7 Computers That Could Play Games From Rival Consoles

[@caeserromero3013]

I had a Mega drive and an Amstrad 386 PC when the mega pc came out, so it never made sense for me. But it always looked cool.

[@christopherkelly577]

I recall seeing the Mega PC on Bad Influence. I had the SNES at time and was trying to convince my mum I needed that specific PC to help with homework 😂

[@wimwiddershins]

Heh, that Dick Smith advert took me back, the golden age of TV here in Australia.🤪

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

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[@PeBoVision]

I can't think of another vintage tech channel that could create a 17 minute video (playback time closer to 30 mins to account for pauses to read the various info sheets - nice addition btw) of compuers that, for the most part, I never knew existed (and the Sharp X1 I know of only because of previous entries on your channel.) Your research is only matched by the frequency of your content. Kudos and appreciation kind sir.👍👍

[@TheLairdsLair]

Really glad you enjoy them so much!

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

Never knew about that X1 twin, she's a looker

[@Leahi84]

Oh God, that Dick Smith ad was hard to watch. I hope those kids didn't have to get too much therapy from that. 😧

[@rayrosini8907]

I remember watching the old game show Starrcade when I was growing up in the 80's and a lot of times the contestants won a SpectraVideo Computer with a couple games as well. It looked like a cool computer at the time.

[@DJKC]

Always fun to see the Mega PC mentioned. I remember selling these, or as you correctly announce, not selling them. The reality was you could pretty much get a better pc and megadrive for not much more. The only saving grace being you got a screen to play the megadrive on.

[@jameslaidler2152]

I remember Dick Smith's shops! Christ I'm getting old.

[@tekisasu]

Absolutely love your videos! Thanks for all you do!

[@TheLairdsLair]

Glad you like them! I'm just hear to share my passion for my hobby.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Interesting that the Megadrive was on an ISA card - probably only there for seating or for some minor power input - but maybe the design features connections that were not used.

[@evertonshorts9376]

Would the 3DO Blaster count? Its a 3DO console on an ISA card that displayed in a window on Win3.1. It might be interesting to put one in a MegaPC...

[@TheLairdsLair]

I did consider putting it in, but I didn't because it's an official product, whereas none of these were playing the rival games "legally" so to speak. I did talk about the 3DO Blaster quite a bit in my 3DO Amazing Facts video recently.

[@NesNyt]

I'd freak out seeing dick smith commercials in real time.....hey laird you got anything coming up about the Polish pegasus NES clone

[@TheLairdsLair]

I was thinking about doing a video on clones actually, so quite possibly.

[@NesNyt]

@@TheLairdsLair I got a bunch of retron and hyperkin consoles plus dendy and subor Jackie chan computer Famicom if u need footage or photos of yeah I got the analogue nt original unit the 500 dollar one for NES/fam and the SNES unit. Helped dev them

[@TheLairdsLair]

That's very cool!

[@xraymind]

The PC Engine's hardware(CPU/GPU/Sound Chip) was designed by Hudson Soft, but NEC manufactured and sold it under their name. Something like the 3DO with Panasonic and Sanyo. So Sharp just licensed the hardware from Hudson Soft for their X1 Twin. That why the retro mini PC Engine was released by Konami and not NEC, as Konami bought Hudson Soft after Hudson Soft went bankrupt.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Yes, I know this, but at the time NEC would have had a licensing contract which no doubt would have included an exclusivity cause, to protect them and to stop it being cloned - giving them the power to sue. That's what makes this situation very unusual. That is why NEC, and not Hudson, tried to block consoles being imported into Europe as they were promising an official PAL release. The 3DO situation is very different, that was designed more like the MSX with the full intention to just license the design out to whoever wanted it.

[@ItsCrapContent]

This was pretty interesting never knew some of these

[@colinmcdonald2499]

When Power Macs started to be able to play PC games... That kind of fits this concept. Albiet no word 'console'. You mentioned the Colleco Adam. Could it play 2600 games?

[@TheLairdsLair]

I wasn't sure so I just Googled it and apparently you can use the Expansion Module 1 with it, however it doesn't function properly and so unless you mod your Adam you either get no audio from it or really low audio that you can barely hear. So I guess it kinda qualifies.

[@slightlyevolved]

That Dick Smith commercial near the beginning hurt. A lot. I think a lot of people's aould died that day.

[@Sarcophagus74]

I have so many videos to catch up on!

[@retropalooza]

Die best friend in the title of the ad hahahaha

[@f.k.b.16]

1:11 should have totally been a meme

[@NesNyt]

I think I'll track me down a spectravideo 328 only difference I see from the 318 is more rom and no joystick

[@TheLairdsLair]

They are nice machines - there is the 728 too, which is fully MSX compatible, but harder to find.

[@retropalooza]

Where abouts r ya on on your side of the pond u got quite the celebrity list on your patreon James Taylor and Ben Stein lol

[@TheLairdsLair]

I'm about 30 miles north of London.

[@retropalooza]

@@TheLairdsLair that makes you near Brighton, I'll be flying into your side of the pond next month. Happy to buy the laird a pint and a brisket. For all the well done accomplishments

[@TheLairdsLair]

Not particularly, as Brighton is South East of London and about 100 miles away from me. I can get direct trains to Brighton from where I live though, which is pretty cool and much quicker than driving!

[@retropalooza]

@The Laird's Lair well I got the time if u got the room for beer and food. Coming over to to cover a genesis interview hanging out for a month

[@retropalooza]

@@TheLairdsLair well hey. Glad I got a little navigation knowledge. I'm basically on vacation for 3 weeks so other than 3 days of work I got time to galavant all around. So if you happen to be at a pub or restaurant it be an honor to buy you a beer and perhaps a nice fresh autographed book. I am going to Wembley stadium for some b-roll if that any where closer. Any good arcades around? How bout retros man cave I was gonna attempt a invasion for a day, make one hell of a Collab lol. Either way no pressure.

[@fernandocollazo8705]

There are two or more arabic msx computers compatible with NES and Megadrive

[@TheLairdsLair]

Interesting, I've have to look those up!

[@colinwatt9387]

9:22 I never new that my porn name was also the name of a computer,