The 1995 CD-ROM Upgrade Experience: Creative Discovery CD Kit

2X CD-ROM! Sound Blaster 16! Speakers! Tons of software! This time on LGR we're revisiting the mid 1990s to unbox and install a Creative Sound Blaster Discovery CD bundle - new old stock! I drooled over these as a kid but owning one was never anything more than a dream. Until now, 26 years later!
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[@alfulton5946]

You can always tell someone is a collector by how they open a package.

[@HubrisInc]

Unless they're collecting for the sake of collecting, in which case it's more a matter of how they _don't_ open the package

[@alfulton5946]

@@HubrisInc yeah but those types of collectors are just hoping to get money in the end or are just weird

[@dooplon5083]

@@alfulton5946 Tbh I'm one of the weirdos, but it's because I'm a bit of a preservationist. I still love tp use my old electronics when the stuff isn't pristine tho lol.

[@SonicBoone56]

@@HubrisInc ikr lol

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

@@dooplon5083 the best way to preserve old machines is to use them.

[@SonicBoone56]

"Nooooooo you're opening them and ruining it!" Who cares lol. Clint gives these items the spotlight they deserve and they truly become a museum piece of some sort. Better to see it all function now and document it before it rots away.

[@johngangemi1361]

Agreed

[@JJPMustang]

First sound card we had growing up was the SB 16. I still find myself humming MIDIs decades later 😂

[@matthewrichards88]

Ours was the sound blaster vibra 16, I remember all the midis! :)

[@telengardforever7783]

For me it was .MODs and .MIDIs. The .MODs were a hand-me-down from the Amiga era. God, those were awesome sound tracks.

[@LKRaider]

@@telengardforever7783 the first MOD I listened to was the AXEL_F theme, I was amazed how the computer could play a whole song with WAV quality while being slightly larger than a MIDI file!

[@BoshMind]

Not gonna lie. I would totally rock "birds" on a t-shirt.

[@robertschnobert9090]

Hey Bosh 🌈

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Bird-Up!!

[@breadramen]

yes, someone has to make it happen

[@vendetta6088]

with a picture of dragonball z's android 16, i hope. BERDS.

[@theonlyonerzk]

hey b0sh 👋

[@konga382]

Man, this bundle would've been the DREAM as a kid. I'm still jealous of anyone who had one over 25 years later.

[@georgesiv2082]

Same here, i was disapointed when my parents decided to buy an IBM computer with no multimedia capability...

[@lajya01]

@@georgesiv2082 They made sure it was a "homeworks" computer

[@marccaselle8108]

@@georgesiv2082 I feel bad for you. Having a computer and no multimedia capabilities must been a downer. My dad helped me buy a Packard bell legend computer in January of 1995. It was a beast of a computer, I remember the specs which were average at the time. Pentium 75 mhz 8MB ram 850MB hard drive 2x CD ROM 56k modem It was amazing playing megarace, mad dog 2 the lost gold, NBA Jam TE, super street fighter 2, and wing commander 3 and X Wing on that thing.

[@the_kombinator]

I had these parts in one form or another, in one system or another - 2x went into a 386, the speakers I recently sold, and I'm sure I had one of those cards (may even have one still somewhere in one of my PCs).

[@basillicus3959]

This bundle is so cool! I'm not sure if it was even sold here (Finland), never seen any ads or anything and back in the day I was reading even advertisements very carefully from every computer mag I got... dreaming how I would spend all my money if I had any. Quite many people had a slightly different bundle here with less stuff, at least SB16, speakers, CD-ROM drive, Syndicate, and some adventure game I cannot remember now, plus all sorts of SW. Though not me, sadly. Much later my parents got a different much smaller pack with integrated SB16 + 28.8k modem, speakers, microphone and some basic Creative SW but not games. Playing with that sound editing SW propelled me on towards a career in DSP engineering although I didn't realize it back then...

[@Jenisonc]

This is some Toy Story-esk saga for computers. Parts locked in a garage until finally freed from storage only to then be sent to the perfect person to utilize it's potential and finally shared with the masses. Kudos sir.

