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So many amazing comments here, really good to read through them, impossible for me to reply to them all, but thanks, I read them all :) Had a great day out at the Video game expo, if you could have seen my face when I saw Defender, I had hairs on the back of my neck stand up, me and that game have much history from my early teen years. The short story is in my dinner break as a kid there was me and Gary Lee, the tow best players in the entire town, we battled for that number one spot for a year :) A lot of people avoided the game due to all it's controls and at the time complex game play, well it was compared to space invaders and Galaxian. I remember one lunch time playing one game for an hour, I made myself late for next lesson :) Got the my personal best too. When I played this again at the expo I lasted 7 minutes but got the high score, I can't even imagine how high my score must have been as a kid lasting a whole hour. It's such a great game, fast paced and tactical, you really need to know what you are doing, I remember walking out the place then remembering that I should have shot all the swarmer pods, releasing shit loads of swarmers then pulling them all to one side of the screen and smart bombing them, damn :) It starts to come back as you play. Tell you what really shocked me, I mean really shocked me, Cass also remarked on this, the kids trying to play even basic games like Space invaders, Donkey kong, Outrun etc were terrible, they literally could not do anything that had no controller attached. I can't ever remember that being the case when I was a kid in arcades, I honestly believe the standards have dropped in kids, I was embarrassed for them. Health wise am plodding on, waiting for two nasty scan results, each day that goes by is a sense of relief as I know if it's serious they will be in touch in like 24-48 hours, am now about 36 hours in so :) Am doing a few revisits, one of them NMS once they fix key rebinds and then next week is a busy one for reviews, I am raring to go :)

[@eldenringer6466]

Get well soon mate. No rush..we will all still be here when you are ready :)

[@redknight4805]

Mack, if you want a trip back into the 90s you gotta play Ion Fury. I think it's your type of game.

[@questor55]

It was years after my first play of Defender that I realized how the control issue was needlessly difficult. The thrust and reverse buttons could just be replaced with left and right controls, making a normal four directional joystick. Instead they insisted that players rewire their brains to accommodate their awful control system. It was such a shame because the SFX and horrific theme of Defender is amazing; make a fruitless last stand on Earth saving the humans before the planet is inevitably annihilated. Only it doesn't end there. If you like, you can cling on to your life for a precious few moments in the merciless void of space before the invaders finally overwhelm you. Robotron had the same dystopian theme come to think of it, and was published by the same people.

[@profezzorBALTAZAR]

Get well, we love you:)

[@guysmiley7289]

My friend had a Jaguar. We used to get off work at 1 am from this tech support place in the late 90s, grab some beers, and play Alien Vs Predator. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs_Predator_(Atari_Jaguar_game)

[@DavidRobinson1978]

School Friend had the Jaguar, only game they had was Alien vs Predator, also the machine looks like a Toilet Seat.

[@nevoak7481]

"I'm taking you to spec savers when we get home" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joemwils]

It's only after watching a video like this that you can truly appreciate the technological development of the last 20 odd years. Get better soon Mack!

[@stoney5137]

40-50 years. Nintendo 64 was out more than 20 years ago.

[@dirtyharry2029]

@@stoney5137 You beat me to it Jon... I was born in 86 my first console was a NES in like 1991. By the time the SNES came out there you got to see some significant upgrades to games compared to the Atari etc... The N64/PS/Xbox/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox360 is where gaming took off. I have owned every home console since the NES until this generation I skipped the Xbox One and went back to PC. Bought a PS4 for the exclusives. The good old days man....

[@sternleiche]

but sadly it seems the more developed artificiality becomes the more ill and degenerated the actual life around it

[@thedude8526]

I didn't even know Mack had a son till now. Kept hoping I would catch a glimpse of Mack's face on one of the screen reflections.

[@temparalflux914]

We saw his Mrs *-*

[@thedude8526]

@@temparalflux914 Ya I saw that.

