Tiny Arcade - Playable Mini Arcade Games

[@Nostalgianerd]

I'd love to create a model arcade full of these. With the camera close up, you could almost mistake them for the real thing.

[@Techmoan]

Yes I agree, that low light shot towards the end made me think the same thing. Just need to train up some hamsters to play them.

[@Nostalgianerd]

Techmoan you get the machines. I'll start working on the hamsters.

[@BestVideosToWatchTV]

I have three off these that i bought. I hang them on the wall in my game room. Cool little mini arcade machines!

[@JD_Mortal]

Totally unrelated... These fit well on a lego-base. They will not "lock-in", but the feet seem to come right up to the nibs on the lego pads. I may build a little lego-arcade now. I got one for free. Found it on the floor in walmart. Figured that some kid dropped his "toy keychain". It shocked me when I saw it was actually a real, (real tiny) arcade machine. I wish it came with a complimentary magnifying-glass and I would have rather had an external remote control that works with them too. You know, for "fat fingers" and "old eyes".

[@martinbrewer7629]

Apologues if anyone has already mentioned this, but I’m just back from The Mall, Bristol. Menkind are selling the Pac-man and Space Invaders models for £24.99… Couldn’t spot the other two titles though…

[@martinbrewer7629]

Sorry, I've just spotted the update in the video description...

[@corsegerspwnd]

I love when you review twit like this ! keep these videos coming please!

[@Not_Astrocat]

I would love to get hold of one for the novelty factor, but because of it's size I would probably just let it run in demo mode.

[@KyleKick909]

went on amazon to look at these and notice they have one called retro machine that has 200 games on it. crazy!

[@nos249]

THAT. IS. THE. COOLEST. SHIT. I'VE. EVER. SEEN.

[@buymeskittles2719]

I know for a fact I'd get one of these and play with it like twice and show it to a few friends and then never use it again, but I still want one.

[@jzip]

@elena I saw it at the store and I was close to buying it but said exactly that

[@Slycoomer56]

exactly just like any emulator

[@fbi855]

Lol same

[@BrookeKatherine.]

I have it and I legitimately got a record of 53,000. Something is wrong with me lmao.

[@jagottem100]

I got the Ms. Pac-Man one for my birthday and that's exactly how it was like 😂

[@RArecordingsRickValcon]

Where is the brown sofa?... O..wait.

[@LUchesi]

"I get it!"

[@chadkirk150]

Ha!

[@lShishkaBerryl]

are we still doing these?

[@DanVR001]

Fucking inflatable fucking crown!

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Nah, it's still there.

[@Techmoan]

There’s a bit more information about this in the video description text box. If you are viewing on a smartphone or tablet app click the downward pointing triangle to the right of the title below the video. If you are viewing on the web, click on the words “show more’. *Note: You can't get Q-Bert, Asteroids and Frogger in this range* - those are from a different manufacturer and the machines are considerably larger - these "Tiny Arcade" machines are made by a company called "Super Impulse" and as yet they only make the four machines shown superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/ You can see that range of larger machines demonstrated by 8-bit Guy in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6bSYaGghK5gp6c

[@HowlinMadMurD0C]

Techmoan you can get these at a shop called Menkind if you have one in you area? £18.99!

[@dl8cy]

£24,99 - 10% ! www.menkind.co.uk/mini-pac-man

[@Techmoan]

I could have saved myself a bit of money - unfortunately I couldn't find anywhere in the UK that stocked them back when I ordered mine in early November. They only seem to sell two of the range of four, but that's still a better deal for most people in the UK. I'll add the info into the video description text box, thanks.

[@LyonsdenBlog]

Mike Herbst thanks for the link to a UK stockist! Buying now! :-)

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

That other manufacturer that put out the ones for Q*bert, Frogger, Rampage, Defender and Joust tend to use inferior ports using "NOAC" (Nintendo on a Chip) hacks... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pai9XmZ7j9uZpbc Someone found a way to hack the Joust one to play Defender on it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5y1p6acl8aXf9U

[@edwardgreenjr167]

FYI - All four of these use the same exact circuit board. The game playing is done by a jumper setting. So if you were so inclined, you could just by one and still play all four games. There are videos showing how to mod this with an external switch to make it easier, as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKerna2lad5-aK8

[@jasonkeenan7381]

Beat me to it mate. Was after one myself but too expensive for a novelty

[@MarioManTV]

Edward Green, Jr I was a bit disappointed that he didn't tear them apart like the 8-Bit Guy did. Thanks for this.

