The Game Chasers - The Unexpected Value of This Apple II Find!

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7 ай бұрын

On today's Game Chasers Billy takes the Apple II he found for $40 bucks to The 8-Bit Guy, a local vintage computer hobbyist. They will find out if it works, restore it to its former glory, and see whether or not it was worth the money to pick it up.
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@GameSack 7 ай бұрын

Possibly my favorite episode here.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Is it because there is less us?

@MetalJesusRocks 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this followup bonus video! I love me some old computers. 👍

@arthurbrown-jy2ez 6 ай бұрын

What's up MJR ?

@TheGamingShelf 7 ай бұрын

I love these “side episodes.” Very cool that he was able to get a grimey old Apple 2 in working condition.

@johnnylongfeather3086 7 ай бұрын

Spoiler

@n1fffan 7 ай бұрын

oh man, and you even got a copy of one of his games out of it, that's freaking awesome! he always struck me in his videos as a genuine dude

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

I know!

@nostalgia_factor 7 ай бұрын

Dope crossover. I've learned a lot from 8-Bit Guy over the years.

@RisingFunGaming 7 ай бұрын

To be fair, "Melvor the Great" is a pretty badass title. Also, 8-bit guy was such a champ to get this running for you.

@Jonnicom 7 ай бұрын

Yup. It's not a GC episode without something like "not being able to open a door" being checked off on the Bingo card...

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Favorite comment

@Jer0tube 7 ай бұрын

Great seeing a few guys getting together and working on a common interest. Great video, and very inspirational.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@super10nano1 7 ай бұрын

The crossover I never expected, so excited for this!!

@Generali087 7 ай бұрын

Not only did he make his own game, he made his own PC and made a new game for that.

@Okurka. 4 ай бұрын

Several other people made that computer.

@brandonnesfan 2 ай бұрын

@@Okurka. He was the head guy behind it though.

@3dhYT 7 ай бұрын

_Translator:_ I knew 8-Bit Guy would clean this computer. He's like Sheldon and his obsession with cleaning 😊

@superstarichiban 7 ай бұрын

My two favorite geek shows finally meeting! A killer crossover, indeed.

@scorpinok3006 7 ай бұрын

Hey, you can't use that word! That's our word...

@superstarichiban 7 ай бұрын

@scorpinok3006 hahah trust me; it's very much my word too. 😅

@scorpinok3006 7 ай бұрын

@@superstarichiban 😉😂

@PowerSynopsis 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad there was a follow-up to the grotty Apple II you picked up. Very cool to see it working again! I also watch 8-bitguy and didn't expect him to show up but he was definitely the right choice.

@mcfeddz44 7 ай бұрын

This felt like getting an Apple 2 for Christmas in the form of a Game Chasers episode… also why didn’t you at least clean it first 😂 what’s wrong with these guys?? 😂😂😂

@bpcgos 7 ай бұрын

Nah, Im kind of glad they didn't cleaned it first, imagine what will they do to clean it up, they probably will just spraying it with powerwash to clean a car while it actually need just a bit of wipe...lol

@LambosOnly 7 ай бұрын

Melvor coughing during that interview lol

@yuglooc_coolguy 7 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of 8bitguy, and it's awesome that you two were able to meet up.

@skybluerob8850 7 ай бұрын

That Apple II computer booting up gives me some mega Alien movie vibes with the green text and the sound.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Yup

@retrogamingmaniac 7 ай бұрын

Lol Melvor coughing right when he was speaking 😅

@jacksampsonforever 7 ай бұрын

Love David Murray!! Congrats to the guy who got to go on that date with Norm!

@scotdodgy 7 ай бұрын

It was so amazing to see two of my favourite channels collaborate. 8-Bit Guy is such a treasure to computing, electronics and KZfaq.

@electricadventures 7 ай бұрын

Always nice to see a system saved from potential land fill. It cleaned up pretty good too the 8-bit Guy did a good job getting it all working. The Apple II is a very nostalgic system for me, played Castle Wolfenstein in the science labs at college and thought it was fantastic at the time. I am lucky to have a working system as well.

