The Oregon Trail Micro

[@LGRBlerbs]

Sooooo I ordered the Tetris version, heh. I think that'll work _far_ better with this form factor and button layout. Guess we'll see though!

[@gp3328]

Great channel really underrated

[@bepowerification]

@@gp3328 underrated?

[@gp3328]

@@bepowerification too few subs

[@bexrayspex]

Think I’d need to play this under a magnifying glass

[@thewiirocks]

Tetris is pretty good. Not a lot of pixels in the pieces and no drop shadow, so it can be hard to tell where you’re dropping. Also, no ability to stash pieces. But it has hard drop and soft drop, making it a very capable (albeit basic) Tetris experience. 👍

[@makijezakon]

Waiting for "Running Doom on The Oregon Trail Micro"

[@acresir]

"But can it run Crysis?"

[@pikabluebear9941]

Running Half Life on the Oregon Trail Micro

[@spacedog12345]

LGR, are you telling me I can get MICRO DYSENTERY?!

[@gp3328]

Why is this comment so funny?

[@KingLich451]

xD

[@Doobie3010]

These days that’s called ‘Intel 14nm’.

[@thekungachunga4578]

Microsentery.

[@Njuregen]

Stop drinking out of mud puddles damnit!

[@mmmsatisfaction7654]

I've never seen anything that can be both an eye strain AND carpal tunnel aggravator. Truly ingenious.

[@StarmanDX]

You've never seen a netbook?

[@alen2937]

@@StarmanDX I'm writting from one right now, the lenovo ideapad10, sorry to say this but a netbook is far more enjoyable as a retrograming pc than a full blown laptop, especially when it does not have a fan.

[@mickeymouse12678]

@@alen2937 I'm just amazed that there are any netbooks alive in 2020

[@MrMega200]

@@alen2937 but that isn't a netbook. it's a convertible laptop, tablet machine. Your laptop has a far better keyboard than what came from true netbooks.

[@MrMega200]

@@mickeymouse12678 There is a demand for them on the used market for those who just want to do the simple things and lightweight. I sold one two years ago that I fixed up. I loaded up Xubuntu on it and it was an reasonable experience to be able to go on youtube with SD resolutions.

[@speedwaynutt]

Translucent plastic on video game stuff always has my attention because it's pretty.

[@thestripedmenace]

YES! Translucent eletronics are the best!

[@mightyfilm]

Micro Oregon Trail: Your window to amazing eye strain.

[@takashikamiyama4607]

Also dysentery

[@sketchdajuggalo]

Lol

[@CoryRwtfyt]

Go look up the gameboy micro.

[@mightyfilm]

Did you see the Game Gear micro? That's even worse. And they have a mini-arcade version of TMNT. I took one look at it and said to myself, that joystick's going to snap off a minute into intense game play.

[@sketchdajuggalo]

@@mightyfilm game gear micro is more for the Japanese market... I like allot of the other ones this is bad like the ps classic lol

[@mattb154]

*This* is what oddware feels like before it's forgotten.

[@laurenhahn8569]

I love tiny working versions of things. But this? it's a text based game with a difficult-to-read font on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Some things don't work miniaturized.

[@microbuilder]

As for your last sentence...thats what she said. lol

[@tremorist]

@@microbuilder This is the second comment refering to genital sizes I have read today. Is there some awareness day of some sort going on?

[@tremorist]

They make other titles which might be suited better. superimpulse.com/micro-arcade/

[@t7plus]

tremorist Yes, it’s called the internet.

[@KingLich451]

@@tremorist every day is awareness day

[@MandleRoss]

Obviously when your two oxen die from a wagon fire your available food rations should increase by quite a bit.

[@ArmadilloAl]

I watched the whole thing and now I has a dysentery.

[@cometobrazil9916]

You is Died

[@czarkowskipawelyt]

I rate this ewaste/10.

[@adamlabby]

Maybe you can put some other game on here?

[@VSMOKE1]

Ewaste lol love it adding it to my vocabulary

[@aserta]

This would be nice to hack and put Nokia-Snake on.

[@OFF10HOT]

No need. The oregon trail one is a $20 version of the arduboy. You can buy one at arduboy.com and for $50 it comes with 200 community made games and you can program your own

[@vidagogo9829]

@@OFF10HOT Arduboy is black and white. A bit more limited than just putting Oregon Trail on it.

[@OFF10HOT]

@@vidagogo9829 it's open source, porting snake is not a huge barrier. What is limited is your ingunity!

[@pokedeoxys]

I'm addicted to your voice, it soothes me. I usually do my chores while listening to LGR in the background. Recommended especially if ur speakers have good bass!!

[@spindleclown]

My hopes for this being a reasonably playable, non-frustrating port is dead.

