The Forgotten Portable NES

In 1990, the hot new trend in the video game industry was handheld systems. The Nintendo Game Boy and Atari Lynx battled for the market, while NEC and Sega had consoles on the way. But there was another handheld coming you may not have heard of: The Express. It was from a small company called BDL Enterprises, and the idea was impressive: A portable version of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)! Why did this console never see the light of day?

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[GamingHistorian]

I'm working on 2 bigger projects at the moment. But in the meantime, I hope you enjoy learning about The Express! See you on the next video.

[Gannooch]

At 5:23 “The game boy is being overshadowed by the Lynx.” That quote in hindsight is utterly hilarious.

[mattd]

For whoever did the 3d animation of The Express showcase they did a nice job 👌

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[AndersonTenecela]

This channel has really made me aware of things that I wasn’t aware before in videogames

[steel]

"The Game Boy is quickly being overshadowed by the Lynx"
Gaming journalism has never changed lmao

[jsimsgaming]

This is one of those weird times when I can see how beneficial something like the Express would have been had it made it to retail, but I can also understand why Nintendo didn't want to do it.

[Juice]

This is exactly what I wanted when I was a kid. The gameboy never quite did it for me . I wanted to play my actual nes games anywhere

[DJKi]

I like this story. BDL response was actually pretty respectable They didn’t complain or try to sue Nintendo over the decision. I can’t help but a feel a huge amount of respect for BDL.

[jsv]

Just when I think I know everything about video game history, you have more to teach me. Did not know about this thing at all. Dude was ahead of his time.

[anthonyd]

This reminds me of the Sega Nomad, which was a portable Genesis. It isn't super top of mind in retro gaming, but I think I still have mine floating around the house in a box somewhere.

[little_finger]

the express looked so clean compared to all the other handhelds competing with nintendo at the time. Love the design!

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Congrats on the soon 1million subs Gaming Historian! You made history been a fan since the old days of Youtube and Retroware. :D

[dialupchronicles]

Thanks! Nice to learn about something I’ve never heard of before!

[emiebex]

0:58 This had to be what inspired The Super Game Boy & other Nintendo lock-on technology like The Rumble Pack.

[robertdanker]

Another fantastic story! Thanks for all the great content!! Keep up the good work!!

[matthiasbonnici]

I would love to see you do a episode on the LYNX, you're always super thorough and entertaining!

[mphvideographer]

The 3D animation is done really well. Top notch quality!

[smoothALOE]

This is one of the few channels where no matter what the new content is, I go to watch it as soon as I can.

[DDL-nu]

God I remember having that magazine and drooling over the express