Love my wii. Loaded with games and consoles out of reach. I still want to get an original nes just because its og. My cousins had one but i was younger and had the snes. The saturn seems really intriguing, i had the playstion but the saturn wasnt on my radar. I was lucky to start my gaming career on the genesis with MKII. I still have my n64 and ps2 as well. But there are so many gems out there im focusing in my back log first.

Hey dude, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate these "games played" comments! I found out about Strider 2 for the PS1 this way, can't imagine life without it now!

Epic! Shock Troopers looks SICK. Really wanna try that.

Good to hear Mockles! Yeah, I'm a fan of that release :)

For a very long time I was trying to find a long box copy of Guardian Heroes for my Sega Saturn however before settling on a Japanese copy I actually bought Code Of Princess Ex for my switch. I found out it was a spiritual sequel to Guardian Heroes and many of the developers who worked on Guardian Heroes made this game & I decided to buy a copy from my local game store and I don't regret it. It's one of the few modern games I own that came with an instruction manual and even came with a mini disc that has the ost.

Hell yeah! The bird is the word!

Very well said sir. And sorry for your loss. But its cool you started collecting and reliving those classic games.

This channel is awesome, it’s like every video he makes is so relevant and questions I’ve asked before. Spot on

It's cause unlike some KZfaqrs, he speaks from the heart. He lived the times of the SNES and Genesis war and remembers what it was like when gaming was at its best. How you would take a game or controller to another friends house and play with them and then go home. Ya know...REAL social interaction. Kids nowadays don't even know what the outside is more or less care about meeting other neighborhood kids to engage in similar activities. Now they just sit at home and text each other and game online. It's just not the same. Tangent over, this man speaks and remembers how it was and is fond for the old days but doesn't try to sugarcoat it either. It is what it is.

@@madbart214yomother7 I feel what others in a category (like myself) know exists, and exists of it's own.... Poor to-late-end 90's kids who just may as well be 90's kids for that reason. I long for human interactivity and connection but long gone are those days of finding any human nearby to even relate to, and it's even way too hard... And even seems fantastical (About as fantasy as an RPG.) Internet has ruined us, more than fixed us, I'll say that much. I'm way more depressed than I was a kid... And even then I didnt have all the options we had then. And still in choosing to stay reclusive instead of inclusive. I just dont fit in a box... The people who do fit in are too old and burnt out to keep up with me but can relate more and the generation I know... Which is just too far gone to understand a single thing I appreciate and like to ever have a chance of getting along w/ me in the first place. It's really sad and depressing to be caught in such an in-between age... Most of my peers in school couldn't relate to even rewinding a VHS tape before being able to pop it back in, or RETURN IT... Nobody remembers that struggle... "Be kind. Please rewind." Only to rent something and half the middle or end spoiled cuz some asshole returned it themself without doing so in the first place (REWINDING.) again.... That's sad. I have no "crowd" Or so I've always felt.... And I've felt alone since I was a toddler till my current age. Born the middle of '98. Bullshit. Caught between in the best of both worlds, but also at the same time, my own personal hellish nightmare.

I used to want a NG sooo badddd when I was a kid but it being Japan only I had no idea how to go about it. I think if I had figured it out the price would have been so much more than my parents could afford anyway. I ended getting a pocket color when they came out jn the US years later but by then I didn't really care about NeoGeo games. I just got it for the nostalgia.

@@AimForTheBushes908 It didn't come to the US until a lot later? Maybe the house I went to imported it, I remember it being really new. I remember the graphics blew everything out of the water when I saw it.

@@exodous02 Yes exactly. The graphics were insane for the time. I think there were two different versions. One was the CDrom which was a cheaper version of the cartridge one which used these insanely huge cartridges which a friend said were the same cartridges the arcade machines used.

Or walking up to a random yard sale, picking through the selection, and walking away with a handful of games for $5.

