Finally. A console made for my hands. - Thumby Color

[@SunnyChowTheGuy]

Hello I am the game dev who made 2 of the games for Thumby Color. My games are ""Bust-A-Thumb" and "Song of Morus". Both are shown in the video. Thanks for playing my game. IMO, the whole point of Thumby Color is that there is a whole hobbyist community developing new games for it, and you can make your own game too. The process power is fine, but the resolution and physcial size is extremely tiny. That's why designing a game for such device is so challenging but also fun.

[@AndrewAlanDavidson]

Awesome work - Your games are clearly the best on this device! Do you have games for other platforms? Where can I find out more?

[@oafkad]

That's pretty sweet. Great job on those!

[@veggiemush]

Seems cool but also hard on the eyes

[@overclocked3215]

Thanks goat

[@LutraLovegood]

Is there like a 2X version that's twice the size?

[@zM8B]

What is this? A Console for Ants?

[@slowlanegamer]

it needs to be at least 3x bigger than this 🤨….😂

[@Eli-zb2yj]

He is absolutely right

[@Mark-mu4pj]

😂 great Zoolander reference

[@jayadityamishra2834]

Read the thumbnail 🤷

[@CragScrambler]

Smol Linus sized

[@anthonyorf8827]

I think an important thing that wasn't stressed in this video is that the thumby color is the only programmable gaming device at this size, anything else would be too big to fit on a keychain and take with you everywhere and if you are into coding, this thing runs on python which is one of the easiest languages to pick up. It's meant to be a learning device just as much as it is a novelty and also a great conversation starter

[@RojoSostenido]

but can you actually have a gaming session here or is it really more of a gimmick thing?

[@anthonyorf8827]

@ I'd say it's definitely meant for shorter sessions like a quick game while waiting in line somewhere or as a conversation starter in public, point is if it's on ur keychain, it will likely always be on u so u can pull it out at any time, if I wanted a "gaming session" I'd just hop on my PC at home. Plus for the developers, it's very satisfying to see something u created work on something like this. I've got the original thumby on my keychain and I didn't play it much just bc it was so difficult to play and that thing really was just a novelty, so this product is just an upgrade to that with a larger color display and bigger more spread out buttons that are easier to press, mean for those ppl who loved the thumby and actually wanted to be able to use it

[@graysonfwtx]

this feels like a slightly better version of those toy keychains in bookstores

[@idehogo3969]

Guess that’s the point of it lol

[@crash.override]

I mean, being able to upload your own games to it is impressive

[@tonydwietwarze]

You could have a Tamagotchi on it !! :)

[@TheMaychalPl]

Fun fact SRAM means "I take a shit" in Polish

[@cxza4901]

"I'm taking a shit"*

[@Wesrl]

Sram bike parts would like a word with Poland

[@Dathingamajig]

@cxza4901but where are you taking it don’t take it away from it family

[@wamo0072]

Same shit in russian lol

[@Rumhammed]

In Croatian it means Shame

[@70RCH]

They're fun but baaaarely playable, still rad to see what they're able to do at this size!

[@pseudonymos_]

I could see someone giving this to their young kid. It's better than throwing them in front of Coco Melon.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@pseudonymos_think it depends on how young the kid is, because I feel like a kid would easily lose this lol.

[@Ok-kf8xg]

@@TheCommanderTaco Put those wrist bands that the Nintendo Wii Remotes had

[@pseudonymos_]

@@TheCommanderTaco That's a good point and I like the Wii-mote idea xD. Back before I graduated I would ride the bus to school and the neighbor kid had a cheap shitty e-waste 200in1 handheld, but it didn't matter to him if it was shitty because he thought it was dope. If I ever become a parent I'm definitely grabbing one of those instead of a smartphone for my kid. The children yearn for the classics.

[@moldyshishkabob]

@@TheCommanderTaco Lose it? If they're a toddler, they might just eat it!

[@HashimHS]

Can’t wait to play Doom on it!

[@elijahjacob3333]

You actually can

[@davidedgar7338]

you answered my only question. 😊​@elijahjacob3333

[@powerdude_dk]

😂😂

[@BakusanDayo]

I gotta give it to Linus. It's hard for anyone to pretend to be excited over this piece of tiny e-waste by my man made it through the entire video like a true professional.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

I mean if it was around $20-$35 I think I could see myself amused by the thought of buying it, but for $50 lol.

[@dialectish]

Funny thing is they could probably make it an actual GBA emulator and it might be somewhat fun to own, as a novelty, which for that price could be doable.

