FOUND: Ultra-Rare Nintendo Prototype N64 Add-On (US Version of 64DD)

In the mid 1990s, Nintendo announced the 64DD disk drive add-on for the N64 for the US market ....but it never came out. Instead the Japanese version of the drive crashed and burned upon release and it took all the hopes of US gamers ever buying one along with it. For almost 20 years it was consider a myth that an actual US retail version exists... until now. I have found a working prototype of the 64DD for the US market AND it contains a developer blue diskette inside of its drive. This unit is unique in many ways and in this video I tell you all the things that make it special...and what happens next...
UPDATE to BLUE DISK: • Prototype USA 64DD UPD...
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[@modembuddy4010]

I hope it's Superman 64 DD. I hear they added MORE rings.

[@SuperCoalBlox]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😎😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bojangles126]

+Super_Coal_Blox Great comment

[@sinclairfourthousand]

*SHUDDERS*

[@BetweenTheLyons]

Fuck yea Superman 65

[@gumballwatterson8372]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lyktotallyobscure]

If that disk contains the Mother 3 demo, you'll be even more of a legend.

[@Sauraen]

Or the real URA Zelda.

[@gabyelnuevo]

+Sauraen URAAAA D:

[@GlaceonMatt]

If it's Ura Zelda I will jizz confetti in celebration and ecstasy XP

[@gmc__tanner1192]

Or black ops 3 jk lol

[@nerples1149]

THAT...WOULD BE AMAZING!!! (This is my response to Radical Guy)

[@gamingentertainmenttelevis2674]

Gamestop would still only give you 5$

[@djcarameldeviljaycry4831]

Gaming Entertainment Television lmao

[@fastingvegan455]

Gaming Entertainment Television 😆😆😆😆 or .25

[@liebebryanify]

And re-sell it for 80$.

[@mattc420]

Gaming Entertainment Television god damn this is the most true thing ever said on the internet.

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

A pizza box plays the same amount of games as this thing,its not even worth 5 bucks

[@sizlax]

I'm 36 years old and I actually remember seeing this thing(very likely in the aforementioned Nintendo power magazine) when I was a kid.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

sizlax I'm 14 and when I was born (2004) they released Gamecube 😂

[@rashedalzghoul3533]

Brenda princesa Lindaa same

[@Vences5]

Im 30 and i remember this, it was one of the those mythical things that no one had

[@mattc420]

sizlax yes!!!! I was just saying this same thing in comments above this one. I remember being a kid and reading about this and telling my friends and showing them the port on the bottom and telling them see that's where it goes! Man I'm glad someone else remembers

[@dontaskme9047]

Back in the day when new systems actually meant a huge improvement in game quality. I was looking forward to it.

[@tomasdelizia3695]

-Orange Xbox: Checked -Nintendo 64DD USA: Checked Coming soon: Nintendo PlayStation

[@gamephreak5]

Dude, someone already found the Nintendo Playstation.

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

I was confused at first about that too, but I think he means MetalJesusRocks getting one.

[@tomasdelizia3695]

+Nott Joey I did mean that

[@JaredConnell]

+Nott Joey or metal jesus doing a video on it.. too bad the guys who have it are money grubbing assholes who are holding it ransom trying to make as much money as they can with it

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

Jared Connell Actually, right now they are trying to get it fixed and working. There was just a video of it uploaded today about it being opened up and examined.

[@Myuu]

It's kind of sad that I saw the news the other day everywhere and no one was giving you credit for the photos or that you have found it. I was really surprised on my sub feed today to see that YOU are the one who found it and delivered the pictures!

[@Darkest_Soul_187]

What are you talking about?

[@computerkid1416]

@@Darkest_Soul_187 what are *you* talking about?

[@erick308058]

3:33 that's the coolest loading screen I've ever seen!

[@whotakesallmynames]

Maybe someone can get it working as the loading gif for an N64 emulator if we can ever get the flippin thing to play games on something!

[@milkiijugsspammail6602]

@@whotakesallmynames so, there is Emulation for the 64DD in English now.

[@ThunderConker]

You should play Conker's bad fur day if you like to see a great loading screen.

