I really meant to have this video out in November, and for that I apologize. No good excuses - just been in a funk for a couple months and losing myself in work at the store. Regardless of the timing, I sincerely hope you enjoy it! We worked hard putting this museum together! I also learned some real valuable lessons about taking enough B-roll!! Apologies for some of the footage being shaky - I had to borrow from other footage (as indicated in the credits) and it’s not all perfect...and neither is my footage. Towards the end of this video my editing software was crashing constantly and the result is that it’s not exactly as polished as I’d like it to be. Appreciate you all sticking around through my learning process and hope I’ll have more content for you soon! (This video is not sponsored by the Video Game History Foundation and was made purely because I thought it would be a good fit for my channel)
why didn't you show the in-box rampage game i sent you? i wouldn't mind so much if you never responded but you volunteered that you would be showing it in a pickups video a few months after i send it. it's been a lot longer than a few months, and i've seen your pickups. i wish i sent the game to someone more appreciative. i bought it during a time that i was actually homeless while walking through the mall i slept outside of. i knew it was way too cheap and i had to spend what little i had on it at the time. i'm not a collector or anything i just love video games. i loved rampage as a kid. you said you were going to show it on your next pickups video. i spent more money to ship the game to you than i even paid for it. why did you say that you would show it and then not do so?
Aww thanks John! :) and thank you for letting me use a few seconds of your footage for this LOL. I didn’t realize this would be a 28 minute video when I was taking photos and video.
This video is one of the best history lessons on NES I’ve seen. Your narration was excellent. I learned a few things here. Really interesting. I grew up with this stuff. I was there man lol. IMO the NES is the greatest console ever made because it brought back a dying thing that we may never have gotten to experience. They put a lot more quality into the games compared to Atari. I thank Nintendo for the industry today. They basically brought back video games. Gaming is my favorite thing. I will be a gamer until I physically cant lol. Even then.
I received my first Nintendo on Christmas day 1985, what a Christmas it was! Super Mario Bros., Ice Climbers,wrecking crew and excitebike were the games I got and still own. Nintendo was so amazing to grow up with in the 80s. I can remember going to Best Buy and looking at the Zelda and Metroid boxes and trying to decide which one to buy I ultimately went with Zelda but picked up Metroid about 4 months later after I'd saved my money. Great memories.
Im from Latvia and in mid 90s nes games were very popular here, until pcs started to show up. i had a nes clone called zhiliton, i still remember how me and other kids were exchanging yellow cartridges at school and in school bus. we bought very few games, most were exchanged. i started to replay nes games in 2006 when i was 19 when i got internet and downloaded emulator with games. im 31 now and i still replay nes games now and then. they remind me many childhood memories.
As non American, many many many thanks for this amazing virtual tour. You are young so for you its history, yet, for me you just made me relive it. And for that im grateful! Thanks.
Kelsey, this is awesome to see. Living in Ohio I wanted so badly to go to Portland just for this exhibit, so this video is fabulous and I appreciate all the time and hard work. I will be showing this to my son since he and I both go to local retro shows in our area and he is becoming a fan. Thank you again.
Thanks Kelsey for sharing the history. There's probably tons of Nintendo fans that live in an area where video game museums, game cons, and the like are hard to come by. Thanks also to the people that contributed their personal collections to make this possible. Hope everyone has a happy holiday and a wonderful new years!!
One thing about the game crash of '83, it wasn't bad for everyone. Growing up in a lower income household, it was actually kind of a blessing. I have fond memories of grabbing heavily discounted Atari games from bins at the grocery store and bringing them home to enjoy with friends and family. Not that this has anything directly to do with your video, I just felt like mentioning it. Great job!
Though it must have been a lot of work to set up, what a huge achievement. I wish I could have been there to see it in person but I just wanted to say thank you all for your efforts and for keeping the legacy preserved. Long may it continue!
Thanks for taking the time to show us what you all made. It's super apparent how much time went in to making this and it came out fantastic. Thank you for doing all you do to help preserve gaming history!
Thank you very much Kelsey, this was an amazing exhibit you guys made. Sharing this by video for all of us who could not see it live was just awesome. I am blown away by the scale and number of artifacts you managed to collect. I was a Commodore 64 user back in the 80's and 90's. I still remember the Nintendo Robot display turning up one saturday at my local branch of Booths in the UK where I bought most of my games. I would love to see other brands like Sega, Commodore and Spectrum get the same treatment. Even though you don't post so many videos, they are always high in content and information. Thank you for your hard work.
This has to be your most heavily scripted and edited video.. its just Fantastic. Thanks so much for putting this together, as someone who can't make it out to these events, i would have appreciated a glimpse. Instead i got an in depth tour from someone who helped curate!
Thank you for taking the time in the video to highlight the Mario Prototype Plush! If any new information comes to light please let us know! Great video!
Kelsey this was a great video. Nintendo was my childhood, especially at Christmas time because that's when I got my first nes system, and every year all I'd ask for is games. This took me back through some good memories
Wow! You did an amazing job and I really appreciate you taking the time to share it. People like you guys are the ones we'll have to thank for preserving this history. Thank you!!
I really like these longer videos you do with more information. As I've been a gamer/novice collector my whole life and just haven't been able to afford evet going to a convention. These videos are a way for me to experience the exhibit. Thank you for all your hard work!