[@MrSmudge99]

If you wanna see mack there's a video called mesh comes back basically just a live action trailer for his Alien vs pred playthrough back when he still did vids with mesh and you see him a lot in the video, it's a really old vid too about 11 10 years ago

[@thedude8526]

@@MrSmudge99 Holy shit hahaha. He certainly doesn't look like I expected.

[@MrSmudge99]

I didnt know what mack looked like till I found this vid, untill then I'd only seen him in the mack and mesh picture where its both macks and meshs head together but it's always cool to put a face to the voice

[@raysissum]

1:50 Lemmings was a great game. 2 player games when you dug through your mates bridges were amazing, and the music is ingrained in my brain forever in a good way.

[@CodyProxyify]

Yes, the first lemmings was awesome. Even better when i decided to get them all in one hole, and then blow themselfes up... such nice firework!

[@lwaves]

Yes, Lemmings was great but I would never chose it to show off an Amiga. It was a bad choice. Sensi Soccer would have worked better to get people to try it.

[@xandinho123456789]

What a great video mack... it was really nice seeing the old generation consoles that used to played back in a day. I hope you had a great time with your family

[@teatimee]

I miss that. Swapping one pound for 10 10ps. Neon carpets and always the sound of the arcade

[@Jukantos]

Oh my lord that room looks amazing. Glad to hear you're doing better Mack!

[@TheJamezay]

Get well soon mate, one of my favourite youtubers much love Mack 🙏😉

[@johneman9553]

Miss the days of arcades, what a great time to be alive.

[@seebarry4068]

Ahhh those sound when you started playing Defender. That's my childhood right there. Cheers for the flashback Mac.

[@nath9000]

Mack mate get some sleep, please take care of yourself (: 👍

[@polystrate1]

Watch those oxalates that form kidney stones

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

He should drink more water too, kidney stones form when one isn't properly hydrated, at least it's one of the factors.

[@leto1178]

A very high percentage of kidney stones is created by combining oxalic acid with Vitamin C in your diet. You think you are eating healthy but you are not really. You think your political news is bullshit and video games are under attack by "well meaning" experts, yes, but it happens in all walks of life, the same story, including modern dietary recommendations.

[@daveeller9708]

The very first handheld game I owned was the Coleco Football game, the first console was an Atari 2600 and the first PC was the TRS-80. Good times :)) I rather miss those days. Great games played on an IBM compatible XT like Bard's Tale, Starflight, Kings Quest etc sadly aren't being made anymore. Thank the deities for GOG who brought a lot of them back.

[@wildeheart2996]

I had loads of these! I had a bbc computer it was epic. A black screen with 2 white lines shooting at each other, I also remember the handheld lynx and game gear. Love the old stuff

[@br070497]

This was such a fun video to watch. Not sure how you’d feel about it but it’d be nice to see more vlog type videos sprinkled throughout from time to time. And It’d be cool to see you do something like retro game reviews with your son.

[@ronbezis9849]

I had a Jaguar and loved it. That controller was legit. Every game came with a thin plastic screen you would put in the middle of the controller which gave the player like 12 more options per game depending on how the developers configured it. Creative idea.

[@picklep3076]

We must be about the same age. I had a smile the entire video. Thanks for sharing Mack.

[@rentonmalseed-smith4431]

Mack you're a legend, keep up the good work. Would be sick if you made a video about the ten best games of all time.

[@darthraider450]

Notner Smithy And there will gladly be no shitty Zelda on the list.

[@ultraboy99x]

@@darthraider450 what's wrong with zelda? the latest one is pretty great imo.

[@vascamp4854]

My buddies had a Jaguar growing up...like early 90's - we fought over the controllers, SO MANY BUTTONS!!!! I think Cannon Fodder was my favorite game.

[@gowensbach2998]

I started out with a Commodore 64. I was still playing board games, so I would only set it up periodically. It wasn’t until computer games began to evolve a bit more and they made more games that fit my taste did I finally keep a computer permanently set up. It became more practical especially once the internet began to thrive and I had ethernet! Saved space too...board games took up a lot of room and time to setup and put away. Thanks for the video!

