Is retro tech better? 1984's EDC in 2024

[@nessymon]

The first time I went on a long holiday, I went to California from Ireland in 2000 - brought a cassette player and 6 cassettes.. pure bliss. Owning my music and movies is hugely important for me.

[@TheBuzzwagon]

First time travelling overnight to England - borrowed my brothers Sony Walkman, had 2 cassettes (one with hits recorded from the radio) and 2 packs of batteries. Absolutely loved it!

[@nessymon]

Guarantee you still know every word of those songs!

[@michaelkerkhofs7536]

Which cassettes?

[@TheBuzzwagon]

@@nessymon so much so that when I hear any of the songs now I automatically expect the next song from the cassette to come on afterwards

[@nessymon]

@michaelkerkhofs7536 I believe one was Eleanor McEvoys What's Following Me, Cardigans Grand Turismo, Catatonia International Velvet, I'm sure they're still in a box here. I think Mel C's first solo album may have been in there too.

[@FränkischerFeierabend]

Hi Marcus, i was Born in mid the ‘80. so i used all of then also. And I have fond memories of that time. Greetings from Germany Marcus

[@Byte_J]

I’d recommend trying the Analogue Pocket. It has a nice screen and takes the old cartridges. A nice blend of modern and retro.

[@CramSessions-ci7im]

Before becoming a parent, I've always been into retro tech. It's even better as a parent now because it takes away the distraction and instant gratification of iPads. My daughter watches VHS tapes. I gave her a Walkman to pass time. They need quiet time to process the world around them. Even a game boy is beneficial for the hand eye coordination, because I hear kids in schools these days don't know how to use a computer.

[@ek8652]

As someone who had all that same tech back in 84 and now today’s tech as well. I can honestly say it was better back then. There was just something that made you more connected to it.

[@TechnicalArtistry]

Yeah, the rose colored glasses.

[@Rad-Tech2020]

@@TechnicalArtistry nostalgia is a powerful drug! And it’s not always a bad thing.

[@Cubby9196]

I guarantee you did not have a Gameboy in 1984. Maybe a game and watch but you 1000% did not have a Nintendo Gameboy in 1984.

[@Rad-Tech2020]

@@Cubby9196 That's fair. I wasn't even one yet, lol.

[@bayshark7o7]

Marcus, my fellow Californian, you are a breath of fresh air in the EDC community. Extremely thoughtful and well spoken. Keep it up good sir. 👍🏽

[@EveryDayConstitution]

As a Gen-Xer, this was a fun blast from the past! I remember the thrill of buying my super-small cassette Walk-Man with a special Walk-Man cover and belt clip back in 6th grade. Thank you for the interesting and wide array of EDC-related content on your videos and the special effort you take to edit and present them. Love being a member!

[@MarcusCreates]

Glad this struck a cord with you Stephen. I’ve been on a retro binge lately. What’s old is new.

[@BandrewScott]

Great video Marcus. This is exactly what I have found and what I enjoy about single purpose items: they force you to be more intentional, less distracted, and enjoy what you’re doing more. Keep up the great work man.

[@MarcusCreates]

Well said! I’ve been enjoying these for sure. Often less, really is more

[@lw4dbe]

What a great idea making this video! Gen X people have a nice sense of value of technology advances, and at the same time, we love memories of those times when almost everything was more simple and at the same time, more enjoyable. Thanks a lot!

[@MarcusCreates]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mvstolarski]

Wow! With the watch that is a Transformer you really brought me back in time. We, from the 80s, surely are some of the luckiest people alive. We lived through some of the major technologic advances, and we can appreciate them all. Great video as always!

[@MarcusCreates]

Couldn't agree more!

[@regflori]

I keep loving the way you make your videos, I like the intro, splitting it into different parts and giving a tiny overview right in the beginning

[@n1xp1n]

Agreed. Maybe, it's because Marcus is working as a product manager, so this is some kind of professional deformation)

[@jiff2323]

Thanks for taking me back. I got a really nice Walkman for my birthday in the mid 90s. Super thin all metal casing with a remote on the earphone wire. I was a stupid teen and sold it some time later on. Really regret it now. Also shout out to Mini Disks. Too bad not more came out of that tech.

