The Nintendo Hardware YOU NEVER HEARD OF! Nintendo Gateway System 

That controller looks like an earlier concept for the Wii remote.

"One could say that the skies were the limit for Nintendo." This is clearly not the case. She covered the Nintendo Satellaview literally 3 days ago.

AS A POT HEAD......i agree lmaoooooooooooooo

14:00 The Wii-mote's grandparent?

My advice to Sega (both JP and USA) would be simple, "Get your bloody heads out of your asses!".

The LodgeNet devices were ubiquitous in chain hotels in the 90s and early 2000s. My father worked in restaurant sales when I was growing up, so we often tagged along on his business trips, and I remember seeing the LodgeNet controllers in rooms very frequently (places like Holiday Inns, Sheratons, etc.). I never got to play it (since it cost extra) but often wondered about it and how it worked. During the earlier half of the video, until you explicitly mentioned the LodgeNet devices, that is what had come to mind, and I was honestly delighted to get some more detail about something I've wondered about for years.

These videos are interesting as they show something that seems to have vanished in our time. The 1990s were a time of limitless optimism.

I remember using this controller on an airline somewhere in the 2010s. The games weren't Nintendo but that controller I've held in my hand for sure.

Fantastic content as usual Lady Decade. Keep up the high-quality videos. I was fortunate enough to experience the Gateway System on a Virgin Atlantic Flight to NY in the 90s. The system failed in the first 45 minutes of the flight leaving most of us in economy to only be able to access the movies 😢

She went from game historian to damn near peep show and drug peddler in a matter of seconds!

I've seen a (the?) Pikachu A380 once and once stayed in a hotel room that had a PS2 controller wired-in. Both the in-flight and in-room game systems open new revenue streams and last for several years; even if they are rarely used, at $5 per use, I think they turn a profit.

Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines had this in the late 90's/early 2000s. Was great being able to play SNES games on international flights even if the range on offer was quite limited.

I played Super Punch-Out on one of these on Phuket Air in 2003. It was great, except whenever the crew used the plane's PA system your game would be reset.

Nintendo brought 9th gen gaming to in flight entertainment from day 1. To this day it is the only 9th gen system that works in flight

I was lucky to get to play on one of these when I took a flight from the UK to America many moons ago. I also remember that I had to keep switching seats because many of the controllers where completely worn out and by worn out I mean they didn't work.

I remember playing this on a flight to Malaysia in 2003. Made the flight that much more pleasant playing Link to the Past.

Is it so wrong i heard “but hello you” during the introduction”. I suppose it would be a bit of a compliment. So glad you and THGM dont seem to cave to algoryth shenanigans.

I stayed in a hotel on Long Island New York back in 2008 and my room had one of these Nintendo 64 gateway systems. I remember the controller looking like a wacky version of the N64 controller. I didn't play any of the games on it though because I remember them being stupid money at the time. I did use it to rent a copy of The Simpsons Movie though!

Thank you for making this nebbish niche topic suitably engaging and absurdly bizarre in your own inimitable style. I'll have what you're sniffing

I've only came across one hotel that had a GameCube lodgenet system. I think the hotel by SeaTac that had it, still has the system in each unit.

The reason for the involvement of Huge Aircrash and RockCollins is AVIONICS. Basically, any airplane/aerospace equipment has to be tested and certified harmless, and this isn't a skill you pick up without crashing a few first. There's also elaborate choreography that has to be worked out with the FAA and FCC (in just the US) to ensure the government isn't surprised.

You could have read a book. I use to do that when I was young on planes when I wasn't staring out the window having a multi-hour brain ramble. Although I admit flying once I got a Game Boy in 1999 was pretty cool too. The playing Tetris on a plane part , not the being surrounded by people I couldn't get away from part. And this wasn't the days of the L-1011. Also Hughes-Avicom was part of Hughes Electronic Corp, which was part of Hughes Aircraft. So it all goes back to Howard himself.

Played with one of these on a Singapore Airlines flight in 2008. She I had another SingAir flight in 2010, looking forward to spending my flight playing some SNES classics only to find that they weren't there anymore. Devistating. The controller things were still there, but if you navigated to the "Games" section of the menu, there were no longer any SNES games, just some licence-free generic in-flight rubbish.

Amazing!! I used to work at a science and technology museum in my city, A Coruña (Spain) and inside the museum there's a full Boeing 747 cabin including first class seats. In those first class seats there were these SNES controllers you showed on the video, as well as the screens and I pressume the consoles hidden somewhere.

