I Spent $500 at Retro Rick's Game Store... is it a SCAM?

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Day THREE of The Texas Load 2! Hope you enjoy this review of the items I picked up from Retro Rick's Game Point in Conway, AR.
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@jrob0021 6 дней назад

Anyone else been to Retro Rick’s Game Point before? Let me know what you think!

@drwoHeylK 6 дней назад

No, I haven't. But I've been to something really similar in Florida!

@Lucasrobe 6 дней назад

@@jrob0021 I’ve been there multiple times I think it’s neat, picked up some Japanese versions of games among other stuff there

@BigmobyD 6 дней назад

Probably Yardsaledale

@CarlosXPhone 4 дня назад

Double Jump Video Games 🎮

@dakotachambers6824 3 дня назад

Drove from Memphis to Conway to check out Retro Rick's gamepoint. In all honesty I looked for 2 hours, couldn't find anything that wasn't 5%-10% over market value. Kinda hurt to leave with nothing. Through his videos I thought he was all about supporting the retro gaming community/scene but he is clearly more about the profit. Anyone can watch his videos and tell.

@retroricksgamepoint 5 дней назад

Dude!! So honored you came in, wish I would have got to meet and chat with you, cheers!

@whitejade69 5 дней назад

We were glad to have him come in!

@dasentry912 6 дней назад

"After about 5 slidey ins and out, and now we're good to go" story of my life brother

@reneeandchrisforever 2 дня назад

I’m usually good for about four.

@mrtree1368 6 дней назад

Bro went in undercover as a flea market shopper

@matthewbraith0411 5 дней назад

Not really hard, Rick cares more about youtube than running his own store, what a fraud.

@Douggyization 6 дней назад

I’m surprised no one at the store recognized you.

@hershelswint4097 6 дней назад

No one in Arkansas watches his stuff really! Me and my daughter do but that's about it!

@tsu177 6 дней назад

@@hershelswint4097😂 you know everyone in ankansas?

@sharppython 6 дней назад

@@hershelswint4097his content is pretty good! He spends a lot on it, he should be more popular.

@hershelswint4097 6 дней назад

@@tsu177 Ever one that matters yes!

@packers12to80 6 дней назад

@@hershelswint4097 oh yeah? U know everyone huh?😂😂😂 gtfoh

@bryanobrien2726 6 дней назад

A hybrid drive or SSHD was a hard drive with flash memory inside . You could get them in larger sizes and they were reasonably priced compared to the same sized SSDs . Performance was faster than a standard HDD , but not as fast as an SSD .

@charliesretrocomputing 6 дней назад

Basically just a hard drive with an absurdly large amount of cache. 😂

@aidanhelfrich4887 5 дней назад

@@charliesretrocomputingI think Lenovo makes their ideapad 1 line with that type of drive it’s a pretty limiting laptop though since while it has an option for 20 gigs of ram and a terabyte drive its processor is a intel Celeron

@RuruFIN 2 дня назад

Yeah, SSHDs were a thing about a ~decade ago when SSDs were still somewhat expensive (at least in larger capacities) so a SSHD was a good compromise between performance and capacity. Pretty reasonable choice for a console drive.

@bryanobrien2726 2 дня назад

@@RuruFIN Absolutely . SSDs of the maximum size are always at a premium pricepoint that most people don't want to pay and when SSHDs came out most people couldn't afford a 1 or 2TB SSD . The SSHD was a popular swap for the Xbox One and PS4 .

@dillonthekid 6 дней назад

Love these videos Jacob keep them up man 🔥

@ColinKyleRobinsonJr 6 дней назад

I live in Conway, and I used to go to there when they were just Game Point, and if you're looking for new stuff it's not the store for you, but if you're looking for retro stuff, this stuff is for you

@thomasfox0 6 дней назад

I also live in Conway and frequent Game Point. It's a nice store overall. Shame he wasn't able to talk to Rick himself. Rick is there quite often and runs the till alot . Pretty chill guy

@Cj_Plays_Everything 3 дня назад

I live in north west Arkansas, should I go there when I’m coming back from Florida? And got any other game store recommendations?

@dylanmahan5702 2 дня назад

It's definitely way better than Game Exchange.

@devizesolstice4617 6 дней назад

Usually, these places make it a little bit high to help with the bills they have to deal with, like the workforce they need. It's usually pretty understandable, in my opinion. I'm not gonna lie. That place looks cool, and the stuff looks good.

