I bought the WEIRDEST Japanese Tech from Sendico

[@stes9949]

You guys really need to get a CRT tv for the studio.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Or buy a Retrotink and use a modern TV.

[@onelphil8832]

Or get a CRT@@Bob_Smith19

[@knifeyonline]

@@Bob_Smith19 yes! clearly Austin doesn't watch LTT or he would have seen the awesome video on Retrotink! man that think makes CRT's irrelevant! SO AMAZING!

[@lucutes2936]

Cancer

[@JohnSmith-hv6ks]

I hate the constant ringing sound on crt tvs

[@Killertamagotchi]

When the GameBoy was released and during development, color LCD displays were nothing new. Nintendo could have also installed a color display, but Nintendo wanted a cost-effective device that had a long battery life and was also cheap to produce. This was also reflected in the selling price compared to all the other handhelds with color displays

[@drno-xc1yt]

With those old 1980's portable games with vacuum fluorescent displays, the constant screen flicker/refreshing was not uncommon. That Scramble game and a number of other Tomy handhelds got released in the USA as well - some of them, like Scramble and Tron, are amazingly good games considering the primitive hardware.

[@princess_daphie]

I actually played with the handheld PCEngine ONCE in my life, period accurate in the 80s!!! My godfather had lent it for a weekend for me and I played a lot on it. It kinda sucked, but was also novel, so nice for the time :)

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

18:40 Since it wasn't explained: "kun kun" is Japanese onomatopoeia for smelling something, equivalent to a "sniff" sound effect text in the background of a comic

[@pawsinmyface4560]

So I'm going to leave a comment here: that PC was not a normal PC but a NEC PC-9821. It can run an entire series of vintage PC-98 games. The CRT clearly needs some repair on it given it's missing colors, but when fixed you can run some really cool PC-98 games (namely Touhou, but many others as well). It's a fun rabbit hole to go down, but please buy a desktop model instead. There's even a PC-FX card to allow you to run PC-FX games on it.

[@relo999]

I had to scroll way to much for the first person to mention it's not a normal PC but a PC98...

[@hammerhead130]

I remember buying the TurboExpress from Toys R Us back in the day and paying $260 for it. It was awesome playing my TG16 games on the go. I may still have it in my garage somewhere. It was so ahead of its time.

[@Evilbackbone]

i remember it having the tv tuner addon. it was so cool to like bring on trips. i wonder how rare the us version is.

[@Deja117]

3:47 visible panic. Anyway, Austin please do not get rid of any those old games. Even if they seem vaguely functional or not functional, they likely can be fixed. :) Oh, also power adapters from the late 70s were quite chungus... Hence the batteries. We've came a long way in 40 years! ;)

[@hill2hell]

15:40 Austin being sus. KZbin: DEMONITIZATI--- Austin: Joy. KZbin: you win this time!

[@SamiAmYoutube]

The PC Engine GT looks like I'm about to detect some ghosts.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah that is one of the chunkiest “portable “ devices I’ve ever seen

[@Adam-Mei]

Pulse Missile should show red with or without batteries. The screen lit up and you had to maneuver around objects if memory serves. The SC1000-II had joysticks you could screw into the middle of the controllers for a couple of dollars each.

[@crosenblum]

You are a quirky guy, probably the number one reason I watch your videos lol. I was a kid in the 70's so seeing some of your old tech brings back memories. I think my first console was the Intellivision.

[@rosebuddesign635]

I played Scramble in the arcades (yes I'm old) and it might be the game that started my love for video games. Loved it.

[@SawceNasty]

Thanks for the content! You guys are appreciated!! ❤❤❤

[@Eli-zb2yj]

I think that this is a miracle that the nintendo color tv game 6 from 1977 is still working 💪

[@yrmuq]

If you know physics, its not miracle)

[@linalmeemow]

Invader from Space was popular in the UK in around 1982, lots of my friends had it. Licensed by Grandstand, I think?

[@ProjectSh4dow]

You know what's funny? I'd rather have a Turbo Express (PC Engine GT) than a PS5. Retro Hardware is better than modern hardware. Plus, I'd rather own my games by having physical copies than having the illusion of "owning" my games like all-digital is about to do. Good Video Austin! Please continue to do these videos and forget TEMU exists.