[@AyratHungryStudent]

It's sad that developers of games don't talk more about their work. I'm sure guys like Mark from this video have amazing stories about creating consoles, games and other related things.

[@Barnacules]

Damn Jesus, you gone viral bro :D

[@DEREK-vz7uh]

+Technach there friends

[@kristiandawe85]

jerry should do these types of videos

[@rustyshackleford8086]

Hey Barnacules good to see you out in the wild

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I know!! Pretty cool, huh?

[@filipmac1545]

56k

[@solisdiego01]

The disc contains Half Life 3

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+FatTerroristGuy 01 Hahahaha!! Find of the century :)

[@tompeterson7067]

Find of the century nothing. Try find of a life time. Or does that title belong to Mrs Metal Jesus?

[@ip3onmyspace158]

+Tom Peterson amen brother, it's all about the people. I'm into retro gaming and all, but I like this channel because I like MJR as a human being. Seems like a real sweet, kind man.

[@aragorn100000]

HAHAHA

[@MarcosNicolasAmoroso]

I think is Half Life 4

[@nspcrazy1122]

Me: Hey, Nintendo. What happened to that floppy disk add-on for the 64? Nintendo: It flopped.

[@Subieghost]

That was amazing.

[@samuelj726]

Got eeem

[@Gianmario1104]

...😂

[@demogeymidge2997]

eeeeeyyy

[@hamfitness863]

LMAO

[@luizbotini5075]

It has FREE 1000 hours of AOL Internet 56k connection.

[@ItzDrPlow]

what if i sign up a friend

[@hoccahortaorganicadocca-uf3155]

You still have to pay the telephone company. AOL sucks and charges you for it.

[@SegaSlashTV]

If not AOL, probably Compuserve 56kb with the password and phone service ready to be connected.

[@lucag.lisickza425]

yes lol

[@jdmarsh91]

@Real B's Family-I've actually got a Nintendo 64 that's been modified to play Japanese N64 games as well as the English ones. If you're interested, I can see about selling it to you for a decent price, let me know what you think.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

Region-locking needs to die out. Why punish people who import their games? Why should I or anyone else have to be punished for buying a perfectly legit game in one territory and trying to play it in another? What if I travel a lot? That's not protection, it's treating the customer like a criminal!

[@DarDarBinks1986]

***** It doesn't need to take time. Region-locking needs to end RIGHT NOW. It took less time to go from having no space program in America to landing Neil Armstrong on the moon. Nintendo needs to stop being retarded and join the 21st century. It's 2016; old ways get forced out of society.

[@Ponimaju]

So great when you can just pop a game in from elsewhere and it will work. I even bought a Japanese PS3 baseball game, just cause I could (and cause the batting was like MLB Power Pros, which is fun as hell).

[@dalazo]

Region locks are stupid but in some countries it does make sense. Japan's import can be horrible at pricing, because of this they want to region lock stuff so people don't start importing it themselves (money going OUT of the country, not staying within). A good example of how Japan aproaches this without region locks is how they handle their CD releases. Bands get a choice - make bonus tracks for the Japanese release (this is why there are so many japanese releases of CD's) or well. We don't release it here. What bands then do is string some bonus tracks on it so it's in the eyes of the Japanese consumers "worth" the higher price.

[@marioe.4400]

These are The Walls of our lives...

[@danielfuntime4859]

In fact, the region of the catridges or consoles, it's for related things with market control

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I acquired this from somebody I met off of Craigslist… however that person is shy and interested in keeping their personal information private and I want to respect that.

[@8bitDNA]

the things you find on CL...AMAZING!!!

[@brianmaglinger2005]

Looks cool thanks for showing us!

[@washedout8055]

Hey Metal Jesus do you happen to have a VIZIO tv in the back?

[@jeremyfrakes2419]

this is really awesome! glad you picked it up!!

[@shinobuiscool]

Did you ask the person that you got it from if they knew what was on the disk?

[@NoahThomas29]

That disk contains skynet.

