Apple + Tetris = The Legend of Evets Kainzow AKA Steve "The Woz" Wozniak!

[@GTV-Japan]

I remade this video after 5 years because 1- the scores and rankings have shifted greatly and 2- Woz never took up my challenge to reclaim the crown. Maybe he has reached 999,999 but just never told anybody. The original video crossed the 10,000 view mark on the day I took it down to replace it with this remastered version, so add 10K to the view count for an accurate total. And no, I've never seen any other Apple movie besides Pirates of Silicon Valley.

[@Indalord.]

I didn't remember having seen this video before, I like that you're such a perfectionist to take the time to make this remasters, I love these anecdotes, and you're right not to watch more apple movies, because Pirates of Silicon Valley is the only enjoyable one, the others look like commercials of several hours

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad you see it my way! It’s kind of funny because it was presented in a way that Apple gets taken over but who really had the last laugh?

[@Goochbag8]

POSC is easily the best "Apple" movie, no need to view any of the other ones. Although, the Aston Kutcher one isn't too bad, just really romanticized.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s funny to look at now because the ending especially is framed as Microsoft being this giant monopoly which is/was true but with Apple as it is now, it’s just funny

[@Goochbag8]

@@GTV-Japan It really did come full circle, haha.

[@tolstoj_]

I really love this re-make. I'm currently also working on a Game Boy Tetris video which I hope I can release soon.

[@GTV-Japan]

Cool! Good luck with that

[@Dr.Quarex]

Not gonna lie, celebrity stories rarely impress me but being co-founder of Apple and also setting a Tetris high score on the Concorde and seeing the president playing with your gift is a snapshot of a truly astounding moment in a pretty amazing life, haha

[@thewingedavenger1007]

I'm a simple man. When a GTV Japan rerun comes out, I watch.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s the simplest decision! 🍻

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

Great video dude. happy to see you're still pumping out the awesome videos

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks friend! I always have to take a break after the new year to catch up with work and stuff but now it’s time to roll with new vids!

[@SoulBroRyu]

Him flipping his name backwards was the same thing Stevie Wonder did with his instrumental album "Eivets Rednow". Great album and it makes me wonder is Steve took inspiration from that when he he did it as well.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow I had no idea about that! Maybe he did!

[@SoulBroRyu]

@@GTV-Japan Even as a Stevie Wonder fan, I didn't discover the album until 4 years ago. I listen to it on the regular and it's one of his best. I hope Wozniak is portrayed in the upcoming "Tetris" biopic coming up, which I'm looking forward to, especially after watching a documentary on it recently. You do great work, GTV. Keep cooking, my friend ^_^

[@GTV-Japan]

Apparently Stevie Wonder was also a gamer and appeared in Atari “ads” in the 70s!! 😂

[@mekman4]

Fascinating! Great Stuff, as always!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks mek!

[@MikeJaun]

I'm on Tetris all the time now !! Happy New Year!👍👍

[@GTV-Japan]

Happy new year 🐲

[@only1gameguru]

The Woz was the best part of Apple Computer, they lost something after he left as chief engineer. Great video again salary man!

[@GTV-Japan]

It is very true! It could not have been created without him.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Steve woz is kinda cool. Saw him at the first ever silicon Valley comic con a few years ago.

[@Morgil27]

Every time I hear you say "Evets", it makes me think of Yvan eht Nioj.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’d never sully the name of Star Blitzzz Promotions!

[@CriticalEatsJapan]

Wow! Very interesting 👍

[@GTV-Japan]

One of the weirder funny stories out there. I mean who’d have thought it?

[@Ram_Rom_Riv_Rey]

its pretty curious how history reveals those heroes of magazine

[@GTV-Japan]

Apparently the guys who eventually founded EGM descended from twin galaxies because some of those guys formed the National video game team which lead to getting into publishing as a way to self promote that ended up making those guys insiders. Maybe I should look into that more. Would be interesting despite mister hot sauce ruining the legacy🍏

[@ando8262]

i enjoyed and appreciated the photo that cost you a $20

[@GTV-Japan]

Gotta pay your photographer! Think about it. Someone wants a picture of X but it doesn’t exist so person Y tries to make it happen therefore providing a service. It’s only fair that the work gets compensated. Had it been something in the 100s, I might have just passed on it though 😂 thanks for watching 🍏

[@paulmerino1251]

Me encantan tus videos, gracias por los subtítulos en español.

[@GTV-Japan]

De nada! 🍏

[@CarletonTorpin]

This version is even better than the original. The robot narrator was noticeably different, in a comical way.

[@GTV-Japan]

Fred! The voice of the original Macintosh!

[@CarletonTorpin]

@@GTV-Japan What a brilliant tie-in!

