Gen 1 and 2 Tamagotchis - ArcNeo Reviews 

There's a few things that could be actually. Clearly always check the batteries when an LCD screen is being weird, as well as, if you're feeling risky, you might take the Tama entirely apart and use a dab of rubbing alcohol on the contact the screen uses to connect to the main board. (There's no wires or anything, it literally just sits against a long contact point on the front of the board) A thin piece of foam rubber might also be good to put against the screen to help keep it pressed against the board. I'm sure there are far more tech savy people than I who could give better advice, but those are some simple, relatively safe things to try. Hope it helps!

If you play under a bright light it should work a little better so just don't fight at night without a light just use a light

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They're literally the same aside from what the pets look like, so either one!

The backgrounds on them are different.

I don't believe so, though I remember there being a lot of little tricks to these guys. I'd check on the Tamagotchi Wiki for something more definitive, as they're REALLY in depth on the workings of these guys. And to answer your other comment here, at least from what I remember, they were meant to be aliens who needed us to help raise them, and the degree of love they were given directly effected how they changed as they grew, or something like that... They somehow relied on others to help them grow, sort of like non-evil Xenomorphs, and with 100% less exploding chests, lol. I do remember the aliens part for sure, as it's part of the reason that 1 Earth day ages them an entire year.

@@ArcNeoMasato thanks for telling me!

@@xxgachapuzzlexx5691 I'm always happy to share what limited understanding I have :) lol

​@Arc Neo Masato how many tamagotchis do you have bc I have 1

Why....you can just remove it by pulling the wire through the enclosure...

@@adixar That doesn't remove the metal ring

@@meginabagel no. Only much later generations can do that. Usually there's an infrared spot on the top to give it away.

No, these are too old for that function, but there are a number of later models that too that. The easiest to find are the Tamagotchi Connection series, but Im also preparing a video on an old Japan only release that also connects together.

I tried so many times to get that hidden character, and when I FINALLY did.... my batteries died. lol It's actually the event that made me stop using my Tamagotchi for a LONG time until the Connection ones came out that could remember what pet you had when you changed batteries.

Which version is it? Some Tamas have a certain age where they either grow into a bonus form or die, kinda drastic imo. Lol So it could be you either A, have a version that does that, B, keep growing the specific pet on a standard tama that does that (each version that I know of has 1), or C, it could be a weird glitch and you should give it a full reset.

I bought one and the same thing happened to me. It always died for no reason when it was 3 years old. I requested a change and now it does not happen to me.

Gen 1 Tamagotchi die of natural age.

The re-release units are infamous for their low tolerance to sugar: feed them any amount of candy beyond one a day and they’ll start getting sick a lot, and more often than not, die before their teenage stage.

There's a TON of designs of them you can find listed out in a few places, but the fastest way is to check the box, as the Gen 1 reissues have purple all over them, and the Gen 2's have blue. I also believe the background of the device itself is a giveaway if you're buying loose online, as well as stock images will use one of two pets shown on the screen to differentiate. Sadly there's no real fast answer I can give you, cause it's a lot of "If this, then this", and I'm sure a more hardcore collector could give you full details. The fastest way though is to look in item descriptions, cause most people selling them will at least try to let you know.

@@ArcNeoMasato honestly that was a lot of help, thank you so much! I've just found a gen 1 red glitter one and a gen 2 yellow one on Amazon. Retro vibes! ☺ my 32 year old self is so excited hahaha 😂

@@fizzy965 Funny enough, I found my reissues at Office Depot 2 years ago. I was majorly confused when they showed up, but I bought one just to say I did. lol

@@ArcNeoMasato I never had an official tamagotchi when I was a kid, I could only ever find the knock off versions. I had a green one with yellow buttons, it was a bird named chip, then towards the middle of the craze I got an even cheaper one which allowed you to choose between a lot of different pets. I'm looking forward to trying out an official one for the first time. ☺

@@fizzy965 The official ones are MUCH better. I have a few KO's myself and they're soooooo bad, but at least kinda funny sometimes. Hope you enjoy them!

I sadly have no idea where my Key Chains went. Probably lost to a yard sale years ago like so many other cool toys. Funny as it is, 95% of the toys I look at on this channel are things I bought after I turned 17 and was able to drive and work at McDonalds to buy toys and video games. lol

@@ArcNeoMasato LOL :D That's amazingly incredible, congratulations. :D

I mean, it kinda makes sense they'd be different. It's been 20 years, tech has changed a lot in that time, even down to the way they'd go about making the board for these to run on, so even if you made an exact copy of every component, there's gonna be variance. Heck, I have old Tama's that sound different from each other and new ones that also sound different. These aren't exactly "high grade" items either, so there's always some variance. And especially for the old ones, age is going to effect things as well, so there's a good chance that if you time traveled back to 97, the original Tamas we still have working now sounded different back then. Honestly, the small random variances are what keep me collecting like I do, cause while it's hard to really "raise" Tamagotchis like I used to even when I filmed this video now that I work full time, there's always something fun about finding out the little random differences.

Yes, I can't remember if there's a button combination or a reset button on the back, but all Tama's are able to be restarted after death.

I actually have an original gen 2 that has 2 screws on the back just like a gen 1. I think it might be just a running inconsistency though. The Gen 2 I show here is a re-issue, but the Gen 2 I have with screws is actually an old one from Japan. (I acquired it only recently in a "lot" of Japanese Tamagotchi things I'm working on videos for) The only consistent change I've found is that the Gen 1's have hearts behind the icons, while the Gen 2's have stars, with both have slightly different background patterns too, but even that might not be 100% consistent. With anything in the 90's, you very quickly find how many random variants there are, making hard to ever say for sure how to 100% differentiate generations or true variants vs random one offs cause a factory worker decided to clock out early that day. lol

@@ArcNeoMasato thanks bro for the info

How do you know if it’s a boy or a girl

@@kristenpage9840 you kinda just pretend there really isn’t much to it

@@kristenpage9840 the males are black and females r white