Yeah. None of them are affordable to "collect for" anymore. The thing that made it affordable was the fire sale when a console was replaced by the next gen from the manufacturer, but that doesn't happen anymore. Games stay up I'm price from the day they're released until . Well...forever.

It's because people comb through the thrift shops now soon as they open to buy cheap games so they can resell them either online or at their little shops. It's ridiculous

@@THNF89 there's no such thing as cheap games at thrift shops anymore. They mark them up higher than game ships most times these days

EMULATION BUY A HIGH PERFORMANCE PC GET ALL THE GAMES THAT WAY CHEERS MATE

The game(emulator) is good...but with no value as the original does.

@@richardtapales5764 what? Emulation s superior in almost every way than original console.

@@morganghetti are you kidding bro??? Better than the original?? Don't make me laugh 😂😂😂

@@richardtapales5764 Laughs in 60 fps 1080p super Mario sunshine

@@PixelSubstream plus hd textures, fan translation, the possibility of modding

Thank you Matthew!

I've always meant to ask you: do you upvote your own comments multiple times? It always seems like your comments have at least 3 likes even if you've just written them. Wouldn't bother me if you did.. I just find it funny :)

Same! I just colect only a few of the games I want to play. I don't have the storage or time for so many games so I only collect the ones I know I would like. Also I usually research for months before getting a game to see if I will like it.

@@RetroBirdGaming not sure if anyone else does the same, but I like each of your videos via two accounts 👍👍

i have to tell myself to stop buying games when i realistically can't play them all i used to get games all the time when they were on sale. it's so easy to do!

@@RetroBirdGaming You caught me! But I only do it from 2 accounts. I find I get more interactions with others that way.

A sweet trade indeed!

An actual game for game swap? Now that's amazing from the getgo but for zombies ate my neighbors, the best console version of MK2 AND rocket knight??? If they came in boxes, you did great, guy.

Yes Rocket Knight Adventures i remember buying years ago at Walmart or Kmart(way back in the day) at a bargain bin price. What a bargain!

@@RetroBirdGaming What music do you use in the outro?

I got a good deal when I bought my Model 2 genesis, the console and all the mainline sonic games for a flat 25 bucks

Glad you like them and happy to have you on the channel :)

Too bad you said this 6 months ago. Prices will definitely skyrocket once the eshop closes.

I found War of The Whiskers for a few quid around 2016 or 2017 in a Cex store here in the UK! It was that same store on another occasion where I found Bio Motor Unitron for £20, marked down from £28!

how much is too expensive? ive got one on my ebay maybe we could work something out.

I remember playing War of the Whiskers all the time as kid

Brazil has the coolest flag of all the countries in the world. It’s a big night sky with stars. So cool.

Im just happy the Dreamcast is finally getting recognition again.

Atari is a retro system I don't like. Those games don't have a story of a beginning to end and it's mostly about the high scores. When I was a kid I loved it, Now I don't like it. I remember if I wanted to collect for the atari 2600 games were like $5 at most.

@@tonyp9313 I did enjoy it when I was like 5 and they’re was nothing else. But like you said I need more immersion in my games. I don’t hate on those who like it like I enjoy modern consoles. To each his own.

@@tonyp9313 *Atari Jaguar has entered the chat*

@@halo3odst I'll check out some Atari Jaguar games..

I looked into those EverDrives, and the PS1 Optical Disc Emulator, but with the cost and hassle of implementing a new thing for each console, I'd rather just run emulators on my PC, have all the consoles, and be done with it. Only real upside I see is playing with the original controllers. And I guess if you have a CRT, which I don't. But it's the same thought process I've been going through with e.g. Steam Deck. It's like, I can mod my PSP, mod my 3DS, buy and mod a Vita, mod my Xbox, but why go through all that hassle when I can just bring in the Steam Deck, a full PC which can just run everything, game set and match.

@@metaldiceman if youre just going to emulate, then dont bother buying the consoles. leave them out there for people actually do want to collect and play the hardware to aquire.

@@omegamatsu or maybe, with their money, they can do what they want!

