Nintendo's First Digital Camera - Game Boy Camera - Rare Obscure or Retro - Rerez

[@rerez]

All of the sequences in black and white were shot on a real Game Boy Camera! If you have any questions about this video ask me right here.

[@Ub3rGoob3r]

Hey Shawn, I have a question! Why was the GB Camera Printer completely left out of the episode? That was easily the best (and most important) thing about the GB Camera in the first place. Thanks for the great video as always, love the new production these days!

[@joeshaffer4607]

Would the camera work in the GB adapter for the SNES?

[@Crlarl]

How did you turn it into colour?

[@Sparkmovement]

Kill em.

[@InsaneGir99]

Joe Privatename it does not

[@mylifeingaming]

[Try4ce] I got the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer on the first day they were available, but my favorite memory of the device was how I used the letter stamps for intro text and title screens in the movie projects that my friends and I made in high school. I would use all of the available storage in the camera to make multiple text slides, and even some text animations. The number of available slides and the larger size of the text, sent to my VCR through the Super Game Boy, made it a lot better for titling than say, Mario Paint. I miss the days when we had to get creative with limited technology to make videos with analog media, so it's fun to see the Game Boy Camera used as a video tool again in this episode!

[@rerez]

It was really fun finding a way to make it work. I could see myself using it again in the future! :)

[@ethanbannister4238]

i remember using this at my brother's house, +Jay Jasper, it was so cool.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

I'm more impressed that you got the quality of the pictures on the Gameboy camera that you did in this. Typically if you don't have amazing lighting everything comes out looking like some shit from The Calling

[@HoboTechHelp]

It is shot on a youtube show. I'm pretty sure they DO have amazing lighting. :P

[@rerez]

We blasted a lot of lights on me to get that image. :D

[@VegasAceVII]

I agree Alpha. My Gameboy camera always looked like roadkill.

[@videogamepolak0]

supergameboy capture

[@GatorRay]

Oh hey Alpha

[@GameSack]

I think this would be perfect for pictures of UFOs. People only seem to have potatoes when they try to photograph aliens. This would also be great for pics of the Grand Canyon and the Northern Lights.

[@ChrisTheSheriff]

Game Sack these comments are why I want google to implement a "multiple liking system"...

[@thomasgarrett8113]

you guys watch this channel? That's awesome

[@ConanVictor]

Also a great camera to take pictures of your mother and your sister. Believe me, I know.

[@kaliek5281]

Fun Gameboy Camera factoid: Those Pokemon sprites you saw (Charmander and Bulbasaur)? Gameboy Camera is their *first* appearance in the United States, as it launched before Pokemon Red and Blue. This caused confusion at the time, as people had no idea what those characters were when the camera first released.

[@diegoscar6591]

+Kyle Smith yeah, me as a child also had no idea what those creatures were when i bought the camera. as an adult, i discovered that the camera AND pokemon were both developed by the same company :)

[@AckzaTV]

OH SHIT youre right!!!! That was some hi tech 90s predictive programming!!! WAIT they also had Squirtle, Mew, Meowth, Jigglypuf, Pikachu, all on the gameboy camera FUCK i KNEW i shoulda keept all my pokemon cards...i knew theyd be valuable again... www.google.com/search?q=pokemon+in+gameboy+camera lol look at this great face that could be resurected as an internet 4chan/reddit face www.gamespite.net/img/wiki/games/spot_gameboycamera2.gif

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

Space Fever II reminds me of Face Raiders for the 3DS...

[@maksymillian]

exactly what I was gonna say

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

+Doug A Spiritual successors?

[@AnesBkdm]

That's a really neat quality you have here, my friend! Which camera/lens do you use? :)

[@AlexJordanPereira]

Tsuko G. We shoot with a 5D Mark II and Prime lenses. :)

[@austin5623isawesome]

+Alex Pereira No, he uses the game boy camera 50.

[@rerez]

Tharja Falls I actually really liked the series. I'm a big FPS fan from way way back. I found COD to be a fun game to play online with friends. However, I've never played Ghosts before. I just happened to got the poster as a free gift for pre-ordering another game. (KZbin wouldn't allow me to directly respond to your comment. Sorry!)

