LGRCelebrating 15 years of LGR! When I first starting making these videos, the retro gaming and vintage computer scene looked quite different. So let's take a look back at how much the hobby has changed in the last decade and a half! Mostly for the better, I feel.
How the Retro Scene Has Changed 2009-2024LGR2024-06-28 | Celebrating 15 years of LGR! When I first starting making these videos, the retro gaming and vintage computer scene looked quite different. So let's take a look back at how much the hobby has changed in the last decade and a half! Mostly for the better, I feel.
#LGR #retro #vintage #computerWhat happened to the LGR collectionLGR2024-10-17 | Two trees cleaved through my house after Hurricane Helene blew through my mountain home of Asheville. While I’ve shown that the damage to the structure is intense, many have asked what happened to the LGR retro collection, vintage computers, video games and such. So here’s an update!
Of course the most important thing to me is that myself, my family, and my friends here are safe. But I am also deeply thankful it was not any worse in terms of items destroyed or damaged. The majority of old hardware and software survived, and LGR videos (eventually) will continue!
00:00 progress so far 01:00 inside damage 04:06 affected items 09:38 stuff safe in storage
#LGR #asheville #hurricaneLGR is postponed a while. But I’m safe!LGR2024-10-03 | Hurricane Helene kinda wrecked my house in Asheville North Carolina – but I’m safe and LGR will rebuild and go on, in time!
● LGR elsewhere, Twitter is kept the most up to date: twitter.com/LazyGameReviews facebook.com/LazyGameReviews patreon.com/LazyGameReviewsSims 5 is dead. Now what? The Sims 4: 10 Years of MehLGR2024-09-23 | Rambling about the current state of The Sims 4 after having just passed the ten year anniversary of the game's release. Also the future of the series now that The Sims 5 is confirmed as no longer happening. Eh. Meh. Bleh. Whatever.
● Some music from Sims 1 OST, the rest from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com
#LGR #sims4 #gaming #news3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 TV: Video, Radio, BIG DONGLELGR2024-09-13 | Unboxing, setting up, and enjoying the Voodoo 3 3500 TV card from 3dfx. When it launched in 1999 it was one of the best GPUs around, and the fastest V3 from the factory! Its main appeal though is its TV and FM radio tuning and video capture abilities, all thanks to its big long dongle.
00:00 intro 01:00 historical context 05:07 unboxing 07:31 installation 09:14 initial testing 10:32 driver woes 12:05 analog video input 13:35 television software 17:43 radio application 19:11 InterVideo WinDVD 20:43 Ulead VideoStudio 3 23:10 Quake III issues 25:00 more driver oddities 26:12 Quake 3 benchmark 27:07 Forsaken 27:48 Midtown Madness 2 28:32 Max Payne 29:52 3DMark 99 Max 30:36 outroduction
#LGR #retro #gaming #graphicsLI Retro Gaming: 2024’s Most Unique Retro Convention!LGR2024-09-06 | Checking out Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, a unique classic game show at the Cradle of Aviation Museum! An overview of the show itself, what it's like attending and exhibiting, and of course a tour of everything they had on display in 2024. It's become my favorite vintage video game event, so let's dive in!
00:00 intro, show overview 01:46 getting there 03:59 the show itself 08:32 marketplace vendors 10:31 the LGR table, foods 12:14 panels and cosplay 13:06 hangar arcade 14:31 arcade game hall 15:46 console history 17:36 videogame exhibits 18:43 DOS and Windows PCs 20:21 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit computers 21:41 weird museum stuff 22:39 outroduction
#LGR #retro #event #computer #travelSuperDisk Digital Photography 25 Years Later: 1999 Panasonic SD4090LGR2024-08-23 | Retrospective on the PV-SD4090 digital camera from 1999! Panasonic decided to make a digicam based on the LS-120 Super Disk format they manufactured, and jeez is it an upgrade over a Sony Mavica in many ways. So I took it with me on a trip to New York to test it out!
00:00 SuperDisk PalmCam 01:12 Some LS-120 context 02:34 90s Panasonic cams 05:06 Unboxing the SD4090 06:14 Camera sounds, features 09:02 Photo, video examples 13:56 Windows 95 software 15:29 Unusually enjoyable!
#LGR #retro #photography #camera #digitalLGR - The Sims 4 Lovestruck ReviewLGR2024-08-02 | Gameplay and overview of the SIXTEENTH expansion pack to The Sims 4. This time it's all about romance and all that comes with it! Relationship dynamics, dating, jealousy, gaudy decor, and lots and lots of woohoo. Is it worth yet another $40? Let's see!
#LGR #thesims4 #reviewThe First Acer Aspire! $2,500 Windows 95 Desktop PC from 1995LGR2024-07-26 | The original emerald green Acer Aspire is a 90s classic! A once-common PC that has become a desired rarity for its styling by Hartmut Esslinger's Frog Design group. And its specs were respectable in 1995 with a 100MHz Pentium, 16MB RAM, 2MB PCI graphics, Sound Blaster Vibra 16 and Windows 95. So let's run the factory restoration CD and explore what it can do!