[@joker927]

These videos are so nostalgic. I remember walking through the local computer store and every game I wanted was on CD-ROM. It took a year of my family saving up to get a 2x kit almost exactly like this one, around $300. Rebel Assault was amazing.

[@LaineBaker]

I think we got the same one for Christmas! 2X with Rebel Assault and.. Lemmings.. and some other things. Indycar?

[@marccaselle8108]

At one point I had rebel assault, rebel assault 2, star wars dark forces, and star wars chess. It was fun times. Especially, when I could copy those games and give them to my friends and cousins.

[@MelodieOctavia]

Clint: "I got away with a few minor cuts." Ah, the retro PC gods have claimed another blood sacrifice.

[@fonkbadonk2957]

Seriously. 20y ago, the sign I was working on some PC really was having some minor cut on my hands somewhere. I've never actually felt when the cut occured, but it was ALWAYS there.

[@p3trichor862]

@@fonkbadonk2957 I still get minor cuts while repairing or cleaning computers and I never learn my lesson...

[@dougbrowning82]

That case was the worst. I had the generic version with a 486 MB and a Cyrix X-86 cpu. I bought it used in 1999, and it had Windows 95, and an AD Lib card. I took out the AD Lib and put in a Sound-Blaster 16 and a CD ROM drive. I upgraded to me because the HD died after a few months.

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

I actually use an expansion port cover as a box cutter since my friend gave me the idea after I got cut up by it when I was wrestling it out of the case.

[@matiasgl]

Oh man the memories. That moment when you left the "PC Speaker" team to join the SoundBlaster one. EVERYTHING had to make a noise. Maximize, minimize... everything. Nice video!

[@robsku1]

@Green Mamba Games Wow, that's even worse than the typewriter sounds (including the *screet* *cling* when you press enter :D) someone had their keyboard sound - all. the. time. Well, in Windows anyway.

[@tyklink]

man i just missed this era. i grew up with windows 95 and DOS was still around in school like an angry revenant. still brings back some major nostalgia!

[@RubyRoks]

"And here is the CD-ROM just hanging out already in its own little tray. Nice" When are we getting MRE Pizza on LGR Foods?

[@selfinflictedlife]

When are we gonna get a LGR/Steve crossover? Not sure how it would work, but I'd totally watch it!

[@Frenziefrenz]

@@selfinflictedlife Something along the lines of a never opened box of '90s cereal with a CD-ROM inside.

[@PineJayForge]

I don't remember which one, but there is a review where he pulls out an accessories packet and goes through it like Steve Edit: looked it up, it's the NewQ Gold Equalizer review.

[@Endarire]

@@selfinflictedlife Steve from Minecraft?

[@RubyRoks]

@Green Mamba Games While fair, Clint HAS a cigarette lighter PC accessory. You can light the 80 year old cigs with a 23 year old bad idea from Thermaltake

[@Tarryk]

I was getting into music production (using Sound Tracker, Impulse Tracker, etc) in my late teens, and scored that exact sound card from a friend. It was so amazing, it is what ultimately got me into audio production and later in 2000 I used it to begin my online live DJing thing. I owe a lot of my early adulthood joy to the SB16 card. I still have it stored in a box somewhere.

[@valdotorg]

Is it viable to use a retro PC as a MIDI DAW in this present day?

[@Tarryk]

@@valdotorg Nice thought! I'm definitely not going to try, but I am down to watch (or listen to or read about) anyone who does.

[@maxlarivee3663]

"Then I have a drink or two and go on eBay, aaaaand, that's the basis of my channel." That cracked me up!

[@AndrewLeTourneau-CenterOrbit]

I would be lying if I hadn't been drinking while watching LGR and purchased things from ebay that he was reviewing.

[@rwdplz1]

Late night sleep deprived eBay is a hell of a drug...

[@IndygoEEI]

@@rwdplz1 Been there, done that lol...

[@sdewey4152]

Somebody at Ebay is sending him a case of something, they know his weakness.

[@IndygoEEI]

@@sdewey4152 Oh LORDS!

[@livefreeprintguns]

Oh man so much of this software brings back so many memories. I can't tell you _how many times_ I had a book report due that day when I was in grade school in the early 90's and basically copying/pasting whatever the CD-ROM encyclopedia had on it lol.

