Starting to Collect My Favorite Childhood Games | A Nostalgic Filled 10K Special 

Collecting childhood games is always a good hobby. Nostalgia gets better and better with time.

What a lovely video to start the day with! 😊 I'm glad you were able to find that beautiful copy of A Link to the Past! It must be a wonderful feeling to be reunited with such a special game from your past 🥰 Also, I think the lack of manuals in modern releases is one of the saddest things. When I was a kid, I read my Grandia II manual so often that it eventually fell apart 😅 They're not only interesting for story and character descriptions, artwork, etc. but are also really helpful references! I often find myself having to google small things like 'What does this symbol mean?' or 'What does this stat do in this game?' and I wish I could just flick through a manual to find the answer 😪

I love hearing stories about how people got into the things they love, whether it's video games, sci-fi, whatever! It's like each of our "secret origins". And of course, recalling those days of childhood when life was seemingly so much simpler is always fun. And count me in as somebody who really misses the instruction booklets too. I think it's kind of funny that back in the day when there were so many fewer buttons, you were still given instructions as to how they all worked. But today, when there are so many more buttons (and button combinations), we must commit them all to memory! Congrats on hitting the 10k mark and I look forward to many more videos from you!

When nostalgia hits, it hits hard 😆 I bought some games i used to play on the VC for 3ds but still for me having to physically collect something is much more rewarding 😆.

Your voice is very calming. I'm fairly new to your channel, but I love listening to someone re-collect some of their childhood games. I can definitely tell you're passionate. GBA was my first handheld. I didn't have a large collection, but I had Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Pinball, Super Mario Advance 4 (SMB3), Minish Cap, and a few of those Pokemon video cartridges. Don't really play my GBA much these days, but still remember the fond memories of playing these in the backseat of a car while on road trips. Got nauseated along the way at times, but definitely worth it in the end. Hope you can make it to 20K subscribers!

You've quickly and easily become one of my favorite RU-vidrs. I really like your sort of low-key style, and it helps it's a refreshment from the typical loud and "I got to have a bunch of flashy edits to keep the viewers' attention" style that is very common of so many others. I love how we can feel that you have such a real and genuine passion for gaming. It's really wholesome. Because of this I've watched nearly all of your videos, and am always looking forward to new uploads. I hope as your channel continues to grow you don't fall into the traps I've watched far too many other RU-vidrs stumble into, too many become annoying, self centered, entitled, and rude as their channels hits high subscriber milestones. I hope you just continue to be true to yourself (of course this doesn't mean learning and growing is not to be welcomed). On the flip side, if you ever feel too drained, burnt out, or have any other reason, don't feel like you owe us new videos. Take care of yourself first and foremost. I wish you the best as your channel continues to grow 👍.

When I first started collecting about 13 years ago, I made a list of all my childhood games that I enjoyed but no longer had. The list also included games I was fairly confident I would like but never got to play. As you can imagine, the list ended up being fairly long. It took me many years to finally cover everything, but once I did it was a really satisfying feeling. Game collecting is super fun! Although definitely too expensive these days.

Nostalgia is right. I felt that when I saw you hold up that Zelda box. Also, I rarely hear anyone talk about Final Fantasy Tactics Advance but I enjoyed that game immensely. And The Golden Sun was the best RPG I played on the system. Gotta love these trips down memory lane.

Congrats on 10K emily! Well deserved, and I wish you nothing but the best of luck on your journey to getting your childhood games back. Onward to 20K!!

Love that you are collecting for Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance 💕💕 I recently received my Analogue Pocket and have been playing many of my original GBC and GBA games including all of the Zelda games! Luckily I still have the original boxes and manuals from back then in very good condition! Collecting cib for GB is such a headache. I really want to add more cib games to my GB collection but it's just soooo expensive 😅 The Castlevania and Sonic Advance games are my favorites in my GBA collection 💕💕💕

This is such a beautiful idea, I love how you still have remnants of your gaming childhood. Like you, I sold and traded most of the games I grew up with but there are a few that I still own and they’re mostly the early generation Pokémon games with Red/Blue and Gold/Silver. I’m so glad that I did and somehow kept the manuals for Red and Silver as well. Congratulations on getting Silver and that boxed Zelda! Hope you’re able to get the others you’re looking for but all in due time. Both Golden Sun games are solid, fun times! Always loved Camelots sprite work. Congratulations on 10K as well! 😊

Your background is very cool. Looks like something from the inside of a castle. Zelda link to the past is so good. The og pokemon games are so great. Great gaming memories.