Everdrives have many other advantages too: you can play rom hacks and homebrew games on original hardware, and you don't need to change old batteries to save your progress. However, I still like to buy original copies when prices are reasonable enough. Unfortunately, not for Super Nintendo these days, but I still find good deals on NES, N64 and Master System (which is still quite affordable here in Italy)

@@metaldiceman You're right, if you don't have a CRT don't even bother to play with original hardware, you're missing I'd say 70% of the experience: the visual part, sure, but also gameplay will suffer. LCDs will introduce lag anyways so better just go with emulation. Although I must say that there are some misconceptions about CRTs: you don't need (and probably not even want) a pricey PVM in order to enjoy retro games. A cheap (or free) normal consumer grade CRT TV is perfectly fine, some people (me) even prefer it, due to how PVMs make the games somewhat blocky due to their higher definition.

I completely agree. I don’t get over downloading a copy of a 20 - 30 year old game. How is it different than buying a game from a 3rd party?

I myself do a bit of both. Sometimes, however, circumstances makes emulation less viable. I bought the 3 Xenosaga games for PS2 purely because when I tried to emulate it a few years ago, my computer couldn't maintain a good framerate, and since XS1 used special DVDs I couldn't just burn a copy.

Thank you for that! Glad to have folks like yourself around :)

Glad you liked it :)

Glad you're liking it! Thank you :)

Hey, thanks! I'm lucky to have viewers like yourself!

Same. This guy is brilliant.

This is a brilliant channel. The man speaks from the heart. Don't really admire the game chasers all that much. Met em at a con and they seem out for the money. What people don't realize is flipping games found in the wild makes 2 things happen: the price reaches a new price point and you just added +1 to the unattainable list of games cause nobody is gonna pay that absurd price. Another lost game till the greedy people sell out of the hobby. Sad.

Thank you my friend!

@@RetroBirdGaming You are most certainly welcome!

@@madbart214yomother7 Yea the more I've watched in the past few years ive realized they are part of the problem they complain about so much.

Welcome to the channel!

Thank you so much and welcome to the channel! Plenty more to come :)

Welcome to the channel!

Same here , he reminds me of the 90's early 00's. Digging the channel and I've only been here 2 days lol

@@jordansims7838 same. Only been here 20 minutes!

@@Faber0k he's got good energy , right?

Mr. Passive Aggressive 😂

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the videos and that you've been enjoying the hobby for so long!

Glad you like them! Thanks :)

Because you are in the same boat as everyone else in your generation, who all make 100,000 times more money now.

100,000 times 0 is still 0. 🤣

Welcome to the channel!

Always has been but inflation and demand with market manipulation has brought us to an even greater price point.

Earthbound has always been 160-220 price for years and it's about the same nowadays. I paid 350 for Panzar Dragoon saga couple years ago and it's still my most expensive buy. Never again. Now some stuff was always cheap don't get me wrong cause you used to be able to go in the morning and get boxes of Nintendo and SNES games for cheappppppppp....and now you still can but the assholes have priced it out from eBay and you can buy 1 game for the price of the whole box back in the day. Once this fad falls off, the people that are in it for the money and for the views will be gone and will sell their collections off. Their hearts never were in it. Trust me. This happens with every hobby it seems.

@@madbart214yomother7 ooooo and i cant wait for that day to come! It's so sad that people are so wrapped up in money and other bs that they ruin a passionate hobby like retro gaming.

@@Messiahbolicalx same. I have completely stopped. Play what I have and enjoy that and emulation. I'm not gonna give in to these prices so the fake people can get their quick money and bounce and I highly encourage everyone else in this hobby to do the same. Just emulate what you don't have and wait it out.

Indeed!