@jay692 6 ай бұрын

Melvor hacking his lungs out mid interview had me losing it😂😂😂

@HoZKiNZ 7 ай бұрын

The crossover I never expected. Nice work to all!

@Retronize84 6 ай бұрын

I remember an old guy at work (not so popular) was sharing his postcard collecting at a meeting and nothing was said but I'm pretty sure everyone thought he was just a crazy old man and I wonder if we are going to be the same with retro games.

@StevieDrawStuff 6 ай бұрын

This video reminded me of getting together with my friends in the 80s working on our Amiga. Good times and great video. Thanks for the follow up

@TheGameChasers 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@phillipaceves1 7 ай бұрын

So satisfying when the 8-bit guy was cleaning the apple 2

@divinepops4423 7 ай бұрын

Ya know, it's awesome coming home from work to a new game chasers episode. Even if it's not a traditional " Chasing" episode, I'm just glad to have content... so thank you I appreciate you guys. Merry Christmas.

@hoffmanhunter7961 7 ай бұрын

This was such a cool episode. I love seeing these old computers and how they work. Now I need to go check out 8 bit guy he seems super knowledgeable about this stuff. Great episode man

@cooperschwartz318 6 ай бұрын

I have a full apple IIGS set that I restored, it was a fun and challenging process learning how to disassemble everything, how to handle a CRT, how to recap power supplies, and how to restore a floppy drive, and now it proudly sits on my desk

@wicked49ford 7 ай бұрын

Not knowing there's is a new episode of Game Chasers and it pops up on your feed is one of the best feelings ever!! Good shit!!

@samson-zq7gc 7 ай бұрын

That was so entertaining and educational. Thank you for doing this.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@blastedmcgraw152 7 ай бұрын

Watching this video gave me so much joy. I grew up using Apple II's in school, and even learned BASIC on one of these. Great stuff!

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@alyssawarrick22 7 ай бұрын

The crossover I've been waiting for.

@OctoberHourglass 7 ай бұрын

Don’t let this awesome video distract y’all from the fact that CHRISTMAS ROBOTICA is a musical masterpiece.

@nesfrk 7 ай бұрын

Things I never thought I'd see in my lifetime, 8bit guy with the game chaser's 😅

@misswomble Ай бұрын

The Microsoft card is an add on, Its purpose was to simplify porting Microsoft's computer-language products to the Apple II.

@electricboltz9028 7 ай бұрын

Man what an awesome and wholesome video. Cant believe you guys got to meet 8bitGuy and how he was willing to do his best to help you get the Apple II Plus working.

@TMack86 7 ай бұрын

This was awesome! So cool to see you guys getting that old PC up and running

@ChristianAVS 7 ай бұрын

Im a sucker for building computers and troubleshooting, and have watched 8-bit Guy's videos so this was a treat. Would love more of these troubleshooting/restoring videos on future finds.

@Eiji475 7 ай бұрын

Dodongo at the end there I died 😂😂😂 Great video tho. More collabs plz!

@nerdeyes 7 ай бұрын

what a great idea for an episode. loved it!!!

@timwasylyszyn9838 7 ай бұрын

Loved the video! Brings me back to my days in elementary school where I used the Apple II E computers. Happy that your computer is working. Hope you get additional memory so it’s fully functional.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

@joshruiz809 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see a new one Billy and co. Happy holidays!

@AlsGeekLab 7 ай бұрын

That 'language card' you pulled out that said MICROSOFT on it, is actually a z80 softcard. It allows you to use CP/M and other z80 CPU based software. It's not a language card, but it does have some ram to interface with the z80 CPU on the expansion card.

@loganblair6822 7 ай бұрын

A well needed episode thanks guys you've helped my day get better!!