There’s one thing I think you missed that should have been (and still needs to be) said to Sega: “STOP RUSHING YOUR RELEASES!!!”.

holy shit thanks for covering this! when i was a wee lad in the 90s while on Holliday at Atlantic city New Jersey I played Kirby dream course with the Lodge snes controller, while the adults gambled. I believe the playtime minutes were paid upfront in 30min increments. By the time the game actually loaded you had 27mins left. It felt like a fever dream. core memory unlocked. no one ever mentions this esoteric piece of technology. thank you again!

Von Gangula: "Pay me one million dollars for my missiles, or I'll spread videogames on planes! Your childs brains will rot! BWAHAHAHAHA!"

This used to be on the old Kuwait Airways planes, every economy seat had it. Playing Super Mario Bros. from Kuwait to Switzerland was really something as a kid! 😍 Good times

Damn it, now I can’t stop thinking on which of my many flights I had these controller of course without the gaming function activated actually but the controller where still built in… I still know how I wondered myself about the color scheme of the controller… and the annoying pull back cable feature 😅 it’s maximum 5-7 years ago

I remember using this system on a 747-200 operated by Northwest Airlines between Minneapolis and London-Gatwick

5:28 In the 1990s, Gateway 2000 was a top-5 PC builder in the US.🐄 And if you were referring to "gateway drugs," we had "Just Say No."🙉

Awesome video as always, a shame the gateway wasnt ILLEGAL like other stuff you've talked recently. Also, on a side note: the gateway logo you used at 5:33 is from the gateway flashcard for the 3DS, which is a totally different story hehe.

Unless I'm mistaken, I had one Lodgenet system in a hotel room once. In Florida, either in 1994 or 1998. I remember it had some lag. Not enjoyable to play.

I have gone back and watched all of your videos, great content on the history of video games :)

I ran into these gateway consoles at hotels, the pay per hour was like $20 very expensive

Well this was cool to hear about. The Pong console sure, the N64 hotel controllers even. The MegaJet being used for the Nomad but not heard about this one at all. Though for airplanes much better to have these than a 'screen on the back of the front seats to play clones of games on a car trip in the back for the kids with your shoot em up, fishing and whatever else games' by some company have no idea but obviously had DS/PSPs instead after that besides a good book. But for 1993 very cool stuff. For the last bit yeah it is odd Nintendo could work with properitary disks and cartridges, Sony was always part of the disk alliance/associations for CD, DVD, Blu ray so it made sense besides their moments of UMD, Mini Disc, the memory cards and all that. I don't think Sega going with GD ROMs was a great idea even though CDs on PS1 were pretty good with the protection. They did listen to the 32X though but otherwise yeah clearly a mess. I do question this with developers though where the western divisions sure are marketing or localisation but other times it's actual games but they aren't more mature. Like Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, the Captain Toad ports compared to Retro doing what they do. Sure Nintendo of America's Dev division they did Prime Hunters and Mario Vs. Donkey with videos on both screens and it's the coolest thing but they were told not to and of course no Project Hammer. Otherwise whatever the US/Europe divisions maybe do for hardware and we know the European division did the Mario 3D All-stars Emulation. I assume other companies have similar for handling games and hardware alongside the Japanese management but it is interesting how different it is on those sides or nowadays than those divisions game output wise or just communication issues. That or Sony killing off Japan Studio and that side is more cut down than it used to be with only 2 Devs Asobi and Polyphony (and the localisation/marketing of course) not however many were under that umbrella. That and Nintendo and Sony know the ways to approach hardware when they need it to be out while Sega out too many out and not enough games to serve each piece od software's purpose. Microsoft obviously focuses on Windows and other technologies and we only see some appear in gaming while the rest stays in the PC space and it makes sense.

I have memories of Game Boy Color on Singapore Airlines (likely the late 1990s or early 2000s version of their KrisWorld in-flight entertainment service), in which I played some Tom & Jerry game, and I think I saw someone else play some game that I can't remember.

I was lucky I got to use one of these on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow to LAX in 2001 and again on the return flight

I think we need Richard Parliament and this awesome final fight 3 music in the back to beat up a plane, sf car bonus stage style, and that’s what I define as a necessity for gracious living

I flew Virgin Atlantic about 12 years ago and saw one of these back then. Though it was cool, it was still hideously expensive. I chose to play psp and use my laptop for 9 hours instead.

Remember going to Florida with Virgin Atlantic in 1993 and having Nintendo games to play onboard the flight, was more interested in the game gear at the time tho

I feel like I came across one of these on an old plane back in 2014. Maybe I'm misremembering though

Holy crap I played this thing flying to England on virgin when I was a little kid, definitely made the flight way more fun than it should have been

Wish every other episode was getting more out of touch with reality(jokes and stuff) as obscure the subject matter is.