[@MarcusCreates]

Minidisc were the business, for about 2 years. They were amazing but they came out at the same time as MP3’s and they were never going to make it.

[@Rad-Tech2020]

Great concept, Marcus. As someone relatively obsessed with modern tech, it helps to appreciate old mediums and what came before. Plus, it generally means you’ll have a deeper understanding of how the modern stuff works!

[@xaco18]

I've actually kept some of my old stuff from when I was a kid in the late 90s. So still got my Gameboy Colour and N64 laying arround. I think I even got my old Sony Walkman CD player(they rebranded the Discman to Walkmans in the early 00s). I rarly use any of them, but it's nice to have to look back at an "easier" time.

[@Fiveward]

I love following the progression of consumer electronics and trying all the new gadgets I can, but I don't think I'll ever stop taking notes on paper. Something about the intentionality of pen on paper makes me remember things I wrote way more easily. It seems like about 90% of the people in my college classes take notes on laptops or iPads, but they are generally a bit younger than me.

[@thebard20]

I was thinking about the walkman again this week after listening to the latest Cal Newport podcast. They were kind of the perfect mix of intentional and unintentional tech - you purposefully chose the albums you brought with you but because you were limited to only a few tapes in most instances you'd end up listening to the same thing again and again leading to a kind of deep thinking state as the music simultaneously drown out the world but became background noise in itself.

[@itsjohnny4267]

Being born in 1994, my generation was mostly transitioning to CDs by the time I was in elementary school. But my parents were older and were therefore, old-school. I was seen as being weird still listening to cassette tapes, but I totally agree that there was something special about listening through an entire album. We were also poorer, so I also recorded TV concerts using a tape recorder in order to listen to some pop music LOL I remember telling the entire house to be quiet while I recorded

[@MarcusCreates]

Haha. Those are film memories. Did you used to record songs onto cassette from the radio too? That was me. Would sit there with a blank tape just waiting for my favorite songs to come on to record them. 👍🏻

[@nolancarter817]

So excited to see the Olympus OM-2 on here. I started doing the typewriter thing as well- in pursuit of the single-use instrument theme. Got an old Olivetti Lettera 32 and took it to a local motorcycle shop to get it chrome plated! 😂

[@meursault7030]

I absolutely love my cassette tapes. I think the special atmosphere they bring fits better with some music more than others, but that's what I like about it. It's for quieter music, I think.

[@robadams234]

I still have all of my original Star Wars toys, like 1 or 2 big boxes full at my parents house. They thankfully had the forethought to keep them for me.

[@connorhalleck2895]

I so wish I still had a working iPod. I do have my old Gameboy Color, but I just play all those games on Switch now. I have a Huion drawing tablet, but I mostly just draw and paint with graphite and gouache on paper.

[@ryandunne123]

There is massive aftermarket support for iPods, have a look at iflash mods if you want to get into it. Currently in the middle of rebuilding my old classic 7th gen with like 600GB of storage and a 3000mah battery.

[@Raphtor13]

I remember using an Olympus OM-2 loved it. I still have an old 70's Ricoh 35mm. Honestly, I think the best handheld gaming experience is a modded DSi, 3DS or Vita...well built, great games and portable.