[@spiff2268]

If you get a high score and it doesn't let you put "ASS" in as your name then these things are useless.

[@hztm]

and POO !

[@L337g4m3r]

And FUK

[@tappwater9228]

And VAG

[@annother3350]

GIT

[@borisnetwork]

dont forget BOI

[@bradchervel5202]

If you told myself at 10 this would exist, I would have died right there and been in heaven.

[@AnalogX64]

If you are on a budget you can add a selector switch and play all 4 games on one unit, since each unit contains all four games on the circuit board, there are videos on youtube showing you how to do this.

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

Stuff like this really makes you think about the technological progress: 40 years ago, you needed a big full sized cabinet for even these games, and now...

[@jusb1066]

and now they are too small to play, imagine if someone shrunk chess to atomic size pieces. how much fun that would be (not really)

[@mgscheue]

True, mostly empty, but the PC boards were still pretty big. Here's a Ms. Pacman board: coinoppartsetc.com/product/parts-sale-pcb-boards/ms-pac-man-pacman-arcade-machine-game-pcb-printed-circuit-board-set-0

[@DogsBAwesome]

I was working in the Tickled Trout in 78/9 when they had a trade exhibition on Space invaders, after all the suits had buggered off, us plebs got into the room and had a play. It was the first time I had ever seen anything other than pong. As the consoles were on free play there was no sleep that night.

[@Perktube1]

I remember the black lights, the indirect lighting, the constant sounds of the machines, going back to the owner again and again for more quarters. If like to see Joust on these.

[@mikeangelo6667]

There are miniature chess sets available as well as Scrabble, Parcheesi, Chutes & Ladders, Candyland and even Mouse Trap.

[@Clell65619]

You always come up with the oddest things. I've seen these minicabinets in a few videogame shops but never imagined they were actually playable. Much too small for my old eyes, but still interesting.

[@liverush24]

If they made a load more of these, I would build a cardboard arcade to put them in.

[@testietfoot411]

"Welcome to the Mini-cade! We have classic arcade games like pac man,space invaders,mario bros and more!"

[@whitestriderable]

Pacman for ants!

[@wormdude5320]

whitestriderable I think its a little to big..... Idiot.

[@whitestriderable]

Worm Dude For big ants (assh0le)!

[@wormdude5320]

whitestriderable not even big ants could reach it!! You'd have to have at least a hamster.

[@myang12003]

What about Rats?

[@DocHollidayGames]

@@wormdude5320 He was making a movie reference...

[@Bro3256Films]

I will buy one of these if there's a Galaga version

[@wildbilltexas]

I'd love to see one too. I just bought a Itek "Multicade 230" from Family Dollar for $25. There's a lot of "shovelware" games on it, but some are NES hacks like Galaga (called Galaxy Battle) on it.

[@ericbazinga]

Same, I love Galaga

[@edstar83]

There will be.

[@edstar83]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2GsZJanjKuomMU

[@bland9876]

Strange as a kid I loved galaga more but now I only play glaxian

[@reeffeeder]

I thought this was an 8-Bit Guy video and was pleasantly surprised post click.

[@gummel82]

reeffeeder I see another 8 bit guy fan :D Thought the same lmao

[@emptyspotlight]

the 2 have collaborated, the cassette boom box one

[@VerboseSlayer]

you mean you have to use your hands?! thats like a baby's toy.

[@EthanEves]

games sponsored by LensCrafters, lol

[@MarcZERO1980]

These games would be perfect for a Borrower or Stewart Little.

[@ELECTROHAXZ]

A friend of mine has one and he had the issue that it didn't save high scores, so I took it apart, added a 1 farad super capacitor across the battery input and now it saves highscores for up to 8 hours after removing the batteries, would have been nice if they put one in while manufacturing them.

[@fromfin90]

i wanna know what's inside one of these

[@philrod1]

^^ what he said!

[@twocvbloke]

A microcomputer, 'nuff said... :P

[@iscander_s]

Probably ordinary NES-on-a-chip.

[@MrBrax]

Check out 8 bit guy's video on these

[@jasonkloos6348]

twocvbloke but can it be replaced with a Raspberry Pi so you can add more games?

