The Nintendo 64 Heart Rate Monitor

[@colinmartin9797]

Im a biochemist and 13 year EMT. These sensors were NOT common cheap thrrowaway equipment like they are now. It's genuinely astonishing nintendo made this for a game. Those chips are almost certainly proper ones from a real pulse oximeter. Also these things were BULKY back then. This is an amazingly miniaturized one for 98

[@HonestAuntyElle]

We had an old exercise machine back then that had one. Maybe not cheap throwaway, but I wouldn't say expensive.

[@colinmartin9797]

​the conductive ones are a lot less complex than infrared!

[@partyinthecloudkingdom]

​@@HonestAuntyElle not expensive sure, but you can get sensors like this for much much cheaper than you could in 98

[@BirnieMac1]

Nah you don’t need the complexity of a pulse ox to detect heart rate, you need several LEDs of specific wavelengths with a processing unit to do the math for a normal pulse ox For this you could totally get away with the one (just need to spot diastole/systole cycling not specific values)

[@Myriadys]

Nintendo in the 90s was just wildin' on weird tech, like the smallest digital camera and this

[@stewstew2996]

Gently opens box, pries actual product open with a guitar pic. Never change James!

[@KamenRiderGumo]

I wondered why he didn't try to slide the cover off first; it's the way Game Boy cartridges open and I'd find it hard to believe he's never opened one of those up before.

[@CheetahLynx]

@@KamenRiderGumo Hell, he made a video about changing Game Boy cartridge batteries.

[@pocketpc_]

the contrast between that box treatment and his usual angle grinder approach makes me want to make a "there are two wolves inside of you" meme out of it

[@AB0BA_69]

@@pocketpc_yeah. No regard for (junk) pcbs, components pr his own fingers. But cardboard? Oh heck no! 😂

[@JankPods0201]

I thought he opened it with an actual metal pick.

[@ChaosPootato]

"My heart rate is the same in both ears"

[@SolluxDivide]

If it was very different, that could be a major sign of heart problems

[@DanteTorn]

It feels appropriate to see a Fur Fighters profile pic in this comments section.

[@imafreakize]

But whats his ear rate

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Dr.james

[@cbweno33]

The duality of James, from disc cutter to carefully spudging a box to to avoid creasing. Gold standard stuff.

[@freeuploads4290]

This makes me wish the Wii heart rate monitor came out.

[@stevep9177]

This makes me glad it didn't

[@sadmac356]

Same, honestly. Just for the curiosity factor

[@Cart1416]

a horror game that knows when you are scared? that's the best idea

[@freeuploads4290]

@@Cart1416 Nice Scott the Woz quote.

[@Frapskillar]

​@@Cart1416dark escape 4d did this

[@Perc1000]

who the hell made a nintendo 64 heart rate monitor and thought it'd be a good idea to make tetris for it instead of a horror game

[@Nurah.S.S]

My question is why does it even exist lol

[@cirlu_bd]

because Tetris is a horror game !

[@Minty1337]

that's not even the first time that happened lmao, im pretty sure they did the same thing on the gameboy and made a heart rate sensor with a puzzle game packaged with it, is there some weird disconnect between game designers and hardware designers?

[@janzibansi9218]

i think there is a sonar for real life fishing for the game boy color

[@fouzaialaa7962]

no one is going to be afraid of a square chasing a circle

[@Furko08]

I like how James seemingly almost always has at least one bandaid on his hands

[@spugintrntl]

He's a mechanic, it kinda comes with the job.

[@948320z]

@@spugintrntl As Wade said it, nuggeteering is hard work!

[@ayushkaushik8794]

Everyones a nugget. ​@@948320z

[@bami2]

I think "normal" is that the game gets more difficult as your heartrate increases, while "reverse" gets more difficult if your heartrate is low. Putting the default as "reverse" would make a lot of sense as the other would just be a positive feedback loop where you get stressed from the increase difficulty until you either lose or suffer cardiac arrest. Also considering this is JDM I kinda expect the english translation to not make much sense.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Abusing amphetamines to gain an unfair advantage in competitive Tetris 64. (Don't!)

