Gadgetory

what's up guys Lew here back with another video and today is going to be the second installment in this new cool series where you and I are together in virtual reality looking at the classic gadgets that made up my child like this one today the Nintendo 64 a classic and something that helped to shape my 1996 picture the 11 year old me jumping into a box like this or what Nintendo calls the fun machine yes you were allowed to have fun on the back of the box can see some of the games you could have played on here super mario 64 of course Killer Instinct cruisin USA how about some that aren't even on here Goldeneye I know you know Goldeneye multiplayer local multiplayer when you won you got to yell at the guy sitting right beside you how satisfying that was this was pre-internet pre online gaming or your friends had to deal with you gloating in person let's jump inside the box and take a closer look at this classic as you can see preserve beautifully in the original packaging oh my goodness that my friends the ends or let's kick it off with this controller right here very unusual for the time you had the analog thumb stick and a trigger button of course key components in the earliest first-person shooters as well as flying games and so on still have the a B button PC buttons were new and of course the shoulder buttons also this unusual section here which could be used for memory cards or maybe more interestingly the rumble pack who remembers the rumble pack it's shaken on the controller there that was an experience that you hadn't had before so a big move a big step into a strange direction on the original controller now take a closer look at it here it is represented in perfect 3d thank you jack for placing that there and we are gonna move on the next component in the box the power break now this power break looks kind of big but believe it or not they're consoles to this day that have far bigger power bricks than this looking at you Xbox 360 Xbox one and so on even the original Xbox I think had a bigger brick than this and this one even slides into the back so most of it is covered alright get rid of the controller show them the power brick right over here Jack let them take a closer look next up we've got the system the most important component in the entire box look at that beauty with the switches how classic is that I know that sound is turning you on like this for me the reset button is much the same for controller ports on the front of course that was important for that local multiplayer games like Goldeneye completely changed the environment and what you could do on a console 64-bit graphics and 3d how about 3d what a perfect way to talk about one of the original 3d graphics powerhouses but in a 3d video the one you're watching right now so get rid of the power brick and take a closer look gaze upon the beautiful n64 and take this trip down memory lane with eleven-year-old Lou Yeah right there let it spin now this console of course used cartridges but the cool thing about that is when you had a cartridge in the top you could see which game it was so when people came over your games kind of lived there as a point of pride to tell people and show people what you were playing of course that was lost on all the optical drives that existed in consoles that came after this so there it is the n64 bringing 3d gaming to the masses so take a look around actually move around you'll notice that these items that made up the legendary n64 are floating around your head right now I know it's amazing the 3d console of champions now being enjoyed by you in actual 3d thanks for watching guys and trust me I'm not done with this retro series keep it locked for the next so you