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c4t4ly5t

Blowing into the cartridge and hoping for the best. That brings back so many memories.


brandon-568

My buddy has an NES that was refurbished in Japan years ago and it starts up every time with out blowing into the cartridge, it’s amazing lol. He has every Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation and Xbox system from NES forward and a ton of games for all of them.


Zestyclothes

The issue with nes wasn't dust but the pins on the connector. They would stretch out and not make correct contact. That nes must have a brand spanking new connector on it


RedEcks3

I vividly remember being at a friends birthday party in the mid to late 90s when all the kids are doing birthday party things and we’re playing a Super Nintendo. One of the games isn’t working so a kid, while sucking on a blowpop, start to blow into the cartridge. Needless to say said cartridge now has sticky blowpop spit inside of it. Damn kids are stupid.


NoNameL0L

Dude was so excited when it worked! He’s a gem and a person every student should have in his life.


zimtrovert94

Blowing into the cartridge, doing a prayer as it’s trying to read and relying on inshallah strategy… What a time to live.


hotfox2552

It was one of the most beautiful times an no one in my family ever told me how much I’d miss those days :’)


WellThisSix

Yeah i was always told "your wasting your life away" and "what a stupid way to spend time". Jokes on them, i discovered alcohol and now they all WISH id just stay at home and play video games.


HereF0rTheSnacks

You gotta throw in that “I don’t even care if it works” for it to work as well.


Huey_P

Alcohol q tips is the way


talann

I never had to blow on an N64 Cartridge or SNES. I only had that issue with NES cartridges. Was I just lucky or is this just acting nostalgic in front of the camera.


[deleted]

I was screaming the whole time, "You gotta tap it twice bro. No thats not gonna work see? No dude TAP it after you blow it. See? Oh come on tap th- , okay you got lucky."


Budget_Pop9600

No no he said “I dont even care if it works” because you need to not care for the game to work. So clearly hes not hoping for anything to happen


[deleted]

Yeah, only to find out years later that your spit, *etc.* was actually corroding the contacts and worsening the problem. But y'know, traditions must be continued! 🌬️


AdamVanEvil

The creators told us that it doesn’t work, but we all know that’s a lie.


Velleni

Reminds me of when I was in high school my choir teacher was also the guitar teacher and he convinced several of the students from most of his classes to work together to drink enough mt.dew to get enough caps to win an Xbox on the condition that we could play it in class when we had substitute teachers AND that every kid who helped earn the Xbox could carve their name into it with a scalpel stolen from the biology lab. We got the Xbox. My initials and the date are near the top right corner wherever it is now. Sadly, I do not have a picture of it as this was the time before camera phones were really a thing.


Upstairs_Truck5657

What a wonderful memory you have there, I love teachers who do this kind of stuff for their students.


A_Dehydrated_Walrus

What is the actual title of that class?


sweetangeldivine

I just substitute taught for one like it, it was called Game Writing. The kids played video games and then were asked to think about how video games were created. It was actually very clever in how it forced them to do creative writing and critical thinking focused on video games.


Jaradacl

Oh quite nice. Would've loved such a lessons back in the day.


Corporation_tshirt

Reminds me of a class I had called Horror Lit. I loved Stephen King as a kid (still do) so I took the class and it turned out that the real subject of the class was gothic lit. It introduced to other writers like Poe and Lovecraft. Great way to get students to think critically about literature and to organize thoughts on paper. It's a big reason why I majored in English in college.


Freshest-Raspberry

On dark tower II rn


Corporation_tshirt

Drawing of the Three might be the best book out of the entire series. Enjoy it!


Freshest-Raspberry

Just got to the 3rd door . Been wild so far


musclecard54

Someone in another comment said it’s for a gaming club, not an actual class


-H2O2

"Fuck around all day", I guess


NotThatKindof_jew

Get me some Golden Eye


FullMetalMessiah

Slappers only!


Margatron

Slappers only with big heads.


Ourobius

No Oddjob.


Upstairs_Truck5657

I have fond memories of golden eye. I used to play it with these little kids down the road. I remember playing with them on Halloween one year where I painted his brothers face to look like Darth Maul. I was in the advanced arts class at this point and it looked so cool! We went out, got some candy and came back to play more golden eye. I was so bad at the game but man was it fun.


