Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Try sponsor Readly and get 1 month free! readly.me/nostalgianerd21 ~ This is the type of game console that you hear as an urban legend, a myth. A tale told only by those who asked for a Konix Multisystem for Christmas 1989, but never received one. But this console did exist, and it was incredibly close to launch. The Konix Multisystem was such a novel and impressive games console that it actually could have changed gaming forever, had the Japanese not been so terrified of it. Join me, as we delve into the story of this unreleased, cancelled, forgotten console; The Konix Multi System.
Thank you to fellow 'Streambean' Sky for her "Chair" cameo: twitch.tv/attacracc
and to Voice peeps;
ThisisMartaaa: twitch.tv/thisismartaaa
James Hare: twitter.com/JamesHareVoices
DrummerGeek: twitter.com/DrummerGeek
Ponder: twitter.com/Ponder65
WhatHoSnorkers: youtube.com/JamesO'GradyWhatHoSnorkers
RetroBytes: youtube.com/c/RetroBytesUK
Ken Faulkner: twitter.com/kpfaulkner
⏱️Chapters⏱️
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Enter Flare Technology
08:49 Enter Konix
09:51 Readly
11:22 Slipstream Controller
14:26 The Chair
16:43 Flare & Konix
24:59 Exhibitions & Games
30:21 Konix Multisystem Promo
32:46 The Problem was...
37:02 The Multi System Controller
41:27 The Legacy
44:56 Credits
🔗Video Links🔗
Mark Campbell's site: konixmultisystem.co.uk
Jon Dean's site: guv1.com
🎵Music🎵
Licenced from Epidemic Sound;
Crossing That Bridge - Brendon Moeller.mp3
On the March - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Apparent Solution - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Following On - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Vivid Space - Locus Clouds.mp3
Space Palace - Yesable.mp3
Plodia Interpunctella - Guy Copeland.mp3
The One Who Almost Got Away - Marten Moses.mp3
Gotcha - Edward Joe Myers.mp3
Always Always (Instrumental Version) - Duplex Heart.mp3
Beat Concrete - Marc Torch.mp3
Black Neon - Imprismed.mp3
Lymantria Dispar - Guy Copeland.mp3
Biston Betularia - Guy Copeland.mp3
Timepass - Marten Moses.mp3
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Try sponsor Readly and get 1 month free! readly.me/nostalgianerd21 ~ This is the type of game console that you hear as an urban legend, a myth. A tale told only by those who asked for a Konix Multisystem for Christmas 1989, but never received one. But this console did exist, and it was incredibly close to launch. The Konix Multisystem was such a novel and impressive games console that it actually could have changed gaming forever, had the Japanese not been so terrified of it. Join me, as we delve into the story of this unreleased, cancelled, forgotten console; The Konix Multi System.
Thank you to fellow 'Streambean' Sky for her "Chair" cameo: twitch.tv/attacracc
and to Voice peeps;
ThisisMartaaa: twitch.tv/thisismartaaa
James Hare: twitter.com/JamesHareVoices
DrummerGeek: twitter.com/DrummerGeek
Ponder: twitter.com/Ponder65
WhatHoSnorkers: youtube.com/JamesO'GradyWhatHoSnorkers
RetroBytes: youtube.com/c/RetroBytesUK
Ken Faulkner: twitter.com/kpfaulkner
⏱️Chapters⏱️
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Enter Flare Technology
08:49 Enter Konix
09:51 Readly
11:22 Slipstream Controller
14:26 The Chair
16:43 Flare & Konix
24:59 Exhibitions & Games
30:21 Konix Multisystem Promo
32:46 The Problem was...
37:02 The Multi System Controller
41:27 The Legacy
44:56 Credits
🔗Video Links🔗
Mark Campbell's site: konixmultisystem.co.uk
Jon Dean's site: guv1.com
🎵Music🎵
Licenced from Epidemic Sound;
Crossing That Bridge - Brendon Moeller.mp3
On the March - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Apparent Solution - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Following On - Brendon Moeller.mp3
Vivid Space - Locus Clouds.mp3
Space Palace - Yesable.mp3
Plodia Interpunctella - Guy Copeland.mp3
The One Who Almost Got Away - Marten Moses.mp3
Gotcha - Edward Joe Myers.mp3
Always Always (Instrumental Version) - Duplex Heart.mp3
Beat Concrete - Marc Torch.mp3
Black Neon - Imprismed.mp3
Lymantria Dispar - Guy Copeland.mp3
Biston Betularia - Guy Copeland.mp3
Timepass - Marten Moses.mp3
🏆 Support 🏆
Support my channel, get exclusive videos & perks, as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at patreon.com/nostalgianerd from just $1
🏪 NN Shop & Affiliate Links! 🏪
My eBay Shop: nnerd.es/NerdShop (Now Re-open!)
My Retro Tech book: nnerd.me/HVFtSB (2nd edition is out!)
Desk Shelves for Retro Computers: nnerd.me/RetroShelves (Because you're worth it)
🍻 Share/Like 🍻
If you wish to share this video in forums, social media, on your website, or ANYWHERE else, please do so! It helps tremendously with the channel! Also, giving a thumb up or down also helps with visibility on Youtube. Many thanks!
📟 Subcribe 📟
Click to Subscribe: nnerd.es/2K4TYvX
📱 Join me on Social Media 📱
🐥 twitter.com/nostalnerd
🎮 twitch.tv/nostalgianerd
👱🏼📘 facebook.com/nostalnerd
📸 instagram.com/nostalgianerd
🌍 nostalgianerd.com
🎥 Equipment 🎥
Panasonic Lumix G5
Rode NT-1 Mic
Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2021
Corel Paint Shop Pro 2021
📜 Resources 📜
In video links and references are provided where possible. If you believe I have forgotten to attribute anything, please let me know (drop me an email via. the about page on Youtube or send me a tweet), so I can add it here. Apologies if I have missed anything out, it takes time to make these videos and therefore it can be easy to forget things or make a mistake.
Errors and omissions excepted.
Some material in this video may be used under Fair Dealing / Fair Use. Where under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (UK: Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988), allowance is made for purposes including parody, quotation, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, education and research. Fair Dealing / Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