[@piuthemagicman]

​@@0neDoomedSpaceMarineI have ADHD and amphetamines calm me down, as you do with ADHD

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

@@piuthemagicman I find that Ritalin doesn't make any more or less calm, but BOY does it focus me like a laser.

[@h.c.49]

​@@piuthemagicmanYeah, but like, only to a point right?

[@DLTX1007]

Hello bami 🤐

[@mazda9624]

Something about your video style is absolutely unrivaled by any other KZbinr. I also adored that outro with you being out of breath. Shows you don't just use the same audio clip at the end of every video.

[@Games_for_James]

Wow, thank you!

[@helm2505]

James Channel

[@Yoooshi531]

James Channel

[@kutru]

@@Yoooshi531 james channel

[@drfty2915]

​@@kutruJames Channel

[@ivorys_ivy]

James channel

[@vhodaa]

James Channel

[@Friskybusiness1]

james i really dont know how else to put it but you and dank have revitalized my enjoyment for youtubers. you guys are out here creating REAL good content about actual fun stuff YOU give a shit about and i really love to see it. please keep up the good work on these videos and know just how much your videos make my days better :)

[@therooster72]

my heart is pounding! there's a new james channel video!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

What a coincidence... _His_ was pounding while making it! 😊

[@FahsaiVchanCh]

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Really?! ,I always think that people's hearts stop poynding while they're making videos

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

@@FahsaiVchanCh Might be true, for some. 😋 _(just in case... my comment was specifically referencing the end of the video, where he really got his heart rate up)_

[@RedonRedGutta923]

We need wade singing “ a brand new nugg” when you open the box

[@GalluZ]

Someone shared this in my Pump It Up community. They did NOT expect you play one. Also you're giving me Dank Pods vibe but saner (lol) and about videogames instead. Subbed!

[@Games_for_James]

Haha awesome! Yeah Mr. Dankpods is who taught me to make videos :)

[@Chan-rg9ok]

I look forward to James showcasing Tetris 64 and Pump It Up at the next GDQ

[@TheSektorz]

oi mate, I'mma need that nurse, hook me up to the N64

[@mgrvr]

Lol

[@RadeonVega64]

lol

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Like this onetime yea I was in hospital m8 and I asked like the doctor if he could uhh hook me up to me brothers ol n64 yea I almost died but it was like totally worth it!

[@ragaddo6094]

I like how he mark point on his desk for camera frame border with a marker, so he knows where is the focus

[@pigfish99]

I knew you were into stepmania/DDR/Pump it up due to the flash drive Wade wound, but I didn't expect a full on PIU cabinet!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

James, I know you're there... Tell us... Did the cabinet inspire Wade to buy the carts? Or did the carts inspire you to buy the cabinet? 😅

[@yumnjame546]

This channel is like the total opposite of dankpods. He opens those boxes too violently.

[@royshaft]

James , it was to watch you fail , for our amusement. I was amused.

[@mgrvr]

It’s all fun and games, until the Monitor says that it’s flat lining.

[@substitutedoll5224]

me when I eat one too many cheese

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

If he had the N64DD and was connected to the online network back in the day, *AND* if this could communicate with the network somehow, Nintendo could've beaten Apple to the _"detection of a cardiac event and saved the user's life"_ achievement by over 2 decades! 😅 Oh well... I take solace in knowing that this likely did happen, in at least *_one_* of the alternate realities! 😎👍

[@spugintrntl]

Maybe that's why the sensor check said "sorry"- As in "sorry for your loss"?

[@mgrvr]

@@spugintrntl :O

[@avtips4779]

Now I can go to the doctor and play Tetris at the same time! Wow, this changes my life considerably

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Ooohhh *_NINTENDO?!_* [/scornful Wade yell] Why didn't you package this with an N64 version of Doctor Mario?!?! 😑 _It was _*_right there!!_*

[@StrangelyIronic]

I've built a fair share of arcade cabinets, barcades, and tabletop cabinets in the past, but seeing that pump it up machine makes me want to build a full cabinet for the arcade dance pad controllers I made years ago. I'm a rhythm game addict, but for some reason I've only built a keyboard mania arcade inspired table-top cabinet...time to do a late summer project and build a complete stepmania machine... it'll be easier now with my full machine shop and workshops compared to when I was a teenager building them out of a small shed.

