♪ (punk rock music) ♪
(Finebros) So you actually are not reacting to a video.
Oh no! Don't do this.
Oh no!
(Finebros) Instead, you are reacting to this!
Is that a...hold up, let me...
Is this a projector?
A video player?
Isn't this a Game Boy One thing?
A Game Boy! I mean--(laughs)
Not a Game Boy! A video game contraption.
This is a game console.
Nintendo Entertainment System...oh, NES.
This is an NES, right?
This is old school stuff right here!
I'm pretty excited right now. I mean, I've played them a little bit.
The craziest thing about this, my brother bought this yesterday.
I mean, I've played with a Playstation 2,
but that's as old it gets for me!
This is sad that I know what this is, but I've never seen one in real life.
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
- (Finebros) So, what do you think of it? - It's old.
My dad probably used to play it.
- It looks like a brick-- - From 1920.
Wow. This has come a long way!
It's very bland coloring.
We're gonna make a system that's gonna be all futuristic
and stuff, but it's gonna be beige.
(Finebros) So have you ever actually played a game on that thing?
I've never played a game on this before.
- No. - I wasn't even born yet!
I've never even seen one before. This is so cool!
I've played 30 seconds of Mario. It's better than the new Mario,
that's for sure.
I used to play Super Mario on this all the time!
(Finebros) Well, I'm gonna list you some of the top selling games
from the 1980s that played on this thing.
- Tell me if you've heard of them. - Alright.
- (Finebros) Super Mario Brothers. - Yes.
- Yes. - Okay, we've heard of that one.
Yeah.
Yeah, I've played on DS.
It's the biggest game ever.
(Finebros) The Legend of Zelda.
- The legend of who? - Who?
I've heard of it. Never played it.
I've heard of it, but I don't know what it is.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah.
Of course.
Yeah, I've heard of that game.
It's the blue guy? Blue hair?
- Sonic? - (Finebros) That's Sonic.
Oh [bleep]!
- (Finebros) Metroid. - Yes.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yup.
It was on the DS too. I had it!
- No. - Metroid?
No.
Mmm, no.
No! What is that? I feel so bad.
- (Finebros) Dragon Warrior III. - No.
No.
Never heard of that one.
Sounds dope, though.
No. I don't LARP.
(Finebros) So, do you wanna play?
Really?
Yes.
- Yes! - Yes!
Can I?
Hell, yeah! Let's go. Let's start this up.
Oh, we're putting up our old CRT TV too?
We're going old school with everything today, huh?
(laughs)
No way! What is this?
Wait, that's the remote controller?
I have an iPhone case like this!
(Finebros) You are going to be playing Super Mario Brothers.
Yes!
With this?
It's as big as my face.
(Finebros) Go ahead and put it in.
Don't judge me.
Okay.
Um...
It's kind of a bit--oh!
Did I do it?
Oh, did I do it?!
(Finebros) Nope! You have one more step.
- (machine creaks) - Oh, okay.
(laughing)
What do I do now?
Power?
Okay...
Power?
That's gold!
- (Finebros) Is it working now? - No.
I did it! That was so--wait.
No? I didn't. No, yes.
Did I do it wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
Oh, reset!
It's still blinking!
I think it's trying to give me a seizure.
Yay! Mmm, no. Yeah?
It's flashing! Aah!
I make fun of my dad of not knowing how to use stuff,
and he's going to be watching me now.
(Finebros) How do you think you can try to get it to work
- if it's not working? - Turning it off and turning it back on again?
Reset?
Next thing, we would bang it, but I don't want to hit your equipment.
Do I have to blow in it?
You gotta blow on it!
(Finebros) People tried lots of things to get the games to work.
And the most popular of which was taking the game back out
and then blowing on it, and then putting it back in.
Tap it a little bit. A love tap.
Okay.
Come on!
- It's blinking on and off. - Still not working.
Oops.
There we go!
