1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,759 We used to do a thing over on LT where we bought Kickstarter products, brought 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:09,360 them to the channel, unbox them, and it was called Kickfarted, and we're 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:16,400 bringing it to ShortCircuit. This is the game plug-and-play gun for modern 4 00:00:12,559 --> 00:00:18,800 displays. Nailed it. This device allows 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:23,279 us to relive the golden era of arcade and home games where you pointed a thing 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:28,240 at a screen and you shot things. I'm genuinely super excited about this 7 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:31,039 because I've been eyeing modern uh light 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:35,200 gun devices, but they're really expensive and because it's such a niche 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:39,280 thing, even you know, the ones that can do everything, I'm like, it's not really 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:43,120 worth it. But this is wonderful. It is a very attractive price, which we will get 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:46,399 to later. If you don't know, uh, older light guns don't work on modern displays 12 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:51,200 because they were designed to work with CRT displays or they're just motion 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:55,360 devices that are pretending like they're a light gun, but it's not quite the 14 00:00:52,879 --> 00:01:00,160 same. This bypasses all of that and makes it really easy. Just plug and 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:04,720 play. You get going. You got a gun in your hand and boom, you're playing 16 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:09,119 freaking Time Crisis like it's 1997, baby. I don't know when Time Crisis is 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:13,360 from. Is it from 97? Doesn't matter. I got a gun. I'm genuinely excited. This 18 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,720 is uh a little bit different than what we normally do on ShortCircuit. This is 19 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,680 not necessarily a field I have a ton of expertise in. I don't Do you think 20 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:25,119 there's light gun experts out there? There's got to be light gun experts. We got our hands on the ultimate pack, 21 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:31,520 which comes with two guns, our little game console for games, one pedal, which 22 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,799 is a bit of a bummer because that means only one player gets to actually get the 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:39,040 full experience and the other's going to have to use buttons for that. But you 24 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:43,360 also get a cool little enabl pin. I actually am taking this. I don't care 25 00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:45,759 what you say. Uh AC adapters. It's a variable power supply. That's 26 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:49,360 surprising. I would have thought that would have been very 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:55,439 broken. >> No. Oh, the choose a dent. Not that bad. 28 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:57,840 The USB is about 20 watts. So, that 29 00:01:55,439 --> 00:02:03,040 gives you an idea of the power of this console because that's sort of one of 30 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:07,759 the defining features of this ecosystem is you can only play the games that are 31 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:15,040 on this little console, which is currently four games from before the 32 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:16,720 time of uh nice graphics. I mean, 33 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:22,080 they're very charming graphics. It's a little bit disappointing that I can't just plug these into a bunch of 34 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:26,239 different game consoles and PCs and have it work. But it is understandable. What 35 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:30,640 is not understandable, unless I specifically show you, is whatever the 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:35,760 heck else is in this box. Yo, little acrylic gun with a vinyl sticker on the 37 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,599 back. That's fun. In Japan, the guns are 38 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,400 actually this color, but because of gun laws in other countries, we get these 39 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,000 blue ones, which is fine. I'm used to this as like the arcade color, so it 40 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,400 doesn't really bother me. Although, it would be nice if these were two different colors. like have this one 41 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:54,239 orange, one blue. There's just a bunch of this acrylic stuff. Hey, wo, it's a 42 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:58,160 diarama. That is just genuinely cool. And I am taking this home to put in my 43 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:03,120 garage. I'm genuinely stoked. Outside of that, inside the box, we have a USBC, an 44 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:06,159 HDMI, and then this quick start guide. That is kind of cool. It makes me 45 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:10,720 nostalgic for the era when we actually had instruction manuals in our games. 