[@AntiMagicToxin]

I still have my Game Boy Color which I got for Christmas when it first came out. One of the first pictures I took with it was of my great-grandmother just a few months before she passed away and I still have the picture saved.

[@rerez]

I would recommend outputting the camera to a TV and capturing that picture so you don't lose it. :)

[@PeteSkerritt]

This video was really cool. I loved seeing the narration as it is seen on the Game Boy device itself through the GB Camera lens. Recalling the camera sure takes me back. I never owned one myself, but I thought it was a really neat idea... and, combined with the Game Boy Printer, it made for what I thought was some pretty advanced consumer tech for the time. A personal printer? A camera for your Game Boy? Mind-blowing. I appreciate the acknowledged perspective of what the device meant to users at the time, rather than comparisons to modern tech and how rudimentary this stuff is today. Looking at older games and technology through this lens, to me, is really important... if only to put them into perspective. Good stuff.

[@BigJoker]

The boss face at the end of the shooting game reminds me of the face shooting game on the 3DS, Face Raiders. I imagine it drew a decent bit of inspiration from this.

[@chasenasty5646]

You should've mentioned the "What Are You Running From?" pictures.

[@nekrominh131]

Chasin'TheGameDungeon ikr

[@CalderTF2]

Im glad he didn't the first time I saw those I couldn't sleep for days

[@Chaos89P]

Don't be so silly!

[@zelectrode3337]

You forgot another small problem, the "Run" option...

[@hoyabembe8858]

+Rerez there is some creepy Easter eggs in game boy camera it is a odd picture with the text below saying "Where are you running from?"

[@TAGMedia7]

Just wanted to say I really love your videos. They take a dignified, professional approach to retrospectives and reviews that you just don't see from other producers. Thank you for what you do, and I wish you all of the continued success!

[@cjhs2006]

I Remember How Much Fun The Game Boy Camera Was,I Miss Being a Kid Back in The 1990s

[@HanDaimond]

I must say, I like your videos; they're not only informative, but great edited and entertaining, not recurring too often with unnecessary jokes that plague most of other game related videos. You just gained a subscriber man.

[@WalcomS7]

It's too bad the battery in mine died years ago and it no longer has photos on it. I remember looking those photos for the last time about 6 years ago, pictures of my old friends from elementary school, long-gone pets, and places I saw when I was a kid. I always wished I had the printer, so I could at least have printed them out somewhere.

[@rerez]

My camera dropped and broke when I was a kid. A few months ago I opened it up and found a rom chip lose, so I stuck it back into place. The camera you see in the video is the same one I owned from when I was a kid. Tons of pictures of people and kids my age that I don't remember anymore. It was quite the trip! :)

[@WalcomS7]

So the chip being knocked loose KEPT it's memory? Meanwhile the one that was inside mine that's in great shape died because of the battery? Not. Fair.

[@sydneybiscuit]

Sorry mate, the game data rom chip and the save game S-Ram chip(s) are two different kinds of storage

[@JRocktheGameRocker]

Wow Shane, I want myself a Gameboy Camera now! The fact that you can make music is astounding on top of the camera features, of which there are more than I initially thought. Maybe I can find one of these this weekend... Good work, rock on dude!

[@rosstigane]

When I was 5 my dad bought this and the game boy printer for me from a second hand game shop. I loved the camera to bits and I spent hours playing the mini games and taking poor quality photos of anything I could find. However the one thing I didn't like was the faces that came up when you pressed the "run" option on the camera, I was really disturbed by them especially the dude with the long black hair and the star on his head *shudders* anyway great video :) keep up the good work :D

[@ChaseFace]

I had this back in the mid 90s, I was the coolest kid in my class All the bitches wanted to take gameboy selfies with me.

[@ToxPhy]

Did the bullies befriend you? (Watch the original commercial if you don't get it.)

[@spencerrrrrrrrrr]

Keep telling yourself that Chase, keep telling yourself that...

[@bootywink]

randman Got it!!

[@ryanamberger]

I got a gameboy camera when they were new. Was so cool at the time. Miss those days.

[@lachlanbrown8110]

It's nice to see someone talk about the significance of the gameboy camera, rather than going "I my gosh those error faces gave me nightmares, TOO SPOOKY 4 ME". Thank You

[@CrossfacePanda]

Yes!! I loved my GameBoy Camera! It was so cool to have your own little camera with you as a kid, even if it was just in black & white. Always wanted to get a GameBoy printer as well, but i could never find one.

