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There's been many Worst Consoles and Worst Selling Console lists on the internet over the years, but bizarrely not one of them has ever put them in actual sales numbers (in fact, many consoles on this list have NEVER been mentioned before). So this episode I finally put to rest what truly are the worst selling consoles of all time!
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Rundown #10 to #6
2:19 #5 Commodore CDTV
5:17 #4 Tiger Telematics Gizmondo
7:16 #3 Mattel Hyperscan
9:14 #2 Casio PV-1000
11:33 Honourable Mentions
14:12 Commodore C64GS
#worstsellingconsoles #consolefails #badconsoles

[@Larry]

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[@em5345-]

rip

[@em5345-]

make sure to make this a pinned comment lol

[@littleshopofeldritchhorror6224]

What happened

[@xxkewldudexx]

@@littleshopofeldritchhorror6224 Copyright trolls, what else?

[@Larry]

@@littleshopofeldritchhorror6224 The channel was bought by Sky, who decided they didn't want to run a KZbin gaming channel anymore. They even refused to let the team take over the channel and run it off their own backs. They would rather let the channel rot.

[@AlltimeGamingTV]

Thank you so much for having us on Larry! Really enjoyed working together buddy :)

[@Larry]

No worries guys, anytime :)

[@cabbusses]

PC-FX owner here. Bought it for the hentai. I contributed to keeping it outta the top five! Hoo-haa!

[@truxton701]

Good man

[@OnlyGoken]

How did it use hentai? 🤔

[@YuukoEnjoyer]

Weeb

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@OnlyGoken apparently the creators of the PC-FX decided they'd try hentai to make sales go up. Didn't work, though.

[@coolguy-xd1bg]

@@GiordanDiodato Well, it increased it by one (OP)

[@JakePetrolhead]

"Richard Burns Rally... Who?" Genuinely feels like the narrator has stabbed me in the heart. England's only World Rally Championship Champion, and lended his name to one of the best rally games ever made - though perhaps not on the Gizmondo.

[@kenpachizaraki7028]

lmao fr soon as he said that i came down to the comments to see if there was any other fally fans who was a lil offended 😂

[@brettsmith6021]

The same comment was made on the Gizmondo video... can't second what you've said any more strongly! May not be as big a name as Colin McRae but still worthy of a game under his own name!

[@adamfrancissmith5511]

@@brettsmith6021 And he possibly might have been as big a name as McRae if it wasn't for cancer. I remember going to school after finding out about his death on the TV news over my breakfast. It was a really miserable day.

[@mustang10141980]

The CD 32 did have the optional paint can accessory though.

[@Mario-ky4rd]

Avgn reference

[@inny74]

lol

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Nice. 😆

[@matthewlane518]

Lol that's a rare addon thou I think James has the only one

[@christinekirby1]

Haha nice!!

[@michaelbreen7865]

Boss: How's the test of the Terminator 2 game? Game tester: I'm not able to play it. Boss: Why not? Game tester: The system doesn't have a keyboard. Boss: And? Game tester: The title screen says "press Enter." Boss: So what's the--Oh shit!

[@XoxeroThePoet]

Commodore Commando: Don't you get it! We'll sell them the keyboard separately! The fools will gladly pay for a keyboard to play their beloved Terminator game! That's why we'll bundle them!

[@michaelbreen7865]

Boss: If this fails, you're fired!

[@Yeen125]

Spoiler: He gets fired.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

“Allan Sugars exploding box of crap” should be a band name

[@EgonTheGreat.]

Sounds like a UK punk band XD

[@PescaraProductions]

Did that guy really just ask WHO Richard Burns was? The only Englishman to win the World Rally Championship???

[@skyhazel6205]

I'm starting to get the feeling that there is a very slight chance that Larry may not be Peter Molyneux's biggest fan.

[@thronezwei4412]

Yeah...I'm getting that impression too.

[@TheTimestreamer]

SkyHazel Whatever gave you *that* foolish idea?

[@skyhazel6205]

+Timestreamer I dunno... I can't put my finger on it. Call it a hunch, I guess...

[@spacemanmonster23]

It's getting rather tiresome...

[@thecoyotespeaks9649]

The irony of the philips CDI is that they were spot on and their idea did take off. The mistake was they chose media and games on the side when games with media on the side is how it went

[@GiordanDiodato]

that's kinda what the 3DO did, problem was they licensed out different versions of the console (several made by Panasonic, one by GoldStar, one by Sanyo, and one by Creative Technology), which means certain games will only play on certain systems. Plus, it was ludicrously overpriced at $699 USD at launch. Though it was more successful than the CD-i.