46 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,599 Ooh, this is pretty cool. Here's a little QR code you can use to get the 47 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,280 files to 3D print holsters for this. 48 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:21,440 That's a really cool little touch. Instead of selling them as accessories 49 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,800 for the kit, you can just make them at home. That's That's great. Next, we have 50 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:28,480 our quick start guide. I will keep this around cuz I have a feeling calibrating 51 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:31,920 these guns might not be as intuitive as I think. We've unboxed everything, but 52 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:37,599 we haven't talked about the main uh pieces of meat. We got our pedal, which 53 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:41,200 is a plastic construction, which is a little worrisome. I live through the 54 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:44,480 Rock Band 2 era where uh the plastic pedals were breaking all the time and 55 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:49,360 Harmonics would have to send you a new metal pedal. Uh this feels more solid 56 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,959 than those original ones, less solid than the metal ones. There's a little 57 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,319 bit of kind of sway side to side, but unless you're stomping on this really 58 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:00,560 hard, I think this has a fair bit of life to it. The gun itself, the shape is 59 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:05,360 wonderful. This feels very familiar, very nostalgic for the arcade light gun 60 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:10,480 games. No complaints about that. There's no mechanism for this big piece of 61 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,760 plastic to go do the recoil. So, I'm guessing it's just a little motor on the 62 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:16,720 inside, which leads me to believe this is not going to be the most exciting 63 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:21,919 recoil. On both sides, we have two buttons. Those feel fine. On the top, we 64 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:26,160 have an orange piece of plastic. I'm not sure what goes there. And then a switch 65 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:28,160 to turn our recoil on and off. On the front, 66 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:32,320 >> stop. >> It's not a real gun. On the on the 67 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:35,680 front, we have our camera, which is uh the main piece of technology and why 68 00:04:33,919 --> 00:04:40,560 this works. and also why you are not going to be turning off the lights in your room while you game. I like to have 69 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:43,919 my room dark when I game, but this is such a physical experience. It doesn't 70 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:47,840 bother me the same. I'm not as immersed into these kinds of light gun games, 71 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:51,199 especially these early ones that I'll be playing. One really nice thing is that 72 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:56,479 the guns and pedals seem to have a very long cable. It says 4 m for the guns, 73 00:04:54,639 --> 00:04:59,759 and that's great because that means you can have the console right by your TV, 74 00:04:57,759 --> 00:05:04,720 and you can kind of get some distance. You could presumably use a screen up to 75 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:07,919 150 inches, like a projector screen. That would be that would be something. 76 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:12,479 They also recommend to not have any other screens around because it might 77 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,680 confuse their systems. Uh their screen detections, there might just be all 78 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,199 kinds of interference. Uh so that's definitely something to consider. If you're someone that has like five 79 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:25,280 screens that you're planning to play around, you'll either have to turn them off or move them or uh take a risk just 80 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:29,520 like I'm risking telling you about a sponsor. 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But if it is that 99 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:47,680 accurate where it's like asking you to be careful about how you calibrate, this 100 00:06:45,919 --> 00:06:53,199 is actually kind of exciting. So, it's vibrating my hand cuz I have the recoil 101 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,639 on. It is very much an old school rumble 102 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:58,000 motor where there's just a weight spinning around. A little bit 103 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:02,960 disappointed. Um, but I knew it wasn't going to be as 104 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:05,360 cool as I wanted. Oh, it's crazy. I feel like I'm so far off to how I want to aim 105 00:07:05,039 --> 00:07:09,599 it. >> You're not doing it correctly. >> Look, I'm hosting a video. It's hard. 106 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:15,039 But I'm literally lining it up. >> Can I try? >> Hey, stay out of this video. He's got to 107 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:20,080 figure it out. He's got to learn. >> Let's go. So, it is super off cuz now 108 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:23,360 I'm aiming like an inch above where I would aim with a real gun. Whereas this 109 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:28,800 is like, okay, I've got to calibrate so far off. Okay, this is Tom Cris graphics 110 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:33,520 are crazy back then. Oh, this is crazy cuz it's high resolution, so it's really 111 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:38,560 sharp in some ways, but then really dated looking in others. Like those 112 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:40,639 textures are very ' 90s, but the 113 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:43,759 resolution is actually quite high. It's sick as hell. And now they design games 114 00:07:42,319 --> 00:07:46,960 like this. So, I'm a big fan of Time Crisis 4. Me and my friend from high 115 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:51,440 school, we used to play that at the movie theater every time we would go to 116 00:07:48,639 --> 00:07:55,199 go to it. Use any money we had, but I don't know if I've ever played the first 117 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:58,879 one. The game might be old. The hardware might be a little bit cheap, but boy 118 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:02,000 golly, am I having a good time. Boy golly, it's just not the kind of 119 00:08:00,319 --> 00:08:05,280 experience you really get to have much anymore cuz arcades are gone. Movie 120 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:09,280 theaters barely even have arcade machines. Yo, no, no, no, no. Get out of 121 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:12,800 here. I think my calibration's a little bit off, but it doesn't feel like super 122 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:18,080 accurate, but it never did. Even on like the arcade machines, it never felt truly 123 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,560 remarkably accurate. Yo, >> let's do a multiplayer. 