[@washuai]

​@@TheCommanderTacothat's the made in USA pricing

[@anthonyorf8827]

Well one thing he didn't really mention in the video is that the main purpose of this thing is that anyone can program it themselves, the games run on micropython and you can make your own game and load it up and play it or share it to the arcade, the thing is supposed to be a learning device and the original thumby is what got me into coding to begin with, that one was about $25 and this one is just a more usable upgrade to that. On top of the fact that it's the most powerful hand held that is this small so u can actually play better games off your keychain, that can't really be done with many other products

[@trstmeimadctr]

This would have been a great product in 2005

[@realcartoongirl]

haha she put string on her neck

[@svartdraken]

It would have been witchcraft in 2005

[@beepymemes]

Something he didn't point out is that once it's produced and shipped, there will be a ton of games made by the community for it. The original Thumby already has well over 100 games made by the community.

[@grymsthoughts]

Novelty e-waste. Great.

[@kakihara111]

At least it is not much waste.

[@MrGelowe]

@@kakihara111 except for the money bazinga

[@Zvxers7]

50$ for e-waste. Good one linus

[@SteelyEyedH]

Nah, keyring joy

[@Riley880]

that they paid Linus a years salary to promote

[@davianclarke5247]

Jesus, what's with people acting so crass about it? It's not MEANT to be used as an everyday console, it's funny and impressive 😭

[@vibes4956]

A computer with the same specs as this little thing weighed more than a fridge back in the day. Insane imo.

[@pikachuwu69TTV]

I had a small Game Boy like this, though it wasn’t from Thumby. I used to love watching my friends struggle to play it when we were drinking. One night, my buddy spent about four hours playing Pokémon Red before passing out! lol

[@aj.j5833]

Not flyers, Talisman, you throwing Talismans.

[@xnamkcor]

Also, Morris' Son is a girl...

[@Lopicl]

I honestly thought this would cost more

[@washuai]

Especially since it is made in UK/usa

[@RubikOwl]

Looked at the Kickstarter page and couldn’t understand the $50 early bird price tag. Then I watched the rest of the video. I don’t think it’s for me, but I understand the price. It’s also clearly a novelty item so that raises the price. Over all, very cool!

[@washuai]

The chip is made in UK & the console made in the US. This is why it's not made in China prices

[@Ant1ev0]

"this isnt a childs hand" well its not that far off

[@kunimitsune177]

It's actually smaller than some childrens' hands - I was taller than Linus before I started puberty!

[@AltonV]

To me, it sounds like he's saying "this is in a child's hand"

[@Cimlite]

I literally said "agree to disagree" out loud to myself when I saw that. 😄

[@benflashman7320]

"How small can me make a handheld?" Thumby: "Yes"

[@goat_gaming1158]

50$ why ever pick up this when there’s so many options for handheld games for 50$

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Novelty. Imagine your part of company starting up, you want to sell servces in modern electronics. What are you going to make to make you stand out? Keychain video game consules are a good option.

[@LRM12o8]

You can get a refurbed GBA and some games for 50 bucks!

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@AnonymousAnarchist2but even then the major demographic that would go for something like that isn't going to want to pay that much. I would agree with Linus around $20, but with the option to be able to add games from other people's work i would say around $20-$35 maybe even $40 ( to round out to an even number) could be acceptable. At the price point of $50 all you are really going to attract is either the family member who is buying a gift they don't know what would make a good gift, so this is the safe option lol. An enthusiasts who might want to try and use whatever tools they make to allow games to be made / and published on this. That one person who's journey it is to run doom on everything which i guess kinda ties back to the enthusiasts. Finally the one person who finds it sitting randomly in a thrift store or on clearance etc. Hard for me to imagine, but at the same time i know I am definitely not the demographic for this product, so I may be wrong lol. Just hard to imagine someone deciding to whip out their keys to play a game on a tiny screen when they more then likely also have their phone on them lol.

[@Staticsoup]

miyoo mini baby!

[@shizzywizzy6169]

The people shopping for this aren't picking between this and a real gaming system. No one is buying this to be their main gaming handheld. This is a novelty item for people who already have a real game system.

[@MasterJack2]

RG Nano is the smallest USABLE mini handheld imo

[@zdanee]

It really is. Still too tiny for PS1 and cuts off too much for GBA, but it's usable. The original Miyoo Mini is the sweet spot in my opinion, perfect size, display and just powerful enough for the kind of games you'd play on that formfactor.

