I Bought Bootleg Handheld Consoles from Temu

[@OfficialDiRT]

"6-7 hours of play time." Not like, before the battery runs out, but like, in total hours of entertainment you'll get out of it.

[@PaulTheFox1988]

I think it'd be more like 6 or 7 minutes total, and 2 of that is taking it out of the packaging.

[@bartlomiejm0]

Its extremely bizzare to see USB-C and RCA jacks in one product

[@gaborszucs8935]

And a nokia battery.... 😂

[@Zanpaa]

It gets better, the usb-c is just the plug used for 5V, it doesn't actually support any feature of USB-C and will not charge if you plug it in a normal fast charger or a C-to-C cable! That's why they include an A-to-C cable.

[@chronossage]

​@@Zanpaa fun fact: All they need is a single resistor on the right pin of the usb port and it would work with c to c chargers too.

[@av_oid]

@@Zanpaa​​⁠usb-c with just 5v or USB2 standard is a valid option of the usb-c standard. It’s a connector standard, nothing more. To save my time: “ A device with a Type-C connector does not necessarily implement any USB transfer protocol, USB Power Delivery, or any of the Alternate Modes: the Type-C connector is common to several technologies while mandating only a few of them.”

[@Space_Reptile]

my 2024 Sony Xperia is a bizzare phone then i guess, got USB C and a Heaphone jack

[@suobset]

Ok fun story: when I was young I actually had the PSP knockoff 2. We were broke as fuck and my parents couldn’t afford a PSP at the time. This was 2011. I got mine under the brand name “JCV”. That knockoff hasn’t changed a single bit in over a decade, down to the menus and all. Amazing. Got made fun of at school. Didn’t fucking care a bit tho, I loved that thing to death. All I cared about was the fact that mine had Contra, Super Mario Bros., and Pokémon Red. Didn’t drop frames. EDIT: Mine had a camera. 0.1mp VGA camera.

[@Mahcarve]

Nice all I got is a knock off surprme 1-500 game boy

[@suobset]

@@Mahcarve somehow my knockoff really had some things going for it. It had a web browser, but no way at all to connect to the Internet. It would render web pages that you saved locally. I had Pokémon info stored, like a Pokédex. Fun times lol.

[@bcjs2162]

That's insane, it was the exact same for me also in 2011 but while we were poor my parents bought it thinking it was a cheap psp, I would always plug it in my TV and play scooby doo mystery mayhem for gba.

[@Mehtalik]

Blue PSP cartridges are fake! You can see that there are only two traces going from the cartridge slot, meaning the cartridges only act like switches to switch to a different internal cartridge bank.

[@dyter424]

Actually I'm surprised: I kinda expected those to do absolutely nothing at all.

[@denniswoycheshen]

Even just different banks of the same memory chip. Why be so complicated.

[@TheDutchShepherd]

Just buy a miyoo mini plus

[@shadesoftime]

​@@denniswoychesheni guess that comes with having an NES SoC, probably the easiest way to fit so much shit in there

[@randomname_tqrk]

Well I mean, it's from Temu. I'd be more surprised if they weren't fake.

[@DannyB587]

This stirs up memories of Ashens reviewing PopStations.

[@GOPRepubliklan]

I preferred the PCP Station.

[@DannyB587]

@@GOPRepubliklan A little Chanticleer Hegemony

[@GOPRepubliklan]

@@DannyB587 🤣🤣🤣

[@LuminalSpoon]

Pop Siiaion

[@894MUSIC]

Temu, the home of ENDLESS PILES OF PLASTIC WASTE.

[@teh_supar_hackr]

And the world champion of yoinking people's personal credit info behind everyone's backs!

[@YOUR_NARRATOR975]

Almost endless, they do sell anbernic devices and they're pretty good.