[@theyamo7219]

No, Crysis

[@goldenjoe1676]

Half life 3

[@_nayrb]

Lbp4

[@OfficialJuggaloJesus]

Y2K bug

[@devinconnelly4000]

Dun dun dun dundun

[@COVENANT69]

When I was in primary school, my friend had told me that there was a new add-on for the N64 coming out soon that would use floppy disks, and that he had seen it because his dad had it for a few days before he returned it to someone. I never believed him.

[@IsItModern]

This guy is a mouth breather. Every gasp for air is as loud as the talking.

[@Meansoduck]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARED

[@SilentSoundGuy]

I have always wondered why people consider this to be an undesirable trait.

[@matthewbiehl3412]

+stonefry it's loud and annoying, kinda like chewing with your mouth open.

[@IsThisDustin]

This just in, humans breathe from their mouths.

[@IsItModern]

Dustin&FriendsPlayGames we have a breaking news bulletin; someone here lives under a rock and has never heard a certain phrase before and also thinks phrases are taken literally. Dumbass also believes when someone says it's raining cats and dogs it's really raining cats and dogs.

[@samtron5000]

Try contacting fangamer, they've been dealing with a lot of n64DD stuff over the years, they might know something or know someone who can get what is needed to load your blue disk.

[@FroztiProductions]

bump

[@armytrainer]

Jesus should see this comment

[@Draidis]

bump

[@electroflame6188]

THE B TO THE U TO THE M TO THE P.

[@dr.jimeagleii4108]

bump

[@osawagedk]

Love this guy. He's so knowledgeable and a great speaker with a warm personality to boot. He also doesn't waste time with unnecessary filler or long pauses. Great production. Keep up the good work!

[@JasonGamingForever]

Well thank you, you just solved a mystery from my child hood. The port on the bottom.

[@Eddiedoherty22]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@calebwilson3736]

For. Real. I took that little door off so many times over the years, never anything..

[@ferraridav]

Try calling the help line on the back of your N64...

[@ASkilledRoy]

LMFAO, Nintendo doesnt just give out information like that.

[@manictiger]

They probably would, but they probably don't have anyone on staff that even knows anything about that thing anymore.

[@johnnyappleseed65]

They probably do, they still help with problems from old consoles. But I doubt they help you with prototype questions, Ha.

[@deathbattle]

That's some amazing stuff right there. Envious.

[@decliningship4208]

🅱️

[@imgone6962]

death battleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@max4furious]

Can you guys do *James Bond (Agent 007) vs Jason Bourne* ? [Using both the books and films for research information]

[@derekgross1518]

He is not the only one that has it: check out my fb group! You can win one: Rom Hack Database :)

[@defacube]

yea

[@larkspurbetulaakahexagonal2902]

ah, so THAT'S what the bottom port of my n64 is for.

[@TheDarkToes]

There's actually quite a few expansions

[@PrinceOfTheTimelords]

TheDarkToes as of what i know, the DD drive is the only accessory that uses the bottom port. Maybe you are thinking of the controller accessory port?

[@davidmcgill1000]

@@PrinceOfTheTimelords There was one other expansion that I've seen a patent for as well as a photo in some magazine, but I have no idea what it was, but it had no disk slot on it.

[@PrinceOfTheTimelords]

David McGill ah. Never knew that. I didn’t live in the N64 era so I wouldn’t know that. I came the last year of its run. Thanks for the info.

[@mistercrazyyyy]

There was a addon wich used the slot, cant remember for sure, somethinge like doctor.n64 or so, u could copy the games to a ZIP cardige and play from them when i remember.. always wanted that thing 😂 when i remember right u could even play NTSC games on PAL machines with that addon...

[@NytronX]

Contact a guy named "Professor Abrasive", he's an expert at console hacking who reverse engineered the Sega Saturn recently. He could for sure figure this out.

[@davidbanan.]

They know what is on the disk, they belive it was an Sdk of some type

[@zeldamon104]

oh my god if it's eartbhound 64 I will shit my pants

[@ericmaguire5769]

It was never finished, however I think there was a playable early demo at Spaceworld 1999. Even if that's on there, I'd shit my pants, too.

