This DVD Player Plays NES Games?

[@Larry]

There used to be loads of VCD players that played NES games off a CD for sale during the early years of eBay, but they often wanted silly amounts of money for them.

[@TheRetroFuture]

I hope no one specifically bought them hoping to play NES games...

[@elmikeomysterio5496]

Well, hello you!

[@Larry]

@@TheRetroFuture Probably their only use over here, VCD discs are pretty scarce over here, especially in the early '00s. I do have the Gamesmaster Gore special on VCD somewhere.

[@fortitude9932]

@@Larry how can I buy cdr copies of your original vcds?

[@mischiefmakerstudios9900]

Larry Bundy Jr I got one for Christmas, but why is that I can not get the games working?

[@aljongreat1900]

This what introduced me to nes titles when i was a kid growing up (2000s) we had a vcd player that has a cd with 300 bootleg nes titles in it.... I remember that vcd has controller ports on its back and the controller looks like colored white sega genesis 6-button controller, it was hilarious but at the same time nostalgic for me .. it was actually cheap in my country( Philippines) back in those days (around 40$ including the vcd player, the vcd with roms plus 2 controllers)

[@ryanpascual9598]

Didn't know a bootleg game console would have a Sega Genesis controller. That's weird...

[@aljongreat1900]

@@ryanpascual9598 thats probably bcoz of psychology back then, arcade were big back then and as a kid we always thought that more buttons = more moveset on video game = better games.

[@mrheart1139]

Yes I'm from Philippines I miss this days free games and controler

[@doodlestrudel1991]

I'll admit, I can't remember the time i had two controllers when i bought my first ever dvd player model, Even when buying one recently back in 2023: No 2nd controller

[@souravchakraborty4571]

This function is so common in every DVD player in India. Even my DVD player has too.

[@cysper479]

Honestly that's my childhood😂 I was a 2000s kid and I started to play this one on a VCD player. ..yah really most VCD players have these ones too lol

[@avtomatkalashnikov4728]

Me Too

[@raisbdayis27]

Me too, but the dvd of mine broke and I didn't have the time to play it anymore:(

[@Nizam-w8i]

Hi

[@cysper479]

@@raisbdayis27 Yah me too unfortunately.

[@riccardoolago]

I came back here after I saw one of these things for sale in a major Italian chain store. It was out of the box to be touched and I picked it up and then noticed the writing "game input" and then I remembered this video. I'm still amazed that many stores in the world still sell this kind of products, especially in Italy where the copyright laws are actually very strong

[@franksmith7271]

Love how he reads the manual like Chinglish is fact.

[@AlessandroCussino]

There is a DVD player that can officially play Game Boy Advance games. Is from 2005\6 but i don't remember the name of the company that have produced the device. P.S. Is a DVD\GBA player made for car enterteinment.

[@mortimermouse3086]

Visteon Dockable Entertainment kzbin.info/www/bejne/npDReYyVfp1jfs0

[@AlessandroCussino]

@@mortimermouse3086 Correct 👍😊

[@FrezzyYT]

SouljaGame DVD player

[@emikoaibo5140]

I lost our cd, but i still have the dvd and the controller

[@prince6298]

Tell name of cd so i can buy

[@lemonadegaming8165]

2:49 What a beautiful poem or as they would put it... “u can reading while you on good”

[@Martin-ry3vy]

The thumb nail was better than the actual console

[@goldenultra]

I think Chinese factory is trying to get rid of cheap processors before they become antiques at pound land.

[@lochlannwatling3482]

The disc looks like a GameCube game disc

[@tomypower4898]

NinSegaSoft Consoles n games Yes way! yes!

[@honeyblade5243]

It’s a mini dvd it was popular in Japan in the 90s and GameCube adopted it. I still prefer it and they still use it today.

[@lochlannwatling3482]

@@honeyblade5243 but it thought Nintendo had the mini disc made just for the GameCube by the parent company of Panasonic

[@compositefrog1811]

Its called an evd

[@etcetera36]

@@compositefrog1811 Actually, EVD's look the same as DVD's.

[@Captain_Chaz86]

They sell these on amazon. They are decent region free dvd player

[@The_Zilla777]

Elliot, you're like the Gordon Ramsey of electronics. Thanks for another great vid!

[@jean-danielg4419]

They are vdisc/vcd games made in China. You can play those on any DVD player. Most gameboy clones have modernize dvd main chip and jungle chip to handle those roms

[@oliwier000b]

7:31 you can't get more than about 720x405p (16:9)

[@turbinegraphics16]

I saw a chinese guy play one of these on the train in 2009

[@seigeheim3247]

What's good about this evd/portable dvd is its satisfy your folding addiction instead folds a samsung folding smartphone

[@gareth7762]

First fixing tech now odd tech? Awesome. I saw a weird piece of tech the other day called the wikipad, its got the entirety of wikipedia on it offline. Thanks for the good content

[@puissantpoisson]

Reminds me that an internet provider here in France had, at one point, a tv box that could read nes, gb, master system roms directly using the file browser.