[@sammy20024]

That sounds so cool! You should do a video series documenting it. I don't think I'm the only one who would watch the hell out of that!

[@ChubiChan]

Ayyyyy, Pump It Up mentioned! Nice SD cab as well! You should swap out for a Prime Marquee! I know they're harder to get for the SD cabs, being solid and all versus the flexible inserts of later marquee boxes, but I think I know a few folks with Prime SD Marquees if you ever want one!

[@bleakstreak5664]

When I explain your videos to people they often think im having a stroke. Thanks for the videos.

[@KJ.420]

James never fails to show me tech that I never knew existed/could exist or tech that some people actually bought.

[@abderahmanejames]

This thing is meant for difficulty if it sees your heartbeat is low it will harden the game so it will make your heart beat faster and make you hate yourself

[@stevencarlson5422]

james out of breath at the end 🤣🤣

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

_"Naur, naur, naur... naur"_ -James [Full-Aussie Mode]

[@dragonie]

7:54 PUMP IT UP!!!! hell yeah, you should do a video on ur rhythm games

[@johntheurer2265]

Even though he’s made such legends as the portable snes and the Nintendo PlayStation, this is his most chaotic video to date. 11/10

[@Freddisred]

They ought to incorporate this tech for VR, a little hanging clip that runs from the headset to the earlobe could be cool. I know you can buy external dedicated heart rate gear for gaming but to have it be part of a standard kit would influence a lot of development.

[@luheartswarm4573]

James almost died for our entertainment

[@dannyrodriguez2383]

Hey James, thank you for being a genuine, nice creator. I just came across some negative assholes that I loved watching for so long. But you have honest, fun content that I appreciate. Thanks dude, or mate

[@OongaBoognaGungaBunga]

Honestly, I completely forgot I subbed to you the other day and was surprised with an interesting video. Cool

[@UzielMKII]

the video was good already, saw the pump it up machine and it went to another level, a glorious death in both games

[@UzielMKII]

got a react from James :D best wishes from Bolivia m8

[@workethicrecords5901]

Did not expect to see a Pump It Up SD cabinet in this video, what a pleasant surprise! A little disappointed that it's not running OBG or Perfecr Collection, but I'll take what I can get. Would love to see a video on what you've done with that old thing.

[@Games_for_James]

Sadly it was missing the amp box and MK3 when I got it. I would have liked to run Zero on it for a while because that’s where I started to take piu seriously. I did play this cab when it was OBG back when it was in public in the Adelaide CBD but it was terrible compared to DDR at that time. (MAX2/Extreme)

[@workethicrecords5901]

@@Games_for_James yeah, that's a bummer. I'm sure there are ways. I've got a small PC at home running 2nd to Exceed 2. There's gotta be support for Zero by now.

[@Games_for_James]

There probably is, I’ll have to have a look at some stage

[@NutchapolSal]

James just casually whips out a PIU cab in the middle of a N64 video, holy shit

[@karrahklinger2573]

The out of breath outro after playing DDR was so comical 😭

[@skweek256]

Hey! I recognise that PC case next to your Pump It Up. Some sort of Thermaltake one very similar to the Xaser III I'm typing this on now! Weird world.

[@RockyLobster25]

That outro was breathtaking.

[@TheyCallMeMrSchnappo]

I'm always happy to see a Pump machine! They're so hard to find now but I would always take the 5 button diagonal/center configuration over the 4 button DDR config any day

[@NeoTechni]

I paid $20 for it years ago. I also have a lightgun with this built into it, it's called the Fearmaster

[@Silvskul]

A lightgun game that senses your heartrate sounds diabolical. I'd love to see a video on that

[@neox5642]

your videos get posted into big console uk facebook groups about technology that it's insane lmao. keep up the good work!!