[@CoinOpTV]

awesome - some classic arcade games for sure!

[@MrThunderwing]

If Sega did some tiny versions of Outrun and After Burner (complete with the back-lit marquees like these ones) I would be all over those, even it the practicality of playing on a tiny screen with a tiny steering wheel or joystick isn't really ideal.

[@E_y_a_l]

0:33 Who on earth is going to use this as a keychain?

[@jusb1066]

can i have a cheaper bmw if i attach a keychain to the bumper?

[@E_y_a_l]

Lotfi KAZ Ok thanks for the informative answer

[@paulbennell3313]

@@jusb1066 I believe that to be the case, yes.

[@kathyheffner4451]

Me with my little space invader

[@Deep_wolf]

Classic Game Room must get one!

[@WalcomS7]

These seem somewhat better than those Arcade Classics mini arcade machines because these actually keep score when those don't, but these don't seem to run at full speed and they're considerably smaller. Hard to say what's the better buy.

[@zusurs]

It’s sad to see how some companies are trying to make a quick money by jumping the nostalgia train and abusing the sh*t out of us 80s kids. I can bet that in ten years there will be ‘retro’ tamagochis (those small 2$ keyfob electronic pets from mid 90s) that will sell for some 50-100$ at least.

[@fish4fun354]

Walmart carries Frogger, Q Bert, Centipede, and Asteroids. So there are other options too.

[@Techmoan]

Those are from a different manufacturer and are considerably bigger - there's a bit more information about this in the video description text box - but these "Tiny Arcade" machines are made by a company called "Super Impulse" and as yet they only make the four machines shown superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/

[@fish4fun354]

Ahhhh alright I assumed it was made by the same manufactures.

[@pasu2k]

Kind of wish you could plug it into an outlet so you can just leave it on forever, making it a cute light on a dark shelf

[@pasu2k]

Matthew Davies exactly!

[@bigb333]

pasu2k You want some kind of battery eliminator - you can get these things that sit in the battery compartment but are hooked up to wires running to a mains transformer. Useful :)

[@pasu2k]

Hmm intersting... :)

[@william5000forever]

What happened to your Star Wars 40th Anniversary Soundtrack video?

[@ParzivalTheThird]

Imagine Street Fighter II on one of these.

[@bilal00276]

I was hoping you'd disassemble one

[@chesterfumblenutts6935]

Love these little things! Made sure my family got one for Xmas last year. 😁

[@joblessalex]

What happened to the video you just uploaded?

[@603840Jrg]

Technology has really come far. I used to have the earlier version of the Pac-Man one that was really just a shoddy Game&Watch-like rendition of it.

[@truelazerlight]

"Don't pay too much for these, after all they're just novelties." Exactly. In the end it's your money and you can buy whatever you please with it. But please don't buy toys or games at ridiculous prices and let them rot MISB on some shelf just because you think they might be "collectible". Remember the Beanie Babies!

[@lShishkaBerryl]

Never Forget! Heart shaped tag armbands for all

[@IvoryTowerCollections]

I think they are best served as more excellent and functional Christmas Tree ornaments! And at least here in the US, they cost the same as the Hallmark ornaments for Pac-Man and Galaga did and those weren't even functional.

[@Spiderelectron]

Fantastic interesting little machines!

[@keithAstansell]

Too bad they don't have micro-USB ports for always-on power. I think it would be cool if you could have a group of them sitting on your desk as a mini-arcade on and running in "attract mode". You can't do with just batteries (for long). Also, how do they compare to the size of action figures? I can see setting these up with little Darth Vaders and Luke Skywalkers playing the games.

[@rustblade5021]

i think a lecture on cd error-correction might be interesting? without it, even just the slightest scratch would make discs unplayable. also its pretty cool how incredibly scratched a disc can be before it wont play

[@Stella-ri5ex]

Why did they use real arcade roms in these tiny arcades..while MY ARCADE's have much larger screens..2.4"..and they use nes roms?

[@xtraOhrdiNAIR]

Whats inside the box ? Disassemble maybe ?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

These mini's are so awesome !

[@NeilVanceNeilVance]

I think I saw one of these in TK Max last week ... I love the look of them in your dark room demo ... cool that the marquee's are back lit! ... Thanks so much for making this!