[@gamephreak5]

I highly doubt it'd be Earthbound 64. That game wasn't finished, and Nintendo certainly wouldn't have translated it to English during development 'cause remember, Earthbound SNES bombed horribly. No one bought it, so Nintendo saw the US as a dead market for anything Earthbound.

[@ournintendoguy3476]

Ikr, even though I own a CIB Mother 3. I would love to have a Mother 3 Proto… either 64DD or GBA.

[@WesCoastPiano]

+gamephreak5 Bullshit. I bought it.

[@ScootsNBhistorybehindthegaming]

I kind of doubt it. The game remained unfinished, and wasn't translated into English at the time it was shown off. And probably only 1 Development cartridge existed, considering it wasn't even playable when it was shown off. If anything, Iwata probably had it in his archive and probably still does to this day die despite his death. It's either in the hands of Nintendo, Hal, or it was destroyed long ago. An early version of Paper Mario, Kirby 64 or Banjo Tooie would be much more plausible considering those games had come out at around this time

[@gtp2nv]

This is nostalgic at its best!! I remember reading about this in like 1997, either online or more than likely in a gaming magazine! I had forgotten that it even existed until seeing your video, and then I remembered it. Awesome video!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@03chrisv]

I remember reading about this add-on back when I first got my N64. Crazy to hear about it again after all these years.

[@3DTyrant]

"It *flopped* terribly in Japan" Hahaaaaah, I see what you did there. Oh, wait, that wasn't a floppy disk pun, was it?

[@carlten6386]

I can tell you from personal researching that that 64dd was holding a developer disk, it is a different color from the original n64 dd disk gray. It can only work with a Developer N64 DD that have a blue disk drive. I would be honored to help you search for a developer console so you can play and see what's in the contents of that disk.

[@carlten6386]

Originally, the N64DD had multiple types of prototypes, there was a computer that could run a type of disk's similar in format to a normal n64dd that were larger than normal n64dd disk's, then had the blue prototype consoles which could run those blue developer disk's, then the released japan version, and scrapped the USA version of the N64DD, which contained the rare USA bios of the N64DD.

[@carlten6386]

There is nothing wrong with the disk itself, it can't run on a normal n64DD due to the BIO's within the motherboard. We would need a Developer console that *obviously* contain the Developer BIO's.

[@Reveers]

IF, IF what is on the disk is an early retail version of the online services software they had been working on for Japan then there may be specific hardware requirements that must also be present before the disk would boot. iirc, there was (is) an external modem being developed that plugged into the bottom of the n64 itself and would have likely been required for a dial-up connection to the online services Nintendo had planned. The modem was never released in NA afaik as well. Please keep in mind this is purely speculation on my part. Metal Jesus definitely needs to find one of the developer cartridges though to complete his testing for us all to see.

[@carlten6386]

The N64 is region free, but there is a physical part in the N64 which stops other region cartridges from fitting inside the slot. There is a way to cut off that part and stick the other region cart inside. So if it was cut off, it POSSIBLY could work.

[@carlten6386]

Hey MetalJesusRocks. I want you to contact one of the guys over at 64DD.org, his name is LuigiBlood. Go to Dumps and scroll to the bottom and contact him, he should help you dump the rom and we should get to see what game it is.

[@danstheman2009able]

I love undiscovered video game stuff like this

[@_nayrb]

@Zachary LeSauvage jeez man calm down.

[@zandelscomicsandcards7543]

Your channel is my new addiction. I love all the videos. I can’t stop watching them. Thanks for all the awesome stuff.