[@alexthorpe2522]

Ah Mack. I was just at this with my dad who is a big gamer and my kids that are just starting out. Wish I got to bump into you. Keep up the good work and look after yourself!

[@ShadowEno]

I remember loading games from audiotapes on my commodore 64, then we advanced to floppy 5.25 it was breathtaking at that time. Then I switched to Amiga 1200 and my first cd rom with Microcosm game on it. After that, I had my first Pentium 1 PC with command and conquer and descend 2. Get well soon.

[@Tom-vi6qp]

Fucking love that place. So many different consoles and games i've never seen anything like it outside of conventions.

[@realism51]

2:00 atari - ahhh... the memories The jaguar was so far ahead of its time. It was basically the Nintendo 64 long before Nintendo even started coming up with the design and concept. It was an awesome system, I own about 40 games for it. The design for developers was difficult at the time which is one reason why it didnt catch on, but 3D games and such a full decade before development from Sony and Nintendo was amazing to see. Imagine where the state of gaming would be today if it had worked out.

[@freightshayker]

In the late 70s as a youngster, played a text-only game called Colossal Cave Adventure where you had to connect with an original modem with the home phone. Me Mum who was a budding designer at the time drew the "map" with graph paper and stencils by hand. Peace

[@NeonXXP]

C-64 2:33 That was the dawn of computer games for me right there! Buying magazines with tapes on them for demos and even full games.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

My late uncle had an Atari Jaguar, I'd go round and play it when I was a kid. The controller was as uncomfortable as it looks and I found I had to sort of hold it at an odd angle for my little hands to work it. There'd be game-specific paper overlays you'd slide over the telephone keypad like thing. He had the Tempest game which was awesome. He had Alien vs Predator which I was hopeless at and kept getting lost in, and the guns felt weedy. And finally he had Doom. Obviously great. Still, I much preferred my Amiga 500. Gravity Power, Syndicate, Sim City, Settlers, Cannon Fodder, Speedball, Knights of the Sky... and the greatest magazine in the universe, Amiga Power. Ahh, those were the days.

[@jamesbong5135]

That takes me back, what a trip!

[@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66]

my first was the same Atari you had, then my first comp was a commodore 128 with 5 floppy drives. Me favorite arcades was Tempest and Joust. Nice video of history.

[@gilesward7700]

That looked like great fun. Sorry to hear about your kidney stone problem. I can't imagine how painful that must have been. Glad to hear you're over the worst.

[@gladiatorscoops]

Also - I borrowed a Jaguar off my mate! - first ever 64bit console! It was awesome too! One of the scariest games ever was Alien vs Predator on the Jaguar - it was terrifying! Also had a great shooter called Tempest 2000 as seen in your video and a really good version of Doom. I think it was one of the first versions of Doom on a console! The controller took a bit of getting used to but wasn't too bad eventually.

[@IronSalamander8]

I've had a kidney stone, I can sympathize. That was agony. My first console in the 80s was the Colecovision, but of course I played the Atari 2600, Intellivision, and the Odyssey 2 first. I still have a Commodore 64 that works, fantastic system. I do have a Jaguar with the CD and quite a few games (Tempest, Brutal Sports Football, Defender, Alien vs. Predator, Baldies, and Primal Rage). It's in storage with my other consoles (my newest ones are the N64, PS1, and Sega Saturn), and the controllers are monsters indeed! It's weird that Doom wasn't played more. I just went through the original game, Doom 2, Plutonia Experiment, and TNT Evilution. Still great today. Love Defender too. Wasn't very good at it but excellent game.

[@eierdiebs6388]

Mack, we got something similar here in Berlin, it's the computer spiel museum, it's not that big likes that one, but you can play with nearly everything. It's really fun.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

I remember back in the day when the Atari Jaguar came out. Just about no one bought it and it sat in Electronics Boutique while everyone else was playing everything else. It even had some kind of a knock-off Mortal Kombat game for it - completely with fatalities!

[@TheNagualZone]

WOW! I was there when most of this was cutting edge tech. now it's in a frickin museum...mind blown!

