I hope for a world in which one day people would realize that Top Hat Gaming Man is a channel that gives historical and personal impressions on things with heavy amounts of British satire. STOP GETTING OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING HE SAYS. IT'S SATIRICAL. A CHARACTER. HE'S A WELL DRESSED MAN IN A TOP HAT ACTING BETTER THAN YOU. THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN!

@TopHatGamingManChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Shawn! Someone from the colonies, with a brain!

@rossvegas7

6 жыл бұрын

Top Hat Gaming Man bravo young man bravo...

@SianaGearz

6 жыл бұрын

But to what extent does repeating himself an average of 4 times during the video help? Or is it just sloppy writing?

@KetwunsGamingPad

6 жыл бұрын

They are just jealous of how civilised and cultured and deliberately condescending of NA he is lol.

@theneondino

6 жыл бұрын

I'll be honest, it wasn't that obvious to me that it was a character. With him talking about his childhood SNES and shit. Kudos THGM. I'll keep this in mind when watching future videos.

I would have personally smacked the shit out of any of my friends if they tried to balance one of their drinks on my Super Nintendo.

@elmalloc

6 жыл бұрын

I Woudl Have Done Worse

@nezumi6554

6 жыл бұрын

I would smack them with a Sega Genesis controller.

@KiKfilms

6 жыл бұрын

Nah, I sometimes put a glass of drink on my NES.

@joyconboyasmr6499

6 жыл бұрын

tmpardi77 my cat pissed on mine and I ran it over

@jameswilliamson4315

6 жыл бұрын

I would have smacked the shit out of any of my friends if they tried to drink champagne from a wine glass. Philistines!

I had the NES and SNES and Genesis (Mega Drive) growing up in the USA, and I never knew anyone who would put things on top of game systems that could spill. We had like...the floor or tables to set things on as kids. Heck even coffee tables and side tables, and I grew up poor so it's not like only well off people have freaking tables. The guy who designed the North American SNES is trippin' on some mean crack.

@TenchiJeff

6 жыл бұрын

steeeeeaaam all true, but we have the option to put something on that wonderful flat surface, like a peanut, or a coffee. That cannot be done with the rounded version. Ours is better.

@steeeeeaaam

6 жыл бұрын

I have the option to walk into traffic, drink bleach, and sky dive without a parachute. Having these options doesn't make me better than anyone else who doesn't have these options.

@VaNDaL253

6 жыл бұрын

yes in fact it does make you better to have more choices then someone who doesn't regardless of the choice.

@TenchiJeff

6 жыл бұрын

VaNDaL253 I think the most important thing to remember here, when looking at the big picture, is that Sega does what Nintendon't.

@brrebrresen1367

6 жыл бұрын

not only that, its was also a culture before in Japan of poring into the cup to it floats over to show of the wealth of the household\shop... combine this with the extreme increase of soda's in the 80's and the result is bad. this culture is mostly gone now but still is active some places when ordering sake, they will though put a plater under the cup and fill it to it spills to the plater.

"Do people just eat meals sitting on their couch in the states?" Yes.

@electricdreams8237

4 жыл бұрын

The horror!

@joelbizzell1386

3 жыл бұрын

Well, in my recliner.

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Slobs lol

@jamesmylife6578

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah mostly during football season but however then we’d sit at the table

@Keb1888

2 жыл бұрын

In Mexico we eat it on dirt

“Even the cartridges were bastardized.” But we have end labels.

@Lownamebrand

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! That being said, I do like the super famicom look alot more, but I'll take our cartridges over the rest of the world.

@kenrickeason

Жыл бұрын

I will always take the North America cartridge design over the rest of world's version of the Super Nintendo Cartridge design.. Reading the label seems like a better idea than just pulling cartridges out of it's perfectly stacked place when you can easily read the labels on what you want to play and remove perfectly without making a mess..

@pepincuatro2865

Жыл бұрын

That's the only thing where the American version wins

I could never use my SNES as a table. That's what tables are for.

@fearanarchy

6 жыл бұрын

Blank Name - Could I use my tablet as an SNES? If not, the SNES has job security.

@amuzulo

5 жыл бұрын

fearanarchy I use my tablet as an SNES. It's called an iPad with Retroarch. 😎

@goldenfreddy4122

4 жыл бұрын

The Angry Video Game Nerd got American Super Nintendo (AVGN LIVE IN AMERICA)

@joepoelmans5910

4 жыл бұрын

COnsidering all the types of mods one can do Id like to see those old gametables at restaraunts where you could eat pizza and play on it at the same time. Would love to make or mod one with a bunch of games loaded on it and drawers for cords and controllers and such for when people come over. Plus the amount of room it could save would be awesome

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

I know right

2:43 I didn't know Paul Rudd appeared in a SNES ad. That dude has always been relatable.