[@wingwong1910]

I personally found the joystick to be somewhat stiff and hard to operate. On the other hand, as someone else already mentioned, since the motherboard actually contains all four games, if you have a bit of soldering skill you can open it up, and hook up a slider switch so that you can choose which game to activate on power up (you just have to make sure that you buy the model that has the fire button, in my case Space Invaders). It certainly saves you the money of buying the entire set.

[@BeauSkunk]

I have the Space Invaders one, it works great. It says these are officially licensed by Taito & Namco too.

[@tubeviewerX20]

What an awesome novelty! It really shows how far technology has come, from a huge 6-foot-tall machine to a keychain.

[@Diabolos1]

The 8-bit Guy also did a video on these and some vintage ones. These new machines are apparently hackable and may actually contain several games. Game selection can be changed by fiddling with the circuit board inside.

[@Techmoan]

There’s a bit more information about this in the video description text box.

[@andrewbarnes1295]

Is this the same product? If so available here in the UK: www.menkind.co.uk/mini-pac-man I saw them in the store on a shopping trip at the weekend!

[@pawelgrzegorziwaniuk]

Yes. That's exactly the same:)

[@espurious]

But with 10% off at the moment!

[@MichaelBennett1]

Yup, you can use the jumpers on the board to switch games if you don’t mind opening it up and a bit of soldering. Couple of tutorials on KZbin.

[@Addixxtion]

I still think £25 for a novelty that you'll probably play once is still too expensive

[@MichaelBennett1]

David Dixon like a lot of what Mr. Moan shows on this channel, they’re functional ornaments, they’re well done simulations (not emulation) of the original arcade versions that have a nostalgic factor for some of us and to be admired more than used, if I could transport one of these back to late 70s/early 80s me, my head would have exploded, especially for the price.

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

I’ve always had a fantasy of owning my own arcade cabinet so this recent trend of tabletop and IKEA-style constructible arcade cabinets makes my sweat a little bit...but this seems like something that I would play for literally five minutes and then never touch again. The fact that you need a magnifying glass to play them sort of puts a damper on my enthusiasm for them. But ONE DAY I shall own my own arcade cabinet. ONE DAY. Probably when I move into a house that actually has, you know, room

[@nickfirth6404]

I want Scramble. Never got to the end of it 35 years ago...

[@josephb1205]

I Have All of the arcade machines that were shown in this video also there is more than just mini arcade machines there is also mini etch a sketch and mini phones the phones also work as a normal phone its really cool you can watch yt and stuff

[@mglmouser]

A while ago in a different video I saw that these units actually contain all the games and that only the cabinet decoration and packaging differ. The circuity contains a switch that sets it for one of the games.

[@applekid9678]

I bought mine in a Walmart of Anaheim and they have a lot for sale for the price of $12

[@mullahviking]

You are genuinely good at what you are doing Techman.

[@FBI-sp4ef]

I'ma buy this so that when I'm taking a test and they don't let us use our phone I can secretly use it

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

What, no Gorf? No Defender?

[@Techmoan]

Yes, 7 Gorf and 3 Defender...oh no hold on, it’s 0 Gorf and 0 Defender.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Spy Hunter

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Too complicated, you'd need a full cockpit for that

[@kobeawesomegamer1696]

I got my mini pac man arcade machine from David busters from winnings in america

[@rosiegary]

What happened to the starwars video ?

[@Squicx]

Welcome to the futurepast the world is becoming more and more 80s thanks to ST and 80s movie reboots or movies with 80s synth and fashion

[@MRSTU1210]

I believe there is a switch on the board of those arcade games as seen on the 8-bit guy so they have 2 games on each mini arcade game peace.

[@CinemaMacabro]

Just ordered all four in the states, again great video!

[@seany84uk]

They are cute indeed but the emulation looks slow on all the games

[@gamecat666]

its odd that Galaxians and pacman (both) run at a pretty low frame rate, yet space invaders seems to run quite smooth.

[@trailersic]

Space Invaders doesn't have the moon backgrond with the video playing over the top via a half silvered glass plate. No sale.

[@lightdark00]

I have one question: How would you teach mice to play these?

[@Richardddoobies]

When they do well, you place a little slab of cheese on the top.

[@playdav485]

three tripple aaa's lithium would be better with usb charging

[@SAVAGE308SNIPER]

I love miniature stuff or oversized stuff. These are beautiful!

[@TimothyONeill_84.]

