How VHS Gaming Conned Us | Nostalgia Nerd

Head to ​https://www.squarespace.com/nostalgianerd to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NOSTALGIANERD.... Please note, these games use *FLASHING LIGHTS*. It was bound to happen eventually. I couldn't get away with it forever. VHS Gaming. It was inevitable. The Action Max, Video Challenger, Hasbro Control Vision/NEMO, ViewMaster Interactive Vision, Sega Video Driver and everything inbetween. It's all here, and I've had to endure it. So I thought I'd dive in with the key question: How it conned us, and what I mean by that is; how any of these "game consoles" convinced us that they were something worth dabbling with in the first place. Personally, having gulped an exceptionally large dose in one go, I don't want to play another VHS based game for a several months, possibly years. Thanks to Quang for letting me borrow his Interactive Vision (even if he doesn't know I did). Thanks again to RetroReplay. Please find his view Interactive Vision video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNBkPz5Yvs Index: 0:00 Intro & Backstory 2:28 Connor VideoSmarts 3:50 Worlds of Wonder 6:02 Action Max 13:25 Video Challenger 17:34 Captain Power 19:57 Sega Video Driver 21:29 Hasbro Control Vision 26:26 View-Master Interactive Vision 30:00 Atmosfear 30:52 TV Teddy 32:14 Toby Terrier / VEIL 35:27 Closing Thoughts 🔗Video & Reference Links🔗 Nintendo Training Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjgHLFZMa0 Action Max Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsww4SlxUbM After Burner (Video Challenger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xprx1qCdYRg Road Blaster (Video Challenger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoG5U-eSmeA Pops Ghostly (Action Max): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-4ZsA8G4vc Ambush Alley (Action Max): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQTgPKqmA0 NES UK Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhA4kB-TBR0 Captain Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYesRQsDz8 Night Trap Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnRxBr1m10c Dragon's Lair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEbsp0HP8Rk 📚Reference Material📚 ComputerSmarts: https://nnerd.es/3dj8Pki Teddy Ruxpin: https://nnerd.es/3m4ItpW WoW: https://nnerd.es/3di4kX7 / https://nnerd.es/3ub0eHg Action Max Discussion: https://nnerd.es/3wgUm0H Video Challenger: https://nnerd.es/3u0pPm2 / https://nnerd.es/3wgjG6Y Encoded Light: https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Video_Encoded_Invisible_Light VEIL Press Release: https://nnerd.es/3rL3kjD Anime Bargain Bin: http://www.anime-games.co.uk/VHS/anime/saberrider.php Sabre Star: http://d19cgyi5s8w5eh.cloudfront.net/eml/nBRq3zttTo-F9LKQ9dcvKg VEIL Interactive: https://www.veilinteractive.com/about/ Light Gun Technicals: https://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/lightgun.html NEMO Briefing: https://nnerd.es/2O8ehhj Polygon Sources: https://nnerd.es/31vFGwN Kotaku Video Tape Report: https://nnerd.es/2PGaLLA Continue? The Boss Fight Anthology (book) Archive.org text media search results 🏆 Support 🏆 Support my channel, get exclusive videos & perks, as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd from just $1 🏪 NN Shop & Affiliate Links! 🏪 My eBay Shop: https://nnerd.es/NerdShop (Now Re-open!) My Retro Tech book: http://nnerd.me/HVFtSB (2nd edition is out!) Desk Shelves for Retro Computers: http://nnerd.me/RetroShelves (Because you're worth it) 🍻 Share/Like 🍻 If you wish to share this video in forums, social media, on your website, or ANYWHERE else, please do so! It helps tremendously with the channel! Also, giving a thumb up or down also helps with visibility on Youtube. Many thanks! 📟 Subcribe 📟 Click to Subscribe: https://nnerd.es/2K4TYvX 📱 Join me on Social Media 📱 🐥 http://www.twitter.com/nostalnerd 🎮 http://www.twitch.tv/nostalgianerd 👱🏼📘 http://www.facebook.com/nostalnerd 📸 http://www.instagram.com/nostalgianerd 🌍 http://www.nostalgianerd.com 🎥 Equipment & Software 🎥 Panasonic Lumix G5 Topaz Video Enhance AI Sound Forge Audio 13 iZotope RX Studio Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2020 Corel Paint Shop Pro 2021 Ultimate 📜 Resources 📜 All music via. EpidemicSound or through other licenced channels. In video links and references are provided where possible. If you believe I have forgotten to attribute anything, please let me know (drop me an email via. the about page on Youtube or send me a tweet), so I can add it here. Apologies if I have missed anything out, it takes time to make these videos and therefore it can be easy to forget things or make a mistake. Errors and omissions excepted. Some material in this video may be used under Fair Dealing / Fair Use. Where under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (UK: Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988), allowance is made for purposes including parody, quotation, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, education and research. Fair Dealing / Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.