[@delta_201]

I remembered my aunt used to have this before when I was younger.

[@mksenterprise2388]

Elliot YOU MUST SEE the retroflag GPI Case for raspberry pi!! It turns ur raspberry pi into a gameboy with no solodering and it only costs $69.99!

[@LeFelix-b3f]

Bro i still have the nes its over 50yrs old and it still play the games very well

[@matthiasquintanilla4175]

NES isn’t 50 years old.

[@tokyo-re9nw]

You will need to be on a trip to enjoy this.

[@songoshi1129]

This dvd player is called portable and this is used to play this is so fun to play since my childhood doing multi-player with my friend

[@TangKeke31]

That is way popular in philippines back in 2012 my father owns one of that xD

[@avkado7571]

That super Mario is actually the first made in 1985 that why is not that responding and 8-bit

[@cy8646]

You should do a league table for the best/worst things you get sent.

[@uretmain]

our first videogame in 2010 a normal dvd player

[@RussWWFC]

I had this, must have been about 12 years ago, or at least something similar. Gameplay not pad, but tiny controllers and the laser on the DVD was wearing out. I got rid whilst it still had some life in it

[@MrJ0mmy]

i remember seeing dvd players years ago on sites like dealdextream tiny deal ect i got a cheap $30nzd dvd player on black Friday sale nowhere did it say it could play nes games i loaded some on a sd card and they loaded but tired a cheap generic $2 usb nes controller on it and it never worked

[@oliwier000b]

It doesn't work like that. On those VCDs they put their own versions of games.

[@HiNu7]

Hey Retro Future, have you ever thought of doing a video on the psp go? I want to see it taken apart and the housing cleaned/changed. I find that the psp go is the gameboy micro equivalent for portables.

[@SouthPokey]

Elliot probably don’t remember my Instagram but thank you for replying to me your a really awesome person

[@TheRetroFuture]

You're welcome mate!

[@zxnnie_zxn7023]

The finger hold is to pop the disc out lol.

[@joehdah5395]

You N E E D to be on a trip to enjoy this

[@twistedaxles9126]

I used to have one just like that, except that the controller looked more like a SNES controller.

[@bobbyhinner3225]

I found my dads nes in the garage ( we where cleaning it out for spring cleaning) and I have yet to test it. I hope it works and isn’t damaged from the weather changing all the time

[@TheRetroFuture]

Awesome! Fingers crossed.

[@lovelovemikira9708]

My sister once got the same thing for her bday (tho a different brand)! 😂😂 We would spend some time playing Super Mario and other games on it.

[@HobkinBoi]

I feel like a Raspberry Pi would be better for portable emulation than one of these. Could also attach a DVD drive for movie playback.

[@nabeelhamza1647]

What about the screen then

[@HobkinBoi]

@@nabeelhamza1647 Plenty of options. There is a dedicated connector on the Pi for screens, you could use a laptop screen with a driver board, a normal monitor/tv, whatever you feel like or have.

[@nabeelhamza1647]

@@HobkinBoi But the thing is it wont be as easy as this for the portability purpose

[@HobkinBoi]

@@nabeelhamza1647 If you're already DIYing up something like this then I imagine that there's already a plan to make it portable.

[@mlmskates]

The d-pad looks exactly like the directional buttons on my first Star-choice satellite remote. Didn't even feel right for browsing the guide.

[@hoteny]

I have one of the both TV and rom playing mecer dvd player that came with the same exact disc, literally same exact disc. I wonder how mecer, a french company, had no copyright issues with such a cd in their products. I enjoyed it regardless.

[@AxZelAnimations30]

Remember the days we let our parents stop singing on their DVDs doing Karaoke so the kids can start playing those CD "N in 1" NES games bundled with it? Battle City, Contra, Adventure Island etc., days

[@vincentph6522]

Oh i miss this kind of dvd player i remembered the old days we're watching a lot of movies here and i playing it like a toy and now it's broken 😂

[@GameInterest]

Probably the closest the Nuon will ever get for competition.

[@kndr2094]

**anti-piracy commercial** "That's enough of that."

[@namesurname4666]

Why someone would use that as a gaming device? The good thing about it is the fact that plays videos from dvd , usb and sd card and it also has an av input so you can play your wii for example there

[@ianbrown9547]

In the states this is a DBpower dvd player at 1080p

[@razorx2024]

i really wanted to know what the copy button did :( but at least the dvd player is region free and can play movies from a usb stick or sd but something tells me it's not gonna play mkv's :) edit: after looking up what the copy function does, all it allows you to do is copy files from a disc to the sd or usb stick so for example copy an avi from a disc to usb stick and does not let you copy an actual audio or dvd disc.