[@comradekitty2009]

That’s probably worth thousands because it’s an unreleased United States version

[@emeraldgamecave679]

I know a guy who could help. His name is Mario

[@MetalJesusRocks]

It'sa ME, Mario! :)

[@emeraldgamecave679]

seriously though what a find. Even as a show piece it's excellent!! But i hope you can get it to work, even if somebody has working titles that they could send you that would rock. Now all you need is the Nintendo/Playstation console. Thanks for your reply MJ. Rock on !! :)

[@avidanhiplito7209]

+MetalJesusRocks or any price for the ps3 you want

[@capcom23]

it's "It's me Maria" hello

[@dankcum]

why did people upvote this

[@attomicchicken]

When I was younger I would always wonder what the n64 had the slot on the bottom. I thought it was something akin to a cartridge duplication function. Not proud to admit I tried jamming the cartridges that way

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

There were unofficial add ons that used that slot, like the Doctor V64, which you could use to load N64 games onto CDs

[@attomicchicken]

HHaha. Yep. Young me didn't know any better. We never knew this stuff. Only years after

[@attomicchicken]

ojideagu don't think I was that adventurous at that age

[@Ponimaju]

And at this age?

[@AlexOjideagu2]

haha

[@eduardodacosta4670]

That's amazing, I'd love to be involved in such project, brilliant!

[@ilive4retro]

This channel is so amazing to me. I’m so happy I found it!

[@daviddifranco]

Man, such an awesome find! I've always been curious about the 64DD.

[@mattc420]

David Di Franco I remember seeing this in a Nintendo magizine a long time ago. Or it may have been game informer. Either way I knew about this thing but they never delivered on it.

[@theyamo7219]

I prefer to call it the 64 Double D Makes my dick super hard

[@blackdragon6933]

64dd some huge breasts lol

[@kevgor138]

Wow, this is a huge deal. You have discovered something really special. I need to know what it is on that disk..

[@kevgor138]

I would try contacting Ben Heck. He can solve any technological problem known to man.

[@ghostisblack]

MJR already left a comment on Bens newest video for the Nintendo-Playstation.

[@RapideWombaticus]

kevgor138 Me too! What is on that disk?!

[@LeethLee1]

I remember reading about this in the old nintendo64 magazine here in Australia! The F-Zero X expansion looked super interesting. I wanted it so bad haha. This is an awesome look at one, congrats on the find!

[@lunatico501]

I'll give you 15$ for it. That's better than GameStop

[@Zobbtuna]

Came because this was trending on Facebook

[@MadHappyPlays]

Same here

[@SegaCDUniverse]

Hard 4 Games has a dev kit! Maybe they can read the disk for you! I love those guys!

[@RSElTirateroPLUS]

Yeah subtitles! Greetings and blessings from Mexico! Great video!

[@CT-Records]

My lad, you are the archaeologist of video games! You answered so many questions I had about the Nintendo 64 DD! Would recommend this video, and the followup video, to anyone who might be interested in the topic. I'm just flabbergasted you found a functional one, let alone an English one with a factory blue port! Wow...

[@smeechdog]

This is how Skynet begins...

[@Palpus_X]

No killer robots here

[@smeechdog]

MeisterPalpus33 Neither were there at the conception of Skynet.

[@Pipack_]

No, Minecraft story mode: episode 7 is the start of skynet

[@MrPainlayer69]

YES

[@biomechannibal8888]

This is like when the Atari Dump was located. An urban legend turns out to be true.

[@gamephreak5]

It was never an urban legend. Everyone knew that there was an Atari dump out in the middle of the desert. It was even reported on in the local newspapers of that area when Atari did that back in '83! What WAS an urban legend was that the dump had nothing but E.T. cartridges, which turned out to be false and there were actually far less E.T. cartridges in there than suspected.

[@markasscop]

I still don't understand how some people thought it was a legend when it was something that was actually documented

[@henrydillard6217]

+markasscop Arev not every newspaper in the country ran the same story, so people would hear about it by word of mouth but no way to prove it. The Internet is such a blessing, lol.

[@jayyyceee8403]

+Henry Dillard You should see The Gaming Historian's episode on this, he himself said there was no myth at all, all they did was just push the truth ever further

[@ip3onmyspace158]

+markasscop Arev it's because of all the AVGN fanboys

[@374SmallFry]

You're videos are amazing. I'm not into this kind of stuff but how the video is made and how you present the information makes it interesting. Subbed, keep up the good work

[@VideoGameVotary]

back to this gem in 2020! suprised I never seen this episode. on to part 2. great video

[@The_Gamer_91]

Everyone, please listen! You know why that error popped up when he put the disk in the disk player. It's not because he need something special to play it, error 1 means "01: N64 disk drive may have been broken down, or Disk may be bad.", and I got this from searching N64DD error 1, and the website was Zetaboards. #SpreadTheWord

[@The_Gamer_91]

That means that the disk has broken down, or the disk player has broken down.

