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It did what it was supposed to, I had one about ten years ago with a dozen of the carts/books. My daughter was about 3 and found it entertaining the few times she played it.

I remember really wanting one of these when I was very young because they had a, to me at the time, neat looking Berenstain Bears game which I was a REALLY big fan of back then.

I remember seeing that device in the US at Toys R Us once or twice. I always wondered what the story behind it was. Thank you for this video!

Of course, nowadays almost any Sega Pico video on KZfaq uses some footage from my channel when they dig into the Japanese library. Does anyone want any suggestions on games worth playing?

I had one of these when I was a kid, I remember the weird interactive book game things, I remember really liking this mini game thing drawing lines to make electrical connections (I think this was Mickey Mouse themed) and I remember the Busytown game fondly. Cool video, blast from my personal past. Didn't know there were that many games though; we had maybe 5 and I never remember seeing others advertised here in North America. Edit: and wow did that brief clip of Tails jumping on the lilly pads with the frogs hit me with sudden forgotten nostalgia.

I have 3 different Sailor Moon games for the Pico.

This is the second time I heard of the Sega Pico. It released before my time.

I'm pretty sure that there wasn't just a Pokémon game on the Pico, but also a limited edition console with a Pikachu on it

I really appreciate the Sonic R music in the background

I owned a Sega Pico when I was a kid. I don’t have much memory about it, but I remembered having fun with it. It was the only Sega console I have ever played, if you count it as one.

Bought this in it first came out and had about 17 books for it. Loved the educational part and the fun way it taught. Took it to my kids school and played certain games to coincide with what they were learning in class at that time. It was a great learning tool.

I have a couple of Ultraman game carts for the Pico.. Now since your video I need to acquire that Pokémon. Well done video, as always..

The Sega Pico Lacked the YM2612 sound processor, thus making it sounding less like a 16 bit platform.

This reminds me of the leapfrog leap pad I had as a kid. The way these games are played look like a precursor to the Wii U.

Great video(apart from the ads I muted and skipped)😀It sounds like it has the master system sound chip!

I've often heard of this system but never really looked into it, very informative video as always.

8:05 the music playing is mezase pokémon master, the japanese opening from the first season of the anime. this music also plays on pokémon pinbal, the 4th seasson (as an new version) and in one of the sun moon seasons.

Great video, helped in part by the incredible Sonic R soundtrack!

The Pico was my first console! I loved it as a kid! I need to find another one, guess I'll check eBay.

Strangely enough, I actually did find Pico cartridges, system, and power supply in a mom and pop shop up the street (no longer in business, sadly). I remember thinking it was rather bizarre that it found its way to such a small town. Obviously I had no interest in this little kid's device, but the cartridges struck me as very strange. Also I love that 8-bit rendition of Mezase Pokemon Master! Never thought I'd hear a Sega system playing Pokemon music.

My first game console! I guess that officially makes me a sega kid. I think I practically got the entire US library maybe with a couple of exceptions, still have em all CIB but I haven’t touched the system in over 20 years lol. I really loved playing with this thing, it introduced me to so many classics. That Tails music game, Ecco, the scarytown game were probably my faves

There's something about the way you say "hello ladies and gentlemen" in this video that cracks me up

I was able to pick up a Pico a few years ago along with 2 of the storyware titles. Wonderful world of Richard Scary and a Crayola title. It is a nice system and honestly its fun to hunt titles for it.

@10:33 NOW THAT'S A COMBOVER! wooooo.. Almost makes you go "Comb over yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" :P.

I remember seeing this in stores when I was really young. It was a curiosity to which I played with the store's demo units but ultimately, it couldn't hold my attention like the SNES and Genesis.

I love your post! 🤟🏻

Another great video I don’t know how you do it

Slopes brought me to your channel. We love sega in south america.

Good take on the topic

I absolutely loved my pico as a kid and it got me into video games at a young age. I even had that Pooh cartridge and Richard scary’s. Everyone thinks I’m crazy when I talk about it and for the longest time I had no idea it was made by sega. I miss it!

idk about Sega Pico but I do know about boku no pico........................

We had one for my sister who was a toddler at the time, but I enjoyed poking around at the drawing parts.

Ive always to review this. Someday I will!!!! Thank you!!!

This has to be the first time I've ever fancied playing an edutainment system! Is there anything AsobiTECH doesn't have 🤔

I wonder if it can be modded to play Mega Drive / Genesis cartridges. ;-)

Thank you for sharing this! I was always curious about the Pico, but it hardly had any coverage in magazines here in the US. I didn't even know the cartridges are also books, and the games were slammed as inferior versions of popular Genesis/MD titles for little kids (read: not edgy and cool).

Here in Brazil there are many Master clones

An 8 (16?) bit demake of the Japanese Pokémon theme is something I never knew I wanted but absolutely did

I remember seeing these. But I was too old for the system at the time. Looking at old ads from time to time I still see the name. I keep forgetting it was by Sega.