@DarthCrust66 6 дней назад

been loving these videos keep up the great work

@gummybums 5 дней назад

I've been waiting for this. Great video jacob

@tjsynkral 3 дня назад

Honestly in 2024 any store selling cartridge games should throw in a free handful of q-tips and a condiment cup of IPA because the game/system could go from working to non working in the time it takes you to get home.

@reneeandchrisforever 2 дня назад

I purchased the Dreamcast on day one with three controllers and I remember the sticks were stiff when new. You got a really good controller there. Probably someone’s spare they rarely if ever used.

@Luigi023 6 дней назад

Nice video Jacob it looks cool

@dogmd7 6 дней назад

Glad you went to Retro Rick's, was hoping for a cameo by Rick in the video for you two to collab. Hope it happens some day!

@Jayrr 6 дней назад

if the consoles are dirty in the inside he already said in a video that he doesnt have a team that refurbishes consoles they just test and clean the outside and sell

@TooBokoo 6 дней назад

He should have someone. With all the money he shows himself wasting on nonsense, I don't know how you don't have a single person employed to just open consoles and blow them out with canned air and wipe off the insides. Imagine charging the inflated prices he does and selling a console that's full of dust bunnies, roaches or spider webs. $140 for a Dreamcast tossed in a generic box and nobody could be bothered to take 5 minutes and even wipe out around where you put the disc. Not even talking about completely opening the console to clean it, but just pop the lid and wipe the grime out of the disc tray with a wet wipe. LOL! Especially having a store as flashy as he does and marketing himself as a high-end retro store.

@Jayrr 6 дней назад

@@TooBokoo good thing about having your own money if your not forced to buy a console from him or care what he spends his own money on lol

@S1RLANC3 6 дней назад

@@JayrrI care because it’s money others are spending on a business that can be great. The problem is that so much crap is wrong because everybody currently has that don’t care mentality. Just imagine how much better things would be if people actually cared about things.

@Jayrr 6 дней назад

@@S1RLANC3 it’s there money they worked for if they want to spend it on over price video games then let them it’s not the end of the world

@S1RLANC3 6 дней назад

@@Jayrr Just because it’s your money doesn’t make it right. You should have more pride in your business than that and anyone that thinks otherwise has clearly never owned a business before. Not saying it’s bad as I actually relatively like the place but a basic wipe down is such a simple thing to do. Just to be clear, I wasn’t talking about the price.

@njones621 6 дней назад

There’s definitely something to be said for overpaying for the garbage DK Oldies sends out, and then overpaying for something at Retro Rick’s. You are getting the experience at Retro Rick’s, and the quality of stuff they are selling IMO is worth it, not to mention you’re helping a local business and not some big corporation. It’s obvious Rick loves what he does. It’s worth paying up a little for all that.

@carpal08 5 дней назад

Lmaaaaoo

@lpbbinc 5 дней назад

DK Oldies is far from a "big corporation."

@njones621 5 дней назад

@@lpbbinc I didn’t say it was. I was referring to their crappy product. Big corporations are places like GameStop and Best Buy. But thanks Mr expert.

@b.o.4492 3 дня назад

Did you not see the corrosion on the gameboy.

@ZackMuffinMan 6 дней назад

This is what I expected from your other post lol

@DerangedWhale 6 дней назад

I like to just go into stores like that and look around. I try to buy something if I can but it’s really cool to see all the stuff I grew up with

@bigman2352 6 дней назад

Really interesting to see this video and your perspective of the store, I’m actually thinking of flying out from the UK to go there so it was good to hear what you thought. I had a Dreamcast back in the late 90’s and I do remember the controllers being firmer at first and then loosening after some use, so from that I would say that controller you got had very little use if any. I also have an Xbox one elite (with the controller) and I thought you got it for a good price 😊👍

@ApolloSpacex2 6 дней назад

Might be worth picking up a small monitor with built in audio or just a normal monitor to do on the road testing if these hotel TV's are soo bad.

@local_waver 6 дней назад

2:29 I remember my friend pre-ordering one of those, a "hybrid drive" (at least when it comes to computer stuff) is just a marketing term for a really fast hard drive lol there's some flash memory in there but for the most part it's just for caching things not any storage

@gamerfourlife64 6 дней назад

I would totally check this place out

@brianwalker7771 6 дней назад

You got LUCKY with that Dreamcast. I have NOT had it happen to me but they are well known for having the fuse on the controller board blow out if you plug a pad in while it is powered on or change the pad while it is on.