[@projectcapsule]

gkd pixel

[@washuai]

​@@projectcapsulesad discontinued noises

[@TetraSky]

I wouldn't be surprised if they or some other third party came up with a magnifying screen to to on top.

[@R3AL-AIM]

Cool, but niche for sure and not all too practical. This is something you hand to a friend or family member after a few drinks.

[@s01itarygaming]

Linus has completely missed the point of this product. He completely skipped over the whole software/game development side of the product. This isn't the same product as the RG Nano, and it's not meant to be.

[@P1ll_K]

Multiplayer solitaire is called Nerts!

[@emperorblade]

I came here from another channels’ comparison video between a MacBook Pro M4 Max VS the best Intel MacBook Pro. Good to see that LTT is still the reference for tech media.

[@MaNameizJeff]

Word, spec are similar to an esp32, which checks out because thats the only processor I know that could work in something so small.

[@TheScarvig]

this is essentially the size of an esp32 supermini. there are also pi pico superminis based on the first pi pico processor with the same footprint. so i dont think its far fetched that you can cram the next pi pico on a board this size. it would probably been better if it had been based off of an esp32 as this would give it wireless and thus some "hacking" capabilities

[@namelessxsilent]

I am still waiting for mine from the kickstarter

[@hailcat7027]

I watched this video on my 65 inch TV and even just watching Linus play on a screen that tiny made my head and eyes start to ache. Oof.

[@microbuilder]

And I just got done watching an LGR Blerb on some micro ornaments, and now this...everythings coming up micro! lol

[@tehrag]

Reminds me of those toys that used to come in meals that were tiny games just dodging things

[@lostboycmd]

I bought two of the original thumby to make into earrings, very excited for them to get here!

[@SibaNL]

With a screen twice the size it actually would've been playable

[@effoffutube]

looks cool, my eyes hurt already

[@8bitchiptune420]

Funny thing ambernic just released a new handheld exactly looks like this.

[@russianspy1234]

We need one of those screen magnifier attachments they used to have for game boys

[@christophermullins7163]

"thats like 2d graphics" proceeds to run down a 3d highway

[@jaysondoster9729]

Believe it or not. This is a full size console for Linus.

[@thomascriviera5779]

I totally agree with what Linus said about the price. 15 to 20 bucks is what we would want to pay for it. And yet with all that is in there, warehousing and other company related costs and, we shouldn't deny it, a bit of profit so the company can reinvest, expand etc, 50 bucks isn't unreasonable. Then again we should hope for economy of scale to drive the price down to the 30's. But my gut feeling tells me, this is such a nice product, however much we might like it, it will be difficult to sell it by the (tens of) thousands. And lets not forget that often if an influencer has got their hands on it, demand for that product picks up dramatically, and that will also increase the price because A, more profit, and B people will buy it then anyway. For example one AliExpress 1/43 4wd drift car used to cost 25 euro's. And after a couple rc youtubers featured it, it was always sold out and cost upwards of 10 to 15 bucks more (depending on the week/month you take a look at the product page.)

[@johnsmith8981]

The sequel to the gameboy pocket, the gameboy keychain.

[@kayonesoft]

You mean sequel to the Game Boy Micro.

[@unrealed]

Really wish someone had given Linus this as a joke gift on his actual birthday

[@SpoiledBadgerMilk]

Finally a console for the short kings.

[@vwoop]

"Take you phone videography to the next level!"

[@FranklyPeetoons]

Please show us the invoiced amount for this level of enthusiasm

[@Spiritwonder420]

Please show me your invoiced amount for being miserable all day

[@FranklyPeetoons]

@@Spiritwonder420 You gets that for free, buddy

[@thexgamer8240]

As someone with severe myopia, this console is my nightmare.

[@DoctorNemmo]

Myopia is not the problem; it lets you see close stuff. Presbyopia in old peopke won't let you see anything close.

[@DeinonychusCowboy]

Uh yeah if you have myopia just take your glasses off, if you have presbyopia good luck lol

[@Jose-Sousa]

Only when the AA battery was shown I got the idea of how small that is... Linus hands are quite small xD

[@LayeredFusionDesigns]

That Pi was released ealrier this year.. We got it at DefCon this year

[@DecanFrost]

remember when we bought a screen magnifier for our old gameboy? the gameboy screen is 4x larger than this....

[@TheCommanderTaco]

To be fair the old Gameboys didn't have back lighting, but by Linus's comment this screen is so small you can't make out color lol.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

The dystopian Nintendo Ninja's want want to know your location NOW!