6:45 that's a classic physical arcade game/ fairground game! Skeeball I think.

I'm actually an owner of two Pico systems, one of them being American, which I got in 2017, and the other being Japanese, which I got last year. Although I understand they were meant for the youngsters, the reason why I got them is because I love collecting SEGA systems. Besides, I found the Pico to be a very interesting slice of SEGA history. Despite it not doing so well here in the States where I live, I remember seeing one many years ago at a dentist's office, though at the time I really didn't know what it was. Recently, however, I met a few people who had a Pico system or had bought one for their child, and when I told them that SEGA made it, they were surprised. The main reason why I got the system was for Sonic GameWorld as well as Tails and the Music Maker. I can imagine those rank among the most coveted titles for that system. Music Maker was undoubtedly an edutainment device. GameWorld may not have been as much as an edutainment device as Music Maker was, but it was meant to improve kids' hand-eye coordination skills. I got the Japanese Pico system as I heard the Japanese version of GameWorld was quite different from the American version and that I also read the in the American version's instruction booklet that it was meant to be played ONLY on an American system. Even so, I read just now that the Pico is region-free. If what I read just now is true, then that means I have a spare Pico system. I heard a little about the Beena as well. I'll see what I can do about adding that to my collection, but since there are no Sonic games on it (or any titles that would be appealing for me) from what I read, I'm left to wonder if getting one would end up being a waste of space and money for me. For a while, I've been interested in learning more about this system. So I appreciate you telling us about it. I'm looking forward to seeing that video about the Beena. Who knows? Maybe that'll make me interested in getting one.

Good lordi! It's Alcione/Alanis from Magic Knight Rayearth!!!

The only differences from Sega Mega Drive/Genesis is the sound chip. It uses the same Texas Instruments sound generator as the Master System rather than the Yamaha one from Mega Drive but also has a NEC PCM sound chip, maybe used for voice tracks.

(Edit: Fixed) The Sega Pico was only a success in Japan and South Korea.

Could it failed in the West and Europe was because parents were more willing to buy full functioning computers (PCs, Commodores, Spectrums) instead of this limited toys? Computers in japan weren't considered family devices in the early and mid 90s.

What's so strange about the Bible Adventures cart for NES? I got mine during the first run in the early '90s and it wasn't any different from some other unlicensed games. Got Spiritual Warfare back then too. Sadly, I saw Noah's Super 3D Ark sit at the same shop, unsold, for well over a decade and I never bought it. *sigh* Hindsight is 20/20. Now THAT was a strange cart!

Very awesome mate! But did u say there was a Sega Beaner?😂😆

Bought one for my oldest son second hand. He loved it.

as a geek or nerd whole in general about this unit I think think wiki or other site might explain about this system but I never heard of pico or have I?

there was a time when i couldn't go to a thrift store without tripping over at least 3 picos per visit

Enjoy your videos immensely! Where do you get the anime/manga figures for your video covers on KZfaq??

I have really fond memories of our Pico. My sibs and I had hours of fun with Winnie the Pooh and Richard Scary. I really wish we had kept it and been able to get other games second hand. :(

What was that console that's built into a TV in the beginning?

Bro the pico was dope when I was a kid lol

I’d like to find one for my kids to use, it looks fantastic

What is the soundtrack playing at 1:50?

Not sure I have the skills to use a Pico but I'm sure my kids would love using it. Looks very educational, would you invest in them for your class?

I'd blame the marketing and small game library as well. They couldn't exactly import and localize more of the Japanese games since they seem to be mostly properties that weren't introduced to the US at that point, if at all. Ones that did wouldn't have been big in the 3-7 demo anyway. Not to mention the biggest problem, edutainment games featuring licensed video game characters were poorly made cash grabs. The home PC was starting to become a thing, and there were so many option made by competent companies at the time that the console based educational game never caught on.

Am I the only one who says yeah with the top hat connoisseur a video games?

i remeber this system back in the day , nowadays we have the company vtech doing stuff like

I actually remember this being advertised. I thought it looked pretty cool.

The Sega Pico had a succror the pico beena.

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Tad too young for Megadrive? I have just the thing.

1:05 sega doing ray tracing way before nvidia. lol

13:18 - Who's the star bear character?

I wonder if the pico games / roms would work on a Sega Megadrive?

Plus, we had a lot of edutainment video games in the West. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Simcity, Oregon Trail, etc. They were popular but seem to be overall less fun for kids than Japanese edutainment games, which based on this video play a lot more like traditional video games with an educational function than Western edutainment games.