Came back to this video because I finally ordered an analogue pocket and wanted to see how someone else approached collecting (despite prices and availability) it’s nice to know getting the loose cart can still be a great way to collect, esp if you’re planning to actually play So cool to see a link between worlds got you back into gaming too (same here 😭). I grew up with Pokémon red and silver, and the minish cap. I recently played links awakening dx on NSO and absolutely loved it, so definitely a lot of overlap there. I hope you’ve been able to find a nice way to display and keep the games, the Etsy 3d printed stand is a great suggestion, thank you!

Such a positive channel and I enjoy how you go in depth about the games. Glad I found your channel.

Congratulations on 10K subscribers, Emily! 😊 You truly deserve it, and I’m so grateful to have seen your channel grow. Here’s to 20K and beyond! ❤ Keep being yourself.

your manuals are a trip to memory lane, such a nice treasure

this is so charming! As someone who's been collecting retro games for almost 15 years, it warms my heart to see someone so passionately into it for the same reasons I got into it! Enjoying games from your childhood or discovering new experiences and cherishing them is what it's all about! :) It can be easy to get a little jaded while collecting this stuff, so thank you for reminding me on why I love this hobby so much. I hope you enjoy the journey in finding your bucket list, nothing feels quite as good as finding a good deal on a game that means something to you!

The gameboy advance will always be the most memorable handheld for me. Being able to play snes quality games and better plus the backwards compatibility was a big deal for me back then. It has such a great library as well.

Hey, you're in the big leagues now! I think it's your duty to collect retro so we can all live vicariously through you! I definitely go through phases of collecting, which seems to be what you do, too, going from DS to GB. Right now I seem to be focusing more on figures, but it wouldn't take more than an evening on eBay to make me start fawning over a system.

This channel is a great discovery!! Thanks a lot for your work 😊

I'm really glad you're finding this such a helpful outlet, and thanks for sharing it back with everyone :) I'm just over 40, and with all of the friends I've had over the years (and even the ones I have now) I've found that it can be really easy to lose the people (or even just a single person) who really listen to you, and some people struggle to ever find that again. When you're younger you might have had a friend who also liked the things you did and you could geek out for hours about them, but time / school / relationships can really push that all to the side and before you know it you haven't had but a few discussions about the things you're passionate about in months/years/decades! Good on you for taking action, and ending up all the happier because of it. I hope you always find a way to maintain this enthusiasm, and drive to communicate and teach out what you know about your passions in life!

I wish you all the success, Emily. I am so glad you are enjoying your entry into retro collecting. I hope it brings you the same joy it has me! Onward to 50k!

Retro collecting is something else. I'm fortunate in that for the most part I managed to keep most of the games I had as a child. It also helped that I was into roleplaying games back in the day so I avoided a lot of the higher prices later on reacquiring games had I lost or sold them. I've come to feel pretty disheartened at retro collecting in general though. For the things that I do hope to eventually pick up.. pretty much all of them are at least $100 or more. Often games costing $200 or $300+ as well. It's one of the many drawbacks of being a CIB collector. It's why for the most part I've switched over to modern/past gen stuff. Games you can still find at retailers. Stuff that goes on sale, etc. To me it doesn't feel like a compromise. It's nice that if I spend $200 I can end up with half a dozen fantastic games instead of just one SNES game that has the box and manual. I still keep my eyes open for good deals on retro stuff but it's few and far between. Maybe it's my particular interests. Either way, hopefully you are able to recollect all of your childhood copies without much heartache. It helps that you have some of the manuals already if you're going for complete copies. It's more flexibility in allowing you to pick up a game/box lot and piece together a complete copy anyway.

Wow haha one of the only games that I have from my childhood and it was a game that had a huge impact on me was also Oracle of Ages! What a surprise when you showed it! I have it displayed in my living room! It doesn't have the best reputation amongst Zeldas but I love it and hold on to it dearly!

