My DS Has A KNOB

[@Pigness7]

Thanks for showing us your knob james

[@creativename.]

spicy knob pics on floatplane???

[@1994CivicGLi]

OnlyJames

[@Cyber_Monk1]

He has such a sweet knob

[@Jarbeefis-q8u]

Is the black knob thicker then the other colours 😂😂😂

[@ExitCode808]

Nice knob, James.

[@bamboobridge-of8yd]

great knob

[@connors3356]

Nice James, Knob.

[@RaiosSephi]

The game is up there, mate. Rude

[@GuyBruiser]

The best knob. Outstanding.

[@Larry]

It was nice of you to get your knob out for us James! :D

[@RiveraYoshibawastaken]

God, SO MANY DIRTY REFERENCES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@peterdean653]

Hello you

[@sylverrez]

We miss you, Larry. When's the next Fact Hunt going to be?

[@turbomario]

Oh hello you!

[@ProjectCypher132]

James loves a good knob.

[@AB0BA_69]

James sure likes to fiddle with his know, ay

[@AlexGamingConsole]

Do you tell yourself this while falling a night?

[@sola_is_chilling]

​@@AlexGamingConsole I can sleep well knowing James loves a good knob.

[@Foostini]

"I don't like how there's a huge gap in the gameplay" truly the struggle of the entire DS era in a single sentence

[@w21aaaaa]

As a kid, it's fun to compare which games took the screen gap into account and which ones doesn't.

[@bland9876]

You mean like some games the screen would just pop the object from one side to the other like a portal? Some games that I played actually took advantage of the center area as if it was a real thing but to useful effect like enemies would walk off the screen and not appear on the other screen because they would be completely gone while some objects would go between the two screens. ​@@w21aaaaa

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Its always been fascinating to me how most DS emulators let you ENLARGE the gap between the screens if you want

[@pennyfarting]

​@@xxrocketshark216xx4sometimes when there's an image that continues across both screens, you might need to slightly adjust the width of the gap to get both sides to 'line up' properly.

[@axx.8676]

​@xxrocketshark216xx4 Kinda makes sense for games that add the delay for the space, if you have no gap the delay will just seem weird, but if you widen the gap the delay will make sense.

[@AverageMichaelJordans]

When you started talking about the DSi's lack of a slot 2, I was worried you were gonna fix your conundrum in the very spectacular fashion you like doing things in

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

The DSi doesn't have a slot 2, SO IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE ANGLE GRINDER AND HOT GLUE GUN BABYYYYY

[@thekingoffailure9967]

Pretty please James m’boy m’lad??

[@lightningmcseed7303]

I bet the dsi could be manipulated into reading slot 2 data in some way.

[@channelname9843]

Unless it was left over from development or used in testing, it's unlikely the SoC even has pins for it.

[@spaceinvader7047]

A James channel video and garbage time at the same time! Awesome

[@surprise3567]

This is the second time now that we've gotten a James/Dank/Bringus/GarbageT video simultaneously. We're eatin' good these days boys.

[@lucyakaluckstat]

Hi Jack frost

[@CaptainRex332]

I mean he probably just posted them at the same time on purpose

[@christiandyer3371]

@@CaptainRex332i imagine that James got a day off because Wade was just operating the goober and didn’t need a mechanic on-site

[@otto8127]

"i like to experience history as it was" smash cut to a NES cartridge playing an NES cartridge

[@MilkLegScoop]

Or a Gameboy with a CRT in it.... XD

[@orions2908]

Love the gag of swapping the ds without saying anything lol

[@RaphaelWiggum]

I thought it was because the games were region-locked.

