@Johannes Brahms Getting back your childhood games is something I should've mentioned because I too did that at first. lol I did know that! I was actually working on a video about the Sega Power Base Converter a few years ago but never finished it because I lost some footage. In my opinion Master System games play better on the Genesis as the controller is better and you can get cleaner video output on the Genesis. :)
@Johannes Brahms Almost entirely because of the control scheme--not just the motion controls, but all the controller options that are available. I feel like the best games on the system don't utilize motion controls well, and those that avoid motion controls play like crap because the developers were forced to adapt to odd control schemes because of the design. That, and I just don't think it has a very good library of games overall. But hey, at least it's better than the Wii-U. lol
@Luke Spearin Right on mate! Good choices! Collecting for the OG Xbox is the cheaper route; GameCube stuff tends to go for a lot these days. Best of luck in your collecting endeavors! :D
I got an n64 as a gift from my aunt. It was 2 consoles and power chords. I have 4 controllers and some games but i dont have a video plug. My main reason on getting retro consoles was because of curiosity or that i just want it.
Damn, calling the Wii "a piece of shit" actually hurted me Noa lol Anyway, this video comes in a right time for me. I was thinking in collecting stuff I like (mostly figure and plushies) but I also want to rebuy games I used to play when I was kid (GB, GBA and GC mostly). A tiny problem is that I'm quite excited to buy these on CIB so I'm ready to spent a lot of money on eBay...yay Nice video, it's always great to see you uploading a video. Hope I can catch the streams more often now
lol sorry to hurt you bud. Yeah, I know the feeling; I've been slowly re-buying genesis games that I have loose in the box and for that I usually have to hit up ebay and pay out the ass. Thanks bud! Good luck finding the stuff you want! :D
Ive had a switch for a while and recently got into playing the old pokemon games and once I get a job I plan on collecting gbc/gba games and later on getting a game cube. As you can tell, I plan on starting a nintendo collection. I buy most of my switch games physical because I think now more than ever it’s important to preserve games as it seems the companies themselves dont care to
Dude, the direction Nintendo went with the switch made me emulate their stuff, them and resellers don't deserve my dimes, 2ds and mk7 for 80 bucks was the last good deal Nintendo had
I think for me, I'm a younger gamer, 21yo, and I would really love to play on some older consoles and older games that I am too young to have gotten to play when I was a kid. My collection will be all for me, and I want to collect games I will actually play, and not just collect random stuff for the sake of having it. For example, I REALLY want to get a ps1 and play the original Tomb Raider games! Although, I will say that I am a massive fan of Zelda and Pokemon, and I am REALLY tempted to hunt down and buy every special edition themed console they've ever made lol. They're all so amazing. I already have the TOTK OLED switch, so now I kind of HAVE to collect them all, right? ;)
Thanks for the tips. For me, as I get bored and lose interest really quickly, a limited attention span doesn’t help either, it has to be that I collect the games I enjoy playing. Really enjoyed!
Great video :) When I started to collect, I went for the PS2, since that's my favourite console. Now, 154 PS2 games and two consoles (fat and slim) later, my collection also includes PS1, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Gamecube and N64. More consoles will definitely follow.
As of recent i just started to collect games. As of now im starting of with the games i played a lot in my childhood and the more recent games like Crypt of the Necrodancer is there just for collection cause its just cool to have a physical copy of my favorite games
As someone who started collecting games within the past 3 years I can say with confidence that it's best to start collecting for the systems you already own.
Don't worry, there will always be someone out there that will spend good money on retro games, especially the older and rarer they get. There are collectors that even buy refurbished and relabeled games. I didn't think I would ever spend $100 on a copy of Sunset Riders (SNES) but I did. I'm still trying to find a good price on Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for Sega Genesis.