Yeah! I did it.
Yes! I got it!
(Finebros) People claim today that blowing into the game did nothing.
- It was all in your head. - So it's just like a placebo effect.
That's probably true! But, we all do it anyways.
I don't think it does anything, honestly.
I just kind of proved that wrong right there!
This isn't just luck. It actually works, people, in the cartridge.
(Finebros) Could you ever imagine a console today being hugely successful
like this was if it had that many problems?
- No. - No.
Nowadays, everyone's instant gratification.
It would get returned immediately!
And then they'd go over to the other console.
If X Bone wasn't working, switch over to PS4 immediately.
We're just spoiled these days.
As soon as one person creates something that's super, super efficient,
people won't stand for anything less.
(Finebros) So go ahead. You can play the first level
- of Super Mario Brothers. - I gotta get in my groove here.
No, I don't want to! I'm scared. Okay...
Ugh, it's happening!
Okay.
♪ (Mario Brothers Theme Song) ♪
I love this game!
I feel like I'm in Wreck It Ralph.
This controller sucks. This is the least comfortable controller ever.
Oh!
Dammit! Dude, I already died.
[bleep].
I literally died first time. That was so poor.
Oh, there it is.
Shrooms!
Oh, wait, come back here! No!
I can't go back in this game?
- I'm no good at this. - No, you're not.
Okay, you're dead.
Ooh! I know my stuff.
I know all the secrets. It's ridiculous.
I spend all my time doing this on my little Game Boy thing.
I can't imagine how people would just be sitting here all day and playing this.
Noooo!
Gotta get flamin' Mario!
(hyperventilating)
- Oh, what does it do?! - (Finebros) You're invincible.
Ah! Die, bitch!
I feel too good at this game.
I don't know why, I just do.
Oh no!
No! Ah, I missed it.
I'm so bomb right now. Do you see this?
- She's garbage! - YES!
1, 2, 3, go!
That's a pro. I am pro at this.
We started off weak, then ended well. Team!
Oh, [bleep].
- (Finebros) One life left. - One life left.
Okay, let's go. Let's beat this.
- So has anyone beat the level yet? - (Finebros) Everyone.
This is a clutch moment.
Forget--ah, hop. Son of a bitch.
Alright, I'm gonna go sprint. Usain Bolt!
Oh no! Only person!
(Finebros) So would you say this is better or worse than consoles of today?
Worse.
Worse!
Console wise, probably worse.
But I see some of these games and I'm like "I wanna be playing this."
I like that there's only two buttons because I get really confused
with the big controllers that's like A, B, X, Y.
There's problems with just freaking... starting this up,
and you still want to sell me that a 1080p X-Box One
is worse than this game? Get outta here.
(Finebros) So in the '80s, the home gaming console
was struggling, and some people say the NES was one of the main reasons
it became a worldwide phenomenon.
Oh, dang. You've done good!
Nintendo, keepin' it alive!
I can't imagine a world without home video games.
That's like saying TV wouldn't work, or a movie wouldn't work.
So crazy that there was a time when no one played them.
I would like to thank it. Video games are my life!
That's cool and all, but it's kinda outdated now,
so gotta let go of the past here, and move on.
(Finebros) What are your thoughts that at one point this was
- the pinnacle of gaming? - People are outta their minds.
Crazy.
This was where it all started. It's all thanks to this!
That wasn't that long ago, and we've come a long ways in a short time.
I would still have so much fun playing this,
playing all the old games.
It's a shame that kids miss out on this, really.
Kids. I'm still a kid. I sound so patronizing.
It's a classic.
Like a classic vinyl record. This is like a classic vinyl video game.
Honestly, even today, if you had one,
you'd be the coolest person out of your friends, like,
"Bro, he has a Nintendo Entertainment System!"
You're gonna get the highest hipster status ever known.
People drinking Starbucks and reading the Faults In Our Stars
cannot even beat you. You're on a different level.
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