00:00 Acer in 1995 02:38 this Aspire 575LB 04:35 monitor, keyboard, mouse 06:16 award winning style 07:50 motherboard I/O 08:22 inside the case 09:55 hard disk issues 11:02 restoring the HDD 12:18 first startup 13:45 ACE Desktop 15:40 graphics memory 16:35 sound, MIDI test 17:10 voice control 18:00 City Streets 18:55 ISPs, online apps 19:44 TripMaker 20:21 so much is installed 21:14 Asteroids, Fury 3, WEP 22:32 Jazz Jackrabbit Trilogy 23:33 Acer software library 24:23 Let's Explore the Airport 25:50 Pod by UbiSoft 28:15 Duke Nukem 3D 29:28 Tyrian 30:00 value in the slowness
#LGR #retro #computer #Acer #windowsThe 75-disc tower! KDS PC Controlled CD Organizer from 2001LGR2024-07-12 | The KDS PC CD Organizer was first released in 2001 and holds 75 discs of any type! CDs, DVDs, games, software, doesn't matter. Mainly because it relies on your PC for all the smarts and data-related stuff. Still, it's a fascinating optical media storage solution and the motorized innards are just fun to look at!
00:00 intro to the tower 01:52 VGP-XL1B 02:52 KDS things 04:46 unboxing 09:50 testing 17:04 picking discs 19:19 cataloguing discs 22:51 How To Computers 24:36 inside the tower 26:33 outroduction
#LGR #retro #computer #CDs #hardwareLGR Oddware - Novint Falcon Haptic Controller from 2007LGR2024-07-05 | Checking out the 2007 Novint Technologies Falcon on LGR Oddware! A combination of haptics and force feedback providing up to 2 pounds of force for everything from recoil, to impacts, to caressing balls. A fascinating input device that never got the userbase it arguably deserved.
00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:33 The Novint Falcon 01:45 Novint Technologies 03:48 What happened 06:22 Controller and grips 09:54 Setup and testing 11:39 Ball demo 15:28 Bundled minigames 24:49 F-Gen Manager 28:09 Half-Life 2 31:58 Portal 34:14 Scripts & Crysis 2 36:32 Mouse passthrough 38:11 It deserved better
#LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddwareBuilding a 1996 Dual Pentium Pro NT Workstation PC!LGR2024-06-14 | Assembling a mid 90s Windows NT workstation computer! Specifically NT 4.0 with two Intel Pentium Pro 200MHz processors, maxed-out RAM, and a Matrox MGA Millennium video card. All in an awesome metal case on wheels. Testing, dusting, building, troubleshooting, games, CAD rendering and more! Most of which I've never done so let's dive in and make some mistakes.
00:00 what we're making 02:01 the motherboard 06:58 the tower case 11:38 a talking BIOS 12:20 testing the Socket 8 14:16 cleaning the mobo 15:53 upgrading cooling 17:49 swapping casters 20:48 cleaning the case 21:51 standoffs, cables 22:46 Matrox Millennium 23:42 power supply issues 25:02 Quantum Bigfoot HDD 26:15 choosing an OS 27:40 installing NT 4.0 30:50 first NT impressions 32:38 3D Pinball Space Cadet 33:15 NT driver complaints 34:36 MIDI playback 35:38 Photoshop 5.5 36:43 AutoCAD R14 38:23 MS-DOS "support" 39:35 the Duke 3D test 40:21 Quake II and OpenGL 41:46 Age of Empires 42:43 Matrox MGA stuff 43:53 Asymetrix 3D F/X 45:05 ray tracing 46:23 Tandberg SLR50 tape drive 48:37 intake fans, 5.25" infrared 51:11 freezing on boot 51:59 in summary, I'm frazzled
#LGR #retro #computer #buildingThe 1984 MacPhone for Apple Macintosh ComputersLGR2024-05-31 | Unboxing and setting up this 80s retro oddity on LGR! The Intermatrix Mac Phone is an early peripheral for the original Apple Mac computer from 1984. For $200 back then you got a telephone to stick on the side of your system, a dialer program... and that's about it! It's become a rather rare collectible, so let's install and test this one 40 years later.
00:00 introduction 01:49 history 04:29 unboxing 05:42 setup problems 08:08 setup success 10:40 software 13:02 phone calls 15:04 rotary phone 16:19 text to speech 17:10 vaporwave 18:03 disassembly 18:57 outroduction
#LGR #retro #computer #apple #phoneWeird 90s PC Keyboards - The Scanner & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘LGR2024-05-24 | I've covered many weird old computer mice before, but keyboards? We've barely scratched the surface! So let's take a look at ̶t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ TWO strange PC keyboards from the mid 1990s this time on LGR. The Future split ergonomic board from Acer and the PaperPort Scanner Keyboard by Compatibles by Compaq.
