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Well, well, well, we meet again, Sendico, AKA my favorite spot to order weird Japanese mystery tech. So the last couple times we've gone in Sendico, we found absolutely insane items that I've never seen before, direct from Japan. Today we're taking it up a notch. I'm going to the (crickets chirping) no, I'm with (indistinct) ah, I'm ascending Mount Fuji today to find the greatest tech that Japan has ever made. Yeah, you heard me right. All the good Japanese tech is on top of Mount Fuji, and you have to climb it.

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Let's just go through video games. Let's see what they've got. Let's start out with Game Boy, safe, easy bet. I need some Game Boy action. Oh, Game Boy Printer, that's pretty cool. Oh, that's cool. Okay, you know, maybe I need this.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- This video is sponsored by Acronis.Well, well, well, we meet again, Sendico,AKA, my favorite spot to orderweird Japanese mystery tech.So the last couple timeswe've gone in Sendico,we found absolutely insane itemsthat I've never seenbefore, direct from Japan.So today we're taking up a notch.I'm going to the,(crickets chirping)no, I'm with (indistinct)ah, I'm ascending Mount Fuji todayto find the greatest techthat Japan has ever made.Yeah, you heard me right.All the good Japanese techis on top of Mount Fuji,and you have to climb it.- (beep) This isn't working.- Let's just go through video games.Let's see what they've got.Let's start out withGame Boy, safe, easy bet.I need some Game Boy action.Oh, Game Boy Printer, that's pretty cool.Oh, that's cool.Okay, you know, maybe I need this.It's a box copy of "Pokemon Emerald."That's just really neat.Does it come with everything?Oh, it does, it comes with alittle, the wireless thing.Oh, I want that for sure.What is this?A PCE PC Engine, but it's a handheld.What!Working item, overhauled,all electrolytic capacitorsreplaced, contactsand internal cleaning completed.Oh because of the low audiooutput of the right channel,we will be listing as defective.Are you trying to tell methat they have replaced capacitors,cleaned contacts, cleaned everything.But because one speaker's a little quiet,it's sold as junk, basically.Man, I love Japan.If this is GameStop, they'd be like,"Oh yeah, we just spit on itand toss in a box, congratulations."I don't think GameStopactually spit on things,but sometimes it feelslike they probably should.Look at this!And they say it's for parts,but it's a whole Windows 95 PC in here.I told myself after thelast time we did Sendico,I was gonna go easy this time.I lied to myself 'causeI want all these things.So then my friends, I willsee you on the other sideonce our very large, very heavy packagefrom Sendico has arrived.And so we have our items from Sendico.Now, much like last time,the shipping was expensive.These boxes all combinedwere something like,it was well over 100 pounds.I wanna say it was somethinglike 80 or 90 kilos.Like it is massive.There's some very big, heavy,expensive items in here.And initially when I went togo check out with the parcel,Sendico quoted me $780 forthis to be shipped via DHL.Thankfully, much like last time,they then gave me a cheaper option.After the fact, they emailed me, saying,"Hey, we can actually ship thisto you via FedEx for like $340,"which is still expensive.Considering that this is over 100 poundsof packages shipped inthree days from Japan.It's not bad.Let's begin with the small box.Oh, oh, no, dang,I accidentally ordered"Pokemon" cards again, ah!,So, I'll just put thisover here and just...(transition whooshing)Next up, we have somethingthat I'm quite excited for.So this is a Game & Watch.Now if you're not familiar,Game & Watch was sort of thefirst Nintendo gaming device.That's kinda debatablebecause Nintendo made like, playing cardsand games and stuff.But this is one of theirfirst electronic games.(upbeat electronic music)♪ Game watch, game watch, game watch ♪- Whoa, so if this looks kinda familiar,like Game Boy Micro orthe bottom part of the DS,that's because they took heavy inspirationfor this in later Nintendo handhelds.But this was before the NES,this is before the Game Boy.This is a much morerudimentary style of consolebecause it uses actual, like,little, like, LCD elements,but it's not an actual, like, screenin the traditional sense.Every single element that couldbe on screen is programmed.So it just turns it on and off.But this specificallyis the Popeye variant,which was on the expensive side.I do know that, we paid like50 bucks for this thing.