PC gaming in the 1980s

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[@_IAmDiamond]

The Real $1000 Keyboard That No One Can Beat.

[@loyal-egg-X3]

it even comes with your own joystick mouse!

[@Liske-]

and you musny have other pc!

[@user-1billlon]

They can’t beat the 1833 pc.

[@LamarlovesJesus]

Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again put your faith in Christ

[@GoldenAgain]

​@@LamarlovesJesusi put my faith in dj Khaled cause he the best music

[@the_7th_sun]

If someone from 1980 was teleported forward in time and saw a modern gaming computer, their head would explode

[@jayhom5385]

I've teleported then, I just took the long way.

[@the_7th_sun]

@@jayhom5385 XD

[@gt8200-0]

​@@jayhom5385 Only took 43 years

[@theworm7156]

Even if they saw a mac they would explode

[@the_7th_sun]

@@theworm7156 nah, a mac wouldnt phase anybody

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

TI-99/4A...first computer I ever bought...1981 feels like it was in another life.

[@mr.shameless1886]

seeing the tv trying to work gave me nostalgic chills

[@loveplane737]

especially the rain weather :)

[@minecraftslegacycommunity486]

​@@loveplane737 snow*

[@GE1463]

Yeah if u hit a tv nowadays it would break but back then it would fix it lmao

[@Invisiblemanreal]

@@GE1463i never got to be born back then in 2004 when icarly and 101 zoey came out but i was born in 2011 my life sucks so much dude

[@GE1463]

I'm 13 and I still enjoy that stuff@@Invisiblemanreal

[@Fede_uyz]

fun fact, during space invaders development, the developer loaded every invader into memory and moved them all at once, this was very heavy on the CPU and required lots of time to move every entity. it noted that as invaders were destroyed, the moving all of them at once was done quicker due to a lower burden on the CPU and memory and therefore it would speed them up and start moving them faster. after some testing he found out that it made the game more fun as it was harder and harder as it went on, and thus left that 'bug' in. After all: It's not a bug, it's a feature.

[@aaronking2020]

hmm today I will play the original space invaders on modern hardware ... *game over*

[@Fede_uyz]

@@aaronking2020 I reckon that the original version with the original code that includes this bug as a feature wouldn't even run on todays hardware. now the speed up it's probably codes in

[@ErrolBeats]

That is indeed, a very fun fact.

[@Fede_uyz]

@Sugar the Space Cat yup, ram was so darn limited that having maybe 100 sprites in memory and having to move all of them really taxed the machine heavily.

[@Bombayboginka]

“I GIVE UP, GOOD DAY” -a man rage quitting in the 1980’s

[@goomyliaplayz7911]

"MAN FUCK THIS GAME" -a man raging in the 2010s

[@3JJ3]

Kids really think people in the 80s talked like people in the 20s 😭

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

@@3JJ3 1920's or 2020's?

[@zennitH3230]

@@bricktasticanimations4834 Obviously. 1920's

[@bricktasticanimations4834]

@@zennitH3230 You never know. 'e didn't specify.

[@ghostnoise1711]

Correction: Cartridge software is not loaded in RAM. It runs directly from the cartridge's ROM which plugs into the data bus, so RAM is not loaded with the program's code.

[@univon4892]

Yeah, you are correct.

[@jessebybee3521]

Fun fact: the older video games would get faster because the more enemies off the screen, the less ram used

[@GOTTHEDAWGINME]

Accidentally creating the concept of game difficulty

[@gangsterchickentv1485]

Gets 4mb RAM heheheha

[@az-og4hp]

​@@gangsterchickentv1485my dads computee hadkbs of RAM 💀

[@ghostnoise1711]

Not RAM, less CPU time is used. If the machine wouldn't have enough RAM, the game simply wouldn't run.

[@impulsebison9096]

By how much though?

[@aSchizophrenicwithagun]

"bro hop on space invaders the new 3.1kb update dropped!"

[@poo48]

“I can't bro. I only have 1.8kb storage left”

[@grizzlycharizard0017]

Lmao

[@KingLarbear]

There was no updates lol there was no internet

[@Lilduderm]

​@@KingLarbear yea, that's the joke bro

[@Muffboy1]

Good times.

[@hossammoah]

Day 8 of asking mryeester to add coke to a water-cooled pc

[@RemskaTheHelari]

Yes he needs to try coke.

[@Ayaanle07]

​@@RemskaTheHelari 🧐

[@bandis_]

bro that shit is expensive like 86$ if you want the extra white one

[@bandis_]

OHHHH HE MEANT COCA COLA

[@RemskaTheHelari]

Yea not the drug.. But i could have some if someone of you here sell cocaine.