00:00 A trio of odd keyboards 00:47 Compaq Scanner Keyboard 16:22 Acer Future Keyboard 28:41 The trio became a duo
#LGR #retro #computer #keyboard #oddwareStreets of SimCity 27 Years Later: An LGR RetrospectiveLGR2024-05-17 | It's been ages since I first covered this so it's high time for a revisit! Streets of SimCity was a flawed jankfest of a game, yet I've always had a fondness for it. Exploring your SimCity 2000 cities in 3D was fantastic in 1997 and even with all the bugs and crashing I played it a ton. So let's revisit it decades later, now with the excellent SimStreetsX patch!
#LGR #retro #gaming #racing #pcThe 1992 Mouse Yoke! Convert a mouse into a flight yoke, oddlyLGR2024-05-03 | Checking out the odd Mouse Yoke from 1992! Colorado Spectrum sold several flight simulator adjacent devices in the 90s but this is the weird one of the bunch. Clamp the base to a desk, strap in a computer mouse, slide in the shaft, and enjoy a realistic aircraft yoke! Possibly, in theory, sort of! A bizarre thing that is prime LGR Oddware indeed.
00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:32 The Mouse Yoke 02:41 Colorado Spectrum 04:02 Critical response 05:20 Unboxing the weirdness 09:19 Setup and testing 11:16 LHX Attack Chopper 14:54 Flight Simulator 98 16:55 Doom II 17:58 Unreal Tournament 18:59 Stunts 20:43 Optical Descent test 21:25 What it says on the tin!
#LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddwareIntel Pocket PC Cam from 2000: Revisiting My First Digital Camera!LGR2024-04-26 | Revisiting this CS-630 from the year 2000! The Intel Pocket PC Camera is a glorified webcam with batteries when it comes down to it. But that simplicity made it an ideal introduction into shooting digital for 14-year-old me back in the day! So join me as I unbox a new one and revisit this toylike camera for the first time over two decades.
00:00 My first digital camera 02:18 Some historical context 05:06 Unboxing the CS630 06:50 Camera features 09:50 Intel Create & Share software 13:41 Reality Fusion games 14:48 2024 photo examples 19:38 Pics from decades ago 27:29 Unforeseen consequences
#LGR #retro #photography #camera #digitalI bought a 25-year-old printer & regret EVERYTHINGLGR2024-04-19 | I've made a huge mistake and ignored the first rule of vintage computing: NEVER buy an old inkjet printer, especially a 90s Canon. Yet here we are with a BJC-2000 color printer from 1999... in an ideal world this was gonna be a fun romp into Windows 95 Bubble Jet printing, plus a test of the IS-22 scanner cartridge. In reality though, everything about this thing sucks and is awful and that should surprise no one. Least of all me, but whatcha gonna do 🤷♂️
#lgr #computer #retro #printing #failUnreal Tournament 2004 20 Years Later: An LGR RetrospectiveLGR2024-04-05 | Revisiting UT2004 two decades later! This sequel to UT99 (er, UT2003?) from Epic Games and Digital Extremes was a staple of PC gaming in the 2000s, with the bombastic Onslaught mode being added to the classics of deathmatch, capture the flag, and so on. So let's review this classic FPS and dive into its predecessor, its gameplay, multiplayer, mods and more!
#LGR #Review #videogames #retro #unrealengineOpening Lots of Retro Tech Oddities & LGR Mail! March 2024LGR2024-03-29 | The first (and only?) LGR donations unboxing episode of 2024! Opening up a nice big selection of vintage hardware, software, oddware, computer games, and retro tech. Massive thank you to everyone who contributed this lovely stuff, it is all appreciated!
00:00 LGR Mailbag video begins 00:27 Teijin MO disks 01:03 Microsoft Bob t-shirt 02:19 Old SD memory cards 03:23 DataWare Mouse House 04:10 Abitare Chairs book 05:17 SimCity 3000 for Linux 07:33 PowerPCME Albums 10:47 Cart Zine by Shannon Spence 12:45 Orpheus 2 LT sound card 14:20 Gravis Ultrasound Extreme 15:49 Windows Holiday Sweater 17:25 3D Realms collectibles 19:45 Tiger Quiz Wiz 20:55 Custom mini arcade cab 23:35 Anders Enger Jensen music 25:29 Vaporwave Bryce 3D art 26:46 ATi All-In-Wonder, Pentium 2 29:22 Dick Tracy Fossil smartwatch 31:16 MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries 32:07 Zoo Tycoon board game 33:36 Boxed ASUS Eee PC 35:29 Star Trek TNG Mouse 37:25 Tyan Slot 1 motherboard 39:18 Dancing Baby, STB Nitro 64 40:57 KDS PC Controlled CD Tower 42:22 PC games from Taiwan 44:49 Apple II PC Transporter 47:06 IBM Model M5-2 keyboard 49:14 Compaq iPAQ Internet Appliance 50:40 And that is it!
#LGR #Retro #Unboxing #computer #vintage #technologyRestoring a 1997 Gateway PC! Windows 95 Pentium 2 DesktopLGR2024-03-22 | I got this nifty Gateway 2000 desktop from the 90s and don't know much about it! Except that it cost $2,649 when it was new. So let's dive into the G6-233M with its Pentium II MMX 233MHz and see what else is inside, what's broken or missing, and what needs repair and cleaning and such.