It’s worth pointing out that the Japanese version of Sonic’s Gameworld has an entire page dedicated to casino style minigames which was replaced in the international verstion with the coloring page instead. And to answer your question, yes, the Pico uses the same exact hardware as the Mega Drive, in fact you can run Pico Roms on Mega Drive emulators and they would work but you’ll be stuck in the title screen since you won’t be able to switch through pages, also you’ll be messing the touch bad as well as a couple of added sound channels... Now the question is, can you do that on real hardware? Running a cartridge from one console to the other? I can’t check since I don’t own any. Such a shame, though, you didn’t talk about the Doraemon one after all the hype in the video, I wanted to know more about it as I’m such a big fan of Diraemon but sadly most games in the franchise suck aside from the ones by SEGA surbrinsingly, the Mega Drive one is really really good!

i loooved my pico because i could draw on my tv

Well i've arleady heard of sega pico games from the catalog and i watch other videos like : 1. Ojamajo Doremi series like Dokkan , Sharp and motto 2 . Sailor moon series 3 . Sanrio characters series like hello kitty , Keropi , My melody and the little twin stars 4. Ongaku daisuki snoopy ( based of the peanuts characters by charles schulz ) 5 . Futari wa Precure 6 . Disney characters and movies Well that's all i can hear about the sega pico in japan.

I recall a scene from The Simpsons where Bart and the other kids are at a garage sale, find a bunch of gaming cards, and then Ned pops up and says "Ah, you found the game cards! That there is (forgot the Bible character's name), he once slew the Hittonites!", then Nelson chimes in, "Uh oh, this game's trying to teach us things, run!". Or something to that account. That's probably why the Pico failed in the US. On top of which, it looked a lot like all those shovelware "edutainment computers" that Tiger Games kept foisting on the American public for almost the entire decade.

Pico is not a Megadrive. It reuses the graphics and system management chip from the Megadrive along with the main processor, but ditches the Z80 CPU (which is used for Master System compatibility and as sound management chip) and the Yamaha FM synthesizer IC. The PSG (Programmable Soundwave Generator) which was present on the Master System is part of Megadrive's graphics chip so it is present - so for cost reasons, this is the one remaining of the two sound chips of the Megadrive, plus a voice/wave soundchip is added because of its educational purpose.

How does the system feel? It it made of really cheap plastic?

If I ever play on this console I'd probably suck at the games on it as well 😔.

4:38 Top Hat Gaming Man imitating the Angry Video Game Nerd! LOL

The CDi was an edutainment device? I just remember playing Mad Dog McCree on it, and those hilarious Zelda "games".

My sister and I had Socrates if anybody remember that one

Got an idea why not sega sony Nintendo and Microsoft work together on one console hardware that play all software games

I'd really like to see what the stickers look like on the Casio Loopy, is this one of those machines you plan on reviewing? It's obscure , it's Japanese and it's one of the few consoles ever made that was directed at girls, if you're going to be covering the Sega Pico, you absolutely need to cover the Casio Loopy! Pretty please?

Hat Top Man Gaming here

If it's the same hardware as the Genesis why not just make a add on tablet controller for the Genesis so you don't have to have multiple systems?

whats the funnest pico game?

Pico is life!

I think they made Sega pokemon dog treats. They were called picochews.

Can you look at the first Mario RPG Game🐢

Can you look at Yoshi Safari🐊

#BigDaddyTopHat in the house! #PayTheManShirley

Heh heh, Alcyone the queen bitch of MKR on the thumbnail. ;) I want a Pico for the novelty of that Pokemon game now, too.

0:01 name of that song

I'm more excited to see Oddity Archive on a THGM video than I am to see a THGM video!

Do the Vtech smile.

"Whack a bloody mole!"

These episodes why you stand out nobody else smart enough to mention bandai wonder swan

I remember that my mom took me to kaybee toys a store that was all toys kind of like toys r us back then and in the electronic section was the Sns but that same day they brought through the door those Sega Genesis systems with altered beasts as a bundle and I fell for that one for me as a kid the Genesis was like the big kids console it had most of the rpg's that made me go for it and it was all black something that made me felt I was buying an adult console and yes I did altered beasts was crazy with monsters and men becoming beasts with the floating orbs you collected of a white wolf that only appeared in a blink of an eye on overall all my friends had an and but when I came with that Genesis they all used to come home to see and play an adult console that was what we all thought back then cause the games had blood and guts like that splatter be house dude you find saw that in a sns

That commercial was in Korean not Mandarin...

I'm not sure if a greater respect for education explains the success of edutainment toys alone in East Asia. There are lots of parents in the West that push their kids hard in school, including up to Tiger Mom levels, if you are in the right socio-economic classes. Like any kid bound for an Ivy in the states and Oxbridge in the UK was pushed really hard to succeed as a kid. In the West, I think the big failure with edutainment toys is that even parents who push their kids to succeed in school don't think they would work and the end benefit to their education would be neutral at best. Therefore, toys tend to be a lot more about entertainment even among families really pushing their kids.

i am from brazil sao paulo city, homre fro tec toy ans master system is on market hight now

i respect this consolle, like the playdia and the commodore cdtv (no, the cdi is poo anyways), but i wouldn't play it. good video nevertheless.