Did not know about it till now. Edit: I though the title was referring to the NES lockout chip.

My parents would take away my controllers and batteries

For real. Mine would just disconnect it and put it away and dared us to go look for it until our punishment was over or our work was done.

@@LSTNSCRFN Controller and batteries, Xbox?

Is it possible to make a video about the first ever expansion/dlc. Also I just went to the base community center when my parents had the consoles I owned. Then I could play almost any game and play with friends

Ya once you figure it out u can swipe their debt card and buy a go cart or puppy and get in real trouble.

Lol. But the fact that 4 numbers can be encrypted as one of 10.000 combinations makes me wonder if parents would have needed to buy more and more locks. Edit: combinationS

Or actually more than playing the game itself. Because it's on lockdown. Lol.

I would've rummaged for a junior hack saw to take to that lock!

The item that started the man’s career

Little click out of one and we got it open

Don't worry, it's a Master Lock, he'll have it open in seconds.

Ok, today we're going to open this lock using a soggy sponge.🤣

Dat weasel.....haaart....

Uuuuuhhh!

Lock NES would've made more sense while keeping the pun. "Loch" wouldn't have made sense since it's a lock, not a loch.

Holy shit, they could even had made it in to the shape of the neck sticking out of the water

someone isn't reading top comments

I've heard a fair number of people recovering from accidents have used Tetris to rebuild their coordination.

nice

"See mom? That's why video games are good."

I had a similar experience. I was, as you said, very clumsy as a kid. Dropped a lot of stuff I tried to hold onto, constantly bumped into things. My family thought I was going to be like that forever. But one of my doctors had a small cabinet (I think it was called a "Kidzpace") with a SEGA Genesis and a Sonic game inside it. While Dad as talking with the doctor one day, I wandered over to this cabinet and started playing. I had a few deaths, to be sure, but I very quickly started picking up on the "twitch reflex" and necessary timing and it wasn't long before I cleared Emerald Hill Zone. The doctor noticed this and asked if I played video games at home. Dad said yes, because we had the ATARI 2600 and a recntly-purchased NES, but they limited how much I played because of fears the TV screen would damage my eyes. The doctor very quickly put that to rest and said as long as my face wasn't pressed right against the screen I was fine and that they should let me play more to develop my coordination. In less than three months, my reflexes, and thus coordination, had improved far more than they had in the previous three years. After that, Dad never put any limits on my gaming. He did try to make sure I understood time management and how to balance gaming versus real-world things I needed to do, which also helped me in life. (And, rather fittingly, games with their countdown timers helped me with that, too.)

@@KamenRiderGumo nice

Or just... take away the power supply?

Yes but, what about a bike lock?

@@GamingHistorian Clearly the most effective and efficient solution

My brother wrecked the house looking for his taken away NES. So... Yes, but it could also cost money if your child is a complete psychopath.

Nobody bought this because they were smart enough to be good parents

Your story makes me smile :)

@@8BiToe-Old I Would Just Hide My Nes And Maybe THROW OUT Or Burn That Lock

Found the rich kid, lol.

My parents are pretty much the same way the few times they tried to limit my time on my devices in the past they could never remember to stick to it (which didn’t take too long) at some point and so eventually I was allowed to play as much as I wanted.

@@Cooe. Meh. I had a Master System while my sister had the NES. I later sold my Master System with games and bought a Mega Drive with it and a game. My sister bought a SNES. Those consoles are pretty cheap compared to the games. Sadly most friends (from school) owned Nintendo devices so I often played other SNES and NES games on my sister's console. I also bought Zelda and Mario Kart on the SNES xD. Too bad Sega hasn't made a Master System collection for Steam. I miss those games. I regret selling those consoles (sold Mega Drive for Playstation).

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLGJjMuK3dacYX0.html

I was gonna say that too, glad I didn't since then I would get hunted down for it

Or like the ads you hear on the radio in GTA

@@ps3master72 "I was worried that my kids would run away, so i put a microchip in their brains. Now, no one can molest them but me."

While the implementation is a bit bizarre, the basic idea is built in to pretty much all electronics these days - Parental Lock or Parental Controls. They are in everything from TVs, computers, consoles, to your handhelds such as phones and tablets, even in internet routers.

I played Castlevania 2 so often (I remember chips and a lot of late nights involved) but I never really got far in it. Till this day, that game's challenge haunts me. I didn't mind replaying it though. The music is just amazing.

This sir deserves an award....

I remember every time I got into trouble of my parents they would remove the controllers for my SEGA master system II

@@gwenwalravens8030 It still isn't a bad game, isn't it? I mean, come on, it's Konami!