@travishoel3755 6 дней назад

I was there last week and it is priced just like most stores I deal with in the Houston area. What makes things expensive is the gaming industry itself.

@xandercharmander 6 дней назад

I love this vid

@TooBokoo 6 дней назад

Dreamcast analog sticks are definitely tighter on new controllers. Like most controllers, they loosen way up over time.

@crazisaturn2274 6 дней назад

0:20 Small Soldiers spotted

@thephoneenthusiast6968 6 дней назад

Also, is there going to be xbox ones with older dashboards?

@kylechaytor9146 6 дней назад

I'm surprised you didn't film the in store experience

@jhagga2006 6 дней назад

That place is insane. I live in Fayetteville and hit up Game Point on the way down to Little Rock every time!

@georgewashingmachine1 6 дней назад

I know people are complaining about the pricing, but the stuff you bought from there looks awesome. If it looked like that if I bought that, then I wouldn’t have a problem buying all of that.

@risk_it_4_the_biscuit 6 дней назад

Hype? Never heard of this place!

@kimchichi123 5 дней назад

When you go back and play an old game that you love and you still enjoy it 10:01 ❤

@SCARYFALCON2 6 дней назад

Just blow onto the spiderman game and it would've worked sooner 🤣.

@MayBanner-YT 5 дней назад

Was the texas load logo shown at the beginning of the video?

@bigman2352 6 дней назад

0:17 I spy a Sega Megadrive (Genesis) with Sega CD and a 32X 😃 when I was a child that was my dream games console setup

@johnhutchins4157 6 дней назад

Life sized Simpsons characters??? Hype confirmed!

@benjamincastleman8580 4 дня назад

Retro Rick Is a AWESOME Person And Man, And Main Mission Is To Get Better And More in tune, And Get As Many Subscribers As Possible!!!💯💯🐐💯💯! Price Might Be High But Regardless Rick Is Still The Man With The PLAN!!!

@CheesOuO 4 дня назад

Wow hope you enjoyed it while you were here in Arkansas, wish I could have gotten to meet you!

@user-tv5hl8zu9s 6 дней назад

You have the number one videos.

@Kondretti 6 дней назад

What are you boys jamming out to on your road trips? The Wii menu music is what I imagine

@MikeRox83 День назад

Word of warning on the Dreamcast. The controller ports are very tempremantal and prone to blowing if you plug controllers into it while the console is turned on.

@DaBloxxer420 6 дней назад

We found a decent pile for once. Although that pricing.

@kooljokez 6 дней назад

seems like a fine store the only problem i have with game stores is the prices on certain games.

@MrAnthraxony 3 дня назад

i went a summer ago after a trip from the lake north of that town. i loved it. i felt welcomed and got some good loot there.

@cookiechi2555 4 дня назад

Finally, a heaven to DK Oldies.

@JayTendoJT 6 дней назад

I think one of the biggest things about the store is the experience, a bit of an upcharge i think may ne necessary to run the store

@user-tv5hl8zu9s 6 дней назад

awesome stuff.

@SwagLikeChrist 5 дней назад

$80 for a Gameboy Color and some battery corrosion is crazy. They definitely need to clean that next time if they are charging $80. And I get it. Yes I know it's a game store so you do have over head and stuff like that. But $80 is definitely a little above market value and there isn't anything refurbished or even cleaned in the battery compartment

@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli 3 дня назад

To be fair. It probably had exploded batteries and was completely gored with alkaline chunks. Stack of 600 games and consoles to clean today. Clean a GBC to 90% better and now working. Bank on the fact that the buyer can literally open it up and look at it in the store before they buy it, with a return policy. Gets comments like yours anyways. 😂

@Oryngton 5 дней назад

On the warranty system: Warranty is only valid for NEW items' first couple of years (or for how long the company gives warranty, usually 2-10 years, depending on item/service). USED items sold by any store are NOT required to give warranty, but most shops do give up to 1y warranty to keep the customer happy (i run a small repair service on the side, so not actually registered with the state, and i still give people 6m "warranty" if it's the same defect). But don't quote me on this universally, cause that's just how it works in my country...

@ryans413 6 дней назад

The hybrid drives are half mechanical half SSD.

@BrokenInside365 6 дней назад

For a second there, I thought Jacob was Al Bladez at the beginning of the video with his hat on forward. Not used to him wearing his hat forward.

