Teens Play NES For The First Time! (Super Mario Bros, Punch Out, Donkey Kong)

[@ghostlover951]

I'm a 80s baby, i grew up on these games... literally i used to play all these games as a kid... the funny thing is i bought my 10 year old daughter, xbox, and the ps5.. she has every game you can think off, but recently i bought her a nes and snes. It comes together... and all she plays now is Mario Brothers... she loves super Mario 3... that's her favorite game.. she hasn't touch her ps5 or xbox ever since o bought her these games

[@reapaknight3611]

I still play my favorite game from the NES fairly often. It's one the best games that no one's ever heard of called Shinagan the Ruler. I've beaten Dragon Warrior and Zelda so many times That I was able to do a run on Zelda where I didn't get hit by a single monster the entire game until the boss fight with Gannon. No amount of skill helps with that fight as he turns invisible and you have to just randomly attack and hope you hit something.

[@udance4ever]

@@ghostlover951 I love hearing this - kids know it's not about horsepower, graphics, polygons, online game play, CD audio, FMV and whatnot - it's pure GAMEPLAY that keeps us hooked. Started watching the Playing With Power docu-series & you really get a sense of what it takes to create a game that is viral in the arcade & the tenacity & willpower it took back in the day just from the 1st episode! long live Mario! 🔧

[@jeremymullens7167]

I think the 2d games are a bit easier for young kids. I have meet children comfortable with 3d games but confused with the 2d ones though.

[@oracleofpelham511]

"2 buttons is easier".... i laughed an evil laugh.

[@matsv201]

Oh yea..i think she confused simple and easy

[@119Agent]

In my day we had one orange button.

[@omegaweapon116]

It's crazy how much fun games were back then with only two buttons: MegaMan, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros 3, Double Dragon....

[@jeremyzamora8398]

Kids don't even know how hard games used to be

[@Arthur19-v3y]

Only if you stopped playing. Soon after you had 2 😉​@@119Agent

[@Bridgett30]

“I think I played guitar hero…” you absolutely did not. 😂

[@Ty921]

Yikes felt this one to be fair guitar hero is older then these teens. So not surprised by that comment.

[@--TOM--]

Probably was thinking of the wii lol

[@AveryHD_06]

Lol, even Guitar Hero is old for them

[@segamatthews5023]

I laughed so hard when he said that

[@cornellclincy1735]

Lying Just To Be Lying 😂

[@sldrmedik]

Honestly NES games are a lot harder than modern games. Contra, Mario, Punchout, Metroid, MGS… like these games are on a whole different level of difficulty.

[@andrewr.3488]

This was gold! These kids were adorable and, as a 80s parent, the nostalgia of seeing them enjoy these games showed the innocence all kids have at that age

[@corey1106]

"only 2 buttons, this will be easy..." "but, but, i didnt know the controls..."

[@tonyjackson4078]

"I was literally pushing the button!" Ahhh, the classics come back no matter the generation.

[@MusaFinderi]

Yeah, and discovering that the torch sucks lol

[@angellight495]

“It should be easier because there’s fewer buttons” I haven’t stopped laughing for 20 minutes

[@jaysim3253]

"I feel like it's gonna be easier because there's not that many buttons to click" My poor child 😂

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

LOL i know ! so painful. :-D

[@Jordayn77]

Now I want to see adults play these. See if the muscle memory is still there.

[@esmooth919]

Right? I've gotten so good at this game that I can beat it within half an hour. No warp zones

[@BrainDamage922]

I still play my NES and Genesis.

[@Chalky.]

I never stopped playing NES games, both on the original console and on other systems through emulation or ports.

[@BrainDamage922]

@@Chalky. I play on my consoles.