[@orions2908]

​@@RaphaelWiggumI don't think ds games were region locked at all actually, maybe some dsi titles were but that's about it

[@mint_kyuu99]

​@@orions2908 That's correct. Only DSi and 3DS games are region locked, regular NDS games work with no issues

[@Arakus99]

I didn’t notice at all 💀 ig I rlly do need to go to sleep :P

[@948320z]

@@Arakus99 I noticed but my brain somehow convinced me that I remembered it wrong. I have been gaslit 💀

[@ahirugaodoreru]

I speak Japanese, the first quest is "clear 10 blocks within 45 seconds" or erase if you prefer the literal. The quest you actually played is "clear all of the silver blocks within 60 seconds"

[@ActualRealKayamariOfficialVEVO]

I gotta say I really appreciate the fact that you open up everything you show off to see how it works inside. Every time I'm wondering whether we'll see it be taken apart since some of this stuff is quite collectable but you always do it and I love it

[@a3-radio]

James doesn't change cartridge to play different games, he changes the DS

[@PiccadillyBlue]

Ooh, I love Space Invaders Extreme! The bit you were confused about on the right, the game has a mechanic where each color of enemy corresponds to a specific powerup, and if you shoot four enemies of the same color in a row, it drops that specific powerup, and the thing on the right was just showing you the most recent enemies you shot so you could keep track.

[@rabiroden]

Yeah and the sequel added an entire "bingo" system around it, lol.

[@koolaid33]

Only ever played Space Invaders Extreme on my PSP, didn't even know there was an Extreme 2 till this video!

[@anonony9081]

I have an Arkanoid arcade machine and the paddle is pretty much the same as this one. Just a couple of gears and an optical encoder. It's of course much more robust though, mostly being made out of metal.

[@GH3PC]

0:20 Love the way you put your knob into the slot James.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

"Bust a Move" just reminds me of the copy of "Super Bust a Move" that I picked up when a library was clearing out its ps2 games and have never touched since because of how cursed the cover is.

[@Games_for_James]

Yeah the english versions of some of those games really got done dirty with their cover art

[@BlueAizu_]

This is an interesting accessory! I love when games find "new" and unique ways to control. I feel like these could have worked fine with regular touch screen controls, but these seem to play beautifully with the knob.

[@zeekaa12]

3:00 James didn’t say it, but the “less Invaders are left the faster they move” was also a bug/hardware limitation! They decided to keep that, since it makes the game more challenging

[@KineTheFish]

"Let's check out a naked knob, shall we?" got me 😂

[@Metal_Maxine]

1:32 Gold bricks are indestructible and silver ones take multiple hits (at least in the original)

[@mickleman52]

9:23 so when do we get to see you mod 2 CRT mini monitors into a DS chassis with an angle grinder and hot glue gun?

[@ziginox]

There was a dude back in the day who made a giant DS with two tablet computer displays!

[@mickleman52]

@@ziginox wasn't that a halloween costume?

[@charchar635]

Not the first video I've seen of an Aussie playing with his knob today but definitely the first on KZbin

[@MarcusFigueras]

I never realized how much nicer an analog knob or controller was for these paddle games until I played a random arcade machine that had a mouse ball like on the golf arcade games. Made Breakout way nicer.

[@WolfBiteZed]

I played so many hours of Guitar Hero DS just because i liked the slot 2 device

[@piratebear3126]

Taito has done a pretty good job keeping Space Invaders and Arkanoid interesting without making them entirely different games. I’d love one of these, but I’ll suffer with a touch screen for the price they are.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Back in 2009, I had this really boring warehouse job, and other than free coffee, my only salvation at work was playing Brick Breaker (an Arkanoid clone) on my Blackberry flip phone. If memory serves me correctly, there were 28 levels and then the game would reset but continue accumulating score and the best I ever did was two and a half plays through, so somewhere around level 70. This still stands as one of the greatest achievements in my life.

[@GoodGamesBadLaptop]

Space Invaders Extreme has a lot of love put into it, it and SIE2 are some of my favorite DS games. I can't remember if the first one did it as well, but one of my favorite features about SIE2 is every single interaction on every stage, every bullet you shoot, the enemies blowing up, etc, they are all essentially instruments of the BGM, enhancing the music as you play

[@MagentaNimbat]

James causally playing the IQue DS and not even acknowledge it is a power move

[@vurpo7080]

Not every Slot-2 accessory had a gap on the DS Lite! The Guitar Hero controller came with an adjustable connector to make it fit accurately to both an original DS and a DS Lite.