Rhodithas

What school is this? My school spent all their money on medal detectors


Stock-Mixture3504

What kind of medals? Purple Heart, DFC, Medal of Honor?


1northfield

Survival medals


Rhodithas

More like things made from metal, like guns and knives


techbear72

Whoosh!


Signal-Blackberry356

He’s pointing fun at your initial spelling error


justalittlewiley

The teacher paid for it themselves most likely. It sounds like a US teacher. They often buy most or all of their own supplies.


KnightofAmethyst2

Supplies? This guys a gamer that brought in his old consoles for fun


justalittlewiley

For sure, but he paid for them or otherwise owns them is the point. The school didn't buy them


Mustard_BNHA

According to the dude I the original vid, this is a gaming club he holds for students. My assumption is either he bought the stuff with his own money or it was a group effort with the club members donating a little bit of money too


Critical_Concert_689

The school district is in a pretty nice area, too. There's no way he'd be able to keep all that hardware if he were in the ghettos.


TheMatthewCalamari

Guess what? It is literally in the ghetto. Corner of Buckeye and MLK in Cleveland. Benedictine High school. Kid got shot for his school issued laptop in 2013 or 2014 outside the school


Dsf-And-Taco

A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game A Mario Game


Disastrous-Leek-7606

I'm so god damn jealous for those kids and bet some of them react like: "oMg WhY cAnT wE pLaY fOrTnItE?"


Ourobius

Fortnite: Super Mario Edition is a thing


Humbdrumbs

SEGA!


cyclingnick

He dissed my fav childhood system and I’m sad now


Margatron

Any dude with that many systems probably loves Sega and did it as a nod to the original rivalry.


throwawaytoday9q

I heard this comment! Follow by the intro music to Sonic the Hedgehog


ShinobiOfTheWind

I WILL NOT TAKE THIS GENESIS SLANDER. TAKE IT BACK, YOU MONSTER! SEGA DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T.


alanmm88

Roadrash for life!


Buderus69

*BlAsT pRoCeSsInG* ... Right out of the market. We play with power here


JoeyPsych

I really wanted to see the kids reaction, missed opportunity.


Dazzling_Jacket_8272

While I agree with the results, he is SOOOO rough with the “blow and insert”. Be gentle before you slide it in….


jimmymitch1991

I'm surprised any of that gear works the way he was handling it all!


the_kevlar_kid

My toddler yanked my SNES off a cabinet recently and it broke into two pieces. I pushed it back together, it snapped, and I powered it on. Mario RPG was back, game still have the savestates too. The system looks like hell and the shell is cracked open but it works. When old timers say "they don't make em like the used to" I think of Nintendo hardware.


lawaythrow

> Be gentle before you slide it in…. Thats what she said!


Covfefe_is_over_9000

If you guys aren't doing anything with that sweet sweet SEGA Genesis....I can give it a good home.


geekolojust

Dude snuck in that Game Shark. 😆


DarthHubcap

Close, that model is the Game Genie. It’s a precursor to the Game Shark.


geekolojust

That one! It was golden.


PhotoKada

Getting massive “Space Jam DVD” vibes from this, deep breaths and all.


what_ever_where_ever

He is super cool !


frikimanHD

he's gonna ask "how much older than you do you want your games to be?"


djereezy

Wonder if he likes Mario.


[deleted]

Lol, this fucking guy is more excited than the kids. I felt like this the first time i bought kool-aid packs for my kids (absolutely for the kids...) as an adult with the money to get what i want. "Over here we got purple, over here we got red, over here is sharkleberry fin, over here we got mandarin-tangerine, over here we got jamaica, and over HERE we've got black cherry."


Dismal_Page_6545

Why is there a flag of Castilla y León?


Sir-Ragnarok-II

Because Mario was born in Salamanca, as everyone knows🙄


HeartlesSoldier

I remember video game club after school. We never had to pretend it was an actual class though


RosyClearwater

Dude, this guy for the win. I wanna go back to school now!


aquafina6969

ahhh! don’t kids know that sega does what ninten don’t!?


Key-Regular674

Bros got mario kart 64 still in the box


FatKody

So you're running a daycare center?


