My DS Has A KNOB

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[Larry]

It was nice of you to get your knob out for us James! :D

[Foostini]

"I don't like how there's a huge gap in the gameplay" truly the struggle of the entire DS era in a single sentence

[AverageMichaelJordans]

When you started talking about the DSi's lack of a slot 2, I was worried you were gonna fix your conundrum in the very spectacular fashion you like doing things in

[otto]

"i like to experience history as it was" smash cut to a NES cartridge playing an NES cartridge

[spaceinvader]

A James channel video and garbage time at the same time! Awesome

[orions]

Love the gag of swapping the ds without saying anything lol

[ActualRealKayamariOfficialVEVO]

I gotta say I really appreciate the fact that you open up everything you show off to see how it works inside. Every time I'm wondering whether we'll see it be taken apart since some of this stuff is quite collectable but you always do it and I love it

[ahirugaodoreru]

I speak Japanese, the first quest is "clear 10 blocks within 45 seconds" or erase if you prefer the literal.

The quest you actually played is "clear all of the silver blocks within 60 seconds"

[a-radio]

James doesn't change cartridge to play different games, he changes the DS

[PiccadillyBlue]

Ooh, I love Space Invaders Extreme! The bit you were confused about on the right, the game has a mechanic where each color of enemy corresponds to a specific powerup, and if you shoot four enemies of the same color in a row, it drops that specific powerup, and the thing on the right was just showing you the most recent enemies you shot so you could keep track.

[anonony]

I have an Arkanoid arcade machine and the paddle is pretty much the same as this one. Just a couple of gears and an optical encoder. It's of course much more robust though, mostly being made out of metal.

[RAFMnBgaming]

"Bust a Move" just reminds me of the copy of "Super Bust a Move" that I picked up when a library was clearing out its ps2 games and have never touched since because of how cursed the cover is.

[GHPC]

0:20 Love the way you put your knob into the slot James.

[mickleman]

9:23 so when do we get to see you mod 2 CRT mini monitors into a DS chassis with an angle grinder and hot glue gun?

[Metal_Maxine]

1:32 Gold bricks are indestructible and silver ones take multiple hits (at least in the original)

[KineTheFish]

"Let's check out a naked knob, shall we?" got me 😂

[theigadwolf]

Back in 2009, I had this really boring warehouse job, and other than free coffee, my only salvation at work was playing Brick Breaker (an Arkanoid clone) on my Blackberry flip phone. If memory serves me correctly, there were 28 levels and then the game would reset but continue accumulating score and the best I ever did was two and a half plays through, so somewhere around level 70. This still stands as one of the greatest achievements in my life.

[WolfBiteZed]

I played so many hours of Guitar Hero DS just because i liked the slot 2 device

[MDGG]

"They played us like a damn fiddle!!!"

[kiskool]

The Garbage time and James double upload day is my favorite day