🤣🤣🤣

Howabout Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Honestly surprised KZfaq didn’t take down this comment for containing a detailed and horrific description of what hell looks like.

I remember when i first played it, I had no idea how to flip the pages so I only saw 18ish "games". I wish I never figured out there was more to that dumpster fire. It's really bad, like really bad

Reported for terrorism and graphic violence, what were you thinking??

@$$ - AVGN

Someone make this happen!!!

I'd love to see him do this lock, combination locks like these always seem to have flaws.

Damn beat me to it.

It’s a Master Lock. It probably comes apart if you look at it funny.

Best interest cross over ever.

I don't see how entertainment can "cause your grades to slip"! We each just need a perfect balance between fun and learning!

@@adultmoshifan87 When you’re a kid and have unsupervised time after school you waste it.

@@adultmoshifan87 Just like many things in life, not all kids can manage either, at least at a certain age... Or mental education.

@@adultmoshifan87 In my experience, most children don't have the ability to manage their time wisely until around middle school, and even then some adults can't handle it either. but yes, a good balance is ideal. Everybody is happy that way.

Makes sense. It's the old NES speedrunnimg trope. Birds are jerks.

And it works with every console!

My parents just took our controllers. Less work for them. No purchase necessary

I always found them when they took them away and put them back before they got back home. I never got caught. I learned to pick every lock and block they put up, including calling Nintendo for a master key for my 3DS and using computers at school or devices my parents didn't even know had web browsers to generate master keys for the Wii. Don't insult kids' intelligence, when motivated enough they'll think circles around you. The closet is a joke.

Wow is this comment relateable. So true. Being told no is a powerful motivator for a kid.

​​@@SolaceonWow. I mean thats where "the law" needs to be laid down... If my kid goes to that extreme after I forbid him from playing so many video games, then its clearly a problem with obedience and authority, not really the methods. All i should have to do is unplug it and explain to the child why its being unplugged. My parents simply took it away when i was slacking off from school and that was that... I didnt go behind their back and start looking for it and plug it back in... To this day, when i really want or need to focus, thats all i do is uninstall video games, KZfaq and turn my phone off... Its crazy how different life becomes when you dont have these things to distract you.

nothing stopping the child from finding it while the parent is e.g. showering

@@BigOlSmellyFlashlight, I don’t know why. But “...the parent is e.g. showering” made me laugh.

then that’ll be more than the NES that gets locked

@@bruhchamp16593 More like the NES that get's destroyed.

If someone did that to me I would just try to every combination to unlock it

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

Put AVGN in a containment room, with that game AND the lock. Enjoy his suffering now.

Great idea. Maybe if they’re hit with it they can’t perform certain moves or something

@@balaam_7087 Awesome! Dang, now I want that as an item

Temporarily stuns on lock?

Or locks a move out temporarily

or limit you to jump

haha. Ya i was lucky my mom traveled for work every week and my dad had his own business so i had the house to myself from 3 to 6 every day. Got a lot more fun when we got AOL..... ;)

This is probably the most accurate thing I've seen in a while lol

They aren't allowed to play Uno

I’m jealous of girls because cuse they get to wear dresses.

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel You can wear a dress if you want to. If anyone makes fun of you just smack em with your purse.

@@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522 That's my purse! I don't know you! *kicks person in groin*

Pretty sure sand has been around for uncountable epochs....

Or cats.

I live near the town where Kitty Litter was invented.... He originally purchased the stuff to use in chicken coops, but found nobody wanted it for that. He came up with the kitty litter idea to sell the mountain of small rocks and clay he had just spent a bunch of money on.

And just like litter, this lock idea is great... ....FOR ME TO POOP ON!

It's weird to think of a world without a litter box.

IT HAS TO BE AN IJN GAME. edit i thought it did not post so i had to try twice

I'm glad I had a MUCH BETTER first taste of speedrunning: I rented Spyro 1 for the PlayStation as soon as I could after it came out. Been looking forward to the game for months! However, because I was only renting it for the weekend, I rushed through it, but the night before it had to go back, I made it to Gnasty Gnorc! Sadly, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't beat him! I was SO burned that I felt I couldn't go near Spyro again for over half a decade!

You got jumped in school for your humor huh? Lol but seriously that was a good one

OOOOOOOOOOOH.

That was honestly pretty good

Except nobody old enough to have owned an NES back then actually pronounces it that way.

@@mattbernacke bruh moment

🤣👍

Plays game boy outside.

Better than playing alone

From a social interaction perspective, that IS an improvement. Perhaps a better investment would have been some good multiplayer games to promote more social gaming? It's kind of a shame that local multiplayer, or "couch co-op" is much less common these days.

