ;)

If I ever make it to the cave, I'd highly recommend placing that Sharp X68000 setup behind steel bars 😁

Super excited to see the more in depth TerraDrive video :)

Not a suggestion for a Japanese exhibition, but somewhat related nevertheless: How about a handheld corner - tracing the history of handhelds from the Game & Watch (and Tiger Electronics) and Microvision through the various Gameboys, the Game and and Lynx, and lesser known devices like the Neo Geo Pocket, the Wonderswan or the Sega Nomad? It all could be presented chronologically and end with .... I dunno, a Nintendo Switch? Or Smartphones (which have their own history of games, which will be (and already is) incredibly difficult to preserve) Thanks for all the great content and if I ever make it to the UK and your neck of the woods, I will gladly visit the museum :). Michael

Great video Neil 👌👌

As lovely as this was (and to be honest I really need to make the short trip from Reading to actually see the place), I was actually quite sad to hear Gary is selling his retro collection. Just glad the Cave was able to make sure an important piece of it made its way to the Cave

Incredible content yet again, thank you.

@RMCRetro

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Terry

31:50 Most SC-3000 computers were black in color is their overall release. I have a Japanese that is as well. Japan did have white versions and even a red one but these were much more rare. Just thought you'd want to know. Great collection of Japanese systems you have there. Best of luck getting the TeraDrive up and running.

The Epoch Cassette Vision, Super Cassette Vision, CASIO PV-1000 and PV-2000 are great obscure japanese systems which were overshadowed by the Famicom.

What an amazing collection!

Well done video!

Cant wait to watch when i find the time 😍

I love all of these! They're crazy and zany and impractical and impressive and gorgeous! Had I only the space to house them, or the means to procure them, I'd want one of each.

I am laughing a lot at dog policeman/ meow bit

I have a famicom and twin famicom, I didn't know there was a karokee add on. That did give me a laugh. I really like playing Mahjong.

Fantastic video Neil! When I come down to wed your X68K, I'll definitely be having a go on the Virtual Boy and claiming that SEGA keyboard and mouse as my adopted kids. I want to build you a nice, RED!, open source hardware Uzebox to show off in that cave of yours as I have the parts to do it, it'll just take me a while. I'll be down for my 16 bit ceremony soon..

I noticed in the intro that you have a "MGT Sam coupe" I bought one of these when they first came out its a shame it was a failure I thought it would have done better. great video as always.

Neil, that's an amazing Japanese system collection as-is, but I have a soft spot for the Motorola 6809 processor, hence I would love to see a Fujitsu FM77 AV.. Japanese 8-bit system with 4096 colors and a genlock.. Dead-sexy too.

Fantastic video! What you really miss is a Sharp X1 in red. Complete with red monitor.

@RMCRetro

10 ай бұрын

A beautiful machine, maybe one day