Congratulations on the sub milestone. I'm glad you're getting into retro stuff, Gameboy and GBA some of my favorite to collect for. I can thank your channel for getting me to collect more for the 3DS though :)

Congrats on 10k! I began recollecting GameCube games from childhood back in 2016 and finished most of what I wanted by 2019. Really glad I did because I would not be buying them now with current prices. I've become a lot more picky now with my retro game collecting, but I'm very happy with my collection. Thanks for sharing your collection. There is so much nostalgia here.

My first handheld was the gameboy dmg. Only had a handful of games but played Wario land the most tho..until pokemon came out. Upgraded to the gba later on and was still very much occupied playing pokemon yellow. Hundreds of hours of playing, leveling up my team and having all of my favorite pokemon. The amazement and utter excitement when I found out I could use my own pokemon in pokemon stadium on nintendo 64. Such a unique time that it truly is one of those saying where you had to be there to know. Once I started really playing what the gba had to offer I realized that as far as my most memorable handheld games it holds the top spot. Games like Golden Sun kept me glued to my gba for hours. The gba also was unique in the way that for the first time we were seeing actual games that appeared on the nes and snes being ported to a handheld. I ultimately decided to do an blacklight screen mod and case swap for my game boy advance.

I've recently started to do the same. Nostalgia and Saudade are such powerful emotions. I really cant explain the feeling of playing the old ps1 favs like Crash Warped or CTR, its just awesome.

great work on hitting 10k subscribers 😁! i feel like gameboys/handhelds have been some of the most formative gaming experiences for people, so it's super interesting for you to share some of your memories and thoughts surrounding them!

Great video, Emily! Such a fun thing to do - nostalgia is so powerful!!! I have the same Game Boy and it was one of my first systems too and I played SOOOO much Pokemon Blue on it!

Genuinely a gem of a channel on this platform and your growth reflects that in spades! Looking forward to seeing this collection of yours unfold, specially with such a sentimental value attached to it, it will be amazing to see :) Congrats on 10k, and heres to 100k+! As always Emily, stellar work :)

Congrats on 10k. Been really enjoying your videos, learning some new things, and anything fire emblem. Always stoked to see another collector. You're right, it is very hard, so good invya for sticking with it. Especially collecting jrpgs/rpgs. It's ruining my days hahahaha Good luck in the quest to find the childhood gold and looking forward to future videos.

Seeing those manuals is such a nostalgia trip! Great content as always 👏

I used to love flipping through the manuals as a kid

Randomly stumbled across your channel. Love the enthusiasm for the hobby and the level of detail you put into what you collect. Def got a few bits of jealous of.

Never had a Gameboy or GBA as a kid but both systems look like they have lots of awesome games. I have also been trying to collect games from my childhood, this past year I've picked up both resident evil 3 nemesis and tales of symphonia for the GameCube. Can't wait to see your game shelf and congrats again on 10k!

congrats! great choices all around. my childhood was all around the OG Gameboy and super NES! I'm currently just trying to collect the games I once had but you're right, it's a challenge. keep up the great work!

congrats on 10K! I just discovered your channel recently and it's been a fun cozy good time the interesting thing is that I was born well after the peak of the NES era, but after getting one from a thrift store when I was 13 it became the beginning of my obsession with retro collecting, and the NES is still my favorite to collect for (I also love collecting Wii games since they still pretty cheap, compated to GC at least!)

Congratulations on 10k Emily, well deserved 👏. Always look forward to your video's!

Watching your videos has really made me want to start collecting for my favorite older console! I'm starting to collect for the PSP now, visited a retro game store near me and started off with the Final Fantasy 7 advent children PSP movie. Once I save up a bit more I'll splurge on my favorite variant, the Monster Hunter 3 PSP 3000 Console. Thanks for your videos and congrats on the 10K!

Congrats on reaching 10k Subscribers, Emily! Very well deserved. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos and seeing your collecting journey. Also, congrats on the Analog Pocket pre-order! It'll definitely be worth the wait. Trust me, nothing can prepare for you when you first boot up that little machine and see how beautiful games look on it! 🙂

Damn that’s so sick you got to 10k! Congrats fam, the sky is the limit!