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m so happy those voices have survived since 1984! Siri just can’t cut it.

[@dodgykebaab]

More awesome content!

[@GTV-Japan]

Two veiled jabs at the status quo in a row!

[@pdthorn]

That’s SEO synergy for the new movie

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah certainly but I did want to revisit the topic. Originally I had hoped it would somehow encourage Woz to retake the title which would have been cool. Especially if some minor KZbin video was the catalyst. But then it just never happened. Doh

[@darktetsuya]

wow, yeah I believe it! can't believe I'd never heard this story before. oh yeah when I brought up 'us festival' in the 'yume kojo' episode that was steve's brainchild of an event! (pretty sure the side tent with the technology stuff had a bunch of apple computers and consoles of the time like the 2600) I figured he probably played games at least a little bit, but had no idea he was huge into gameboy tetris and submitted scores to nintendo power!

[@GTV-Japan]

Part of the US festival and others he had after were live satellite broadcasts to the USSR and east Germany which is probably how he got on Gorby’s good side. He helped bring the wall down in his own way!

[@darktetsuya]

@@GTV-Japan oh that's right! almost forgot about the satelite broadcast stuff, yeah I'd bet that helped.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I’m not exactly sure but that was his area after Apple. He also developed the first universal remote control or so the legend goes

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I only know about the "Us Festival" from a Simpsons reference, where he also has never heard of Apple Computers. This aired before they'd regained popularity from products like the iPod, so at the time it made sense that Homer didn't remember Apple.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s very odd being an old time Apple fan who lived through the disastrous clone era and the return of Steve to see the rebirth and iPod and iPhone mania and now all these people have iPhones who were never along for the whole ride.

[@ikagura]

I've fallen in love with Tetris thanks to Tetris Effect.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah. Sometimes it pays off to venture past the year 2000🍏

[@NoelComiX]

Nice video as per usual :)

[@GTV-Japan]

Cheers. Have a good weekend

[@Fellipe2k5]

1:00 “””””free world””””” 👀

[@GTV-Japan]

In truth the world isn’t free. It’s quite expensive.

[@ichigokarasu]

I remember going to a screening of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in 2001 on or around the night of release, and the previous showing was letting out, so we sat there through the credits. I found a name so strange that I read it aloud and was like, "That's an odd name, 'Haywood Jablome'." Realizing what it really was after saying aloud, we all started cracking up. However, someone must have caught this, or something to that effect, because if you watch the DVD version (god help you if you're that desperate for entertainment) it certainly isn't in there.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m sure he’s still around like Hugh Jazz and Amanda Huggenkiss

[@thebigpicture4372]

The other thing to think about is everybody HYPERTAPS now and I'm betting he played it OLD SCHOOL. RAW skill. My personal best is a 620,000.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’d often forget you could drop down for extra points!

[@mightyfilm]

You think if Wozniak ever said "Evets Kainzow" out loud, he'd return to the dimension from which he came? Also, I thought the all mighty trash heap was Marjorie. The trash heap has spoken. Nyeeeehhhh.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’d that’s true then my multiple takes of the recording did some crazy damage! Wheels the trash heap is a funny reference I do mean it quite seriously that people these days are trained to run to Google for any little question rather than thinking about it yourself or talking it over with someone. I remember bull sessions at work and school where you could have fun talking about stuff like those but nothing was ever provable.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@GTV-Japan No, Woz would have to say his own name backwards, like Mr. Mxyzptlk (or Alex Trebek). You saying it won't force him back.

[@KLegyyn]

I wish I could meet Woz. . .

[@GTV-Japan]

Me too!

[@MegaManNeo]

The better of the two Steves. And the cooler one apparently too! Being a subscriber to Nintendo Power. F.

[@GTV-Japan]

I don’t like to think of whose better but they were quite the human yinyang complimenting each other well 🍏

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@GTV-Japan Jobs seems like a real scumbag. Jobs hired Wozniak to work on that Atari Breakout game he was given a bonus by Atari, and Jobs just kept the money and didn't let Wozniak know about it. (He eventually found out about the bonus and felt betrayed.)

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s all true but hey…

[@pferreira1983]

I do remember the original video on this. To be honest I was always more a fan of Breakout than Tetris. 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

Woooooooh yay

[@Ram_Rom_Riv_Rey]

nice...

[@atolm1]

Wow, Woz was hot in his youth!

[@paulduran964]

You had the time to make this?

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes. Certainly. But I suffered greatly. But hey look. This is fun!

[@StitchJones]

huh????

[@GTV-Japan]

What!

[@daisukegori2112]

​@@GTV-Japan who?

[@oliverzarateoliveira8033]

No *time* to watch

[@GTV-Japan]

Unfollow me, thanks.