@maserbantez

4 жыл бұрын

I think that was his first paid gig

@cmykimberly

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha iconic

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

I prefer the look of the north American one. I also remember when the first few units hit the stores they had multi colored buttons which were soon swapped out for the purple. We did get the SNES version 2 which had a more rounded off smoothed out look.

I just remembered that one of my siblings spilled a soda on the Nintendo 64 in a way that didn't damage the circuitry, but now the power switch and reset button always stick. Maybe the 64 needed a flatter design!

@babelclub9017

2 жыл бұрын

Clean them.

@jamesmylife6578

2 жыл бұрын

@@babelclub9017 it was never that easy.

I don't have a problem with the shape as much as I have with the color scheme. Purple just didn't appeal to me. They did it again with the Gamecube Indigo design!

I just found your channel and I was actually wondering why on earth did the US got such a boxy design in comparison with the sleek, modern and colorful looking SNES in Europe/Japan! You just earned yourself one more subscriber! Hat's off to a job well done, Sir!

@starstarstar4643

Жыл бұрын

"The Euro/Japan design looks like a used loaf of bread 🍞 " - President of Nintendo of America And I agree lol 😆

@PauloMoreira-tk6eh

Жыл бұрын

Japanese SNES is a bit generic design.

i actually Balance my consoles on my drinks

@charlotteronda3361

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, wonderful comment

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@MINI_91

3 жыл бұрын

Points for the comment and Claymore.

I never had a problem with the NA SNES design. It didn't blow me away, but then again, no console design has. The original design doesn't look right to me, but that's probably because I had the NA version. If I would have grown up in Europe I might see the NA version online and think it's weird.

@peppigue

5 жыл бұрын

As a Nintendo kid, I must say the PS2 was a fresh design.

@CanuckGod

5 жыл бұрын

I agree... growing up in Canada and owning the SNES, I didn't know there was a different design for the other regions, and as such always assumed everyone got the same purple and grey systems that we did. I also agree that the Japanese/PAL system did look a bit odd to me, and perhaps uglier to my eyes, but then again that's probably due to us North Americans growing up with the design we did.

@michaelkenwell9146

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed totally agree, function matters much more than form with gaming hardware.

I really love the concave X and Y buttons on the American controllers.

@corvusala

6 жыл бұрын

The colors were hideous but you didn't have to look at them if you're playing lol

@Am0r_y_PeZ

6 жыл бұрын

Me too man

@TheAbsol7448

6 жыл бұрын

corvusala I liked the simple colors. Maybe it's nostalgia from when I was 6, but I think the European one is _too_ colorful. Plus, I think the European SNES looks like an old Apple product rather than a Nintendo product. I personally prefer the blocky American version.

@rancorbob

5 жыл бұрын

Whoa I just realized they have outies gross

@bazdaniels7420

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! I always wished the A and B buttons were shaped like that. The convex buttons eventually made my fingertips hurt, and seemed a bit more "wobbley."

When the American SNES came out I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen!! I even drew pictures of it in school dreaming of having one in my room!

@HBKnowItAll

4 жыл бұрын

RonnieWolfe fine, I will replace everything in your house with garbage and force you to say that it is beautiful! Would you?

@Tieigo0

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So please respect.

@SilhSe

Жыл бұрын

Haha nice 👍

I honestly kinda like the north american design a bit better, but it very much could just be that it was the design I grew up with. As far as the controllers go, I definitely prefer the north american ones. The concave shape on the X and Y buttons just feels more comfortable to me overall.

I may have grown up with the North American SNES but I think the Japanese and PAL ones have a nicer design. I like it's colors compared to the North American one. The buttons remind me of those candies "Smarties" but the Japanese and PAL ones look like Skittles.

@fighterxaos1

6 жыл бұрын

FieryReign you know they do look more like Spree now that I think about it. Especially since they didn't have any printing on them

@strangevision99

6 жыл бұрын

Thats odd because in the UK we have brightly coloured sweets called Smarties (similar to M&M or Skittles in appearance) and they are similar to our SNES buttons. Perhaps this was Nintendo's intent all along, to make their buttons match the respective region's Smarties. From a google search the US Smarties look like our Love Hearts or Parma Violets. I'd never thought about it but they do look like the concave US SNES buttons.

@maggiethegamer1271

6 жыл бұрын

Landale Star Czech Smarties are colored, too.

@origionalwinja

6 жыл бұрын

they look gay as fuck. also NTSC is far superior to PAL as a format.

@strangevision99

6 жыл бұрын

origionalwinja NTSC runs at a higher refresh rate and PAL has a higher resolution and better colour. Neither are really superior. We have it much better now that we have abolished both those old standards.

I will say that the dark purple power and reset switches look nice against the grey, however.

@PongoXBongo

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed. The international version was a boring gray box, not a eye-catching games system.

@Sc0pee

6 жыл бұрын

The international SNES box has 7 different colors to it, while the NTSC box has only 3. The NTSC is clearly the bland looking one of the two...I remember as a kid when I was on a look for a second controller and there was only the NTSC version on sale (because all of the PAL version had been bought out), and I was so disappointed that I didn't buy one at all.