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks for sharing

[@KK_21]

Amazing video! Brought me many memories!!! Especially the game machines and the Walkman 🙏

[@MarcusCreates]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheNewBruno69]

as a gen z myself, in the same spot as you are btw, born in the 1998 i'm basically between the millenials and the gen z i managed to see a lot of old tech as a child, but for a really short amount of time, cassettes are the one i experienced the less, VHS stuck much more because all my cartoons were there, but cd players were on their best moments, mp3 were still not a thing for a long time unless you were really wealthy, so ipod were a thing, but i aswell even if younger got back using old tech. outside of my passion of photography, so full of REALLY old cameras, pre war ones and all, i went and took an old Ipod Mini from 2005 and made that my own music player, sure it's not the same as listening to cd or cassettes cause it's still more modern (i do actually have a ton of music tapes now btw because i fell in the rabbit hole of that format of music) i still have to rip the CDs and own the music myself, prepare playlists if i wanna use them or listen to the albums, and even if it's completely digital, having a dedicated music device in general has been incredibly different than just putting up spotify, i unsubscribed from it, luckly both me and my family we all kept all the CDs we used to listen so i have a TON of music to get back to. plus i'm a lot into modding, and you have no idea how much stuff you can do with old tech, my ipod mini i upgraded the memory from just 4 gb to 256 GB. that's the only thing i did, so i can keep better quality files on it

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks for sharing. Glad you have your systems down and know what you love

[@DeadGirlAnnabelLee]

I had an original Playstation, a Gamecube, and an original Xbox that I gave away. God I wish I had kept them! I had an Xbox 360 with a stack of immaculate games too that I sold, but i got my Switch out of that deal so I won't cry too much about that one. But man....I was stupid to give those game systems away! On the flipside of that, it was very hard for me to get gaming systems growing up. I always always always wanted a Gameboy Color and was never able to get one. As an adult I offed to trade my Dad something if he'd buy me my dream Gameboy and he did! I don't play it much, but I have a pristine slime green Game Boy color, and it's one of the last things my father gave me so it's doubly special. And then I scored this really cool light for it that looks like monster slime so it's even cooler!

[@MarcusCreates]

Love it

[@Penelope222]

Your first cassette is so much cooler than mine - which was an Aussie country musician John Williamson 😂😂 my second was Lenny Kravitz and third was The Beatles, so I redeemed myself a bit thankfully!

[@MysteriousMag]

Hi! Someone else mentioned the analogue pocket. I would also recommend that device. You can play original cartridges on it and have 10x the resolution on a much larger screen. It plays up to gba and can be docked. Miyoo mini plus is a good upgraded And the retro game handheld market has many similar performing options. Thanks for sharing btw. I've been wanting to get back into physical ownership as well as more mindful consumption. And these were all great suggestions.

[@MarcusCreates]

You’re welcome. Thanks for the recommendations.

[@LandmanEDC]

Marcus. Good gracious. What a great video. You and I are the same age and every bit of this speaks to me! Please don’t be angry if I steal this video idea and put my spin on it! 😊

[@MarcusCreates]

Why would I be angry? Go for it buddy 😎

[@LandmanEDC]

@@MarcusCreates Oh I will and I’m going to credit you and link to this video. Outstanding work brother!

[@quirogan]

Hi Marcus, while waiting for new videos from you, I went back and found this gem. I noticed you have a turn table and records in the background. You should do a video on that and your audiophile inclination. Also, I'm not sure if you've heard of them, back in my days, Bagatelle was a good Irish band. Take a listen to 'Second Violin' if you haven't done so and take some Irish pride there!👊

[@Mattcruzedc]

I remember getting a Walkman for my birthday when I was around 10-11. It was such a big deal!

[@_Just_Some1]

Link to that modern gameboy seen at 13:50 ? Thank you :)

[@MarcusCreates]

Ok will do

[@Djm2026]

Super Ninetendo games: some of the new digital games/emulators just dont have the same accuracy as the analog controllers. For music, I enjoy digital subscriptions however I still use CDs in my car, I have complete control over what I'm listening to.

[@RagingHamster8330]

Old is gold! Love RATM! Also love MLTR! Cool guitars btw!

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks

[@FullaEels]

recently picked up a DMG gameboy, a device that predates me by 11 years, and it has been quite magical playing games with that primitive pea green screen. I had a GBA as a kid, so I it does feel familiar

[@WHISTLEPEG]

Right on Marcus, thankyou. Yes sometimes, in some ways the "good old days" were better.