00:00 Gateway 2000 G6-233 02:52 Pricing and specs 04:55 Ports and I/O 05:48 Inside the case 08:33 Power on test 10:37 Slot 1 Pentium II 12:35 Drive testing 15:46 CD-ROM replacement, cleaning 17:01 Installing Windows 95 18:33 Sound card woes 21:13 Starting over... 23:05 Double dead opticals 24:31 POD by Ubisoft 26:17 Command & Conquer Red Alert 28:05 Need For Speed 4 fail 29:44 Half-Life in OpenGL 31:38 DX8 Direct3D tests 32:08 Quake 32:55 SimCity 3000 35:06 Need For Speed High Stakes 36:39 PC speaker in Crystal Caves 37:07 AdLib emulation in Commander Keen 37:45 General MIDI in Duke 3D 39:25 Distracted by Hover! 39:58 Cleaning the computer 41:55 Reassembling, final thoughts
#lgr #computer #retro #restoration #gamingThe First Dual Touchscreen Laptop! Libretto W100 from 2010LGR2024-03-15 | Taking a retrospective look at the Toshiba Libretto W100, an innovative dual 7-inch touchscreen UMPC from 2010! The final machine in the fabled Libretto line and the first consumer notebook with twin touch LCDs. A rare, fascinating, cutting edge Windows 7 system when new, and still an uncommon way of doing things today.
00:00 I love Librettos 00:33 The Libretto W100 03:52 Unboxing the box 08:03 Usability woes 10:10 Touch screen testing 14:25 Stylus pen issues 15:06 Toshiba software 17:05 Book Place ebook reader 18:41 Multitasking 19:25 Benchmark fail 20:15 DOSBox 21:35 Solitaire 21:54 RollerCoaster Tycoon 22:43 Quake III 23:34 Minecraft 24:27 DS game emulation 25:56 Libretto Piano 26:29 Results are wonky!
#LGR #retro #computer #laptop #touchscreenThe First Dune Game 32 Years Later: An LGR RetrospectiveLGR2024-03-08 | The reviews must flow! And the spicy subject here is the first computer game adaptation of Dune, made by Cryo Interactive and Virgin Games in 1992. Take control of Arrakis as Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, reclaiming spice mines from the evil Harkonnens and forming a Fremen army to dominate the planet! Early 90s MS-DOS game goodness.
#LGR #retro #videogames #dune #gamingTitans Sphere - The Failed 3D Game Controller for PCLGR2024-02-23 | Checking out the odd Titans Sphere by SGRL from 1998! Intended as the ultimate controller for 3D games in the late 90s, the Sphere was a failure on practically every level. "Throw away your joystick?" Ehh not so fast, let's set up this bit of LGR Oddware and see it in action first.
00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:40 The Titans Sphere 03:44 Second Generation Research Laboratories 04:58 Late 90s spherical reception 06:27 Unboxing the device 09:07 Setting it up and calibration 11:10 Duke Nukem 3D of course 14:11 Weirdness with Descent 2 16:08 Unreal Tournament GOTY 18:08 Grand Theft Auto III 19:52 Motocross Madness 21:43 Jane's USAF 23:47 This is shockingly bad
#LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddwareThe Most Unwanted, Boring PC: Dell OptiPlex GX270LGR2024-02-16 | For some reason I bought this cheap OptiPlex from 2004. So let's take a look at it! From my view, it's easily one of the most undesirable computer systems ever. Boring looks, basic business hardware, bad airflow, and suffering from capacitor plague. Does it even still work? Let's find out!
00:00 The most boring unwanted PC 02:04 This is why it's bad 06:04 Ports and things 07:16 Inside the clamshell case 09:17 Does it even power on? 12:11 Replacing battery, thermal paste 13:58 Installing Windows 98 SE 16:50 SimCity 3000 Unlimited 18:50 Unreal Tournament GOTY 20:50 GTA Vice City 23:34 Epic Pinball Sound Blaster test 26:02 I can't hate it? Yes it's bad, but...
#LGR #Retro #computerSimCity 3000 25 Years Later: An LGR RetrospectiveLGR2024-02-09 | Celebrating the 25th anniversary of SimCity 3000! The third game in the classic Maxis city builder series had a false start in 3D form, but after EA took over and development restarted, the final 1999 game ended up being my favorite in the franchise. So let's revisit the Windows PC original, SC3K Unlimited, and the gameplay experience decades later in this LGR retrospective review!
#LGR #game #review #retrospective #simcityLGR Thrifts [Ep.50] Richmond SuperstarsLGR2024-01-26 | It's been a while! Checking some of the usual thrift stores in my area and seeing what kinds of retro tech and random old oddities I can find. Plus traveling six hours to Richmond, Virginia to find even more because why not. Let's go thrifting, ooh yeah!