[@AFE_07]

Ahhhhh nostalgia hit me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Cxntrxl]

Fun fact: space invaders doesn’t get faster towards the end intentionally - that was because the CPU on old arcade machines and computers literally couldn’t keep up with updating so much data so quickly. It would literally speed up because you were freeing more computing power for it to move less data. This is because the old systems used the CPU clock to operate games, rather than “delta time”, which was a measure of real life time, rather than system time. This is the reason why running the original software for street fighters on a modern computer would have the entire game running significantly faster.

[@Miguel_Noether]

No RGB, those were really the good days.....

[@bigmike4133]

Wow even that's before my time, I remember having to load games from multiple floppy disks.

[@daprofessa9113]

I actually have one of those computers! Granted, it's a different color, but it uses the same hardware and software. Besides, it's always cool to see tech channels cover more niche retro hardware like the TI-99.

[@chrischaf]

Please tell me it was properly silver and black :D

[@TheCheemstar]

@@chrischaf yeah I got mine for 40 bucks silver and black

[@nontendo4679]

16-bit operating system is crazy for 1981

[@thefatjigsawmain7938]

Dude got the SCP-079 🤯

[@A_very_shy_guy]

Bro's 1980s set up is crazy 😳

[@maciejd7823]

The funny thing about space invaders is the fact that harder gameplay at the end wasn't coded into a game. Instead the computer had less objects to render, thus making the game run faster, or should I say, at it's normal speed.

[@Oni_0]

keycaps are sick!

[@walx561]

Imagine cracking 90's with that. Needs to be crazy

[@AerialScreamer]

Fun fact! "TI" stands for Texas Instruments. So the computer is actually called the Texas Instruments 99/4A

[@freakzout666]

It says it on the keyboard but thank you

[@AerialScreamer]

@@freakzout666 I do know that it says that on the computer but it's a little small and some people just can't see it so i just wrote a comment about it.

[@saladass1571]

@@AerialScreamer A pointless comment because it’s literally already displayed on the keyboard

[@AerialScreamer]

@@saladass1571 Check what i answered the other guy.

[@Cyko..]

This comment is useless.

[@extra_ttentioneeded4450]

You can hear him cry at the end are you ok man? Are you hiding behind those thermal paste smiles?

[@smactardian]

Still have one of the black and stainless versions

[@G809]

He always sounds so enthusiastic, makes my day.

[@johnathanrobinzine9030]

I like that oldschool game computer 1980.s

[@fen4554]

Color monitors were pretty rare. My Apple II ran on a green monochrome monitor. First time I saw color I was amazed.

[@CarsonG1017]

These didn't come with monitors, but relied on a TV for display. The TI-99/4, the 1979 predecessor to this, did come with a color monitor, but it was heaps more expensive, and sold poorly as a result.

[@Lemdondade]

The best 1,700 dollar keyboard

[@ColossalCannibal]

optimal setup

[@CrobinHood8BitGuy]

You should do one on the Commodore 64, even though it was only 8 bits, it performs better than the one in this video, sold more, and has more software. Thanks for making a video on an old computer at all though, many people don’t even know about any of them.

[@lul7913]

They got that "beepbaapboop" rizz

[@catgirlQueer]

"programs are loaded in RAM" is generally not true the cartridge contains a ROM that just gets put right into the memory map of the system

[@JCguy]

I LOVe these old computers!

[@Mint474]

“Bro look at my ti” “Bro you got a 3060 ti? Sweet” “No ti invaders” “Wha”

[@jefftown604]

Don’t forget the dial up internet 😂

[@Mouloudvi88]

This was my mother's childhood Nice to see it in action.

[@ZmanGmaan]

At the end he was holding in that gamer rage

[@funkinplayer]

Bro got that gaming pc

[@JamesSpleenTV]

That shits fire. I find at nearly 30 years old (still a huge gamer) that one of my favorite ways to game after a long days work sometimes is to just get stoned and play these kinds of games, atari, NES, etc. These games slap so hard when you just wanna veg out and relax and get a dose of nostalgia like euphoria 😂 weed instantly makes these games masterpieces, especially with a buddy lol.

[@Skoatia]

Bro became Mr bean at the end💀

[@ismaellopez4138]

Bro had to learned it the are way. Because he bought it

[@ideilmana]

we're making out of the 5 1/4 inch floppys with this one 🔥🔥

[@snow9600]

Commodore 64 was one of the greatest gaming systems

[@jab367]

😂

[@nocturnechanson]

I had one of those as a kid when it was new. I Also had the accessory cassette player that wired in and was used as external memory. My dad had the older version that was black with the stamped tin trim plate. He also had an accessory P-box to run floppies 💾 and house extra memory. My current cell phone has at least ten times the memory of both computers combined. 😅

[@hsbkve1]

My grandpa is probably was cranking 90s

[@tomthetom_on_tour]

Our first computer! Still have one! 😍

[@Bobb_]

Fun fact about space Invaders or any game in that style, you know the way every row the enemy's get faster and since you're killing them they get faster too, that's actually not coded in like that, it's just since there's more memory in the computer and more space the game can run faster

[@cabbitkisser2620]

i miss playing with my old trs-80 coco 2. the computer's was easy & simple to use & you don't have to an hour & a half for the computer to load.

