As a kid I was saving up to buy a Gameboy, but then found the supervision for 20 gulden less. I could either save a little longer and get my Gameboy or go home with the supervision right then and there. Let's just say I learned an important lesson about patients and rash buying...
@RetroGameCouch3 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine your disappointment.
@ruffark4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this awesome video. I grew up with the Watara. My parents just didn’t know about this stuff, so they bought me a supervision instead of the gameboy. Still I loved it, I have a few and a nice collection of games. Hope someone will come up with a replacement screen.
@jammerc644 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Assembloids, that I had also a pleasure to work on, is probably the only modern homebrew release for Supervision handheld ;) A bit pity that there wasn't any video of it included here but thanks for mentioning us!
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
True, some footage of the game would have been better. I yet have to get the game myself.
@obsoleteworlds Жыл бұрын
Assembloids did such amazing things with the Supervision's sound it made me sad that nobody programming the original games knew how to unlock its potential. I'm amazed every time I turn it on.
@wltrlgКүн бұрын
Haha, coming from a modest family a Gameboy was too expensive, so I also played a lot on this Supervision. What a retro experience, thanks!
@AunCollective3 жыл бұрын
I've always had a soft spot for the underdog and/or obscure systems. I picked the Saturn during the 1995 Xmas season. Picked up a virtual boy about a year later when it was on clearance. Never had the opportunity to pick up one of these, but I did have a Tiger R-Zone at one point.
@prufrockrenegade2 жыл бұрын
I remember wanting an R-Zone so bad as a young kid. The commercials (during commercial breaks for VR Troopers lol) made it seem like real VR. Thank God my parents never bought me one; shit probably would have given me epilepsy haha
@beyondobscure Жыл бұрын
Lucky...
@DjangoSantiago Жыл бұрын
Great video! Loved my Supervision back in the day and still do. And still actively collect for it too, I’m only 5 carts away from a full set! Doubtful I’ll ever get the remaining 5 though.
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
Which ones are you missing?
@yak6013 жыл бұрын
Iremember the shells of theese were reused and fitted with that "brick game 99999999 in 1". You could find them in eastern europe on markets in the mid 2000's still
@RetroGameCouch3 жыл бұрын
I would be very interested to have one 😁
@devjock4 жыл бұрын
Wow that's a blast from the past. I remember these being in Intertoys (nl). I quickly brushed this system aside in favor of the mega duck, and later on the Gameboy. For a kid, there's nothing better than bike to the store after school and have a few rounds of mario and Tetris on the in-store gameboy with the big monitor. Me and my friends had a whole competition going. Good times. I'm glad to see there's still a community around this though. And woah, assembloids on such an obscure system, wow.. I have it for the C64. Didn't even know it was ported to handhelds O_o Thanks for sharing dude. Much appreciated!
@DWINC Жыл бұрын
Still have mine in mint condition I loved Tennis, Crystball and that Fighter jet game.
@damightybenstein11 ай бұрын
I need to buy one before AVGN makes an episode about this console.
@andyroberts9495 Жыл бұрын
my dad picked up one of these for me from a car boot sale for £15, he was too tight to buy me a gameboy. now these things are worth around £150
@Ultraslainmonkey2 ай бұрын
Actually the Atari Lynx (despite being far more powerful) actually had a lower resolution than the Gameboy, the the Game Gear had the same resolution as the Gameboy
@zsewqthewolf1194 Жыл бұрын
the funny thing is if they just hire better devs and also hold out for tech to become cheaper it could have given a game boy a run for there money by just basically out pricing them, there was a reason why tiger handhelds refused to die out as the gameboy become cheaper and cheaper in the 90s because they was just dirt cheap
@Chris.Batchelor2 жыл бұрын
I saw this in a “Video Game Consoles” book and had never heard of it so I had to research it. Such an interesting device
@starspacepresents9594 жыл бұрын
Great video. I actually really like the art they used, and the output to television device is interesting too. I think it has it's own raspberry pi emulator now, but I could be mistaken.