[@kagekiso]

6:01 those are paper talismans that they stick on the foreheads of Chinese zombies/vampires (called jiāng shī 僵尸) to subdue them, which are the mobs coming at you

[@flyingtentacle7631]

This is a really amazing and useful device. If only in the future they can expand on this idea and make some sort of device with a bigger screen, better operating system and add some radios that allow it to communicate via voice and/or text messaging. I bet everyone would carry something like that around, it would totally make this gameboy knock off seem like complete ewaste. Until that happens though, this is a super great product worth every penny.

[@Brunoxid0]

4:03 Linus is just techie Michael Scott

[@swagatathevagabond1323]

Yup , both even have similar voices

[@HorstLichtersBart]

shortcircuit is the new LTT

[@VGMFan20XX]

I can only imagine products like this are directed at miniature collectors? I'm surprised there's that many out there to make these profitable XD To each their own I suppose, but seems like a very "because I can" product haha.

[@RAHelllord]

It's a mix of that and also that it's a pretty useful tool to learn programming in a fun way. It's limitations are quite useful in this regard because they make you stay on target, it uses python which is nice and easy to learn, and it's small enough that you don't need a ton of space or strong computer to make what you want. And once you're done playing or learning with it you can always just put it on your keychain and have a tiny emergency gaming console wherever you go, that also looks neat as hell. I have the previous one of this one, just called Thumby, and the Minesweeper clone has made many times of waiting for my pizza to get done at my takeout place much more bearable.

[@lam9876543210]

Everyone: laughs Linus: Claiming his hands are not child size😂

[@Peachwhaler26]

Linus just wanted to feel like a giant

[@shuhei9571]

Newborn’s first console

[@MRdeLaat]

i rly need puzzle bubble right now

[@SANSd20]

Anne Moore: And I took that personally.

[@Mark-vr7pt]

It's still more powerful than my first PC.

[@jamesborb4255]

This is basically a commercialized exercise of style

[@verebellus]

i was kinda expecting a labs test of the display idk why

[@zembryoz]

so it's a pocket sprite with none of the open source community cool

[@zdanee]

I have the Pocket Sprite, pretty much this but with GBC and SMS emulation in DMG shape. I found the bigest problem is the 80x64 display, at this size you don't want action games on that control, but at that resolution you can't play text-heavy turn based RPGs either. I originally wanted a tiny Pokemon-machine. It does work, but my eyes bleed on the downscaled text at that size.

[@baphometjr801]

Feel like Linus isn't in this anymore... the over the top personality seems forced lately. He's just here fulfilling his contractual obligations.

[@manmanynames]

I like it when people make fun, cool little things, but I couldn't see myself spending on something like this when I already own so many consoles, this PC and my smartphone and tablet that I can play on, which I can all use with displays that wouldn't make me strain my eyes to see what's going on.

[@joonglegamer9898]

Linus: Woah look at my new 150" TV, I'll place the lowly 100" in my kids room. Also Linus: 50$ bucks for the worlds smallest keychain color video game console? Yikes!

[@Dijitz23]

Well outside of novelty it really doesn't add anything to entertainment compared to a big screen. People tend to want bigger screens not small screens. Also, considering we have phones that can do everything that this thing can do and more, it's kinda meh. However, as a novelty item it is pretty cool.

[@zedular098]

Though I also have hands for that size of console, unfortunately I don't have eyes for that size console...

[@thejackofclubs]

over the years, linus has repeatedly pointed out that he needs glasses but doesnt wear any, so you have to take that with some salt or something.

[@s01itarygaming]

Doesn't go into the whole software/game development side of the product, but still feels confident that it's his duty to tell people they shouldn't buy this product. C'mon Linus. You used to be able to make fun short content without acting like the retail police. You're not our dad, we don't need you straight up telling us what we shouldn't buy.

[@ZomPaul2113]

Imagine one of these on demo at Walmart w one of those antitheft arms on it 2x its size

[@TalynOne]

Funkey S can actually emulate console games

[@s01itarygaming]

Except you're brushing over the whole software/game development side of this part of this product. This doesn't compete with the Funkey S because it isn't meant to.

[@MindstabThrull]

And of course this means that Linus is going to spend the next two hours playing on it until the battery dies on him...

[@fukov3400]

Anbernic just announced a gba lookalike handheld that isnt for ants and has a much more powerful cpu.