@noooname2568 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! Have a great Christmas and New Years Chasers & family! 🎉

@MatSpeedle 7 ай бұрын

Awesome colab of two of my favourite KZfaq channels 🎉❤

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@Sperious 7 ай бұрын

I literally can’t believe it! It’s my ultimate KZfaq dream come true! The Game Chasers + The 8-Bit Guy = ❤❤

@TheMelvor 7 ай бұрын

It was great going to his place

@seanstewart8943 7 ай бұрын

yeah he seems like a realy nice guy, id love to meet him one day. ive met all you guys and youre a bunch of fart smellers. jk love you guys@@TheMelvor

@Sperious 7 ай бұрын

@@TheMelvorI bet it was! Man, I wish I could go there myself! 😄

@jacytodd 7 ай бұрын

This is great! I wondered if we would see the outcome of this system. Glad to see we were able to see it restored.

@PaulRedeemed 6 ай бұрын

Love it, and love seeing 8-Bit guy in here as well. Excellent channel I also spend time at.

@Okurka. 4 ай бұрын

6:02 "I'm a Commodore expert." 🤣🤣🤣

@ENYGMA_PLAGUE 7 ай бұрын

Epic find. Merry Christmas boys thanks for a rad year of game chasing. Still can't believe Chasing the Unknown came back! 🔥🔥🔥💀🤟

@kevinmota8751 7 ай бұрын

After coming home from a super busy day at work and seeing a new episode out, you guys helped bring joy back to my day. Thank you. Every episode is a great one. Keep it up gents!

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@johnsonlam 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoy people helping each other especially gamers and computer, saving retro computer and games, thanks!

@_BELMONT_ 7 ай бұрын

fantastic episode. i love tinkering with old consoles, handhelds, and tech in general! loved every minute of this!

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@robertgmurdoch2014 6 ай бұрын

I loved this episode! Great Cross-over from two great content creators!

@Hollyweeds 7 ай бұрын

Ah loved this. We had an apple llGS growing up and seeing the print shop logo reminded me of all the birthday invitations I made on that loud ass dot matrix printer. ❤

@wheatstalkers 7 ай бұрын

New episode!? With the 8-bit guy?! Awww yeeeeeeeeeeah

@kentaccordionist 6 ай бұрын

I remember an oversized joystick called a bit stick that we used for doing graphic work on an apple2. You could turn the stick when in its central position clockwise or anti-clockwise to zoom in or out on your work. That was around 1985.

@bossk0l051 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this update on thr Apple II, it was so interesting watching 8 Bit Guy diagnose the issues and then fix them! Also, what a nice dude going to all the trouble of cleaning it up and handing you free games. I'll be definitely checking his channel out. Please update us if you get the 64K memory!

@Linkclouds. 7 ай бұрын

Great Episode Guys! 8 Bit Guy major thanks for helping billy out :). Happy Holidays 🎄🎄🎄

@CIubDuck 6 ай бұрын

Man I've followed you guys for years and years, and I've followed 8bit guy for years and years. Seeing the thumbnail for this video almost gave me a stroke. I've never thought about your channels colliding like this. It has never even crossed my mind that the both of you are Texas bound. 10/10 episode as always, I'm just perplexed that you guys somehow crossed channels.

@youtubasoarus 7 ай бұрын

So awesome! Love seeing these youtuber crossovers. So great! 👍

@jasonjlaw 7 ай бұрын

Make sure to keep that other disk drive. Chances are it just needs to be realigned.

@Malacefire 7 ай бұрын

^^; had to watch this twice because half way threw we lost power were I live from a storm, so I finally got to watch entire video now and its great, working on old electronics, computers, game consoles is such a good time ^^ glad to see you got it working as well, great video.

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

@graydeotto2820 4 ай бұрын

I loved and miss his 8bit keys channel!

@duncanrathband5492 6 ай бұрын

What a great collab. Lots of love and Merry Christmas 💛

@Dusty_B 7 ай бұрын

I hadn’t heard of 8-bit guy so thanks for giving me another channel to explore. I can already tell I’m going to enjoy his videos.