[@morganmedrano920]

You will own nothing and like it..... lol jk

[@therunawaykid6523]

Are you insane???

[@ProjectSh4dow]

@@therunawaykid6523 Nope, I’m sane. More than these idiots that think an all digital future is a good thing. I don’t care about “convenience”. Convenience is only good until practicality goes away. Cause if it isn’t practical, why bother?

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@ProjectSh4dow yeah I’m also not a fan of going all digital

[@jamesmi1979]

Love the OG Nintendos ❤ Thank you for sharing I enjoy your videos I just got a GoPro and try to come up with some content ❤❤❤

[@joeschmoe5009]

15:45 did austin just say he doesnt like his kid or wife?! Wow thats really rude of you to say austin. Youre not suppose to admit that publicly man

[@JamsieYT]

Scramble ❤ I remember getting that for Christmas in the 80’s , such a good game , mine was red from what I remember

[@RustyOnTECH]

Win 95 loading used to jump in and out of the loading screen to the DOS stuff as it was essentially still a DOS programme. Also, the RAM count always used to be 640KB + the rest back in the day.

[@NAW32Nicoisme]

NEC vintage PC. That must be cool😊

[@gurs6714]

The retro styling on these consoles is fantastic. I really want it to make a comeback - somehow looks futuristic now for some reason.

[@BradTech.]

That subtle nod 2:31 before moving on 👌

[@RaccoonHenry]

for stuff like the PC Engine GT, you should keep an LTT banana for scale around!

[@lexluthermiester]

@AustinEvans That PCEngineGT shouldn't need time to warm up, it's an instant-on by design type of device. It VERY likely needs a Capacitor replacement job something fierce. Those old caps are likely already leaking and doing damage, so for the sake of preserving that system, please do this soon! It's not difficult, kits can be found for it easily and you can make a video about it!

[@gunkzombie]

The handheld is called a Turbo Express in the states. It's a portable TG-16. Believe it or not you guy got a deal Austin. It's averaging over $800 online.

[@barryjones4338]

I used to play my dad's invaders from space hearing those beeps and that end tune made me smile not heard it in 30 years

[@StSparky]

FTR - my teen & some of her friends are bilingual. She has Japanese gameboys of her own. She passed the JLPT level one exam (the hardest one) last November. If you need help - let me know.

[@saintrocketIX]

The original version of Scramble was released to arcades in 1981. Gradius was originally developed as a sequel to Scramble.

[@BobaPhettamine]

14:24 I had one of these when I was a kid and i had no idea what it was for lol

[@johnsouthern6089]

The Sega SG1000 is basically a Colecovision. You can do some jumpering with wires and play one console's games on the other.

[@darcycampbell6240]

I don't get it, guys. Why don't you just go out and buy an old tube based TV that will allow you to be able to connect all these things up to? You you do know you can find them things dirt cheap nowadays.

[@dadbodadventures_]

Love your channel!!

[@skateboard_sandwich]

Bet that PC Engine GT has more mileage than a Turbo Express.

[@jaxxonvideogameresale]

Great video like always 🎉 I bought my first Nintendo 3DS 😊

[@naddydatty]

The PC Engine GT/Turbo Grafx Express is notorious for having bad caps. Pull that thing apart and check them!

[@martinvargasortuno2096]

video didn’t start as hype as the previous one ended.

[@rachmadsuhartono]

Those retro mini arcade games are so cool they need to make a comeback

[@danialzabolizadeh2446]

Adding someone to the team to restore some of these items that don't work, would be great. I mean a proper video of the restoration process.

[@bigdray55]

Of couse he has a Wailord, he's needed for the first step of the Regi's quest if I remember correctly.

[@EcksGamer]

Just so you know in North America we had that handheld which was known as the turbografx 16 express which yes was expensive but for anyone that owned a turbografx 16 home console it was well worth it and if i remember the battery life on it was pretty good.

[@ajsliter]

I would replace the caps on that pc engine gt. NEC consoles of the time are prone for their capacitors to go bad and the cap fluid (aka. Cap juice) is corrosive against pcb, traces and chips.

[@LeylandFoizey]

2:30 "I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate"

[@Jodaboisreal]

I feel like acronis is one of austin’s best friends at this point

[@dennett316]

Never mind a year for a colour screen, the Atari Lynx released 2 months after the Gameboy in 1989 in the States. Colour and backlit screen, but was also massive with not great battery life compared to the Gameboy's 15 hours-ish.