@PongoXBongo

6 жыл бұрын

The 4 color logo hardly counts, and neither do the controller buttons. The bulk of the unit is beige and gray. Looks like a bit of office kit (printer, fax machine, etc.), not a high tech entertainement system.

@Sc0pee

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like the logo is the cherry on top of the cake. Both units are greyish, the NTSC and the SNES though. So was the PS1. PS1 actually reminds me alot of the PAL SNES. it too has a tiny colorful logo on it...

@southsidegamer5611

6 жыл бұрын

I think that is the only redeeming feature, the rest of the console is not as aesthetically pleasing

In Italy, the NES was simply THE game console of that era. Almost no one bought the Sega Master System (or other options like Atari...), and only a few bought the Master System 2. "Nintendo" was literally the term we used for "game console".

@JamieJoseph88

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in Australia, I have no sense of nostalgia towards any of those microcomputers nor does anyone else I know

@kenrickeason

Жыл бұрын

@@JamieJoseph88 but this guy claims you guys was just about computers and nothing else.. The Nintendo Entertainment System/The Famicom wasn't big no where else except Japan and North America..

@JamieJoseph88

Жыл бұрын

@@kenrickeason and as for the Master System, I've never seen a Mark I model in person before and I've only ever play a Mark II twice, my introduction to gaming was with the NES

@laumpolumpio

Ай бұрын

How could it have been any other way in the land of Mario himself?

I love the NA design. It's the one that I grew up with and I find it to be far more attractive than the boring grey. The purple accents are very of their time and have aged well. I actually liked the other two purple prototypes too. They looked really wild but might have been cool.

@kenrickeason

Жыл бұрын

That's the thing.. Top Hat Cat is saying things from a nostalgic frame of mind.. So yes he is going to look at the North America version say something negative about it..

As an owner of both a North American and Japanese model, I will say that the North American model had a far superior power switch and eject function. The aesthetics are debatable, but they actually made some real improvements in the redesign.

"Do people just eat meals sitting on the couch in the states or something?" Yes, yes we do.

@jessesantiago4584

4 жыл бұрын

Everyday of my life .. is not a thing Britain ? I was so confused.. I couldn’t tell if it was sincere or facetious

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Slobs lol

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Jesse Santiago we don’t do that lol we use a table like civilised people XD

@angrytheclown801

3 жыл бұрын

After a while we just sat around the tv making fun of the shows and chatting while eating. It was mostly used as white noise when it wasn't spurring conversation and family bonding.

@User-ge7ni

2 жыл бұрын

@@requiem165 cringe

First video of you sir that I stumbled across. Subscribed. For the hat. I haven't passed the intro yet.

@TopHatGamingManChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the madness!

I have a SNES from back in the day too. (It used to be my Mum’s.) It’s in pretty perfect condition, no yellowing, no dents, maybe a couple of minor scratches, but they are hard to notice without close inspection. I don’t really know why it survived so well; perhaps because it was shut in a box, in a bag, in a suitcase, in a storage container, and in a loft for 20 years. But now that I’ve got it going again, I’ve been trying to look after it and I love it despite its age, along with Mum’s old Mega Drive.

I am Canadian and I love my Purple & Gray box! The Japanese/European design might look better, but I like both design just as much.

Nintendo of Japan: Let's make a console that looks sleek, futuristic but simple and easy to understand how to use. Nintendo of Europe: We like that design, lets not change it. Nintendo of America: I know what kids want. Kids want those satan lego blocks from europe that I step on every morning when I want to get a cup of coffee. Lets make it blocky!

I like both versions to be honest, but as an 18 year old in 1991 I felt the SNES had more of an adult owned style to it with the squared off edges and color changes. I am also glad they went with the concave/convex buttons, making it easy to tell which row of buttons your thumb was resting on at any given time. I would have kept the SFC button colors though.

What is the background music at 3:45? Please someone let me know

Oh my god I love this channel already. +1 subscriber from a fellow Brit.

I, for one, like the us version but that's probably because I grew up with it. It's nice and crisp. The power switch is nice and satisfying as well. (I'm 16, but my aunt gave me a snes when I was 10 as a hand me down. I also got a 64 but I only have one game for the 64 so I affectionately call it the 'perfect dark 64.')

@jamesmylife6578

2 жыл бұрын

I also really like the American snes with the purple switches and controller buttons.

@lelsewherelelsewhere9435

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a red topped "expansion pack" in the n64? Without out, perfect dark won't play the actual campaign mode, just a demo version.

@wanderstuff8082

2 жыл бұрын

@@lelsewherelelsewhere9435 I do have the expansion pack, yeah.

first time KZread suggested one of your videos and I really like it! :) keep it up

Does controller of Super Famicom work with SNES? Because the controller of PAL NES from Europe won't work with NTSC NES from the United States without modding due to regional restrictions.

