Zelda Watch Rescue

[@ShoelessJP]

Wade encouraging James to make his own channel has really been an awesome net positive for the retro tech community on here. You can see with every video James getting more and more comfortable behind a camera.... despite what people online may tell you, being on a camera and talking is not a walk in the park and takes some time to get used to. Keep up the great work ol' mate James, I'm subbed to you on Floatplane as well!

[@Games_for_James]

Thanks!! Yeah you’re not wrong, talking on camera is way harder than it sounds.

[@Lizlodude]

I feel like anyone who says "making videos is easy" should think back to whatever random video essay thing they had to record in school. You stand in front of a camera and your brain just stops wording properly lol.

[@callumsutherland8750]

​@Games_for_James mate talking to yourself is only easy if there isn't a camera (and/or microphone) hell you do it quite well as I do enjoy your videos even if I was born a bit later then anything you look at (2000)

[@morph-the-cat]

​@@Games_for_James you sound very natural

[@CableWrestler]

...says the man who made one video 6 years ago...

[@aserta]

0:59 i buy them from glasses repair kits. Specifically the tiny screws that hold the nose pads. About the same size. Tho, i do drill out the old screw post, pour resin inside and redrill for a new hole for them. Better than forcing the old hole.

[@Psytherea]

Would filling with super glue work instead of resin? Also for the screw you can get the screw measurements and find screws for plastic (typically wider threads than screws going into metal). Then use flush cutters that can handle hardened steel and a diamond file to clean up the burrs

[@fordesponja]

​@@Psythereano, superglue crystallizes and cracks over time. It's not recommended for doing any serious repair

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@fordesponjaAnd the act of drilling it is, itself, sometimes enough to crack it!

[@garystinten9339]

​@@Psythereasuper glue and baking powder/soda

[@possibly8180]

​​@@fordesponja they're only ever good for minor repairs on unstressed areas on something. I personally only use them in conjunction with scrap pieces of fiber to make pseudo-fiberglass patches lmao

[@competitivedishwasher6579]

"A friend of mine" Does this friend have a dog named Frank?

[@Metal_Maxine]

A doggo with legs so short, you never notice them

[@skyraider87]

​@@Metal_Maxine a sausage dog

[@_SYDGAMING_]

​@Metal_Maxine ​And has the ability to become a pretzel

[@Metal_Maxine]

@@_SYDGAMING_ and has no nose yet smells terribly

[@AB0BA_69]

You can be friends with people other than Wade, mate 😂

[@quagmier3]

For the tiny screws I would go to a thift store like Cashies and purchase a parts donor watch. Most Casio and Timex watches made within the last 20 years used tiny screws like that. Just get a cheap ugly one that has the same size or even larger might help.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Just incase others don't see it... Someone else suggested using the screws in an Eyeglasses Repair Kit. To which I concur with that suggestion. Donor watch definitely makes for a good fallback option, though!

[@rufur2]

Our favourite goblin engineer doesn't use hot glue today, shock!

[@carlosarmiento926]

because the item is not his.

[@ali645.]

Shocking indead

[@Jibbly-sk5vz]

Because hes fixing and not engineering

[@Plantera2electricboogaloo]

Now I’m picturing the Goblin Techies gluing bombs with hot glue and an Australian accent.

[@ElectroNicko_]

You mean regular engineer? They're all like this, hot glue is love, hot glue is life.

[@CowLiver]

This isn't a game and watch, this is a watch and game.

[@TheVincentZone]

james out here fixing all of wades watches

[@Code7Unltd]

And most of them just need their batteries swapped, which is the real kicker.

[@101stsurvivor]

I've found that those sets of replacement nose pads for glasses come with just about every weird tiny screw you could ever need. Like 10 bucks on ebay, I originally bought a set to fix my glasses but the assortment of tiny screws have come in handy so many times.

[@Tambasarem]

ONE BIT! HALF BIT! QUARTER BIT! THE WRIIIIIST GAAAAAAAME!!!

[@SlavTiger]

64 bits, 32 bits, Sixteen bits. Eight bit. FOUR BITS! TWO BITS! ONE BIT! HALF BIT!! QUARTER BIT!!! THE WRIIIIST GAMEEE!!!!