[@rururusack]

I think you should create a video where you trying to fix all that retro machine who don't work , with some people who expert and know how to fix and know the History of the machine

[@TheTrooper7]

Wasn’t expecting Austin to be wearing a donut media shirt lol 13:26

[@relo999]

The "PC" isn't a PC, it's a PC9821. Due to character limitations IBM style computers were developed separately from western PC's, meaning it's a different standard, plays different games, runs different software, uses different chips, different Audio hardware. Really cool hardware without the build-in CRT

[@Lou-T-Fisk]

I am in no way a Pokémon person I am just a little old for it. That being said I love every time Austin has a Pokémon thing on here it brings him so much joy and I understand loving something like that

[@TMP912]

My friend had the turbografix handheald with bonks adventure. It blew my mind back then.

[@joesatchton212]

PC Game Engine, as I recall, was based on or the same as TurboGrafx 16 console units. Which I had. And loved. That card is called the HU-Card, again as I recall. TurboGrafx 16 was I think technically superior to peer game consoles of the time, but did not catch on massively due to poor marketing and less compelling games.

[@carrioncrow8191]

We need another Etsy/Fiver animation episode. Those are fun

[@TheMicro4]

2:25 wait… Does that mean that thing uses a DIN connection? Holy crap…. I haven’t seen one of those in 25 years 5:40 that thing uses a tiny CFL the older they eat the longer they take to warm up 11:54 Fun fact the Genesis converted could play games from this console! 18:10 that signal is called NTSCJ all Japanese devices using RF are set to that standard. A Japanese RF to HDMI or RCA adapter would be the best option 19:53 FUN FACT! In Japan ANY oder, nice or otherwise is considered offensive. Most shampoos and deodorant have no scent.

[@scootersfrog]

1990 over 30 years ago ... that f#$kin hurt

[@TheTekknician]

Concerning the handheld, I would say it looks like the SEGA Card/MyCard games of the Sega Master System (Hang-On, Transbot, etc)

[@freshvintage]

Austin's next video will be "I became a sendico distributor! 😂 💯

[@C_C-]

Took the fluorescent backlight 30 seconds to remember how to fluoresce; just need a ps/2 to serial adapter, a windows install disk, and maybe a crt transistor for that PC

[@saxonjf]

The PC Engine thing was sold in the US as the NEC Turbo Express, playing TurboGrafx card games.

[@buddypilkington2339]

Adriana digital basement really needs that PC as a restore video lol

[@shinnoke8]

Austin Evans = Tech reviewer❌ Austin Evans = Tech Comedy ☑

[@georgeaura]

I noticed that chunky game boy looks to have s video so it could be plugged into a tv

[@ctripp11]

The Sg-1000 also will play Colecovision Games. I had one of these.

[@KingObelisk]

Bruh, those chunky boys (GT) were called TurboGrafx systems in the US and they had the BEST GAMES!!! Literally best games of the time. Blood Wulf was dopeeeee.

[@thiago4santos]

My mother can't smell after covid so this kunkun would be a useful thing to her.

[@jakeiswayblack3377]

Dang. I was thinking at the start, "I'd like to see them try to get a crt shipped to them", and the first box nailed it lol

[@Jivonski]

I would assume that after all these videos of Japanese tech and the problem of video signal etc a thought would've at least been to buy an actual old school Japanese TV so that it would eliminate adapters and unnecessary cables just to get a video and rather direct plug and play 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Brazbit]

"Weird obscure Japanese handheld that no one has ever heard of." Otherwise widely known as the Turbo Express in the U.S. where the PC Engine is known as the TurboGrafx 16. It was very desirable at the time, but the price kept it out of reach for most people. The Atari Lynx came out one month after the Gameboy and had full color 16-bit graphics so the Turboexpress was not as big of a breakthrough as you would think. In addition to the Turbo Express, the Sega Game Gear hit the market in 1990, also a full color handheld, although it was only 8-bit being essentially a Sega Master System made portable. Within a year of the Gameboy coming out there were three major backlit color handhelds on the market. Yet Nintendo continued to dominate despite waiting nearly a decade to come out with a color handheld of their own and another 5 years to finally match them with a lit color screen, albeit a front lit one.