(Standing ovation!) Great job to all the helping hands and very nice editing. Narration was also spot on, never boring, and super informative. Reminded me a bit of a Kelsey version of Gaming Historian. Again awesome job to all that had a hand. Also John Hancock..... Hats off and bow to you good sir. One step closer to the museum. Yes!!!! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 ya’ll!!!! 👍🙏🏼😊
This was a joy to watch, just amazing. So much history here I wasn't aware of, so many memories I recalled, I grew up with this stuff. I was a kid and happened to see some of those first Game and Watches in person. Thanks so much for making this. ^^
This kind of content about expo/show from you and metal jesus absolutely great, me myself living overseas in a developing country far from capital city would not get a chance to attend and feel it myself, but enthusiasm and usefull information/insight about the show (not just crappy vlog) trully help me feels it
I love stuff like this. Video games are art and we need more people like you who respect them! This was a blast and I wish all this awesome stuff wasn't restricted to the west coast, or major metropolis' like New York.
Thank you for this! We would have loved to have seen this in person, but this is fantastic coverage. It looks like you guys did such an amazing job at setting this up and covering so, so many bases in the history of the NES!
this is incredible. i love seeing a well loved set of many fan collections like this. i've only started recollecting a lot of my old collection that was sold off in various garage sales back in the 80's and 90's.
My brother worked for 7 years as a game play counselor in Redmond, WA. I'll never forget the amazing games he brought home regularly. It was like Christmas each week! You guys did an amazing job! This brings back so many fond memories. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video!!! Making it possible for us not able to attend the event is so very much appreciated, and your narration is fantastic! Thanks again!
This video is a must watch for any Nintendo fan, great job! We just need to figure out how to get it the number of views it deserves, in any case thank you for the hard work!
I'm so glad you made this video. Between my mission to hunt down various things at the vendor room, meeting with friends, the killer queen tournament, and the auction (love my beauty and the beast poster!) I totally missed this exhibit and appreciate you bringing it to us in video form.
Wow...what an awesome video Kelsey, and we appreciate the tireless efforts that you and your volunteers put into this museum of Nintendo history. One of the best videos I've seen about Nintendo, and your narration was perfect. I live on the East Coast (RI), and back in Jan, I was on a business trip to Washington (Pasco/Tri-Cities area). Due to flight delays, I got re-routed to Seattle and got to spend the night and part of the next day there before heading east to Pasco/Richland. Never thought I'd ever be in Seattle as that wasn't in my plan until the flight delays. Despite taking advantage and seeing some cool things (Space Needle, Pike Place Market), I was really upset that I didn't have enough time to visit one of your Pink Gorilla games stores and potentially meet you personally. Would have been the icing on the cake for my Business Trip. Thanks again for an awesome video!!
Nice one! One thing that needs to get a mention is how the developer of Retro City Rampage made a true NES-capable version in about 2013, which must be one of the last new games. It's also one of the more technically impressive games for it, perhaps because of all the knowledge about how to maximise the NES that the internet gives us access to.
It's ok you didn't get this done "on time," you did it and I hope you're proud of this awesome accomplishment. Thank you for this comprehensive video, keeping video game history alive, and sharing this with others.
Wonderful video! Great to get to enjoy the tour this way, get a great view into Nintendo history (US in particular, but also otherwise) and also how the exhibit itself was made. Watched this with the kids and we enjoyed it a lot!
This is really great. it is fantastic what you and your members are doing for video game history. This video was very well put together and paced, so i felt like i was really experiencing the exhibit, and learning everything i would if i was there. thank you so much!
Thanks for making this video, for those of us who couldnt make it to the show. Next time i make it back to Seattle, I am excited to visit your stores, international/u-dist. ~12~
Amazing video and narration, thanks for doing this for people like that lives so far away from pretty much everything cool. Here in South Dakota there’s nothing like that. Thanks again.
15:48 - I can see all nine of my translations! Awesome! Great exhibition, pity it was for a couple of days in October, would be great to see elsewhere, given the huge amount of rare stuff.
What a great Video even as of today!! I learned so much. I remember seeing it. and it was fantastic. thank you and everyones hard work put into this and for bringing us the ability to see and learn more about these games!
Thank you for uploading a video with so much info on Nintendo's history. I learned a lot more than I expected by watching this. It brought back so many great memories as well!
Really appreciate all the hard work you guys put in voluntarily. This video has shown me a lot of Nintendo history that I didn't know and that is very rare :) I am glad it has taken you so long to post this video because it now feels like an early Christmas present . Keep up the great work and also thank you to everyone involved.
Once again, another fantastic video by Kelsey. It's awesome to see the coverage and dedication to gaming culture that you have. The educational element to just about every video you do or are a part of stands out and isn't lost on those of us that geek out about gaming. I always learn something new in just about every video or podcast you partake in. That's a testament to your ability to cover just about anything gaming-related in an entertaining and informative way. Stay amazing Kelsey and keep up the great work and contributions to the coverage and preservation of gaming culture! 👍🏼
Thanks for the tour, haven't been to portland nor do I want to but glad I can visit it through here. :D Also neat to see MJR and other people I listen to.
Absolutely incredible museum and great video explaining everything in it! I wish I was in the West coast so I could have attended and possibly brought a few of my more unique and slightly bizarre Mario merchandise items
