www.computinghi... is where this was filmed. And all the stuff was theirs too. THANK YOU GUYS Big thanks to Matthew Stogdon for being the man behind the camera
I know how you feel lol. I'm starting to see some toys and memorabilia that I remember as a kid (some of which I still have) being displayed in glass cases at museums lol
That is definitely not a stupid wish! Not trying to brag, but I am so glad I was born in the 80s. My generation got to grow up with technology. We are old enough to remember a time before all this wifi-digital-touchscreen-online stuff, but we are also young enough to learn it as it was introduced, so it's not completely foreign to us. I feel really bad for the generation before mine, because a lot of this stuff just goes over their head and it's hard for them to understand it (except for people who were already involved in it during the 70s or even going back to the 60s). And the generation after mine looks at a rotary telephone, a floppy disk, 8 bit games, record players, cassette tapes, VCRs, etc. and has absolutely no clue what they are or how they work.
Please go to the Museum of computer history behind Bletchley Park next to Milton Keynes. it's a computer historian dream and geek/ nerd heaven. Including the world first ever modern computer the colossus. loads of old computers and retro gaming. Stuart Ashens you must go there. look it up online.
You jinxed it. Starting tomorrow every city will be required by law to have a funko-pop archive and it will be mandatory for all citizens to visit it for at least one hour every week or face three years of hard labor.
+Simme Rocky He means they have to go do hard labour in the Pop! Funko plastic mines. Mining the plastic directly from the Earth, already having the same eyes and shape, ready for painting / etc.
You should do more videos at this place! This was cool. See if they'll let you come back and do some more videos. The recent rise in interest in computer history kind of makes me happy tbh
+The Centre for Computing History lol did not expect to read this, but might as well take the chance to ask where you are located. Maybe when i visit england in the future i can swing by
i didnt know you existed but i will defo have to find time to come and check the place out i started my gaming life with a Commodore 64 in the early 80's
Most museums 'rotate' their displays. Did you see that big wall of games? I bet they change that out regularily. When I was at the museum they used to switch the displays every few months or so. Of course it depends on the size of the museum. Some of the small specaility museums won't because they're dedicated to a certain feature, but a lot of larger museums do rotation. A lot of artifacts can't be on display for too long due to light exposure fading them, so that's another reason for rotation. Also! Some artificats only come out during 'special display' times. Like if you have an "Egypt Month' or something.
We had the Pong console. I was 5 when it manifested under the Christmas tree. No words can describe what sheer fascination it held for me. Ours was the typical faux wood design. I can still feel the toggles and hear the blips. Sadly, it seems long lost. My father died young and my mother didn't keep track of much and then when she died not 7years later..I never thought to look for it. Thanks for opening that box is sudden reminiscence.
Yeah, I'm subscribed to Barshen's too. It was just that having no brown sofa on this channel threw me at first. I watch all the stuff he does with Guru Larry as well and he appears in all his glory there too!!
This is one of the most interesting ashens videos I've ever seen despite not actually getting to run and demonstrate any of the systems. seriously cool stuff!
I have great memories of going to the archive room at this place with a friend when it first opened and being able to look through their many, many boxes. Obviously it's not a public thing now but that wonderful gesture and kind hospitality ensures I make a point of visiting every time I'm in Cambridge!
Absolutely fantastic, Stuart. I would love to see more videos like this. Cheap tat and awful foodstuffs are fun and all, but it's history that really interests me.
"It was released the same day as the Famicom, which was Nintendo's first console" Me: "What about TV Game 6?" *Ashens opens box with TV Game 6 in*. That's pretty much interactive entertainment.
I love how these are super rare priceless items and you're just slapping them around with your greasy bare hands. I'm surprised you didn't get out your famous blowtorch and use it on one of those SG-1000 carts. For your next museum episode, can you go to the British Museum and juggle with some Ancient Egyptian vases? Seriously Ashens I love your videos, but you're the guy I never lent my vinyl or games to in the 80s because they would always come back scratched or with dog teeth marks or something :(
That whole touchpad thing reminds me of something we had at school for the BBC Micro where we had programs that asked us to answer questions and the answers were on a plastic panel on a touch pad just like that. You'd put a different panel on for each game and, if i remember correctly, it almost never worked right and we just went back to playing Grannies Garden instead.
I know I'm like 14 years old, but I'm drooling over all of these old electronics... I have a Commodore 64 in my room, and it works perfect! But if anyone has a 1702 monitor, please let me know! There's no need to mail it. Just put it under your bed, and I'll collect it.
+David Brailsford Just saying he DIDN'T not say that... After all they need to have good stuff around them to help "encourage" them to one day make something not shite.
I've been trying to figure out what the Cyberman 3D was forever.... thank you for showing that. I saw it once in a store, and was intrigued by all of it's various axes and then never saw it again and forgot the name. Googling for years has turned up nothing whatsoever, but there it is! Now I can stop thinking "what the hell WAS that thing??" Thank you!
