Please don’t cancel me for this unboxing - CIB Transparent Ice N64

dbrand sent over limited edition transparent N64s for Linus to check out including a complete in box Ice coloured one! With retro consoles being so coveted Linus has to be extra careful to not drop it or he'll face the wrath of gaming collectors everywhere..!

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Do. Not. Drop!
2:43 Time to (carefully) unbox
7:18 More colors! and Retro Darkplates
8:51 Co-op Gaming
11:17 Unboxing dbrand's new Retro Darkplates
12:05 Outro

[DctrGizmo]

You can't just tease a transparent LTT screwdriver and not mention it! It looks dope!

[card_craft]

I REALLY wish that they made that for the switch.

[sjftech]

The modular PSU of the N64 is great. It enables people like me to use a Japanese N64 in the UK using an official PSU and no stepdown.

[LOSSLESSOFFICIAL]

I still remember my first time playing N64 at Best Buy in 1996 on the N64 demo booth they had and first laying my eyes on Super Mario 64. I was in complete shock & my brain felt a type of euphoria I can only reminisce about to this day. I instantly asked my parents for an N64 for Christmas that year and had no clue how expensive it was. My parents initially said no and I kept begging them saying I'll do anything. Eventually, they put a long list of chores on the kitchen fridge that I had to complete by the end of the month and I might get an N64. Cleaning the house, taking out the garbage, mowing the lawn, getting good grades, etc; I was 10 years old and I managed to complete the list just in time.

Then one day my mom took me and my older brother to Toys R' Us, he suddenly wanted an N64 after seeing one there and tried to convince my mom that he would let me "borrow it" if he got it instead. I remember I had a huge meltdown in the middle of the store and got really angry lol. Luckily my mom sided with me since I did all the work to earn it. We didn't have much money but my Dad had worked his way up to owning the business he was working for and started to do pretty well. So this was a really great Christmas.

My brother ended up getting a PlayStation for Christmas instead, which worked out since we'd trade systems for a week later on. After I beat the first wave of N64 games we swapped consoles and this was how I was first introduced to Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid. Once I played those games I was more willing to let my brother borrow the N64. Somehow he didn't like either FFVII or MGS and they ended up being two of my favorite franchises of all time to this day and he still doesn't like either. So crazy to me!

But once Goldeneye 007 came out in 1997 I was back to N64 and was hooked on that game's multiplayer for a year straight. I became the best at it in my town and always would dominate on the Facility map. So much fun! Gaming just isn't the same anymore...

[imjustsomeguy]

I still love the look of transparent tech. We had 2 gray N64 controllers and 2 transparent controllers and we fought over the transparent ones

[anonamus]

Ahh, sneaky dropping in of a prototype leather backpack and a clear ltt screwdriver

[casuallyspelic]

I hate the idea of forever leaving things in boxes. Value is held in the usage and enjoyment of a toy/game, not simply its pristine existence on the shelves of a bunch of collectors.

[connersommers]

I lost it when you noticed D Brand stole your color scheme for the box 😂 please never have a falling out with these guys it's great

[ImJustADave]

I knew someone with a purple N64, that Dbrand plate is SPOT ON for the color. They did a great job with these!

[Tomato-Thunder]

Fun Fact: One N64 game was released with corrupted, glitched music, with lots of Midi errors, corrupted instrument samples and more.

It's called Donald Duck Goin Quackers, which is actually a port of the Dreamcast/PC version (that actually has some great, underrated music!)

The game's TCRF article explains a lot of the music errors. It's crazy!

[Bamfhammer]

The 4 controller ports was incredible. All you had to do was bring your controller from home and you could join in instead of waiting your turn in a 2 player game

[blackraen]

This is a trend that seriously needs to come back. Give us those sweet translucent chassis back!

[Guartorias]

You didn't need 4 controllers for your N64. You just always told your friends "Bring your N64 controllers!" when they would come to stay the night, lol.

[play_the_hits]

I love that Dbrand is nothing but a vehicle to mess with Linus but just so happens to produce the best skins and add-ons for modern consoles.

[sinbad]

I had the purple version as a kid. I knew the other colours existed, but they were the ones like hens teeth to find, and I never saw any of them (maybe that's why it's the opposite now). I also remember playing golden eye 4p on a friend's tiny 14" TV. Terrible experience but great fun.

I went from a NES to N64, with an og Gameboy in between

[Home_Rowed]

5:36 It may have still been a manufacturing cost saving measure as the only region locking on the N64 is a physical tray at the bottom of the cartridge slot that can be easily swapped out at the factory along with the attachable power supply depending on which region it's going to. And of course now there are 3D printed region free trays that just remove the various shaped indents that each region's cartridge slot had.

[therobb]

This ice blue N64 was my first modern console. HUGE upgrade from a Sega Genesis. I still love the N64 to this day, and the controller as well.

[l_burn]

I got the N64 in '98, it was a complete surprise because we didn't have money to buy a console at all and it wasn't Christmas.

My dad worked at a video store and they were throwing it away because it wouldn't power on. He dug it out of the dumpster after work and fixed it, it was just a dirty power button or something simple like that.Some of my best memories with him are playing OoT for the first time and figuring it all out together.

[AzraqShinji]

I would argue it’s perfectly fine to open old tech that’s been unopened.

This stuff is meant to be experienced. No one who bought an N64 in the 90s kept it closed because they thought it would sell like crazy

[MotivationExMe]

Seeing how delicate Linus was being with that registration form makes me feel like I'm in a different timeline