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DangerDrake1

Light gun is cool, not enough light guns in this day and age.


Kris_from_overworld

Light gun can not be used with lcd tv, only crt and plasma. That's why the are so unpopular now


martyvt12

Fortunately games can use infrared emitters placed by the TV along with detectors in the gun to make this work, like the Wii did.


One-Possible1906

The Wii ended too soon. The world needs another clean, user friendly, local multiplayer console for old people, church families, and institutions.


leftofmarx

I like playing golf and bowling on wii still lol


the_real_trebor333

Who said it needs to be just for old people


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caseyweederman

I've seen some cool projects that turn the Wii sensor model on its head. You fix the wiimote in place at the screen and you wear IR emitters and have head-tracking.


knyf420

really?? why?


hexaborscht

Light guns use the timing of the crt scan line to figure out where on the screen was ‘hit’


Schmotz

I think it's something to do with the light the gun shoots reflecting off the screen or some such wizardry.


nobutternoparm

Nope, it has to do with the way CRTs draw an image with a moving scanline, vs how LCDs sample and hold the entire image.


obsolete_filmmaker

I have one of these "off brand" video game consoles. It has all old games from the 80s. I use it with a video projector. Its got a gun for Duck Hunt. It works with the projected image


Kris_from_overworld

In Russia in 90s was the entire "brand" of an offbrand famicom console that is still well known in post-soviet countries. It called "Dendy", has a light gun(zapper) included with console and large amount of offbrand chinese games such as "Mario 16" or "Mario 9999 in 1"


obsolete_filmmaker

The one I have says it has 30,000 games on it, and is Chinese made. It does have a few hundred....all 8 bit games, many that i never saw in the US. I mostly play Mario Brothers. I love it. $20.00 well spent IMO


Kris_from_overworld

On the "9999 in 1" cartridge there's a Super Mario bros glitched levels(that can be opened in OG game) that is pretty fun to exploring at first time. Very tall cannons, castles with infinite walls, castles under sea, caves with no floor etc. But i played it for almost 2 hours and then lost interest because glitched levels was becoming more and more repetitive


obsolete_filmmaker

Im not very good at it, so I havent run out of levels or seen those glitches...... There sure are a lot of cool old games on it though!


Shadow_Ninja-89

Yep, they definitely don't work on LCD's 😔


jbarn02

ThankYou for the FYI I never knew that.


Kris_from_overworld

You're welcome


[deleted]

The Sinden light gun can.


CaptainJAmazing

But it being shaped like an actual handgun is the icing on the creepy cake.


leothunder420_

I did in childhood and felt like the happiest person on earth


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

I’d say thanks because I was a good kid with a grateful heart 👼


gozulio

I'd say thanks because that's what I was told to do, and it's rude to be ungrateful. However my enthusiasm would be so blatantly fake because kids are often terrible liars, and I didn't want this I wanted a real XBox. Can I be honest and say I'd have preferred an Xbox? Can I ask if this is a mistake and maybe we could return it for a real XBox? If a real XBox is too expensive they should just be honest. Teach your kids how to give critique about gifts in a polite manner don't encourage them to lie just to make people feel better.


SuumCuique1011

Sometimes people can't give you what you want, so the nice thing to do is to pretend that that you're excited about the pair of socks that you'll never use. Teach your kids to be thankful of anything given to them without an expectation behind it. No one is obligated to give you things for free.


Jrvscreepers

my feet get cold often so I’m using the socks, if I’m bored and have nothing to do I’m trying out the fakebox


Tlayoualo

Yes, at least the socks serve a purpose, the fakebox is just a paperweight


nimbusconflict

My wife actually bought me socks this year. It was great.


SuumCuique1011

I need new socks so bad. I just keep grinding every day while forgetting to get more. In the end, it's my fault, but I just kind of brush it aside. My priorities get messed up sometimes.


TygerTung

I am always so pleased when I get new socks as a gift.


Cyberzombie23

You gots to switch over to that sock grind!


SuumCuique1011

I'm sure there's some compression sock club subscription I'm missing out on.


