[0:00] - Gaming has gotten
incredibly expensive in 2026.
[0:03] So today, we're trying some
[0:04] actually affordable gaming
gear under 250 bucks.
[0:07] Starting with this, the Nex Playground.
[0:09] Now, this thing was all
over the place last year.
[0:12] In fact, this actually outsold
the Xbox Series S and X,
[0:17] if you can believe that, on
Amazon over the holiday season.
[0:19] - No, I believe it.
- The pitch here
[0:20] is that this is a device that is designed
[0:22] to almost kinda bring back
those old school Wii vibes.
[0:24] It is a lot of like,
you know, Fruit Ninja.
[0:27] (item shatters)
- Oh, my god.
[0:29] - Did my phone just fling
out of the back of my pocket?
[0:31] - [Alex] (laughs) Yeah, it did.
[0:32] - Now, we paid, I think,
exactly $250 for this, right?
[0:35] - [Alex] We paid $240.
[0:37] - [Austin] 240 bucks.
[0:38] Now, this used to be like,
I think, $200 or less,
[0:40] however they've seen price hikes.
[0:42] - Ooh.
(keyboard clacks)
[0:44] - Bust a Move, oh, I like it.
[0:46] It's got a little camera sticking out.
[0:48] Ooh, kind of dense, like
actually surprisingly heavy.
[0:50] There was this whole thing
in like the mid 2010s
[0:53] where everyone decided they wanted to make
[0:54] a $100 little micro console,
[0:57] and that that was gonna be the future.
[0:58] Turned out that that was
not, in fact, the future.
[1:01] I mean, it's so simple.
[1:02] I assume, on the inside,
this thing is, basically,
[1:03] just a glorified smartphone.
[1:05] HDMI, power adapter, and
that's it, and the remote.
[1:08] Now, this is not a controller.
[1:10] It is a remote.
[1:12] What the hell?
[1:13] What a weird little like...
[1:14] It's so long.
[1:16] (symbols chime) Why is
there a little dingus on it?
[1:18] Does it stay on the...
[1:19] - [All] Oh.
[1:20] - Hey.
- You can cover the camera
[1:22] when you're not using it.
- Wow.
[1:23] - It's actually like a nice,
[1:24] delightful little piece of hardware,
[1:25] but is it actually any fun to play?
[1:28] So we've got it plugged in now.
[1:30] So it's telling me to use the
cable provided in the box.
[1:32] Here's some stuff our
lawyers want to tell you.
[1:35] We don't share your stuff
without your permission.
[1:37] I don't know if that's legally binding,
[1:38] but, sure, let's go for it.
[1:39] Avoid clothes with patterns, long sleeves,
[1:41] or colors that match your walls.
[1:43] This is the rare time I'm not wearing
[1:44] some absurdly annoying looking shirt.
[1:47] Cool, great.
(Alex laughs)
[1:48] We'll see how robust it is.
[1:49] I hope it's not that finicky,
[1:51] 'cause you remember when
you used Kinect and stuff,
[1:53] Kinect was actually good.
[1:54] It wasn't just a camera.
[1:54] It actually had a number
of sensors and stuff.
[1:57] Oh, my God, hi, it's me.
[1:59] Punch the balls, punch the balls,
[2:00] punch the balls, punch the balls.
[2:01] So we have a starter pack
which has Mirrorama, Bluey,
[2:05] Bowling, Starri, Home Run Heroes, Dora,
[2:09] sort of get the idea this
might be meant for children.
[2:11] Ah, here it goes.
[2:13] So here's the thing that a lot of people
[2:14] criticize the Nex Playground for.
[2:16] It comes with a few games.
[2:17] It also has the Play Pass.
[2:19] This is, essentially, their
version of like, you know,
[2:21] like Xbox Game Pass or whatever,
but you can't buy games.
[2:25] You can only sign up for the Play Pass.
[2:27] Is it a yearly subscription?
[2:28] Like how does the Play Pass actually work?
[2:30] - [Alex] That'll be $89 for a year
[2:34] (Austin mumbles)
[2:35] or $49 for three months.
[2:38] - What the hell math is that?
[2:40] So you're not only paying $240
for the actual system itself,
[2:44] but another $90 a year just
to subscribe to the games.