[@n3rdm4n]

Your kidney stone story is the reason I've started drinking like 6 liters of water a day. Good luck with that man.

[@Calvertron]

Gex on the Panasonic 3D0!!!! Lol man, 90s kids are watching this video drooling. Man you even had my commodore 64 on there, show the tandy lol. Back in the GOOD OL days boys!

[@jaimebelmont187]

Is that a cas face reveal from 10:09 onwards

[@Grengis]

thought the same thing

[@SrChalice]

She did a face reveal a long while back. When he was building her PC or his. Mac found himself a fine Youngin.

[@SrChalice]

@Pestilence1026 Nothing weird there buddy, we love who we love man. I always say, "As long as there is grass on the field play ball, if not roll them over and stick it in the dirt"

[@lavendar1358]

IM SO JEALOUS OF MACK

[@bungholio81]

@@SrChalice Well how many girl gamers do you think there are in the world that are Mac's age? Probably 5! 😆 Girl gamers were extremely rare in those days.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

You are a tough man. Those stones are no joke. If anyone hasn’t seen one, they look like crystals with very sharp spikes sticking out of them. I am glad you are doing better.

[@PBaloo01]

Haha seeing these consoles made me smile like a child. Thanks for sharing bro, great video!

[@mikekeeley3432]

Ive had bouts of kidney stones so I feel your pain. Worst was when a stone got stuck in the urether wall on its way out and they had to go in and drag it out with a metal cage device. I will let you imagine where they insert it to get to the stone and I was offered either a local or general anaesthetic for the procedure. I snapped their hand off for the general, no way I wanted to be any part aware when they were inserting that thing!

[@shadowfoxgaming6657]

These museums need to be around everywhere to remind people how video games are an enjoyable and relaxing time through out history and proves once again that in the end it's about having fun and remembering the memories you all had growing up with these age old time relics instead of being blamed on for voilent media news

[@Pallekatt]

I still have my C64 with all accessories in working order. Great thing to fire up and walk memory lane.

[@johnschreyer4186]

My buddy had the atari jaguar when we were finishing high school. Don't remember a lot about it. It had a great aliens vs predator type game that was a blast.... Thanks for the memories mac. My uncles pong game, when i was about 4 or 5, was my first gaming experience as well

[@Icem4n84]

Get well soon Mack! I had an Amiga. I only remember 2 games. It came from the desert and The Legend Of Kyrandia. Which came with 9 floppy discs.....I'd like to play that again!

[@gerasmus]

You showed 'em all from my teenager to young adult years. The Atari 2600, the C64 and all time fave the Amiga. Coincidentally I foolling around in UAE Amiga Emulator when I saw your video :)

[@marcuskahn3783]

Thank's for the tour through the gaming ages.

[@mitchy1981]

My first computer was the rubber keyed 48k spectrum. Then my dad bought us the 128k version for Christmas one year, with in built tape deck, thought it was the best thing ever. Then we moved on to the Amiga 500+ great days.

[@MightBeSmart]

My first playing maschine was an Commodore 64 i was 4 when i got to play on one the first time, and it did learn me the english language, my favorite game was Boulder dash, Burger time and many many more, awsome games. Played on the atari as well, played some kind of witch game riding on her thing. Awsome times. Miss those old time.

[@DavidHowlettisaHunk]

Fun fact: That Atari Jaguar pad was designed to have a card sit on top of that number pad illustrating the key config. You’d get a different card for each game.

[@djwoody1649]

What a cool video, Mack, the Life Centre was pretty new the last time I was in Newcastle so funny to see it again. Hope you get yoursel pulled round mate.

[@googlesucks7840]

Aaah....Pong. Minutes of fun! Get well soon.

[@rebeldc5154]

You’re a good man Mac, great insightful video and brought back some right memories. Big thanks and hope you’re back on form soon buddy

[@Neanderthal75]

I had the ATARI Jaguar 64. It was actually a fairly powerful system of that era of Sega Genesis and SNES , both technically obsolete to it. The problem was that it was lacking developers to make games for it. I think there was like 10 games for it and then it discontinued. I liked it, the number buttons were usually assigned for inventory items or activating options, depending on what game was plugged in.