[@M4D0GG0]

"They played us like a damn fiddle!!!"

[@solidsnake3292]

…why are we still here

[@ram10-]

@@solidsnake3292 just to suffer

[@carlosemilio5180]

"Wowee mr Kaz this truly has been a Metal Gear Salad V: Ground Beef"

[@cleb6720]

arkanoid ds is really fun but it plays really strangely on 3ds because the border between the screen is sized differently

[@kiskool1236]

The Garbage time and James double upload day is my favorite day

[@No-mq5lw]

Modern mice actually have a little B&W camera with a light just angled enough to expose all of the tiny imperfections of the surface. Every time the camera takes another picture, it compares the new one with the last one it took, and calculates how much you moved the mouse. The scroll wheel, however, does have an optical encoder inside it.

[@TDGalea]

This version of Arkanoid is by far my favourite, even without the glorious knob. I actually really like that they made the gap real; I personally find it helps track the ball far better between the screens than if it were to instantly teleport.

[@Games_for_James]

For sure, it’s the better of the two options for transitioning between screens

[@dieKatze88]

You can actually get more bullets on screen in Space Invaders Extreme and Extreme 2, you just have to level up! Learning some of those complex mechanics you mentioned will do that much faster. If you're really good at SIE2 you can get the cannon to level like, 12 by the end of Stage 1.

[@Anonzeroamountofshellfish]

4:38 Im glad for you

[@itztoa5t483]

7:30 the amount of nostalgia i have for this game is unreal, hearing the music and sound effects all over again

[@Slash0mega]

we need more modern paddle/spinner controllers....

[@acidule445]

Holy shit, Space Invader Extreme mentionned! The DS Space Invaders (Revolution, Extreme and Extreme 2) games may be the best versions of Space Invaders, adding tons of powerups, layouts, bosses, etc... to the base formula. It feels surreal seeing someone talk about them, those were my shit when I was a kid lol

[@Tee-bn4bb]

I loved my copy of space invaders extreme 2 a whole heck load That top screen handled the bonuses you'd get and line them up for the bingo round So if you got a certain set of bonuses (achieved by depending on what assortment of power ups you got) you could get a bingo round which gave you like a super fever mode. The spinning icons remaining on the screen is just an indicator of what colours you struck in a row for a powerup as you have to hit 4 in a row of the same colour to get a power up.

[@Ensign_games]

it's surreal looking at an version of one of my childhood games under a diffrent name, ( Space Bust-A-Move )

[@ShoelessJP]

Wade AND James uploading at the same time? HELL YEAH!

[@TorinnDerg]

It helps to know that Space Invaders Extreme is partially a rhythm game. You can fire to the beat of the background track and it helps you out tremendously. Also, match the colors of the invaders to get bonus rounds for more scoring chances and powerups

[@howard81]

A whole video of James playing with his knob, marvellous!

[@pintoshintobean9583]

Damn garbage time and James dropping at the same time? My evening is set

[@AuntSteve]

Space Invaders Extreme 1 and 2 were great, I had a ton of fun playing it when I was younger. They've got some of my favorite music and sounds on the system.

[@skinwalker69420]

GREASE YOUR KNOB

[@Notester82]

Neat overview of this DS accessory! I liked the mix of gameplay and the "under the hood" explanation on how the dial works! :D Also Space Invaders Extreme looks simple yet involved, seems interesting!

[@peterclarke7240]

Always love watching a nice young man twiddle his knob.

[@famitory]

if i'm not mistaken there are encoders you can get that have a little slot and peg system you can use to give them hard stops to fake a potentiometer, bit of a missed opprotunity not to impliment something similar in this so it could have both paddle and spinner modes switchable with a little springloaded plastic lever on the back. also modern scroll wheels (and most encoders) are still optical but all the guts are stuffed inside one little jellybean whose optical wheel is a tiny clear plastic film with a barcode printed on it. there are hall effect ones but they're more expensive and annoying to drive/read.

[@haydenbush]

That’s a great knob James! Good size and sensitive too!