[2:47] Let's see what happens if
I don't buy those games,
[2:48] and I just play the stuff that's included.
[2:50] Let's do Fruit Ninja,
[2:52] 'cause that feels like
the obvious one, right?
[2:54] Don't move my hands, don't move my hands.
[2:56] Ah, I don't remember if Fruit
Ninja was ever on Kinect,
[2:58] but I feel like I've done this
version in the arcade before.
[3:00] Slice some stuff, ooh, ho-ho-ho.
[3:03] - Oh.
- Oh, no.
[3:05] That's actually not bad.
[3:07] I want to try Starri.
[3:09] Even though this is gonna
get us copyright claimed.
[3:11] Rhythm games feel like what's, obviously,
[3:14] you're meant to do with this, right?
[3:15] Little DDR action, except
it uses my upper body.
[3:18] Do I want to learn or
do I just want to listen
[3:19] to Imagine Dragons?
[3:20] Can I not do either?
[3:21] Apologies friends
[3:22] for the copyright music
we're about to play.
[3:24] We're just gonna have to change
it to not copyright music.
[3:27] Performance seems not great.
[3:30] ♪ I don't want to be the (bleep) ♪
[3:32] Oh, dude, it's like
freaking lagging, what?
[3:34] Wait, okay, I probably should
have done the tutorial.
[3:36] (Alex laughs)
Oh, I just stepped over.
[3:38] I see, I will freely
admit I am definitely not
[3:41] the target audience for
something like this.
[3:42] This is not like a
hardcore gaming console.
[3:45] This is designed as a toy that
lives sort of under your TV,
[3:48] that's, you know, for like party games
[3:50] and that kind of thing.
[3:51] I'll say, though, that the
pricing is a lot of money.
[3:54] I don't know that I want to
pay $90 a year for Brainy Inc.
[3:57] Maybe I do, but I'm not gonna find out.
[3:59] Who wants to pay a
subscription for your games?
[4:03] - Boo.
- Not this guy,
[4:05] except Xbox Game Pass, sometimes,
[4:06] but may I present to you the Trimui Brick.
[4:10] I feel for various like
Temu and Amazon videos,
[4:14] we've tried a lot of little emulators,
[4:15] and I will tell you they've
gotten incredibly good
[4:19] over the last few years.
[4:20] This one was below $100, right, Alex?
[4:24] - $80.
- $80.
[4:25] Your thoughts on emulation aside
[4:27] and how you source your ROMs?
[4:30] I keep all my
games manually dumped.
[4:33] So there's a 3.2 inch IPS display.
[4:35] It has a metal back shell,
RGB lighting effect.
[4:38] Dude, that's actually really small.
[4:40] - Aw.
- I got huge hands,
[4:41] for context.
[4:42] Well, it's not gonna be
in this video properly.
[4:44] This is the Analogue
Pocket, generally speaking,
[4:47] my favorite sort of
Game Boy style emulator.
[4:50] Look at how much bigger
it is than the Brick.
[4:53] The reason this is not in the video,
[4:54] it is technically $250.
[4:56] It's just usually out of stock,
[4:57] and it's been around for a few years.
[4:59] Buttons, not bad.
[5:01] Oh, actually, it's kinda...
(item shatters)
[5:02] Oh, the Analogue Pocket died.
[5:06] Oh, it does come with a micro SD card,
[5:09] which I'm sure is pre-populated for me.
[5:13] So we had some LEDs, and, oh, oh,
[5:16] actually, wow, there's a lot here.
[5:17] Whoo, wow, that actually
looks really bright.
[5:20] So you've got classic games, Castlevania,
[5:23] Bomberman, nostalgic games.
[5:24] I'm not familiar with this interface.
[5:26] What are we gonna search for to make sure,
[5:27] of course, it's not on here?
[5:29] How about Pokemon?
[5:30] There's no Pokemon on here, good, glad.
[5:33] - [Alex] So the processor's
a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53.
[5:37] - So fairly weak, I've got
Crash Bandicoot right now.
[5:39] Let's give it a try.
[5:40] Wait, this is the Game Boy
Advance version of Crash?
[5:43] (Alex laughs)
[5:44] I mean the screen looks fantastic.
[5:46] In fact, it's almost a
little too bright on camera.