I actually thought about collecting last week. I was watching scott the wozs episode on a game room and i was like “i have a ps2 that can play ps1, my wii can play game cube, my atgames genesis can play og carts. Why the heck not?” I do want a model 1 genesis eventually, but im gonna work with what i have
I legit started by yoinking a ps2 and thinking “guess I’m doing this now.” And not realizing how much fun it is. My motivation was getting every single Sonic The Hedgehog title but now I’m collecting Resident evil, Halo and many more series. I love older games and see the love that’s poured into them and to see how much things have changed. I’ve already got my hands on Sonic 06 and Shadow The Hedgehog and am having a BLAST so far. Thanks for all the tips. I’ll focus on expanding my library of games for now. 😂
@@NoaLee i own a lot of consoles already, i feel proud and I’m glad that I’m not the only one actively looking around for older games. Thank you! I’ll make sure to make the most of it! 👏🏻
Hey! It’s a new video. I mentioned this before but I just bought a Wii and softmodded it a few years ago to play old games on. I only want to play the games, don’t mind what it’s played on.
I did that once in the past just for fun, but I like playing on the actual hardware so I never ended up using it. Still, it's great that that's an option for those that like old games! :D
I want to start collecting for SNES. Atari 2600 and NES games don’t always look that great, and while it’s not all about graphical power, I still like a well defined art style that looks good. Mainly 16 bit systems. There are tons of great looking games on genesis and SNES with amazing gameplay
There are certainly a few games on NES that have a strong 8-bit aesthetic that still hold up today like Kirby's Adventure and Mega Man 6, but finding ones on the 2600 is pretty challenging. I'm with ya on 16-bit games being better overall from a gameplay standpoint as well as a visual one. :D
OMG me too, I didn't play a lot of games when I was younger. So I want to get games I didn't play when I was a kid or didn't get a chance to because my parent didn't allow me to play certain games.
I wish I'd watched this video a few years ago because I've bought a PSVita and have no games for it. Well besides the Resident evil 2 games I was able to download them from the store. And sadly, I don't play it because of no games and my charger broke. I have a Wii that can play GameCube games, a ps1, a DS 2XL, and GBA, and have a ton of games for those consoles. Also a switch, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
@@iamme3193 Sure! Blast Corps is a fun little game by Rare and Mickey's Speedway USA (also by Rare) is a poor-man's Mario Kart but isn't too bad for a Disney racing game. Yoshi's Story is pretty cheap and it's a nice little platformer that people often overlook and BattleTanx is a fun multiplayer tank game. Also try Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: it's a pretty awful Ocarina of Time ripoff, but it's cheap and I think it qualifies as so bad it's good. I have fun with how awful it is anyway. lol Cheers! :D
This is a very good video. And I am impressed with your philosophical point of view of not--needing to be like that insecure person who craves the urge to out-collect anyone involved with the same-type thing you're talking about. Like you said video-game collecting should be a hobby, not a competitively sociopathic necessity.
Getting a collection to emulate is a pretty good idea if you just care about playing them. I know emulating is a grey area. But for me, I only pirate games for some that I can't get on modern consoles with a reasonable service. So I emulate JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Alien vs predator. But I buy metal slug and any neo geo game on the switch. Because that is the only way the people who own the game can earn profits. I also pirate Super Mario World and any game that's on the switch online store, cause screw supporting that BS. If only they would give the option to buy the games individually. Or better yet, sell the roms themselves. Sega does this and they're better for it. Buy any game on the sega genesis collection on pc let's you extract the rom and use a better emulator But this is my opinion. You can disagree with me if you want. This opinion is in a very grey area
I'm definitely with you. I used to be pretty anti-emulator, but when you can't count on companies to re-release their games in an ethical way, sometimes emulation is the only option that makes sense. Lately for me it's more so been a case I literally can't buy the games I'm interested in and have no choice but to emulate them. I had this happen last summer when I wanted to play the original Dune game on DOS and couldn't even find a copy to buy, so hello DOSBox! lol
Mostly I think it's a matter of preference: do you prefer physical copies and the "ritual" of pulling a game off the shelf and slapping it into a console? Or do you prefer the convenience of digital games always being a few clicks or button presses away? Then there's the question of price, as digital versions of games usually drop in price quicker and go on sale more often. Physical games on the other hand are better from a preservation standpoint as a game that exists in a physical capacity will always be available in some fashion, while digital games can (and quite frequently do) disappear from digital store fronts and can literally become impossible to acquire without pirating the game or buying a piece of hardware that has the game already installed. Personally, I do both: I prefer to have a physical copy but in some cases where the physical copy is hard to come by, like with Limited Run Games, or is a game that I don't actually intend on playing all that much but need to capture footage for or something I'll go for the digital. Hope that helps! :D
@@NoaLeeIt does! Thanks! Although does what you said about online games disappearing apply to Emulators or software like Steam or both? Cause I plan to use both. The reason I wanna game online on whatever platform possible is cause it's less expensive and takes up less space than a console. Also, as you said, they're more readily available to play than having to hook up the gaming console or purchase he game if I don't own it. I really want to get into gaming. I've been doing it for years but not very broadly -- only Banjo-Kazooie and Mario along with a few others here and there. My experience has been quite limited in all honesty. There are several titles I'm interested in, but the problem is I do not know how to acquire the tools (e.g. Emulators, Consoles, Emulator controller) needed to experience the titles I want to.