I didn't need the advert at the end though, I've been going since they first opened! And he's not lying, it's a really cool place! Although now that I know what they have in their archives, I can't help but feel massively jealous that you got to be in there...
I bet £30 that ashens felt like a little kid on a candy store when he was surrounded by all of that retro goodness. keep up the awesome videos and greetings from Quebec city, Canada
Funny story, when I met Ashens, I got him to sign a copy of the film "Paul" which he said happened to be his least favourite Simon Pegg film and hilarity ensued.
GravyLord_Neeto Man, I need to go to a convention to meet him at some point, I've been watching him for like 8 years and I still haven't had the chance to say hi to him.
this is awesome!!! please do it more often. I loved this box opening and not knowing what its gonna be. If you would choose one item to actually review that would be super! please make this a thing on your channel
Sounds like a sequel to me. He can make it interesting by using an expiramental filming technique. Film it all in the archive. Nevermind that we haven't a budget.
No. Too many dumb kids are being dumb with that thing already. More promotion isn't needed. We don't need more kids running across roads while staring at their phones and not looking where they're going. That game is a safety hazard. The fewer stupid kids that know about the game the better. The games not terrible, well, the kids are terrible, though, save a dumb asses life and don't risk it.
Creeper Jam lol, i don't think that ashens would be introducing many kids to pokemon go, If you look up pokemon go you can see all the youtubers that are playing pokemon go are the youtubers with followings of 90% kids, the diamond minecart (pretty much 100% of his fanbase are kids) lachlan and more.I don't think ashens would be introducing this game to too many kids. Also trust kids a bit more, millions of people have downloaded the app and just because you heard 1 or 2 stories of injuries doesn't mean it's a hazard. It's that ur picking out the stories and thinking it happens more often.
GameToon When the stupidity of the lack of safety that kids are projecting requires officials to inform others that kids are being stupid and crossing roads without looking. Then yeah, my belief in stupidity of these kids is justified. Do I need to remind you about BuckyBalls or Kinder Eggs? Guess what happens when a few kids die playing Pokemon Go in America? The game gets banned for everyone. Nintendo gets sued until they remove the service/locations from US land and everyone is a bit sadder because stupid kids with their stupid smartphones had to ruin it for everyone. I'm not worried about kids, I'm worried about us responsible adults that will loose out on a awesome thing because stupid kids got themselves killed. No Pokemon Go. You can't have nice things because someone always shit on them. That's knowledge for life. That's why laws exist. No more!
Great shot there of the wall of game cassettes at 10:05 I saw some of the ones I used to play on the Dragon 32. Chuckie Egg, Leggit and Hungry Horace were my favourite ones !
Oh SHIT. One of my first video game memories as a VERY young child was of some pong/tennis system on a little b&w TV in our basement. I could have sworn the box said Magnavox. That... that's gotta be it, right there. Finally that memory that sits in the back of my head all of these years gets a little closure!
I want to say that those numbers are for one of those TVs where you had to manually tune and adjust each channel selection. My family once got a Zenith like that for my grandmother's room.
That Logitech logo is a thing of my teenage years. If I wanted anything new, it was going to be on a budget. If it was on a budget, it was probably going to be Logitech!
Every time I see _ANYTHING_ about retro computers, I feel like I need to get my hands on those things and fiddle about and play some old games and see how all these old things worked and-- God, I love retro computers! Sadly, living in the mid-western US, it'd cost me way too much to visit the Centre for Computing History. Even the closest US equivalent is probably too far out for me. :( Oh, and that "cartoony" game for the SG-1000 was Flicky! It's an arcade game where you guide Flicky to rescue chicks and bring them to the exit on each stage. It had an odd playfield design where it was technically a single-screen game with side warps al-la Pac-Man, but rather than remain stationary, the screen would actually scroll to keep you dead-center on the screen! I played the Genesis version that was on a Sonic compilation long ago. Makes sense since it's the same Flicky from the different Sonic games, only it was around long before!
I had an opportunity to visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (right down the road from Google HQ!), and it was a great experience. This museum looks very nice as well. If I'm ever in the UK again on business, maybe I'll have to visit this one.
FUCK YEAH! Ashens is back on old tech! I LOVE his old tech videos, because he is like a much more humorous version of TechMoan that focuses more on gaming history and less on HiFi (Still love TechMoan as I was HiFi geek as a child as well) Still gotta admit, after hearing the signature Ashens intro beeps, I was very shocked by the lack of a couch and more than the man's hands! It ain't often what when we see Ashens as a corporeal entity yanno!
You know... Ashens could literally open any of those boxes and say "Look at this! It's a super rare collection of games for the ArseMasterBootyClenchSystem89!," and I would totally believe him.