Dedication my friend! And a lot of carbs :)

Nothing compared to mine…… back when I was a little kid I used to be obsessed with wonder bread and collected every bread bag clip i could, I would even sweet talk my friends mom’s into them giving me all their bread bag clips, because I knew that one day I would have my own house and my dream was to have a kitchen with the entire floor one big mosaic of a 1950’s era bag of wonder bread ( you know like wwII’ ish with a pin up girl holding the bag and a caption saying uncle sam says to eat wonder bread you’re country depends on it!) made with nothing else other than bread bag clips. Fast forward 30 years and 40,000 bread bag clips later and I now get to enjoy my childhood dream every morning as I sit down to have my toast and coffee. The end

I Was gonna make fun of you, then i noticed your username and avatar and opted out, sorry for disturbing you.

@@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841 alright, I'm gonna need Facebook snaps of this, sounds like we found a hidden world wonder!

I think that's because Japanese gamers don't really collect games. I mean, I'm sure there are some collectors, but according to one of my friends who is from Japan, it's considered a niche hobby, and you can find almost anything you are looking for pretty easily and very cheap.

@@lordkardok666 I have to disagree. It may be niche there but it's relative, it's not like game collecting isn't niche in the west as well. Sure if you went up to a random person on the street in Japan, they probably wouldn't be into game collecting, but over there you can find a store selling retro games in basically every neighborhood, some areas have countless stores. Over here any city is lucky to have one or two, maybe a couple in the bigger cities. Tokyo has literally hundreds. It only seems cheaper in Japan for us because games here that didn't sell many copies are often much more popular in Japan, so there are millions more copies to work with, they aren't as valuable. But there are still plenty of rare collector's items in Japan that sell for insanely high prices.

Glad you could relate and welcome to the channel!

Thanks :)

Good call on Sonic Wings!

Lots of Sega Saturn games can be cheaper if you're ok with the Japanese versions. I'm still collecting Saturn games and 90 percent are Japanese. Also if you just want to play but want a physical copy there are some fantastic reproduction games and the indie scene is strong. The only way to defeat scalpers is not to buy. 😁

I didn't regret selling that game. The arcade version is much better as are the sequels. It's one of those games that people want because it's rare and they want to complete their collections. I'm sure the Japanese version has a nicer box. 😁

@@sidearmsalpha your right, I have sonic wings and the Japanese cover is better. Also saved me a couple hundred 😄

@@thomasatwell8896 a hell of a lot cheaper in most cases, us resident evil costs over 100 dollars while the jp release costed me 15

Speaking the truth 🤟

Yeah, that was a great deal on Snatcher. I can see how you wish you still had it. Ah well.. that can happen.

Thank you. Glad you like it!

Thank you! Glad you found the channel as well :)

I would do a video covering those, but I don't own any of them currently.

@@RetroBirdGaming Is not a review what you need, but your opinion as a retrogamer of those products that can help retro game lovers have a nice collection without having to sell his first born.

@@RealDarko Ah, I see. In passing I have commented about how all the additional options gamers have to play these games are a great thing. The clone consoles are a part of that group :)

remove the original xbox clock capacitor

Earthbound? I had to look it up... role playing complete GARBAGE worth 2 bucks for a coffee coaster LOL!

Or, you know, buy a Super Nintendo Classic. It's ~$90 for Earthbound plus 29 other classic Super Nintendo games, as well as the previously unreleased Star Fox 2.

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW the snes classic basically is “getting into emulation”. The only difference is you’re paying Nintendo for ROMs and the mini computer.

The audio on NES mini triggers me. I gave both my SNES & NES mini consoles to my cousin after playing mike tysons punch out. /shudders. I realized how much I hate small board computer emulation. Now I have all my childhood consoles equipped with everdrives and optical disk drive replacement mass storage devices. I also mod them as necessary for clean RGB output with HDMI where appropriate.

@@machrider2333 I mean, you could go all the way like this guy but you better really love playing EVERYTHING with that setup. I just pick and choose which consoles to retrofit. But yeah, if money and/or time is no object, trick everything out.

Luckily, you can still do that with everdrives and the like :)

I completely agree, all the modern tech in the world will never replace the original experience.

