1986 Talking Whiz Kid Learning System Review

[tonyajuanise]

I loved this thing! It was a gift for my sister for Christmas but I used to play with it all the time.

[iceboxlabradors2]

hangman was my favorite

[iceboxlabradors2]

mine still works! its been more than 20 years!



[eksdGRAFX]

woooowww takes me back to when i was 4!!!

[TalkingWhizKid]

INSERT CARD

[karenhose]

i swear that it always sounded more like it was saying "insearch card". i felt smarter just because my grasp of vocabulary was better. like i had a leg up on the whiz kid. listen again. i swear..

[brealmsys]

I had one of these, I also eventually got two of the add-on packages with the little cartridges. Pretty fun stuff!

[cheeseprocedure]

Boop Boop Bodoop Badodadoodadoodoo Insert card... Im sorry Please Try Again... Insert Card

[littlebit19801]

I had this!!

[Brinah]

"your score is 100" doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!

[gmodfan11]

Does the manual tell you how to INSERT CARD?

[rlimmortals]

Excellent, thanks for the vid.

[tubedyourmom]

Dude, this is so rad! I was reading comics and randomly whistled the tune that plays when you turn the power on and came on here to find a vid. I had this when I was a kid. Looking at this video and seeing it now, I remember the whole machine being so much bigger when I was a little kid, lol!

[LewDaCrys]

I LOVED this toy as a kid. Thanks for uploading this video. :)

[missladypaula]

haha i found my one the other week clearing out my mums house lol its still in the box was really surprised lol

[ralphbuttawitzonline]

I figured out a way to get it to glitch out. You would need those skillbuilder cartridges and the cards that came with the cartridges (there was a B set, a C set, etc), Simply put in the cartridge, hold the on button down, put in the card and you'll end up laughing.

[Stubbypunch]

im 27 and i just found this in a drawer i love this thing gave it to my kids to learn shit from it works

[videoluvr4204]

i had this damn thing it ruled, i'm 28 now

[symmetryx]

I still have mine, but lost ALL the cards. I also have something called J.C. The Junior Computer, which I can't even find info on.

[golepers]

do you think there is any chance you could scan some of the cards and upload them?... i live in Chile and it's really hard to find a store that ships overseas.. you could scan from a15 to a35 which are the cards that need the picture to be played.

thank you for this great vid!

[P5ychoFox]

I had this, it was called 'Whizz Kid' in the UK and made by Grandstand.

[danusty]

wow! this brought back some memories! I never owned one of this but my little cousin at the time did and I remember messing with it

[Anksire]

When I grew up and turned into a computer nerd, I was wondering why was there no menu-based input to simply choose which game to play from memory without the card? :) What if you lost the cards?

[eyeswideopen82]

*Insert card*

[videoluvr4204]

@eyeswideopen82 yea the whole Insert Card is TOTALLY imprinted into my memory i will NEVER forget that computer-based voice it would piss me off lol, and the little white button to close it its so weird watching this video

[jbondsr]

@videoluvr4204 I will also never forget that "Insert Card, Try Again" voice. I even have dreams about it still sometimes. Used to piss me off too.

[datight10inchrican]

Lol omg i had one of these when i was coming up !!!!!

[GriffoliansGames]

Wow. Great little piece of history, John. Keep up the fantastic work, as always.

[RetroGamer3]

This thing scared the hell outa me lol.

[shock25sr]

That looks so COOL! I`m always looking for REAL educational toys for my son,and so,i`d buy that without hesitation! That card swapping methode is really awsome and ahead of it`s time! And plus,that voice sounds just like Stephen Hawkin`s and who else would be better to teach your kids math and othe stuff :) ?!

Thanks gamester!

Keep it cool!

Cheers!

[JunmaiShu]

I had something like this, can't remember exactly what it was, not this though. I used to play it habitually.

Ahh... the Steven Hawking voice. Pure 80's nostalgia.

[JohnnyDeppFan33]

Never had one of these as it was a couple years before my time, but I do remember my cousins had it :)

[ballinnick1982]

DUDE!!! I had one of these when i was a kid and I LOVED it! I tried to find one on eBay but cant find one...Its funny cuz some of the cards didnt even work. But i use to be on this thing for hours! Damn I miss this thing...GREAT VIDEO!!