I like the colors on the buttons, but I prefer by far the look and feel of the NA SNES, the power button was pretty satisfying to push imo.

I always said that I love more the japanese and european versions of the SNES. But I enjoyed my SNES great games still! Loved the 16-Bit era!

I remember during the 16-bit era reading in a game magazine that a Nintendo employee (maybe Lance?) said in an interview that they were worried that the Super Famicom design would appear to look too much like a children's toy. Nintendo was already gaining the reputation as being the younger kids' system in North America, with the Genesis and the Turbo Grafx setting themselves up to be aimed at an older audience. So they were trying to look ahead to potential marketing problems. They did foresee the coming issues, considering that Sega actually took their crown for a while in the 16-bit era by continuously advertising that they were a more teen-centric system. In reality, though, I am not really sure how the redesign was supposed to make it look less like a toy. In comparison today, the original Sega Genesis/MegaDrive most definitely looks more like an adult system compared to the SNES.

Where did you get Fox N Forests on an SNES cartridge? PLEASE I MUST KNOW!

Dude, in Germany everyone and their dog owned an NES. In fact Nintendo made video gaming popular among casuals and families, while only nerds were playing with micro computers. Playing "Nintendo" became synonymous for playing video games in general and only Sony managed to kick them of their throne. Might be sound strange to you, but Sega was always unpopular here and most didn't even know Sega consoles exist. The UK is neither representative of the whole of Europe, nor of the rest of the world outside of the US and Japan.

@The_Str4nger

6 жыл бұрын

no, the Sega Mastersystem was far more popular as the NES in germany

@Scamander

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have a source for that? I couldn't find any sales figures, but from my personal experience that's highly unlikely. Knew not a single person who owned a SMS back then and only one with a Megadrive. Lots of NES and SNES owners among my peers and their families, though.

@The_Str4nger

6 жыл бұрын

well most of the people i know in that time has an Mastersystem. And evereyone knows Sega in that time. Mega drive was the shit in that era. Sega wasn't unpopular in germany

@TopHatGamingManChannel

6 жыл бұрын

All the Germans I know, had Microcomputers over the era. The Amstrad and Commodore being the most common.

@The_Str4nger

6 жыл бұрын

yes they had that things too, but not many C64. more Vc20. c64 only the real rich ones. but most have sega consoles like Mastersystem or Megadrive. some have NES but not many

I was too busy playing the games to even look at the SNES, I really loved the sound from that system when hooked up to a nice home stereo system it really made the games feel more immersive in my opinion. To this day I enjoy the sound of a well coded SNES game. I agree with Mr. Top Hat it's my favorite system of all time. The Genesis was also great but I suspect it required more talent to program sound for than the SNES, many Genesis games sounded horrible in comparison. (Not saying the Genesis has bad sound mind you, some games did indeed sound fantastic. In specific on the Genesis it's easy to tell when they just didn't care where as on the SNES it can be a bit more difficult as all but the worst sounding games on the SNES sounded pretty good.) If I could have a choice though, I would have picked the other design for the SNES, I liked the button colors and the look of the system just a slight bit more, the US system still looks nice though. One area where I will hand the Genesis the win, is looks that model 1 Genesis just oozed cool and high tech looking. On the subject of how consoles looked.... The Turbo Grafx 16 AKA PC Engine was like night and day... I liked the PC- Engine a lot more than the North American Turbo in looks, although I loved my Turbo :) Blazing Lazers alone made it worth owning.

You have made me very happy by using music from Secret of Mana in this video. Excellent game (shame about it being curtailed down from the CD vision) with utterly superb music.

Love that you used the Paul Rudd SNES commercial @ 2:35

Here in America I have seen friends who had their TV set sitting on top of their old (now dead) TV set, and to the left of it was their NES, wait for it....sitting on top of their previous NES (also now dead) and yes they used to put beer, pizza and other food items nearby and sometimes on top if they had too much going on. I never did these things as I am very OCD about my gaming and electronics but will admit we are a primitive bunch here in the states. lol

@kenrickeason

Жыл бұрын

Not my family and I didn't do anything like that in the United States.. My mother couldn't stand when things wasn't organized and clean.. If it couldn't be fixed she sure wasn't going to keep it like we were some hoarders.. She got rid of it cause it's no longer no use to us.. I will never understand why people keep junk that can't be fixed??

Someone should get a plastic snes shell and do some drinks and cereal bowl tests

@PongoXBongo

6 жыл бұрын

Someone should 3d print a drinks holder caddy for the PAL version, just to spite THGM.

I don't know how the hell I got here ,but after 15 seconds of intro. I'm subscribed lol

Yes, I can confirm that various people think electronics double as tables. Drives me nuts.

"do people in the us eat on the couch or something!?" yes, yes we do. but we also have coffee tables to put our food on.

