Looks like a solid package overall I think. Thanks for giving a thorough look at it! Also, very sorry to hear you've been demonetized. I don't think you deserve it. I remember you mentioned someone was copyright claiming your ability to post your remastered versions of public domain films. I know lots of people have had issues as well with the "re-used content" controversy. Hopefully you can get it back up and running soon. Would be interested in hearing the details if you don't mind.
Hi my friend. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed my review of the 2600+ gaming console. For someone that wants to get into retro-gaming with original 2600 and 7800 game cartridges, I think it's a great unit for the various things I mention in my review and for me was worth the investment. I've already been getting a lot of enjoyment from it. As for my channel suddenly being de-monitized without warning, it sucks and is disheartening after all the years I've been running my channel. You'd think RU-vid would have at least sent me a warning notice first, but nope, just "* Yank! * You're de-monitiazed!" Those movies I had on my channel, 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'And Then There Were None', were classic films that were in the Public Domain. Still, some greedy a-hole companies claim copyrights on parts on them (stuff like for a couple seconds of music or a horn-blow or even a person talking), so at that point the movies still seemed to be allowed, though I didn't earn any potential few pennies from any ads that may have appeared with it (and my content, when I uploaded it and it gave me an option to set ads in the middle of my videos or not, I always choose to not to as I know it's annoying for Viewers to have ads slapped in your face during the middle of videos, but I only put ads before and after my vids), so yeah, I wasn't even earning anything from them. I could had argued that those versions of the movies I put up were transformative works, as I spent several days work and time each to upscale, enhance, colorize and upload them, and then I also feel they had historical value. But RU-vid doesn't see it that way. It's a shame there's no real other viable options (I know there's places like Rumble, etc... but they're mostly political echo-chambers, though I suppose in some ways RU-vid is too), and that smaller content-creators (like myself) get squashed and hidden because of so much bs. Anyways, all I can do is be patient, I've removed any what I'd think might be 're-used content' from my channel and will reapply when I'm allowed to (basically a 3 month 'punishment' having my channel de-monitized before I can reapply, then reapplying can take more weeks, then I might not even be approved again). RU-vid can feel really uncaring, a bully and stifling at times. Well, I'll consider what to do. I may yet attempt using Rumble, etc... (and I have, but those platforms are even worse for trying to get one's content noticed or to grow). For now I've been mainly focusing on creating my spicy 3D art, for which I've gained several monthly Supporters and have been doing some commissioned artworks as well, so I hope to keep growing with that as it's also something I enjoy doing. Hope you're doing well and best wishes.
@@Mysticsword Sorry to hear that, and it certainly makes me worried. As more of a meme channel, it's common to use assets, so I'm wondering if when I do cross that threshold of 1K subs/4K watch hours, if I'll even qualify. Hard to say, and youtube is so vague. I may look into kick myself. Couldn't hurt to stream some mega compilations of some sort. Who knows, I try not to push the cart before the horse myself. I did see one channel claim they got remonetized by posting nothing but vlog content for 30 days in a row.
Yeah, I think it was Kick that I looked at a few months ago. But if I recall correctly, to verify one's account, you need to jump through hoops of scanning QR codes, and I don't have any current means to do that (my mobile phone is rather old now, and for other, like internet, I use my desktop computer). Why do so many of these 'social' places require jumping through strange hoops or everything is an 'app this' and 'app that' nowadays? Pftftf! I guess I'm a bit of a dinosaur. Well, I may look into it. I'll avoid Twitch though, as that place seems to have become a real sh!t-show these last few years and not so welcoming to new members to be noticed, grow or be partnered. But yeah, I may take another look at Kick and see if they have an option now to verify one's account (if wanting to hope to be partnered eventually with them) without scanning QR codes. Best of wishes and good luck, to both of us. Let's try to keep working towards some of our goals and dreams, despite hardships or obstacles that life may throw at us.
I also have a Hyperkin Ranger, along with a bunch of other controllers. I find that some games work better with some controllers than others. For example I was playing 7800 Ms Pacman on my 2600+, and after trying a few controllers I found a Hyperkin Trooper worked great. Other controllers might feel too stiff or too loose, depending on the controller and the particular game.
Thanks for watching and the comment, and I agree with what you say. For the Atari 2600 games I've tried playing so far with the Ranger controller, it feels great to use and seems to respond well. The paddle I did find a bit stiff, but still quite playable. There are some games I might prefer using the original style Atari Joystick with, for example; Missile Command (one of my favs of the classic Atari 2600 games), if I had to pick between the two controllers (Atari Joystick or Ranger Gamepad), I like how it feels and plays a bit better using the Joystick. Several other games (such as Berzerk or Galaxian for example) I find using the Ranger more preferable. So I guess it comes down to the game and how a controller feels and responds. It's good to have some options of course. I plan to get the new Paddle Pack that Atari has, and I think those paddles will probably feel and work better playing paddle-games compared to the Ranger paddle. Cheers!