Plays tetris with his friends outside

I would really like a Lockpicking Lawyer episode about this.

Same

Lol, sounds like my childhood.

Hell, when I was 13 all I wanted to do when I got home from school was play Nintendo and whack off. F--k homework

@@ku4uv Here I am, completing my Masters, with 3 project cars and a basement full of old PCs. Suit yourself. :D

lol!

@@AxxLAfriku you’re not

100% ... A product fueled by animosity and repulsion. Uneccessary and agressively anti to the child's enjoyment... Just it's presence is intimidating. Of COURSE you should meter play ... But not like this... get involved you terrible parents... How awful.

The people of that generation probably thought the nes was cursed or something.

If we just think how much consoles was touched by a fathers hammer or something like that...)

@@AxxLAfriku Damn, your account just screams "desperate for attention".

My mom didn' thave to. We had one tv in our house so she knew when we were playing NES and not. Also we were good kids and knew to do our homework first.

The lock, or the Nintendo? We didn't have an NES-we got an 8088 IBM compatible in 1990.

@@hey_you: I think your reply was intended for a different comment thread. Your reply doesn't match with any comments in this thread.

Can’t believe I had to scroll *this far* down to find somebody else who noticed it!

Ditto! The days of l337 speak are sadly gone.

Anything from Wisdom Tree or LJN would be a fitting punishment.

not everyone is christian

@@starscratcher why would whether or not you believe the source material of a bad game to be factual or not matter here?

@@daemosblack no bible advantures is christian so some parents dont want their kids to play it

Lock Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in it.

I would like to see a lock designed for that.

Video quality

@RockManLP_Reviews Nintendo did release some with audio/video input.. They are very rare though..

Late in the Nes life cycle released top loader

@@deezy81 they did not release an alternative some people were able to send theirs in and get the modded by Nintendo but as you said those are very rare

It's true and I stand by my comments

call the locksmith!

@@derek-64 CALL THE LOCKSMITH!

@@GamingHistorian I can tell you struggled to say that with a straight face

@@GamingHistorian I argue you could have found a dozen other ways to phrase that without scaring my brain with the mental image of the NES having its junk guarded 0_0

Like there isn't any other way to learn to lockpick...

Who needs to pick it? It’s only got 10000 combinations. You just keep trying one at a time until you hit the right one.

wait does it exist

@@alexanderavila8488 I don't know lol, it's just a funny idea. It's like locking screen time on your phone so nobody else can lock it.

My grandma would hide the gamepads after school.

I respected my parents didnt want an asswhippin 🤷‍♂️🤣

You always look for that off color brick/tile. It's a dead giveaway 😉

If only your parents had bought Homework First!

@@GamingHistorian Haha, yea. I was a pretty rebellious skater kid back then and I would have found a way to rip that thing right off! lol

Because you played video games instead of studying

The "hide power cord" trick didn't work for you then

That kid was a lost cause.

@Muhammad It would probably just deteriorate out of fear.

Missed crossover opportunity here

Heck he'd talk down to it due to the master lock company being the masters of weak lock mechanisms in a great body

I was thinking of the same thing when I came down to the comments.... lol

I clicked the video just to say it and you beat me to it

Bowser stocked up on these bad boys

Hohoho! That is a good idea

A modified version that gives the unlock code at the end.

He would be like: "Oh No.... NOT AGAIN!!! NOT AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!!!! Don't tell me i'm gonna play this shit for the rest of my life!? THAT'S IT!!!! Homework First? MORE LIKE SHITWORK FIRST!!!"

@@mickeymouseproductions8977 All the worst games, including Action 52, Bill & Ted, Terminator, Kid Kool, Milon's Secret Castle, Roger Rabbit, Dick Tracy, Menace Beach/Sunday Funday, as well as ALL the Bible Games!

I mean, really. When I was a kid I had a strict two hour time limit on playing games on school days. And I didn't violate it, even though the NES was in my room and no one would have known if I had been playing it all night.

@@fergalstackstreams For me I wasn't allowed to play on school days. Only on weekends for about an hour and 30 minutes.

You would to

I heard he made a video, but even when gutted it was 90 seconds and not worth it.

Huh, it IS a Masterlock, man, you can probably shim it in a second.

Looking back, the logic baffles me, oh I'm spending too much time inside. Okay, I'll just ride my bike to my friends house and play video games over there, they have more games anyway!

Not every kid listens to their parents, no matter how good the parents actually are. Humans have an instinctive desire for autonomy, and some have it more than others. My parents weren't super strict but they weren't afraid of discipline. The problem was, neither was I.