10:29 I wonder if Chris Jericho gave Top Hat Gaming Man permission to use "Stupid Idiot"? Otherwise, HE JUST MADE THE LIST. XD Joke aside, my childhood. I do like SuperFamicom controller color button but I do agree about SNES's X and Y shape button.

@10:30 One addresses one as a stupid idiot whilst drinking champagne from a wine glass rather than a flute... oh my, the irony!

Ha Ha Ha! Almost finished with the video and still not over that intro! 😹

@riotboi81

5 жыл бұрын

1st time viewer 🍺😬👍

I'm a 39 year old from Ireland and I didn't see my first nes until 2017,it was c64, amstrad, spectrum and master system that all I seen in the 8 bit era. Only seen the nes at a gaming con 🤣

I wouldn't say the North American is "ugly". But the version the rest of the world got is definitely better. The North American SNES has its own charm. But if I had a choice, I'd rather have the other design.

@SharifSourour

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@valkyriesprites4208

6 жыл бұрын

Tipster Gaming same

@SinceSpacies

6 жыл бұрын

Nope. Ugly. Dingo ugly! LOL

@marcoparada6652

6 жыл бұрын

Tipster Gaming, I disagree.

@CS-rk6fu

6 жыл бұрын

UGLY BOX THE WORLD OVER LOL

well one of the factors they dont scratched in the interview was that the form also was a sort of soft region lock, besides the cic chip in the cartridge without adapter it did not fit on a pal /jp version.

Take a shot every time he says "bloody. I'll see you in the hospital getting pumped after the video.

The grey and purple look cool but dayum the shape of the USA one is hideous.. The pal one has aged well and still to this day looks great!

@daithiocinnsealach1982

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstanley Jerknov But Canada is just one of the states along with Alaska.

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

I hate the purple buttons ew 🤮

@daithiocinnsealach1982

3 жыл бұрын

@Konstanley Jerknov Same type of accent and everything. Lol

I am really really glad someone from Europe tells our story. In Germany things were VERY similar to the UK and I am soooo tired of hearing the heroic tales of how Nintendo saved video gaming or how Tom Kalinske single-handedly turned Sega from a nobody into the world's biggest software company in 1993. Must have been those awesome FMV games he bought from Sony. Or perhaps the amazing Greeeendog. Surely no one cared for that blue hedgehog thing.

@reactions5783

5 жыл бұрын

In the eighties, I didn't care about Nintendo or Sega, their 8-bit consoles never even registered with me, being an owner of various home computer systems at the time, Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amiga, etc. It was only in the 90s that I got into consoles, briefly with Sega Megadrive and then soon replaced by the superior SNES and N64, which I loved. However, still to this day, my all-time favourite video game music remains the loading music for Ocean games on the C64.

@pferreira1983

5 жыл бұрын

Oh we in Europe know the story, it's just US fans put their fingers in their ears!

@kaisersoymilk6912

5 жыл бұрын

Sega was doing fine in Europe with their arcade machines and (often terrible) arcade conversions, there was no need to any blue mascotte over here. That's another difference between American and European retrogamers: most of the American ones seem to know arcade games only through heir console conversions, as if they never left home to go and play on a real arcade machine.

@kaisersoymilk6912

5 жыл бұрын

​@@jjprulz I got this impression because 95% of American gaming youtubers either say "I never played (insert really popular arcade game name here) back in the days", or "I only played it on the (insert console name here)". Also, American Sega fans are usually all about "Genesis" and Sonic, while retro Sega in Europe is synonym with Arcade (Out Run After Burner, Golden Axe, Daytona, etc..)

@baigandinel7956

4 жыл бұрын

@Ultra CNC We had decent arcades, but most didn't frequent them. Cultural change.

U.S. gamer here. I was 11 when the "crash of 1983" happened, and the narrative on this time in U.S. video game history is completely wrong Yes, console gaming died, no machines or cartridges anywhere, and the general public chalked up video games in general as a dead fad. But the kids who loved video games didn't stop playing; we moved on to 8-bit computer games (C64, Apple II, Atari series) and played/loved/pirated computer games every bit as much as they did in Europe. I consider 8-bit microcomputers to be the "lost" video game generation in the U.S. Yes, when the NES broke big during the 1987 holiday season, the press, retailers and the general public piled back onto the video gaming bandwagon again. But for those four glorious years video games lived on in America; it just occurred in a way that people who weren't avid players didn't recognize. The C64 will always be my favorite video game system, and to hell with the revisionist historical BS that says (not pointing a finger at THGM but in general) the U.S. just forgot about video games for years until Nintendo rode in to save the day. Utter nonsense!

I first subscribed when this came out. What an amazing video to start off with!

Still have my grey gun and duck hunt and my R.O.B. I also think the North America SNES look way better than the others. The NA version just looks more rugged.