[@DanielTimberwolf]

Love how these Tiger-esque games are literally all the same, whether made by "Nintendo" or just some random chanticleer hegemony Pop Station....

[@doru9915]

The difference between this and actual Nintendo LCD games is that the nintendo ones are actually good

[@Brick_Soup]

Wade and James perfectly cover all my interests and hobbies lol

[@neemz0117]

These two plus Chad and max lol

[@ilovemykittyika]

same

[@blankadams3120]

"I don't know what the 1770 means..." Well, clearly, it's a time machine, James.

[@yaroslavgorbunov6824]

THE WRIST GAME

[@abyssiondeportergil5404]

Seems like the Tiger ones shittines came from the original ones XD.

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

WHAT. THE. ASS…??

[@petrolhead0387]

I always have 1000 extra steps on my pedometer when I play the wrist game.

[@Nurah.S.S]

But tbh this one is probably the best one of its kind

[@jessica23claire]

ONE BIT HALF BIT QUARTER BIT - T H E W R I S T G AAAAAAAAAAAAME

[@deividasb]

I'm a big watch enthusiast and seeing James servicing this watch was pretty cool! I would love to see James doing some basic servicing to mechanical watches, though that would be its own huge rabbit hole.

[@quickdudes1352]

Funny thing: I found one of these in black at a yard sale today. Didn't buy it but I find it funny this popped up

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Your phone was clearly listening in on your conversations (and using it's 5G to hack your brainwaves)... So it knew to suggest this! That's actually only half joking, too 🥴 Years back, AvE had mentioned in a video how he and a friend were driving, with his phone in the cupholder, and he took it out to do something on it, and got an advert for THE EXACT THING they were talking about. It was something construction related or the like, so not coincidental lol That's when he checked and found it that, at least back then, having the phones voice assistant always listening can indeed lead to those kind of things happening. That's when I decided to never enable Bixby or Google Assistant 😅 _(also because where I live, it would've used all my data bandwidth, which was also what my home internet ran off of at that time)_

[@Phawks]

Every time I think of the Zelda Nelsonic Game Watch I can’t help but think about BDG’s Unraveled video

[@krell.1415]

The Zelda Game & Watch what about the Zelda Game Watch? That's right the Nelsonic Zelda Game Watch!

[@CaptainRex332]

Yay yelling Australia man’s friend uploaded

[@10brokenradios]

relatively quieter Australia man!

[@alexcharles8541]

@@10brokenradios*moderately quieter Australia Man.

[@10brokenradios]

@@alexcharles8541 quieter relative to Wade, i mean

[@iandoesallthethings]

​@@alexcharles8541loud australia man talks about nuggets, but this quieter australia man talks about tendies.

[@bobbyp4025]

I remember seeing that at cashies. I thought about going back to buy it thinking it would never be sold. Find out Wade bought it and made a video 😮‍💨

[@nickwallette6201]

I had a Super Mario Bros. watch when I was a kid. I came to the conclusion that it was indeed a watch with ... a "game." Technically. (Kind of.) It turns out that the _idea_ of a watch with a game is a lot more fun than an _actual_ watch with a game.

[@qess]

Uh uh uh! I had this one! Wow. It was amazing back then, to have an actual playable game in your watch, felt like a super power. I played it to the point of going for no hit runs. True nostalgia. Thanks for sharing!

[@cluelesskouhai]

just in time for me to watch on the way to nintendo live, thanks james!

[@yvendous]

I adore the art surrounding the screen, especially the link

[@darci5478]

2:15 that's what she said

[@SmenDeSmen]

its funny to me that the first time i see James irritated is at a zelda game watch XD

[@yappingfornothing]

yes james, I'll watch this

[@SailorLoonie]

This is my everyday watch c: I have a new wristband on it, but I love it so much. Its a great conversation piece

[@dreamcastfan]

I had the Mario 3 and Mario World watches, they were both pretty decent games for something that would fit on your wrist. Mario World had insanely loud intro music so mine was almost confiscated once at school when a “friend” pressed the buttons to start the game.

[@0mnigeek]

Only channel I have notifications on for. Always worth it.

[@TheUndersigned]

Wade needs to bring James along to Cashies and just do a Cashies Super Special where he fixes all the garbage Wade gets.