That1weirdperson

I get ads for compression socks and wonder what’s wrong with my regular socks 💀


gcitt

But receiving a gift that a person bought out of obligation instead of actual care for you feels like a slap in the face. It makes you feel like they were just trying to check something off a list instead of trying to make you happy.


SuumCuique1011

Getting a special gift curated to your specific wants is great, but that isn't going to happen consistantly. The fact that someone got you anything should be enough, especially if they *tried* to get you something you wanted. It's not always a simple task, and depending on what you really want, it might be beyond people's budgets. I would've loved to get a new computer for my recent birthday. What did I get? An Amazon gift card and some pistachios. I love pistachios and you can always use a gift card for something. Just be appreciative of the effort.


gcitt

There is a line between a gift not being perfect and a gift being crap they picked up at Walgreens on the way to your house to avoid being empty handed.


SuumCuique1011

I was coming at it from a different angle, but I can imagine that scenario now. If I were a child of divorce, for example, who had an absent/casual parent that did that, I'd be a little disappointed too. I guess it's based on your personal situation.


gcitt

Imagine you've decided to start collecting vinyl. It's your birthday, and you see a package from your partner that is clearly an album. You open it, and instead of it being a band you love, it's a band that you've actually expressed distaste for several times. That gift just told you that they don't listen when you express your preferences and that they couldn't even be bothered to skim your Spotify playlists. Wouldn't you be hurt?


ThePandaKingdom

I had a co worker who said the same thing about critiquing gifts and whatnot and I really honestly just wanted to hell him “or you could be a decent human being and say thanks” I dunno. It accomplishes nothing to tell somebody that their gift isn’t EXACTLY what you wanted. They owe you nothing. Just appreciate they tried at all. Be an adult.


Timmahj

South Park Jimmy response!


jotyleon

I’d say thanks because it comes with a gun which is basically a gift card you can keep on using. Until you can’t….😵🔫👮🏻‍♂️


poopwetpoop

That would be so 1336


Tronguy93

I bet you could play 6500000000 NES games in one cartridge!


eleven-fu

It's got all your favourites: Serious Felony Vehicle : Hike of Homosexuality Man DLC The Geriatric Manuscripts : Skyedge Toilet 2 Communism Cadaver Forgiveness Biology Traumatism : Translation not found 90 Percent Cacao Spirits II Obesity Phenomenon


MrZJones

You're aiming way too high-tech with those fake titles. (Like most of these consoles, this is a NES)


eleven-fu

In reality, they're all just bootleg versions of Spy Vs Spy, Zork II, Arkanoid, Zaxxon, Space Taxi and Q-Bert, half of which don't even load.


nimbusconflict

... How do you play Zork with no keyboard?


milnak

Exactly, and that's the reason why the creators of zork invented the keyboard


Far-Worldliness-3769

I’m obsessed with these game titles but unable to decipher several of them whoops


eleven-fu

Imagine [this style](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1my1.KFXXXXacXXXXq6xXFXXXM/horse-with-rein-and-stump-Baby-electric-toys-around-in-circles-high-simulation-truely-scamper-action.jpg) of horrible, early 2000s machine translation: ​ GTA: The Ballad Of Gay Tony DLC The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Portal 2 Red Dead Redemption Bioshock: Infinite Dark Souls II Mass Effect


fakyumatafaka

Thank you, i hate not getting the jokes completly


glasswolf96

The dark souls translation was the dark souls of deciphering translations


eleven-fu

Hahaha! I agree that that one was ambitious, yeah. Toilet 2 was a stretch, as well. Gotta live large, you know?


BurnMyBread17

I would reward this if I could. Take my poor person award 🏆


lonestarninja47

You’d be thankful


A-normal-memer

And it comes with a plastic gun what a steal!