@joepoelmans5910

4 жыл бұрын

SMB/Duckhunt was the first games I ever played on NES lol still my all time fave games on that system even though other games were more enjoyable

@joepoelmans5910

4 жыл бұрын

@Hiya, it's Maya! The Northamerican one yea I guess though i still love it. Of course given the era its from they werent doing much with plastic in NA versus across the sea where it had more color.

I live in the US and I am thankful for game consoles with flat surfaces. I even just used my Switch as a plate.

@strangevision99

6 жыл бұрын

Its actually a bit odd but I've never noticed until now that the successful consoles tend to be flatter than the competition. NES is flatter than Master System (lets forget the Turbografx) SNES and Mega Drive are more similar in flatness so they were a lot closer in success, with the SNES just beating it as a drink holder. Playstation was super flat, like NES flat, and the Saturn and N64 would't hold a drink very well. From then on everything became flat but a few have added bonus features like overheating such as the 360 or the PS4 which could easily serve as a grill.

@PongoXBongo

6 жыл бұрын

When games consoles got "serious" they got flat. Sleek lines blend better with hifi equipment, and look less toyish overall.

@pferreira1983

5 жыл бұрын

Does it taste nice then? Never tried Switch.

Just discovered this channel, subscribed!

As a European who grew up with the SNES, I like both designs, but I of course have more nostalgia for our design

I prefer the color of Super Famicom and SNES of UK having colorful sleek design. Both controller and console itself. However I'm not Nintendo fanboy, just a gamer.

We Americans like our consoles how we like our women, thicc and easy to use.

@CS-rk6fu

6 жыл бұрын

YOU SAID IT LOL

@JerseyDevils21

6 жыл бұрын

4Horsemen of The Apocalypse WOOOOOW 😂

@seganutt

6 жыл бұрын

I grew up with the euro version all way 's found the us snes design unique and glad too own one, hat's off too the us for there unique design i love it

@TheBlackSeraph

6 жыл бұрын

...and flat as a board :D

@DragonNexus

6 жыл бұрын

Being a person from the civilised world of the UK, your use of "thicc" when spoken aloud always throws me off. Over here, if someone is "thick" they're considered stupid. So I have to remind myself that you don't like your women to be cretins who are easy to manipulate.

”Do people just eat meals sitting at the couch in the states or something?” I feel attacked

Can someone tell me why my snes ways super nes control deck on the bottom?

Nope, Never did. I kept my Super Nintendo in a cabinet. hooked up to the NEC Monitor we watched TV on. My Nintendo (NES) was put on a shelf. Plus That was why the Super NES in North America has a bump on it. This was done to psychologically discourage children from putting their Drinks and Cereal on it as the NES had a flat surface, hence he was convinced kids believed it ok to put drinks and cereal on. But you got it mostly right, Nintendo of America made odd choice. To me I think the Purple was weird and we could tell the difference with the color coded buttons. So the purple wasn’t the best choice. But I love my Super Nintendo just as you do, Hasn’t yellowed but it is a beautiful piece of 90’s machinery!

@MrKenichi22

6 жыл бұрын

Supreme Ruler of Emptiness Mostly Juice & Soda. As i said earlier, The reason why the SNES has a hump on it was to “discourage” children from putting that stuff on it, as the NES didn’t have a bump and it was a problem of kids putting drinks on their systems. But yeah, If i did have a drink it was usually by my side on a coffee table, not on my game system.

I may just have lived in the wrong place... but NES was fucking huge in Denmark. Master System sold decent, but there was no comparison. NES was the winner here.

@GraveUypo

6 жыл бұрын

nah, this guy's "world" is narrow as fuck.

@Ruudos

6 жыл бұрын

Netherlands too . There's no "European" market. Especially at that time. A Sega fansite even describes this situation: www.segaonline.nl/blog/2009/04/04/nederlandse-sega-geschiedenis-1990-2008-deel-1/ I've never seen a copy of the magazine shown on that page (Sega Master Club)in real life , while the Nintendo equivalent of it (Club Nintendo) is easy to find.

@welshfinn1

6 жыл бұрын

Many of my friends in the UK at the time (late 80s to mid 90s) had a NES rather than anything else, basically because either they had parents with money (very expensive games, either for NES or SNES, even when compared to SEGA equivalents, much less home computers of the time) or parents who saw Nintendo to mean computer/video games. It's true to say, growing up, that we referred to computer games rather than video games, mainly because there really was a massive demand for Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64, as well as Spectrum and Amstrad, in the UK. However, many people used the term Nintendo to mean video games and it was well en-grained in the public conscious. I don't recall the SNES being anywhere near as popular, basically due to the exorbitant cost of games: typically a new game for both SNES and Megadrive would be 44.99 on the SEGA as opposed to around 59.99 on the SNES. Sorry, the pound symbol is not currently working!