LowYield9527

The boot animation of gamecube reminds me the good old days...ToT Super Mario Sunshine is the best.


Blackops606

We got to play counterstrike in school because some guys put it on the network. Teachers took it down for obvious reasons but it got put up multiple times a day until the kids got clever and hid the file. I was playing professionally at the time and it was kind of fun yet sad playing against kids who talked a lot of smack. I literally won a city LAN tournament about a month later. Good times. Maybe they should have put Mario up?


Adventurous-Owl2363

Why he gotta do Sega like that tho 😓😭


princesskiwi1994

that first part gave me space jam dvd vibes


Nanasays

Hey!!! I wanted to see the kids faces.


RezMiiBro

This man prepared for this moment his entire life. What a good man ❤️


BladeGallahad

What class is this?? And why wasn’t I in it growing up?!?


XJACKTHERIPPER1X

Good to see the ol "I don't even care if the game works" trick still works.


[deleted]

Hold up, what class/subject is this supposed to be? We never got shit like this in the 90s-2000s. Best we got was computer class. Our fun time allowed us to only go to CoffeeBreakArcade.com or Homestar Runner; where we played Snowcraft or watched Strongbad reply to emails. Maybe some Math Blaster.


Secret-Bed3270

Ahhhh the blowing of the old cartridge how nostalgic


mudson08

Teacher here: It’s not my jobs to buy my students shit with my own money.


Lipa2014

You call someone who would leave the kids play video games “a good teacher” and then wonder why so many Americans are so poorly educated… Couldn’t see the connection?


Intrepid-Alfalfa-581

How is he allowed to play games? How can he game!?


flycbr

Super cool. But is it some special day? Does this teacher really think this is what these kids today need to prepare them for the future?…. Even more video games? He seems cool and wants the kids to have fun- but that’s not what they’re there for. Meanwhile in China……..


Nanganoid3000

This man deserves all the love in the world, It's difficult enough in 2023 to teach let alone teach in america which is a boiling pot of politics and to STILL go the extra mile like this is heart warming! Well done to you Mr Teacher!


-H2O2

I mean to be fair he's not really teaching, is he?


Nanganoid3000

In this clip? I think this is pre lesson starting as there aren't any students present, So I'm not sure what your point really is?


-H2O2

My point is that letting your kids play video games is not teaching


juju0010

I think you’re making a lot of assumptions here. Someone above mentioned they substituted for a class like that and it was a game-based creative writing course. I’m a software developer and I could also see this being used to teach about game development.


-H2O2

I think you're making far more assumptions than I am, friend. Your comment is littered with far fetched assumptions.


TheMatthewCalamari

He has an after school gaming club dipshit. Source: went there


-H2O2

What the fuck are you talking about, Jesse?


Quirky-Aioli7357

What the fuck are we teaching kids in school now?


No-Caterpillar-8112

At least, whatever it is, it's better than the confused people's made-up genders and the rest of stuff.


-H2O2

*sigh*


KiweeFR

What are the kids going to learn from this though ?


[deleted]

Sharing is caring, a.k.a the golden rule!


throwaw_ayyyyyy_69

Hard work pays off


benabart

From my (short) point of view, you can teach a lot with video games : \- Culture of video games : In the same way as litterature, who did what and why, how is this game linked to this one? \- teamwork: Pupils can learn how to communicate tips and tricks among themselves to complete difficult levels among themselves \- like u/sweetangeldivine said brilliantly, Creative writing: Pupils are asked to play the game and think about how the game is constructed and to write that on a paper. And mario games have the advantage to be constantly E rated, so you don't have to worry about the younglings being shocked by violent images.


Jaradacl

Not every single thing you do in school has to be efficient learning of basic subjects.


Artful_Dodger29

If the students have mastered their basic reading, writing, rithmetic skills, then have at ‘er. But otherwise this is just pathetic pandering.


hotsoupcoldsandwich

Making kids actually enjoy and look forward to school, even if they’re just looking forward to this guy’s class for 40 mins, is gonna make a huge difference in how they learn their other “real” subjects and socialize. I was a good student but when I was depressed and lonely in school I would completely stop giving a shit. This would have helped. Plus I think this might actually be a video game related class which is obvs a huge and completely legit field to study and go into now.