124 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:25,120 >> Oh, you want to play? >> Yeah. >> It's my pedal, though. So, once we plug 125 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,120 in your controller, we lose the pedal. Do you know the button we press to 126 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,240 cover? >> Yes. Also, Time Crisis is only single player. 127 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,959 >> Oh, >> and I'm realizing cuz I was also disappointed that you can only use two 128 00:08:32,959 --> 00:08:39,120 guns or one gun and a pedal. I don't think the other games that are multiplayer use pedals. 129 00:08:36,959 --> 00:08:42,719 >> It's such a shame because the idea is good, the price is fine. If there was 130 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,880 expandability, if you could buy like five games for 10 bucks or something and 131 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:50,399 there was you could get enough pedals and and guns to make it all work, that 132 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:55,360 would be freaking sweet. >> Yeah, single player only is a big bummer. I am very excited to play some 133 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:58,640 point blank. I played a lot in Japan. They have like point blank X and it's 134 00:08:56,959 --> 00:09:03,519 awesome. I've never played the original though. >> Oh, that does not look good. So, pixel 135 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:08,800 scaling is a complicated thing and this is not doing it right. This looks like 136 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:11,040 some kind of bilinear just stretching. 137 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:15,200 Now you get to see how hard it is. Damn it. >> I don't know why you can't calibrate it. 138 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:21,160 >> It is weird. Okay, let's get beginner stage. >> Well, I don't want to blow you out of 139 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,160 the water in your first try. So, 140 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:32,080 >> no. I got to say already this is pretty fun. >> It's super fun. It's genuinely like a 141 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:35,680 great little product. The the quality is good enough. It's just only four games 142 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:39,120 is such a bummer. >> Mhm. I think it's not super accurate, 143 00:09:37,839 --> 00:09:45,200 but I mean, you're doing better than me, so maybe it's just me sucking. It just doesn't feel super tight to me. Yeah, 144 00:09:43,279 --> 00:09:48,160 you destroyed me on that one. But it's sweet. This is fun. >> Yeah, I'm having blast. 145 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:52,240 >> It's the kind of thing that it would be awesome to pull out at Christmas with like your uncle and be like, "Yo, 146 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:58,000 remember these?" >> Well, how much does it cost? >> Actually, not too bad. Just the gun, 70 147 00:09:55,519 --> 00:10:03,760 bucks. The pack we got with everything, all the little extras. Is $200, 148 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:08,320 which is fairly expensive. Not in the world of arcade accessories, but in the 149 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:12,080 world of small experiences you'll probably get over in a couple of days. 150 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:17,040 And that's the challenge is this is actually super fun, super cool, but 151 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:20,880 you're going to run out of fun to have with it fairly quick. But if you're a 152 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:25,120 big light gun enthusiast and you have nostalgia for this kind of arcade shoot 153 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:28,640 them up game, this is freaking cool. I have no major complaints. I think it's 154 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:32,560 fairly priced. A Cinden light gun, just one, is almost the price of this entire 155 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,240 package. And so I think the price is pretty fair for this. And maybe, who 156 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:39,440 knows, don't buy it on this promise, but maybe they can update it in the future. 157 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:42,640 We'll see. If $200 is a little steep for you, but you still want your light gun 158 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:47,279 action. There is a $100 package that comes with a gun and one game with 159 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:50,720 currently no way of upgrading past that one game. That's a huge bummer. I know 160 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:56,399 that there's a licensing fee for each game that they have with the console, but four is already a small amount. So 161 00:10:54,399 --> 00:11:00,079 to trim it down to one seems a little bit silly, and then at a 100 bucks, that 162 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:04,240 seems like a worse value. I'd rather spend the 200 bucks, get two guns, 163 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:07,120 pedal, four games than 100 bucks, uh, and get the cheaper package. So, you can 164 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:12,560 go check out their website, see if there's a package that works for you. Uh, but if you want more gun related 165 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:17,839 gaming content, I recently unboxed the Ragnarok Gun mouse 2, which is a mouse 166 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:21,680 that is like a gun sort of. It's different. It's cool, just like you are 167 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,320 if you keep watching ShortCircuit. Thank you so much.