[@PassiveSmoking]

CD32 didn’t bankrupt Commodore. They were already dying and the 32 was their last shot at saving the business. It was actually selling quite well but then Commodore lost a lawsuit and their stock of components was impounded in lieu of payment. That killed the momentum and pretty much did for commodore.

[@GiordanDiodato]

wasn't that against Sega or something?

[@DestinyZX1]

Didnt they had to pay $10 million in back patent royalties?

[@NickM...]

'Alan Sugars exploding box of crap' was a highlight for me.

[@pustulioyo]

"Pippen". The fact that it was corrected, but suddenly in the blink of an eye is hilarious, made even more so by the fact that I just now noticed it even though I've been watching this channel for years.

[@Larry]

I try and stick in visual gags :P

[@RetroPiero]

That last console is hilarious. Sell it with a game that you can't play.

[@weirdgamer3863]

Great video and most of the facts are right. You did get one thing wrong though: the Amiga CD32 did not actually bankrupt Commodore. It actually had a moderately succesful launch in the UK and Commodore was even planning on releasing it in the United States. However, appearently Commodote had used another company's patent for their game system (it was something to do with a cursor patent i think but i could be wrong). Commodore was already in a weak financial position from other failures before the CD32, and they went bankrupt after being forced to pay a large amount of money for the patent stealing. The north amrrican launch was cancelled, and the Amiga CD32 was cancelled worldwide

[@lsgreger2645]

I remember Christmas shopping in 2006 and I had a 5 year old who was into video games and card games. I actually saw a demo of the Hyperscan in Walmart Toy department (they weren't in the video game area). I actually had the box in hand and was about to put it in the cart, but some unseen force made me put it down. Maybe it was the cheap plastic case on the demo.

[@TheLemonyBard]

I remember seeing the Hyperscan in one commercial ever and thinking it was a cool concept, especially with the idea of some of these cards being able to level up and save levels long before the amiibo, but the execution was pretty awful

[@gregh378]

I remember buying my Nintendo DS in Gamestation and the sales guy was mocking me with his buddy, telling me to wait for the "Gizmondo". Apparently only kids play the DS and real men play the Gizmondo, which was going to kill it. I wonder why that chain went into administration 🤔

[@kamikazilucas]

technically they didnt go bankrupt game did, gamestation then bought out game and changed their name

[@melody3741]

The fuck type of salesperson makes fun of you for buying their own prosuct

[@billfusionold9647]

I like this list better than WatchMojo's list!

[@Larry]

As do I :D

[@bruheffect6335]

Bill Fusion top ten anime chefs

[@andorrra]

Who the fuck would prefer WatchMojo's list instead of this?

[@DenoTheSaur]

I mean, any list from Guru Larry is better than WatchMojo's lists.

[@RazoE]

I probably sold more Hyperscans than anyone else in history. I worked in the holiday store where we had to get rid of them at all costs. I told people to take 2 or 3 as we were almost giving them away so kids wouldn't fight and if younger kids broke it, it wouldn't matter because they'd think it's an xbox. I sold maybe 4 pallets worth.

[@GiordanDiodato]

there's a lot of them on Ebay and Amazon and they're now dirt cheap.

[@RazoE]

Giordan Diodato they were $20 or so when I sold them at the Mattel holiday store. That's how I convinced folks to buy multiples

[@ryan20028]

I still have one in its original box

[@jeffcase7827]

What's great about Larry's videos is that he gives video game related facts that I honestly never heard of. Other videos with game facts hold the same tried and true facts that everyone and their mother knows. Larry makes sure to go outside the box when it comes to facts, even facts that I can't even get info on for myself, that right there is quality video. Keep up the good work Larry, I enjoy seeing your comments on other videos I watch, it reminds me that there's another channel to enjoy and that is your's.

[@Larry]

Thanks bud, I hated the idea of regurgating someone elses facts. There's only so many times you can hear "Mario 2 was really Doki Doki Panic" and remain interested ! :)

[@DaMan56100]

@@Larry wait IT WAS???

[@Halfpipesaur]

Seriously, how can you not know Richard Burns Rally? Even if you're not a WRC fan, the PC game was considered the best simulator back in the day.

[@bartsimpson83]

Wow. The Virtual Boy seems like a massive success compared to these.

[@GiordanDiodato]

surprisingly, for a console that only lasted about 10 months, it sold fairly well.

[@FluxRaven]

I should make a video called "top ten times Watchmojo takes other people's works" xD...that or you should Larry haha

[@Larry]

I might do a video on controversies involving me in the future.