(Alex laughs)- 50.- So what we paidfor it was almost 14,000 yen,which roughly equates to $93.- Did I mention that thisis a great time to subscribeto the Austin Evans YouTube channel.We spend lots of money on cooltech, so you don't have to.Now that we have acquiredsome LR43 batteries,let us try our Popeye Game & Watch.Oh, well, it immediatelyworks, I'll tell you that.- Yay.- Oh, oh, we're playing, okay.Oh no, the left button doesn't work!Look, yeah, I try to pushright, he always goes left.So I think what the problem here is,is that, while it is in goodcondition, generally speaking,I think that this button is just broken.So it's always pressing theleft button, that's my hope.'cause otherwise it's like broken, broken.A huge thank you to thesponsor of this video,Acronis, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Officeis still one of the best data backupand cyber protection personalsolutions on the market.But now with identity protection,cyber criminals are getting smarterand even using AI toenhance their attacks.In 2022, over $10 billion has been stolenthrough identity theft.Think it won't happen to you,you're vulnerable evenwhen ordering food online,shopping or booking a flight.Thieves can use your personaldata to open new accounts,take over 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surprise, surprise,is no informationabout this, like, anywhere.So not only do I need to figure outhow I'm going to power it,I have no idea what kindof operating system it has.It does say HDD here.So it's got obviously a floppy disc drive,but also it says hard drive.So I'm assuming it may actuallyhave a hard drive inside.I can hope that it'srunning some version of DOS,but I know literally nothing about itbesides, it's in really,really good condition.How much was our FM R-50 NBX?(gentle music)- It was pretty reasonablefor basically a museum piece.It was 7,980 yen, whichis roughly about $54.- For 54 bucks, I'mhappy to take the gamblethat we can find some way ofgetting this up and running.So the first thing I wanna do isjust see if I can get it to power.So we have a couple of likelittle generic adapters.But the problem is that,this is quite specificon what it's looking for.It's like 14, sorry, 13.5 volts.So I'm gonna try to see, I havean actual switching adapter,my Shnitpwr professional power supply,which will actually allowme to adjust the voltageto precisely what the system needs.Theoretically, when I plugthis in, some of these lights,the DC in light andbattery light will turn on.So here goes nothing.(energetic upbeat music)Hmm, oh wait, hang on.There's a main switchover there on the side.Maybe that turns on the power.(energetic upbeat music continues)Oh, yes, yes!- Woo!- So it is on, right?Hang on, so, it is a veryclearly not good screen.So you can see I've got awheel to adjust my contrast.So power and DC are in,it's not charging thebattery, but that's fine.And I've got a little bitof text on the bottom.Unfortunately, that little bit of textdoesn't look like it's,"Hey, I'm booting right now."It looks like an error message.Hey, what does it say?"Please set up the system."Ah, I was afraid of this, okay.Physically, it seems likeit's in terrific shapeand clearly, it functions, nowwe have some power for it.But until we're able to track downsome 35-year-old Japanese floppy disks,I think it's gonna be nothing morethan a beautiful set piece.This is something I'm very excited about.The PC Engine is so damn cool.How much did I pay for mysuper duper cool PC Engine?- 15,000 yen or roughly $102.(upbeat music)- I mean, that's a fair bit of money,but this thing I think is really cool.One thing I don't understandis how you disconnect this.So that's the power for it.Oh, oh, I got it, I got it!- Hey.- That's so cool!Also, you can see how yellow it is'cause it used to be this color,now it's this color!So essentially it is a CD playerand a CD ROM drive.And then when you're ready,you just load it up hereand attach it in.Dude, this is worth every penny.Honestly, this is why I do these videos!How cool is this?Okay, so I'm gonna goexplore this PC Engine.We're gonna start outby trying to use theactual base console itself.So I'm gonna take our game,(energetic upbeat music)load it in here,and then, if I power it on,theoretically, this will work.