#LGR #Thrifting #retroWeird Old Computer Mice: Radios, Moods, & Memory SticksLGR2024-01-19 | Unboxing and testing even more weird old mouse devices on a Windows 98 PC! Checking out a Sony clamshell mouse that opens up into a card reader, a Mad Catz mouse for The Sims 3 that lights up to show sims' moods, and an oddity with a built-in radio and antenna for recording FM stations to MP3 files.
00:00 A trio of weird old mice 01:02 Sony Memory Stick Mouse 08:30 The Sims Illuminated Mood Mouse 16:27 E-Tech FM 2000 Radio Mouse
#LGR #Retro #computerOmnibot 2000: The $500 Drink Serving Robot from 1985!LGR2024-01-12 | Unboxing and enjoying the Tomy Omnibot 2000! A 26-inch home robot that can speak, play music, bring you drinks, and generally felt like 'THE FUTURE' in the 80s. While still a toy, it actually sorta comes close to the type of droid popularized in sci-fi, which back then featured all manner of automaton companions. So grab a cassette tape and a soda and let's give this some input!
00:00 ROBOTS 01:42 80s hype and Omnibot 2000 05:48 Unboxing the bot 09:52 Repair concerns 11:03 Two of them 12:40 Radio remote control test 15:09 Shag carpet testing 16:07 Cassette playback test 17:15 Bluetooth tape testing 18:03 Programming moves to tape 19:03 Controls via Bluetooth audio 20:09 More advanced program test 23:29 Robot Link computer software 23:51 Miscellaneous tidbits 24:45 Ideas and uses from Tomy 26:38 Pouring and serving drinks 30:09 A summary of robo thoughts
#LGR #retro #robot #reviewLGR - The Sims 4 For Rent ReviewLGR2023-12-29 | Gameplay and overview of the FIFTEENTH expansion pack to The Sims 4. This time it's all about rental units. Apartment buildings, shared lots, being nosy, being infected with mold, and generally being a skeevy landlord... Is it worth paying another $40? Let's see!
#LGR #thesims4 #reviewThe Sims 2 Holiday Edition is HIGHLY ConfusingLGR2023-12-22 | A retrospective look back at what I consider to be the MOST confusing Sims release: The Sims 2 Holiday Edition. All of 'em! There were a good half dozen or so individual releases of this in 2005 and 2006, so let's get to the bottom of all this Christmas simming silliness.
00:00 This gets real confusing 02:05 Sims 2 Holiday Edition(s) explained 05:08 Gameplay and pack contents 08:31 Whatever! I miss The Sims 2
#LGR #thesims #gaming #retro #christmasLGR - Christmas Flash GamesLGR2023-12-15 | It's December! And on LGR that means Christmas video games. This time we're taking a dive into the vast pool of seasonal Flash games. It's a nearly endless source of holiday themed games from the 2000s and thankfully it's easier than ever to play with the Flashpoint archive!
And if you do play the LGR Christmas Game Tropes Drinking Game... have fun but be careful 🧑🎄
00:00 Arguably skippable clone intro 01:09 Flash is dead but not forgotten 04:43 Perusing Flashpoint Infinity 07:10 Christmas Cannon 08:49 Christmas Cat 10:34 Don't Eat the Yellow Snow 11:37 Gift Time with Shaggy 12:53 Hitman Christmas Shooting Game 14:38 Christmas Flirty Kiss 16:54 Bloons 2 Christmas 18:32 Slay With Santa 20:53 Rotten 22:27 The Snow Runs Red 24:42 Flash games, right?
#LGR #gaming #christmas #flash #retroDuke Nukem 1+2 Remastered 30 Years Later! Evercade Collection ReviewLGR2023-12-08 | It's December! And while that usually means Christmas LGR things, these two Duke Nukem Evercade Collection cartridges were just released and there was no way I was gonna miss out on covering remasters of some of my favorite games. Especially since I got to be involved in their creation, just a little bit at least!
00:00 It's Dukecember! 00:27 Duke Nukem Evercade Collection 02:36 The consoles and cartridges 04:10 Duke Nukem 1 Remastered 08:52 Duke Nukem 2 Remastered 10:42 Duke 3D Total Meltdown 12:00 Duke Nukem Advance 12:54 Duke Nukem Time to Kill 13:56 Duke Nukem Land of the Babes 14:44 A good time to be a Duke fan
#LGR #game #review #retrospective #dukeUnboxing an UNUSED GameCube Console! 22 Years LaterLGR2023-11-24 | Opening up a fresh in box Nintendo GameCube Limited Edition Platinum console built in 2002! Nintendo released the system over two decades ago and for whatever reason this felt like the right time to unbox one, set it up, and play some of the best GameCube games.