[@Larry]

@@viktoriatheskinnynerd2674 It literally gave me the notification for it today :S

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

@@viktoriatheskinnynerd2674 KZbin comments have been broken ever since they shut down Google+. I know everyone hated that service, but by the time they decided to end it, KZbin was too interwoven into it to separate cleanly.

[@leytonjay]

"Alan Sugar's Exploding Box of Crap" really made me laugh.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

you know, the fact that these systems sold so poorly doesn't surprise me as much as the fact that there still were actual people who bought them and those busts may still be out there. i'm actually curious about that Johnny Whatever game on the Gizmondo though.

[@pigs18]

I have a Hyperscan (two of them actually), two of the three honorable mentions, and a few consoles that I'm sure would be on the list if Larry could confirm their sales figures. I'm just a sucker for failed consoles.

[@beyondobscure]

@@pigs18 I'm kind of the same way. I've got a weird obsession with the Virtual Boy.

[@AleK0451]

so this is basically a top 5 with honourable mentions I GOT CLICKBAITED AGAIN LARRY YOU HACKFRAUD

[@MegAmi24]

I need the story of the NEC PC-FX for “research”.

[@PartyDude_19]

It was a 32-bit CD console only released in Japan as a successor to the PC Engine in 1994

[@davidbutler5612]

Did Commodore just not test their C64GS release of Terminator 2? I know quality control was a problem back then, but I thought they would at least do a boot-up test, especially for something this important.

[@GiordanDiodato]

it was probably to rush the console out ASAP

[@KnakuanaRka]

A, since the C64GS was just a repackaged 64, they probably thought they had already tested it on the 64. B, they rushed it out for holidays.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

It's kind of sad the CDI failed. It was actually a fairly impressive piece of tech for what it actually did, and it actually did have the potential to be a half-ways decent game console had it gotten some far better software. It was actually a really good CD / DVD player and it actually not only had some fairly impressive specs for the time but also was capable of online functionality and S-Video in a time when that was largely unheard of. Honestly, I'm even really impressed by the two side-scroller Zelda games on it, when you consider they were both made in only a year on the shoestring budget of $600,000: it's actually a miracle the damned games were as playable as they were, all things considered.

[@Larry]

The problem was the CD-i was really designed to be an interactive encylopedia, a decive where you could source any information you wanted with added video and audio. Unfortunately, they never considered or underestimated on the internet to become as successful as it was. It wasn't really designed to be a games machine, hence why a lot of the early games never scrolled, or were heavily zoomed in like Dark Castle. But that's all they had left after people had moved on.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

​@@Larry Yeah. I think if it had come out a little earlier, back when buying encyclopedias or software like Encarta was still a thing, it'd have done a lot better. Still, I'd love to see what a really talented indie developer could do on the CDI since I really don't think any games ever lived up to it's potential. It has a REALLY good port of Space Ace, if nothing else lol. Also, it's cool to get a reply from you. I've been a fan of your channel for a really long time.

[@doublebrewski1855]

I still have an old CD-I console with probably about 25 games. It still works, at least it did the last time I fired it up a couple years ago. The only decent game I have is Tetris.

[@Sergiovsousa]

The CD-I was something one would buy if had a family and cared more about movies, music, something to show for the visits and a ocasional board game. So, a adult enternainment system, for people with money to buy it. But try to sell it as a game console for kids/teenagers ( the main market for gaming at the time ) and was a completely failure. The Sony Playstation was sold as an edgy cool console.

[@Larry]

@@Sergiovsousa You got to be careful buying a CD-i if you want one today, they have a timekeeping battery inside them that has a life span of 20 years, so they're all dying ATM. They can be replaced, but they're a nightmare to remove as they're set inside a clay memory chip.

[@mechamania]