[@christiannetlogik]

Your video bring me back 20 years before, and I'm french, I bought this audio card kit in a store called "Surcouf" and it doesn't exist in our days... So just I love to see and thanks so much for this nostalgic moment.

[@Xeddyhime]

"I always love looking through these, cause I always get ideas, and then I have a drink or two and go on eBay, and... that's the basis of my channel." I'm glad you do what you do! *raises glass*

[@Noah-hd2je]

I remember seeing these bundles in magazines and being so amazed. I didn't even have a CD drive at that point. What a time it was!

[@gabormiklay9209]

And here we are again with no CD/DVD drive in (most of) the computers! Isn't that odd? 😉

[@telengardforever7783]

CD-ROMS were so expensive back then that when my REVEAL kit CD-ROM started to die and couldn't spin the disc, I had to open up the drive and spin the disc manually till the engine kicked in. That hack kept it alive for another 2 years till prices came down (and I got my first job at McDonald's).

[@rhone733]

My teenage mind was blown away when I finally heard actual sound effects and MIDI music from Doom, Dark Forces, and Tie Fighter. Good times.

[@saskapriest]

Oh man. The memories. After begging my parents we actually got one of these back in 1994! Annnnnd... sadly the CD drive died a few months later. I remember being on hold for ever on a long distance call ($$$) to tech support. Oh the fun times. Still, it was a great kit!

[@MidgetPower]

Same here as you guys. We got the 2x version of this kit and I remember the CD-ROM breaking also. We were so careful with it. Just died. I can't recall if we got it replaced via warranty or another drive ... :(

[@taiwanluthiers]

Yea my first PC was a Gateway 2000 486 dx/2 66. It came with the soundblaster kit. CD Rom kinda died after a couple of years, the harddrive died also (replaced under warranty), and I remember staying up nights trying to fix problems because of the stupid IRQ stuff that always seems to conflict for whatever reason. Then one day I flashed the BIOS for no reason and bricked the whole PC (because I had no idea what BIOS flash was like). Got the whole motherboard replaced under warranty as well. That's in addition to all the general protection faults and illegal operations (windows 95) that kept happening too. I discovered one reason for all these reliability issue is they used power supplies that couldn't deliver the juice. Thing is, I never have this kind of failure today... they must have either used lower quality component or manufacturing was not as efficient as today.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Yeah even Clint got to deal with that the first time around with the Creative CD Kit, his was dead on arrival and broke as soon as he installed it lol. Glad the one he showed here was in better shape but it sucks that the quality control just wasn't there for Creative drives back in the day.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

_"Multimedia software"_ Even these simple words are nostalgic

[@robsku1]

So mid-90's =D

[@tk7977]

Got the notification while watching the death of emachines video.. a lil depressed now but i’m here for it!

[@Blazbaros]

I remember those speakers distinctly, I was too young at the time to realize how much effort my dad had to go through to get stuff like that working properly. Those DOS games were fun, but finicky!

[@AlonsoVPR]

Thit was my first Multimedia kit!, I remember that you didn't need to put power on the speakers to make them sound loud!

[@LGR]

Yes indeed! If they're connected to the amplified "speaker out" port on the sound card, they still pump out sound unpowered.

[@AlonsoVPR]

@@LGR Amazing find man! so many memories!

[@atheosmachina]

@@LGR What?! I never knew this, we had a 3rd-party power adapter for ours that also doubled as my old Casio SA-10 keyboard's power supply. Was a pain switching out 😂 I'm so jealous you got one of these kits though, I had the 4x kit, would give my right hand for one (or something less painful).

[@DaveMcAnulty]

I "modified" (wrapped wire around the battery terminals) mine to run off of the 5v from the PC power supply :D

[@unusualstuff]

Yes, when they are switched off they are passive speakers - when they are turned on they are active and requires an external power source. They are, by the way, also the only powered speakers i have seen with a ‘’Treble boost’’ switch. Several Creative soundcards of the time had separate ‘’Speaker out’’ and ‘’Line out’’ connectors with the speaker one being amplified in the sound card. I have no idea of the output power, but it can’t have been much. The big downside when running the speakers passive was that you had to use the volume control in Windows to adjust the volume which in turn meant minimizing or switching away from the game you were playing - and in many cases you were greeted with a black screen when you switched back to the game, and had to restart it to get it working again.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