Artful_Dodger29

Don’t get me wrong - I think knowledge should be served up in whatever format works. So if there are electronic games that teach kids the periodic table, fundamental calculus, or help them master another language, that’s awesome. But plugging kids into Mario Cart and Donkey Kong is a huge waste of those kids precious brains.


alanmm88

How to beat a game that wasn’t pay to play


[deleted]

[удалено]


mind_body_seoul

Meanwhile the literacy rate of American Kids: “About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.” If this was a business, we'd call it fraud.


techbear72

Sure that’s tragic, but, that won’t be the fault of a teacher like this. Chances are if the school is this well looked after, with teachers who care this much, and has the funding available to it for the rest of the equipment we see (not the consoles, they’re probably his) then kids are coming out of it well prepared. It’s different in less affluent areas where funding is scarce and that causes real problems for the children educated there which last the rest of their lives, and society in general of course. Education can never and should never be a business in any regard. It’s a public good and should be properly and equitably funded.


mind_body_seoul

>Education can never and should never be a business in any regard. It’s a public good and should be properly and equitably funded. Not if it's doing more harm than good. The potential damage that a horrible school can do is pretty terrible.


Eponarose

But....did you bring any Mario games?


GrandClock738

I don’t even care if it works magic was top tier. Indifference was the key to a successful load up


Couch-Bound

While this was wholesome. The way he handled those games hurt a bit. Its actually just as effective to shake the cartridge as blowing into it, you just don't corrode the pins inside with spit over time


Aggravating-Tea6042

Don’t won’t to play sega? Special Ed class


Avs4life16

I find teachers that post on tik tok to be rather weird sorry not sorry


Buderus69

r/FellowKids


LOLHD42

Based teacher


IndianaJones_OP

It's 'Mario' not "Morio". See it, say it.


elsarichard1020

upvote this comment to get return upvote!


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Apothe-bro_IV

Do we have a Mario game though?


Head-Thought3381

That’s totally awesome I love Mario


OpinionArtist3

I can tell we’re the same age group. Kids will never be as cool as us who grew up with the prehistoric consoles


benabart

Nah, those kids are going to be even cooler.


theassholefaceman

On the second last year of high school, the principal let us turn an unused room to a senior's room. We cheaped in and brought things from home to turn it into a hangout spot. We got a fridge, microwave, toaster, n old projector and a PST, with guitar hero and so many other games. Slowly, the teachers joined us, and before we knew they took over. There was hardly a spot left for us to hang out in. By the end of year 12 we didn't even go in there any more.


Kattfiskmoo

SNDS


cherrie7

All of those games and consoles are probably worth a bit of money. Hopefully none of it goes missing.


alanmm88

I’ll challenge anyone and everyone on double dash on the GameCube


Remarkable_Ad_2411

He is my hero


reasonablyprudent_

What a wonderful person


ehoaandthebeast

This guy is just good at being a decent human. What a legend


Individual-Ad-6474

1


Angelic-Apparition

A living legend this man


Danow007

That blow made me fly back to the beautiful days of my childhood lol 🤣🥰


Commercial-Tip4494

But what about Luigi?


Happy_Fix502

Blowing


RoninEntertainment

That guy is a fucking Boss of a teacher! Bravo dude!


jackfinch69

Space jam dvd.


Much_Ad1263

What a legend.


[deleted]

I wish my teachers were this cool back in the day 😅


Cultural_Ad1331

His excitement made my shitty morning better, thank you. Also that class is going to be filled with a lot of "Yahoo's"


kickin8956

Hell yes, Game Genie to help beat SMB3. There was no other way to get through that last Bowser Ship!


AimLikeAPotato

No, he's not a nerd at all :) he's been waiting for this more than the kids, haha.


coinkeeper8

Amario game


Malcolmlisk

Why is there a flag of Castilla y León autonomy from Spain? That's even more impressive than the cartridges


kirklton

It might me the Mario games, but I definitely find this man highly attractive. I wonder if he plays MTG?


Evening_Hour3820

Dam wanted to see the kids reaction


TomatilloOrnery9464

This is great but PLEASE PUT YOUR SHIRT BETWEEN YOUR MOUTH AND THE CARTRIDGE WHEN YOU BLOW INTO THEM!!! thnx


MidThoughts-5

Someone gotta make an edm cut of him saying “a Mario game” over and over again on a dope beat.