[@HuntergamerbenOfficial]

if you knew plastic is made out of the same thing we put in our motor vehicle so yea this is just a waste of resources

[@hectormiguelperezgomez6612]

The home of endless piles of plastic and the home of awful and horrendous ads in KZbin, only in Temu

[@ninamercer6807]

@@YOUR_NARRATOR975 don't use their "service". They're known to literally steal your money by just a little bit every day, after you make a purchase.

[@O5-XIV]

MJD forgot the most Important info about the Micro.. 1:41 "Naught to three sad onions"

[@Jorge.ALXNDR]

I'm saying this not as a negative commentary, but I damn love to fall sleep with your videos. It's in a very thin line of I kinda care about what you are saying but not really yet it calms me down and soothes me away into my dreams

[@scout8145]

Seconded! I know it’s such a weird compliment for a creator to hear, but he’s definitely making my life better with his content, just in a different way than expected lol

[@sutpecna]

I watch his videos several times because of that. At first I watch them to go to sleep, then rewatch (now paying attention) when I'm awake. I've probably seen his XP related videos at least 5 times each.

[@z33z11]

@@sutpecna me when nilered talks about actual chemistry

[@FennecTECH]

I’d rock that ps2 wallet

[@Pawnband]

Hell ya. I'd way rather have that than anything else in the video.

[@dancoroian1]

Classy. Understated. Sleek. What more could a fancy gentleman aspire to in a wallet?

[@JesusChrististhemainone]

Agreef it looks awesome

[@h8GW]

@dancoroian1 Sleek, my butt. It's almost the size of a DVD wallet that you'd keep actual PS2 games in.

[@dancoroian1]

@@h8GW I think you'll find sleekness has very little to do with size...

[@theBlueFox2]

Finally, a unisex game console. I don't have to choose anymore.

[@andrasszabo7386]

The second one looked like the card slot was just for the show, and each card shorts different pins to access different partitions of the flash chip.

[@Lampe2020]

Why did the blue PSP knockoff use a pixel-accurate-moveable cursor in so many places instead of using the arrow buttons to switch a highlight to the next button in that direction?!?

[@Unpredictable_Fennec]

It's not the device it's just the multicart rom and I guess whoever made that rom put in a tiny bit more effort

[@Lampe2020]

@@Unpredictable_Fennec The cardridges are in this case basically a removable part of the device, not really an add-on. And it's more tedious to use if you actually have to aim that cursor instead of knowing that one press will bring you one space over in the chosen direction.

[@Unpredictable_Fennec]

@@Lampe2020 what ? I'm talking about the roms in the device they're multi carts as in they have multiple games,the cartridges aren't real they just have 2 pins to connect in a certain way to tell the device to open the selected multi cart

[@Lampe2020]

@@Unpredictable_Fennec Then the cardridges are even more just a removable part of the device. So it's even more on the creators of the device why they chose that way of interacting with the thing. But it changes literally nothing about the fact that for that form factor normal controller behaviour would be better.

[@Unpredictable_Fennec]

@@Lampe2020 you dont understand me,the way the cursor works is all in the game rom,the people who made the device aren't the ones who made them,they just did the key mapping

[@MyComputerStudios_]

These are all portable Famiclones (NES-on-a-chip), the last one is just an ARM32 Linux-based handheld thing

[@AvegIslam-q2s]

True i subscribed to you!

[@thecryingsoul]

The last ones are not even linux, or anything unix based at all, that's giving them WAY too much credit. They are essentially using cheap mp3 chips, and are running some form of uCOS i believe.