[5:48] Performance looks great. I mean
it shouldn't be a surprise,
[5:50] I mean it's Game Boy Advance, right?
[5:51] You have PPSSPP, okay.
[5:55] Ooh, this might be much for the PSP.
[5:58] Also, I'm realizing
that with only a D-pad,
[6:00] I'm very limited in the kind
of games I do want to play.
[6:03] I mean, it seems to run okay,
but that's not actually it.
[6:06] Let's maybe try a PS1 game.
[6:08] Ace Combat, let's go.
[6:09] (bright music)
Oh, wow.
[6:11] Speaker's actually not bad.
[6:12] This plays really well.
[6:13] In fact, I would almost say
[6:15] it almost plays smoother than the PS1.
[6:17] This thing is pretty damn
rad for like 80 bucks.
[6:20] Buttons feel good, the screen's fantastic.
[6:22] We're probably gonna want
to be a little bit limited
[6:24] in the kind of games you play on this,
[6:25] but, honestly, this might be
[6:27] like my favorite little emulator
[6:29] if we were gonna ignore the next one
[6:32] I'm about to show you, at least.
[6:33] (eyebrows blink)
[6:34] May I present to you, my
friends, the AYN Thor.
[6:38] - You're Thor?
- I am Thor.
[6:40] The Thor is probably the most exciting.
[6:44] I didn't even want to call
it an emulator handheld
[6:45] because this is a full on Android device.
[6:48] Now, we are cheating a little bit,
[6:50] because this was actually featured
[6:51] on Mystery Tech recently with Kyle.
[6:52] You can go check that video out,
[6:53] but it is meant to be much
more so like a kind of DS
[6:56] or 3DS style dual screen emulator.
[6:58] So from the outside, like
it doesn't feel amazing.
[6:59] Like it's kinda like sort
of much cheapy plastic,
[7:01] but it actually has active cooling,
[7:02] and that's because this thing
[7:03] actually has some real performance.
[7:04] Remind me again, what's the spec?
[7:06] 'Cause this is a much
more powerful handheld.
[7:08] - [Alex] This is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
[7:11] - That's a flagship chip from
just a couple of years ago,
[7:13] and one of the downsides with this one
[7:15] is that, you know, the Brick came
[7:16] preloaded, ready to go.
[7:18] This is a little bit more
of an advanced device,
[7:20] because it actually requires some setup.
[7:22] So I believe the top display
is 16x9, if I remember right.
[7:25] The bottom was 4x3,
but they're both OLED,
[7:27] so you have almost reminiscent
of Switch style sticks.
[7:32] So it kind of sunk it in
so it actually closes,
[7:33] and because it's running Android,
[7:35] you can actually play
games that are designed
[7:37] just as Android apps and games, too.
[7:39] Alex, what's the price
of a device like this?
[7:43] - [Alex] So... (laughs)
[7:46] There's like five
different versions of this.
[7:48] The very, very cheapest is $250 now.
[7:53] We bought kind of like the second
[7:55] to highest tier.
- Yeah, that's the Pro.
[7:56] - [Alex] And we bought
that for $250, basically.
[8:01] - The lite version, I believe, just has
[8:03] mostly just less performance, right?
[8:05] That's the main thing that's missing.
[8:05] - Yeah.
- I think that this is
[8:07] powerful enough to run our RPCS3, right,
[8:09] actually, like PS3 emulation?
[8:10] - [Alex] I'm not gonna
say that it's gonna run
[8:12] perfectly obviously.
[8:13] - Why don't we play some, ah,
[8:15] Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, why not?
[8:18] Almost all of these emulators
need a little bit of coaxing.
[8:21] As you can see, I've loaded up my game,
[8:23] and it's running on the bottom display.
[8:25] (bright music)
[8:29] There we go, okay, I did it.
[8:30] - Yay.
(bright music)
[8:33] - The speakers and especially
these OLEDs are phenomenal.
[8:37] Dang, dude, that's
actually properly smooth.
[8:39] I've never played
Colosseum or Gale of Darkness
[8:41] on this before.
[8:42] This feels like it's a puzzle.
[8:43] I need to figure out how
to not die immediately.
[8:45] He's gonna Rain Dance so I
need to Sunny Day, right?