[@neilvanrooyen7196]

Bring it on 💪😉

[@IKARIking67]

Watching Glass Joe knock out a bunch of modern teens when i've never lost to him since the first time I played at like 5-6 years old, is the comedy therapy I didn't know I needed. lol

[@raymondmeyers8983]

“I think it’s going to be easier because there’s not that many buttons to push.” Bless her heart

[@Sacrengard]

"poor 80's children" oh she got the right idea, but we were built different, we ate frustration for breakfast hahahah

[@unRandomSm64]

And we are proud of that

[@xtlm]

Some controllers may have been broken along the way too lol

[@jasoncookman3158]

Our expectations weren't so built up like they are today. If we expected something, we got it slapped out of us REAL quick.

[@Sacrengard]

@@jasoncookman3158 you got one thing right, we had no unrealistic expectations

[@XavierShade]

A bunch of gamers in the making. Seeing everyone getting into it made me smile. Next time they should play some Sega games!

[@TRD_2zz]

"These poor 80s chidren." I felt that lol. Games were so much more difficult and you couldn't look up how to beat it on the Internet either.

[@katherineberger6329]

I had a Sega and if you thought NINTENDO games were hard...

[@jlouis4407]

“I feel like it’s gonna be easier because there’s less buttons to click…” Oh you naive child…

[@AdamsOlympia]

Easier to learn..much harder to master.

[@SAllen-zt9vv]

Young Punks got it easy. Loosing to Glass Joe was Punishable by Death back in '88.

[@bbcraven6469]

Yeah, if you got your ass beat by Glass Joe, chances were that you'd get your ass beat at school the next day! Haha!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Or having your name spread throughout school that you sucked that bad.

[@stanleyford2575]

I was born in 79 I'm glad I lived the 80s and 90s arcades Nintendo and Sega no iPhone no social media just pure fun. I really miss those days

[@DC-Instrumentalz]

That was heaven on earth for sure. Now everything is crazy.

[@DC-Instrumentalz]

I wish I was born in like 1920, so I could avoid this generation completely 😂

[@Vulpas]

@@DC-Instrumentalz Yeah, half of them probably don't know their gender.

[@DC-Instrumentalz]

@@Vulpas so damn true and ridiculous fam

[@ShortTermHasNoFuture]

You miss those days because you were a child, not because it was better 😉.

[@ryannichols9827]

Angel beating mega man her first try is one of the most impressive things I’ve seen.

[@daniellclary]

Have they not played a game ever? Mario games still being made today, and many of them not that different.

[@danieldasilva3068]

Yeah they're pretending to never heard of this shit before.

[@TBoneTony]

We 80s kids ate these games for breakfast, literally finishing NES games like Contra before going to school was the ultimate test.

[@derekarnold3767]

The first Goomba in mario prob has one of the highest body counts in video game history

[@robertstull8759]

Did we just watch Angel and Ryker become besties? Because I would totally watch them play retro games on anytime. They just seem to genuinely have so much fun together.

[@mymylauren]

My favorite duo next to her and Jaxon.

[@rafaelxavier8070]

"I think it's gonna be easy because there is not many buttons in here"😂😂 ahh..such innocence

[@bubbles2215]

Did not expect Angel to be the gaming MVP of this episode, but it was fun to see!

[@iwillsurvivethehighfivecauseia]

Ghosts 'N Goblins taught me a valuable lesson when I was a kid: no matter how hard you try, you will fail. It's funny how real life turned out to be exactly the same.

[@reapaknight3611]

They said they liked Ghosts 'N Goblins best, but that's only because they only just started playing it. I'm one of the few who comleaty lost their shit when I made it to the final boss of the game, only to learn he was unbeatable without the cross. A weapon you last get a chance to get several levels before the final level, and you have to avoid accidentally picking up another weapon before getting to the boss again. Which is about as easy as balancing and egg on my head in the middle of a hurricane.... For 30 minutes. And you only get one try.

[@GuardianAngel..]

I know I’m going a little off topic here but this NES Game that I played back in the day called Silver Surfer is Infuriatingly difficult.