@sebastiannolte1201

6 жыл бұрын

I am German and born in 1981. I did not have a NES, and I didn't know anybody who had one. But some friends had a C64, Amiga or Atari ST. My first gaming system was the original GameBoy - and I was not the only one around me with this. Probably the Nintendo Magazine, that I got because of the GameBoy, showed me the NES, and I remember that I wanted one (but didn't get it...) Later the SNES became more famous here and I know several people who had one. But I think it was the first PlayStation that made Home Gaming Consoles a real big things for the masses - probably at the same time the smaller homecomputers died out and Windows-PC became the only relevant Computers. So at least in Germany it was the GameBoy, that started the success of Nintendo, and not the NES.

@The_Str4nger

6 жыл бұрын

@ Sebastian Nolte Dort wo ich lebte hatte kaum einer einen C64 oder Atari 8 bit computer, außer die reichen. Wir hatten als computer nur den ZX Spectrum oder den CPC. Konsolen gab es auch nur wenige da hatten aber mehr Sega als Nintendo. Wir hatten damals die spar version des Atari 2600 und auch nur ein Spiel

I read I forgot where but fairly recently that the USA version was redesigned because of regulations about shielding from electronic fields generated by the unit during play.

"By removing the curved surface of the original model and replacing it with a flat surface it would essentially mean that people would be less likely to spill their drinks or cereal if they chose the balancing of the device." In fact, it was the exact opposite of this. Nintendo made the area around the cartridge port protrude and gave it a rounded shape so that people wouldn't try to place drinks on top of it, as they used to with the flat surface of the original NES.

9:42 That is just patently untrue... First of all, some microcomputers DID find success here. The Commodore 64 sold at least 12.5 million units (some estimates put it at 17 million, and that's not even counting clones), which is WAY better than the ZX Spectrum did. I concede that we've also got a lot more people here than in the UK, but the reason that the C64 and other microcomputers didn't end up in every home is probably that people still saw computers as business machines at the time. You could play games and do a few office applications on the things, but even the original Macintosh was a powerhouse by comparison. Businesses were drawn to more powerful machines, and most homes didn't feel the need to purchase a computer. They were also WAY more expensive. In 1985, a Commodore 64 could be had for $600. The NES was $100. If all you want to do is play games (keeping in mind, most people didn't want or need a computer at the time), which one do you think you're going to buy?

@TopHatGamingManChannel

6 жыл бұрын

TBustah Estimates I've read stats that the commodore shifted between 10 and 17 million units world wide. The commodore was hugely popular throughout Europe and Australia. So no idea how many would have actually been purchased in its native country. The silly thing about buying an NES in the 80s was that it was a waste of money as the games were so expensive. However I am aware that Blockbuster managed to get away with creating a file sharing network for the product, by allowing game rentals.

@kaisersoymilk6912

5 жыл бұрын

Commodore 64 was popular in America, but just for a brief period of time; you abandoned it early. By the time the Amiga 500 came out (which was not popular at all in America, despite being one of, if not *the* best 16 bit system of the time), the C64 dropped in price dramatically, so by the end of the 80s not only games were cheaper, but the computer itself costed equal or even less than a console, that's why Europe kept the C64 alive well into the early 90s.

They're both very iconic designs

Hmm, Game Shops did sell the imported NTSC carts here in Finland, although they were a bit pricier than the EU ones, we really didn't have much choice if we wanted to play gems like Chrono Trigger etc. so we were fully aware of the differencies at least here. Didn't they sell the imports at all in the UK? Oh and yes, like others already mentioned, Nintendo was the more popular one also in FInland, like in Germany and many other countries. BUT my big brother had a Spectrum ZX long before we got the NES! :D

Excellent video. Subscribed.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love it, I loved the bazooka too.

Well they sure look ugly when they are orange, brown and yellow from rotting plastic.

@citruseel2421

6 жыл бұрын

for8bitgamers no the flame retardant materials sometimes have a bad mix

At least some kids in North America knew about the different versions. Nintendo Power had previews from the Super Famicom in several issues, and I was disappointed they changed the controller colors.

Lol that tangent about people eating and drinking on their gamong devices killed me!

This abomination was also the official Playtronic's model in Brazil. But we didn't care, we had the Master System.

@g68unit

6 жыл бұрын

Cale a boca, safado

I prefer the American version because: 1. The color Scheme IS better idc what you say. That purple is sexy 2. It looks more retro, old-school, cyberpunk-ish almost.

@pferreira1983

5 жыл бұрын

If you wanted Cyberpunk the MD did a better job at that.

Excellent choices of music sir!

This video brought tears to my eyes. It was so funny and I'm a new subscriber!

Although I agree the North American SNES doesn't look nearly as good as the other one, I still prefer the purple buttons of the North American controller.

Yes people eat and drink at their couches in the United States, lol. It's a cultural thing. Not a slob thing. Most Americans don't have time to prepare a meal with the whole family and sit at a dinner table with everyone from what I've observed. Wouldn't use my NES as a drink table or cereal table, but eating at the couch isn't as awful as you make it out to be. It's why TV trays and tables exist. Also gets some use out of the coffee table if you have one.