Responding to your statement, "Whatever that is?": _Richards Burns Rally_ is considered, among racing sim enthusiasts, to be perhaps the most advanced rally sim game, with the most realistic physics and difficulty, the best replication of IRL courses, and the most realistic graphics of any rally game of its time, to be ever made. It was several years -- essentially a full "generation" -- ahead of any competition, on consoles but more importantly, using PC hardware that could tap greater amounts of its potential, as more powerful hardware was released, for many years. It's still considered to be the most advanced rally racing sim ever made, for the time of its release. Much like _Spider-Man 2,_ perhaps until _Marvel's Spider-Man,_ _Richard Burns Rally_ has been considered the gold standard of rally sim games. Released in 2004, the singular game in what was to be a series remains _incredibly_ popular, among rally sim racers, many of whom have kept their legacy PC hardware running -- and their PS2s connected, including its large accessory hardware --specifically for this game, much like enthusiasts of _Diablo II,_ which is hardly bad company. Born and raised in Reading, Berkshire, Richard Burns had started driving is after' Triumph at 8 years old, and he had won the Under-17 rally championship, at age 13, and went on to win the British Rally Championship, with Subaru teammate Alister McRae (Colin McRae's younger brother), at a only 22 years old, in 1993. He then won the World Manufacturer's Championship, for Mitsubishi, at 27, in 1998, and finally, the World Rally Championship title at only 30, in 2001 -- following two years at runner-up, in the competition. Unfortunately, _Mr. Burns passed away due to a brain tumor, in 2005,_ negating the likelihood for a "strict" sequel, because posthumous games don't market particularly well -- nor, like a throw-away line in a video, is the practice particularly tasteful.* However, today, as we're over a decade removed from his death, many fans keep hope alive, for a similarly-groundbreaking commemorative edition -- potentially history's most endearing "remaster." * That was a lesson learned by Codemasters and Sony, following the release of 2009's _Colin McRae: DiRT 2_ (an ironically prophetic new series name, as McRae died in a helicopter crash, four days after its PlayStation 3 release name, _which became a particularly heinous moniker,_ for the sequel, published two years after Colin's death -- not to mention it having a game mode named "Last Man Standing") -- even though it was the seventh game in the larger series, had been in development for two years, and the graphical marketing focus on Colin McRae Rally series' rebranded, stylized name, Colin McRae: DiRT -- to highlight its new, 2007, physics and graphics engines, as well as better audio and a much wider array of vehicles. McRae's name was dropped from the series, for the third installment. The fourth new game (ninth of the video game series, _DiRT Rally_ (2016), has become perhaps the most well-known rally sim, in history -- and the first rally sim to offer a VR version, in early 2017, a decade after McRae's untimely death.

[@averagebritishguy7082]

NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRD

[@handsomebrick]

@First name Last name I would rank Brits fairly high, possibly top 5. Saudis aren't great but there's a lot worse out there.

[@IkeFoxbrush]

I honestly read Hyperscan as Hyperscam at first. Seems to fit the product quite nicely as well.

[@CassieMcKeever]

I decided to look up more info on Gizmondo...and now I have fallen into a crime rabbit hole. o_0 When is this going to be made into a movie? lol

[@atomicdancer]

"sticky balls" - I want to see that movie

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Stefan "Sticky Balls" Eriksson

[@KuraIthys]

If this list proves anything, it's that mainstream 'failures' aren't even remotely failures in context. Even things which WERE blatant failures (like the virtual boy, on sale for all of 9 months, but still sold 750,000), barely count as such in the scheme of things.

[@ShyRanger]

You know, when I saw this list title, I started to think "How's Larry gonna fit a Peter Molyneux joke into this if it's just consoles," but by god you did it. Keep that flow going!

[@SP_Sour]

"But it still wasn't the WORST selling console of all time, oh no. That honor goes to..." *KZbin ad interrupts*

[@RoguexGuardian]

"To be continued"

[@planescaped]

In regards to #5, It's crazy there was ever a market for video game consoles for non-gamers who just wanted a overall utility/entertainment device for their televisions. It's just such a weird niche...

[@doraeguyakaneddie6586]

I mean that's how the ps2 sold so well. It doubled as a DVD player

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

It's why the Xbox One's naming scheme was so stupid.

[@danieliglesias7119]

That market is the same one Microsoft tried to appeal to in the early Xbox One era

[@mamaluigithedonutgal]

Not sure how true this story is, but my dad claims he once worked with someone that bought a C64GS, BECAUSE it was just a Commodore 64 that had its keyboard removed. Apparently, in the short time it was being sold, it was cheaper to buy a C64GS with a separate keyboard than it was to buy a regular C64 that already came bundled with one. Assuming the story is true, it makes me wonder if that's where the majority of the console's sales came from.

[@CorganPrix]

Even if it was cheaper to buy a C64GS with a separate keyboard than it was to buy a Commodore 64, it was still a dumb idea. The Commodore 64 allowed you to play games for dirt cheap on disc and cassette, while the C64GS required you to buy the same games for much higher prices on cartridge. So unless you only played the Terminator 2 game that came bundled with the system, you would have spent more money in the long term. The Amstrad GX4000 had the same problem.

[@mamaluigithedonutgal]

​@@CorganPrix The Commodore 64 could do more than just play games. It's likely that the coworker wasn't a gamer at all, and wanted a computer for work (or some other non-gaming purpose) on the cheap. That said, it's still possible that this coworker wanted to use his C64GS for gaming, in which case, you're right, it WAS a dumb idea.