[@rerez]

I always saw them in stores but I couldn't afford them! :(

[@onofriomasina4916]

You should be more famous and have more subscribers, your videos are just amazingly funny and interesting

[@rerez]

Onofrio Masina Well thank you!

[@onofriomasina4916]

No, thanks to you for bring out all this videos! :) Bye, from Italy

[@SeiferA2001]

I still have my blue game boy camera somewhere in my place. It really was an innovating piece of hardware for its time and I loved it myself

[@biscotti5121]

Nice video. I hadnt realized how neat this little camera actually was: if I was younger, I sure would have been amazed.

[@Revegelance]

I was really impressed with the presentation on this video. I like that you actually used the Game Boy Camera to capture your footage for this video. Well done, Shane.

[@TakaMaru777]

great video, really cool that you used the actual gameboy camera to shoot footage for this episode. I had the gameboy camera back in the day, I loved making stop motion videos using lego and I guess it kinda taught me some of the basics of pixel art

[@rerez]

I made a few Lego stop motions with the camera, however I was never that good of an animator. :P

[@johnrickard8512]

The game boy camera never ceases to amaze me! Back when digital cameras were power hogs and extremely bulky, this digital camera was lightweight, sipped juice(especially on the Gameboy color), and could even print its own photos(by way of the game boy printer).

[@AsahinaZatsu]

Awesome to see you talk about this splendid device. I still play around with my Gameboy Camera, once in a while. I still have a bunch of pictures on there, that I took when I was a kid. It's sorta like a little time capsule. Maaaaaany hours of entertainment, I've gotten out of that thing.

[@rerez]

Likewise, it was my go to Game Boy title for quite a while. :)

[@Kiwi_As]

I have 6 of these and love them all. Back in 1998 I used to swivel the camera and take selfies before that was even a word. Great review.

[@Jell-E]

I had one of those as a child. I had so much fun with it. Thanks for bringing back the memories Rerez

[@TeamThemeBoys]

I worked at a toy store when this came out and spent countless hours making animations. I was surprised it wasn't more popular at the time.

[@BlueEyedGamer55]

I had a Gameboy camera when I was a kid too, never looked at it as my first camera, but as you point out it was. Thanks for another great video, keep it up.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

I remember the Game Boy Camera! I first heard about it when I was playing that Shoot The Fishes game in Banjo-Tooie. It wasn't until later when I got it off ebay a couple of years later, and had LOTS of fun with it!

[@frankly3498]

Loved it in "Bio Zombie"! :D . Great video Shane. Keep up the awesome work. Love watching your vids.

[@Daysleeper1990]

I didn't have one of these BUT I did have friends that did and good lord was I mesmerized at the time by everything itcould do. The fact that you could take a picture with a gameboy and then play games or have fun with it in editing was just mindblowing. If you had one of these on the bus after school EVERYONE wanted to sit next to you and get their picture taken to see what kind of cool editing you could do to it! These were just awesome!

[@SamTheEnglishGamer]

#WhoAreYouRunningFrom?

[@ToxPhy]

It's actually who, but still a nice joke.

[@UltimatePerfection]

randman Don't be so silly!

[@jstrct]

I'm loving the evolution of this channel. Sleek, and informative. Thanks *****!

[@rerez]

You're very welcome. :)

[@Holothurion]

This came out at a time when the Pokémon phenomenon was new and taking off, Dragon Ball Z was still airing for the first time in this continent, Street Fighter Alpha 3, The King of Fighters '98 and Marvel vs. Capcom were hot at the arcades, and Metal Gear Solid was the biggest news around. How time flies by. [sigh] Oh, the memories!

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

+Holothurion 98 looks like a beautiful year, also you forgot Banjo-Kazooie and OOT.

[@Holothurion]

I, the Nintendo fan Totally true, my friend, as well as Resident Evil 2, Xenogears, F-Zero X, Einhänder, Suikoden II, Crash Bandicoot 3, Age of Empires, Mario Party and Parasite Eve, just to name a few among many more. It certainly was a great year for gaming.

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

Holothurion Yup!