[@ethanpschwartz]

I don't know about other countries, but the bubble-shooting game was Bust-A-Move while the dancing game was Bust-A-Groove. Confusing? Maybe, but those were my two favorite games for a while.

[@donotscantheqrcode8700]

I absolutely love that lime DS, reminds me of the Mountain Dew OG Xbox

[@manmakroplayz1270]

Hi James I just discovered your channel and it is amazing! I love the type of videos which are not super professional and I also like your way of thinking 😂 keep it up!

[@Badusername2000]

The more I learn about the DS the more I wish I had one as a kid, my handheld experience goes GBA--------------------switch, so I might have to get a DS now

[@Kuchito08]

they're also extremely easy to mod as well, so that's something to look out for!

[@ebbamb]

Enjoyed watching you twist your knob mate.

[@UWUMelon]

You don’t get how much I love James channel. I’ve watched every video several times over.

[@azekeprofit]

Have this Arkanoid paddle and DS Guitar Hero on Tour attachment and WarioWare Twisted thingy -- GBA slot on DS was such underappreciated feature

[@unkownilululiker47]

i did not know atari had basiclly two paddles (the paddle controller and driving controller) good to now know

[@leggomyfroggo]

Ah, a fellow Knob Enjoyer.

[@adre2194]

Holy crap i put this video off for way too long, this might be the coolest thing you've ever shown off. I had no idea Slot 2 peripherals were even a thing, and those games look insanely cool, not to mention their nostalgic presentation. It makes me a little sad, though... it doesn't feel like there's really any accessible way to get this sort of experience today on modern hardware, just a window to days passed...

[@bland9876]

If you shoot four of the same color in a row you get a power up however you have to fill up the side with the four It helps you keep track of oh I've shot three blue ones so I just need to shoot one more blue one without shooting another color. I think you can shoot the white ones for free but I know that there are some things you can shoot that don't reset the power up meter. Also for some reason the Steam version has different music from the 360 version and I don't know why. There's a sequel!?

[@mhfsilver_]

The iQue DS is a nice touch

[@upcoming]

I WAS PROMISED A FIDDLE NOW SHOW THE FIDDLE GAME DAMN YOU

[@Klockorino]

A James channel video and a garbage time video uploaded at the same time. It’s a drag race! Jokes on you, I have two monitors. I can consume both simultaneously

[@Tamay.]

*Do you also have two pairs of headphones?*

[@BewbsOP]

Personally. I've always thought spinners were better than paddles. I always hated having to recenter paddle controllers.

[@pipopawebghost8095]

Taito's zuntata is a very good sound team

[@actuallyasriel]

Man, the Taito aesthetic of this era is so good. Groove Coaster is one of my favorite rhythm games for that reason alone, it really dialled into the Space Invaders Extreme look in the early days.

[@taimaishu-nao1922]

James, just a note about unfolding the DS Lite screen to 180°: the hinges tend to bind up and break inside the plastic. I had that failure happen with my Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Edition DS Lite and, although I had a warranty, I paid Nintendo $60USD back in the day just to fix the problem. Now, Nintendo were fully aware of the issue when they made the DS Lite but while it was okay to do for the GBA SP, DS Gen 1 and later DSi, I think because they used the same hinge parts as the GBA SP and DS, it was a problem that Nintendo were aware of that wasn’t fixed until the DSi released. So just to recap: be VERY careful with the DS Lite hinges when using the console in full 180° open mode.

[@thefrogger6507]

I'm genuinely amazed by how elegant the optical spinner works but I'm twice as amazed that the paddle controller is literally just a pot with an extra large knob. What a nuggety solution.

[@dr_s_e_x]

DS HAS K N O. B

[@offbrandbiscuit]

I'm glad to see you messing around with a DS. It's still my favourite Nintendo console and favourite handheld that I've owned. Such a great design, great approach to the technology and so many fond memories on it. Get yourself an R4 Gold and a pre-owned DS in good nick, clean it up and you've got yourself a winner! But I doubt any of them have such an impressive knob hanging off them It was a fun flashback though when you showed the white DSi, because that's the one that I've owned for a long time. It's not really functional anymore and doesn't hold cartridges but many good memories with it. Odd to see it didn't have a Slot 2 input though, seems like an unnecessary removal of a good feature.