[@punch6482]

Subjecting those kids to ghosts and goblins was just mean lol 😂

[@markdavidson1049]

I still remember the day my dad took my brother and I to get our Nintendo. We had just emigrated from the UK in 1988 and we moved-in with our aunt, uncle and cousins who were from the Philippines. It was now 1989 and we lived in Hollywood, CA. My dad had bought my brother and I a Socrates educational system but it was mostly for learning and didn't have any fun games so after about a year we got the NES. I can't remember if we got it from Target or Walmart but I remember the store and learning that it already came with Super Mario 1 /Duck Hunt combo and so my dad said I could select one other game. I remember seeing the gold Legend of Zelda cassette which of course caught my eye and then I saw the shield with different items inside its 4 quadrants so I immediately gravitated towards that. That NES brought joy to my brother and I for years. It wasn't the start of my gaming "career" as we had an Atari before but Nintendo was an integral part of my childhood. I'm an Xbox player now at 42 years old.

[@kylewind214]

Is it just me or does this illustrate how playing NES with your friends was generally a better social experience than doing the same with most modern games? They seemed like they were having a blast.

[@udance4ever]

very good point! easier to vent yr frustration w a friend & have them try again. (repeat about 20x)

[@Isoquant]

First time I've ever seen someone lose to Glass Joe in the entire existence of Punch Out

[@kwokyin]

@Isoquant Coz the kids don't know how to play the game. Can't even dodge properly to Glass Joe. They need to practice.

[@DC-Instrumentalz]

Yeah he was easy. Mike Tyson was ridiculous though. I still beat him, but he's really tough to beat.

[@kendo7964]

Lost by decision to glass joe 😂😂😂

[@reapaknight3611]

@DC-Instrumentalz I gave up and never beat Mike Tyson. I knew I could beat him eventually, but I didn't feel it was worth it. Probably would have taken me several weeks of non-stop play to get used to the speed of his punches. I was already drained from beating all the other fighters and didn't find it fun anymore. Tyson isn't a challenge. He's a punishment.

[@DC-Instrumentalz]

@@reapaknight3611 yeah he was ridiculously fast. I remember getting so mad at that game until I finally beat it 😂

[@trevander1able]

She said "these poor 80's children" 😂 I'm an 80's kid (born in '78) and i am so thankful gor that!? The 80's was unlike any other decade before ot since!! The 90's was almost as good! 1a 1b. If these kids only knew just how great it was!

[@lachazaroony]

Losing to Glass Joe is the epitome of shame in any video game.

[@Wantar]

The black girl is awesome, she went through Mega Man like a champ. As a gamer since 1986. I say well played.

[@Ultra-Gamer81]

She is not black asshole, she is American get it straight!

[@stacychamness9077]

I'd like to see her defeat the Yellow Devil on the original Mega Man without taking any damage. He's the first boss in the Dr. Wily section after you defeat the first six bosses.

[@justboschma5047]

@@Ultra-Gamer81quick question what does the colour have to do with race/nationality? And why is not possible to be both? Just curious

[@adriancole9681]

@@Ultra-Gamer81he never called her a black asshole

[@adriancole9681]

Mega man was my Vietnam.

[@nathanwilliams9866]

It brought me back to my childhood seeing these games again. At least these young people liked most of them, and mostly appreciated them for the classics they are.

[@miserablew1zrd916]

Angel is a straight up gamer!

[@mustlovebooknerd]

I wish they'd gotten teen gamers who actually know how to play video games so we could see the reactions of people their age who actually know modern video games. It was obvious some of them didn't play by how they reacted to stuff in the first game, including the power ups, the fact that they were unsure of what the "story" of the game was, and how they referred to things in the game.

[@eepruls]

Agreed. Having people who don't even play video games today doesn't really give perspective on anything. Would've been better to see kids familiar with today's games see where they started. You don't get today's games without these early ones!

[@markcarloestabillo5461]

Glass Joe collecting bodies. Never knew that I'll say that in my lifetime.

