Video Games You Would Sell Your Soul For - Retro Bird 

Games played: Radiant Silvergun (0:00), Earthbound (0:30), TMNT: Hyperstone Heist (0:45), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (1:20), Donkey Kong Land III (2:10), MUSHA (5:16)

I love it that the eBay listing that cost your soul still didn’t have free shipping, lol

I need a "Retro Bird out of context" video where all these weird shots are compiled.

Retro bird proving once again that wisdom can be lighthearted and funny.

As to the house burning down analogy, I basically encountered this situation recently as someone pulled a fire alarm in my apartment building. After wrangling my cat into her carrier I grabbed a duffel bag, my Switch, 3DS, and GBA, then swept my entire portable game collection off the shelf into the bag before wrapping up my copies of xenosaga episodes 1,2&3 in a dirty shirt and placing it at the top. So yeah, it seems I've decided my priorities. Edited for clarity, as it occurred to me that the phrase "Nintendo portable collection" likely conjured a far different and more grandeous image than intended.

Hello retrobird two part comment here hope you don't mind but I thought it was better than double dipping. I love how you focus on talking about the collecting aspect as opposed to reviewing or overviewing games. Very unique in a saturated market. Now to answer the question raised in the video I would "sell my soul" for the link to the past cart with my save, my grandpa's save and my mom's save still on it. Probably the only time in my life where three generations of family worked together on a game.

My apartment burned down, 8 units in total, I had just bought the 500gb xbox 360 and had several games, a ps2 collection w about 80-90 games, an NES with over 50 games, 30+ original Disney classics in clamshells.. all that was lost but my wife and infant son were saved, so I've always considered it a positive!

Oh man, what I wouldn’t give to get back my original Ocarina of Time collector’s edition. I got it for my 13th birthday and it instantly became my favorite game and still is to this day. I kept it in the box with the manual and the strategy guide well into my 20’s. But the box I was storing it in, we’ll just say met with a terrible fate… 😔 Yeah… that’s the one

I'd sell my soul for a Paper Mario game that's like the first two in the series. Those two games are some of my biggest childhood gaming memories!

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Streets of Rage 4 always was the game I would have sold my soul for, but it actually became reality and I played the hell out of it on the Switch.

Good topic! The funny thing is before you said you would sell your soul for Banjo-Kazooie in the video, the first game that popped into my head immediately was "Banjo-Threeie". "Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie" remasters would also be on my list of soul-selling games as well. I guess great minds think alike! 😅

I think for me the closest I can relate to this was my hunt for Mega Man X3 in the early 2000's - I loved the SNES Mega Man games, and I really wanted the third one, but it already seemed expensive by that point going for $70 used at a local GameStop (which ironically doesn't sound as expensive now, considering how much more it's gone up). My mom and I were on the hunt for it more than once, and I sort of gave up at some point. Fast-forward to the year 2012 and my mother got it as a birthday gift for me that year, so it felt like getting some closure on my childhood hunt for that special game.

I'm stuck with a PS4 Slim that my wife won at a Christmas Party raffle and felt so proud giving it to me.

If my house was burning, the only thing to save would be my PC or more specifically, the hard drives. Everything else would just be monetary value but losing what's on my hard drives would be too time consuming and would probably never get back 100%. I have 20+ years of work saved up. I should probably look into some kind of cloud backup system now that I think about it.

As someone who wants a new Banjo Kazooie probably as much as you do, have you ever looked into the ROM hacks for it? Theres a wonderful rom hack by Mark Kurko called Banjo Kazooie and the Jiggies of Time. Ocarina of time, turned into banjo kazooie levels. I can imagine you'd love it.

The Ret Bird is coming out of that burning building with a bag of bread ties and a copy of Rocket Knight. Personally my final grail would be an AUTHENTIC copy of Snatcher for Sega CD, but since fakes abound and the game has gone through the roof in price, I'll just have to settle for emulation 🎉

If I knew you as a kid; I totally would've shared my Gameboy with you.