[@Flavio_0]

one of the few channels i like the video before watching it

[@Nylveon]

With how destruc- engineer focused james is usually, that was the most careful ive ever seen him open a box

[@gentle285]

Thank you James for showing me this!

[@pjousma]

I hesitated to watch this video, but James, you can make anything a fun video to watch, thank you.

[@speedwaynutt]

Nobody's been in here is refreshing to hear instead of hearing Dankpods shouting SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN HERE!!!!!!!

[@FailRaceFan]

6:07 I'd be pretty concerned if it wouldn't have roughly the same heartrate...

[@foxtrot_brainded9000]

That'd be cool if a horror game used it to scare you more the more freaked out you already arr

[@Eurazba]

What a funny and niche item, we should bring this back for other rhythm/puzzle games on newer consoles.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

@0:09 What were you trying to modify with an angle grinder that warranted a bandaid?

[@xpoop1570]

i needed this when i was in the hospital...

[@gir489returns2]

I never would’ve known this exists without James.

[@JasonJJasonJ]

8:16 Tetris Game> "Well that escalated quickly "😟

[@Yous_of_thankses]

Heart Attack 64: Into the 3rd dimension

[@Damponzos]

I wanna be like James Channel when i grow up

[@SullySadface]

I wasn't even aware of a Tetris game for N64 besides Tetrisphere, much less a totally appropriate peripheral for my adhd stimming

[@SocksAndPuppets]

in the 1990s my parents had an exercise bike in the house, and it had a heart rate monitor that clipped to your ear. The pulse in the ear is really easy to measure clearly, so it makes a lot of sense, especially if your sensors aren't that sensitive.

[@gregchaco3745]

I had to re-watch the most recent Outback commercial in the US to make sure it wasn't James....or was it?

[@GenericFiredemon]

I just love how over time we see his perfectionist-teir museum of gaming history and his abominations made to cause the user possibly more active harm. Says something meaningful about the duality of mankind.

[@andaro.77]

should've invited Wade to this, the 2-player biomode looks fun.

[@TheFinalDemon117]

Thank you James.

[@dauerwerbesendung7045]

Perfect reason to have a Wade vs. James duel.

[@JustaMuteCat]

I remember this one, it was one of the Tetris games with PuyoPuyo block sliding rules and the prediction placement and none of us liked it. We also had 4 heartbeat monitors and the changes made by the monitor were negligible to say the least.

[@Lizlodude]

I feel like there's an opportunity here for James to be playing Tetris based on Wade's heart rate while recording a DankPods video...

[@maxrichards5925]

Beautiful golden N64. It looks like it’s in mint condition!

[@thatguythatdoesstuff5899]

Playing two tetris games at the same time reminds me of that scene in Star trek TNG when Data is playing against the guy from Total recall. The game was called strategema I think. Season two because Pulaski was there.

[@matheusdesouza565]

The ICs are probably an instrumentation amplifier and an operational amplifier. The caps are for filtering the wanted signal

[@scottvogel8477]

I love how both James and Wade are unofficially sponsored by Ifixit.

[@busterscrugs]

James: carefully opens the box with numerous tools so it doesn't crease Also James: breaks clips trying to open the sensor 💀

[@kasamialt]

To open boxes like that I usually use a steel ruler, fairly easy to slide one the whole length and out the other side in most cases. Then just pull the whole thing outward and gently upward at once.

[@LunarM4ngo]

the fun part is that you dont even need the heart rate monitor for the bio gamemode, it just works completely the same without it

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Tetris must be a really good game if this is the 64th game in the series.

[@gwishart]

It's actually called "Tetris 64" because it was made for the Nintendo 64, which was the 64th Nintendo video game console.

[@lunlunnnnn]

@@gwishart the nintendo 64 is actually called that because it uses a 64 bit mips cpu, which was the 64th cpu architecture

[@Random_Guy_20xx]

8:33 james face revealed. (Im not sure if he has already shown his face.)