[@nintendo64_lover6]

And the Dreamcast was out and SEGA was kicking with all their might! Sigh..my SEGA how...?why....?

[@BanjoKazooietheNintendofan]

Nintendo64_Lover Sega wasn't really kicking... I heard that SA1 wasn't even out in JP when the DC was out.

[@katt-the-pig]

I had one of these. One cool feature you didn't mention was a "hotspot" feature, where you could set hotspots on each picture that you could click to perform sound effects or take you to another picture. I actually used the feature to create a point-and-click adventure game.

[@MISHA4L]

Rerez I must congratulate you your videos are always HD and so fun

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

I still remember the commercial of this device, which was a parody of "Candid Camera."

[@tykralin756]

This episode was exceptionally well done. Kudos.

[@RetroGameCrusader]

i love the styling of the product its self. really good video.

[@rerez]

Well thank you for watching! :)

[@radek9616]

Rerez you deserve more subs, views and likes. Your content is outstanding. Such a high production values and so little views, just unbelievable.

[@rerez]

Well thank you very much for the kind words! :)

[@ToxPhy]

Oh you trolled him good. :) (I actually like your videos, don't block me.)

[@AssaulteedOne]

The Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer were the best!

[@chikknlipps2058]

Good video! I heard of the GameBoy Camera but didn't know all the stuff it did until now. Thank you!

[@cthulhucollector]

I am very impressed with the way your videos look. Very impressive.

[@Tentacle]

I always appreciated the effort Nintendo had at first to try and maximise the usage of Game-boy Camera Printer after its sale. Printing out Pokemon, Pokedex entries in G/S was pretty neat.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Nintendo clearly haven't forgotten this device, the 3DS camera, has an game that is a space shooter that uses the gyroscope and the camera to shoot faces taken with the camera, like those minigames. What a way to go.

[@eduardomayoral254]

Face raiders

[@SeeJayAre]

Great video! Really enjoyed that...

[@rerez]

Well I'm glad you liked it! You have a pretty massive collection, do you happen to have the Legend of Zelda special edition GB Camera by chance?

[@livelongcoffee5580]

The gameboy camera had a glitch where a picture was distorted, and when the glitch happened there was a chat bar saying 'What are you running from' Don't be scared' and other creepy thing, when I first heard about the glitch I got creeped out.

[@livelongcoffee5580]

***** Really? I sound so dumb right now.

[@hicamajig]

I remember there was just something about the gameboy camera when I was a kid that creeped me out. I still used it though because it was fun and had alot of useful features.

[@ChrisTheSheriff]

Really love the style of your videos, very professional, its makes me envious as all hell of your skill, but its still good...

[@Wyrenth]

I've still got my gold Zelda Game Boy Camera from Nintendo Power floating around here somewhere. It's got a few pictures of my father (now passed away) on it from a time we were doing laundry at the laundromat. Good times, but I wish there was a better way to offload the pictures that are saved on it, as I'm sure there's a collector out there that could appreciate it more than I do. It's too bad I didn't save the box, though, but I was a kid. :/

[@topo8444]

Very glad I have the little device! Plenty of odd but hilarious fun packed into it!

[@antmorrow1]

I had this and i also had the printer as well, printing out pic's the size of a stamp on till roll was fun.

[@Sb129]

My first digital camera was an Eyemodule for a Handspring Visor pda. I did get a Gameboy Camera several years later

[@rubenromero4685]

man I got this on Christmas around the time it came out, it was so dope, it was crazy fun, I remember using it so much

[@johnt.campbell316]

My Game Boy Camera is one of the few old Nintendo items I still own. Nintendo is always 15 years ahead of everyone else. Who would've thought that digital cameras would LITERALLY end up in every modern device?

[@SnakeHiggins]

Lots of memories on this awesome little device! Actually still have mine from when i was a kid. Loved being the final boss on Space Fever II. I remember beating myself and then changing my face into a cyborg looking version of myself to make it look like i had returned as a cyborg! Good times indeed.

[@GenesisMoss]

Great video! I never thought about the Game Boy camera in this light before!