00:00 Intro – The Gamecube 01:11 A little history & context 03:09 Panasonic Q, GameCube Kid 04:18 Low sales, high interest later on 06:24 The Unboxing 11:27 Some Technical Tidbits 14:53 Setup and memory card 15:54 First power on test 17:45 My GameCube game collection 18:36 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II 21:18 Super Mario Sunshine 24:34 Mario Kart Double Dash 26:17 Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee 28:40 OG Animal Crossing 2002 31:37 Metroid Prime 35:07 Other GCN games, Outro
#LGR #Gaming #Nintendo #retro #unboxingSimCity 2000 30 Years Later: An LGR RetrospectiveLGR2023-11-17 | Celebrating the 30th anniversary of SimCity 2000 with an LGR retrospective review! The sequel to the classic Maxis city builder was a true game changer in 1993, improving nearly every part of the game and adding so many things that would become staples of the genre. So let's take a look at the MS-DOS version, the many ports and releases, and its legacy decades later!
#LGR #game #review #retrospective #simcityUsing a 𝐍𝐄𝐖 VHS-C Camcorder! JVC SXM250 from 2003LGR2023-11-10 | Unboxing a new old stock Super VHS video camera! This JVC GR-SXM250u is pretty similar to the original camera that I used to record LGR back in the day, and it was a real treat to experience one that was unused. So let's get this electronic treat opened up and tested out, and record some video tapes decades later!
00:00 JVC GR-SXM250U 01:01 The Original LGR Camera 02:30 Super VHS tapes 03:45 Early 2000s camcorder options 04:59 Unboxing the SXM250 11:33 Power on, retail demo 14:29 Testing a VHS-C tape 16:15 On-camera features, menus 19:51 Out and about recording things! 29:48 Playback on a CRT TV 33:52 Live feed, summing things up
#LGR #camera #unboxing #retro #videoLGR - Cities Skylines 2 ReviewLGR2023-11-03 | Reviewing the long-awaited sequel! Is Cities Skylines II worth the upgrade? Lots of fresh features, quality of life improvements, and logical additions make CS2 feel like a proper evolution. But there's a weird amount of stuff currently worse than before, or missing outright. So let's dive into my first impressions and all the details!
● PC specs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-core CPU 128GB (4 x 32GB) DDR4-3600 RAM 16GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 OC GPU @ 2520MHz 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD Windows 11 Pro
#LGR #CitiesSkylines #ReviewThe Printer With a Floppy Drive! Sony Mavica Printer from 1999LGR2023-10-20 | Unboxing and testing a late 90s Sony Mavica Printer! Which as the name implies is a photo printer with a floppy disk drive. Just cram a 3.5” diskette full of JPEGs inside, press print, and get photo quality dye sublimated prints! No computer required. Although it does require a TV... and an original PlayStation is nice to have, too.
00:00 It's a floppy disk printer! 00:44 Sony FD Mavica cameras 01:20 Digital photo prints? How? 01:40 FVP-1 Mavica Printer 02:38 Appeal of a printer for Mavicas 04:04 Sony Video Printers 05:42 Unboxing the FVP-1 06:12 Details of the printer itself 07:07 Color photo paper and cartridge 08:00 Nothing to see without TV! 08:34 The first test print 10:02 Taking pics with a Mavica FD-87 11:15 Printing more photos! 13:38 Testing a downloaded JPEG 14:21 PS1 composite video input 16:31 Duke Nukem Time To Kill 17:59 Viewing video capture photos on PC 18:45 Sony Printer Utility for Windows 20:53 Printing a cherry blossom calendar 21:20 The Mavica Printer is awesome
#LGR #retro #computer #90s #sony$4,750 Laptop From 1997: HP OmniBook 800CTLGR2023-10-13 | 166MHz Pentium MMX CPU! 48MB RAM! Windows 95! Sound Blaster compatibility! All in a slim, lightweight 1997 system that cost... $5,000 or so, yikes. Let's dive into the quirky Hewlett Packard notebook computer that was once their top of the line subnotebook – the Omnibook 800CT model F1360A
00:00 I love mid 90s subnotebooks 00:28 The OmniBook 800 from 1996 00:51 Enter the Intel Pentium MMX 01:46 Business, business, business 02:37 Ultraportable and subnotebook PCs 03:07 Overview of the 800CT features 06:10 All the accessories and peripherals 07:28 Running Windows 95 08:50 Preinstalled software, HP programs 10:29 LHX Attack Chopper 12:04 Graphics chip, ESS AudioDrive 13:12 Tyrian 2000 14:48 Function key functionality 15:37 Duke Nukem 3D of course 17:16 POD with MMX Technology 18:59 FIFA Road to World Cup 98 21:07 It has quirks but I love the Omnibook
#LGR #retro #computer #hp #90sMad Catz Tried Making the Ultimate FPS Controller: Panther XL from 1997LGR2023-10-06 | Checking out the odd Panther XL by Mad Catz! While they largely made goofy third party game console controllers, they also made goofy PC hardware. Like this trackball and flight stick fused together supposedly creating the ultimate FPS input device, backed up by radical 1990s John Romero magazine ads. Prime LGR Oddware indeed!