[@logsupermulti3921]

@@mamaluigithedonutgal It's also possible that he was proficient enough and stingy enough to buy the C64GS, gut it and add all the functionality of the original back in. As for if it would cost more or less I don't know, I don't really want to go hunting down the prices of C64 components in 1990.

[@mamaluigithedonutgal]

@@logsupermulti3921 Fair point, and it actually seems likely that's what he did. My dad mainly worked as a computer engineer, so I can see one of his coworkers going to those lengths just to save some cash. Whether any money was actually saved, however, is beyond me. It honestly seems like a case of spending dollars to save cents.

[@undoneonion90]

Wait...a console tried to focus on hentai for sales?

[@GiordanDiodato]

NEC was weird in the 90s

[@ZX-cq1vx]

Ouch. That Commodore C64GS. Produce 20k units and only 2k were sold...that's 10%. That's unbelievable.

[@THE16THPHANTOM]

Press enter key on console without enter key. That must have been like next level trolling.

[@alster06]

I love the recurring joke you aim at Peter Molyneux . Keep up the good work Larry

[@GreyHulk2156]

"Alan Sugar's Exploding Box of Crap" was a great prog rock group.

[@newguy371]

Didn't Mattel get into a lawsuit over the Hyperscan for underage gambling?

[@Larry]

That sounds familiar.

[@LendriMujina]

I remember commercials for the Hyperscan and being excited about it as a kid for some reason. But, I never saw any in stock. In hindsight, that was a good thing.

[@tubey84]

Just here to say this entire thing was fooking brilliant Larry - well done for having the foresight to include traps! That's a masterstroke.

[@Larry]

No worries dude, It's the only way to defend myself against these massive channels, they can claim "coincidence" and "fair use" all they want, but copying traps is copyright theft.

[@Rick586]

Pretty sure that Soulja Boy’s consoles have sold negative numbers.

[@RealBlueony]

Soulja Boy: Who's going to jail again? Nintendo/Sony: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesbevan9939]

The video that trolled WatchMojo.

[@mikepowell8213]

Richard Burns is a former World Rally Champion who died of a brain tumor. So saying "who?" feels a bit awkward.

[@StRoRo]

Especially when he won the WRC the exact same number of times as Colin McRae who had 8 games name after him.

[@mspenrice]

Started out as Col's navigator, didn't he? So played a fair role in the earlier games, too, as he was the voice reading out the pace notes...

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

I like the sound of Larry's voice. I want him to narrate my life.

[@d-d-i]

That's propably the No.1 reason I subbed his channel. For me, the good narration voice is important in these kind of videos, and there ain't many, who are good with narration. Larry definitely has one of the best and unique voices I've ever heard of.

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

Agreed 100%. His delivery is underrated.

[@Larry]

I think you need to put some energy and enthausism into your voice when doing videos, I think you'd soon get bored listening to someone with a monotone voice.

[@d-d-i]

That's exactly the right thing. And you definitely have that. But it can be done in different ways thou, depending on the style and tone of your voice. I like Oliver Harper's calm and smooth english accent on his movie retrospectives and in other hand, I like RetroAhoy's gritty and dark tone in his videos about guns and certain videogames. There's different ways to express yourself, but when you find the right tone and mood for your output, you're good to go. And since you Larry make these energetic, informative and somewhat suprising-themed videos about videogames and the culture in that, your voice fits in perfectly to really push up the quality of the output.

[@MrTrickBrick]

"Looks like PowahSlap has made a decent coffee this morning! He should probably get that kettle looked at though. More steam is coming out of that than lies out of Peter Moleneux's mouth. But! Hello you! I'm Guru Larry, and this is Sunday the 4th June."

[@Dr170]

The only thing that makes for a better Saturday night enjoyment than new Guru Larry is a straight shot of whiskey, and I've already had that.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

One I discovered recently was the RDI Halcyon, there were less then 12 units even produced! Probably wouldn't fit on this list since it never reached production, but still an interesting one none the less.

[@polygonplus9999]

scottthewaterwarrior It gets worse. Out of the 12 units produced, only 1 made it to release, as a prize in a game show.

[@volrath__]

If your a sim racing enthusiast, I bet you lost your shit when he said "Richard Burnes Rally... Who?" Seriously though it is still one of the best sim racing games ever released and highly respected in the sim racing community.

[@cecilchesley7406]

Gizmondo are some greedy bastards. They're getting money to launder it. I get the price has to be high for that purpose. But I'd release two consoles and have one less of a financial crime while being propped up by the "totally legit shelf guys" one.

[@XoxeroThePoet]

"Even if it was on this list, it still would have been number two." I see what you did there.