[@MarcusCreates]

So much old school tech to rediscover too

[@PalmDesertRock]

The Game Boy came out in 1989. So did Super Mario Land. The DMG-MLA Label of your Mario game with the yellow bar and green text is actually the Japanese release. Your Game Boy Advance SP NES Edition launched in June of 2004. They sold the Game Boy for more than 15 years.

[@MarcusCreates]

That’s true but not a very clickable title. 😂

[@Naturenerd1000]

If tape casets could have rechargeable batteries and blue tooth added that would be awesome.

[@MarcusCreates]

You can get them for like $25 on AliExpress

[@sbalget]

One thing I'd say about the music, get some IEMs. Until I went to IEMs, I didn't truly comprehend the compromise I made for the convenience of wireless. And with how the industry is at the moment, high quality IEMs are getting really cheap. I have a pair of KBear KS2s, and they're absolutely fantastic. It's not exactly "retro", but the difference in quality is so tangible it's incredible. The feeling you get when you listen to a song on wireless earbuds is just flat, whereas through IEMs it feels like I'm in a studio, with them playing the instruments next to me. Considering people are willing to shill out £100s on wireless earbuds, it should be easy enough to spend £30 on some quality IEMs, and when you realise how much better the audio is, you genuinely won't want to go back. Also, I love my cassette player. It's a bit of a crappy one, and I intend to get a Walkman some time soon, but the main reason I love it, is I can listen to songs that my dad made with his band. They never took off, and the only record of their music is a collection of 7 cassettes, but without them, the image I have of my dad would have been completely skewed, and being able to enjoy his old music has brought me a lot closer to him.

[@krispeekornflex]

Thumb up for that RATM cassette tape alone.

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks pal

[@capaya8139]

i just found out you're the global VP for Autodesk lol, kinda explains some things but thats sick

[@annissim4]

Loved this concept, very creative! And I also love listening to full albums, though I was more of a discman kid. Maybe I'll give the walkman a try hahahah For a future video, could you please show us your DVD/Bluray collection and system?

[@WhiteG60]

I think that 'owning' it part is really what's missing from streaming and/or pirating. I know that when I used to pirate games all the time, I never really spent much time on them to get into them. If it wasn't a certified banger immediately, I could go grab something else right away and maybe that was better? Same with streaming music. I don't need to listen to the whole track. Next. Next. Next. Too many options. If you thoughtfully curate what you pay for and what you bring with you, it makes it a little more 'special'. It also semi-forces you to listen to what you've got and helps you appreciate it more. And as someone of similar vintage ('81), I think we're in an interesting spot as you said. We were around when all this stuff came to be. We were culturally conscious when the internet became widespread (or even dial up BBS's depending on how nerdy you were, like I was). We also 'invented' a lot of the stuff, that's out there since the late 90's/early 00's. But the new stuff that's being shoved down our throats in the past 5 years or so, we don't see a real advantage to a lot of it. We straddle the 'never connected' and 'always connected' line in a way that even some mid/older Gen-X didn't. We ran the spectrum of 'parents have no idea where we are' -> pay phone calling collect -> pager -> mobile phone -> early smartphone -> always connected GPS tracked smartphone. These technologies matured as we matured.

[@shaungreer3350]

analogue watches and cameras should stay a thing simply for the aesthetic benefits. i think as a novelty to use on occasion walkmen and gameboys are cool but having a switch and some MP3's on your phone are infinitely more convenient for portable music and games.

[@MarcusCreates]

100% these things are less convenient. And for me that’s kind of the point. You use them when they ARE the thing you’re doing.

[@Neil-uw5jr]

Awesome video as always, Marcus! Hope you are well.

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks! You too!

[@JoeyRock333]

What a great idea… definitely include guitar tech in there someday. Cheers

[@jerryjb]

For anybody in search of some good headphones with a retro vibe, check out the Koss kph30i or porta pro headphones. They're affordable and have a nice warm and open sound. Also, pick up some yaxi pads for better comfort. The ones they make for the porta pro's will also fit the other models

[@blaisecedrickgomez]

I listen more from my Sony Radio more lately. Also play more retro games on my Anbernic rg35xx. My 10 year old daughter is also liking this less connected lifestyle.