[8:48] Okay, come on, you got it, my boy.
[8:50] Ah, there we go. (claps)
[8:53] I am Pokemon master, and the
AYN Thor is frigging rad.
[8:58] Is it cheating to
include this in the video
[9:00] when I'm talking about $250 items?
[9:02] Maybe, but I would say that
the lite version of this
[9:05] does offer a lot of the same
[9:07] sort of features at 250
bucks, and let's be honest,
[9:10] by the time you watch this video,
[9:12] half these items might have
already seen price hikes.
[9:14] It's just what's happening at this point.
[9:16] If you want a emulator that's gonna handle
[9:19] sort of like lighter weight things,
[9:21] like the Trimui Brick is
fantastic, two thumbs up.
[9:23] If, however, you want to play stuff
[9:25] that's a little bit more modern,
[9:26] this does technically have the horsepower
[9:28] to, at least, give it a fair shot.
[9:30] On the emulator side, I'm feeling good,
[9:33] but who wants to play old games?
[9:36] I want to play new games.
[9:39] - [Alex] How new?
[9:40] - Well not that new.
[9:41] We only have 250...
[9:42] (people laugh)
[9:43] Now, if you're looking for a name brand,
[9:46] Sony or Xbox or Nintendo handheld,
[9:50] your options, at this point, under $250
[9:52] are almost non-existent.
[9:54] However, there are a couple,
[9:56] and one of which would be
the PlayStation Portal.
[9:59] Now, this is a very nebulous
inclusion in this list,
[10:04] because not only why this
used to be 200 bucks,
[10:06] it's now $250,
[10:07] it's not really a standalone game console.
[10:10] So if you're unfamiliar of the Portal,
[10:12] essentially, it looks like a handheld,
[10:13] but there's no like
performance on the inside.
[10:15] It is entirely reliant on streaming.
[10:17] The primary use of the Portal
[10:18] is to use it alongside your
PS5 so you can stream games
[10:21] directly from your PS5 to the Portal.
[10:23] The other use for the
Portal is cloud streaming,
[10:28] which is a thing you
don't need a PS5 to use,
[10:32] and I'll say that this is actually
[10:33] a fantastic piece of hardware to use.
[10:35] So it's, essentially, a DualSense
[10:36] with a giant tablet stuck to the middle.
[10:38] It sucks, 'cause this is like the price
[10:40] that you used to pay to get like a PSP,
[10:42] but at this point, that's not happening.
[10:45] Let's play some Ghost of Yotei.
[10:46] Oh, is this...
[10:48] It wants me to buy it.
[10:49] - Oh, oh, I remember.
- Is this the wrong account?
[10:52] - [Alex] It's also frozen.
[10:53] - That's fun.
[10:54] PS5 it's connected to right here,
[10:55] connected via ethernet
for the best results.
[10:57] I think the PS5 fell asleep.
[10:59] - [Alex] I...
[11:00] - It's on, it's off!
[11:02] The PS5 crashed, great, don't you...
[11:05] (device beeps)
Yup, it's doing...
[11:05] Look, it's doing an angry beep.
[11:06] It is usually better
than this, but this is...
[11:08] It's just bugging.
[11:10] Assuming that this is a smooth experience,
[11:11] which, normally, it's better than this,
[11:13] help me out here, Alex.
[11:13] The Portal itself costs now $250.
[11:17] - Yes.
- The actual subscription,
[11:20] you need the top tier of PlayStation Plus.
[11:24] - [Alex] That is $20 a
month or $160 a year.
[11:28] - The performance and the quality level
[11:30] of it is pretty good, but you'll see,
[11:32] I mean there's definitely latency, right?
[11:33] Like, again, this is like
the best case scenario.
[11:36] So right now, the PS5
is on my local network.
[11:38] It's plugged in via ethernet,
and it is like playable,
[11:42] but it's playable for the kind of game
[11:43] that you would normally play at 30 FPS.
[11:45] I mean I'm not dropping a lot of frames,
[11:46] but it definitely does not feel...
[11:48] Oh, yeah, now, we're dropping frames.
[11:49] I just wish it wasn't so reliant on the,
[11:51] honestly, not very good
Wi-Fi that's built in.