[@Shiveringhobbit]

I love that the stinkiest part of Austin is his head 😂😂

[@rururusack]

This channel soon gonna be a museum channel for a lots of unique retro machine 😆

[@Cupzero007]

9:15 playing game on a toaster? naah.. playing game on a stove? ooh yeaah boii..

[@mercyrain4445]

I'm loving the videos!

[@phr3dmcc0y]

That CRT need service. It looks like the RED and GREEN drives are not working. I bet Adrian Black from Adrian's digital basement could fix that for you. Also Windows 95 is easy, you can likely just copy the missing items from another w95 C:\windows\system32\ directory into that one. I'd love to see that machine get repaired.

[@relo999]

Except it isn't a Windows 95 PC, it's a PC98 running a modified version of Windows 95. Different standard that's largely incompatible.

[@darkherosolidox]

I can confirm that the adapter that comes with pokemon works on the og advance.

[@tataboi156]

make the NEC PC into a Sleeper PC, that's very dope

[@jNetDowling]

This just in! Austin Evans has HANDS?!

[@dcchivas]

What was the video output for the TV-Game 6?

[@xnamkcor]

It may look like a PS/2 connector. It may even be the same connector as PS/2 or AT, but I'm pretty sure NEC PCs from that era did not use PS/2 or AT protocols.

[@saxonjf]

Arconis, who taught Ator the sciences from Ator 2, AKA Cave Dwellers and The Blade Master?

[@krlayne]

No fart detection? Missed opportunity! 🤣🤣

[@fullmetaldeathgod]

If they shipped it the way they hit Pearl Harbor it wouldn't be half way around the world though.....

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

i always wanted a PC engine Express/GT We are talking cream of the crop back then, odds are your Neo Geo guy also had that, Rich kid toys back then

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Those old games and consoles are so cool

[@my_NoodleMan]

At some point Austin is going to open a tech museum for people to tour all the historical tech he buys but can’t use. Matter of time.

[@Atomy111]

When you have to sell out so hard you can't even say your signature line 😂

[@Yubl10]

That Pokémon Emerald wouldn't have any kanji in it. It only has katakana and hiragana because those games were marked at children. In more modern Pokémon games, you have the option to have Kanji but not back then. I think the first Pokémon games to offer the option for Kanji was the 6th generation of Pokémon X and Y for the 3ds.

[@bryanbassdrums]

Austin for president

[@rfmerrill]

Any US TV made after like 2000 with an analog tuner should work with Japanese consoles easily. That noise you're seeing is probably because the console is old, or you're using sketchy adapters on a TV without an analog tuner. Nothing really to do with it being foreign.

[@ShaneRounce]

Get a damn CRT already.

[@RavBunneh]

PC 98!! I loved those so much!! OMG yes!

[@Spaztron64]

- Unit visibly has a CD-ROM drive, meaning it's at least from the 90s "Hmm I wonder if it has a 30MB hard disk" - Is a Japanese computer with a proprietary keyboard interface "Oh I'll stick a Sun keyboard on it!" How do you have 5 million subs again?

[@dae1973]

If Matt was there, Pulse missile would have got a Rock rise eyebrow😂

[@rdavis7292777]

That's the turbo grafax hand held it also has a TV tuner and watch tv

[@DM00SE]

I had scramble back in the day. It was awesome.

[@lewisgrant7622]

I mean considering it’s things you’ve bought from Japan. They look after their stuff which is why most of it is almost pristine

[@JohnnyBoiiisHackz]

Fun fact, the sun keyboard is a medical keyboard used for mammo units haha

[@GoneAsGoneCanBe]

I always thought that the games on cards were so cool when my friend had a turbografix 16. Never realized that there were other systems that used them.

[@night-x6793]

I think there is about 4 to 5 maybe 6 consoles that use those types of game cards but the Turbografix 16 is just the most well known console that uses them.

[@GoneAsGoneCanBe]

@@night-x6793 makes sense, as it seems like a much more cost effective way to get games out and on the shelf.

[@fijiwater7662]

I can’t believe you made me wait Mr Austin 😢

[@frankboogaard88]

Like all others Acronis turned out to be a scam and sell your information.

[@therunawaykid6523]

That handheld pc engine thing sure is a chunky boi looks more like a portable tv 🤣🤣