@mrtree1368 6 дней назад

Bro was in full undercover mode

@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli 3 дня назад

I had a hybrid drive on my laptop back in 2011. It's a platter hard disk, and has an SSD basically incorporated into the board. I think mine was 512 GB, with a 128 GB SSD (not to increase the size of the disk to 740 GB, but to mirror the highest access files or increase boot speed). I have no idea how it "knew" which files to cache and read from the SSD, though. Everything was controlled by the drive itself rather than a driver. Honestly they could have completely lied about it and I would never be able to test it.

@brandontyler1754 6 дней назад

I live like 20 miles from this place. Never knew it existed. I will have to check it out.

@leftctrlgaming 6 дней назад

Retro Rick also has a RU-vid channel, he was a collector before he bought the store.

@ColinKyleRobinsonJr 6 дней назад

I live in Conway, and I used to go to there when they were just Game Point, and if you're looking for new stuff it's not the store for you, but if you're looking for retro stuff, this store is for you

@packers12to80 6 дней назад

It's over priced for sure. But cool store.

@S1RLANC3 6 дней назад

@@ColinKyleRobinsonJrI heard you the first time bro 😂

@APylar1 2 дня назад

I have a couple of those Game Boy color holders with the lanyards on them, i paid 10 dollars each on EBAY i have the clear ones about 3 of them.

@RaineyRetro 5 дней назад

Excellent game selection. NBA showtime is 🐐

@RadSalacan 6 дней назад

Was he having another grand opening while you were there?

@KenSch2020 День назад

Personally with my experience some new Dreamcast controllers. Some were more stiff than others. But usually would break in over time and get looser. But usually never had any problems with the analog stick. The Hall effect analog stick can be different between controllers though.

@SylvesterAshcroft88 6 дней назад

This reminds me of forbidden planet back in the day.

@xandercharmander 6 дней назад

Cool

@candidosilva7755 6 дней назад

The dreamcast controlers were abit of a hit or miss some of them were more stif others more soft and some with difects on the D pad. I bought one new. With a keyboard,4 controlers and an arcade stick. And one of the 3 controlers was kind diferent it felt worst turning claire in resident evil code Veronica. Good times.

@videogamessource2473 2 дня назад

So funny he takes great pride in how much the clean/resurface every disc put em in new cases but doesn't dust a dreamcast for 140..... definitely higher than I can get in my area... that price should be spotless... especially having employees... idk my opinion.... also big youtubers get so much inventory from groupies stuff should be on the lower end of pricing and pay higher than the 30% most stores pay. I pay minimum of 50% big tubers should aways pay 60% or higher if they are selling things high and extremely high on whatnot

@WillowAlchemist 6 дней назад

probs not backwards compatible due to the return to arkham collection

@craigachuff6087 5 дней назад

I think Dreamcast used hall effect sticks. I could be wrong.

@jwmilly3671 6 дней назад

most people dont know a xbox one x is faster then a series s and can play some games at better fps and res's then the series s

@lilrobestn8953 6 дней назад

where in NC are you from boss? Im from/live in Hickory NC, also i woulda fell in the floor if when you peeled off that sticker it revealed a DK oldies one

@leodalkey651 2 дня назад

Dreamcast had the original Crazy Taxi one of my favorite games of all time. So I've been teetering on the edge of buying Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, FF III, Secret of Mana. All for Super Nintendo. But these are not cheap. Chrono trigger is like 100 just for the cartridge.

@georgeholub313 6 дней назад

Help me understand something. This video series is of you traveling from North Carolina to Texas and along the way you stop at various locations picking up gaming systems. Why then do you initially review your purchases in the same cheap hotel? Are you trying to say you only stopped once in a hotel (motel) on your trip?

@SMD-si7fm 6 дней назад

If he's staying at the same hotels they are going to look the same. Especially if it's like a motel 6. Never seen one look different.

@georgeholub313 6 дней назад

@@SMD-si7fm But complains about the tv not working. Seems odd if they are different rooms in different areas/states that they have the same issues.

@ImSorryLittleOne 6 дней назад

Who cares

@georgeholub313 6 дней назад

@@ImSorryLittleOne you do

@krammis76 6 дней назад

I thought the condition of the Dreamcast should have been a little better to be honest. Yes it’s not refurbished but it probably should have been fully cleaned. Plus the gameboy game and system probably needed a bit more of a clean too. I watch retro Rick’s channel and also double jump video games also. Seems like double jump do a better job on the cleaning side of it.