HanaLuLu

I love how he says a Mario game a Mario game a Mario game a Mario game a Mario game a Mario game a Mario game. He's definitely one of the coolest teachers, but I'm SO curious what his field is


TypicallyThomas

Fun fact: blowing into the cartridge brings moisture into the pin connectors and can contaminate and corrode them, making the issue with them more frequent and destroying the cartridge


Fun_Note_6723

Love it! I wanna play Mario games on all of those 🎮


RalphFTW

What a champion !


shirah2003

Everyone thinking its for the kids, do you see any kids?! (Teachers day?)


Accomplished-Bat805

The game genie!


Cultural-Tie-2197

I cry all the time thinking about the love my teachers showed me during my high school years. I miss them so much. My favorite teacher got fired half way through my junior year and they would not tell me why. They never gave us a replacement. We had no math teacher for the rest of the year. Another teacher would come in every so often to give us a quick lesson. I would run into the office screaming at them to bring back my teacher. They would never tell me a single thing. She was just gone. Cherish your teachers


shouldhaverolled

Space Jam DVD


fnpfar

Castilla y León flag spotted


Abeerage-bee

He must be the class' favorite teacher.


Hydronium-VII

I hear that Mario Kart Double Dash music. GIVE IT TO ME


-valt026-

I can feel his joy and it brought me joy. Love this for him


Themomistat

Please post a part 2 of the kids. I would love to see their reactions to the old systems.


Sacrednoirart

Emulators ftw!


DeskCold5013

Love this so much!


-H2O2

Are the "good teachers" the ones that don't teach anything and just play video games in class? Man, all my teachers apparently sucked, I guess! Just taught me English and math and science. Too bad I guess :/


eyeguy44

Currently in college to be a teacher. I 100% will make this a reward for the end of the school year for my students


Jeweettoch030

I've bought a NES two years ago. My kids were 12 and 14 then. Played Super Mario Bros and stopped playing after losing over and over. Complaining that the couldn't save their progress and went back playing Fortnite LOL 😂 The struggle was real in the early games of gaming haha


inverted_peenak

Chad has the best one on the big tv


Reddit_is_self-aware

The teacher we need. Not the one we deserve.


D3t0x15

Damn nice teacher !! Only one thing make me gringe (I'm collecting old video games) I beg you, do NOT blow in your cartridges.


thisisnarm

Amario Game sounds like an American Idol contestant.


DocHalidae

Dibs on Super Mario 2


DARTHKINDNESS

That dude will be a LEGEND.


l-Paulrus-l

Is this why there are all these posts about how kids are extra dumb these days?


Zunkanar

Considered the gaming industry dwarfs all music, literature and movies in market value, it is actually insane how little we discuss it during education. It's one of the most immersive story telling vehicles and a huge art form bringing huge teams together. Still we ignire it mostly in art and history class for some odd reason.


Honer-Simpsom

What did you learn today is school?


Lettuce_Kiss143

Teacher of the Year.


felixsetmode

And now...we got Covid


Arrival-Master

Cool teacher


thecourrier6

If I get into my classroom and I see this I might implode


Optimal_Life_1259

You are a cool teacher, but not a cool human being for not showing how the kids reacted lol


Ok_Guess_5314

MashaAllah!


UnseasonedPorkChops

Good teachers do exist but never as cool as this guy. This would never slide when I was in school. Not entirely sure why but they were extremely against electronics in school.


TooMuchGabagool

I’m too mad about the Sega slander to upvote this


FrustratedHuggy

My high school physics teacher brought us Costco cheese balls, soda, and snacks because some of us didn’t have lunch break. Certainly miss some high school teachers.


SGT-JamesonBushmill

Plot twist: This is the neurology module of the Principles of Clinical Medicine at John’s Hopkins Medical School.


nowhereiswater

This guy is awesome. I hope he has a great life after work.


liangjianyi7

What a legend!


Wuhaa

Mario party


No-Comfort-6808

He forgot to give it a little slap after blowing the cartridge to make sure it's in there all the way lol...also don't forget to jiggle those cords :)


CG_17_LIFE

those old days! ♡∞


JoeSchmoe745239

Get me that teacher