[@Games_for_James]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the DS, the original model I showed with the mario kart stickers is my OG which I preordered from the Japanese launch because the US launch models were sold out. I still got it three months before they launched here in Australia. Lots of fun being the only person with a console before launch

[@diamondjebgold9906]

Water bottle cap knob: DS edition

[@otaking3582]

I remember SSFF talking about this, and the fact that radial dial just randomly came bundled with an Arkanoid sequel while USB radial dials are so expensive is crazy.

[@coregroove]

Thank you for acknowledging Bust A Move as the dancing game, that’s how I first experienced it back in the day. I still refuse to call it Bust A Groove for that reason

[@SeraphimKnight]

10 straight minutes of James twiddling his knob for us, truly we have been blessed.

[@rossihere]

Thanks for showing us your knob James

[@YSBunny573]

I wish there was a patch to make Peggle Dual Shot support this

[@suspbox]

He's pulling his knob out

[@dr.fukwad1407]

wow you and dank pods lined up your uploads perfectly

[@ram_stick_samurai]

i love that lime DS.

[@battroman8965]

Well, my knob has a ds

[@KaleTheTinkerer]

I watch these videos for the cat at the end. It brings me great joy

[@voltare2amstereo]

Frozen bubble. A clone commonly found in early Linux distros and rockbox (alt iPod firmware)

[@andrzej_autko]

good to see your vhammel grow james- keep up the good work

[@Gojiro7]

4:28 while Puzzle Bobble has better brand association, I think the name changing to separate Bust a Move & Bust a Groove was for the best, the later of which is one of the most under appreciated Rhythm games of its era

[@WarneD1]

9:05 the N64 thumb stick had a very similar system, when you moved the thumb stick it moved the optical encoder in a direction. This is why the N64 will never experience stick drift.

[@tangy3003]

instead the n64 joystick slowly pulverizes itself, filling the inside of the controller with microplastics. you win some you lose some

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

The unfortunate downside is that you are indeed playing an N64.

[@MarcusFigueras]

Also the right hand side is what determines what powerup you get. You need to build up a bunch of hits on the same color to get the power ups

[@mittens4859]

This is the earliest I've ever been to one of James' videos

[@icychill105]

Never knew i wanted to watch old mate James play with his knob

[@SoloSabbath]

Me: American James can't hurt you, he doesn't exist American James (doing his best Diedrich Bader impression): 7:30

[@ChuckFinley-m5e]

Always wanted that DS accessory.

[@boral_1]

so nice of you for showing and fiddling your knob to us

[@CupBoyCake]

Try to Connect the knob to a gameboy advanced

[@stuntwastaken1074]

Good idea!

[@CptJistuce]

For what it is worth, the original Arkanoid arcade cab used an infinite-rotating optical encoder, but it was geared for much more resistance so it didn't spin freely. The DS knob is far too loose.

[@Games_for_James]

Oh damn! I tried to research it but I already had it in my head that it would be the same as every other ball and paddle arcade controller so I guess I didn’t look hard enough

[@Knoxypoxy]

This is just dank pods, but instead of a drummer, he’s an electrician

[@unmountablebootvolume]

Expensive mice sometimes still have optical scroll wheels, the cheap ones use switches insted of optics, but it's the same concept.

[@MrMoriardy]

I jumped from the og GBA to the og DS and playing my old games on the ds was like magic. Such a great feature having that slot 2

[@gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

Is nobody going to mention he played it on an iQue DS?

[@kami-kun_va]

I noticed that too

[@BryceClonan]

I swear we're always doing the same stuff, I just had our Arkanoid cabinet off the floor at 1UP to troubleshoot the opto and full reharness for a new PSU. Awesome how they have kept the weighted gear driven style of spinner for these just like the originals, it gives a much better feel in my opinion!