@@pranavrao6370 It's mostly just digital store fronts like Steam, Nintendo eShop, PSN, Xbox Live, etc. Because emulation (or more specifically the roms you use in emulation) is technically piracy there usually isn't an issue with games disappearing permanently as pirated copies will always remain no matter what. They may disappear from specific websites, but not the internet entirely. As for using roms and emulators instead of tracking down a "legit" (i.e. legal) copy it all comes down to your own personal set of ethics. Are you okay with piracy? If you were the developer of a game would you want people playing your game in this manner? Is there a reasonably priced, not too inconvenient way to play the game? My philosophy has always been get it legit unless I physically or monetarily can't - for example, games that were only ever released on one platform and cost hundreds of dollars; that, in my opinion, is grounds for emulating the game. At that point I think it becomes a matter of game preservation rather than piracy as there's no legal way to play the game without paying a ludicrous amount of money. Or another example would be a game like the original Dune game on DOS where it usually only goes for $90 (expensive but not unreasonable due to it's rarity) but I physically can't find a copy to buy anywhere, so in that case I emulated it. However, if a physical copy of the game exists and is super expensive but there exists a legal digital version of the game that is being sold at a fair price, then I think pirating the game through emulation would be wrong. When it comes to emulators just search for the console you want followed by the word "emulator" and you should find any emulator you'll ever need with tons of recommendations, tutorials, etc. As for roms, I can't give you any recommendations due to the legality of using using, so you're on your own on that one. :D Remember, emulators are legal, roms probably aren't, though there may be practical and ethical grounds for using certain roms. If you can get it cheaply and easily, there's no excuse for pirating it. Cheers!
My personal step by step guide to collect games 1. Make sure you actually have money for these games 2. Realize that you are broke 3. Cry (can't relate)
My first tip would be: Stop collecting for collecting. Quality over quantity. A lot of collectors are doing it for decades. As a beginner you can not and should not compete. Just buy one console and a 2 or 3 games you want to play. When you're done, buy one more. Yes, your collection is not that impressive but a stack of games you don't play just to impress some online trolls isn't either. I have a collection of around 1500 games but I got lucky when I started. In the beginning of the century retro games were worthless. My first Genesis was thrown away in the trash. And it was in good condition. It was my own personal mission to rescue retro games from getting demolished. So my first couple of 500 games were free. When the retro hype started, everyone was impressed and thought I spend a lot of money. The only consoles I bought were a Saturn and a Dreamcast. As a Sega geek I just wanted to own those two. But they were the last ones on the list. Nowadays I just buy just a couple of games a month. I will say it: Retro games are just too expensive and the value will drop in a couple of years. So just buy what you want to play right now. And think about it: all the retro consoles were ones the hottest new thing. For some people PS1 is already retro. So if you buy cheap last gen games, in about 2 decades, those will be retro.
lmao @2:30 till like 3:15 - I started with an n64 - some of these games are like $500 each the super 64 bowling - its nuts - trying to collect the 296 north american games prob take me years and 10k
Yeah I feel ya; the fact that some of the best N64 games around like Conker's Bad Fur Day usually go for $80-$100 for a loose cartridge is ridiculous. Hopefully the prices will come down in the future, which might happen since overall prices for most NES, SNES, and Genesis games have been slowly falling the last few years. Best of luck in your collecting endeavors! :D
@@NoaLee ah now I see it! I thought that bit on the chest was the head, and the entire thing was hunched forwards like one of the Neon Genesis style units. Pretty damn rad!