Those manual looked amazing, even came in color. I can never afford to collect retro games, but i am trying to get a physical copy of all modern games I intend on playing, or even just seem interesting to me, because i believe someday physical games too will be a thing of the past the same way game manuals are today

The idea of recollection of my gamecube games will never happen and I'm content with that, although I noticed I hold a preference for physical media. Congrats on the continued success!! The content you provide and interactions with all of us really make you stand out and I wish you nothing but the best!

Congrats on the 10k! And congrats on purchasing an Analogue Pocket! I finally just got mine about a month ago and it's definitely the best way to play Gameboy and Gameboy advance games. It will be worth the wait.

Congratulations on 10k subscribers! Good luck on your retro gaming collection! I wish I still had my gameboy SP and all the games we had. So much nostalgia!!!

congrats on the 10k subs, you deserve it and even more subs. as someone who also has many memories playing the GBA as a kid it was fun watching you talk about your nostalgia with the GBA. i'm excited to see what GBA games you end up getting, my dream games to get would probably be superstar saga or zelda the minish cap.

I use to take the game manuals to school to tide me over while I wasn't able to play the game. I have an AP and the thing I love the most, even more than the great screen is how well the controls work, I was able to complete Super Mario Land with few deaths due to both the fidelity of the screen and responsiveness of the controls.

Congratulations on 10k! I don't envy anyone who is trying to build a collection now. Thankfully I built mine in my twenties, and while I probably spent too much back then, those prices were nothing compared to today.

I really like the contents of your channel, you have a knowledge that is not often mentioned in other places. You have a new sub. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽😊

Congratulations on 10k. I preordered the analog pocket about a year ago and I am still waiting for it. I finished collecting the games that wanted for the gameboy and GBA. I am thinking of selling most of my games on GBA and gameboy I found my favorites and I don’t need the rest. I am buying exclusives games for the 3ds that are from Japan and Europe and some are rising in price it all started with me just buying dragon quest 11.

Great to have those colorful Game Boy manuals. It is so rare to find boxes or manuals for Game Boy. It is usually just loose game in the wilds. My first Pokemon game for Game Boy color was Pokemon Blue.

Congrats on the 10k! I used to keep every box for every GBA game I had. at one point I had drawer in my dresser that was full of them. Unfortunately, they got left behind in a move one year and I swear farther away I get from that time the more I kick myself for not checking my attic, haha. I know stuff for both FE games, Fire Red and F-zero among others.

Congratulations on that very clean CIB of Link to Past GBA. I actually bought a CIB of the SNES version recently and sent it to CGC for grading. Not to resell but to encapsulate my childhood and to make the copy official/authentic since it is my favorite game of all time. Now it is displayed nicely on my shelf. I’ve actually spent over $5000 this past year rebuying all my GBC, GBA, SNES favorites. My only regret is that I didn’t start slower and bought only CIB or better. Now I am slowly working toward upgrading my loose copies so I am spending more money in the long run. I hope your journey to getting back these older games go well and that you’ll pick up great games you have fond memories of at great prices. As for the analogue pocket. I pre-ordered one 8 months ago and I still haven’t received it. So good luck with that. You should also look into getting the dock

Happy 10K subs :).Your channel/content is really interesting and fun to watch. Love this video! your face(which looks extremely happy) shows the nostalgia. I recently decided to pick up games from my childhood. I was lucky that I kept all my GBA games- none in box because my child self was like why do i need a box. Unfortunately, I traded all my snes games. Recently, I picked up Earthbound which is a game I loved as a child. Yes, it was expensive but totally worth the happiness it gave me holding the physical game and putting into the snes and playing it. I have the analogue pocket and love it. I hope you enjoy it as well. Playing metroid zero mission was amazing on the system because of the screen. Because the analogue pocket is such a great system, I order the super NT. hopefully, its just as nice. Have a nice week!

I really enjoyed the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance, one of my favorite games is from that era (Link's Awakening) Congratulations on reaching 10K!!!