@cenkcdemir Жыл бұрын
I had tilt screen version back in 90's in Turkiye. It was almost impossible to find its games here. So could play only two games. Battery life was terrible. It used to drain all batteries within an hour or so. But it had a solid and good looking. I wished I could play it more.
@twizz420 Жыл бұрын
1:00 lmfao that's the guy from My Name is Earl
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
Yes it is 😁
@DE-GEN-ART Жыл бұрын
the kick stand is for the external joy pad that you compleatly glossd over
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
Really? Is there any more info on it? Like a picture
@AmaroqStarwind3 жыл бұрын
I'm curious why Journey to the West originally couldn't run on the older models of the Supervision. I'm also curious how much RAM the Supervision had, if any. Wikipedia does not list that particular spec anywhere.
@soaremicheledavid602010 ай бұрын
I really like the style of the game card package! It's called minimalist, looks very distinctive.
@obsoleteworlds Жыл бұрын
There's also the Hyperboy Hypervision (Argentinian Supervision).
@ProctorSilex Жыл бұрын
I thought I knew all the systems from that era!
@KeviNissan2 жыл бұрын
My mom bought a brand new super vision for me, because me cousin had an original Game Boy. I don’t use it anymore, but I have it still in the original case, adapter and a few games.
@The-E-Base Жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: Sachen, who was known to make unlicensed games on the NES, ported some of their games to the Watara SuperVision... as licensed games. They were made a vast majority of the games on said system, and went as far as having them be puclished by Watara themselves.
@barryschalkwijk93883 жыл бұрын
Neighbourhood kid had the first bricky model. I tried so hard to like it. But never got bored enough to spend more then 10 minutes with it.
@wyldelf2685 Жыл бұрын
I remember commercial where kid picks up stiff dead squirrel 🐿️ and whacks himself across head the picks up GameBoy and says "ooh colors" ,think it was GameGear Commercial 😸
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
That commercial is in the video. I just cut off the squirrel part.
@wyldelf2685 Жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch that's almost the funniest part after all , , squirrel was already dead. No one important would be offended 😔😔👍
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
I had to cut things short for the flow of the video. It didn't make the final cut. It's a funny commercial though for sure. 😄
@wyldelf2685 Жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch GameGear had another ad where people were using GameBoys to scoop up dog poop 💩 ,was so funny had to sit down 🤣😂
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
Advertisements were brutal back then.
@michaelturner2806 Жыл бұрын
7:00 - 7:35 re screen size, your conclusion of "the game boy can display a much more detailed image" is not really correct. With both a larger size and larger resolution, ignoring all other aspects, the Supervision screen is clearly superior by those metrics. They have different ppi, but comparing ppi is most useful when comparing two screens of the same size. For a wider example, consider the 2.6" 160x144 Game Boy screen with a ppi of 82.79. Compare that to an NES running on a 30" TV, running at 256x240, which would be a much much lower ppi of 11.7. There's no way you could consider the Game Boy screen superior using those metrics, disregarding color depth and ghosting etc. Another example would be to compare the NES on a 30" TV to a Sega Game Gear. The GG sports a 3.2" screen at a resolution of 160x144, with a ppi of 62.27. That's much higher ppi than the TV NES, but with a lower resolution and size, the GG can't display nearly as much information as the NES, just the pixels are smaller.
@Kawa-oneechan8 ай бұрын
I used to have one of these, in lieu of a proper Game Boy.
@Leikjarinn3 жыл бұрын
Owned this gem for years
@jonahabenhaim122319 күн бұрын
Just wish the music and games were more engaging… it just looks like a gameboy from wish…
@JElNative2 жыл бұрын
I had 2 wish I didn't lose them.
@ChillingCrowley9 ай бұрын
I really wanted one of these! I had a Game Gear at the time, the form factor and the look of pang.
@stressedbyamountainofbooks14 жыл бұрын
Cool video ! I learn and had fun watching, it's so cool that you even have a scelled game !