So many good games, but one game I’d want to keep is my copy of Sunset Riders for the SNES. It hits all the notes: nostalgia (the arcade was at my summer job growing up), monetary value (it’s expensive), it was a gift from my wife, and it’s just a fun game to play.

Haha... not a fire, but a flood. Luckily my boxes were up high. Have replaced the Chrono Trigger cart, so have that complete. Need the Earthbound cart and guide, and that will be complete (I have the box!!). I'd probably sell my soul to just go back in time, not to buy more games, but just to move where my games were stored by a few meters.

For a moment I closed my eyes and thought Owen Wilson had started a retro gaming channel. Great video

I'd love to have a copy of Chrono Trigger for SNES.

1:53 😂😂😂 that would be incredible if Timmy actually reached out to you and he challenged you at Mean Bean and the winner would keep the game.

I Remember getting Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes for $20 at Game Crazy in Good Use Condition. I heard of the series and I thought I give it a try. It was one of my favorite Games for the Gamecube easy! Had to sell it do to losing my job to make rent sadly in my early 20s. Hopefully to have it back in my collection soon.

This might sound corny or the "same old thing to say", but I really am lucky to have bought the vast majority of the stuff I've always wanted years ago. There were a few straddlers like Einhander , Guardian Heroes and R-Type Delta that I didn't have, but I managed to get them in the last year. So, I'm at the point that if I want a retro game, I have to think really hard. I don't buy games to just "collect", but rather games I've always wanted to own and play. Couldn't care less about "rarity". That is my advice to people that are just getting into this. So, to entertain the title of the video, no, there's not a single game I'd sell my soul for.

Mega Man Legends 3. I've been looking forward to this non-existent game since 2000.

I might consider sell my soul for Dynasty Warrior Kamen Rider for the PS3. But how much my soul is worth, anyway.

fwiw, the Japanese version of Little Samson is significantly cheaper than the US version. I really hope Retro-Bit makes a reprint of that game.

Great upload! The Gamecube Stool and banana commute via Retro Bird Transport was just great! Plus there was zero carbon footprint, only real footprints 🕹 🍌🍌 🦶🦶 🌎

Considering the "game you wish existed" scenario - I'd sell my soul for Free Radical's version of Star Wars Battlefront III. Is that a "retro game?" I don't think so, but it's still my answer 🙃

Sorry man, I wouldn't have shared my 1989 OG Game Boy with you for all the bananas in Guatemala.

The thought of selling my games as a kid never crossed my mind at all That's like selling the family dog to get a newer, shinier dog

Your soul isn’t even enough to buy Little Samson. You also have to pay $4.09 shipping

1. Snatcher 2. Panzer Dragoon Saga 3. Persona 2 (PS1) 4. Chibi Robo 5. Earthbound

Mr. Retro Bird good sir, I am a new subscriber to your channel, and I have to say, you make exceptional content. Your writing is thoughtful, persuasive, and fun. You truly capture many of the viewpoints and sentiments of a particular zeitgeist that I was a part of. I am turning 37 years old this month, I'm an attorney with three kids, and even with all of the responsibilities that entails, I still make time to enjoy video games from the "Golden Era." You, good sir, do an excellent job of capturing and articulating what gaming means to people like me, and why it will be a lifelong interest. Kudos to you.

I’d sell my soul for a Gears of War game in the style of the old battlefield games. There are tons of battlefields and situations that could be used as well as enemy archetypes with vehicular movement to match that of the COG or the UIR. There is so much lore and untapped areas for branching out a gears game into. That is what I would like to see. Epic recreation battles from the series history.