[@illilililli-_-gregbetter2715]

Imagin going back in time n telling people a single component now costs as much as whole computer then

[@gooberbob2705]

Day 54 of asking you to use another cpu instead of thermal paste

[@the_7th_sun]

Dear god, your a mad genius

[@gorfelbt]

I will personally send in my trs 80 color computer 2

[@ThaoNguyen-ol9rl]

memories...

[@JesusplatformTV]

I love 1980 PC gaming and 2022 gaming

[@VK-fz2sq]

The structure of keyboard never changed

[@albertgroeneveld4731]

I used the tapes. Forward, backwards note the counter and write down when a game start. That was challenging.

[@Leesangthe2nd]

Arcade Home Gaming:1980s be like

[@SleepyAdam]

I got a TI-99/4A from my Uncle who had one when he was a kid. It taught me how to program. The BASIC language on it is so friendly and easy to pick up that it kept me off my parents computer for months. Although despite it looking a lot nicer than other PCs of the time graphically, it was arguably one of the slowest PCs due to the fact there was very little actual CPU accessed RAM and instead most things, including programs, were stored in freaking video RAM which was way slower. So it's not actually the best demonstration of gaming from the time period, better example would be C64 or Spectrum or something along those lines, where while not as pretty they still run faster and typically have more stuff going on.

[@ITX635]

the space bar tho 💀

[@johnmarcogimena157]

Bro I miss that😁

[@redaechmani476]

This thing work better than my pc

[@I_Boys]

That ASA profile keycaps on a 1980 keyboard😍

[@exil3dlivecom]

As a dev, i love watching the beggining of video games. Facinating how far we have come

[@TatsuZZmage]

you forgot the voice synth module

[@awesomepants184]

Og gaming pc

[@tiagobelo4965]

Man, why the hell is the background music so intense and emotional for an upbeat video of some cool bro talking about an 80s pc, I swear I've heard it before and it's on the level of "to build a home" by the London cinematic orchestra. The dissonance is real

[@gaelanmg2222]

Every school pc :

[@pigasusr2]

I NEED those keycaps

[@Xelogenic]

I'm looking at the monitor and it looks like a fever dream

[@Alexiosftw]

That keyboard be named like my calculator

[@virtualboy4305]

For once, I also have something that this guy has.

[@TheAviatonChannel]

That game is in my smartwatch😂🤣

[@Danny-xe2sg]

Programs were not loaded in ram, the cartridge contained the rom directly which is wherw the cpu reads from

[@arthurmorgan276]

Quite BGM choice, I must say

[@The_MLG_doge]

was i the only one that thought the plane game he was playing as retro bowl?

[@terencerenshaw91]

This is better than what i had in the 90s. I remember our family IBM computer that took large floppy disks that actually bend which u shouldnt do. The screen only showed black and green for color spectrum. I didnt have that luxury of colors on my screen. Must have been nice. -late 80s kid

[@FloridaLivin1]

My technology teacher has one of these

[@danewilson7883]

Better then the specs of my computer before i upgraded it

[@ThatIntrovertedWeeb_M]

The fastest boot up PC gaming, that's worth

[@rcammm]

Found one at a garage sale once for $20, ez steal

[@jesseholmquist9879]

Microsoft flight lookin good

[@joshuaalleyne6779]

Dang that computer works better than my one from Microsoft😭

[@MuslimKnight0]

It’s faster than my pc

[@NothingMuch-]

i remember when my dad told me that he learned himself how to fix joysticks back then

[@errormachine5056]

PC master race!

[@24-BIT]

"I played computer! Apple 2E!

[@RedLogicYT]

Back when home consoles and home computers were essentially the same thing

[@Suleimanimano]

I had this keyboard in the 1980s, but I wasn't alive back then 🥶🥶

[@TheCheemstar]

I got one of these at a thrift shop in seaside Oregon for 40 bucks. Works perfect.

[@kreuner11]

Programs actually run directly of the cartridge ROM to save RAM

[@adriandoesstuff]

This Was An 16-Bit Computer From 4 Years Before The 8-Bit NES

[@franciscojavierdelatorreba3554]

I bet that PC can run doom

[@boifo7565]

"I got a RGB razor keyboard.. 🗣️" Yeah? I got the TI 99 4A 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LaufzDS]

4090 Texas instruments

[@Caseytec]

My TI-99 had a cassette tape I would have to store my hand written programs on it,

[@ramitghosh5733]

Its not as bad as we think it is😇

[@fridayfunkgaming291offical]

Fun fact: The first Windows game was Reversi.

[@Rinne_Kagurazaka]

SCP-079 in a nutshell

[@hitomi7261]

A dream that i want to live in

[@Andreiu2898]

Them keycaps😂😂😂

[@warth45]

Uhh that god tier keyboard