Congrats on 10K subscribers Emily! Such a huge accomplishment in such a short period of time. Looking forward to seeing how your collection and channel continues to grow 😄

Congrats on 10k, you inspired me to start creating youtube videos again!

After watching a few of your videos I think we had almost the same childhoods lol all of your favorite games are the same as mine when growing up too! And the way you collect things and the things you do collect it’s like I’m watching a female version of myself! And awesome collection too you have some cool stuff!

Congratulations again on 10,000! Very much deserved, you're such a positive force in the game collecting space and I've really enjoyed getting to know you these past several months. Can't wait to see how things look when you get to 20k! It's funny, I more or less missed most of the GBA era. I HAD one, but it came out as I was nearing the end of high school, and most of the heavy hitters I overlooked. So my GBA collection at this point is modest, but, especially with the Pocket, I'm eager to build it up. I'll be curious to see what you recommend as your channel progresses.

As someone trying to collect as much physical media as I can, not so much for the collectors value but just to have comfort that I have the thing I paid for; this makes me happy to watch.

I was browing through your channel, very good stuff, keep it up :D

Congrats on 10k 🙂 (and now 20k)

Congrats on 10k subs! Your videos are of such great quality and always entertaining :)

This channel is informative… thanks for sharing 😊

Congrats on the 10k and keep up the great work. If you're driving into gba games, I do recommend getting a gb operator for the main reason of easily making backups of save files and then the added feature of allowing you to play on your pc.

yayy! Congratz for 10k subs! I'm pretty sure that the channel will reach 100k pretty fast! And about that Mana games, i feel that every Mana game is just beautiful. The most impressive one, for me, was the Legend Of Mana, but it's psx though (i would say that the ambience is great, but the game is a bit hard to swallow), you should try just to contemplate the scenery, and i think a bunch of MMO KRPG got inspired by the style.

Congratulations on 10,000 subscribers!🎉 I find the Gameboy Advance so interesting compared to the original Gameboy. The latter seemed to be out for a long time without many great games (at least pre-Pokemon). I had Zelda: Link's Awakening on the old, grey brick model and loved it, my first Zelda games and first game I played with an explorable world. I remember being so excited for Oracle of Ages but never seemed to get round to playing it much and the cartridge then died on me pretty quickly which was a shame, hope to go back to it on Nintendo Switch Online and give it a fair shot. I got Pokemon Blue as my first Pokemon game and then Gold (I always seem to pick the less popular versions!) - imported from the USA as I was too excited to wait for them, was reading in magazines for years about Pocket Monsters and how Nintendo was not convinced it would be a success outside of Japan! I always pick the Water types as my starters, Moltres/Ho-oh used to cover me for Fire. Blastoise's high defence used to help me in the tournaments they held around the country. I heard that Gold/Silver cartridges can have issues with the batteries used to track time of day running out, I guess there will be some specialists who can fix them. (By the way I am with you on Gen2 being the favourite, that post-game was amazing for a Gameboy game back in the day!) I have a lot of GBA games that I would like to be able to play again (Golden Sun 1 & 2, Advance Wars 1 & 2, Mario & Luigi, Fire Emblem, F-Zero, Doom, Chu Chu Rocket, FF Tactics Advance - cannot think of another console that had so many great games so quickly). I would be really interested in your thoughts on the Analogue Pocket once you have it as I have considering it myself.

I'm happy you were able to pick up some of your older games. I'm thankful I never got rid of my old games because of how the market is for older games. I have so many versions of a link to the past it was definitely one of my favorites too. Happy 10 k

That’s awesome, I did the exact same thing when I left military service. I bought a bunch of Nintendo games from snes/n64/gba and ps1. I only wish I got more before the prices got outrageous. Hope you get some more great nostalgic games!

Congratulations 10k!!! Keep going 💯

Congrats on 10k! I would love to collect my childhood games again I grew up on the GBA and GameCube I wish I didn’t sell my old stuff 😅

That Pokemon Silver is beautiful. It will be amazing with the Analogue Pocket.