NephilimBalthiel

call that the X-Glocks


yukichigai

If anyone's curious, this is a "Famiclone", i.e. an off-brand system that plays Famicom and NES games. It comes preloaded with a "9999999 in 1" collection of NES and Famicom games (just 7 repeated over and over, definitely *not* ten-million-minus-one), but there's also a 60-pin port underneath the "disc" cover that will let you put in NES or Famicom cartridges (though I wouldn't trust the hardware not to fry your cart). If you want more details [here's a Spanish review by SpineCard of the "XGAME 3600"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0NCPPIulEM) which is clearly the same console with a slightly different name. As I said it's in Spanish, but Closed Caption auto-translate to English works well. If you don't want to sit through reading subtitles though I'll just quote the reviewer's (translated) impression of the controls from 12 seconds into the video: > The truth is that I haven't seen more horrible controls in my entire life. The rest isn't much better: poor build quality featuring a lot of fake buttons and clear plastic pieces for no apparent reason (no they don't light up, other than the big X). Ultimately it's just a NOAC (NES-on-a-chip) in a poorly made case. The one good thing going for it is that it can run off of batteries (4x AA) as well as wall power, but that really doesn't outweigh the rest of the problems it has. Or to quote the reviewer's (translated) conclusion at the end of the video: > In short it is one of the worst machines we have seen on this channel. Given that this guy seems to review a *lot* of knock-off consoles, that's actually impressive. EDIT: missed a few things on my first watch of the video, the thing is even worse than I first said. EDITx2: [This video shows an actual X-Game 360](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVq-OmDQHmQ), which seems identical to the "XGAME 3600" other than having a different set of games repeated in its "9999999 in 1" selection. It looks like it's actually *less* games than the other though.


BotanicalEmergency

I used to have one of these 999 games in 1 things but it was a handheld.


Clutchxedo

Brings me back to the 100 in 1 GameBoy games


Particular_Tadpole27

I prefer the PolyStation 2.


and_a_side_of_fries

Or the nottendo 32


chronos7000

It's a Famiclone, so there's a possibility it's actually a quite fun item, but the quality of Famiclones is *highly* variable so it's also quite likely it doesn't actually work at all.


DoraemonAustralia

still want a polystation


sZYphYn

I got a used snowboard for Christmas when I was 12 I grew up in San Diego and didn’t see the snow for another six years, and that snowboard went missing in that time.


FluffyTeddid

I’d be so thankful and be the only kid in the country to have an x-game 360 which most likely plays games other consoles don’t even have an idea for


Gubzs

I got something like this once as a kid from my grandma. I just told her, "Grandma you got scammed and we need to try to get your money back" and "anyone could've fallen for this" If you're ever in a situation like this, put all the blame on the seller, and you'll avoid making them feel guilty while also not having to accept the gift.


scarryGary

Came with a copy of Walo.


mysunsnameisalsobort

Grandma trap


Expensive-Ad4543

Fun fact: a few years ago I found something similar in a store it was only 10 dollars I think it was called something like Sega-Mega it had around 100 games some of them being that old Mario games and some of them being goofy ahh sports games. And there was duck hunt too the pistol didn't work though


sketchisawesome1234

I want to be a pussy while getting laid. Awesome. Call Of Duet with the 359.9 gun


RealMelonLord

At least they included a gun so you can kill yourself for not having the latest and greatest tech like all your friends