[@markianclark9645]

​​@@thecryingsoul...don't know what software the X6 runs but it's the same as my early Powkiddy J6 and DataFrog X20..I've had both and still use the one I have left..I broke the J6 LCD screen..MJDs handheld seems worse than mine somehow..not that mine are much better..but i don't get that much lag..and NES plays ok..only get glitches on Advance games as far as i notice..and it was cheaper than 32 dollars..they both were..I have far better handhelds these days but i smile at the cheap Chinese plastic crap i bought years ago..I have Anbernic quality now..I waited patiently for sellers to upgrade and picked up RG-350P and M for around 50 British pounds or 55 dollars each..Michael paid too much but it's only an entertainment video..I also have the earlier version of the NES /Famiclone 620in1...mines 500in1 I bought in 2017..2 of them within a few months apart..not for the crappy games built in but to fit a RaspberryPi 3b modification with RetroPie..still have the same shell beside me..on my desk..it now houses a 3A+ RPi..it had an A+ 700 MHz but too slow for shit..the 3A+ quad core is plenty quick enough to play everything up to Playstation..see zippiz channel for build tutorial..Swedish guy..I owe him a lot for what i learnt from him

[@mjdxp5688]

That Sonic game is a hack of an infamous port of Sonic to the Famicom called "SoMari". The original had Sonic levels and gameplay, but a Mario sprite instead of Sonic for some reason. Someone hacked it to be just Sonic instead.

[@kidwolf0015]

Didn't it also have a plot in the final level where Mario saves a bunch of Sonics trapped in cages which ends with a super campy message about how much Mario and Sonic love each other now that "they're best friends"? Or was that another "Mario-in-Sonic" style rom hack? Edit: So, my memory is really dumb. It's not SoMari, but "Sonic the Hedgehog 4" for the SNES. Also, the roles are reversed. Sonic has to save the caged Marios. Also they're described as "good friends forever" that "nobody can separate".... .... and I forgot that the last part was "Sonic LOVES Nintendo. Mario LOVES SEGA." I remembered it vaguely enough to capture its craziness at least, right? XD

[@BetaJJ009x]

@mjdxp5688 SoMari was considered to be the one of the worst of so-called "pirated" games for the NES. As you've mentioned, a dedicated fan had hacked the game to make it a feasible demake of Sonic 1, and since then, it had gotten updates to where it looks so damn good. Unfortunately, due to the state of limitations of NES hardware, the controls _still remain wonky_ to this day.

[@tjnucnuc]

It’s so funny many of these use actual flip phone batteries. Somewhere in China there is huge surplus of them.

[@super_pretendo]

Those PSP carts are definitely just jumpers. Wouldn't be surprised if you could jump some of the pins manually and 'unlock' even more sets of games.

[@Mexicanman750]

Dank Pods mentioned 🗣️🗣️

[@schleepysings]

Gaming nuggs we see.

[@adnvdn]

He didn't even test the dirty buds. Sad.

[@neorv5149]

@DannoTechTips 7:44

[@tristanhartford7701]

yes

[@GlennRadars.99]

my brand new nuggs

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

2:33 For a famiclone, that's an impressive number of smoothly moving snowflakes on the screen.

[@TweeterMan287]

MichaelMJD doing a video about knock off handhelds from temu?? I think I did a happy twitch

[@AlojzJakob]

That second device with cartridges actually has all the games on it, carts are just jumpers to signal what to boot up

[@virt-manager]

This makes me remember of when my parents bought me a handheld knockoff which had actually hundreds of games (they had their own ones actually). I used to play with it until I wanted to look what's inside annnnd... I broke it! Didn't work since that day. I still miss the music it played when I turned on the console

[@anonytuser711]

The MJD outro music makes me sad because the video is over. :(

[@aurastrike]

I love the music itself, but yeah I agree it playing in this context is sad

[@Tahngarthor]

The X6 game file list repeats with many duplicates, there definitely are not 11,210 games on there. I've heard that it is possible to fix the system to play games properly as the hardware is actually up to the task, it's their terrible software that isn't doing it properly.

[@SockyNoob]

Wonder if you can run a different OS altogether or install new software.

[@shadesoftime]

​@@SockyNoobinstalling haiku to the x6, but everything goes wrong

[@exidy-yt]

Yeah I am sure there is a firmware update at the very least, if not a community fix if there is a big enough community for it like the Datafrog machines have.