Quick little story for ya: In 1996, I got Alien Trilogy on PS1 for my 14th birthday. I played the heck out of it and enjoyed every second. Years go by and games I own come and go as I trade things in, but somehow decades go by and I've never gotten rid of my original copy of Alien Trilogy. Now in my mid 30s, I've started collecting retro games for the first time and I boot up Alien Trilogy, scoff at the outdated graphics, and decide I'm going to trade it in to my local retro game store. I tell my wife and she says "Are you SURE you won't want it again down the road?" I confidently say, "Yeah I'm sure. I don't think I'll ever play it again and, even if I want to, it's cheap enough." So I trade it in and get maybe $30 store credit for it, which seemed pretty good at the time. Fast forward two years and what do I find out? Well it turns out I had a very rare black label jewel case variant of Alien Trilogy worth close to $300 that I traded in...Yeah, that didn't feel good. That being said, after checking eBay religiously for 2+ years, I eventually was able to buy the same variant for $30. Moral of the story: Listen to your wife and be sure to check VARIANTS before deciding what to do with your games!

Things that exist: Neo Geo AES Things that will never exist: Half Life 3

A new Sly Cooper game by Sucker Punch themselves would send me to heaven

I would sell me soul for a (non-compilation) SNES ninja gaiden game

Every game I see you play that looks fun I look it up on ebay and then I realize I would have to sell my fingers and my banana peel collection to buy it.

if i won the lottery, i would totally buy some ones enormous retro game collection...but that hasn't happened so its a lot easier to just emulate

Did you sell your soul for Banjo Kazooie to be updated on the XBox Cloud? If so, good job! I did the same, but on the flip side...I sold my soul for Cuphead to get a cartridge release! Gamers Everywhere...Your Welcome!

I like how Timmy games are your most priced possessions XD

When I was younger (way to young to play these games mind ) my mother had purchased the fatal frame games for herself on the PlayStation 2 ,and I probably played those things more than she did and always wanted to get my hands on a new fatal frame. and of course one was in fact released for the Nintendo wii, but never got a localized release so like every week for a few years I would always desperately check the web for any news on a potential upcoming release hoping that maybe we would get it. I even tried to talk my mom into importing the thing so I could try and get a home brew english patch for the wii despite having no earthly idea how I would even do that just that it was possible. Eventually I moved on played newer games but it was always a “what I wouldn’t give to play that game”. Now the game actually did get a recent port to new consoles and it’s … only okay . I think I got more enjoyment out of the satisfaction of booting it up and saying finally after all these years I can play this than I got out of actually playing it.

I'm not leaving my HDRetrovision cords behind.

So many jokes! I'm loving it~! Subscribed!

I was one of those kids who their parent's peer pressured you into donating your retro stuff to your cousins who somehow never respect their games as much as you did. I was so upset when I heard not even a week later of donating my Game Boy and games to my cousins it had been stolen. Apparently the story was they brought it to school and they left it in their backpack and no not IN the backpack like normal people would do but in the side pocket that's meant for water bottles and it was a mesh one and a kid must've saw that and stolen it during recess since this school made the kids carry their packs around them all the time. For all that I should've kept it damn it.

I’d definitely sell my soul for that Hi Saturn Navi Screen that I’ll never find to go with my console. I bet most people have no idea what I’m talking about.

I still own all my childhood N64 games in their original boxes. I would sell my soul for any of those if they went missing. Got my N64 with Goldeneye when I was 6, have amazing memories of unwrapping it on Christmas day 1998. I only ever had 6 games: Goldeneye Banjo-Kazooie - Birthday 1999 F1 world championship II - ??? remember picking it up with my mum The World is Not Enough - Christmas 2000 Banjo-Tooie - Birthday 2001 Conker's Bad Fur Day - sometime in 2002, remember my Dad buying it for me on a whim and getting the bus home. I 100% completed all of them and still have my save files with the exception of The World is not Enough as that was on a memory card which has now ran out of battery : (