[11:54] If you really like the idea of the Portal,
[11:55] I'll be honest with you, you
can just take your DualSense,
[11:57] pair it to your phone, and
use remote play that way.
[12:00] It's almost like it's
exactly what I'm about
[12:02] to suggest you to do, isn't it?
[12:04] Well, may I present to
you the GameSir X5 Lite.
[12:08] Now, full disclosure, while this video
[12:10] is not sponsored by GameSir,
we have done some sponsorships
[12:12] with GameSir in the past
over on This Is channel.
[12:14] The idea with this, and, again,
you can really sub this out
[12:17] for a bunch of other options,
is that your phone does,
[12:20] I don't know, a whole lot.
[12:22] It not only watches beautiful
Austin Evans videos,
[12:25] emphasis on the beauty.
[12:28] Your phone has, not only games
that you could play locally,
[12:31] but, also, cloud streaming, and, usually,
[12:33] your phone's gonna have a
more powerful Wi-Fi radio
[12:36] than something like that's
built into the Portal,
[12:37] and the real advantage here with this
[12:39] is that this is one of
the more higher quality
[12:42] handheld controller options
[12:44] that are certainly not that expensive,
[12:45] just right off the rip.
[12:46] Alex, how much do we
pay for the GameSir X5?
[12:49] - [Alex] This is, by far,
our cheapest item at $35.
[12:54] - Now, this does say, technically,
[12:55] is designed for Android,
[12:57] however, my understanding,
and we're gonna find out
[12:58] in a second, is it also works on iOS,
[13:00] 'cause it just shows up as a
sort of just mobile controller.
[13:03] - Yeah.
- So it does have
[13:04] Hall-Effect sticks,
pretty solid for 30 bucks.
[13:07] You have a USB-C port on the
bottom for passthrough charging.
[13:10] Now, this is not as full featured
[13:12] as something like a Backbone,
[13:13] which also has an aux
jack for 30, 35 bucks.
[13:16] I'm not complaining too much about that.
[13:18] Hmm, it feels decent,
maybe I wish there was
[13:20] a little bit more travel on the button.
[13:22] Wow, I think it's fricking big
as hell, but what I will do
[13:25] is pair it with the ultimate
gaming phone, an IPhone Air.
[13:30] - [Alex] You mean the thing
that overheats like crazy?
[13:32] - No, ah, it gets a little warm.
[13:34] So instead of like having
[13:36] like a really like rigid sort of grip,
[13:37] it's like this sort of these like rubber
[13:38] little like kind of
fingers, and the USB port,
[13:41] also, you can see, it tilts.
[13:43] I like that a lot, because,
[13:44] especially with like a
phone, like the iPhone Air,
[13:46] which is a little bit thinner than normal,
[13:47] the port doesn't go in
all the way straight,
[13:49] 'cause it's not expecting
it to be so flat.
[13:51] That actually feels pretty
good, and the light lights up.
[13:53] Why don't we play a little bit of Control,
[13:55] shall we, my friends?
[13:57] - [Alex] Wow, Control with the controller.
[13:58] - If you have an iPhone, and
you have never played Control,
[14:02] it is absolutely worth five bucks.
[14:03] Look at this, man.
[14:04] Look at how freaking good
Control looks, and you know what?
[14:07] those Hall sticks do feel really smooth.
[14:10] Obviously, if you're pixel peeping,
[14:11] this is not quite as nice looking
as something like the PS4,
[14:14] but I'll be honest, it
does not look bad at all.
[14:17] So again, we've paid 35 bucks.
[14:18] So don't expect it to, you know,
[14:20] have a bunch of crazy
bells and whistles here,
[14:21] but as far as a controller,
[14:23] this sort of works smoothly
on iOS and Android.
[14:26] I guess, let me be very honest with you.
[14:28] We're looking at a lot of
different items for this video.
[14:30] If you don't already own a
controller for your phone,
[14:34] that should be your first stop,
[14:35] and especially with the phone like this,
[14:36] like it's still lightweight enough
[14:37] that I can just kind
of just chill and game,
[14:42] not to say that the
whole point of my video
[14:44] is buy a controller for your phone,
[14:45] but you should buy a
controller for your phone.
[14:47] Hey, everyone, remember, five seconds ago,
[14:48] when I gave some very
practical consumer advice?