[@TMBRMECH]

He should’ve mentioned the “horror” side of the camera if anybody knows what I’m referring to

[@Davidevgen]

ive been looking for that song in the middle of this video Hang Ups (Want You) - Otis McDonald great video i still have mine in the box :P

[@danfortuna1984]

very cool way to shoot the some of the video shane. excellent work

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

The best thing about it - you can take photos at any angle! You can photograph someone to the right or left of you without turning yourself!

[@CommodoreFan64]

You should have mentioned you could print the photos out on the GameBoy Printer, Also a lot of chiptune artist use the DJ program built into the Gameboy Camera to create some really cool music pieces.

[@rerez]

I'm thinking of doing an exclusive printer episode. I wanted this episode to be all about the camera. :)

[@CommodoreFan64]

***** I have both the Camera, and Printer, but sadly something is wrong with my printer where it will not output an image on the paper, but everything else seems to function, and seems age has not been kind to a lot of GameBoy Printers, so It will nice to see a working one. :-)

[@FunBoysGaming]

***** Yea do a printer one!!

[@lolomixed6442]

I have to admit it: you have great quality on your videos.

[@Michirin9801]

Who are you running from?

[@rerez]

Always freaked me out.

[@FunBoysGaming]

***** Can you tell me why they put this in the GB Camera?

[@myhonestreactiontothatinforma]

Don’t be so silly!

[@arcadejaguar409]

Some people probably made a business off of taking pictures with that thing.

[@iNvincibleemilio]

Amazing video as always! Love your stuff. What's that song you used at 0:26? It sounds great!

[@Snakesht172]

its a real shame that the gameboy camera integration was scrapped from perfect dark. It would have really helped the camera. I'm also surprised that you left out the printer accessory.

[@VegasAceVII]

Best episode yet Shane.

[@itzehuuu]

Also to mention the GameBoy Printer, being sold as a bundle with the Camera in Europe. Maybe also in the US? This was, besides all of the mentioned facts about the camera, my very first own printer and it gave the option to print the taken photos on endless paper.

[@DubiousGamingOnline]

I always wanted one of these. You really don't see many of these anymore at game stores or conventions.

[@rerez]

They are not as common as they used to be, but they are still out there. Try online, you are bound to find them. :)

[@Spagoop]

Rerez I found one at a retro video game store for $10

[@alexaartist4664]

"Who are you running from" "Dont be so silly now"

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

One thing you can do with this device is to plug it into a Super Nintendo using a Super Game Boy, reverse the console, and edit the Super Game Boy palette so that the different colours match the irl colours. Of course, you only get 4 colours, and the Super Nintendo only has so many options, and even it might be impossible to properly match the irl colours, but it’s kinda cool to see as you can make the colour of your hair on camera the colour of your hair, and the colour of your face to the actual colour of your face and so on, you could make a pretty crap colour photo. Or you could use several colour filters in black and white mode to capture colour photos, but that’s kinda complicated and useless.

[@MusicMan32K]

I had a blast with my GB camera. It was very entertaining.

[@thederrymackinnon6838]

i feel you should have talked about how the games on the gb are remade or have had sequels on the 3ds and dsi. if you ever extend upon the gb camera mention this! it would be so cool! otherwise i really enjoyed this video along with all of your other videos because you aren't the kind of person to swear and laugh at how terrible games are, you are positive and it's nice to see! i love your video and can't wait for more!

[@SheepyChris]

How did you got the camera to capture color? Did you got to use a Super Game Boy on the recording scenes? Also, great video, I've pretty much loved everything!

[@rerez]

We mixed the color information from another camera with the gameboy camera footage. We did use a Super Game Boy for all the video recording you saw in the video. I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@LeftoverCultureReview]

Still more portable than my Dad's Sony Mavica Floppy Disc camera that I used when I started taking photos and video... Bet the Game Boy Camera was a lot cheaper too :P

[@toohighstrung]

I had one of these, was the coolest thing ever at the time

[@DarylDoesShow]

I want to try and find a gameboy printer to go with my camera. Problem is gonna be finding the paper >.< Great video Shane, nice to see such amazing innovation still appreciated to this day :)

[@rerez]

Yeah, the paper is quite hard to come by now. I recommend trying Japanese re-sellers online.