Di- Did you just call... the Wii... A PIECE OF SHIT!?!?! THAT WAS MY. CHILDHOOD AND MY FIRST CONSOLE AND ITS VERY SPECIAL TO ME!!! DON'T YOU EVER DISRESPECT THE WII LIKE THAT!!! Anyway, nice video. Thanks for the tips! I'm 15 and poor and would like to start collecting games. The two systems I want to focus on are Nintendo and Playstation. The 3 game franchises that I want to have all Are Mario, Zelda, and Metal Gear Solid.
@@Greg7791 it's going alright I think. I got a ps3 and got all the metal gear games on it. I also got a wii u and a new 3ds and I modded then. I've also been buying new games as well so I haven't bought a crap ton of older stuff but still I think I'm doing pretty well with collecting. I'll probably focus for on GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U stuff for the time being
You bring up an interesting point that I hadn't thought about but seems to be true: that buying a system with a pre-assembled collection doesn't seem to incite a lot of interest in the system itself. I had this happen with both my Atari 2600 and my Odyssey 2 which both came with like 30 games, but it took me years to actually play most of them. My guess is that the games you haven't played just don't interest you, correct? :)
@@NoaLee Such a humble personality :P I do have another question just out of sheer curiosity: You mentioned collecting retro games was not financially lucrative but shouldn't these items increase in value over time since they aren't produced any more?
@Pawn Sacrifice Not necessarily; it all depends on the demand. There are plenty of things that are old and no longer being produced that people just don't want anymore so they end up in this weird place where they're "rare" but "cheap." A Good example of this would be antique radios; sure there are still a few people out there who are enthusiasts but most of the time people just want to get rid of them so they sit around collecting dust and sell for pretty cheap when they do final go. With retro games the problem is that people are losing interest year over year and the value for most retro games has taken a dive because of it--good for collector's like me, but bad for investors. :) Ten years ago when retro gaming became the hot "new" thing prices skyrocketed as people flooded into the hobby, but now that the hype has died down, and people aren't buying retro as much as they used to, collectors are starting to find that the overall value of their collection is starting to dwindle. This combined with the fact that there's just A LOT more games out there than we once realized. Earthbound shipped ~150,000 copies in the US which was about average for the SNES but it's a sought after game so it sells for a lot. But even Earthbound's losing it's value; ten years ago you couldn't find a copy of the game selling for under $200 but now I regularly see them for around $100. Similarly, I paid $80 for a copy of Final Fantasy VII years ago but now it only sells for $30ish. Now this doesn't mean that EVERY retro game is going to lose its value; some are always going to increase in value but these are going to be the ones that are truly rare like Star Fox Super Weekend, Nintendo Wold Championship, and yes, even unopened copies of Super Mario Bros. So unless that's what you're investing in, you're probably going to end up losing money in the long run. I've got plans to make a video covering this very topic in the near future, so I'll have a lot more info in that! Good question bud! :D
@@NoaLee Thank you for your in depth explanation for why retro games (mostly) aren't such lucrative investments despite their sparsity. I was considering buying some in the far future because a friend and I are toying with the idea to open a toy shop as a side project, purchasing sets (e.g. Lego or whatever comes to mind and is worth it) and reselling them years later when the nostalgia/collector drive kicks in. So, I'll dismiss my stroke of genius then :D
@Pawn Yeah dude, happy to help! I wouldn't necessarily dismiss your stroke of genius (mostly because a toy shop sounds fun as hell) because there's still SOME money to be made on retro games, but you'd have to move a lot of them to make it worth it. I imagine that's why every retro store I've ever been to also sold dvds, blu-rays, and vinyl records, as well as new games. It can be done, it's just difficult. lol