[@GroupNebula563]

fun fact: if you hold down the a and b buttons while pressing reset on most of these, you’ll get a system test screen!

[@cardinalwhale]

While Battle City was released only in Japan, it often was bundled with pirated Famicom clones, it was actually one of the most popular games in post Soviet countries. Just a small bit of trivia for you

[@WolfmanDude]

Thank you soo much for taking those devices apart! I wish every reviewer did that!

[@TopMuslimGMP]

Finally a new mjd video I love them

[@CattleVR_Official]

Same

[@TopSuperDude]

Me too lol

[@Chairemy]

Honestly from a hardware perspective it’s impressive at the price point. If the Roms were customizable I’d create my own NES game for my portfolio and hand these out like business cards.

[@HuseynMemmedov]

Fun fact: That Sonic ROM has improvement hack that makes the game a million times better.

[@teh_supar_hackr]

4:54 Something interesting is that a lot of these original bootleg Famiclone games are ports of Intellivision games. I remember one of these bootleg ports was of this Galaga clone where you shoot bees with a spray can.

[@_g3nss]

6:34 wait... is that a nokia battery???? (BL-5C)

[@hectormiguelperezgomez6612]

It's not an I, it's an L, BL-5C, and yes, it looked a lot like a Nokia battery, I thought I was the only who noticed it.

[@JARVIS1187]

It is indeed. The most used and most well known battery on Nokia phones back in the day.

[@Archer690Channel]

for some reason that battery is widely used nowadays in cheap electronics, i got a potable speaker and a palm sized keyboard that use it, they don't have the nokia logo but they kept the model number as the name of the brand

[@KrisDouglas]

Yeah loads of Chinese devices use them, I have a network tester that uses one.

[@Plantera2electricboogaloo]

I'd bet on BL-5C and BL-5J being the most widely used ones, given as they were used on multiple Nokia phones as well

[@cheesietoastie]

Love the Nokia battery in the gamplae 🤣

[@alphaascii]

Yup, the first thing i noticed, probably knockoff batteries as well

[@barra352]

Ah yes my favorite game... 3

[@beastworm]

just a little mention at 27:20 the gba micro knockoff probably was running a NOAC (Nes on a chip) instead of emulating in sottware like the psp knockoff

[@BronzedTube]

I finally got to watch the video during my spare life.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

you can tell its his first time playing battle city as i think every single person who plays it blows up their own flag

[@BCProgramming]

Most interesting to me is that the performance issues with the X6 seem to suggest it's got some background tasks that are interrupting the foreground emulator, rather than an issue with the hardware keeping up with emulation, as it seems to have the same problems regardless of if it's a SNES, GBA, or NES game. I wonder what it is doing?

[@exidy-yt]

My bet is simple bad coding. I am sure there is a firmware update to fix it because the hardware should be capable of much more.

[@ThatWindowsGuy488]

I guess you could say it’s a Fake Boy Micro…

[@Unpredictable_Fennec]

Im rolling on the floor right now

[@evilborg]

I can't believe you actually spent money at TEMU for the crap they sell.....

[@trus0und]

Honestly was kinda impressed with the brightness on the Gameboy Micro knockoff screen 😅

[@TooFurious4]

This video gave me Ashens Pop Station vibes. I wonder what he's up to these days.

[@Ady_Mih]

22:35 unexpected MJD jumpscare

[@LukeKubinec]

I thought it was my phone glithing up

[@anokata-kd8oc]

Michael.. I'm surprised.. A REAL GAMPLAE? Just for me? Honey, that wasn't necessary, you made me blush 😅

[@AnbuMorale]

kay, I’ve always scratched my head about the obsession around the kislux book totes and their practicality, but this one is adorable!! Congratulations

[@magik97]

I had something like that x6 when I was a kid. I used to play a lot of games on it, even listened to music on it with the headphone jack.