[14:51] Not to say that the
whole point of my video
[14:53] is buy a controller for your phone,
[14:54] but you should buy a
controller for your phone.
[14:56] - [Alex] You know, quote,
unquote, practical.
[14:57] - Okay, how about buying a Switch Lite?
[14:58] - [Alex] Well, I mean,
that's really not practical.
[15:00] - (laughs) I will say
that, for many years,
[15:03] I was the world's biggest Switch Lite fan.
[15:05] At 200 bucks, this was
the best and cheapest way
[15:09] to get into the Switch and,
arguably, to gaming as a whole.
[15:14] However, I will say, as much
as I love the Switch Lite,
[15:18] it is about at the end of its rope.
[15:21] This is a Switch Lite that,
if you want to buy today,
[15:24] actually, now costs $230.
[15:27] So this also saw price hike.
[15:28] - [Alex] That's not how
it's supposed to work.
[15:29] It was supposed.
- I know.
[15:30] - To get cheaper.
- I know,
[15:31] and there are still Switch 1 games
[15:33] being released, but I think everyone
[15:35] has very, very quickly decided
[15:37] that the Switch 2 is the way forward.
[15:39] The amount of games that
are actually coming out
[15:40] for the original Switch,
[15:41] I think, is gonna dwindle very fast.
[15:43] Now, I'll say that if you're
willing to be a little bit
[15:46] of an adventurous fella,
[15:47] you can actually do a lot
of mods to a Switch Lite.
[15:49] So we built one where we swapped it out
[15:51] with an OLED display, which
made a huge difference
[15:54] to the picture quality.
[15:55] The other thing I would recommend
is to just buy a used one,
[15:58] which is really what I think
almost everyone should do.
[16:00] I mean, we're talking like 100 bucks?
[16:02] I mean...
- Yeah,
[16:03] somewhere in that region.
[16:04] - If you just care about
playing it portably,
[16:06] which, for me, a Switch is almost always
[16:08] a portable, this sort of a console,
[16:09] then the Switch Lite is still
my favorite way to play.
[16:12] Like one of the things I
like about the Switch Lite,
[16:14] you can toss this thing in a bag
[16:15] and kind of forget it's there.
[16:16] (Austin sighs)
[16:18] Well, if you know what I'm
really gonna say, right?
[16:20] I wish that they would
bring out a Switch 2 Lite.
[16:22] The whole reason why
we're doing this video
[16:24] is just, if you are a gamer,
you are getting squeezed,
[16:28] but that's one of the things
[16:29] that I do want to try to highlight
[16:30] is that there are still options,
[16:32] and there's some unique options out there
[16:33] that I think a lot of people
might not normally consider,
[16:37] but might be worth a look like...
[16:42] You don't have to follow me down.
[16:43] It sounds like, listen like...
- Oh, oh.
[16:44] Okay, yeah.
- Surprise.
[16:45] I'm gonna pop up.
- No, I got it.
[16:46] I got it, like this.
- Yeah, yeah, yes.
[16:47] the Evercade, the Evercade VS-R.
[16:49] There's a couple of
versions of the Evercade.
[16:51] It is a true throwback to
old school gaming devices.
[16:57] So the Evercade actually
uses real game cartridges.
[17:01] Now, the games you're
gonna play on the Evercade
[17:03] are largely older titles.
[17:06] From Amazon, we paid...
[17:08] (Austin gulps)
(upbeat music)
[17:10] How much for this like hmm...
[17:11] - [Alex] We paid $120.
[17:13] - I don't think it comes with any games,
[17:15] and I know that when we...
[17:16] We bought just one game
here, it was not cheap.
[17:18] Wow, the controller's huge.
[17:20] What the hell?
- Hey, man, nostalgia.
[17:22] - You can tell it's definitely
designed for old school games
[17:24] because it's literally just a
D-pad, ABXY, Start, and Select
[17:27] and a center button, and then we have the,
[17:29] oh, the Evercade itself.
[17:31] Oh, that's kinda weird.
[17:33] So it's got micro USB?
[17:38] No, micro USB?
[17:41] - [Alex] It was released in 2021, so yeah-
[17:44] - Oh, it's old, I didn't realize
[17:45] it's been around for that long, oh, okay.