[@tmac3184]

I literally was beating glass Joe the age of 4

[@182punkbunny]

I know they die in literally the training level

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Utterly Heartwarming to see the young embrace the video games we all adored growing up. This was smile inducing

[@kevinbaker1642]

These kids enjoying the games just because of the fun factor. Imagine us back in the 80s enjoying the fun factor AND the fact that the graphics were cutting edge and we were sure that graphics COULD NOT get any better than this.

[@phantomstarlight1366]

We also only got like 2-3 games a year to play, so we ended up learning the games inside out.

[@thenatural1759]

As a general X kid that was raised off of games even before Nintendo, I LOVE seeing the reactions of teens from today. The best line was "those poor 80s kids" couldn't have said it better myself 😂🤣😂🤣

[@brentcanfield8883]

I'm 50.And I can't play many of today's games very well. But to this day, I can STILL beat Ghosts 'n Goblins with no cheats, no save states, no tricks, and pretty easily, no exaggeration. (and for those that don't know, in addition to it's known difficulty in general, you also have to beat the game twice to really beat it. After you beat the last boss the first time, they send you all the way back to the beginning having to do it all over again.) In fact, one time I got all the way through both runs, all the way to the last level of the second run on one guy.I'm making one of my life goals to beat the game completely on one guy. * Stands on rooftop, Cups hands around mouth, shouts at the top of my lungs * GEN X STREET CRED REPRESEEEEEEEEENT

[@keithblevinsgraphics]

I’m a gen Z in my mid to late teens and I was playing NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and N64 games on my Wii U before I was even 9. I own both of the classic Mega Man Legacy Collections on Switch and have been an avid fan of the original 2D Mario games since I was introduced to the franchise. Heck, Super Mario World is one of my favorite 2D platformers ever and I’ve also nearly memorized the level layouts of the first world in the original SMB. I actively participate in the Classic Mega Man fandom to this day too. I once asked some other teens my age if they had ever heard of Dig Dug and was devastated. I even own an Arcade 1up with tons of classic arcade games by Namco (DIG DUG FOR LIIIIIIIFFFFEEE). I’m not huge on Punch Out, but I’m still decently well aquatinted with it and it’s remake (though I don’t own a Wii to played the remake). Sonic 2 was my first Sonic game and I continue to be a Classic Sonic fan (though in terms of story I like Modern Sonic too. I own both Adventure games and plan to play them soon). I do own a real SNES and a few cartridges (including DKC2 [K. Rool is the best DK villain and you can’t change my mind]) but I have yet to test if it actually still works. I can’t believe this kids went all of their lives without these amazing classics. Being a gen Z doesn’t mean you can’t adore these classics like I did. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk and reading my giant wall of text lol. TLDR; I’m a teen gen z and I love old video games and don’t understand why these kids haven’t played them yet.

[@xenos_n.]

I got my first NES when I was probably 6 years old. Some of us just grew up playing games.

[@udance4ever]

nice gaming resume 👽

[@Vulpas]

Based zoomer

[@Taycore9]

As a child of the 80s I grew up on NES as a teen. Ugh, watching this makes me feel old. At least these kids are having fun and are recognizing that the first Nintendo console was really fun to play!

[@chrishoffman4635]

9:57 "I feel like they should give instructions." Before the 90s, games came with instruction booklets in the box. It was during the mid to late 90s where instructions on how to play were incorporated in the actual gameplay.

[@macdaddymario]

And forever turned every game that ever gets a sequel into a 45 minute tutorial to start the game.

[@kevinhansford3929]

Iv never in my 45 years seen someone get knocked out by glass joe until now lol 😆

[@Aramule]

I got the game when I was 5 years old and my friends were also similar age. Never seen one person even struggle with Joe. This generation is special.

[@BabyFacedAssassin301]

lol I lost to Joe when i first played it

[@lyrand6408]

They seemed to have genuine fun. That's the important thing. The NES was pure fun and bliss for kids back then, a true revolution.

[@BrainDamage922]

This is why when I was raising my son, who is almost 20 now, NES was the first system I let him play....after Leapfrog. After he got good, he graduated to Genesis. Then he graduated to N64 and PS1. The old games are so much more fun to play, and harder than games now.