Tested did a review of these mini arcade games as well but all they did was talked about it but showed very little of it. I think you did a better job of doing both, thanks.

[@Nick-6543]

your hands are just too big mine are small so its eazy

[@brandon9271]

Definitely a novelty. Looks like msPacman is running at about 10 fps. Also, the arcade cabs aren't modelled after their real world counterparts. They look more like Williams cabinet, Joust, Sinistar, Bubbles, etc. Still a neat little gadget for the price and I have no doubt somebody has put a Raspberry pi zero in one :)

[@JeffDeWitt]

Very cool, just ordered one as a Christmas present.

[@havoc3434]

Honestly, I love miniature little doodads of all kinds, especially if they happen to be mechanical. Though I will admit that electronic miniaturization is amazing too. Most notably in regards to Moore's Law and it's impact on modern society.

[@StabStabStabStabby]

You should have also mentioned that the plastic they're using is a dust magnet. It seemed that way from the video anyway.

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

If they ever come out with a Galaga mini-machine, I'm doomed. "GO AHEAD AND TAKE MY QUARTERS!!!"

[@jasonmeadows4075]

That's exactly the game I was thinking about when I saw these things. Galaga was my second favorite arcade game of the 80's, behind only Dragon's Lair. Of course, there's no chance of seeing a keychain-sized version of Dragon's Lair (but it would be funny if they tried).

[@YouNaughtyMoose]

I'm glad you're doing more video game related stuff lately. I know it's a long shot but I hope one day you do vintage console/computer tear-downs and retrospectives. I know there's a million of them already but it's not so much the products as it is the personality of who's presenting it that makes it enjoyable (or not from some peoples perspective I guess). Products that I either have no interest in or have heard about them a million times I still usually enjoy watching if they're put out by one of my favourite content creators. I'd be happy to give you some suggestions! Lol

[@mrt3362]

Glad you’ve started to review retro games machine emulators. Lovely stuff! Any chance you might review the odd rare game machine like the Neo Geo or PC Engine?

[@b.hagedash7973]

What is this? An arcade for ants? I don't wanna hear your excuses! The arcade has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

[@weswesley826]

There’s a slightly larger version I really like that I’ve found at Walmart and target. They have quite a few arcade games to choose from

[@stevef6392]

Man, that shot with the lights off looks like it was taken at a real arcade.

[@HowlinMadMurD0C]

Mat! You can get them in a store called Menkind if you have them up your way! £18.99

[@diemwing]

I wonder if these are the same as one that the 8-bit guy looked at. if so, they're all the same logic board with all the games in memory (hence the extraneous button on Pac-man). There's a set of contacts on the board that you jump to select which game it accesses.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Quality video (as always). Now all they need to do is make a ‘table’ version that I remember playing in pubs in the early 80’s.

[@liquidsoftpc]

It had the "techmoan effect" right after the video was published price of the tiny arcades rise from 21.99 to 29.95

[@filipmac1545]

Wow, one of these would make a great Christmas gift.

[@jaxnean2663]

You can make a display for these items resembling an 80s arcade room. That would be so cool!

[@ryanpeck3377]

I’m not even that good at PacMan on a full-size cabinet

[@GhenWare275]

dammit! Ms. Pacman went up 6 bucks! Techmoan effect is REAL!!

[@TheLetterTen]

Aw these are so cute looking and this review was also cute. Thank you so much Techmoan for putting our consistent quality content.

[@oleo007]

Fun and collectible,i like so much !!!

[@vgamesx1]

They're certainly quite nice, my only problem is even in the US they cost way too bloody much... Those cheap arse knock off consoles that have 20-100 games in 1 only cost what, as little as $10? Compared to these which even though look much nicer and have a better screen, cost nearly 3 times as much? Seriously...? (for some reason space invaders isn't so bad though) That's roughly $100 for a whole set, way more than I'd be willing to ever put down.

[@0815germany]

nice vid Mat! The arcade stuff is really interesting

[@rchaffer]

1:37 "I'm looking through the camera's viewfinder at the screen" - welcome to the Ashens Experience™

[@SnickyNicky96]

They should totally make more of these. I would collect all of them and have a mini arcade with me everywhere I go.

[@paulinaz3477]

I'm going through puppet withdrawal!

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

I've seen these on store shelves but not once did i think to try them out. I'm impressed that they have full color screens