[17:46] You have two different cartridge slots.
[17:48] I wonder, is that because you can just
[17:49] kind of easily swap between games?
[17:51] Let me get this thing set up,
[17:52] and we'll see if spending 100
[17:55] and something dollars plus games,
[17:57] which might be a little bit
expensive, is actually worth it.
[18:00] Okay, yes, I would love
to agree to the EULA.
[18:03] I remember I used to do that every time
[18:04] I plugged in my Super Nintendo.
[18:06] (Alex laughs)
[18:07] Apparently, this one's
coming in August of 2025.
[18:09] (arcade music)
(keyboard clacks)
[18:11] - [Alex] What day is today?
[18:14] - What day is today?
[18:15] Let's say I want to get Tomb
Raider: The Last Revelation.
[18:19] How to buy?
[18:19] So instead of downloading it,
[18:22] you just buy the physical cartridge.
[18:24] Can I download, oh, I can play Old Towers.
[18:27] So you get a free monthly game with this,
[18:28] no subscription needed?
[18:30] - [Alex] Yes, now, I do believe that
[18:33] it's like just the one game a month.
[18:35] - Oh, that's weird, okay, cool, got it.
[18:37] (arcade music)
[18:39] Ah okay.
[18:40] You know what this reminds me of?
[18:41] The old puzzles in Pokemon,
like Gold and Silver.
[18:45] Why don't we actually try,
[18:46] 'cause we did actually
purchase a physical cartridge,
[18:49] the one and only Duke Nukem collection
[18:52] that not only has Duke Nukem:
Time To Kill and Advance,
[18:55] but Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes.
[18:57] Ooh, oh, I like that cartridge, dude.
[19:00] It reminds me of like
a chunky like Game boy
[19:02] or like a really shrunk down
like Genesis cart or something.
[19:05] Yes, perfect, so our games are here.
[19:08] - [Adriana] The one that...
[19:09] Okay.
[19:11] - What game did you
think we're gonna play?
[19:12] (Austin laughs)
[19:14] What a (quacks) intro
for a video game.
[19:16] (Austin laughs)
[19:19] Yeah!
[19:20] Is that Linus Tech Tips?
[19:22] - Ha.
- Oh. (laughs)
[19:25] Pshh, bro, go up.
[19:28] Oh, we can go into...
[19:29] That's water?
[19:30] You know what, let's
play Duke Nukem Advance.
[19:32] I think that seems like maybe
[19:33] a game that actually
is designed for D-pad.
[19:35] Wow, that looks balls, but you know what?
[19:38] This is also not for me.
[19:39] Let's try the last game here,
[19:40] which is one I think I most want to try?
[19:43] No okay well (quacks).
[19:44] Why am I surprised, why am I surprised?
[19:46] Oh, we can go into Bootylicious.
[19:47] Let's go in to investigate.
(Alex laughs)
[19:49] Oh no okay.
[19:50] Sorry, I'll leave Bootylicious
alone for a minute.
[19:52] Wah! (quacks)
[19:53] What do we think about this?
[19:55] 'Cause the hardware
itself is actually decent.
[19:57] I don't know if the
emulation is incredible.
[19:59] I've never played some of these games
[20:00] on the original hardware, but
I mean, it seems broadly okay,
[20:02] but my bigger question is
how much are the games?
[20:05] - [Alex] For the one that you're holding
[20:06] in your hand right now, we paid $30.
[20:09] - It's a lot of money.
[20:10] It very much leans toward
the like I miss playing
[20:14] the Amiga and Commodore 64 kind of gang,
[20:17] and maybe not to call everyone
who likes those games old,
[20:21] but if you had a Commodore 64, no offense,
[20:25] but if you want this for the
nursing home, it's all yours.
[20:28] I'm curious, what do you think
[20:29] about the $250 and less
gaming gear that we found?
[20:33] Is there anything that you
wish we would've included?
[20:35] Let me know in the comments below.
[20:37] Until next time, my friends,
[20:38] I'm gonna go get acquainted
with Land of the Babes again.
[20:41] (Alex laughs)
Once we cut the camera,
[20:43] of course, I don't...
- Freaking creep.
[20:45] (upbeat music)