[@TimothyPowlas-js1dh]

It will be easy because there are only a few buttons. Well, let me introduce you to a little friend of ours called Castlevania. Or would you prefer Ninja Gaidan?

[@cannadodry7022]

That was so funny. Yeah let me introduce you "we have only 4 lvl so dont expect to beat it until you know it by heart"

[@jordanjones1373]

As a soon to be 41 yo guy I love seeing these kids enjoy the games of my childhood!

[@reDoraemon]

i love how when they play slightly better or just beat the 1st level they be like "i'm the best" or "i could be the world champion of this game" and i was like "the 5 years old me could play better than that" 😂

[@beccajoyner]

Man, I feel so old watching this! I played Mario Bros to no end when I was a kid!

[@GamingWithGeo]

It's nice seeing older games bringing joy to a new generation. Something a lot of modern games fail to do.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

I never thought I would see Glass Joe win.

[@tru3sk1ll]

This is why gen z will cost us WW3

[@Zeishiki]

If they thought any of these games were hard, they should have played Ninja Turtles, Battle Toads, or Contra. Those games were my first ever rage quits when I was younger.

[@Vulpas]

TMNT is ridiculous

[@520azdc]

""My Dad, he's probably not that good of a gamer. He only got to play on the NES." - That means he's better than you". Respect.

[@Jeremycook_]

Contra would have been a good one for them to try. Also I loved when the one girl said "I was hitting the button!" Anyone whose played more than 10min of nes has uttered that exact phrase. (And of course she was hitting the button, we all were lol)

[@dgitoutofmany1]

Sad thing is I’m 50 and I still struggle with these games like these kids. Besides punch out. I’m not losing to glass joe….. ever

[@raccoon681]

I can't believe people actually loose to him.

[@etownshawn]

wanted to see them fight Mr Sandman haha

[@Vulpas]

@@raccoon681 The game plays weird, it happens.

[@reapaknight3611]

I'm ashamed to admit I lost to Glass Joe once. Was half asleep and probably should have gone to bed, but I thought heck, I'll just play some punch out real quick. When he beat me down, I woke up immediately. I then proceeded to wallop everyone up to the punch drunk King before sleep finally claimed me. There's no way I could sleep after that embarrassment and had to reclaim some lost pride.

[@javiermoreno9041]

Love these kids! They are very humble and enjoyable to watch them play NES games.

[@hollaholla215]

"Those poor 80's children" ..Kid, you have NO IDEA! 😅

[@kingtimmy88]

Glass Joe having the time of his life

[@Richard-pv6yu]

😂😂😂

[@OnlyMsNicky]

Joe: "There's one important step you're missing" Me: "BLOW THE CARTRIDGE?!"

[@omrydadon67]

Don't do this. It causes moisture. The reason it "worked" back in the day was because you were reseating the game and getting better connection to the 72 pin connector. Clean with q-tips and high % isopropyl alcohol.

[@AbeVicious]

@@omrydadon67 we didn't have Google back then to know this lol

[@Xpnvh]

​@@AbeViciousAs someone who had internet access their whole life, plus, the games in the back say dont clean with alcohol im pretty sure

[@chriswells506]

"My dad's not that good of a gamer, he only got to play on the nes." No son, that makes him a much better gamer than you.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

Depends what u mean by better lol, nes games require a whole different set of skills than modern games. That doesent mean u are better in anyway, id like to see him sitt down and do a no hit challenge on dark souls, or try win a game of counter strike against a pro or global elite. U cant even compare classic games to modern games, cause they are way to diffrent

[@takingrainbowsback]

LOL You realize the kids from the 80s that played Atari, NES Sega ETC... are the ones creating your games you play today?.... You wanna impress me Zoomer, Write in cursive or drive a stick shift. LMAO @@jimmiekarlsson4458

[@christopherarduini4203]

“Those poor 80s children” at Ghosts N Goblins. I’m glad someone finally understands me after all these years lol

[@JGComments]

Actually pretty impressive for their first time. Due to tech limitations, most NES games only lasted a few hours, but were fairly expensive. So the developers made them pretty hard, so that it would take a while for kids to beat them as they had to play them over and over.