[@matiasaguilar2500]

Not him personally but his face has been shown on Garbage Time when he's fixing cars with wade

[@AlexofZippo]

He’s been seen on Garbage Time a couple of times but he doesn’t seem to want to be *that* kind of KZbinr.

[@cassDL]

I love it when the *mrrrp* happens.

[@LN997-i8x]

It's odd seeing old plastics that are still brand new. I'd forgotten just how high quality they were.

[@gemmyhamstercollection966]

OOOOOO YOU HAVE A PIU. I play DDR though mainly, but I like a bit of pump occasionally.

[@poeticsilence047]

You just crested a new cross over game Pump It X Tetris. That be a wild game.

[@abnorc8798]

I was thinking that you need to run around the lab a bit to see if the heart rate monitor is working, but you surpassed my expectations by playing DDR and tetris at the same time.

[@FyreFoxYT]

For a second, I thought the name on the motherboard inside the heart rate monitor said "SEGA CORPORATION" and I was thoroughly confused for a moment.

[@garystinten9339]

Funny thing it isn't that uncommon for companies to buy tech of other companies because it's exactly what the other companies needs and is more cost effective to just buy the device needed than to actually make their own.

[@daysejones968]

I'm conviced that everyone in stralia is a youtuber at this point. all my fave channels are australians

[@GerritTime]

i love how he has more surgical precision with opening a box, compared to opening and modifying electronical components

[@QuadCompressedPoisonousPotato]

now i have to look on ebay. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME?

[@johnnygrind77]

More like, "Watch James attempt a self enduced heart attack."

[@CordyCordyCordyCordy]

TieTuesday recently streamed Tetris but heart rate, making an entire new heart rate monitor to make sure it accurate tracks. The game seems wild

[@gregtamnel0576]

Fun fact: SETA is the same company that made Bio Force Ape, an unreleased game for the NES that briefly appeared in Nintendo Power and was thought a hoax until a real cartridge was found on a Japanese auction site decades later.

[@blakeellis9171]

I've never seen James get this angry before and it's at Tetris 64 of all things

[@peter.j.07]

who else sang, 'a brand new nugg' to themselves when James first said "a brand new"?

[@retr0mr_wave71]

8:33 James face reveal?

[@craiglinn2782]

Never played this version. The one I played on the 64 was called The New Tetris. It was super fun to play with my dad. We got super competitive. XD

[@Wheyyyy69]

“My heart rate is the same in both ears. That’s normal”

[@hanselmanryanjames]

Just decided to give this game a try, and I like giga tetris a lot! I'm a huge puzzle game fan, and never heard of this one.

[@DaveTheFloomper]

The Giga tetris bit was hilarious

[@e-and_]

I honestly love the fact that this only works with tetris. It makes no sense, and simultaneously all the sense in the world.

[@soyuzrocket69]

This reminds me of a Mario ARG that has a heartbeat monitor thingy, and I thought there's no way there's a heartbeat monitor gadget for N64. Turns out it’s true

[@Speedys_gasoline]

Granddaddy always needed his heart to be monitored, but never could take it with him from the hospital. Now there’s a solution! Introducing the Nintendo 64 Heart Monitor! Do you have heart disease and maybe you get a little angry at the game you’re playing? Worry no more! Because the Nintendo 64 Heart Monitor will keep track of your heart rate while you’re playing!! Say goodbye to midnight gaming session heart attacks!! Order now!1!1!1!1!1!

[@Metal_Maxine]

Isn't this the sort of thing that they envisioned for the abandoned early prototype of Metroid Dread?

[@nameless5413]

"one player two player tetris is tricky" yep that kinda makes sense ... wiredly. I do not think that there is a "classical" tetris game song. but it depends where one played it first. (my personal first experience was one of those portable digi games things, its got completly different sounds than tetrisfriends (as near as i can tell that is about as legitimate as it gets as it was ran by the creator of the concept), any of the itterations i ever had on Pc or any console ports i ever seen in videos.