[@Allank7]

20:28 "Test file, please delete after testing." Oh my.... :D

[@ZonicMirage]

It isn't a bootleg game video without that absolute classic... Somari.

[@BlackFantasy470]

I like the paperclip (from the old Office versions) you've got on your table.

[@mchenrynick]

You should also get Rover, the "Windows XP help dog" :)

[@kevintappminville195]

I think 7+2=9, isn't the name of the cartridge, but just part of the background image!

[@Monhamd1000]

That Sonic NES "romhack" wasn't a hack, it's a straight up pirated port of Sonic 1 on the Genesis.

[@mchenrynick]

The Genesis or the Master System? It looks 8-bit.

[@Monhamd1000]

​@@mchenrynick Like a mix of both.

[@darthcupcake2]

The fact that the label for "classic games" seems to be stretched out King of Fighters characters, without a single KoF game being on the actual cartridge, is really just. peak. 10/10

[@awesomeferret]

I bet the screen on that knockoff GBA Micro is better than the official screen on the Micro.

[@Tahngarthor]

Congrats on your new CoolBaby! XD

[@z9cubing574]

DONT GO TO SLEEP YET. Michael MJD has uploaded a new video.!!!

[@corvusaflame713]

You can buy a knock off console cheaper than you can buy a console shell replacement. 🥴

[@Pillowie]

The sad onion makes an appearance on the back of the box 😄

[@mysticxp7389]

I used to have the second fake PSP knockoff as a kid. I remember there being multiple versions when I tried to buy it again, mine likely was a fairly good model since I never had any lag when playing with it (and it had the camera was terrible for even standards back then). You still couldnt customize the games on the homescreen, but you could change the wallpaper 😅

[@mysticxp7389]

Another thing I just remembered was that the TV output was black and white only. I thought it was broken but after searching online it seemed like that was the norm for knockoffs like that.

[@SockyNoob]

Yeah they've definitely been on the market for a long time.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

17:13 One of those using "Actions Semi" SOCs ATJ2259 or something. Handhelds using this hardware config flooded its market in the early 2010s, with low PS1 emulation compatibility and some media playback functionalities

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

atj2273. not far off.

[@RandomytchannelGD]

The thumbnail is the most accurate thing i have ever seen (for da logo)

[@striderskorpion]

The Famicom Sonic game is a pirate port and not a ROM hack.

[@amazeyourself_]

Yes

[@thepirategamerboy12]

One of my pet peeves honestly is when people who aren't as familiar with them call bootleg/pirate original games a "ROM hack" or "homebrew." I see it very often.

[@amazeyourself_]

@@thepirategamerboy12 For me, it's people who make pirate game videos, doing nothing for research or worse, spreading misinformation. One such example that comes to my mind is ConnerTheWaffle. In one of his videos, he mentioned that the NES Plant vs Zombies bootleg was made in Russia, but it was actually made by a company in Xi'an, China. (the company being Nice Code.)

[@mymusic3354]

One of the best demo videos I've seen 👍 interesting and entertaining. I've never bought off of TEMU, but I've heard about some stuff they sell, they make the products look nice but then when you try to play them, that's where they get you. 😂

[@christopher9727]

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[@mat08267]

man a new mjd video! it’s just what i needed! :D

[@ivandkridd]

Great video as always! Keep up the good work man!

[@BastetFurry]

With consoles like the X6, which is a PowKiddy J6 clone apparently, i would always check first if there is a custom firmware for them. Better pay a tenner more for a handheld that receives updates by the community than being stuck with the most times horrible stock firmware.

[@SockyNoob]

Yeah, I always wondered if those knockoff systems can even have custom firmware. It really seems like it's the software that's bad.

[@apeofearth4876]

I have the same bootleg PS2 wallet. It's honestly pretty nice it's just big

[@AuntyM66]

I have the third black console with camera. I purchased this at least 10 years. I still use it listen and record fm radio. The games and camera still work. The one you have is terrible.