I was trying to find this a few days ago. I was beginning to think I was misremembering it as something about the satalleview in some weird mandala effect.

Has Lady Decade ever heard about the now defunct line of Gateway PCs? The name certainly has been used before.

I’m lady decade and I’m cool AF 8) for real though .. I like your documentaries…

Seems like nintendo has tried everything you'd think they be in the war still either Microsoft and Sony.. #TEAMSONY

yes! when I was 7 my family flew on Kuwait Airways and it was loaded with SNES games. It ruled

I wish I could try the gateways but unfortunately there not available it would be cool to try one. if only I can try one before I live in Moscow down the road. Best regards Nikita.K

Lady Decade should talk about Nintendo's love hotels 🏩. Nintendo always get blasted for using outdated hardware specs but they've always been innovative with peripherals. Nintendo and Sega were very innovative 30 years ago.

Ahhh, I see what you did there. Wearing black and white while talking about "gateway".

When I was 10 or 11, I was on a flight to turkey and I sat on a snes gateway seat, but sadly, it was out of order

My dad had a plane and I tried to talk him into getting one of these but he was a cheapskate. R.I.P. dad better known to you all as J.F.K. Jr.

I remember playing the snes version in hotels in the 90s. Also….. Gateway is a home pc.

Ms where did you learn to fly, looks like a mix between one punch man and the avatar aang.

BTW, you have never once come across gateway drugs, as they don't exist.

Gateway is a brand of affordable computers packaged in boxes with cow patterns on the sides...

Wow I've been on a few places with these exact units. No idea they were made by Nintendo

My theory for calling it the gateway system is that people will try it and get interested in nintendo whether the system itself for the 1st time or a certain new game that they tried out

Turkish Airlines has a similar device these days on their multimedia systems. I only fly with them, dunno how it is with others.

I bet most of the hotels who had these probably put them in storage or in a closet somewhere and forgot about them.

Here in America that wasn’t the gateway they were talking about in ‘92.

I love the story and the hardware being oresented, but those drug jokes that keep falling flat just take me out of it.

The only thing cannabis is a “gateway” to is Doritos and a good nap.✌️❤️

It was a great way to kill time when I was flying for hours. I miss it 😊😊😊

I only fly 1st class if it's going to be overnight. I need the privacy and leg room.

I played that in the 90s at a best Western my mom's bill came and she almost killed me

I never heard of the system before. Old Nintendo knows how to make money

This is a really solid video lady decade, just wanted to let you know. 👍

I saw a Nintendo 64 one once, when I briefly worked at a hotel.

Another informative video! Didn't know about this

I actually played one of the hotel room ones as a kid in the mid nineties here in the states.

Lady Decade videos, a necessity for gracious living!

I dissociated and came back to at 6:00 I was very confused XD

Nintendoof!

yeeee i ran across those systems :-) they are still deployed on some airlines

You're so fucking weird and I'm here for it.

Wii mote

hahah i remember reading this in a Nintendo Power magazine haha

Gateway is a popular computer company at one time.

I do rmb these, thanks for reminding me!

When I hear gateway I think of the computers

I have a 3ds so I might take it on a flight with me

I heard of it before :D Great video though.

World domination wasnt far off according to Nintendo

Gateway just says computer to me, sorry.

We still have these in malaysia planes...

I see myself as an expert in Nintendo (N64 DD, Virtual Boy, Nintendo's first console don't remember the name) but even I didn't know about this Nintendo Gateway Console. I think that Nintendo forgot about this because of their squeaky clean image.

I had a gba the first time I flew.

I remember playing with one of these or something like it when I was 12 on a Singapore Airlines flight. I was travelling with my father for his work and we were in business class heading to London. I played a Mario game though I can't recall which one. Very cool device though I was pretty bad at playing it.

Never experienced the Nintendo Gateway when it launched, but it would be fun to experience Donkey Kong Country on a long flight. Didn't know about the hotel Gateway setup either. Really interesting video and i'm surprised as well this Nintendo device didn't get more exposure from the various Nintendo-centered channels out there.

I can't find the Video Game Kraken channel? I just get "krakens in video games" videos

They used to use that controller on Emirates flights for their I.C.E entertainment (the one in the thumbnail) as a controller, although it’s was just some mobile games , the interface was quiet similar too

I remember this I used on a flight to the U.S and it was awesome. 8 hours+ of Street Fighter 2 (and Twister movie in between)

I played the hotel one before

Drugs are bad.. mmmkay?

NTR brought me here

I played one on a plane once

Hotels had them too. I played one in HI in the late 90s