[@creativeedplayz8869]

Dude, you're right! #spreadtheword

[@MajinTalon]

why do you care?

[@The_Gamer_91]

What do you mean, it's important information, if this disk player or blue disk could be fixed, and be able to play the right way.

[@The_Gamer_91]

It also explains why that error appeared in the first place, when he put the disk in the system.

[@CriminalMacabre]

So you fuck up with cartridges, but you have a chance of redemption with an addon... that works with cartridges. Yeap.

[@CriminalMacabre]

ANewEvilRising shhh adults are talking here, randal

[@BigJoker]

They're not cartridges, they're magnetic discs. Sure, it's surrounded by plastic, but the technology within is totally different. That's like calling PSP games "cartridges."

[@ZedQue]

You're no adult weeboid.

[@CriminalMacabre]

***** dwayne sweetie, do your mom knows you use the internet after bedtime?

[@ZedQue]

esgarramanter My mom doesn't, but yours does.

[@TeamTeddy666]

can't believe this was 7 years ago already 😢

[@mikeflaherty2547]

Very re-enlightening.. It's been years actually thanks.

[@RainePhoenix]

You mean, 64DD isn't Nintendo's bra size?

[@MitsuhashiTakashi]

It's metal Jesus' bra size

[@lankyfella]

THATS A HUUUUGE BITCH

[@domineeksanford8043]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💀💀💀

[@TheEasterEggHunter]

Nice one Jason, what a great find!

[@ip3onmyspace158]

Jason? Kayfabe's been broken lol

[@felix.rodent]

What If The Cart Is A Demo Of Mother 3? Will You Cover That?

[@TheRealElSeeDee]

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@harmlesip1]

Love this! My first watch of one of your videos! Count me in, SUBSCRIBED!

[@grizzlywhisker]

dude i had a nintendo power subscription for almost 20 years, i was always pissed this thing never came out in america, and i was always so interested in it. this is really cool to see. thanks for sharing this.

[@EdouardPicard0224]

This man could have Ura Zelda, or Zelda Gaiden

[@yoran4067]

Isn't Zelda Gaiden Is Majora's Mask

[@memoryaccessviolation]

Hiyoi Yup

[@ericbazinga]

You should send this to Benjamin Heckendorn (The Ben Heck Show). He could do a teardown and could probably help you repair the blue disk. I REALLY want to find out what this is. It could be anything from some random test patterns and shapes to a whole US 64DD game! Ben could possibly even help you rip the BIOS off this thing! Then we could Frankenstein our OWN US 64DDs!

[@gladieuxsound5449]

First thing I see is a badass ghost reveries poster! Awesome video man.

[@tmap92]

I have to admit, I probably don't have the patience to develop this or even go through all the legwork required to really learn about somehting that essentially didn't exist. But seriously, MAD MAD Respect from knowing about this, and not just knowing but actually using it, especially when emulators and flash drives are so prevalant nowadays. I can really see the passion and dedication you had for this, and everything that led you to these discoveries...Seriously well done.

[@blackhammer35]

Damn Nintendo. I bought the 64 with the promise of the DD to come out and give PlayStation a run for its money, only for it to never come out.

[@glidershower]

Yeah, it's a shame Nintendo felt intimidated by Sony's PS2 machine, a machine that in the end crapped and lost to the newcomer Microsoft's Xbox. Had they gone full balls-deep in the N64 and the DiskDrive instead of the Gamecube, they would've triumphed over the two rival companies. Just imagine, instead of the GC, to buy the 64DD in 2002, playing Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, TLOZ:Wind Waker, StarFox 64 2, Conker's Other Bad Day...a dream we will never see made into a reality.

[@GamerbyDesign]

On what earth did the original XBOX beat the PS2?