[@xMTxcameron]

Ayy, Timesplitters 2 at 1:53, loved those games to death.

[@ItPutsTheLotionOnItsSkin]

2:05 The Atari Jaguar controller had all those buttons for games like Doom. You used the numbered buttons to switch weapons, just like a keyboard. It was a superior controller for PC ports because of all the buttons. The Jaguar came out just before the Saturn/PlayStation and was a big flop (hardware was good though), but it's still quite insane that you hadn't heard of it because it had hype and lots of advertising before release. I'm surprised how little you seem to know about many of these things in comparison to me considering I was probably a lot younger than you at the time.

[@oldandy1645]

15 minutes later, went back, "M A C" was at the bottom. LOLOLOL I really wish I'd see more retro stuff with Mattel Handheld. I literally learned math because of those. When you had the adaptor it was amazing!!!

[@Loqque]

Atari 800XL > Commodore 64 > PC 286. I still remember playing games like Zorro, River Ride or Moon Patrol. I appreciate how far gaming has come :) Thank you for that vid!

[@ionseven]

Ahhhh all that ambient arcade noise is comforting.

[@1971ironmike]

I had an Amiga 3000, but mostly used it for animations and music. I only played Gretzky hockey on it.

[@bradleyadams2241]

Thanks Mack I needed a video for you after a very awkward and horrible dinner with my parents to cheer me up, Also it;s cool that you got to go visit a gaming museum.

[@gypsycatcha79]

I had the jaguar, loved it lol. The controller was a beast, those numbered buttons were hardly ever used lol. Check out the jaguar CD drive extension that attached to the top of the jag and looked like a toilet seat haha good times.

[@Euruk1]

Passed a stone last year myself. Wouldnt wish that on anyone. Terrible pain. Hopefully your doc hooked you up with good pain meds. Soaking in a hot bath helped a bit as well. Hang in there Mack!

[@Nastydude]

I went to the same exhibition that was in London. They also had lemmings on the Amiga what I thought was as shame, loads better games to show case it. It was a nice trip down memory lane. I went with my son and kept saying ' ooh I had that game, and that console'. I owned an Atari Jaguar and played Tempest and Aliens vs Predator to death. I remember playing battlezone ( the stand up tank vector graphics game, Star wars the sit down game and Defender in the arcades for hours. Its a shame what certain companys have done to modern gaming.

[@weewhiskydram1294]

Can’t remember the Jaguar ? Only Geordie I ever knew who moved to yorkshire owned one. Looks great, wish they’d bring something like this down here so I could show my son what real games looked like

[@MrAndrewrock]

Hell yeah, I always wished to collect that stuff, even some arcade cabinets, but it would cost a fortune.

[@filmnmusic1]

I hope you feel better. I have had a problem with kidney stones since 2005, and I even had to get one surgically removed. For me they are caused by large amounts of sodium, but two things that have helped counter the kidney stones are magnesium citrate and fish oil pills.

[@LordSnoodles]

This exposition looks incredible

[@sealsky13]

Make sure you take care of your self Mack! Happy to see you’re alright again :)

[@rasterb1aster]

Mack, will you WAB planet zoo when it comes out?

[@rasterb1aster]

SharkTank um it isn’t even out

[@xMTxcameron]

@@rasterb1aster Its the kind of game Mack will like, I'm sure he will

[@mildlymiffed8503]

Defender......best game ever, still have callus scar on little finger 30 years later, half my wages were spent on this game at seaton carew.

[@cybergun01]

NES/SNES days were the best. Loved games like Castlevania, etc.. and the music was awesome. Jonas Lefvert here on KZbin does some awesome game music covers on acoustic guitar

[@LukeHimself]

*I love your videos, I would send you some Dr. Enuf soda from Tennessee, since you're truly missing out on a refreshing soda*

[@LukeHimself]

@Pestilence1026 haha! Everything causes something!