Okay I absolutely ADORE that appointment reminder software that pops up and talks to you!! The fact the character is animated to look like it's actually saying the words you typed, the fact it SAYS OUT LOUD what the appointment is for and for how long is ace (and hilarious)!! I could honestly do with software EXACTLY like this today!! :D Man all the sights and sounds of 90s computing tech makes me feel really nostalgic for that time period. I know computers have gotten a LOT faster and more reliable, but for me they've gotten a LOT less fun!! We don't get amazing bundles of tech and software like this any more, or hilarious sounds and experimental software. Nor do we get the wacky experiments done with the technology itself OR its design - everything just looks like the same old black or white box nowadays.... boo!!

[@symol30872]

This is incredible. I had something similar but it was a 4X CD-ROM drive, SB16 and came with the same games minus the Encyclopedia, Education software and Productivity software. Still have the original CD for the games as well as the manuals, of course have collected the big box versions along the way... ah good times :)

[@hypergl6974]

@LGR oh wow! That brings back memories... I was a 9-10 year old boy and i've seen a bundle like that at a local shop, took the next day my parents with me and all my savings and bought the kit to upgrade the family 386-dx40 desktop. I remember we had to get rid of the 5,25" floppy drive to install the 4x cdrom and then we installed the soundblaster with my uncle who was a pc technician at the time, to help update the autoexec.bat and install all the drivers. What a treat in the late 1994! Still have the wish myself to find a bundle like this nowadays to remake my old system. But i guess it's not gonna happen, since they are so hard to find! As it was the desktop pc case. It was the most beautiful case I have ever seen, with black transparent front, a big central power button and a sliding door on the left which hid the turbo, reset and keylock. While on the right side there was a hinged door hiding 2 5.25" bays.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Does anyone else remember how PC 'speakers used to lie about their power rating, and those lies got more ridiculous as the 90's wore on? I think I bought a pair of "300 watt" speakers in 98.

[@shinjisan2015]

oh my, the massive wave of nostalgia when you started playing Canyon.... The first expansion card I ever bought was a Creative Sound Blaster. This brings me way back, and I'm so surprised how unique a sound it makes that it triggered those memories.

[@KeR00H]

Man, this brings back memories...I remember setting this up as a kid.

[@telengardforever7783]

Yeah, I had the same experience with the REVEAL kit in 1994. My family was too poor to get the SoundBlaster kit... And honestly, the REVEAL kit wasn't that bad.

[@nickwallette6201]

I was at Babbages with my dad, and they had a stack of the earlier version of this kit front and center on the floor. I knew he wanted it. I was the devil on his shoulder. $350 later, we had entered the age of multimedia. Mom was not pleased with this development, and she and dad spent most of that evening in the bedroom with the door closed having a conversation that did not sound like enthusiastic appreciation for mid-90s state of the art multimedia technology. Apparently they came to an agreement that he would get it for father’s day. The bundle we got had the same Creative branded 2x MKE drive and speakers, but a different (slightly smaller) SB16 with no IDE, and a totally different software bundle, with BodyWorks and Grandma and Me instead of the games here. All in all, a solid bundle that had a little something for everyone. I still have the sound card - it’s in my 486DX/2. I have since gotten a plain Matsushita drive, but I would love to find one with the SB branding on it. They’re fantastic, reliable drives that are quite sought after these days, though. To get one NIB for $5 is absolutely insane.

[@CasioMaker]

That’s one chunky bundle! Lots of goodies to be used and discovered. Never had one of those, unfortunately (or fortunately, since my first PC had multimedia capabilities installed from the factory) but the feeling of seeing stuff like this, really takes me back

[@ryanjacob8568]

My parents bought this for me back for Christmas in 1994. I stayed up all night trying to figure out why I couldn’t get the CD-ROM to work only to realize after several hours the IDE cable was backwards. I guess that was back before they put the little tab in the middle to keep you from making that mistake! I was so blown away at that Grolier encyclopedia and still remember the first video I watched on there which was the Hindenburg crash. I had just turned 15 years old when I got this and put it in my Packard Bell 486/SX 25. One of the problems i discovered with the PB is some of the internal components took up too many IRQ’s and I really struggled to get the sound card working correctly, but finally figured out how I could re-assign some IRQ’s for some of the other devices to free up the one’s I needed to get the SB card working. Sure was an exciting time!