[@Folsomdsf2]

FYI, the commodore 64 GS was also available in North America but wasn't sold at retail. It definitely sold more than 2000 units as well here. They were sold directly to hospitals and other businesses. Good luck figuring out how many were ACTUALLY sold that way.

[@night-x6793]

It's funny that found a Hyperscan in a thrift store back in 2013 which was selling for about $5 and now I see why no one wanted it.

[@yoda908]

I use to see those at flea markets and yard sales a few years ago. All I saw were people looking at it and then just walked away from them.

[@drbiohazmat]

in this episode of Fact Hunt, we meet Guru Larry's 3 sons

[@TubboDaKittyCat]

I did the math. Only .000067% of the American and UK population would have owned a Gizmondo.

[@handsomebrick]

1 in 1.5 million people?

[@KnakuanaRka]

2:03 “It’s Alan Sugar’s Exploding Box Of Crap!” Oh, Larry, your distinctly British humor makes my day.

[@jacksmith4460]

To be fair Richard burns was a world champion Rally driver, he as just over shadowed by a certain Mr McRae

[@ozzyp97]

Burns easily had the better game as well.

[@silverflight01]

It's pretty funny learning about crappy consoles trying to rival other crappy consoles.

[@randomgamer-st1ie]

I'm seriously impressed with the Casio PV-1000. In 1983 the (supposedly) most advanced console was the Colecovision. Casio's port of Ladybug you showed absolutely blows the Colecovision port out of the water. How did this system fail? Those graphics rival early NES games.

[@GiordanDiodato]

because too many consoles on the market. Not to mention lack of third party support.

[@namingisdifficult408]

I vaguely remember HyperScan for some reason, particularly the Ben 10 game.

[@sten2184]

I rember the AVGN reviewed it.

[@danielrothwelliii6712]

A friend of mine had one. It saddens me to say that I wanted one for a while till I played it.

[@chaosgyro]

I had one of those ActionMax machines. I remember being enthralled with the jet fighter game after opening it for Christmas, but I've never been able to remember what the damn thing was called. Thanks Fact Hunt!

[@hobsdigree2]

Guru Larry, hope you are staying safe in these crazy times. Your videos are always fun to watch.

[@patricklee1633]

The Commodore C64GS only sold 1/10 of what was manufactured? WOW! Now that's a low number.

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

More like the Commodore Minus-64. (16:07)

[@niche8137]

Even though you use it very strongly, your accent just calms me. I also love the use of nostalgic songs, and 90s game sound effects/songs. I also love the crossover you used for this episode. Really, all I can say is, you're awesome, Larry. Keep on making vids!

[@Sergiovsousa]

Never liked the Commodore brand even having an Amiga. But somewhow I still consider both as separate entities, had the Amiga line been part of a competent parent compay probably still existed today not as a niche OS but as a full funcionable computer ( even if is a little hard to imagine in a world with only PCs and Mac )

[@Sanglaine]

I believe my dad actually had an action max back in the day. And like four ataris and a coleco vision or something. When I talked to him about all the old systems he had he said that he unfortunately sold them and the shit loads of games he had for a mediocre price and he didn't realize that even though all of the stuff he had was 'well loved' in terms of condition, it was still semi valuable in some way.

[@Megaspartan23]

Nappa: Vegeta! What do our reports say on the consoles sales?! Vegeta: Its less then 9000!!! Nappa: What, 9000?!! There's no way that can be right!

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

I wonder if the people behind the Gizmodo ever think their system didn't fail because it was bad, but because "nobody truly saw the genius of playing a game that focuses on mowing the lawn"

[@dacypher22]

I've never been able to understand what happened with NEC in Japan. The PC Engine (Turbo Grafx-16) became dominant in Japan and for several years was even outselling Nintendo, the juggernaut of console gaming in Japan at that time. Then, somehow, they couldn't figure out how to get the public to buy a successor console. Less than 100k sales after selling millions of the previous console? Usually a failing console manufacturer will have a couple of "decay" consoles, where you see their grasp on the market slipping, like the Sega with the Saturn in North America. But NEC decided to skip all of that and go straight from glorious success to absolute failure.

[@Jimfowler82]

Guys a bit offensive about Richard burns, passed away from a brain tumour after winning rally world champ, was a lovely bloke.

[@azzaxjs]

EA would of been proud of the hyper scans intentions

[@mOczakowski]

The Z80 processor in the Casio included in the same list as the NeoGeo is either ignorant or just plain mean spirited was used for Sound processing (it used Toshiba's version of the 68000 cpu as main processor) so using that as a comparison is lame, as the damn thing had 7 cpus, 5 of them custom.