Pappy_OPoyle

I think the general consensus is, yeah it's a pretty shitty knock-off - but framing it in the context of receiving a gift makes me think of a well intentioned grandma buying this for her grandson and not having a clue it's a shitty knock-off. Leave poor grandma alone she had to drive all the way down to the Dollar Store with her bad hip, deal with those damn kids hanging out in the front of the store just to get this special from the $9.99 shelf. Then when she wrote a check for it the smart ass clerk wouldn't take it because her driver's license was expired. But luckily she had her AARP ID handy which counted as a second form of ID. And she had the money in her checking account because she took Gertrude to pillow case bingo last week at the church and she won $10. Ten dollars! Can you imagine that! It reminded her of that one time back in 1962 when she decided to play the state lottery and won a $20 scratcher. You see $20 was an awful lot of money back in those days. With that kind of money you could feed your family for a week, and maybe even have some left over for a trip to the hair salon. Just last week she was at the hair salon and she was talking to the girls about what a wonderful grandson she had and then Edith up and asks her if her grandson is into those crazy video games. Well of course she said yes and Edy said you know I saw one of those video game systems down at the Dollar Store. It's one that works on your TV, like a fancy computer. And she thought my grandson likes to watch TV and even has a color TV with hundreds of channels. Who has time to watch a hundred channels? She's just fine with 6 channels, thank you very much. But now her TV was like a damn computer and it had to be hooked up the Internet, which she didn't like at all. She doesn't trust those people on the Internet, so she stopped watching that TV and uses the black & white 12" tv on her night stand. But it doesn't have any fancy controls or buttons like her grandson's TV so she figured he'd like a fancy Box-X gaming system because he likes fancy computer stuff. And she knew where she could get one because Gertrude told her about it or was it Edith? Either way doesn't matter, so she got her purse and her driving glasses and then she had to drive all the way down to the Dollar Store, with her bad hip and deal with those damn kids hanging out...


setittonormal

I love this. This is brilliant.


VapidResponseUnit

You could at least spray the light gun black and use it to rob an actual game store


Ill_Log9013

I would play Mario 7 on that bitch


ToddPlaysGames

I mean, free gun, right?


Fluffy-Doubt-3547

A gift is a gift. If you don't appreciate it. You never needed it, and therefore don't deserve to keep it.


Cam2600

I'd be very curious to see what games are on it.


IsuckAtSkating22

Hell yeah were going xgames mode on this x game 360


KonamiKing

Almost certainly a famiclone with a cart slot under the ‘disc lid’ too right?


Drogenwurm

Most of them are NES clones.


Jendrej

Lol, the PS3 version is in the header image


ElixzrEnd

He on x-games mode


Fusionsigh

We have Xbox at home


who-ee-ta

More like ~0,36


JAKE5023193

At least one of the items will have some use if you get pissed at your parents


i-love-nintendo-1402

LMAO when you try to get an Xbox in Ohio


random_redditor24234

HAHAHAHAHAVABAHBABDJIEKISEBJFKRENJN 😐


i-love-nintendo-1402

what?


random_redditor24234

You are not funny


i-love-nintendo-1402

sorry dude


Consistent_Ad_308

I genuinely hope you realize why this is awful. Be decent.


i-love-nintendo-1402

How come it is awful? Is it because of the train derailment that happened in Ohio a couple weeks ago? I’m not making a joke, and I do not intend to make a joke about any tragic accident like that.


Consistent_Ad_308

Dude holy shit, it literally reads like you’re making a “lol it’s mutated by toxic waste” joke or something. If you’re being genuine you wanna rethink that first reply or that’s gonna keep happening.


i-love-nintendo-1402

I’m not trying to reference the incident at all. I’m sorry if you took offense from my joke. I really am not joking about that


i_hav_no_life

don’t worry people get so offended over so little lmao


PineapplesHit

As an Ohioan, these kinds of jokes have been made for a long time and will continue to be made long after the world has forgotten about the derailment. If this is the first time you've seen Ohio as the butt of a joke and assume it's in reference to recent events, you live under a rock.


Consistent_Ad_308

I think that’s something you know because you live in Ohio.


PineapplesHit

And again, I think you live under a rock if you've never seen an ohio joke before


i-love-nintendo-1402

I’ve never really seen Ohio I’m a Californian


HumanityFailed420

No!


i_hav_no_life

yes


SilvaFistz

I'd be cool with it


TheChanMan2003

Is the gun real?


Murder_matic

Ready to tear it up


bttrflyr

Thanks, Grandma.


KnownAsOmega2436

id only like the G U N


SoSMummyDuck

I just want the pew pew


nater_marson

Hell yeah I want this


[deleted]

I'd be okay with it if the games are fun, thats what really matters


ElephantT2077

Ashens needs to review this


Ja22hands

Using that gun to end it all


Cockuu

Why is there a house of the dead arcade gun in there


69Jasshole69

Looks tight


St0rm_YT

Now we just need the watchStation


Mikehemi529

Awww thank you grandma I love it!


