Trying out the tiny little Oregon Trail micro arcade game handheld console thing from Super Impulse. Neat idea! Lots of concessions made to the form factor... "Is died of a dysentery."
Tetris is pretty good. Not a lot of pixels in the pieces and no drop shadow, so it can be hard to tell where you’re dropping. Also, no ability to stash pieces. But it has hard drop and soft drop, making it a very capable (albeit basic) Tetris experience. 👍
@@StarmanDX I'm writting from one right now, the lenovo ideapad10, sorry to say this but a netbook is far more enjoyable as a retrograming pc than a full blown laptop, especially when it does not have a fan.
@@alen2937 but that isn't a netbook. it's a convertible laptop, tablet machine. Your laptop has a far better keyboard than what came from true netbooks.
@@mickeymouse12678 There is a demand for them on the used market for those who just want to do the simple things and lightweight. I sold one two years ago that I fixed up. I loaded up Xubuntu on it and it was an reasonable experience to be able to go on youtube with SD resolutions.
Did you see the Game Gear micro? That's even worse. And they have a mini-arcade version of TMNT. I took one look at it and said to myself, that joystick's going to snap off a minute into intense game play.
I love tiny working versions of things. But this? it's a text based game with a difficult-to-read font on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Some things don't work miniaturized.
No need. The oregon trail one is a $20 version of the arduboy. You can buy one at arduboy.com and for $50 it comes with 200 community made games and you can program your own
I went and bought the Tetris one while watching this because it's the game I'll absolutely play the most and the form factor seems to make the most sense
I have the 3 game Missile command, Centipede, Pong version one. I can tell you in that form factor it works better but I find myself playing Pong constantly as it really is playable on the little card but you do need good vision or reading glasses if your older. Still hard for me to believe it is now 5 years old , almost ancient technology since the Arduboy FX came out.
So, this is like a stupid combination between the awfully tiny size of a Game Boy Micro and the versatility of a Tiger LCD-game? Winning combo to be sure.
@@lionsandmoon Then you must have smaller hands than I do, My hands are quite literally too big to hold the Micro comfortably in any position for any length of time.
I'm addicted to your voice, it soothes me. I usually do my chores while listening to LGR in the background. Recommended especially if ur speakers have good bass!!
Definitely a case of "just because you can doesn't mean you should." Yes, it can play a very pared-down version of Oregon Trail on a business-card-sized device, but it's not going to be any fun and it won't recreate the experience properly.
Oregon Trail is definitely a bizarre choice. I have a few of these, namely Tetris, Pac-Man, and Centipete/Missile Command/Pong 3-in-1, and they're fantastic for just throwing something in your pocket when you go out, just in case you end up having to sit around for 5 minutes in a waiting room, or on a bus.
Shouldn't John Moschitta Jr. be promoting this? So, _The Oregon Trail_ is now the size of a watch-that's some 90s nostalgia there, a watch that does more than display time/date (in addition to the Micro Machines reference). (5:46) Proofreading failure. ^_^ It's like they couldn't decide between "is dead" or "has died".
Hi, at work with spare time ** oops down time - personal time ** we developed a excel version of this nifty game The screen was just a section of cells on the excel sheet, the random pc decision was a random number generator and it looked up a list of choices every time you press something F8 or click the "Next Turn " button Was probably 80-85% OK running Regards George
These little machines are so neat, I'd love to collect them all just to have them but I feel I'd never touch them after I unpacked them for a quick play.
There's a lot of wasted space. They could've made the screen a lot larger while keeping the overall device roughly the same size. That said, given that you can have this or any other game on a smartphone, this device was never going to go past being a cheap novelty. If you actually want to play, you use a phone, a tablet or a computer.
Micro card. The best game I have seen on the micro card series is an officially licenced Tetris. I think the microcars was originally designed for Tetris if my facts are correct 😀
Back in the day, this game used to be on every school computer for some reason. So a lot of people, including people who never subsequently got in to gaming, have fond memories of this game. From a business standpoint its a no brainer. Its a videogame you can sell even to people who don't buy videogames
The tiny computer needs a Micro SD card slot or micro USB so it's possible to load games. It's got bags of potential. ? The ZX81 used to be the smallest programable computer. Thanks.
What is surprising me about that Oregon Trail port is the font is distinctly from Kemco 8-bit games. If they didn't use the typical 1980s arcade game font, they used that one. I thought I remember it one point in recent years being ported to NES format (if because the Chinese have made Famiclone hardware a cheap and abundantly-available plug 'n play platform).
you can select options by pressing the white button and to back press the white button to scrolls text, press the white button and to hunt press the white button along with the white button to win the game, press the 3 white buttons in the following order: white, white, white
Too small of a screen for Oregon trail for me. I suspect early arcade games would work great though! I wonder if the screen similiar to the micro gamegear thing that came out in Japan?
I’m honestly surprised that things like this aren’t sold more often. Having a little handheld with a modded version of Pokémon would be awesome. And the perfect thing to scam money out of people that don’t realize you can buy any 30 dollar handheld or use your phone.
I've seen a much bigger one of these at the store before, with a better looking display, now i'm curious how well it works compared to this little guy! Thank you for sharing!
Everyone is all nostalgic about The Oregon Trail, but as a kid I remember playing a similar game by MECC called Rescue in the Outback. Anyone ever heard of it?
I could understand the orientation of this handheld if it was a horizontal shooter but this is Oregon Trail! It's not an action game, they should have designed the A and B button and directional control pad to be on the same side (you don't need two hands for Oregon Trail) and installed a larger 4:3 screen. Interesting format "LGR Blerbs" at first i thought this was someone else and was gonna complain in the comments about using LGR's lgr! =P
So, I have the Tetris version of this. I absolutely love it. Is it the premium way to play this game? No. Is this convenient and fast and small and fun? It is. Absolutely it is. It’s a fun novelty but I use mine every time I work. It doesn’t bother my hands or my eyes. Tbh I’d like some other titles and I wish I could figure out a way to make that happen. I would even try to upgrade the buttons to be quieter just for more stealth. But yeah. I love this little thing.
Check for solder points... some of these arcade handhelds have all the games on them but a different solder point bridged selects which game is active.
Great video as always, but I gotta say that, I agree Oregon Trail is an awfull idea for that device. The screen might be too small for it, but Load Runner might be good on it, or maybe Zork.
I was thinking it would be great if you could flash tetris in it but then I saw they already done that, officially licensed too it seems. I do love me some credit card size gaming thingie