[@drcoonass]

jesus christ you type quickly

[@livefreeprintguns]

"Not the end of the world, but it's an additional extraneous step and I took it personally!" Bro I love Clint's dry-ass sense of humor. 🤣🤣🤣

[@EuanH91]

That "Birds" composition is like an early "graphic design is my passion" meme

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

It’s better put together than a lot of modern memes.

[@livefreeprintguns]

I remember when my friend got his "custom" Gateway computer built (I think it was around '98), and he had them put in the cream of the crop Sound Blaster Gold in the build complete with the front-panel addition. Many hours were spent playing games like Quake II and Tribes on his computer lol.

[@hibeck]

This takes me back... I got a sound card/cdrom (quad speed!) bundle kit by Reveal to upgrade my 386. The bundle came with SimCity 2000 and Strike Commander among other games! It was one heck of a learning experience figuring out how to get everything to work and run. Turns out all the software that came with the kit was indirectly educational!

[@RikouHogashi]

LGR's office belongs in a 90s Tech Museum!

[@KeoniHills]

Brought back a lot of memories! Love the content, humor, and enthusiasm! Looking forward to more videos, take care!

[@Fazeshyft]

Having grown up on Mannheim Steamroller, this card sounds like Christmas, much as I'm sure it felt like it to Clint.

[@454Logan]

@@patrickglaser1560 I 'MEMBER!

[@Alevamltd]

For me, it’s just not the Christmas season without Mannheim Steamroller.

[@efpcvintageplanet3406]

thank you with all my heart. Way back in 1994 I got a Creative multimedia kit to upgrade my 486dx2 66 with 8 MB of RAM. This video took me back to the days when my passion for this fantastic hardware was born. The arrival of multimedia is a revolution to transform the PC from a work tool to home entertainment. How many hours spent with my favorite bundled title, the Bullfrog Syndicate masterpiece 🤩

[@brothersinmetal1922]

Something about these old software bundles are still exciting to me.

[@AFishNamedBob]

I can STILL remember buying this brand new at our Best Buy. This was like being a kid again. Thank you so much, Clint!!

[@theatlastech8792]

"Delightful annoyance with this system", I admire your outlook on incompatible (but compatible) hardware!

[@jutoco]

Woooow simply amazing! That is a piece of gold! In 1999 when my father bought me my first PC it bundled the discovery Kit 40xCDRom drive + SB 128PCI +cambridge Soundworks speakers(2 satellite and sunwoofer)...they were great! And they are still working today...😁. Thank you Dad for that gift that last forever 😁.

[@djcantross1631]

Nothing makes Friday better than a new LGR vid.. Keep up sir!

[@Darxide23]

11:20 Holy shit, that funky plug brought up a memory I haven't had in over 20 years. I had these same speakers at some point and didn't even realize it until the plug, but yep. Those speakers are definitely familiar now.

[@TechTimeTraveller]

Always envied the Soundblaster guys. I had to live with Adlib Gold.

[@livefreeprintguns]

My first "real PC" was a 233Mhz Pentium II IBM system, and at the time I was also getting big into Linux (this was around 1996). I can't even tell you how disappointed I was finding out about all the onboard garbage chipsets or the fact I couldn't get online with it under Linux because it had a "WinModem" in it which I had no idea what that even was at the time. Slowly but surely I started learning more and more about the hardware side of things and SoundBlaster was always the go-to, especially during my escapades dumpster diving for spare computer parts lol.

[@TechTimeTraveller]

@@livefreeprintgunsHah.. winmodem.. :) I had a 286 and I don't know how I got my Adlib Gold (think my Dad bought it for me), but I remember being smug about how awesome it was... until my friend brought his 386 tower over with Soundblaster. I feel like a jerk for chucking the Adlib now because they've become so collectible, but the SB just smoked it all around.