[@Jake1702]

What I would've done to have one of these in my school days.

[@lastwymsi]

I got an ad about an industrial water softener when I clicked this video 😂

[@glassowlie]

???

[@PowerUpT]

I like my water like I like my bread that I left on the counter overnight: soft and fuzzy.

[@GaigeG203]

I forgot what cereal box but that zelda watch reminds me of the Star Fox watch I wanted as a kid

[@Retrolovegamer]

WE LOVE JAMES WE SAY IN UNISON

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

What sometimes helps is putting a little superglue on the thread of the screw before screwing it back in, or putting that drop in the screw hole and letting it dry a bit (a few secods, not completely).

[@lilmac_plays]

your channel never fails to make me crack up. keep it up mate.

[@aintnobodygottimefer]

1;00 regarding the screws not fitting in the holes: i would put superglue in the holes, screw it in and wait for it to dry. one it is dry it will create a new hole that will fit the screws like new.

[@BenjaminManns]

In my extensive experience (taking stuff apart as a kid), the place you buy those screws is by taking apart other toys until you find one that fits.

[@thetriathigamer1544]

THE. WRIST. GAME.

[@blankadams3120]

"Link is attacked by crushing Iron Balls, Ferocious Bats, and a fire breathing Dragons." Yup, you got that right, manual...

[@samholdsworth420]

James: watch this. Me: ok I would find some trash plastic components that have little screws and see if you can steal any from there 🤷🏻 like a toy drone. They're usually full of tiny screws lol.

[@gamemeister27]

Like someone else said, McMaster would be the answer if they ship internationally

[@silpheedTandy]

that Shrek Watch, after all the intimate time you spent with it, though it was your close friend, James. it's going to be heartbroken when it realizes you've been calling it "stupid" behind its back all this time :'(

[@Koyol]

I had the Super Mario Bros. watch. Wore it to school a few times. Scared I'd be caught playing it in class but never was. Eventually I maxed the score on it. Love it. I think a Star Fox version was offered through Corn Flakes. I don't know if we never got enough or my parents never bothered to mail the tops in but never did get one.

[@TheGaryHughes]

"A friend of mine asked me to fix it" wonder who that could be 🤔

[@Furko08]

I always forget about the cat at the end and am always pleasantly surprised

[@Markleford]

KITTY! "Even thought I hate it, I like it" -- James, 2024

[@gunnmetal115]

I have this watch upstairs. Never knew how to play.

[@894MUSIC]

4:32 a _couple_ of my own… HMMMM! riiiight!

[@3800scgp]

Had the black version of this when I was a kid- don't remember If I even knew what I was doing with it then 😄

[@Rad_Dan]

This is the earliest I’ve ever seen one of your uploads… right in the middle of a playthrough of twilight princess, nice.

[@jama211]

The watch game is actually really impressive given the limitations!

[@jriceohnson]

You could maybe use glasses screws, those are pretty tiny and could fit

[@elfalcon666]

Whenever I can't find the right screw I use a self tapper, hope this helps

[@WeekdayWeekend]

But I don't wanna just WATCH games I wanna PLAY games tooooo. Nintendo: hold my beer

[@thatoneguy808]

If this isn’t a Game & Watch, is it instead….a Watch & Game?

[@JessicaKStark]

I don't know if McMaster Carr sells to Australia but if they don't have some kind of hardware it doesn't exist.

[@GraflexParts]

Mcmaster can also check with suppliers if you are looking for something specific that is not within the spec range they are giving for similar products.

[@RyanMercer]

I had the Mario version of that!

[@okname5335]

1% repair 99% gaming

[@ThatGuy89002]

"a friend of mine" i guess we should be on the look out for that watch in garbage time

[@Rodville]

I have this in black. Got it when I was a kid. Never learned how to play it.

[@SnoreMan2]

This reminds me of the Tiger Electronics guff.

[@Code7Unltd]

That bin food and these multifunction watches are not too different from each other. One just can tell time, and the Tiger's bin food can't.

[@dieseldragon6756]

I had one of these as a kid, and (Predictably) they were sized mainly for use by children. I don't think they ever saw adults (With much larger hands) playing these, or the whole retro revival thing coming along 20 years later. 😇

[@kansnex]

As a wise nerd from Pennsylvania would say: "What were they thinking?!"