[@bngr_bngr]

I use a vintage Nikon D700 digital camera for general photography.😂 It’s 12mp but has no video so it’s just a photography camera. There is almost an endless supply of new and used lenses that will fit this camera. I usually use it with a 50/1.4.

[@MarcusCreates]

Retro digital is a genre in itself for sure. ❤️

[@EXTRAEDC]

I remember saving my games on my gameboy, gb advance and advance sp (which you have there ) 😮😅and the sp is from early 00s not 90s ;)

[@ДмитрийШпаков-о3н]

It's funny that today only relatively advanced photo cameras have manual mode (iso, aperture, focus, shutter speed). In fact I always use manual mode when using such a camera.

[@nailedmint]

haven't seen the video yet but why is there a GBA SP (released in 2004) in the miniature of a 1984 edc?

[@MarcusCreates]

Watch and see 😀

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

wasn't the unaltered star wars on bonus dvds from 2007? I have them somewhere but I can't be arsed to check.

[@MarcusCreates]

No. They had CGI monsters added

[@doubledecker1094]

It's like these videos are created by AI based on my brainwave activity. Can't wait to watch!

[@MarcusCreates]

Hope you enjoy it ☺️

[@lazyshinobi2861]

What I loved about stuff back then was “ it just worked “. Don’t get me wrong there was crappy product launches however most high end products were not released until they functioned properly. Ofcourse the tech today is better objectively but man the nostalgia goggles are strong 😅

[@therealtimdebuyst]

Great video! I would like to have a more retro lifestyle.

[@hollyhockNYC]

I still have the original GameBoy and the box it came in. Unknown for sure if it still works though. And we have a Super Nintendo. Nintendo Wii (not as "retro" as the others). I bought a Nintendo Switch a few years ago but when I play it I tend to just default to Tetris. lol

[@MarcusCreates]

Hahaha. Tetris is one of the best games ever made. Have you seen the Netflix movie on the Gameboy? Watch it, you’ll like it.

[@hollyhockNYC]

@@MarcusCreates I haven't... But I've heard it's good!

[@PLAYEATTRAVEL]

Great video! I really enjoyed this one. I’m gen x. I’d add book vs ebook as well

[@andremendes1559]

hey! loved the video, just a small correction: vinyl is actually the best way to listen to music in every sense of the word. in terms of audio quality, vinyl is way better than streaming, since digital music is always compressed. streaming is actually the worse way to listen to music, and the option with lower quality. even CD's tend to have higher quality than streaming.

[@MarcusCreates]

Thanks for letting me know. I love listening to records but honestly get frustrated at how short the run time is before having to flip sides. CD’s seem to be the best of both worlds for me. Currently rebying all the CD’s I donated in the 2010’s 😂

[@styner85]

As living similar generation, all of things is I missed, Especially workman. 😊

[@mkw133]

Great vid, looking at the Miyoos now.

[@summoner2100]

You can still, unofficially, get Star Wars (no a new hope tagline was added after)... Look up Harmy's despecialised edition. The guy has been working on manually upgrading the quality on the originals from different sources but it is it the ORIGINALS. No extra George stuff.

[@summoner2100]

Harmy's technical rules for getting it (and he makes no money) is that you buy the Star Wars official blurays and own them)

[@seankeogh20]

What is the band around your bicep? Been trying to figure it out!

[@MarcusCreates]

It’s a Whoop 4.0. Link in description.

[@49684]

I edc traditional watches, a Avantree sp850 mp3 player w/wired ear buds, RG35XX loaded with GB, GBC, and GBA games, I’m about to trade my 1st gen iPhone SE in for a flip phone. 🙂💪👊

[@vg9073]

Great topic.