[@manictiger]

I remember always getting what my friends didn't have. It was like a potluck, but with video games. So I had the Playstation, so someone got the N64. One of them got the Dreamcast, so then I got the PS2 (which was 900 bucks on eBay and that was 'a good deal'). From there, consoles got cheaper and the sharing ended. Tbh, I miss the gaming parties. It's not at all the same online. No in-person spectators, no gigantic bowl of popcorn. No crushing them in Twisted Metal and then gloating 3 inches from them. No OP as fuck dual P90s in Golden Eye and people voting to ban camping the vents. No more unlocking Tekken characters that are clearly OP and getting people to beg you for the button combo. And then banning that, too, because it's flat out ridiculous.

[@ryanfields8657]

+GamerbyDesign he said nothing about the original Xbox or the PS2 in his comment lol

[@glidershower]

GamerbyDesign On the same earth both the PS3 and XBOX360 got outsold by the Wii. I meant lost in the long end, as with all succesors. Lost ground as generations went on. I should've phrased what I meant better, my bad.

[@yaboy1414]

OMG I wanted to see what was on that disc so bad lol

[@LibertyLou_]

Same here bro!

[@JuicyMcGibblets]

You're the kind of dude I could just sit around drinking a beer with while talking all the things video games. None of my friends are into games like I am, but whatever. Greetings from Philly, you've got a new subscriber homie. Keep on keeping on.

[@fabiancarta]

That’s a real nice catch you got there, mate!

[@greninja7131]

My dad worked at Iguana Entertainment back in the days. So, he was a N64 dev. I asked him about the 64DD and he said, that Iguana Entertainment wanted to make a Turok 3 expansion for the 64DD.

[@obsoletegeek]

Incredible. This has been an amazing week for retro gaming fans! I hope you can find a way to dump the contents of the disk.

[@ip3onmyspace158]

What else happen this week in retro gaming besides this? Fill me in please!

[@challaxeluithiadir6272]

nintendo is releasing a mini NES in november. it's a plug n play with 30 games

[@painreliever83]

I think he might be referring to the guy who cracked the CD DRM on the Sega Saturn.

[@obsoletegeek]

Yep, the new mini NES and the Saturn flash card.

[@ip3onmyspace158]

+Challaxe Luithiadir I LOVE the flashback plug and plays. Got the genesis and Atari 3. Still need the intellivision and Coleco.

[@pauldenney6968]

Super cool find. Always heard about it, but nice to get the backstory on this thing!

[@timlikestoswim]

I hope to God one day someone finds a Mother 3 N64 demo somewhere.

[@pocket83]

Whoa! I remember seeing a sketch of one of those in an old game magazine. I love reading old game mags (now) and laughing at all of the half-truths, optimistic previews, and wild speculations.

Cool you are in Seattle where I am at! Definitely subscribing to you! Might see ya around here in Seattle some day!

I worked at Nintendo at one time. But I was only an underling that installed firmware on wii consoles and reported any debug errors to the engineers and handed the defected consoles to them. Sure I played Wii Sports a couple months before the Wii was even released in USA, but I was only an underling and I can tell ya that policies are a pretty big thing inside to keep secrets from leaking out. Hopefully a policy doesn't hold back people from telling the story about this great DD device.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

You definitely will if you hit up any of the retro stores like Pink Gorilla Games or Another Castle. I'm there every couple of weeks!

[@mike1989libra]

+Tyee Cambrón I would love working for nintendo

[@mike1989libra]

+MetalJesusRocks I wish this thing would of not flop

[@hrebs]

then it wouldn't be rare

[@animefan0077]

Love it to the fact had the 64DD went on sale in the U.S. it would be difficult for it to compete with the PlayStation 2

[@Ryan-mn2dd]

Dude - great find and great explanation. Thx for sharing.

[@SuperNeedName]

it's most likely porn bro.

[@greenrefrigerator]

Yeah, cuz that's the type of content Nintendo would put on their branded products...(smh)

[@SuperNeedName]

People who use smh i just smh and cringe. Internet!

[@jamessheridan88]

Well he made a demo disk to show what the system was capable of...