@LunarShift

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't ask you.

@jamegumb7298

6 жыл бұрын

Lunar Shift You were not asked either.

@LunarShift

6 жыл бұрын

The question was clearly asked in the video. I am replying to it.

@wispy9859

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus christ, people act like North Korea is gonna fucking nuke us if we eat on our couches. Truly amazing.

@KokoroKatsura

5 жыл бұрын

A N I M E N I M E

I've always favored the non-US version of the controller with the colored buttons. Also, why is the power LED on the US SNES shown at 2:09 green?

I'd say the reason for the spills was because of people doing things like sitting their soda next to or on top of their system while changing their cartridge out. I've also known people who would sit on the floor and move their system out onto the floor so it was easier to reach while they played. That type of person could theoretically sit their cereal on top of their console while they got up off of the floor and accidentally spilled it on their console.

Who's snes are you calling ugly

Japan/European SNES is the pinnacle of console design. One of the most beautiful consoles ever made. The North American version was an abomination. Plus I think that they changed the design in order to make it look more edgy and "cool" for the teenagers, because of Sega's commercials which were claiming that Sega is for cool teenagers and Nintendo is for kids. The Japan/European version is the really Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

@CanuckGod

5 жыл бұрын

Funny, I think the North American version looks much better, but then again being a Canadian I might be a bit biased.

I find the insight on UK and European gaming market interesting. Back in the mid 80s, my dad decided to buy a C64 for educational purposes. This became my computer, though I had no 1541 drive until waaay later, a 1451-II sometime circa 1989. By then the NES had become the standard gaming system in the entire American continent (not just North America) and Mexico wasn't the exception. All of my friends had NES systems, while only a neighbor had C64 games ... because they had a C128. My parents decided against buying a NES or SNES later down the road as I already had a computer/games system, and wasting so much money on something that only did games was wasteful. Especially as we already had by then a more powerful computer that also did games: the Mac+. It seems like I would've been far more in sync had we lived in Europe. :P

Love this video! :) I am an American and I love to see your British perspective! And I wish we would have gotten that design. I hated the purple buttons. lol

I like both!

I'm American and I agree with the opinions you've expressed in this video. I never knew anyone who used their consoles to hold food, but it also doesn't surprise me that our version of the console had to be idiot-proofed, either.

@kenrickeason

Жыл бұрын

Even as a kid I never could understand why would anyone take any type of risk damaging their electronics that they spent their hard earned money on?

This was the video which introduced me to your channel. As a fellow european, I couldn't say no to that title!

9:16 lmao i died at this part

What dumbass would put food and such on a gaming console? Oh, wait. I forgot what country I live in. ~sighs~ Never mind.

@TBustah

6 жыл бұрын

CHILDREN. Children did it. Don't buy into this crap, we're not any dumber than anyone else.

@Twister-V1

6 жыл бұрын

KageMaxwell You live In North america that's a great country right all 23 of them

@Metalders

6 жыл бұрын

I's like to think people didn't put food over the console, but they did put it beside the Snes in the table. So if they drop it, then it would spill in the videogame, hence the change of design.

@rickrebel489

6 жыл бұрын

KageMaxwell children and drunks spilling shit is universal

@JuanHerrero

6 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck puts their console on the same table than their food.

The US version looks like some kind of a cheap knockoff.

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

I know right lol

@requiem165

3 жыл бұрын

Grime Fork no

@notsureiL

3 жыл бұрын

Made in China

As a youth, my American NES frequently balanced my cereal bowl.

My family used to have entire dinner parties on top of my NES. The gatherings ended very quickly once I had upgraded to a SNES though.

I have to say that I genuinely prefer the American SNES - greatly so. The purple highlights and concave buttons are just.. *mwah* magnifique.

I love the way the NA Snes looks

I may have missed Daisy on the SNES since Princess Daisy's original design had Auburn Peach-shaped hair which was the design Nintendo felt embarrassed about, not counting Mario Paint on SNES, but that's understandable why we haven't seen much of the old Daisy. Gamers back then couldn't tell the difference between Daisy and Peach at first, and Miyamoto knew about it, but that's because Daisy's old design looked more of a color swap of Peach despite having the flower themed gloves, crown, and dress. That's another reason why Daisy hasn't been seen to the video game audience after 1993, but she was fortunate enough to have less of a hiatus compared to all the other obscure Nintendo retro video game characters that had appearances as non-playable characters until now. The 90's may have not worked out for Daisy after some design flaws with Gunpei Yokoi's creation of that character, and only having one SNES appearance called Mario is Missing which was licensed by Nintendo by the way, but I guess that's what happens when you plagiarize Miyamoto's Peach work. I can agree with you with the North American SNES not looking pretty at glance seeing the design flaws it has, but it was a great icon seeing the life it had in the 1990's.

"Most people are more concerned with the software that's available for the system." Oh how times have changed.