(energetic upbeat music continues)Oh, okay, well that is a signal.I am pretty confident there's a waythat we could make this work.Let's though go with the safe betof loading it into our interface unitand then we'll try the CD.So this little lock,so this is the little piece of plasticthat holds everything in.It is also a power switchfor the entire unit.So, you see.So basically you flip the little lock upto keep everything into placeand you slide it to the sideand it turns the power on.- Hey!(group cheers)So now I get to experience"F1 Circus World Championship"with the full glory of anactual RGB television and music.Dude, look how clean these graphics are.I think this is clearly meantto be somewhat more realisticthan the normal kind ofvery arcadey kind of racesof the day.Okay, so we can establish thatthis works really quite well.So, I've got not one, not two,but three.How many PS2s did I buy?- You boughta total of five PS2s.(Austin laughs)So you're still missing one.- Did I?- Keep digging.- I wonder why myshipping was so expensiveand I bought five PS2s.All right, so with everythingunboxed and prepped,let me run you through what I've got here.So this is the larger lot.So just to recap, we've gotourselves a Sega Saturn, PS1,two N64s, Super Famicom,a Famicom in the box,and three PS2s.How much did I pay forthese in US dollars, please?(Alex laughs)'Cause I remember the yenand it was a lot of yen.- So it wasn't exactly cheap,but I mean, I think it's stillpretty reasonable at $177.- For one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, consoles?That's like 20 bucks a console, not even.Now, this was a much more reasonable lot.Two PS2s, a Wii,all the various peripheralsand accessories and stuff.I think, I paid like 20 bucksor something for this, right?- Yeah, it was verycheap at $16 for those three.- I'll be honest, that's cheap enough.I would pay five bucks just forthese to have them for partsor just to display themon a shelf or something.But it would be nice ifthey actually function.So now it is time to testsome of the lot of consoles.Starting out with our very many PS2s.Load it up.(gentle upbeat music)Disk drive doesn't sound great,I will admit it does not sound great.Oh, hey, okay, we got it.I've never seen this game before.(car engine revving)(upbeat electronic music)- Aw, that's fun.(tires screeching)- All right, you know what,I think it's safe to say this PS2 works.So we'll put this in thegood and functioning pile.Let's grab our next one.(transition whooshing)Okay, so this is our unique PS2,which has the PC card slot.(gentle upbeat music)Good noise.That one sounds much lessgrindy than the gray one.(gentle upbeat music continues)Oh, the disc drive doesnot work and no video out.Okay, so this goes in the pile of shame.Next, PlayStation 2 number three!(gentle upbeat music continues)(disk drive whirring)- Ooh.- Don't like that noise.That was a...(electronic music)That's a good noise.The disc drivy noise was not a good noise.The problem is that witha lot of older disc...(electronic music)- You okay there, champ?- No, I need a minute.It does seem like thisdrive is functional,but probably on its last legs.All right, let's move on to our next PS2.Oh, (laughs) disk drive is stuck.You see, it's trying to move a little bit,but it doesn't open.So I guess you could say thatwe've got a 50-50 success rateon our functional PS2sand our broken PS2s.So let's take a look at our Japanese N64s.I don't know what kind of N64 this is.It is a unique colorwaybecause you can see it'sstill clear on the bottom.Maybe slightly yellowed over the years,or maybe this is just the way it looked.But I will say this looks,I mean, besides that little thingthat sounded like it justrattling around on the inside,incredibly clean.This is gonna be a special occasion for me'cause I'm gonna play a gamethat I have never been able to play.When I was growing up, Idid have the good fortuneof owning an N64,and I owned "Pokemon Stadium" for the N64.So if you bought "PokemonStadium" from Japan,this was a completelydifferent game than the onethat we got here in the US.So let's try "Pokemon," (clears throat)"Pocket Monsters Stadium,"the alpha version on ourN64s and see if this works.