I've said it once before, and ill say it again. HELL YEAH I'll share my Gameboy with ya. Being someone born in 1997, The Gameboy Advance and SP and DS were the handhelds I grew up on. and I KNOW that feeling 100% Lol Great Video Dude 🔥

I got my first game boy for christmas, it was a black one. My parents had my brother, that was home on leave, go to the store to buy it and a game. He picked up Pokémon to go with it. A few years later, my parent's got me a game boy color for my birthday. The next time that brother was home for leave, he asked to borrow my old pocket game boy and a few games. He claims it was stolen but he may have sold it for rent or lost it. Either way, I never got it back. I was upset for a long time but of course I had yo forgive him eventually. But, I still miss that old game boy pocket.

Won't cost you your soul to get Final Fantasy II for SNES...and it would get me to stop judging you from afar. P.S. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed my parents house. With the house went quite a few of my old "big box" PC games, which took a while to replace satisfactorily...luckily my MechWarrior boxes were stored safely in the attic cuz I wouldn't have been able to easily replace those.

Well, I do have copies of Radiant Silvergun and Panzer Dragoon Saga, so I'm fine there. I won't "sell my soul" for any game, but what I will do is compromise. My copy of PDS is only a loose copy so I saved a few hundred on getting that over a complete set. I also have the PS4 Godzilla game, but I got the Brazilian version, which is effectively just the english version, but is cheaper than the US copies.

First part isn't really relevant to me since I still have every game I've ever owned since the 1980s (although I need a new Sega Master System and XBox 360 to be able to play my physical media copies for those consoles). Second, in a fire I'd be more likely to grab a few Hot Wheels but, for games, I might go for the Sega Ferrari games, namely OutRun 2, OutRun 2006, and F355 Challenge, since those games won't likely be getting any modern re-releases any time soon since Sega lost the Ferrari license a decade or so ago. Number 3 is the most interesting: boring answers, Project Gotham Racing 5 and Midnight Club 5. More interesting answer: a game based on the Pole Position cartoon which, despite DiC licensing the title from Namco, had absolutely nothing to do with the game Pole Position beyond the game and the cartoon each having something to do with cars. A game with teenagers in flying robot cars fighting crime seems like it'd be a pretty fun game, with missions based directly on cartoon episodes and new "episode" missions in the spirit of the original cartoon (so nothing too spicy in terms of content) and the game would have an extended version of the greatest 1980s Saturday Morning Cartoon theme song there was for the title screen.

Game I would figuratively sell my soul to be made is… a 2D remake of Phantasy Star III. Everything is wrong with this game but the concept was awesome. Would love to see people do it Justice and slay the black sheep of the Phantasy Star series. The game I would figuratively sell my soul to own would be one of those Gold Cart Nintendo World Champion carts.

Would sell my souls for a banjo kazooie 3, but atleast Mark Kurko is working on a original banjo kazooie game for the n64 not just rom hacks of mixed games. Thinks its something like 5 playable original worlds at this points and he's activly developing more. Under the subtitle name Kurkoins quest.

Once upon a time I owned Mega Man 1-5 on the Gameboy MIB which I had bought at each respective launch. A couple of years pass and Capcom announced they were going to release a compilation of these games on one cart for the GBA. So I marched down to my local EB Games, traded in my original copies as a deposit on the compilation, and waited. Months passed and Capcom announced they had cancelled the compilation. I was absolutely crushed. 😭 Decades passed, and while browsing eBay I saw a Mega Man compilation GBA cartridge for sale. This custom cart not only included the GB Mega Man games but also the GBC Mega Man X games, complete with save states and colour swapping options. I didn't care that it was a bootleg, this was the game I had been promised all those years ago come to life for only $40. I was so happy that I bought two copies: one for me and one for a friend to share it with. 😃

🤯 I got a red gameboy pocket and dkl3 for Xmas 97 and I recently just got the box for my cartridge from 97 cause who knows what happened to the original box 😂

Twenty three years ago my parents moved and threw out my CIB set of Dragon Warrior 1-4. I can't justify the expense of those titles now...but I think I'd give up a few toes to get them back in my collection.😂😂 Had to settle by picking up the famicom games but just not the same.