[@thekornreeper]

Is sad :(

[@highpineapple]

Dead*

[@spindleclown]

@@highpineapple Thanks, fixed.

[@Asian_Kid]

It's not that bad.

[@chinabluewho]

I have the 3 game Missile command, Centipede, Pong version one. I can tell you in that form factor it works better but I find myself playing Pong constantly as it really is playable on the little card but you do need good vision or reading glasses if your older. Still hard for me to believe it is now 5 years old , almost ancient technology since the Arduboy FX came out.

[@Drakonpirata]

hard to tell from the size of the screen but if what I saw was correct we should be worried LGR took down a 500lb Rabbit

[@AdrianjTenEyck]

Well if he didnt take it down, id be worried that there is a pissed off 500lb rabbit still out there.........

[@Drakonpirata]

@@AdrianjTenEyck its a rabbit doubtful it is the only one best to stock up on holy hand grenades

[@mjc0961]

600lb!

[@HR-wd6cw]

"You have died from dysentery..." That's probably the ONE single quote that keeps coming up from the game after all these years.

[@mathewdempsey16]

I have a thing of that brand that has pong, missile command, and centipede and it is actually pretty good

[@gp3328]

The early blerb gets the worm.

[@KingLich451]

or... is it the bagels?

[@gp3328]

@@KingLich451 weegee

[@EuphoricBloodLust]

but it is the second mouse who enjoys the cheese

[@ThoughTMusic]

You spelled “eye strain” wrong. :)

[@aw4483]

I went and bought the Tetris one while watching this because it's the game I'll absolutely play the most and the form factor seems to make the most sense

[@peterg.8245]

Me too!

[@HeyItsJoeB]

My life has gotten 90% better since discovering the blerbs channel

[@mancavehobbies6213]

lol "NOW I NEED ALL OF THEM" CHUCKLE CHUCKLE

[@adamsfusion]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the ROM on board with the game can probably be jumpered to see other games that are released on these lil guys.

[@ItsHyomoto]

We all is died one day.

[@CorneliousRR]

They actually do sell these in stores, my Walgreens where I work has them, they have the Oregon Trail one and an arcade version of Tetris.

[@VekhGaming]

So, this is like a stupid combination between the awfully tiny size of a Game Boy Micro and the versatility of a Tiger LCD-game? Winning combo to be sure.

[@lionsandmoon]

The Game Boy Micro is surprisingly playable for most GBA games.

[@VekhGaming]

@@lionsandmoon Then you must have smaller hands than I do, My hands are quite literally too big to hold the Micro comfortably in any position for any length of time.

[@aaron71]

"I'll never use it again" yep I say that about most the things I collect

[@Christopher-N]

Shouldn't John Moschitta Jr. be promoting this? So, _The Oregon Trail_ is now the size of a watch-that's some 90s nostalgia there, a watch that does more than display time/date (in addition to the Micro Machines reference). (5:46) Proofreading failure. ^_^ It's like they couldn't decide between "is dead" or "has died".

[@generichuman4881]

Considering the game's context, it should've been available in aged wood grain with faux wrought iron buttons and caps for the screws.

[@georgemaragos2378]

Hi, at work with spare time ** oops down time - personal time ** we developed a excel version of this nifty game The screen was just a section of cells on the excel sheet, the random pc decision was a random number generator and it looked up a list of choices every time you press something F8 or click the "Next Turn " button Was probably 80-85% OK running Regards George

[@evilwillhunting]

Definitely a case of "just because you can doesn't mean you should." Yes, it can play a very pared-down version of Oregon Trail on a business-card-sized device, but it's not going to be any fun and it won't recreate the experience properly.

[@blackwatchbandstudio]

I wonder if this, like the mini arcade cabinets, has all the games in the range on it and the only difference is the location of a jumper resistor.

[@SeraphinaPZ]

Rational me: It's just a little OT micro. Collector me: LET ME IIIIIIINNNNNN!

[@one_smol_duck]

Tomogatchi, now with more dysentery! _It's a dysentery world_

[@Dukefazon]

These little machines are so neat, I'd love to collect them all just to have them but I feel I'd never touch them after I unpacked them for a quick play.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

I have like all of these and this one IS available in stores although I’ve only seen Oregon Trail in Walgreens

[@MrBrianms]

The tiny computer needs a Micro SD card slot or micro USB so it's possible to load games. It's got bags of potential. ? The ZX81 used to be the smallest programable computer. Thanks.