00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:38 The Panther XL 02:56 FPgaming 'Assassin 3D' stuff 03:40 Mad Catz sure was a company 04:47 Advertising and John Romero 05:39 The cult following is real 06:38 Unboxing the device 08:41 Plugged in and setting it up 11:01 Jedi Knight Dark Forces II 13:59 Turok Dinosaur Hunter 15:54 Unreal Tournament 1999 18:27 Control Center and Quake II 20:12 Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 21:48 A3D Mouse Emulation mode 22:21 Solitaire and SimCity 2000 23:28 DOS support, Commander Keen 4 24:31 Duke Nukem 3D of course 27:54 Y'know, I almost like it! Almost.
#LGR #retro #gaming #controller #oddwareVCFMW 2023: When Vintage Computer Festival Midwest Got Too BigLGR2023-09-29 | Checking out VCFMW 18 near Chicago in Elmhurst, Illinois! Somehow it's even bigger and busier than ever. It's a full weekend of classic computers, retro tech, hardware and software sales, panels, gaming, and great conversation with awesome folks. Let's go conventioning!
00:00 A trip across two videos 01:27 Pre-show prep work 04:24 Creating LGRware disks 07:23 The Chicago trip 08:49 Checking in, setting up 11:06 The show has begun! 16:10 YouTuber panel, Pyramid PC auction 17:14 Thoughts on the show itself 19:53 A few items of note 21:16 VCFMW is madness+joy
#LGR #VCFMW #retro #computer #travel90s CompUSA Ads: Maximum Computery NostalgiaLGR2023-09-08 | Relaxing with Comp USA newspaper insert catalogs from the late 90s! These flyers always made Sundays a bit better back in the day, and somehow they're even more enjoyable decades later. I have a bunch of them, but this time we're specifically looking at one from February of 1999. When the colorful iMac G3 was new and 300MHz Toshiba laptops cost $2,800!
#lgr #retro #computer #advertising #catalogUpgrading the Pentium III Bear PC with a more bearable GPULGR2023-09-01 | Graphics performance on the LGR Bear-A-Byte computer was unbearable, it really needed a GPU upgrade. Or a GPU at all for that matter! So say goodbye to the integrated SIS chipset and hello to the Diamond Stealth III S540 video card from 1999. It's still a 500MHz Windows Me system but this has to be an improvement, right?
00:00 Previously with the Bear PC.. 01:13 Diamond Stealth 3 Savage4 02:22 A brief visit to LGR storage 03:55 Revisiting how bad it is 06:20 Bear disassembly, upgrading 07:24 It's NEVER so simple! 09:10 Success? 09:21 Drivers and software 10:19 Unreal Tournament 12:09 Need For Speed III Hot Pursuit 13:36 Legacy sound, Duke Nukem 3D 15:07 Liero 16:53 A definite improvement!
#LGR #retro #computer #upgrade #graphicsThis 1999 Digital Camera Uses Tiny Clik Disks! Agfa CL30LGR2023-08-26 | Checking out the world's first (and only) digital camera using Iomega Clik disks for storage! Each disk held 40MB and cost just $10, a tenth the price of CompactFlash. Quite impressive in 1999! But this odd diversion in the late 90s digicam market was short lived, and its impact on digital photography is... well, no one remembers it. But it sure was neat!
00:00 You ever had a Clik disk camera? 01:03 Clik versus Compact Flash 02:29 Agfa and their digicam licensing 03:48 Unboxing the CL30 Clik! 05:12 Looking at the camera itself 08:36 It's half-dead... so is my other one 09:40 Taking pictures, adjusting settings 10:45 CL30 photo examples 13:10 Downscaling, interpolation, comparisons 15:05 Windows 95 PhotoWise software 15:35 A forgotten failure, still kinda neat!
#LGR #retro #photography #camera #digitali-Opener 🍕The 1999 computer with a PIZZA KEYLGR2023-08-18 | Ever wanted a PC with a dedicated pizza button? 🍕 Well the Netpliance i-opener from 1999 has you covered, press it anytime to order pizza online! At least back when it was still an active Internet Appliance that connected to the web via dialup. But that won't stop us diving into this oddity on LGR!
00:00 PIZZA BUTTON 00:24 The Netpliance i-opener 02:59 Late 90s internet appliances 04:37 IPAD in 1999? 05:20 Unboxing my i-opener 2001 06:30 Cleaning and restoring it 07:14 Powering on the computer 08:23 QNX based operating system 08:39 i-Opener Home Page shortcuts 09:42 Cached data like the weather 10:34 Time capsule 2002 news articles 13:26 Email, web guide, shopping 15:07 RealPlayer music and audio 15:44 Microphone, parallel printer, USB 16:31 PS/2 keyboard & mouse, RAM 17:11 Daggum delightful PIZZA KEY 17:51 Cheap keyboard, mouse nub 18:50 It's a PC! Disassembly time 19:28 Motherboard and components 21:45 Downfall & demise of Netpliance 24:12 TippingPoint Technologies legacy 24:52 That's it for now! Until I hack it...
#LGR #retro #computer #pizza #internet #appliancesThe Oddly Enjoyable Casio CW-50 Thermal CD PrinterLGR2023-08-11 | A brief and simple look at the Casio CW-50 Disc Title Printer from 2002. Print directly onto CDs and DVDs! Or any number of random other things if you put your mind to it.