(transition whooshing)(gentle music)(group cheers)- Hey, let's go!Oh, this is so different.Okay, all right, beforewe get too into this,actually, let's go aheadand shut this down.Let me swap everythingover to our ice blue N64and see if this one works.(gentle upbeat music)- Go beyond!- So both N64s work.Now let me finally play"Pocket Monster Stadium Zero."Okay, now let me see if I can figure outwhat the name of these moves are.Land it. Land it. Boy!(electronic music)Let's go!No, it's Dream Eater!No, no, no!(Alex laughs)My complete lack of Japaneseknowledge has ruined me!I've been waiting toplay this game for years.And the fact that that's the way it endsis deeply, deeply disappointing.But my N64s work, so,(fanfare music)boy, that was not good.All right, so now we have the Sega Saturn.Now a Japanese Saturn I don'tthink is wildly differentthan the one we had here.It's definitely a different colorwayand I think these, arethese buttons different?I think they might be.All right, everyone ready?(gentle upbeat music)Yey, it's 1994 again! Finally!I've been waiting 30 years.(Alex laughs)Oh, that's 30 years ago.- Self burn.- Wow. Wow.All right, now, if you'venever played "Daytona USA,"I do know that the Japaneseversion has different musicthan the English version,and I think the Japanese music is better.(intense rock music)Sorry, I just got into it.Let's play, okay.Can I just say, look howdamn sharp that picture is.We're just going outstraight through RCA directlyinto the TV.That looks like really good, wow.And well,(car engine revving)so "Daytona USA" originallyshipped in arcades,and the Saturn was,I think the first time it left the arcade,was actually available at home.Dude, this is so sick for like '94-'95.This is so sick.Last lap! Come on!Help me, Tom Cruise.Help me, Oprah Winfrey.Woo, drifting, I'm drifting,I'm drifting, oh, in a wall.Oh no, oh, no, that's bad.If you ain't first, you're eighth.(upbeat music)♪ Daytona ♪- Congratulations!You played well.- Oh, well, they just cut me off.All right, I guess the Saturn works.All right, so now let us try our, Wii.Because it was so cheap, I'mgonna assume it doesn't work.And it is also in truly rough shape.But well, here goes nothing.I'm not getting a signal,which is not filling me with confidence.- Oh.- What?- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.- What?- I fixed it!- Did you just jiggle it?- I jiggled the cable.- Alright.- The Wii remote does notwork, but the Wii does.So I guess, we need to gofind our own Wii remote.Is that a copy of "Smash?" Wait, wait.(gasps) There's a copy of "Brawl" in here.That's my favorite Wii game!This is great!(gentle upbeat music)Let's go!(transition whooshing)(electronic upbeat music)- Is that Yoshi?(Austin vocalizing)(singer vocalizing)(lively upbeat music)- So I have, of course,the blue Game & Watch,the better version of Game & Watch.(electronic music)- Three, two, one, time up!- Now, were they level three CPUs?Yes. Yes they were.But did my incredibly cheap Japanese Wiithat accidentally came witha copy of "Brawl" completelyand totally dominate?You're damn straight.Next, let us try our Super Famicom.This one is quite dirty,but I think it may work.So we do have a copy of "Donkey Kong 2,"which we'll load up here.(gentle upbeat music)Here's the problem with that.I put force on it, it didn't go in.I put a little bit offorce and it snapped in.(gentle upbeat music continues)Okay, now it went in correctly.All right, look.No. (grunts)(gentle upbeat music continues)Oh, so you can see thatsomething's coming through the TV,'cause when I hit like thereset button and whatnot,the screen flickers,we're actually not gettingany video signal out.We gotta keep in mind that this,along with a lot of theother consoles today,are coming from junklots, that are untested.And considering howcheap these things wereis totally worth the gamble.And maybe it's fixable.And I got a bunch of Famicom controllers,I mean, sorry, Super Famicom controllers.And that is what I'm gonna sayto make myself feel better.Let's move on, shall we?To the big chungus.(upbeat music)And that's it,'cause I'm not gonna tellyou until episode two,subscribe to the channel suckers.That was all a gag. It was aploy. It was a clever ruse.So you would think thisis the end of the video,but it's not, there's one more videoand of course, huge thank youto Acronis for sponsoring today's video.(upbeat music continues)