[@Cyby124]

missing screw? "SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE"

[@dylanrobinson4658]

Ah yes my favorite Zelda enemy iron ball

[@TyCrawford]

New speedrun unlocked

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

That was almost as cool as my classmates Casio watch with built in TV Remote, which I somehow talked him out of letting my use during Music class in... like 5th grade _ (so 1992ish?)..._ I managed to program it to the TV on the classic TV Cart, and turn it off a few times, at which point she thought it was malfunctioning and got a _different_ cart! 😅 But my classmate wanted his watch back, so to not have it taken away, and so we had to watch whatever abysmal thing it was... _(it was a catholic school, so you _*_KNOW_*_ it had to be awful!)_ If you're out there Brian Flemming, this beers to you! 🍺😁

[@BuddyCorp]

I'm pretty sure a version of this game was included in the rerelease Zelda game and watch from a couple of years ago.

[@stijnVDA1994]

Hey james, I have a possibly usefull helpfull bonus tool for unscrewing stuff: a flat rubber band. It's helpfull for worn out screws to get them loose...

[@Games_for_James]

I’ll try that!

[@KatKawa87]

I wonder where this entry fits in the Zelda timeline

[@Map71Vette]

My brother had this watch (different color band I think though), and I had a Mario one. I know I still have mine somewhere.

[@billygoatguy3960]

whatever music someone had on in the background made it a little more bearable than the horrid beeping of the watch

[@acvtfassociation8386]

If this game is beatable, there are gonna be Legend of Zelda watch speedruns.

[@yourbrokenoven]

I had one of these when I was about 11 or 12. Grey or black in color I think. Wish I had held on to it. I believe the sound on yours isn't quite right. I recall there being a second lower tone that made a sort of harmony, unless your mic just isn't picking it up.

[@ABZ12309]

Hi James I'd like to say your a cool guy :D

[@judigbr9430]

I have one of those! I’ve wanted to get it working for ages. I’ve not been able to work out what’s wrong with it. I loved playing it when I was a kid

[@glassesofficial]

I too love pretending the specks of dirt on my watch are little tiny video game characters

[@janzibansi9218]

james channel!

[@alexandrarabinovici3826]

You can get those little plastic screws from a pair of eye glassses

[@ChanningHandler]

I liked the part where the watch made beeping noises

[@crunchieorange]

New apple watch looks fire

[@thekingoffailure9967]

James Chappel

[@sammy20024]

Maybe try a craft/hobby store. Those screws look like ones people use for dollhouses and other miniature-related hobbies.

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

i love this watch (even tho it will be a nightmare to play lol), i would rather have this instead of a smartwatch XD and it was pretty easy to repair. for the little screw, i think they are similar to the ones that are in the glasses stands, i saved a lot of those mini screw so i think they might fit.

[@LeoFlipnotes]

I wish it had a beepy version of the legend of Zelda theme

[@BasilNolan-dl7hz]

Amazing

[@StorytellerTina]

My cat sure doesn’t like the way this thing sounds. 😂

[@Nukle0n]

Screws look like you could replace them with M1.4 or M1.7. maybe add a dab of glue or something to the screw posts to reinforce them before reassembly.

[@epicbasedman]

The fixing watches series.

[@DweezilBubbadown]

I had one of those!

[@Shrek_pods]

My favorite content

[@a3-radio]

Lets be real, james only posted this video so people in the comments could tell him were to find the screws he needed xD

[@kebbysempai]

Oh so that's where that went

[@BombermanX]

those screws are the exact same as glasses screws

[@PontiacVR]

Make a full video of your whole room collection

[@stuartmangold595]

for replacement screws try a cheap eyeglass repair kit

[@pistolpetereal]

I have a Q Bert watch made by the same company that I found at a yard sale that I was able to fix. I wear it haha

[@nathanbrute9075]

Think I’ll finally break out my 2 dalek watches and actually fix them.

[@TheZero1er]

My cousin had the Star Fox watch he got from buying Kellog's Corn Flakes.

[@Nahyoudontgetthat]

Obligatory James Channel