00:00 CD & DVD printing options 03:58 Unboxing the CW-50 07:12 Testing the Casio software 09:30 Printing on a Verbatim CD-R 11:11 Image printing test 12:13 Printing on a Memorex disc 13:38 Printing on blank lacquer disc 14:26 Printing on Cool Color CD-Rs 15:05 Printing on white inkjet disc 16:16 Printing on clear spindle protector 17:15 Printing on the Casio driver CD 18:23 Printing onto a disc sleeve 19:03 Attempting to read the data 19:35 This thing is pretty great!
#LGR #retro #computer #printing #CDsLGR - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch ReviewLGR2023-07-28 | Gameplay and overview of the FOURTEENTH expansion pack to The Sims 4. This time it's all about HORSE ranching. And some goats and sheep, too. Riding, breeding, competitions, cave diving, nectar making, mustaches, denim... Is it worth the $40 price tag? Let's see!
#LGR #thesims4 #reviewSideWinder Force Feedback Pro – 26 Years LaterLGR2023-07-21 | Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.
VP Force Rhino FFB https://forum.dcs.world/topic/246873-honey-i-developed-ffb-joystick-diy
00:00 Introduction to SideWinder FFB 03:05 Unboxing a 1999 SideWinder FFB Pro 05:51 Different than rumble/haptics 08:42 Installation and setup process 10:06 Control Panel forces testing 14:16 Urban Assault 17:50 Combat Flight Simulator 20:55 MechWarrior 3 23:42 Star Wars Episode 1 Racer 26:49 Game port to USB adapters, Force Feedback 2 28:41 Why aren't force feedback joysticks made anymore? 31:01 The legacy of force feedback sticks, conclusions
#LGR #retro #computer #flight #simulatorOpening 8 Months of Vintage Tech Oddities & LGR Mail!LGR2023-07-14 | Likely the only LGR donations unboxing of 2023! Opening up tons of vintage hardware, software, oddware, computer games, and retro tech. Massive thanks to everyone who contributed this awesome stuff — and made offers to do so!
00:00 LGR Mailbag video begins 00:26 Explanation of things 01:35 Mini Control numpad joystick 03:29 NEUROBLAST HyperCard DiskZine 07:48 Sound Blaster AWE64 09:02 Shift Happens book preview 10:46 1998 Micron Additions catalog 13:14 The Abandoned Book 14:10 Command 3D Sound Engine 15:56 Apple IIe goodies 18:27 RollerCoaster Tycoon for Xbox 19:21 16GB 2.5" PATA SSD 20:00 Nostromo N52 Ultima Edition 21:42 New in box Epyx IBM PC games 22:22 Trashland pinball table shirt 24:00 Vintage mousepad recreations 25:39 CardScan business card scanner 27:08 Palm Computer Fun Pack 28:02 Handspring Visor Neo 29:47 ASUS 701 Eee PC 32:00 Duke Nukem Forever goodies 37:49 IBM Teraplex polo shirts 39:27 Apple Disk II + Floppy Emu 45:27 1978 UNIX Programmer's Manual 47:21 Rockwell Anita 1211SL Calculator 49:43 Xerox 6085 Cherry MX keycaps 52:19 Tandy 1800 HD laptop bag 53:58 Circuit City Toshiba Satellite T2105 58:34 And that is it!
#LGR #Retro #Unboxing #computer #vintage #technologyThe Apple II on a PC Card - Diamond Trackstar OddwareLGR2023-07-07 | Exploring the Diamond Trackstar cards on LGR Oddware! Effectively an Apple 2 computer on an 8-bit ISA card, bringing near perfect compatibility to DOS PCs by slapping a whole computer inside of another computer. The fact that these were out during the heyday of each platform is wild, so let's test the 1984 Trackstar and 1989 Trackstar Plus in an IBM PC XT and PS/2 Model 30!
00:00 An Oddware Introduction 00:34 The Diamond Trackstar 02:15 QuadRAM Quadlink 02:44 Diamond Computers / Multimedia 03:56 The 1984 Trackstar 05:15 Trackstar Version 2 05:50 Trackstar 128 06:38 Dirty yet fascinating Tandy 1000 SX 06:50 LAUSD, Model Technology Schools 07:42 Trackstar E 08:13 Trackstar Plus 09:08 Unboxing an OG Trackstar 10:17 Hardware installation 12:27 Testing the Trackstar 14:55 Running The Oregon Trail 16:20 Composite or RGB 17:15 MS-DOS and Apple II modes 19:53 File transfer utility program 21:47 Moon Patrol with Gravis Gamepad 23:31 Floppy Emu and CP/M 2.2 25:04 Apple floppy on an IBM drive 26:38 Installing the Plus card in a PS/2 27:33 Trackstar Plus usage 28:47 TrackStore floppy disk images 30:36 King's Quest III, double speed test 32:38 Trackstar Plus setup utility 34:07 Apple ProDOS hard disk volumes 35:54 so yeah this thing is awesome