[MarcoZ1ITA1]

...VTech just kicked in yo?

[obadibas]

i remember this thing now that i watched this video :) . played with it at my aunts house when i was little

[henryblazer20]

i vaguely remember this! WWO!

[thelunchbox23]

badass shirt dude haha

[clays121]

OMFG!! I had one of these as a kid, and I remember mine would not read the cards very well after a few years, I actually got it from my step dad, after my mother met him, he was just trying to butter my mother up lol, little did he know I already had a C64, and was programming basic around 87. But yes it helped me learn some things as well.

[clays121]

@clays121 O I also had the VTech PreComputer 1000, I got as a gift from my grandmother, with the bible cartage, this one was more or less a QWERTY keyboard with a small LCD for a screen, had a handle, and was kind of lame. O It also came in the box with some kind of lame multi choice 80's TV trivia game. LOL!

[battlestarnomore]

"Why must i be programed to feel PAIN PAIN P-A-I-N!!!

[trogdororeo]

My older borhter had one, but it doesn't work anymore, so I've never seen it working in person. Cool video Gamester.

[tiggergirl06]

OMG I had one of those as a kid you brought back some fun memories. I remember playing with mine for hours. I also remember having a ton of cards, I also remember wearing out the cards so the it could not read them anymore. Great job on the video.

[chrisrko1982]

That just blew my mind. I LOVED that thing when I was young. I didn't know what you were talking about at first but seeing that first shot of it...oh man did that bring me back. Thanks!

[teGSR]

I had something like this, but cannot remember exactly what it was. I'm pretty sure it was blue, with a gray fold down keyboard. You would insert different cards just like on this one, and I seem to remember something about an owl. I don't know if it was made by ti, or vtech or who, but It was a lot of fun.

[mgloco88]

0:00 i hate ads...

[NUTTER1234567890123]

My god! My first ever toy I got for christms (I had the UK version) God brings back the memories!

[WWETNABRAVES]

That's pretty awesome. I think V Tech is still around.

[hartos26]

In Germany, the company "Yeno" sold this lerning computer. It was my fist experiance with a computer. Thanks for bringing back that memory.

[SugarSigur]

I loved that fuckin thing.

[vipor29]

OMG the whiz kid,i used to have one when i was a kid,i so want to get this back just for the memories

[MPSecare]

man reminds me of my speak N read, or speak n Math.

[zelda42293]

I had a vtech computer when I was little, but it was a laptop-type model. It came with a mouse, and I think it didn't use cartridges.

[TheGamingPhilosopher]

I have never seen one of these. I was born in 86, but I guess they were off the shelves before I was conscious.

[kreeboy411]

I remember having one of those.

Also remember having a wrestling match in the living room with a couple of friends and landing on it .....breaking it.. lol

Needless to say the only thing I learned that day was don't land on a Whiz Kid.....I remember my back hurt for a week.

[Muskickyoass]

john you need to go to NAA because you truly are a NEStalgiaholic you have things that even the creators of the product don't have

[Lachlant1984]

I had a Talking Lesson One and also a Pre Computer 1000 Junior when I was younger, they had the exact same voice as this toy. I like these kinds of toys, they're cool. Where was this toy made? It's interesting to note that the Talking Lesson One plus was known as the Talking Whiz Kid Plus in the US I believe, but the Talking Whiz Kid is different to Talking Lesson One if this comment makes any sense to you.

[Pimpo168]

I had a Whiz Kid but it was from the mid 90's like 96

[Crush777]

Wow. As soon as I heard the computer's voice I remember this. I had a different version which used a more hard cartridge type expansion but still similar style. Great memories, thanks for sharing.

[DeviousTelevision]

I had a Whiz Kid but it was a more advanced model, I think from 1988. It was really great.

[KevinLieber]

I've never seen this before. The closest thing I had was the Talk N Play. I love how it looks like a laptop.

[ryanc519]

sounds like stephen hawkings

[iwantmone0]

Is Vtech the same company that make the newer learning video games now adays?

[kreeboy411]

@iwantmone0

Yes they make the V-tech "learning videogame systems" for kids. I still have my sons original V-tech.

[LarryBundyJr]

My CPU is a nuralnet processor, a learning computer!