Because Matt has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

@@OtakuUnitedStudio yea people think whatever a kid does is because of the parents

Safety 1st does create covers for electrical wall sockets, so young kids don't stick foreign objects in them, which would in turn result in electric shock. Safety 1st also created a lock for VCR slots, which prevents young kids from putting their hands or foreign objects into the inside of the VCR where the videocassettes go, which, in turn, would damage the VCR heads.

Chess and novels. Back in the 19th century parents were worried those frivolous products were rotting their children minds. Yes, chess and dime novels. Look it up.

Back then they would just beat up the kids and burn the toys.

Look up the waltz. It was scandalous at the time.

Those activities promoted skill social and other valuable traits imo

Better not be Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Its just 4 digits, thats off in no time.

@@rtg5881 I tried that. I dont know why it worked. But I broke the lock...

*laughs in bolt cutter*

Mine just took the VCR. (Our tv had to run the signal through a VCR in order for it to work with an N64 cause it only had an RF antenna hook-up)

Mine did too. She didn't know I had spares.

@@renakunisaki That's exactly why the NES lock was invented - there's no getting around *that* without a metal saw or a lockpicking course 🤣

Lolz, now kids just use their parents Amazon account & order a new controller. Same/next day delivery.

Always had a spare

Better get your homework done fast then.

Worse, finding a spider laid eggs in side in the morning.

Let’s be honest and real, homework is bullshit. Even teachers (at least in my country) think so. They believe it gets in the way of family time and causes more stress in children. Children should *NOT* be stressed or depressed. Fuck homework.

@@songoku9348 agreed

@@songoku9348 I always did my homework during class instead of listening to the teacher talk. If the only criterion for being a "good" student is getting the right answers in the book, then why should I pay attention to anything else?

traumatize is now a entertainment

2010s "i just hit my kid with a sledgehammer epic funny by daddyofive"

Shit my mom got tired of me and my older brother arguing over it and ripped it out of the wall and smashed it on the back porch. That was 1991

@@erichquinones598 Mine smashed my PS1. I'm no-contact with her, incidentally...

@@incongruous4 Do those freaks still have custody of their kids?

I wouldn't. Those locks are absurdly easy to crack.

My dad would play Fester's Quest for a long time, farming gun upgrades just to get to the highest quality gun before actually starting the game back when I was a kid.

It's not really a bad game, it's just very punishing and unforgiving with its difficulty. Developed by Sunsoft's western branch, testers in Japan had complained that the game was unreasonably hard. In an interview from a couple of years ago, one of the devs said that in hindsight, the game should have had, if not a battery save, then at least a password system, but there wasn't enough time to do changes like that, so instead they opted for damage control by intentionally marketing the game as being highly challenging.

At least he eventually used those skills for good instead of turning to a life of crime as an adult. My mom never really had to worry about me and my sister: we were nerds so we did our homework first and our grades were good but if we had slipped up, she would have just hidden the system.

Sounds like you had good parents then.

@@ghhn4505 yep :)

And to be fair, they rarely said no because I didn’t give them much of a reason to. I didn’t play video games for more than an hour. I preferred playing outside.

@@GatCat That was me too. I can't recall my parents telling me not to play video games. Mostly, they would just ban me from using the TV at all. It was an effective punishment.

He was a loser

@@pp3k3jamail no u homie.

interesting

"As much fun as naming your game Night Walk" - Stuart Ashen

underrated

Call a lock Smith!

CALL A LOCKSMITH!!!!

Yup.

Isn't it great to have siblings.

What a little shi-

I had a friend who wiped me 30 hours of Pokemon Red shortly after it came out because he found out about the link cable and tried to connect my Game Boy to his... with two different games in. He did this without telling me, and not doing it in the right order anyway. I had Pokemon Red in my Game Boy, he had Wheel of Fortune.

@@OtakuUnitedStudio wheel of fortune? What the hell

2020: Corona Virus "Amateurs!"

@@baltousprime7897 as a father of 3, I completely agree.

@niggerbait found the flatter!

@@39zack if i were you i wouldn't call people out like that it gives off some bad vibes about yourself. No offense that's why don't do that first and just ask. But you could have said something a bit more convincing of a statement.

aguyandhiscomputer, I love your avatar. Daylilies are so cute.

sounds like a stable individual

Like I said to another user in regards to a similar situation: Your parents bought the console so your dad is destroying what he payed for. He's smashing his money.

I'm sorry. What a horrible thing.

Mine told me my mom spilled tea on it and it went to get repaired ... never saw it again

Honestly Smashing a kids device isn't the best. Especially since they paid money for said device