[@JeremyKiefer]

Well, thank you for letting me know I’ve been pronouncing Hozier wrong since finding them with “Take me to Church”. 🙄 (I pronounced it “Hoozer” like looser”)

[@MarcusCreates]

😂

[@LordxDutch]

Not that it matters but it's actually "ho-zee-er" according to him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOVg4qLpdNml5Ysi=SDQd3biPaOWbu8yL

[@dylancolbert4248]

Not to call out a fellow Irishman - but it is actually pronounced "Ho-zee-er" Love the content Marcus! Just received shipment of component parts to build a custom watch, inspired by your recent vid!

[@MarcusCreates]

@@dylancolbert4248 wouldn’t be the first thing I got wrong on this channel 😂

[@Mohammad_Rizvi_OG]

I was looking for this

[@nobledante5560]

Like for the Walkman 🔥

[@alimfuzzy]

If you're a prepper you need to have at least one automatic winding watch. If you want to be on a watchlist, buy a casio F91W-1

[@zane8868]

Love this idea, love the vid

[@ricardoOT3]

Hi Marcus. Why remind me how old I am? 😃😃

[@MarcusCreates]

😂

[@hervelebaba7142]

Merci pour ce moment de douceur et de nostalgie même si moi-même je suis née en France et en 1970, beaucoup d’objets sont internationaux, on se ressemble et rassemble tous sur ces objets intemporels Merci ☺️ Ps : mon plus vieil objet que je possède c’est une bande dessinée sur les indiens gagné en maternelle donc la bd à 50 ans Mon père étant décédé y’a un plus d’un an m’avait laissé une chevalière un appareil photo Kodak argentique et une montre eternamatic de 36 mm de diamètre un petit bijou automatique dans le cœur de la montre je l’ai réparé sur un entrecorne externe tordu et faites réviser et nettoyer l’horloger à été impressionné par le nombre d’année de fonctionnement même en l’état avant réparation ! On choisissait peu mais avec soin à l’époque de mes parents

[@Naturenerd1000]

Have an old camera that can have 4 hours of video on just a 2 gigabyte SD card. That's better in some ways.

[@MarcusCreates]

Plus you get the vintage feel for free. No post production filters :)

[@zerocool.666]

Ah yes the gameboy advance SP the most advanced tech of 1984

[@MarcusCreates]

😂

[@luciferfoxxx8217]

Hey, I love the videos. If you ever want to get a gameboy and have it renewed or modded for only the cost of the gameboy and parts. id be willing to help out. if not thats okay thought id offer my services. hope you have an amazing day

[@babblingSponge]

Vinyl is "not as good as streaming that song."... in what way, convenience?

[@xXSwaghetti.YoloneseXx-uf2bb]

I LOVE IRELAND FUCK YEAH WOOOOOOO

[@Kevin-Schmevin]

Is retro tech better? Yes, obviously.

[@fredfinger7092]

In my opinion one of the few things that have gotten better today than "yesterday" are flashlights (torches). Almost everything else has gotten worse. Most electronics now are more designed to spy on you and to create a revenue stream, rather than to provide a service.

[@inSpyr]

the white pillar behind you is distracting, consider painting it black

[@AdamAmbrose6969]

Algorithm

[@cooperhebert4816]

0:56 Really only Christ can do that for any of us mate 😅. Notice how your still searching and searching and searching for something to make life easier but all In all you haven’t found it and research shows through my life and every human beings life that on our own we will never find happiness or peace 😂. Really think about it. We’re never satisfied. We never have actual long lasting peace. I do not condemn you bro In fact I really like the Walkman and the gameboy actually, I’ve got plans on getting a GBA player for my GameCube but I know this will only bring me a mere moment of peace at best until well I get the next quest 😂😂. Jesus is the only way to truly living my friend. Tech will fail, empires have fallen and kings and queens both have been defeated. You want something meaningful and eternal then turn to Jesus who is already there waiting for you with open arms. Jesus loves you my friend ❤❤❤.

[@MrEdcrowley100]

no charisma