Very happy you got one of your fave games evaaaar. My fave console to collect for is CIB gba games, especially japanese gba games CIB! My fave boxed game is Link's Awakening for original gameboy, and old nintendo strategy guides! Maybe look into getting some guides too! That woukd be fun! ❤

Congrats on 10K! Your channel is the first "small" I started following towards the beginning. So it's been fun to watch your journey of building the channel and interacting along with you on the way. I hope your discord gets launched soon so all other like minded individuals can come together and have a place to chill and talk. 😁 In terms of GB/GBA collecting, I too went with loose games so I could save on costs. Another reason I did this is because I started buying cases from a website called customgamecases. They use good quality plastic cases that have the same dimensions as DS/3DS games. The cases are quite sturdy, the paper they use for the cover is also pretty good. However the image quality is just ok (at least one the ones I have.) The price is also reasonable too. At $5.50 I think it's great alternative to buying CIB games and shelling out a load of money. Should have bought more when they are only $4. ㅜㅜ Having GB-3DS lined up together using same dimension cases has been pretty fun to look at! Once again congratulations on 10K, and heres to another 10K and beyond in the future! Excited to see what's in store for you! 😄

yay congrats, and nostalgia 😍

What an awesome milestone, congrats!

Hey Emily, awesome video topic to celebrate 10k, what a journey so far. Literally been doing the same thing right now: picking up gameboy and gba titles.. So awesome. I am playing pokemon silver on my graphite 101 and its nostalgia max... especially at night time.

I remember Final Fantasy Tactics well on the PS1. It was a pirated copy which I bought from a small gaming store behind the counter lol! Later on I had to restart the game because normal enemies were leveling up with my inefficient grinding and they got impossible to beat, lol again. Did beat the game eventually and now that the remake is coming will do it again.

congrats on 10k! 👏👏

Thanks for another great and relatable video! Gameboy Color was also my first console and my first game was Pokemon Red. I got Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Pokemon Gold soon after. It was really cool to hear you talk about Zelda and Pokemon since those are the games I spent the most time growing up with. I spent so many hours playing Pokemon and buildinig my team. Cyndaquil was a great choice and also the starter that I chose and kept on my team at all times. I still have all my games and Gameboy systems stored in a box, and like you, I also saved a few of the game manuals. I know you aren't into Pokemon as much anymore but, despite all the negative reviews, I think the newest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are great games. Can't wait to see what other games for the Gameboy you pick up in the future!

I have an Analogue and absolutely love it!! Many people use it as an emulator, but I use it mostly to place cartridges. The screen is beautiful. Also, congrats on your 10K!

This one spoke to me so much. I would say 90% of my collecting is rebuying games that I traded in to GameStop back in the day. I've been very lucky that a lot of the games I'm looking for have not skyrocketed in price. My PS1 collection I just finished a year ago or so. Wii needs about 3 games, PS2 is 5 or so. Gameboy.... that one's a bit of a mess and is gonna take some work to get back 😅

The one GB game I remember playing was Pokemon Red. It was originally my older brother's game and game system. He did give it to me as a birthday present which sadly I was upset about when I first got it not realizing how much I would appreciate it later. It was some time later where I was able to pick up a copy of both Gold and Silver but the battery on Gold was dead so didn't save. I then moved onto the GBA and GBA SP picking up all of Gen 3 Pokemon games as well as a few others. Out of the systems I bought on my own which I really appreciated was the original DS (yes the big flipping over dual screen version) as well as eventually the 2DS. I didn't pick up the 3DS version because my eyes have issues with 3D stuff so figured 2DS would be cheaper. I'm also a big fire type fan for Pokemon and almost always use a fire starter with my games. I do suggest getting into the Golden Sun games. My experience with them is the DS version Dark Dawn which would be #3 in the series. A couple other of my GBA games are marble madness and Mario Kart Super Circuit. I want to say Super Circuit is either the first or second in the Mario Kart line. How many times have you visited Vintage Stock or a store like it? Often times they have the much older games but like you said, having the box with them is a rare thing.

Hooray ur vids are so good congrats on the all the success! :D I lost many of my childhood stuff too - still have my ds lite and original copies of a few gems like Link to the Past and Golden Sun (loose ofc) :3 Wishing ur channel long prosperous future lol keep killin it! lol

Game boy color is also my first console ever (who could guess that given my username) and I feel the same as you, although my first owned Zelda was Wind Waker, I certainly share with you the passion of discovering Game boy games and dealing with their manuals and stuff. Great nostalgic video.