[@0takudad]

Brings me back to when I was just 14 years old. We got one of these for my 386dx.. But it came with a Joystick, sound blaster 16, speakers, 2x cd rom drive and Star Wars Rebel Assault bundled in. Along with that same game bundle you have and a grolier encyclopedia.

[@Reed-Publications]

I'm listening to this video through my Creative Gigaworks T40 speakers. It's been nearly three decades and Creative still makes the best PC speakers. 😁

[@Tipsukka]

I have for years had Creative speakers that cost about 30 € attached to my TV. It looks laughable but the sound quality is so good I haven't felt the need to upgrade.

[@brandyward9586]

That fm test took me back to my grandma's house thanks for that bit of forgotten nostalgia

[@G3DTrance]

This is awesome, keep this going please! I LOVE Creative's hard and soft bundles. I had a few of them and was always like opening a Christmas present, as you called it!

[@gogeek203]

This brought memories. Back in the mid 90's I did scrape up enough cash to buy a Creative Lab multimedia kit. It was a 2x CDROM with a SB 16. I still have the card, the main SB 16 manual, and the floppy driver disk. I remember too being Wowed by the postage stamp videos and the sound. This is where the PC was starting to become a Gaming machine. ;) I still have an IMAX movie on CD called Speed that was bundled in the kit (It is on a long "forgotten" codec though). Best of Times.

[@DarKnightKilla13]

"....aaaaand then I have a drink or 2 and go on eBay.... basis of my channel"... LOL as I was sipping a drink of my own that made me spit it out laughing... I'm the same way, brother, believe me. Haha.

[@robertschnobert9090]

Please make sure to not drink too much. Alcohol is a hard drug. 🌈

[@danielfox1356]

Opening that nice box like you were still that 9-year-old kid. Absolutely lovely, I wish I had that spirit.

[@dauntae24]

This really brings back memories. During the summer of 93’ I upgraded my 486sx 25Mhz with a Sound Blaster 16 and a Colorado QIC80 tape drive. The first game I played after the SB16 installation was Dune II. I used the Sega Genesis speakers I got when I sent in five proof of purchases. They ended up sending me two pairs!

[@superchiaki]

QIC80 ? These odd tapedrive on the floppycontroller? i have even an iomega floppytapedrive acceleration card, but dont know why anybody would buy this slow stuff back in the days.

[@dauntae24]

@@superchiaki QIC80 was a popular standard. Even for a lot of business that weren’t tech centric (retail specificly). I ran a small warez, ANSI art and phreaking BBS when I was in high school using Renegade. I only had a 175MB hard drive and kept older zip files offline for request. I can still remember the sound of the tape drive activating when I was trying to go to sleep.

[@superchiaki]

@@dauntae24 do you still own the tapes?

[@dauntae24]

@@superchiaki I did but they were in my parents basement. I know my mother tossed the old PC itself (without even asking me if I wanted it 😩) so I doubt the tapes are still around.

[@superchiaki]

@@dauntae24 OMGGG :(

[@2BitAsti]

woow. we had one of these with the quad speed drive. still an SB16 card. still have the card, stereo speakers and quad speed cd-rom too. really great stuff back in the day. still works too! quality.

[@guestbedroomstudios5589]

Makes you kinda appreciate when we could go into a store and choose from these components in a store. I'm thinking increasingly gratitude for getting to experience that time.

[@jamescarter8311]

I still get excited at the sight of the blue and yellow box!

[@josecarvajal216]

Oh man so many memories... , I remember back in the day when my dad was so happy because of the purchase of that box , I was 7 and it was my first approach to a hardware/software setup ever, and to learning the meaning of the "multimedia" thing; we installed it on a Compaq Deskpro XE 560, we lived in Bogotá and in the 90's PC parts were very rare to find, we didn't have big stores to buy so it was kinda a big deal for us.

[@SnufkinTheNomad]

Getting the Sound Blaster 16 was one of the happiest *months* of my life. After 5 years of PC Speaker poverty, my mom finally got this for my birthday. The upgrade was life changing back in the day, and I would reply *ANY* game I had to hear how it sounds in this.

[@NativePsyko]

Man what a wave of nostalgia seeing that Peter Pan game. Some time in the 90s playing it in our computer lab .Only ever get so far and then move on to something else.