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yeah, that's cool to have indeed.
@michaelturner2806 Жыл бұрын
I could've sworn I saw the middle version (with the tilting screen) being advertised on TV super late nights on obscure high cable channels in the US. The bad box art for the games deterred me thankfully, plus I knew my parents would be highly resistant to mail order from such a dubious source. I actually think it was the exposed contacts on the cartridges that sealed it, I'd been used to quality game consoles that hide the edge connector inside a plastic shell.
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
I always feel sad for the parents who thought they were buying their kids a Game Boy, and instead bought this monstrosity. 😪
@abielmoymendoza85422 жыл бұрын
Your video was really interesting, suscribe
@RetroGameCouch2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@FireFlux734 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Keep up the good work! :)
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@superamario64644 жыл бұрын
1.48....That's music from Jaguar XJ 220 on Amiga!!!! I recognise that anywhere !!! Great video, did not know about this model
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
So cool that you recognize that song! I love the music from that era.
@superamario64644 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch love your work!
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That means a lot.
@koinpusher2 жыл бұрын
I'm curious what the soundchip capabilities were compared with the gameboy 🤔
@FreedomOfSport4 жыл бұрын
Heel wat op dat eerste model gespeeld, voornamelijk P52 Sea Battle. Heb hem nog liggen. Al was het wel bagger natuurlijk.
@alans.t.96913 жыл бұрын
Been playing some roms in the RG350 emulator and I have to say they're not bad at all, very simple games but fun nonetheless
@cheaplife23203 жыл бұрын
die heb ik ook gehad . de grotere scherm was fijn om te hebben
@segagirladventurespico3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video thank you!!
@RetroGameCouch3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TechToyTinkerCompany2 жыл бұрын
1:04 is that Ethan Suplee from Mallrats?
@RetroGameCouch2 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@mr.jackgek54 Жыл бұрын
mijn vader had een supervision vroeger gekocht en ik heb em nu gekregen
@RetroGameCouch Жыл бұрын
Het is een leuke relic uit het verleden, vooral als hij van jouw vader is geweest.
@ClemensWennersMusic4 жыл бұрын
Very nice video dude!!
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Thanks buddy!
@wallaguest1 Жыл бұрын
when IPS mod of Supervision? :P maybe never.
@ZackAceZero3 жыл бұрын
Whats the song starting on 4:47?
@dbnpoldermans41204 жыл бұрын
What are considered the best home brew games? I'd be interested in screen replacement
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Check out the links in the description. The Facebook group has the most info.
@dctaken4 жыл бұрын
1:04, isnt that the dude from that chainsaw movie?
@KevinArcade874 жыл бұрын
Airbuds?
@enthusi4 жыл бұрын
A new (and first ever) homebrew for this console is out now ;-) www.polyplay.xyz/Assembloids-Limited-Edition_1
@snizzol4 жыл бұрын
You Dutch ? :-) great video
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Absoluut. And thank you!
@snizzol4 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch Haha wat grappig, mooie video en ik herken het apparaat zowaar , long time ago. keep it up :-)
@ikke19814 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch cool, nu ook een Nederlands kanaal! Veel succes.
@bricethompson19224 жыл бұрын
So does the screen replacement mod? Is there a supervison facebook group?
@RetroGameCouch4 жыл бұрын
Yes. You can join it here m.facebook.com/groups/680334918772285
@bricethompson19224 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch thank you
@hayden7525 Жыл бұрын
The analoug pocket can play supervision roms
@osvaldodelcompare6627 Жыл бұрын
sell this
@zihhuanlin83893 жыл бұрын
from taiwan??
@RetroGameCouch3 жыл бұрын
Are you asking or telling?
@zihhuanlin83893 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGameCouch asking
@RetroGameCouch3 жыл бұрын
I remember not being to able to find much about the company (Watara) that made the Supervision. My conclusion was that it was a company based in China.
@zihhuanlin83893 жыл бұрын
my childhood has a SUPERVISION , my mom to department store to buy in taiwan.