[@CNSabata]

"If only this could be flashed to something else" Arduboy : well funny you say that-

[@user-xn3kt6bn5r]

when were u when A is died i was at home wtchng clint when game beep "A is died" "No"

[@naturalblue8380]

underrated comment

[@hollyconnelly8871]

you can select options by pressing the white button and to back press the white button to scrolls text, press the white button and to hunt press the white button along with the white button to win the game, press the 3 white buttons in the following order: white, white, white

[@BiohazardEXTREME]

Oregon Trail is definitely a bizarre choice. I have a few of these, namely Tetris, Pac-Man, and Centipete/Missile Command/Pong 3-in-1, and they're fantastic for just throwing something in your pocket when you go out, just in case you end up having to sit around for 5 minutes in a waiting room, or on a bus.

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

Mini Missile command would be cool.

[@WebVManReturns]

The Atari Collection literally has better controls than any other port.

[@TheSektorz]

Can this be hacked to play other DOS games? It's a cool device

[@swettyspaghtti]

good god why

[@rigormortiz5357]

@@swettyspaghtti why not?

[@FrancGorenc]

put Doom on it XD

[@Ash0512]

probably not, there may not be a hard drive

[@ironcito1101]

There's a lot of wasted space. They could've made the screen a lot larger while keeping the overall device roughly the same size. That said, given that you can have this or any other game on a smartphone, this device was never going to go past being a cheap novelty. If you actually want to play, you use a phone, a tablet or a computer.

[@MrDuncl]

I actually wonder if this is made from cheap mobile phone parts, especially the display.

[@brycevo]

This is so small and adorable

[@vfletes1]

I also bought the mini from Target as will.. I've yet to open it lol its been a year or more

[@WorldWithOEnd]

"A is died" is the earliest death in any game ever

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

LGR gets all the cool stuff

[@steepfrugut]

Neo Geo micro comes out, and LGR gets Oregon Trail micro. Love it!

[@MeatVision]

Eyesight is DIED

[@Richter.Belmont]

A Lemmings model would be sick.

[@richardcastro-parker3704]

Micro card. The best game I have seen on the micro card series is an officially licenced Tetris. I think the microcars was originally designed for Tetris if my facts are correct 😀

[@macbuff81]

I like the attention to detail on this thing especially given its price point, but the screen is just way way too small

[@syntaxerror9994]

Check for solder points... some of these arcade handhelds have all the games on them but a different solder point bridged selects which game is active.

[@IRWPD]

Can remember playing Oregon Tail in Junior High in the schools computer lab. Didn't make it very far.

[@spartonberry]

What is surprising me about that Oregon Trail port is the font is distinctly from Kemco 8-bit games. If they didn't use the typical 1980s arcade game font, they used that one. I thought I remember it one point in recent years being ported to NES format (if because the Chinese have made Famiclone hardware a cheap and abundantly-available plug 'n play platform).

[@mothchip6360]

"Let's be awful." *>picks the guy from Ohio*

[@05TE]

How many blerbs could a LGR blerb if a LRG could blerb blerbs?

[@GeekIWG]

As many blerbs as a LGR could blerb if a LGR could blerb blerbs.

[@hjalfi]

That's amazing --- it looks like it's almost POPstation quality!

[@The8BitDuke]

I've seen a much bigger one of these at the store before, with a better looking display, now i'm curious how well it works compared to this little guy! Thank you for sharing!

[@jeffreyd399]

Which foreign country was this made in "A is died".

[@iLife64]

Never thought I’d live to see a version of The Oregon Trail designed for a tate display

[@MontieMongoose]

I wouldn't consider The Oregon Trail an "Arcade Game." But yeah, this looks pretty cool.

[@kamiboy]

A, old buddy, old pal, we hardly knew ye.

[@CJT3X]

Watching from Oregon

[@bf0189]

Too small of a screen for Oregon trail for me. I suspect early arcade games would work great though! I wonder if the screen similiar to the micro gamegear thing that came out in Japan?

[@evilkillerwhale7078]

Read this as Oregano Trail. Thought Clint had found a weird pot-based knock off

[@ching-chenhuang8119]

Oh, last year I bought pocket-size Tetris device from that company, still playing it from time to time!!

[@ArticTiger]

Blerb challenge mode: beat a run of this game on camera!

[@Thinker77]

1:52 “Now I need all of them” Everyone: Looks like more stuff to review later on ☺️👍🏻

[@stockicide]

They sell Frogger in this form factor, which should work way better since moving in the four cardinal directions is all you do in that game.

[@tremorist]

Bubble Bobble, Digger, Bombjack yes. Perfect for a machine like this. But Oregon Trail? lol

[@simex909]

Back in the day, this game used to be on every school computer for some reason. So a lot of people, including people who never subsequently got in to gaming, have fond memories of this game. From a business standpoint its a no brainer. Its a videogame you can sell even to people who don't buy videogames

[@tremorist]

@@simex909 The should have named it Micro-Schoolcomputer then. :)

[@planetX15]

I have never heard of Oregon Trail

[@t7plus]

planetX15 Are you American?