Hi Emily, congrats for the milestones. Fan from the Philippines.

Since I am disabled with Cerebral Palsy and can only use one hand, the GB/GBA were one of the first consoles that made me think about how I can use these consoles one handed.

Congratulations! Great video.

I likewise gave away or lost to time most of the games from my childhood. I did manage to recover my original copies of Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy IX, and Monster Rancher 2 for PS1. I haven't started collecting for PS1 and don't know if I will... Great video :) I loved seeing the original manuals. I used to read and re-read game manuals when I couldn't play games.

Congrats on your success! For myself my childhood systems are the NES and SNES. And I think most people here reading this would be aware already of the ludicrous prices those games can reach. So sadly I have decided not to re-buy those games from my childhood, but I wish you the best of luck finding those titles that mean a lot to you.

Great video! I didn't know that Link to the Past was combined with the 4 Swords game. I'm old school. Yup, I had an Atari and an NES as a kid. Anyway... Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is available for free on your phone. I've downloaded it every time I've replaced my phones. It stays true to the original game and throws in new surprises along the way. It's almost like having the original in your hands. When it comes to old games, I'm sure you're aware of them all, and considering that, I can only recommend 5 RPGs and 2 other games from the SNES that created the Metroidvania genre... Super Metroid and Super Castlevania 4... Final Fantasy 6. Secret of Mana. Secret of Evermore. Mario RPG. And, of course, the SNES grail- Chrono Trigger.

If you want a good way to display your gameboy games you could try one of those tiered makeup display racks. I bought two of them for my games after seeing someone on RU-vid use them for their game collection. Their meant for things like nail polish, but they work well for gameboy games too. You can find them pretty cheap on Amazon.

Congrats on 10k! 🎉

Congrats on 10k that's amazing Emily! I just can't go down the GBA rabbit hole, it's way too pricey and for me the screen is way too small. So fortunately I have the GBA games that I want on either my Wii U or 3DS XL from the eshop. So happy to be able to play Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade & both Golden Sun Games and other GBA. Keep up the amazing work!

Congrats Emily happy for you 🥳

Congrats on the 10K subs! As someone that owns a pocket and loves JRPGs, just be careful if you decide to play them on the Pocket. Save both in game and use save states. There are some issues with the Pocket and deleting the actual saves on carts and even on roms using OpenFPGA. I don't know the specifics but apparently this is a known issue and hasn't been fixed yet. I'm pretty lucky and only lost a 5 hour save of Fire Emblem; but someone lost a 95 hour save on their Pokémon Red. Personally I went back to using my IPS modded SP until this issue gets fixed. Still use my Pocket for non-RPGs since it is really nice to use...just don't trust it with saves.

I bought an everdrive for gameboy and Gameboy advance after looking at all the prices for GB/gba games lol. For the few GB/a games I have, I bought custom DS cases that reprint the box art on the covers! I really like how the loose carts are protected, and the size is just perfect for fitting the manuals inside too.

There are so many Game Boy games that I wish I still had from when I was younger. Dragon Warrior III, Fire Emblem, various gen I-III Pokemon games, Tactics Advanced, both Zelda games you showed off, all sorts of various games I keep wanting to play, but being unable due to trading them away because I didn't know any better. I'm down to 3 GBA games now, Golden Sun, Golden Sun TLA, and Kingdom Hearts CoM. My first game for Game Boy was Pokemon Gold, and also started with Cyndaquil first. I feel like I may eventually trying to collect the childhood games I played, especially the ones I have really fond memories of, such as Oracle of Ages, Fire Emblem, FF Tactics Advanced, Pokemon Gold, Dragon Warrior III, and a few others I never got a chance to play. Back in middle school for some reason, our "school news" type thing by students that was broadcast to the whole school had commercials. That's where I first saw the trailer for Golden Sun TLA, and having loved the first game I remember being so excited for it to come out. I still remember a few of the characters I made in Dragon Warrior III as well.

Good luck finding your favorites!