[@formalne]

Atari Jag is awesome! It was a breakthrough hardware for it's times. The controller is actually quite responsive and comfortable to use. It's still my favorite retro console :)

[@hotcurry1322]

Happy memories. Got my Speccy back in 1984.

[@peanutismint]

Great video mate!! Wish I was still in Newcastle for this but I’ve recently moved to Seattle so a bit far for me…! Also funny to hear such a big computer gamer like yourself has some serious black spots in their knowledge regarding video games! :-) The Jaguar controller does look hilarious with that numeric keypad, but as far as I remember games were sold with little overlay cards that would go over those keys and allow you to turn them into extra function keys specific to the game you were playing. Interesting concept… Thanks for sharing! Seeing as computers are more your thing than consoles, I have a couple of videos on my channel coming up soon from visiting Microsoft/a big computer museum here in Seattle that might interest you...

[@bryanstasko]

Love your content Mack. Get well soon brother. Cheers from America.

[@KamikazeKenny81]

Good to hear you're feeling better!

[@beavisbeavis4359]

My first console was the intellivision playing tron deadly discs and burger time . I also had an Apple IIe with Ultima 4 . Those were some good times .

[@MrPaulmc1981]

My first console was that original atari 2600. My cousin gave it to me because he got the more modern design one. I liked playing Centipede on it :)

[@jwgreen80]

I’ve been there my friend, pasted two for me now it’s all water and very little tea now. 😣

[@RockFreedom]

I loved playing Doom, Raider, and AVP on my Atari Jaguar. It was very much ahead of its time.

[@stavvy100]

Sorry to hear about your kidney stones! I know from experience how bad that is. Rest up and i hope the pain resides.

[@jasondevon481]

Many happy memories of the Amiga 500 playing Speedball 1 & 2, Civilization (1) and Sensible Soccer.

[@helmutkogelberger6612]

Defender of the Crown

[@jasondevon481]

@@helmutkogelberger6612 Lol, yep, I played that to death too, but I didn't think anyone would remember it!

[@fiftiesbinman2083]

Have to agree that retro gaming is so much fun. So much so I have just bought a two player arcade machine with 8000 classic games on. For me and my daughter to play we have both being playing them on a PC and we have more fun with these games than today's.. what does that tell you.. 😀😀😀 great vid 👍👍

[@AnthonyMcEwan24]

my first console was a sega mega drive, it was that day....gaming was my life

[@calexus5880]

Mack - First thing Monday. You call the hospital and ask them for your diagnosis. Stop waiting for them to pull their finger out and use the NHS for what it's there for.

[@andrewcharlton2763]

Thanks mack I'm from Newcastle had no idea about this!

[@swinnburn]

Defender was in Our Price music shops and tower records, ohhhyesss

[@fragtastic1989]

what you talking about Lemmings was awesome XD

[@Ouch.]

Mack I was addicted to lemmings back in the day, It was one of the best games ever! You must have been ill!

[@lwaves]

It's a decent enough game but I wouldn't use it to show off the Amiga, there are much better options.

[@FightCollective]

I go here for the arcade gaming... I still got it playing Star Wars. And don't even go there with Bubble Bobble

[@TRUEiMPROrecords]

Awesome stuff! I remember when "rapid-fire" function was a big thing... C64-was the coolest thing for years! Nice bit of the 'ol Pong there mate...

[@snooze0023]

I remember playing Commando on commodore 64 and silent service on Amiga 500

[@ruicaneira5354]

Lovely video Mack. Thanks for sharing with all of us. Cheers!

[@ToastedLoaf-jf2gb]

can't believe no one went on doom, doom 1 on the ps1 was my first game, so amazing.

[@MC-hammered]

I love those defender skills!

[@Eclecticsignal]

The Amiga was awesome! Grew up on some of these!

[@ghastous]

its nice to see all the old computers and consoles i grew up with :D my 1st computer was a spectrum 48k