[@RAHelllord]

But this thing is meant as a keychain ornament when it's not being used to learn coding or for some simple indie game developing for fun. The Anbernic is just yet another linux based emulator and simply not aimed at the same target demography as a result.

[@mikebackatyou]

I’m surprised this isn’t a sponsored video. He’s effusively praising overpriced junk.

[@BrandEver117]

If they made an SP in this scale, I would go ballistic

[@Opebin]

Check out the Funkey S if you want something tiny but with more pressable buttons and able to emulate lots of old game consoles

[@namelessxsilent]

Then you want the FunKey S

[@MarcelEvers1]

Poor Ann Moore! She needs some love!

[@Marc.Google]

5:49 song of morus, Linus. Not son.

[@theophilusthistler5885]

I'd love to flash it and challenge myself to Amiga games if playable both performance & small size of possible for Worms & Lemmings.

[@RAHelllord]

You can fully flash pretty much anything TinyCircuits (the company behind this) makes. So assuming someone writes an amiga emulator for that chip you could totally do that.

[@avinashgudipati009]

What video is playing in the background? 0:37

[@elorrambasdo5233]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@Jaie55]

A video they had for ambience

[@shadmankabir5916]

as per the floatplane exclusive, its just a slide created on apple keynote

[@robsquared2]

Just need some jewelers glasses to play it.

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

What's next?! A tiny DS?!

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

Still too big for Linus' tiny hands.

[@deuswulf6193]

You know what they say about small hands? Small joystick.

[@199Bubi]

The FunKey S won me over. Bought it after the video and I love it. The OS of the FunKey S seems more polished as well but I love myself some competition in the keychain console market

[@s01itarygaming]

At this point the market has quite a few, very good, ultra portable retro game emulation handhelds (Funkey S and RG Nano being the top two). Fortunately that is not the focus of this product. This product, along with other products from this company, has tools for developing and sharing games/software. So actually this isn't competition for them. And, inversely, to my knowledge there isn't really any competition for this.

[@karenbartnet]

Binance infinity ETH bug right now I just made a video to show that:

[@Antoni9400]

Scam website

[@MacMasore]

5:29 they should sell a clip on magnifying glass with it 😅

[@iamavataraang]

What a lovely bit of ewaste 😄

[@s01itarygaming]

Only if someone goes into it not know the point of the product. Which, sadly after this video, may be quite a lot of people. This product, as with some of their other products, has tools for creating and sharing software/games. If you're not interested in that, then yes this is absolutely e-waste.

[@heyimamaker]

It would be amazing if you could connect a USB-C hub to it and then use HDMI out!

[@Nightcaat]

So retro

[@vierkilau]

We need a tiny pc running linux for linus

[@Mr.Atari2600]

This feel like one of those "Just because you can doesn't mean you should" moments. I much rather get a Game Boy Micro.

[@pacershark452]

WTF?!.... It must be a REALLY slow day in tech.

[@azenyr]

Also check out Anbernic RG Nano. An actually usable full retro console that emulates anything up to and including PS1. Its amazing the power for the size.

[@s01itarygaming]

What tools does that Anbernic RG Nano have for developing software/games?

[@StevePlaysSteveplaysyotube]

I think u will love the new Anbernic RG34xx

[@Keaton.]

If I can't use as a keychain, I don't want it. lol

[@elblanco5]

This is cool, but it's in the $10 aisle at 5-below cool.

[@ahmedalhibshi2599]

i want to see shaquille o'neal use this

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

If you use this product for months on end, you'll get myopia (nearsightedness)

[@nunoaguiar2525]

Who's the target audience for this? Prisoners (so tiny that they can easily hide from the guards), military use (if you change the software) and ants.

[@anthonyorf8827]

Mostly people that wanna fit something playable on their keychain and people who enjoy small coding projects because the thing is fully programmable, also the novelty goes hard, super good conversation starter

[@RAHelllord]

This is mostly for people that like to collect little gadgets, people who want to program their own games (it's all open source from beginning to end), like to play experimental indie games made by others, or for people that want a tiny little emergency video game console as backup. I have the original Thumby on my keychain for over 2 years now, and I still occasionally play it when waiting for my pizza to finish baking at my takeout place, otherwise it's just a pretty cool keychain ornament.

[@s01itarygaming]

People interested in software/game development. You know, that whole part of the product/ecosystem that linus brushed over.

[@beepymemes]

nah it's for programmers, you can make your own games for it

[@typerightseesight]

My little brothers a cop in the small town that these are made. lol, I live the next town over too. haha