[@mrbuttocks6772]

11:38 This honestly looks like an old 80s-90s anime.

[@KermisVoyager1997]

That's because it is. The game is called "Time Gal".

[@JJAB91]

I can already hear Kenny Lauderdale in the distance.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@JJAB91 *YOU AWAKENED THE BEAST!!!*

[@Gillz93fyi]

You know it's a good day when you get get a fact hunt notification

[@michaelbreen7865]

So many bullets I dodge since getting the NES as a kid.

[@ShaneYukashii]

I actually had the View Master when I was a kid. I remember the Sesame street games, and we had one fighter pilot game. Some of my earliest memories actually

[@Edgewalker001]

The Swedish mafia XD Apparently they were going strong even back then...

[@EmilRutkowski]

It was actually the Uppsala Mafia. Which consisted, at the time, of about five people. Most famous of them is their boss "Fat Steffe"(Tjock-Steffe) who ruined one of the Ferrari Enzo and made international headlines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Eriksson

[@uncivilsum417]

6:18 Richard Burns won the World Rally Championship in 2001 but sadly passed away from cancer in 2005

[@bluexephopsgaming6147]

I guess nobody wanted to play test the commodore with the pack in game

[@Glasshouse828]

Contrary to popular belief, every major home console released since the N64 has for all intents and purposes been 64-bit if not less. It turns out that bits don't really matter anymore when it comes to graphics.

[@GoodmansGhost]

Hell, PCs ran on 32-bit technology into the 2010s.

[@XoxeroThePoet]

I thought that while the N64 had total 64 bits, consoles nowadays have 64 bits for use on various aspects of the games. So, for instance, the reason why 16-bit games have messed up sounding audio is because the graphics only had 12 bits to work with because 4 bits (or something) were used for the audio. Nowadays I know the audio standard is around 16 bits (I mix to 32 bits now, as do a number of newer producers, so that might be the new standard). I don't know about graphics.

[@Adrastia]

During the infamous bit wars they marketed this to kids who had no idea what the hell a bit was. But they understood that more of something was supposed to be better than less of something. So it worked for awhile.

[@solarstrike33]

The 360 used a 32-bit CPU as well!

[@kalip5742]

“We fill in this hole that no one asked to be filled” thought he was talking about Rosanne for a sec

[@EgonTheGreat.]

"just fill the hole, hole filler!"

[@StanislaoMoulinsky79]

@9:35 "We dedicate the new pocket computer Casio FX-750P to Silvio Berlusconi". Wat?

[@temporaneo617]

everyone knows that berlusconi had a weird fetish for japanese computers... i mean, after all the shit he did this seems almost plausible

[@Zapp3012]

And to think Dreamcast was considered a commercial failure for ONLY selling 9 million units!

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Commercial success compared to anything on this list!

[@Zapp3012]

Dustin McNiel You need to get one ASAP!

[@mynthon0]

It's really only considered a failure because it was Sega's last system. According to some sources it actually sold around 10 million, btw. They basically ran out of money due to their earlier failures (32X and Saturn). PS2 totally dominated that gen anyway, but MS and Nintendo had deep pockets, unlike Sega at that time. As you probably know, DC's American launch was actually vey successful. For instance, Master System and PC Engine sold similar numbers, Saturn less, especially in the West, and Wii U barely sold more units. All of these systems also had longer "fully supported" lifespans!

[@johnace91]

oh the Peter Molyneux joke it never gets old . I love it 🤣

[@berzerkersteel2129]

"Fill in this hole, that no one asked to be filled." Sounds like rape to me.

[@Horzuhammer]

I can already see the 64GS prices skyrocketing featuring the new slogan; "The rarest console in the world!"

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

These consoles make the GameCube, Wii U, Dreamcast, and even the _Saturn_ look like massive success stories.

[@dylankvavnagh5604]

Adrienne Shepard those were good consoles but it's sad that they didn't sell well

[@MrStephen182]

The Saturn was a massive success story in Japan and even outsold the N64 in that country.

[@polygonplus9999]

Adrienne Shepard Actually, the Saturn outsold the Dreamcast by approximately 130,000 units.