[@oliverzarateoliveira8033]

@@GTV-Japanfive of them! _big Ryan fan btw_

[@GTV-Japan]

As if I’m not aware!

[@yesticles]

Legend has it Bimmy Ralphenstein later became the Infuriated Video Game Geek after his Contra record was found to be achieved through use of a Game Genie. Cheaters never win!

[@GTV-Japan]

True story there was a fan letter someone sent to Nintendo Power with a high score done via game genie and the magazine busted the kid cold in the reader section! Forgot the exact issue but it was shortly after the GB genie was out. Thanks for watching and speaking of watches my $400 watch is telling me I’m out of time 🍏

[@Horos_de_Vega]

That is indeed an amazing story. This man is a legend, THE legend of Apple.

[@GTV-Japan]

Jobs gets all the glory but without the Apple ][ what would he have had to sell? Thanks for watching 🍏

[@tehshingen]

Jobs was the one who started Wozniak on the path of designing the Apple I, to be fair. Came over and told him about these brand new “microprocessors” coming out and then Woz brought out his terminal he invented to go onto ARPAnet and put together a local computer to connect to instead. That was the Apple I. And yes he went on to make the Apple II which you can trace back a LOT of video game history to. Dragon Quest? Inspired by a classic that debuted on the Apple II, Wizardry. Same with Final Fantasy. The creators of both series were inspired by it. And then he quits Apple and becomes a school teacher. Dude is probably the most down to earth “guy responsible for huge changes in the world”. I wish I had him for like an uncle or something. Not for any possibility of money, but because he seems like he’d be a fun uncle to talk to as a computer geek. Who just happens to kick serious ass in Tetris.

[@GimblyGFR]

I love both versions of this video. The history is very interesting and your style makes it even more worth the watch. To me, Tetris is the best video game of all time; and Tetris Effect Connected is the best version of the game. Great work, as usual.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! It’s just a shame Woz never tried to go for the gold again…

[@mikaeki5245]

GTV Japan: Providing the best (and most underrated) content in youtube.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks. I wouldn’t do it any other way.

[@executor45]

This is such a random episode that I didn't know I wanted. That's why your channel is so special. The great narrating voice + taste of nostalgia + investigating obscure facts of my favorite games - it just presses all the right buttons.

[@GTV-Japan]

Cheers! I’m happy to deliver!

[@napoleoncoronadocortes5740]

Wow, good history, and now expect the tetris movie. Great video camarada

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks friend! Let’s see how it turns out.

[@J_Cadaverous]

I know it's going to be a good day when a GTV video drops. 🤘

[@GTV-Japan]

Carpe diem!

[@GardevoirBoy]

Evets Kainzow was Steve Wozniak, his first name and last name spelled backwards.

[@GTV-Japan]

Just!? He’s awesome!

[@zero87mx]

New GTV 🥳

[@CHanafuda]

Wow, I was really surprised by this video and how Steve Woz managed to be on the top of Nintendo Power for 15 years. PS: I also learned that either in this video or in the Tetris video documentary from Gaming Historian, Mikhail Gorbachev will somehow always be involved in some way with Tetris.

[@GTV-Japan]

It was this one.

6:40 Re Metroid 2, it says “Don’t waste your time looking for extra power-ups”. Ok, but how are you supposed to beat the final boss without all the extra missiles?

[@GTV-Japan]

Maybe extra just means unused.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

Isn’t it interesting that this gentleman who would contribute to Apple would adapt a movie based on a true story for AppleTV! Is that also part of your inspiration to making the video?

[@GTV-Japan]

My inspiration was to prod Woz out of "retirement" and reclaim the title of champion, and then hopefully I could have met him or got some credit for the whole thing. But sadly, that never happened.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

@@GTV-Japan it’s ok. I commend your effort! As always, you did a great job!

[@bluescat581]

Wozniak is basically a superhuman.

[@MikeChimeri]

Thanks for a new spin on the Evets Kainzow story. I loved Woz's DECtalk voice!

[@GTV-Japan]

That Fred! One of the original 84 Mac voices!

[@maxstone9999]

Tetris. The one video game we can credit to communism and the Soviet Union. Russia might have been close to us on nuclear weapons but not on created video games.

[@GTV-Japan]

He happened to live under the scourge of communism when Tetris was created . A commie politburo didn’t creat it because communism creates nothing except misery.

[@supsollc.3647]

Holy cow Wozniak survived a plane crash😢

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah that’s all true!

[@EnriqueMcQuade]

Keep on making the good content, GTV!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Come back in a week for a 40 minute video about the last great 8 bit game :)

[@tylerbowling]

Steve was in the zone!

[@GTV-Japan]

He was the man! Still is!