[@jinn91]

"should be easy cause less buttons" 😂 bless your heart, some nes games were some of the hardest

[@krono5el]

soul crushers : D

[@Vulpas]

Cheap af

[@kanyonkutta]

Seeing kids get washed by Glass Joe made my night

[@romangunter621]

If they do this again the next NES games that they should play are Contra, Castlevania, Kirby's Adventure, The Legend of Zelda, Tetris, Duck Hunt and Metroid

[@HubiKoshi]

"It's gonna be easier because there's not that many buttons to click" Oh you sweet summer children! There is a reason Nintendo Hard trope exists XD

[@leo.ottesen]

7:43 "I wouldn't download that game" DOWNLOAD, so cute

[@maplenerd22]

Well technically he would "download" the game if he wanted to play it now without access to an NES.

[@nam5478]

What's wrong with that? To play these games today you have to download them.

[@AdamLacy228]

I think people are missing your point.

[@leo.ottesen]

@@AdamLacy228 always

[@alvinedwaldchan3071]

The producer chose violence for the end ... 🤔 Ghost and goblins is brutal 😅

[@kamron_thurmond]

Do a part 2 where they play Duck Hunt, Lifeforce, Metroid, Kung-fu, Paper Boy, Super Mario Brothers 3, and Castlevania III.

[@samuelspencer6016]

I would have loved to see them play the castlevania or ninja gaiden games they would have been so stressed out.

[@profanepersonality]

Or Strider.

[@DKSorc]

The only problem I have with this video is that you didn't provide the teens with an important item that was provided with each NES game... the 10-is page game manual...

[@Acrosurge]

"Which one was Mega Man?" I feel a great sadness... Still it was great to see these teens enjoying some classic games. An experience does not need to be modern to be fun!

[@solokom]

0:34 I laughed so hard at this. The NES had some of the most difficult, unforgiving games ever.😄

[@shockenfreude]

i reflexively pointed at my screen and laughed out loud

[@4u57inc0v3110]

Nintendo hard is even harder than Dark Souls.

[@jegr3398]

Same here I laughed immediately at "I feel like it's gonna be easier" 😂

[@chadbrown7585]

To be fair that first goomba has more kills than ANY other enemy it is literally the GOAT!

[@MKDumas1981]

Goomba of All Time?

[@cyber-thundr_]

This console was a legendary. It opened the door to gaming as we know today that it even got a mini version 3 decades later.

[@SoyAntonioGaming]

atari 2600 did that

[@chucky110]

​@@SoyAntonioGamingThere was a gaming crash in th early 80s after that and and Nintendo is pretty much what bought gaming back.

[@jp3813]

@@chucky110 To be fair, the crash was only in North America. If you lived in Japan, for example, gaming culture was seamless.

[@kewlball]

Give them the normal games, then hit them with Ghosts & Goblins. Brutal.

[@Snyper-if3kt]

As someone who grew up playing these games, this is both painful and hilarious to watch. Great content.

[@Queterra]

As someone who grew up in early 3D, always loved retro, and played some of these last week this is painful 😭

[@Queterra]

I can understand losing to Mario, the physics are weird, but I don’t understand losing to Glass Joe like most of them did 😭

[@narveysworld7412]

"Those poor 80's children"... I felt that. 😂

[@eddypeacock4005]

"These poor 80s children" 😂

[@robertstull8759]

That had me cackling in laughter, because it's so true... some of those games were torture. And she'd not even scratched the surface of how infuriating Ghost'n Goblins is 🤣

[@BenDaresAll]

11:37 they made it to Metal Man? That's amazing!