I hate to tell you this Retro Bird but, you wouldn't be able to sell your soul even if you wanted to. :P Sorry, someone had to do it.

I wish I had my old gamecube games I had as a kid. I had Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes and the LoZ: Master Quest, not unobtainable prices these days but seeing them go up in value as collectors items makes me wish I still had them Also wish I kept my 1st gen pokemon cards 😅

In teams of games I own, id "sell my soul" or try and save my pokemon collection. Not just cause its expensive, but because i remember putting hours into grinding pokemon emerald, heartgold and white.

I almost had a fire about two years ago. The appartment on the left and one floor down from mine burned out. Somebody threw a burning bomb through their window. It took minutes to get out of control. I really didn't have to think about taking any games out. I put pants on, shoes, a jacket and picked up my phone, that was it. Didn't even wear a shirt... Once I stood in front of my house with my neighbours I though, I lost everything that I collected. Luckily the fire department arrived within minutes and put out the fire before it got to my home.

There's a lot to be said of having the exact physical copies you used to own. Thankfully I never got rid of any of my old games, but a few years ago I had to get rid of a box of water damaged player's guides and game magazines. I got a reasonable insurance payout so I was able to replace them. Still, I got pretty sentimental when I had to throw out the Chrono Trigger player's guide I had since 96. It still had the address label on it for my mom's old house, which has long since been sold and torn down. It was a free gift for subscribing to Nintendo Power, and I remember running out to the mailbox when it was delivered and brushing snowflakes off the cover once I got inside. The new copy I replaced it with doesn't evoke the same nostalgia.

Sonic adventure 3, created in the open world style of the original would be a soul-worthy game… Also, does this comment section bring new meaning to the phrase “souls-type games”

I would sell my soul for a revamped version of SMB All-Stars in 3-D on the Switch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hail Satan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My copy of Madden 94 signed by oj Simpson....

Humm... if you looked like in that photo in 1997 it means you are like 6 years younger than me which then means... hum..... Give me you lunch money!

I just wish I could get back the original copy of Ocarina of Time that I had as a kid. When I was in college I loaned my N64 and games to my sister and she lost them. 😭

Love the random scenes of Earthbound, if any game deserves to be remade with better graphics and improved mechanics it's that one. Hopefully one day Nintendo will dust it off and bring it back to the light.

Say Tim Tim (sorry, way too much south park), do you remember a game where you play as a dragon and then become a 3 headed dragon via power ups and it's an eagle eye view? I'd give you my soul if you know it.

Used to have a huge collection on SNES, PS 1 & 2... But what I really miss is my N64 with the best by big N and Rare.

I have a japanese copy of dungeons and dragons for the saturn. I have been dreaming of that game since i saw it on a arcade. It was pretty expensive. I would sell my soul for it, you know what.... make it a English translation and i throw in my dignetty.

Oh yeah I Have that game..wuts it called Panzer Dragoon Saga..?? Id Just let it Burn~!! XDDDD Orz

I would sell my soul for silent hill. Cheapest I’ve seen a complete copy sell for is $200nzd and I can’t justify that amount of money. One day tho

Can’t believe you have a copy of Saturns radiant silver gun, I got JP Darius and fantasy zone as far as shmups fun to play but way cheaper good for you man!

When I was younger me and my brother always played Mario Kart double dash together, he passed away last year. I lent my original copy to a friend who since has lost it, I would give my soul to track down my original copy

After my fiend committed suicide, I realized I still had his cartridge of Toejam and Earl. I bought the case, manual and poster for the game to make it complete.

If I found out that the soul was a real thing, I think I wouldn’t trade it for any less than a proper Chrono Trigger sequel. Not that Chrono Cross thing that pretends to be a follow up. There were whispers and rumors a long time ago about it but it never came to be. That might be worth eternal damnation.