[@teresabala1450]

DVD 480p true colors: i like this. NES 240p from 80s: I'ma head out

[@savadimitrijevic4668]

Is that on thumnail sega genesis controler

[@bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

Theres a bunch on Ebay but they look a bit different but that great looking controller looks the same...lucky!!!!! :D

[@Florentina-ox9xq]

I have some Scooby-Doo DVDs with games you can play on a DVD so...

[@mikealsamuel6342]

I have the black ones

[@NukTap]

I have a smaller one of these that actually does have a working battery, but it has no game port so there's no way to control the games despite it being able to play them. I use it as a test pattern generator for my TVs

[@Daniel-dl6fp]

What happens if you put the disc in a GameCube or the other way around

[@STAR-fn1pi]

i remember there where vcd and dvd player that can do that , the portable ones are bad the full player might be better

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

Assuming they used EPROM, you could overwrite some games on there yourself

[@Harlock2day]

Not many portable Blu-ray players around, strangely enough.

[@RGmodsitalia]

this is a perfect add on for the LSDj ,,

[@DecapAttackFanest]

Man i first played contra and mario and some looney toons video game on a bootleg psp ripoff from some weird country and my mom buyed red one and i played it on a multi story based house in a village with west grounds

[@mikestrozier2332]

You're reading the manual like a Shakespeare play

[@mullinsjm1]

That controller looks epic!

[@mcch1n]

if it’s a dvd player that plays nes games. it’s a console

[@EMH_Richard]

This was actually quite fun. 👍

[@johneygd]

I wonder wich 300 games are included, but if you want to add a new challange to your nes games, you can play them on here and those spungy & laggy controls along with such low frame rate will surelly make your nes games more challanging.

[@TheRetroFuture]

It will be made into a new competition format.

[@stephensmith9951]

I saw that controller at good will

[@dumbass6351]

My grandma got one of these for her car

[@bRIAN_69420]

you should check out the retroflag gpi (gamebiy case) when it comes out, looks very cool.

[@flyingmudkip3970]

I’m a potato

[@skater1663]

BUT CAN IT RUN DOOM!?

[@sametkucuk7305]

thats true in 2001 this systems very common in turkey with vcd player of course i mean this is not new

[@theskyrax670]

By god, imagine Battletoads running on this

[@Sithedd]

You wouldn't download a car.

[@danielfotheringhamproducti7368]

I have to ask, is this a region free DVD player, or is it only 1 region? Edit: Scratch that, this thing is not a recommend. Your review however gets top marks, ten out of ten from me! 👍

[@chesssantosh]

How can I buy this disc??? Please answer... Only disc....

[@yovelafeodora6571]

I just use that only for game playing. Not for others such as movies. Indeed that's also my hobby :D

[@milsiart4976]

What do you want for $80? I9 with 2TB SSD?

[@minhngoctran7271]

You could get more value for your money if you just buy an old laptop from the mid 2000s with a dvd drive

[@sharadyadav9829]

Which game you are playing

[@rogerioterrordj]

I have one of these, but no built-in screen.

[@eatsleepdie8808]

Maybe it means you gotta be on acid to enjoy it

[@swevenrt8176]

I have the same dvd player in which I play games.

[@chocolatemilk4298]

Hey man you hold cd game at last year

[@Jiratram]

Hell I have like the said dvd controller, do you know a way to plug it into pc? my pc reads it but it says unknown device that I think I don't have a driver

[@infantepisis]

this dvd player is for collection, not for play games je je, is technically interesting, ¿is only an DVD Plater or have one chip of the NES inward ?,if not has one chip, the chip of the DVD emulate the NES

[@bulikapato]

i have this 7 years ago

[@zukgm323]

i downloaded nes roms on usb and when i connected usb on dvd, it diesn't read. why?

[@ryanpascual9598]

I have one right now in the Philippines. SOMETIMES THEY RELY ON FAMICLONES BACK THEN. It's called ACE PORTABLE DVD PLAYER HPD-718. This is the worst portable DVD player ever owned.

[@salman_3833]

LED*

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

I'm guessing it can't run doom.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Hahahahahaha!

[@oliwier000b]

And Crysis.

[@drew8235]

What a fantastic way to destroy one's childhood. =)

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

3:30 You could mount it in the car, or use it like a tablet in bed. Of course u could just use a tablet, they're probly cheaper, and those screens in portable DVD players under $100 are horrible

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

Is that a TV tuner, does it get any reception in the car? If so I would hook it i up to the cars radio, or just the shell of the car.

[@damian9303]

there's one that can play gameboy games too

[@IanC14]

That's an officially licensed product though

[@Jamalaaa]

Can I connect a hard drive to this

[@belgianfred2]

29.97 FPS ? ^^

[@yakadoodledongywongy8718]

Why can't I find a branded one with AV input function ?

[@adeelahmed8807]

gooood old memories

[@AlesioProko]

cAn you please send a iso of the disc , i want to see if the disc would work on a regular dvd player