@packers12to80 6 дней назад

Rick has said before he doesn't even open up consoles. No way I'm paying that price for console and it's never been opened and cleaned.

@Romanmemek 5 дней назад

Put in forbegin disc into windows 11 laptop with external dvd drive

@Zerconius 5 дней назад

I live little over an hour from that store!

@SonXo1 6 дней назад

Come to Pennsylvania! I live like 30 min's from a GameStop.

@BRAVOROBINSON 6 дней назад

Im sure thats got him tempted

@FrogJuiceJustice 6 дней назад

@@BRAVOROBINSONthat's got me tempted. Cheesey bread kinda tempted

@SonXo1 6 дней назад

@@BRAVOROBINSON nice

@SonXo1 6 дней назад

@@FrogJuiceJustice We have a lot of good food. if you ever come to PA, try Scrapple. Its like soft sausage

@packers12to80 6 дней назад

No way....u live 30 min from a gamestop too? What are the odds

@Giornio.b 3 дня назад

The hotel tv gave bro ptsd

@I_Am_DK_ 2 дня назад

You should have opened the Dreamcast on this video at the least. Even if they don't say they clean out consoles it'll help the gaming community know where to go for a better and cleaner product.

@jordankomakech5137 6 дней назад

7:17 it’s my console ❤

@stopsign515 6 дней назад

Only problem with these game stores they ask like double what its worth

@TheArseen 4 дня назад

11:33 Why did the console whine about backwards compatibility when you put Xbox One game in Xbox One console?

@drwoHeylK 6 дней назад

how did that dreamcast work without the tv memory card thingy

@kooljokez 6 дней назад

you cant save is all it would work fine

@drwoHeylK 5 дней назад

@@kooljokez my dreamcast controller doesn't operate without a memory card for some reason because the dreamcast wants me to choose the time

@amariofan64 6 дней назад

Top 10 Anime Crossovers

@Rockhead84 2 дня назад

Thst Xbox One Elite package is slick

@ninjacape 5 дней назад

Scam has become the most overused word on the internet in the 2020s.

@TheAzuredreams 4 дня назад

Nice ad bro

@lvl90dru1d 5 дней назад

2:34 it's SSHD

@Retro20040 6 дней назад

Really expensive but other than that it's alr.

@blacklightlifestyle9763 6 дней назад

Better than dkoldies atleast

@allie12212 6 дней назад

I’m originally from Arkansas, I not live in North Dakota

@georgeholub313 6 дней назад

@@allie12212 i not live in either Arkansas or North Dakota

@iliketrix 5 дней назад

Try new super game time in Southgate mi

@chinpokomon418 3 дня назад

I hope you were told that the Xbox one wasn’t Cib because that isn’t close

@jeremycarter3361 6 дней назад

Dreamcast joysticks most def came stiff. You had to play them shits for two months to break em in.

@systabcdefghigklmnop 3 дня назад

bro didnt even blow on the gameboy cartridge, noob moment

@osirisblaster 4 дня назад

Sounds like you got scammed, but you dont want to say you got scammed because he's a youtuber.

@muhguyva8395 6 дней назад

Love the channel, love the content, but these thumbnails man...

@ibapreppie 6 дней назад

You definetly got overcharged.

@gamerfourlife64 6 дней назад

Companies have to make a profit to how is this hard to understand

@FrogJuiceJustice 6 дней назад

@@gamerfourlife64 it's actually pretty hard to understand seeing as I still don't get it

@Jhgykjhuih 6 дней назад

@@FrogJuiceJusticecompany makes no money = no more company. Hope this helps.

@TarHeelsKenny 6 дней назад

@@FrogJuiceJusticeYou don’t understand that businesses are in business to make money?

@Ndrake89 6 дней назад

You're still making money if they charged an actual fair price. The big game store near me does market value prices. They don't go above it like this place. Also when they buy games they pay about 40 percent of market value. This place is a scam. Also the owner is an absolute tool.

@jagergerg9771 5 дней назад

Unrated, the Dreamcast was amazing

@SkyeCypher 5 дней назад

You got ripped off at those prices

@TheWwerocker45 6 дней назад

scumbag Rick not allowing people to open consoles DK Oldies tried it and denied it lets see this guy back pedal now

@tazzyicehockey7329 6 дней назад

He clearly states that he does not refurbish systems or opens them up and to please send them back for a refund or swap. This stops people ripping them apart and buggering them up. 😊