[@adwaitagnome]

this apparently uses a CMOS (which, for a camera at this time at all, is very interesting) sensor (according to Wikipedia) also, while the sensor is capable of 0.16MP resolution, it can only save in 0.14MP (likely to save space)

[@billyhatcher643]

i remember the gameboy camera when i was a little kid i saw someone in my elementary class use it i was like holy shit dude thats cool and we messed around with it and i had fun

[@n64glennplant]

Really enjoyed this look at the gameboy camera, will you do the printer too?

[@rerez]

Yes eventually I will! :)

[@michael1234252]

And then 10 years later they tryed this idea again with the DSi. But the camera was built right into the console and can capture in full colors.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

+michael1234252 And then face raiders.

[@Chaos89P]

Even today the Game Boy Camera can be fun to use. There's a certain quality to the pictures that cameras of today cannot replicate, even at their crappiest settings. Of course, you need some sort of external device to extract the pictures, but a modern cell phone camera can do just fine for that.

[@DumbDesign]

I remember really wanting this camera when I was a kid. In fact, I remember counting down the days until the day when my parents said they'd buy it for me. But for some reason I don't remember, I never got it. Maybe my parents used that flashy silver tube thingy from Men in Black that makes you forget things.

[@josephblairr]

That you were gonna say dildo for some reason

[@NeatStuff86]

I love the GB camera, it had a very 90s feel.

[@tasiyeahh]

Isn't this the camera that says "Who are you running from"? Can someone give me a little insight on what that is? Is it an easter egg or did the devs not realize how creepy it is or what?

[@HAISPAM]

+Tasia Boldyreva In the main menu on the camera, there is an option that says "Run", and if you try to use it you get the image(s). This is because it's meant to be used by the Game Boy Printer; if you hook one up and then hit the Run function, you'll be able to print off your photos.

[@imabandoningthischannelsob554]

The develeopers are trying to be funny or something

[@VDV639]

How'd you shoot video with that? So cool!

[@WednesdayMan]

yea theres a way to turn the Gameboy Camera into a webcam. Step1 get a super gameboy (it's a gameboy Player for SNES) step 2 get a SNES (of course you need it using the gameboy player for gamecube is not gonna work as well since the position of the cartridge is below the gamecube and SNES has the thing that stands it up) step 3 get a easy cap capture card (yea it's cheap but heck it's meant to be cheap) step 4 download some software to get it to work or use the Legendary windows vista (shut up XP is crap some people refuse to admit that but I myself have used XP and my experince is that it is slower than Vista and 7)

[@nikoligogle3153]

Rerez, you are an asset to this world. I hope no corrupt mind could ever ruin that. BRAVO! তুমি আরো সামনে এগিয়ে চলো।

[@TheGollddMAN]

+nikoli gogle What is that you wrote at the end? What language is that? What does it say?

[@nikoligogle3153]

language - Bangla " তুমি আরো সামনে এগিয়ে চলো" means, "keep up the good work!"

[@TheGollddMAN]

nikoli gogle Well, searching on Google told me that "Bangla" is a language of a state called West Bengal in India. Amazing how people from far sides of lands come together in a single video on Internet. I may not know "Bangla" but I now know the meaning of that particular phrase. Greetings from America!

[@nikoligogle3153]

+A GollddMAN Well brother it is mainly the state language of a country called Bangladesh also and we are an independent nation. However it is also great to see someone caring about the diversity and its essence unlike most of the youtube "over the top" members. Thank for the greetings, my father bought me an Atari 2600 Darth Vader when I was just born and that was the start point of my classic game enthusiasm I guess. ☺ God bless America regards from Bangladesh.

[@TheGollddMAN]

nikoli gogle Okay then, regards appreciated. Take care, bye.

[@neGat1veMusic]

OH NO THE RUN BUTTON

[@Madden2000]

I remember I bought 2 and I loved them I bought because I had problems with how many pictures they can store I really loved it I spent hours on it it was amazing

[@mitchyk]

I still have not only my gameboy camera, but also the printer and sticker rolls too! lol I have so much stuff in cupboards...

[@Dappergaming]

The opening line of this video is an understatement. Seriously Nintendo hardware wise used to be just so ahead of the times. Look at all the crazy Japan only stuff they did with the Famicom and SuperFamicom; online banking in the late 80's man. ONLINE BANKING! And they had those machines to write games to on your own rewritable cart... Seriously they were like too far ahead.