[@SuperNeedName]

well you sure know how to take it to the next level. 0-100 like daaaaaaaaaaaamn son.

[@SuperNeedName]

you have a special set of skills. one of them is not being funny. Liam

[@NanaKyoto]

Treasures like this ought to be kept with the utmost care.

[@monkey747rocks]

I really enjoyed this video, keep making great content!

[@SkullkraneEntertainment]

Well researched video MJR!!

[@n64glennplant]

Man I'd love to get my hands on this - what a find!

[@BoredPodcaster]

This is easily one of the greatest finds in video game history, and one of the lost wonders of the gaming atmosphere (now found).

[@rublanco87]

Make it your mission to find out what that blue disk contains!!! A follow video is a must! Excited!

[@poveysoatcakes]

Love these videos really helpful

[@MrUktemplar]

MetalJesus if you ever find out whats on that disk would you please do a video it is to much of a mystery. Love the content you rock! (guitar solo)

[@coachslappy7703]

Send it to Ben Heck He could probably reverse engineer it and maybe make the disk drive work/see what is on the disk

[@GDIrber]

coach slappy heyo

[@creaturalshade7054]

Dude I love that Opeth 'ghost reveries"poster. One of my favorite albums.

[@pnw_videogames]

That is so cool I did not know about this, I always wondered what that thing at the bottom of the N64 was, and I'm from Yakima Washington it would be so cool to see all your rare games you have

[@Hafvnir]

How are there over 700 dislikes? This is fascinating!

[@Comakino]

Sega fanboys

[@thetwotravelers546]

Haters in everything

[@ill-styla4835]

the whole time my jaw was open.....unbelievable find.

[@redforceproductions252]

This video is awesome! Great find 👍

[@mattcorso5802]

Love your channel Metal Jesus! Reminds me of Cloak and Dagger, maybe it's the missing retail version. Jack Flack wouldn't want you to play that thing past 1,329,000.

[@girbusthewise7688]

Wow. That's really awesome.

[@XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX]

I live in Northern Wisconsin where we have....snow.....hunting.....cheese.....and hardly any games LOL. This was a cool video and to live in such a thriving gaming area must be great.

[@TheMeanArena]

Nice find, truly!

[@ringod123]

Looks almost exactly like the Doctor64 that I owned except where the HDD goes there was a CDRom drive for you to load your ROMs from.

[@takiziispain2097]

The 64dd was scrapped for a system called the dolphin which was scrapped for the GameCube the fact that you got that bro is amazing

[@justthisguy1948]

david liz pretty sure dolphin was the gamecube

[@davidkellerfreeman]

Great video, very interesting stuff. Congrats.

[@TsukiCondor]

Insanely cool find!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

If the 64DD would have come out in the U.S. or other areas, would you have bought one? What announced game would you have liked to play?

[@Btech17]

earthbound or Zelda, I would love to see what they had planned

[@nicholassmith9735]

yes and fire emblem

[@memnarch129]

Heard someone found a 64DD, but didnt realize it was you that had found it. I would LOVE to see whats on that disc. Also I would have DEFINITELY gotten one.

[@Boatameuh]

i really hope someone can help you finding out what's on that disk, amazing find anyway!

[@SwashBuccaneer]

Yeah I would've so bought one I'm sure. Loved my 64 to begin with.

[@RobinE_Art]

Get Hard4Games in here! I think they have a dev cart!!

[@hard4games]

;)

[@RobinE_Art]

better be a crossover vid ;)

[@heinrichthurston6961]

+Hard 4 Games Reviews for the love of God please contact OP.

[@chandlernewell1812]

I didn't know you're from the sound. Awesome!

[@karisasani7006]

The fact that not only is this a incredible find but is also aside from a couple scuffs one in perfect condition

[@ResaleRabbit]

Do you have a video on the orange xbox?

[@somedudevista]

E

[@CricetoFunni]

Sports, it’s in the game Edit: guy who replied "A", whyd you delete it?

[@anthonygraham1853]

@@CricetoFunni crap joke

[@CricetoFunni]

@@anthonygraham1853 nice