[@CTFlyer7]

A local store here ran a special for these kits for the first 30 customers on a particular Saturday morning. It was like half price. My friend and I literally camped out in front of the store for the whole night and we got our magic boxes. This video is a total mindf*ck. This kit kept me busy for months and months and months. Years. It turned my computer from a bleeping blooping doorstop into basically an early version of what we have today. My bedroom was basically a bunch of football posters, a football, a bed, a desk, and this computer. With those exact speakers and that exact cd-rom drive and sound card. Such good quality stuff compared to today's cheap nonsense. I wish I never threw them out. I missed this so much, I'm deep into a PCem 486DX-33 build with all this software installed. I eventually scored a DX2-66. The memories are amazing. Except for the memory management memories lol Thanks for this. Made my week.

[@KeepThoseEyesOpen]

“I always love looking at these, I get ideas, have a drink or two and then get on ebay” lmao

[@seanlavoie2]

My family had a combo set like this with the CD caddy style that came with 7th Guest. It was pretty cool.

[@fiveinfive]

I have to admit watching this makes my Friday evening perfect. Thank you Clint!

[@Todd1561]

Ha this was a fun trip down memory lane. We bought this exact package back in 1994 or so to upgrade our 33 mhz 486 (or maybe it was a 386). I remember much of this kit like it was yesterday. Thanks for posting!

[@victorlgcarvalho]

I had exactly this multimedia kit back in 1994! I still have the speakers, CDs, manuals, 2x CD ROM, and the games... Only the ISA card went away with my 486 DX2 when I upgraded the system. The Pentium I had later already used a PCI Vibra16 card. EDIT: I remember all the fight I had back then.. My system had 8 megs of RAM! Most problems were gone when I started using quarterdeck's QEMM 386, that loaded stuff in the high memory, and left the conventional memory free, at about 634kb!

[@waxedearth5425]

Creative had the best, most complete and colorful bundles. They made computing fun

[@matthiewg12]

One would say they were creative

[@gregbetts8057]

in 95 i already had my boys an took them to all the toronto computer shows , always love to see older box openings so many memories . fantastic vids , thanks

[@Natomon01]

For me, the documentation was the snack to hold you over till "dinner"; when you could actually get some time set aside to install whatever it was you'd just bought! It's a shame that stuff is almost always online these days.

[@80n3y4rd]

The editing on these is so good lol

[@ceulgai2817]

I just stopped by to say I think this is the best I've ever heard "Canyon" sound.

[@sujjo]

Greetings from India. Ohh man! This takes me back to my first Multi-media PC. 200 MHz Pentium MMX with 32 MB RAM and the Creative multi-media kit. With a CD ROM drive that came with a remote control, SB 16 included. It was awesome! I experienced Doom, Duke 3D, Quake and Quake 2 for the first time with that PC. 🙂

[@humanafterallTF2]

The amount of stuff packed with a sound card is amazing. I would like to buy a speaker and soundcard pack this day with games and software included. I guess the cd rom push to market was happening so had to include a cd rom bay also.

[@ceticobr]

OMG. My father bought the exact same kit when I was a kid. This brings back so many memories.

[@MrMusicopath]

damn, such beautiful memories, i had the kit with the awe 32 with a lot of titles like full throttle

[@johnnylochs6704]

The basis of how you made your channel, no lie is how I found your channel. Always a “blast” to see new vids.

[@navibc31]

Oh My God, I had this when I was a kid!!! I played the hell out of Wing Commander II from this

[@budavargas]

Can't believe it... My dad bought us this kit like 25 years ago. Nostalgia just hitted me like a truck

[@shawnburke3427]

A little upset that I'm in my mid 30s and cracked up at the "...farts"

[@archienati]

You summed up the whole allure of retro in the first 14 seconds of your video.

[@atheosmachina]

Oh. My. God. I had a similar version to this this back in the day (I had the 4x CD-ROM version). I wish I could get my hands on one, they're ultra rare! Better keep it under lock and key, LGR 😂 Edit: I played Dune 2 on our new 486 system with the Creative 4x Discovery bundle installed, having previously played it only on our previous IBM PS/1 286 which was too slow to output sound for it through the audio card option we had. I was blown away by the SB16 and those speakers, and have been a Creative fan ever since (although admittedly not since the X-Fi range came out, a little pointless these days sadly).