[@xyex]

9:57 - They do given instructions. In the instruction manual, which React chose not to provide... for content. Modern games include instructions in the game because manuals are no longer a thing (sadly).

[@DaveN80]

Do you see how instantly fun it was for them? Things in the 80’s were built different.

[@CrashikkuTornado]

I'm younger than all of these people and I've played an NES religiously- my parents raised me on the good consoles. (NES, N64, PS2)

[@MSorge13]

I’ve been gaming for about 35 years now, and I’m so happy they enjoyed their experiences with these classics! A couple of them have some decent skills for their first time, too! 👍

[@YepOkay]

It's funny because maybe 15 years ago, I think there would have been much more of a disconnect for the kids (of that time) playing these games. But now that the industry has matured and realized 'hey, retro-inspired/sidescroller/2D/pixel games are fun and never STOPPED being fun,' I think there's probably a lot more stuff out these days that'd make games like these feel fairly familiar to a younger audience. It's fun to see new generations (when I look at what my nieces and nephews are playing) get into that kind of stuff without needing the 'retro' context--these games simply stand on their own!

[@MSorge13]

@@YepOkay Yes, I definitely agree with you there. There are so many popular 8- and 16-bit-style games made these days that cause NES/SNES games to have that much more appeal than they would’ve not long ago.

[@YepOkay]

​@@MSorge13 100%! It's wild going back to some of the NES or SNES games I missed as a kid--realizing a lot of them are just as good as the steam games I happily pay $15-20 for. Sort of lets you appreciate them in a new light.

[@MSorge13]

@@YepOkay Yup! And not only does it provide that sense of continued integrity of older games, but it also proves retro games have a legacy that shouldn’t be lost to time or remain held back to their original release platforms.

[@HUYI1]

Yes... Completing the first level of super mario bros is an accomplishment 😂😅😅

[@raziel7148]

if you guys still have an old tv and the zapper, let them play Duck Hunt. let's see who will lose their sh** when the dog laughs at them.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

there was a Duck Hunt episode in the old React.

[@onyxcitadel9759]

"Hello, these poor '80s children,..."... lol.. yes we were souls like from the start bruh.

[@kaikanderson5061]

Angel tho on that Mega Man 2..... YOU GO GIRL!

[@LouisvilleHawk]

I love seeing that NES games can still garner these kinds of reactions in kids like they did for me. And no tutorial levels, just figure it out! 🤣. Games have changed, but it's fun knowing these still have this ability to be fun.

[@paullochieng-bh6so]

These kids will never know the fun we adults had as kids of the 80s and 90s

[@chrisbowman3828]

They still missed the very very first step, you must always, always blow into the cartridge first, even brand new, always must mark it with DNA to make sure it works on the very first go.

[@Dondingo4]

"I feel like they should give instructions." Oh, my sweet summer child...

[@m.a.tslife6012]

the fact that they've never played Mario at like an old arcade is amazing

[@michaelmignone5869]

"It should be easier since there's less buttons"😂 that's just what it wants you to think

[@denizkendirci]

Let em play spelunky.

[@yogidemis8513]

I'm so stoked I was a 80s kid. Nes, Saturday morning cartoons and real breakfast cereal, those were the days!

[@sohaibmalik6846]

I think React should start doing Gaming again. It was so fun back then, wish it becomes trend again in React.

[@edvaughn1357]

I do this most years in my classroom. After semester tests, I bring in my NES or SNES classic and watch them attempt these games. I had a standing offer for a reward to beat the first level of Ninja Gaiden for 2-3 years. I finally had one of my students beat it this year. It took him about 3 straight hours of trying. He really wanted the $5. My reward of beating any Mega Man level is still unbeaten though.

[@rathelmmc3194]

Yeah, I don't think kids realize how hard those old games were.

[@pavelskosopalovs9514]

Did she just beat the Megamen 2 level first try??? Wow! I'm impressed

[@benward6017]

36 years old OG gamer, I'm not hating. Yeah, it was different back then... Just glad to see them having a good time.