[@ExploringNew1]

these things were the only entertainment i had after bootleg dvds

[@YTPewp]

I genuinely don't understand why anyone would buy these. Not even a small child would find these fun in the slightest. Classic games can be a lot of fun if they're not poorly hacked and stuck into a cheap plastic container with the sound quality of a watch beeper.

[@r0bo804]

Man i really liked this video it was really good keep up the good work

[@rzdakira]

8:21 I didn't expect a Nokia phone battery. I thought the marketing team just googled a generic rechargeable battery and stumbled upon that picture.

[@Sonarikabhadoria35]

not just japan, we also had battle city here in brazil and even brazillian zoomers know it

[@StreamCon.]

A possible guess as to why the PSP2 is having random freezes is not because it's CPU is incapable of handling the games, but rather that it doesn't have enough RAM to store the full levels and other ROM data, and has to pause to load a little bit more of the ROM into memory.

[@EmperorDank]

0:36 Ive seen these on actual store shelves where i live briefly

[@filumeyer7895]

Yess!! New Video! Quality Content 💯

[@NicolasBahamondes]

4:06 Those moments of fun. Glory music while triggering the Game Over screen 🤣

[@Fortuna1]

"nes classic" Is literally a "NES-in-a-chip", no need more circuits, but is possible modding if can "drill" the epoxy of chip

[@fjordpitsky4486]

8:03 I just love their use of the word "exquisite" like it doesnt look like a McDonald's toy

[@alexenochss]

i want to note the first 2 handhelds you used werent using software emulation... they were using a NOAC Nes on a Chip its basically a hardware clone (not perfect) of the nes and isnt exactly emulation so ofcourse the pooey 3rd handheld you had was running nes worse than those because its emulating... though there are definitely way better 40 dollar handhelds on both temu and aliexpress

[@MichaelMJD]

Yes, I'm aware of that. Those were portable Famiclones. The second PSP was not and was emulating the games.

[@ProtoMario]

The Nes one is a good substitute for a few games thst run ok, it's extremely cheap but it does play some silly classic fun games like TMNT and Contra. However the original NES and SNES classic are extremely modable soooooo. To add to this comment, the knock off NES is like half the price. It would be good for someone who doesn't care if the device is destroyed or stolen, like at work.

[@Koat676]

moldy

[@thomasb.900]

I have the 620 in 1 nes in the video, i understand they didnt put games with battery save like zelda but i can't believe they didn't put smb2 and smb3, and like castlevania would have been cool

[@alisharifian535]

I think chinese NES knock offs made in a epoxy blob IC will exist untill human civilisation exist. They will live as long as the last human lives.😂

[@thardump859]

Okay I gotta know.... What processor does that 33 dollar handheld use? Doesn't seem very powerful given how it runs NES games, but I assume that's due to inefficient coding. So what kind of processor does it use? Is it 16 bit or 32? Is it one of those 32 bit RISC processors? Because I wanna know if they still make those!

[@gakabler]

This video just solidified exactly what Temu really is!

[@paranoidgenius9164]

The first blue handheld with the cartridges, the cartridges contain no circuitry & is just a gimmick. All they contain are trip tracers to tell the console to boot up the different partitions of the ROM. You can use a paper clip to trip it It reminds me of how the original Magnavox Odyssey worked with it's trip cards. All the games are already on the internal ROM

[@Guh-tw4io]

the last handheld you showcased actually has a ton of revisions, i have one that was designed to look like a nintnedo switch, it uses an almost identical ui and branding, yours is the x6 and mine is the x19

[@Blitzman2706]

I appreciate the DankPods “dirty buds” reference 😆

[@butterccm]

The classic game card cover is awesome

[@joshuadsouza4047]

Battle CIty is a great game. Nice to see it on this teeny tiny thing.

