ZED 6 Member · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Hey, I'm new to the forum and just thought I would share the largest item in my collection. I think it is pretty rare as I can hardly find any info on it online. It is an old Kiosk originally made to be sold to Children's hospitals around the country. Has anyone seen these in Canada? The one I have has a few cosmetic blemishes but it still works. It has a Wii locked inside with a hard drive that has some games pre-loaded. There is no standard menu screen like you've seen on a home Wii console. These were also made with a single DIN DVD player on the right side. You would normally have a few discs that can be reached through the hole in the front. You can insert movies into the player but can not get the DVD out of the unit. Controllers are attached to the kiosk similar to how game store demo units were done. It looks like this one was released in 2007 as a couple of the sports games are titled for 2008. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
croagunk 345 Member · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Cool! Never seen one of these before! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZeldaFreak 1,200 Member · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I haven't seen them in person, but I know of them, these Starlight kiosks. I know there's an N64 Starlight kiosk, and... I want to say there's a Gamecube one as well, but I could be misremembering, and probably a few other consoles as well. I don't see them pop up for sale very often at all, but I know they exist. Very cool to see a Wii one! I actually have an N64 cartridge that was originally used in one of these Starlight kiosks, sort of a quasi Not For Resale. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drxandy 1,247 Member · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Super cool to see it running that interface for loading games from the hard drive. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mega Tank 268 Member · Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 37 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: I want to say there's a Gamecube one as well, There is. I was able to use one during a hospital stay. These Starlight Kiosks are amazing and do bring kids some joy in a time of uncertainty. They have also partnered up again to roll out the Nintendo Switch. I really wonder what hospitals do with these after several years. It would be nice to see some of these older systems rolling around hospitals. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZED 6 Member · Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 4 hours ago, Mega Tank said: I really wonder what hospitals do with these after several years. It would be nice to see some of these older systems rolling around hospitals. Hospitals usually treat them like old computer equipment. They have a company that regularly picks up and recycles computers just take these kiosks to dispose of them. Because of this, it is likely that 95% of them just get pulled apart and the components recycled. I saw a Nintendo Wii U kiosk at a hospital a couple years ago. I did not take note of what brand it was. Like someone else said, there is also a new Switch kiosk announced but I don't think that unit has been delivered yet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn 20 Member · Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I'm pretty sure the CHEO in Eastern Ontario had one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Xeno 5 Member · Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Very cool! I have seen the GameCube Starlight Kiosk a number of times, but never the Wii version! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZED 6 Member · Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 I plan to open it up and do some minor repairs and cleanup. I can post more pictures as I go along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Awoken 18 Member · Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 3 hours ago, ZED said: I plan to open it up and do some minor repairs and cleanup. I can post more pictures as I go along. That would be awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkTone 382 Member · Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Code Monkey 577 Member · Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 My fiance is a doctor, need to see if she can get me one. Anyone know if these were ever in Canada? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shabby Road 2 Member · Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I have seen one of these in Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario. There was a Wii U one there too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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