[@ALLEBGaming]

We are in the hundred THOUSANDS at the 10th entry...? Oh boy here we go

[@manghariz2211]

when you see gizmondo at 4th place you know you got some obscure i mean very obscure console at number 1,2,3

[@atomicskull6405]

Phillips screwdrivers are actually pretty popular in the US unfortunately. The standard was developed for factory line automatic screwdrivers before torque limiting existed and are designed to cam out if too much torque is applied (this was seen as better than shearing off the head with a powered screwdriver). They have no place in the modern world but have hung on in the US because of the installed base. The rest of the world outside the US uses the JIS / DIN 5260 screwdrivers which are a far superior standard for cross head type screws. This causes all kinds of problems when you get American made equipment in Europe or Asia or Asian or European equipment in the US and people don't realize that there are two different standards for cross head type screws and mangle the heads using the wrong tools on them. (three really but the JIS and DIN standards are largely compatible and the DIN standard has replaced JIS in Asia in recent years) The Phillips head standard is garbage though and was never meant for hand tools, they will cam out and strip the heads easily even with the right tooling. Personally I prefer allen or torx heads to cross head type screws though. No chance for confusion with those and they are vastly superior to cross head type screws.

[@Tarukai788]

Robertson or bust. (Torx is probably my favorite driver type)

[@EmergencyChannel]

Flat bit screwdrivers are the best, can't strip them.

[@davidlevy706]

Unfortunately, after P. L. Robertson's unpleasant dealings with an unscrupulous manufacturer in the UK, he refused to license the patent to anyone else. The design impressed Henry Ford, but with Robertson as the sole manufacturer, Ford Motor Company's US demand couldn't be met reliably. As a result, Ford adopted Robertson screws only in Canada (Robertson's home market) and struck a deal with the Phillips Screw Company for Ford's much larger US operations. The rest is history.

[@atomicskull6405]

@Drunken Hobo Try that with an allen drive cap screw and see what happens. Or a TA screw, or any sort of spline drive screw. Anyway the big problem with cross head type screws is there are multiple incompatible standards, Phillips, Frearson, and the JIS/DIN standards and it's not obvious to the layperson which they are just by looking at them. Whereas an allen screw and a torx screw look nothing alike. A lot of people hate allen screws but that comes mostly from using those horrible keys with them. If you are using them a lot you need a proper set of quality allen screwdrivers. Especially with small sizes the allen keys will round off while a quality driver will not. If you are into any sort of hobby grade RC vehicles you better get used to metric allen screws because they all use them almost exclusively.

[@David315842]

In a world of high technology and CD-ROM's were used. The folks over at Commodore, their computers they abused. No one kept up with the Commodore, 'cause the Commodore ain't keeping up with me. No one kept up with the Commodore, 'cause the Commodore ain't keeping up with me. No one was that dumb, that they wanted a Commodore from you. No one was that dumb, that they wanted a Commodore from you. In a world of high technology and changing points of view. Commodore wanted nothing more, then cash so they fooled you. No one kept up with the Commodore, 'cause the Commodore ain't keeping up with me. No one kept up with the Commodore, 'cause the Commodore ain't keeping up with me. (The lyrics that should have been used in Commodore's last days before their bankruptcy).:D

[@satan3959]

To be honest though, all their mistakes were AFTER they forced the founder of the company out.

[@jasonhubbard6775]

Five years ago, Larry made this inaccurate listcicle to trick Watchmojo into exposing themselves as the frauds they are. Sadly, Watchmojo is still going strong.

[@Larry]

Indeed, makes you wonder who else they've stolen from over the years...

[@Quartzer.]

How did he expose them? (Did they copy this video or what)

[@jasonhubbard6775]

@@Quartzer. Yeah, they copied his list, apparently without fact-checking it. 😂

[@Quartzer.]

@@jasonhubbard6775 do you know if a re-upload if the video exsist cause they privated it

[@jasonhubbard6775]

@@Quartzer. No idea, but I suggest you check out Rabbidluigi's video on why Watchmojo sucks. He mentioned the incident involving Larry.

[@Cory_]

I'm so glad to see the Hyper Scan on here. What a shitty Christmas that one was.

[@girlbuu9403]

How could you not include the "Bees in a Box"? It only sold one unit. Granted, it was just me finding a hive of flying stinging insects, managing to quickly stuff them into a box, and you played by not realizing what you paid me a dollar for until I quickly open it and run away, then you try not to avoid being stung. Sadly school officials and my mom banned the manufacturer and sale of more "Bees in a Box". It might have been due to false advertising, as I think they may have been yellow jackets instead of bees? I promised real bees next time but that just seemed to piss them off more.

[@shokydance]

lmaooo

[@allyourpie4323]

So...what was the best time on the any% speed run?

[@retroflashbackdude]

I remember seeing the Commodore CDTV as a bonus round prize on Nick Arcade.

[@NitramGTi]

Very informative and well edited video. Good to get others involved too. One minor point, I did notice an error at 6:53 where it says #5 instead of #4. Anyway, keep up the good work!