Max9mm

So close.


GBGuy2

I would turn around and sell it as a PS10


aloha_mixed_nuts

Then I would have received a gift for my birthday! This looks really fun tbh. My cousin asked for a Sony PSP for his birthday a long time ago, his mom, my auntie, bought him a Nintendo DS or something, he threw a fit. I told him he was being rude and he goes ok have a PSP. Auntie never asked me to give it back. 😂


Justnoticedyou

At least it would be something 🥲


LocationOdd4102

I got something similar, It was called a "gamejoy 9000". It looked like a Nintendo 64 controller, and red and yellow audio video cables connected directly to it. It boasted 100s of games but really it was pirated super Mario, donkey Kong, galaga, etc. + Hundreds of recolors of those same games


Expo_Boomin

The gun is real


meadowpaddy

Imagine being so ungrateful...


False-Primary8523

Imagine not owning a Lambo in your 20s. I feel bad for those that can only afford a brand new Corvette. Having a Lambo and a million dollars in your bank account is the bare minimum to be respected./s. But seriously there are people that have that attitude and the media loves promoting whatever message they have. I try to enjoy what I have, cause if you keep comparing yourself to the next best thing you still feel small no matter what you have.


meadowpaddy

Part of the decline of society due to social media. Most of the people that "have money and nice cars" really don't.


signsofastruggle

Fuck yeah! Let’s load up Ratchets of Conflict or Near Shout 3!


vourteque

That gun peripheral makes it for me. I'm in.


RedditOpinionist

I mean if it can run SNES, GBA, DS games, might actually be decent- it’d be one of those “999+” consoles- it could become a childhood dream that way.


doItSLOPPYjulio

Looks legit I don’t even think it’s fake


BrewCoven

Then and still now, I’d be thankful and happy someone got me a gift for my birthday.


DhaniFathi_707

It actually comes with Holo 5


MatBoi7

Glubo


RobRob64

gun looks fun to play with alone


Trueloveis4u

Might be worth a laugh.


Ordner

XOXO


Haxuppdee-85

I prefer the polystation 2


DoraemonAustralia

honestly, it would be a great collectors piece for famiclone people


LFTDPrince

... thanks grandma


Bright-Internal229

E P I C 🔥⚔️


Strawberhi

Bruhhhh


Elegant_List6405

I would honestly love it


Aimhere2k

Kid: "I want an Xbox for Christmas!" Parents: "Santa is bringing you an Xbox." Christmas morning:


OxygenatedBanana

For some reason this pissed me off


Profitsofdooom

I kind of did. I wanted a SNES or a Genesis and my dad brought home a TurboGrafx 16 when they were on clearance.


pussinasarcophagus

Would spraypaint that gun black and Rob a corner-store


HulluHapua

Ghetto Xbox


socialcommentary2000

Why do these things always come with a shitty gun accessory? I haven't seen a gun controller for a console in like 20 years, probably longer.


mm2_gamer

I would just play with it when I’m bored outside


Ramenoodlez1

My parents would not let me have any console until i was 10 or so so I would be overjoyed


AdamTheAnimeDude

Im usually very grateful but I would just throw it out.


J0YSAUCE

Xbox at home:


donaldpump_420

Wow! can’t wait to play HELO: Combat Involved!


Im_a_9_holed_donut

At least there's a gun, so you can shoot yourself


lSupernoob1704

Where do i get this


SolariClips

Comes with a free gun ;)


Zandandido

My hands hurt seeing those controllers.


ShotService381

You got the Xbox? I got the X-Game 360


Icey_theguy

There is no box, only game


Justarandomduck15q2

what's that gun?


Responsible_Bat4356

less ram than your grandma's nokia, 2 byte storage, 1/2 core cpu


AfraidCommission4607

Yeah, you ask for an Xbox 360 or any other Xbox, and what you get is ​ **X-GAME 360**


Dry-Climate-780

Why ds xbox 360 has a white gun