[@benm564]

Nice! This is the same kit kit I installed in my Packard Bell 486sx back in the day. I still have the disc with Syndicate, Strike Commander, and Ultima. It's awesome to see it again!

[@sechran]

Ah, Creative... the OLDEST component of my "modern" PC is STILL the Creative sound system. (Creative I-Trigue 3300, circa 2002)

[@mojowibble]

I remember getting a CD-ROM and soundcard set with Monkey Island II back in the 90's. Brilliant upgrade. Thanks for the video!

[@AlsoAlaskanBeard]

[ominous music reverberating in reverse] Subtitles on point, as usual.

[@devikwolf]

Watching this is a lot like re-living the Christmas of 1994 when my mom bought a Creative CD/SoundBlaster/Speaker set for the family. I still have the box, and I was overjoyed to find the PC that both the CD and SoundBlaster 16 went into, in my mom's attic!

[@stThicket]

I've never been this nostalgic when watching LGR. I had this full size sound blaster board and CD-ROM with the bundled software like Syndicate and the encyclopedia. Childhood memories ❤️

[@neurosismancer]

Oh, wow. Memories. I didn't have this specific kit, but had a similar one that didn't have the extra software. I remember installing it in my 486/33, and not long after having to upgrade the RAM and Hard Drive!

[@poppilman448]

That was very good sound in the 90s! I had a sound blaster in my second pc and it sounded great! I use Altec Lansing speakers set with a fine sub woofer. I'm still using them since 1999 and they are still great! No need to change a good thing. Now that's a good value!

[@Gappasaurus]

30:04 Nick sounds suspiciously like Simon, who likes to do “drawrings”… and Nick is a pencil… coincidence?! 🤨

[@clintthompson4100]

Awesome catch!

[@jiltedarts]

The User manual for Ultima 8... man that takes me back, i had a friend whose dad got him a soundblaster card. We spent nights trying to finish that game.... such old memories. thanks Clint for bringing back all these memories.

[@usmansm]

LGR really takes me back to my childhood. I remember seeing this in my childhood in a store at Dubai and of course not being able to buy it. O was and still am a PC gamer and this things just fascinate me.

[@FiendKing04]

14:00 "And I took that personally." -LGR Seeing these videos makes me want a retro DLC for PC Building Simulator so badly! Also, am I the only one that went out of their way to try and put as many screws as possible into the drive bays? Instead of the usual four, I'd put all eight if I happened to have the extras screws available. And I might've missed it, but, any plans for a full on Creative build using as many of their cards and drives as was available from the time? You mentioning cuts bring back to the days of sharp steel edges, which I'm pretty thankful they've (mostly) done away with on newer cases. One last thing, but I noticed you mentioned IRQ, and I've seen that in the settings before, but I've never actually had to try and configure it, so I'm not actually all that sure what it was used for. Similar to the jumpers on HDD's I presume?

[@scott9752]

Great video! This was the first upgrade I ever did to a PC back in the day and just so I could play day of the talkie versions of Day of the Tentacle and Sam and Max Hit the road. Great memories!

[@boblabelle6704]

I got the " media vision " multimedia kit with 2x cd-rom, sound card and speakers for Christmas one year. That probably was one of the best gifts ever . Replaced the 5.25 floppy drive in my 486 SX 33 desktop with 4 my of ram . I absolutely loved it!!

[@Mr_Waffle.]

2:05 I love 90s advertising, it's so terribly written. Doesn't explain the product at all, just uses edgy language to convince you that you're a bad enough dude to buy this product. (Not that modern day advertising is any clearer...)

[@JohnyKnox]

OMG I was fortunate enough to experience this back in 95 on my father's IBM PS/2 486. This is so awesome to see again.

[@OldMan_PJ]

I had the Game Blaster kit that came with Rebel Assault and a joystick. My bike got stolen from High school and I had a choice of a new bike or the kit. First time I ever installed something in a non-Apple PC. I was so surprised by how easy it was that I started upgrading every part of the PC until I had enough parts left over to build my Dad's original PC.