[@RealTheCrasher8]

New MJD video :D

[@darkred1686]

0:00 Why you gotta say it like "Yep, it's time for *another* one of these videos.💀" when I'm like "yay, it's time for another one of *these* videos! 😁" I love watching people open cheap crap shipped all the way from China that I don't have the patience or attention span to wait for myself.

[@misteranderbro2328]

Hell yeah, love me some sketchy shopping sites

[@Zeleni-youtuber10]

Wait doesn't that future tanks ROM hack is just "1990 tank" ROM hack , and yes that is Nintendo's game

[@DJSekuHusky]

In the instance of the X6 console, I'd likely rom-dump onto a different machine with more capable hardware to run them. Example: There was an untested one of these "5000 in 1" consoles (as a micro set top version) for $3.99 at a thrift store: it didn't power on when supplied with power, it was missing the controllers as well, but inside was a 64GB microSD filled to the gills with ROMS across nearly every early console, so I just copied and pasted to a spare 2010 MacBook Pro using a microSD to SD adapter, then formatted the SanDisk Ultra card and used it for my dashcam since it was fast enough. The roms are now sorted by system and searchable, and I can use my own controllers on a much larger included 13" screen, with the option to _Lightning to HDMI_ an even larger screen for 2 player (or multiplayer with a USB hub).

[@gmitchellfamily]

We are about to witness Michael's headfirst tumble down the retro handheld rabbit hole.

[@notryan8410]

i had the same exact X6 PSP knockoff but with a different software and branding during my teen years, it was the first thing i bought after getting my first ever salary and i enjoyed that thing for what it was. i remember going to computer shops to download a shit ton of GBA games. the microSD support was what made it extremely flexible to use and used it i did, the little shit was basically my daily driver for media player and music listening. that little bugger continued to entertain me for the foreseeable two year time after before it inevitably broke down due to wear and tear. 10/10 chinese bootleg, great thing for what it was.

[@therealyogibear2k225]

This may be not possible to do, but I was thinking of what may be an interesting video to do (not that you don't already have enough work I know,) is that you do with MAC OS like you do with Windows OS. For example go from an early build of MAC OS 10 to a new version of MAC OS 10. I know nothing about MACS, so I do not know if this would be possible, but I think it would be an interesting video. Thank you for making so many videos! Been binging your videos for the past 2 weeks. I use them as my go to sleep videos of choice too, (not that your videos put me to sleep, but you know what I mean!)

[@Plantera2electricboogaloo]

REJECT TEMU, EMBRACE ALIEXPRESS!!!

[@schwaj]

don’t they source from the same factoriess

[@GaosArmy-Offical]

Reject humanity , embrace monke -gtag creator, lemming

[@igokoma]

​@@schwajtemu&co are filled with stolen aliexpress listings (among other sites) aliexpress has a lot of actual individual shops as opposed to "nebulously sourced dropshipping", it just happens that it's chinese ultimately most of them are bulk ordered from taobao or alibaba, but aliexpress is more likely to have stuff from the manufacturers directly where they have a storefront on either site (not sure if im making sense, it's 3am here)

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Both can be shit

[@Plantera2electricboogaloo]

@@schwaj most likely, yeah. i mostly wrote this as a meme, i hate all china garbage webshops tbh

[@UltimatePerfection]

That poke Tetris thing seems to be based on the Tengen Tetris on the NES (which is also common multicart sight, usually under the name of Tetris II).

[@UserT5959]

Opening devices and see internals is always fun

[@ChaossX77]

23:44 You probably have to highlight a game icon and then press one of the buttons to move the games around.

[@unamelable256]

Michael MJD know Action Retro and DankPods? Its really warming to knowing those channel because you like tech stuff

[@werk_studios]

if MJD gets hacked, we know why

[@pcguy5491-the-modern-retro-man]

Because Temu steals your money even if you don't use it as the owners of temu seriously hacks into your bank account and takes all your money and then you are screwed