For the simplicity and highest level of nostalgia, you absolutely can't beat original hardware and a CRT, but if you're someone who doesn't mind jumping through a few hoops to gets things running great (on a decently fast PC), emulation can offer pretty incredible experiences. I've lost count how many retro games I've enjoyed more on emulators than on actual retro hardware.

This is the way. There's a laziness in me keeps me from doing the game selling magic. But then, I don't have a wife.

Sell anything you don't want and turn it into funds for something else. Just be careful to sell retro games too low because the resellers will buy it from you and put a ridiculous price tag on it and welp...one more unattainable game out there to be exploited.

That's a key to my consolidation strategy that I harp on about as well!

You should watch Retro Rick. He started about 1.5 years ago with $10 and turned that into a game collection worth thousands, by mostly going to thrift stores, flea markets and facebook marketplace and selling anything worth flipping on ebay.

I agree. Using backups on original hardware is still a perfect means of preserving the past.

Glad to hear it :)

Welcome to the channel and glad to hear you have an eye for the finer things in life :)

Thanks!

Thank you! Glad you're enjoying them :)

You're not going to try to make me sell them away, are you?

I've played all the way through that one. It's really fun!

The price for Paper Mario is kind of weird, the N64 version was an 80+ Euro game, a few months ago a lot of them sold for less than 60 (originals, not forgeries), now it's at 120. The PAL Gamecube version is also weird. The disk is multi 5, so it's always the same disk. You can get the English version for around 80, the German version is atleast 120 and if you sell it as disk-only in Germany it sells for 100.

The Mega Man games are excellent candidates for going the import route!

In a way it always was out of reach cause Nintendo forgot about it and waited till the Wii launch to release both gc and Wii versions. Gc controls will always be better but ya gotta make sacrifices in today's market.

Those versions of Twilight Princess have really been a tease!

Yeah I've always wanted to get the GC version of Twilight Princess instead of my pleb Wii copy. But then I remember, I actually don't like Twilight Princess all that much, and am probably fine with never making that upgrade.

How much is the GC twilight princess going for?

@Bud thanks for the reply and you're absolutely right about when to buy. Take care bud

Good man👍

Yeah, for me as long as the physical contact is the same I don't mind emulation vs original hardware.

@@nickturnbull5454 I agree 100%

Coming soon!

Now that you mention it, he does remind me of Scott.😂👍

Thank you my friend!

I have a PS2/3/4 but this is mostly out of FOMO and a handful of games. At this point it's not even worth trading the consoles in because they're worth more as DVD/Blu-ray players. PS3 in particular is actually a pretty good media centre.

I always think prices are too high and then they get higher.

Yeah, I think Gamecube prices are inflated right now because of more millenials jumping into collecting during the pandemic. A lot of "investors" are also trying to inflate Nintendo game prices too. A lot of these games have no business costing as much as they do otherwise.

Its the 20 year anni, covid collectors, sneakerhead resellers entered the market, and also the gamecube was ridiculously undersold and thus so were the games.

I have knights of the round and dracula x repros and love em. As long as your not out selling them as originals then your just a smart shopper. Nothing wrong with that.

Back in the day I use to have all the Mega Man GB games, each of which I had purchased at release. Later when the GBA came out Capcom were going to make a Mega Man Anniversary Collection with all the GB games on one cart. So I traded in all my original GB games (MIB!) to EB Games as a deposit towards the new version. Capcom eventually announced that the MMAC had been cancelled because they lost the source code for the games. That actually made me cry a bit, especially now knowing how much those games are worth($$$$!). Fast forward to 2021 and I discovered someone had made a GBA repro of the MMAC for $30, complete with save states and graphical filter options. The cartridge is even Mega Man blue. I don't care that it's a fake. This cartridge is a broken childhood promise triumphantly resolved.

@@dariusq8894 oh man that is heartbreaking… I think I have that same blue MMAC cart lol

Thank you! And yes, Owen Wilson's voice is a comparison I see people bring up every now and then.

@@RetroBirdGaming No prob! That's cool though I think!