@Okurka. 4 ай бұрын

The guy is ungrateful in his videos, I hope you like that.

@jwt4810 7 ай бұрын

Been having a really crappy day until now. Thanks for raising my spirits Mr. Hudson!

@sirokoolss 7 ай бұрын

Getting an alert of a New episode made my Freakin Day!!! Merry Christmas fellas 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@Hotsaucedeluxe 7 ай бұрын

New episode. Its a christmas miracle.

@anthonyxavier6300 7 ай бұрын

Everything that Dodongo comes out of his mouth is gold 😂

@Hattmyler1227 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video guys!

@CoolToysandCoolThings 7 ай бұрын

😎 The hole time I was waiting for one of you guys to FART in that tiny room... lol 😅

@SmerrillS 7 ай бұрын

The collab, I didn't know I wanted, but actually got and enjoyed!

@chadharris6912 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Great content!!! I miss you guys dropping videos more often!!! Still want to catch the movie!!!

@matguy1000 7 ай бұрын

omg what a crossover! 2 of my fave channels!!

@EnigmaEchoMysteries 6 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this. So cool to see it working. Would love another update if you get the memory expansion working! I love tinkering with electronics when I get the time, this has inspired me to keep my eye out for an old retro computer. We had an Apple of some kind growing up, might have been a 2. Would be cool to tinker with one again.

@BIsForBudget 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this episode! I was shocked to see how many cards were in your II+. Did you figure out what each Expansion card did? Regarding the memory issue, I purchased a RAM Expansion card from Garrett's Workshop/Tindie and it's been working without a hitch on my IIe. I have been able to play every available game without issue. Great Job.

@izik7220 7 ай бұрын

Seeing a game chasers episode pop up always makes me feel good !!!

@Scottsquatch 7 ай бұрын

Awesome update, happy to see it working!

@TheGameChasers 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@georged7627 6 ай бұрын

The 8bit guy is a legend and i so much enjoyed this ep….the oldest computer gaming i have is the Nintendo game and watch donkey Kong 2 and oil panic 🤘🏾and i used to love my Commodore 64 with my Atari along with the nes back in the day

@robertmckeon297 7 ай бұрын

Cool episode. Thanks guys🤘🤘

@RoddZ4 7 ай бұрын

Two of my favorite youtubers on the same video, what a time to be alive.

@Neon-x-Wolf 7 ай бұрын

Love this! great episode.

@Princ3of5aiiyanz 6 ай бұрын

Never thought i would enjoy a video on an apple 2. Kudos. Great episode.

@TheGameChasers 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@amfk8079 7 ай бұрын

LOVE THE CROSSOVER! Huge fans of both your work

@benkeeling1935 7 ай бұрын

Great episode nice to see the subscribers going up👍

@rogersherman3546 7 ай бұрын

I’ve been watching a lot of lgr lately and been enjoying his vintage computer stuff so this was a cool episode!

@katiehunter7313 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the hard work and dedication Bill, its much appreciated.

@Valentine82 7 ай бұрын

8 Bit guy crossover! Love it!

@Night-Jester 7 ай бұрын

Woah!!!! 8 bit Guy and Game Chasers!!? Awesome so awesome!

@freshyfresh9838 6 ай бұрын

What a magical crossover for people who watch KZfaq like tv. So strange but very cool just like when magnum Pi and murder she wrote crossed over back in the 80’s or so.

@lachopakapura 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Love this 😊

@RetroBreak 6 ай бұрын

Love these follow ups! Was a great find and glad it works! :D

@derrickj3608 5 ай бұрын

This video was good on its own with 8 bit guy and Billy, but Melvor’s inclusion took it up another level and made it fantastic.

@JoshBattin 6 ай бұрын

Now to fix the memory and figure out what the extra parts do, head up to the PNW and crossover with Adrian's Digital Basement!

@bpcgos 7 ай бұрын

This is just as awesome as it get, I remember in latest 8-bit guy retrospective about Apple ][ he have some trouble finding the early model of it and some days later Billy found one...