Radiant Silvergun looks amazing on your Saturn. I have it on Xbox 360 and should play it more.

I’d sell my soul for a new Suikoden game. Although inflation means it probably would cost 1.5 souls now.

Conkers Bad Fur Day remaster. Street Fighter Alpha 4. Darkstalkers HD remastered collection.

I would probably sell my soul for some re-releases (remasters/remakes) on Switch! So for example a duo pack: Zelda - A Link To The Past & A Link Between Worlds Zelda - Oracle of Seasons & Ages And also all 2D Metroid games (games 1-4). I know, there's these NSO games but I want perfect re-releases. Another thing I would sell my soul for is the next Nintendo home console, hopefully "Switch 4K model" or whatever they will call it. More examples: + Mega Man 12 + Super Mario Galaxy 2 + Metroid Prime Trilogy Remastered And of course to get my old NES will ALL the games back! I regret selling it so many years ago. I don't remember all games but at least some of the games. I remember that it was a great game collection. Maybe 15-25 games. Great games! And I miss my SNES with Zelda - A Link To The Past. I know, I got NES & SNES as "Classic Mini" editions with those 30 and 21 games but that's not the same thing. I want my original stuff back so bad. I will never get it all back but that's what makes us so human: having all these dreams 🥰

My Golden Eye on Nintendo 64 that me and my buddy and his brother spent months unlocking all the cheats! Damn you Funcoland!

My biggest sell my soul for game or gaming console is my gameboy advance sp with Pokémon sapphire that my mom got me a month before she passed. It along with my entire game collection was stolen from but that was the piece that hurt the most

I can guarantee my Gameboy would've been shared, heck by the time I got my Gameboy Colour you would've had a Yellow Big GB on loan. Back on topic I'd love to have the Boxes for my SNES, N64 & my original N64 as well. I'd also love to have the boxes for my SNES games (they got crushed by a family friend's kid) & my N64's original collection (I've rebuilt it now, but it's not the same). As for things I'd save, it'd be my SNES along with a few games like Zombies Ate My Neighbours, Chrono Trigger & a few collectors editions as well as Limited Run Games physical copies. As for the SNES, it's drank a bottle of Tequila with me before & is still working so it's gotta survive.

I would never sell my soul for video games because my soul is my art and music talent. As for video games I missed out on I buy in Japanese or Emulation mainly Sega , and Playstation games

My soul for the creation of Shining Force 4 - where do I sign? Lol.

I have about a dozen rare-ish Super Nintendo games, all complete in box. Final Fantasy 2&3, Lufia 1&2, Breath of Fire 1&2, Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, Dragon Quest 4,5&6 on the DS, I’d sell my soul to get those back if they were lost or stolen.

Does that SEGA Nomad have an upgraded IPS screen? Looks nice.

Donkey Kong 94 is my favorite gameboy game of all time, this is the game I would save from a fire, played it all the time as a kid and now still play it through at least once a year.

I lost my entire super nintendo and genesis collection to a house fire when I was 12 and I would absolutely sell my soul to get back a few select titles.

I lost my entire super nintendo and genesis collection to a house fire when I was 12 and I would absolutely sell my soul to get back a few select titles.

I'd sell my Saul for a brand new copy of the Original non-Nintendo selects Ocarina of time I love that game a lot and has helped me a lot in one of the most difficult time of my life

I’ll never jump on the bandwagon of owning games like earthbound

I'd sell my soul for Megaman Legends 3, but on Playstation 5 instead of the 3DS.

Retro Bird's Soul Gamestop - Best I can do is $24.99, $30 in store credit

Dang @retrobird I didn't expect this video to trash on Timmy so hard - that was brutal!

I'd sell my soul for a Lunar 3 or a Suikoden 6. Pretty sure those will never happen :P