[@KingLich451]

they do have Galaga version too apparantley

[@joshsamuelson1793]

I need this, I already have the other Oregon trail handheld.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

0:47 Super Impulse also does the "World's Smallest" line of 1 inch scale reproductions of vintage toys

[@AshtonCoolman]

Traumatic experiences have never been in a package so small!

[@Thrakus]

Make the LGR Trail of LGR trying to get to the thrift store.

[@tyranids4ever]

I wish I had a precision rubberband system.

[@dreamyrhodes]

Would been cool if you opened it to see what's inside. Little Raspi or AVR microcontroller?

[@R33Racer]

Sometimes you can minaturize things *too* much.

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

I want Micro Splatterhouse or Micro Carmageddon...

[@lanceleader2]

It's an Arduboy with a color screen. The original Arduboy have over 200 open source game.

[@x6dingle6x]

All the dysentery, in the palm of your hand!

[@IRMacGuyver]

Well this just makes me wish someone would release a handheld pc clone that had a cartridge slot to change games.

[@Petertronic]

Hard for me to be impressed with this. For less than half the price you can get a Gameboy clone with 500 games in it!

[@LurkingCrassZero]

LGR can be surprisingly dim at times.

[@Vostok7]

I backed the original Arduboy and the RPG Arduboy they came out with as well as the original B&W Tetris version from a couple years ago. Really a fan of the Arduboy concept. I saw these new ones in the store and I was hoping they were licence built (they are, thankfully). I doubt that they are as hackable as the Arduboy is.

[@GIZMONDO987]

I was gonna say this seems a lot like the arduboy thing... didn't know it's an offshoot that they list on the arduboy site, woops. Maybe the Arduboy FX might be worth a look?

[@bigemugamer]

I could understand the orientation of this handheld if it was a horizontal shooter but this is Oregon Trail! It's not an action game, they should have designed the A and B button and directional control pad to be on the same side (you don't need two hands for Oregon Trail) and installed a larger 4:3 screen. Interesting format "LGR Blerbs" at first i thought this was someone else and was gonna complain in the comments about using LGR's lgr! =P

[@cvbabc]

Great video as always, but I gotta say that, I agree Oregon Trail is an awfull idea for that device. The screen might be too small for it, but Load Runner might be good on it, or maybe Zork.

[@DeckardGames]

Awesome little blerb.

[@eFeXuy]

I was thinking it would be great if you could flash tetris in it but then I saw they already done that, officially licensed too it seems. I do love me some credit card size gaming thingie

[@borrellipatrick]

Have one of the tetris arduboy micro cards. Im immediately interested in this one 👀

[@appelslice]

They should sell these systems at every bus stop and train station. They would sell like hot cakes! Perfect for a few hours of public transportation 😁

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

I'd buy that for a dollar.

[@Benzene265]

They’d be nice at airports, too. You can die horribly of dysentery, exposure, and starvation while waiting for your phone to charge.

[@appelslice]

@@Benzene265 Ha ha 😂 So true!

[@danielm2142]

I could've sworn there was an open source ATMEGA thing extremely similar to this, the only difference being it had a monochrome OLED display.

[@MisterRorschach90]

I’m honestly surprised that things like this aren’t sold more often. Having a little handheld with a modded version of Pokémon would be awesome. And the perfect thing to scam money out of people that don’t realize you can buy any 30 dollar handheld or use your phone.

[@knoxduder]

Bring back the LGR Tech Tales!

[@michaelbullard8063]

Can you review the dig dug version?

[@MetalDeathMusic]

That would be extremely cool if there was a Wolfenstein 3D version of this! I think that would work perfectly in that setup!

[@aval5098]

So, I have the Tetris version of this. I absolutely love it. Is it the premium way to play this game? No. Is this convenient and fast and small and fun? It is. Absolutely it is. It’s a fun novelty but I use mine every time I work. It doesn’t bother my hands or my eyes. Tbh I’d like some other titles and I wish I could figure out a way to make that happen. I would even try to upgrade the buttons to be quieter just for more stealth. But yeah. I love this little thing.

[@AndREDraut]

I have The Oregon Trail handheld looking a bit like a Macintosh Classic

[@Leahi84]

That's really crappy. Some things just shouldn't be made into such a small device. No, thanks.

[@Bluscream]

Some things*

[@diceroll2843]

@Leahi84: You are right because Oregon trail can be played on android which is not a huge screen but legible especially with pinch zoom!

[@zacmitchell_1984]

I was looking at these the other night on the arduboy site