It’s weird how a game will sit in stock for a good while, being discounted every month but once it’s finally sold out, it’s considered valuable and then people will buy it. Blue Reflection on PS4 is a perfect example of a $45 game for over a year to $180+ in a few months

Hey Ryan pls don’t stop making these pickup videos they make me very happy and more enthusiastic on collecting video games

Crazy how expensive complete GBA games have gotten

500 dollars for a pokemon game. The world has gone nuts

Ryan was more excited about getting leopard print pants than any video game in his life😂

I’m glad that you still collect for Xbox and not just strictly PlayStation even though that’s what your channel is. You don’t throw shade and you’re always fair and that’s why I’ve loved your channel and content the past 2 years I’ve been watching. Don’t matter if someone decides to play on Xbox or PlayStation, as long as we’re playing and enjoying games that’s all that matters.

Looks like Ryan's ready for a wild night with those leopard pants! 😂 Straight out of a Yakuza video game!

The Getaway is an amazing game. So much nostalgia and awe from when i was a kid. Cruising around London in an is200 is one of my favourite gaming past-times. No map and the directions given by the car’s indicators. Being a brit, games set in the UK can have my bias.

Last time when I was in North Carolina, I went to Gamers Alley and they had tons of retro games, including Xbox, Wii, PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/Vita and many other system games with lots of rare games there. It was like a retro paradise for me who grew up on all the Playstation consoles since the PS1 and PS2.

Pokémon GB/GBA games are the only games in my collection that are repros. Of course I’d love a genuine copy, but I am also glad I can let my kids play them without worrying too much 😅

Long live Ryan! I love physical games!

Always got love for the people that keeps physical media alive. I can’t splurge over $1,000 like that, but knowing that those games are in good hands puts me at ease.

got some great pickups there!

Your videos are so chill and fun to watch, please keep making them cause Friday is my favourite day now due to LTPS 😭

Danganronpa and Gravity Rush are two of the Vita's best games. It's a real shame that the system didn't fare better. I think it's the system that deserved a bigger user base the most after only the Dreamcast.

That Emerald copy is beautiful! I will NEVER own that so I have to enjoy it vicariously through you. Congrats on the great additions to the collection, dude!

I bought the original copy of Medievil and Medivil II like new back in 2019 from eBay. Psychonauts II is one that I been thinking about getting a psychical copy of. That was a great deal for that game! I really enjoy seeing these videos of the new games you scored Ryan. The feeling is mutual collecting classic games and magazines. You deserved all the treasures you got your hands on doing the great job you do with your videos. What's cool is you do videos and share what you score from the work you do doing these videos. It only makes sense for the channel and takes many down a trip down memory lane right along with you seeing these classics.

Gangs of London is actually a really good game for a 3rd person shooter on the psp

Storytime: Last year I went home to catch up with my parents for the first time after covid lockdowns. I'm sitting with Mum and she goes "Do you wanna take your leftover games with you?" This confused me as I already had all of my games from growing up at home, but I said "Sure". I kid you not, Mum brings out CIB Firered, Leafgreen, AND Emerald. I had the carts of course, but all those years ago she had the foresight to unpack all the manuals, posters, inserts, boxes etc and flat pack them until I was old enough to appreciate their true value (monetarily and sentimentally) I took them home and reconstructed them CIB with the carts and displayed them front and center of my collection. It was a wonderful afternoon that I hold dear. It almost felt like getting a new game as a kid, reading the manuals over and over again in the car until you were home to play it. Love you, Mum

30 seconds in and im excited for one of the coolest series on this channel

That Game is 60% of my montly salary rn

happy watchin again, the chill that u are, god i dont care which one id choose any one of ur vids to have playing on repeat if ever stuck in space

Looking at the money spent… I’m super glad PS+ extra/premium exist. Sure I don’t “own” stuff… but it’s stuff I wouldn’t have been able to play regardless! As of now I’m very much positive on my money spent on subscription.

I also went to my first retro game convention this year and I can definitely relate to the money part. Whatever amount you take with you is how much you're gonna spend there because they have just so much cool stuff. Thankfully I "only" took around 100-150 bucks myself, lol.

Love these videos Ryan. Obviously with the cost you can't do these more frequently but it's always enjoyable to see what you're up to in the collecting space. A bit of fresh air where your other content is almost exclusively news.

I love watching people collect games and preserve them. I have a sort of related story. I found these two copies of Mario and Luigi partners in time and yoshi's island DS sealed at nearby anime convention and before that I'd seen a bunch of game collection videos probably even yours at some point. Obviously brought those two home. Thanks for being an inspiration to me as a collector and a gamer!

I agree with you that buying new disks are much better than settling for an old copy down the line. You can't take chances like that!

This was wonderful. These videos are amazing to see so many classic games spanning different genres and consoles always is fun to see. Thanks for sharing such great pickups. Cool video. ^_^

Dredge is amazing - enjoy!

Can really see how ecstatic you are about the Emerald pickup Ryan, so happy you finally got it bro! Thankful to still have my original copy; surprisingly my parents kept it around. I live in Brooklyn, NY, but I think next year I’m going to try to make it out to Too Many and pick up some CIB Advance games. Would be awesome to chat with you then!

SuperMarioLand for 60 dollars. I bought that game in 1992 for 2400 Belgian Franks. ( before the Euro, 60€). I am almost 53 now, and i have to say, Damn, Nintendo keeps his prices up for sooo long! Greetz from a 52 year old Belgian, white guy, living minutes from the sea😄

I recently went to my parents house, a place I haven't lived at in over a decade now, and finally started going through all my stuff there (I know, bad on me). Found in the back corner of my closet all the boxes and cases for my Pokemon games (Gen 3-Gen 7, unfortunately not all of them). I was beyond ecstatic. Unfortunately, younger me didn't feel the internal cardboard piece that held the game in place was worth keeping, but the boxes are pristine and they have all the manuals, posters and what not in the box. Real shame about the one singular piece I got rid of. But they do look good on my shelf now.

I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’m DIGGING Ryan’s energy in this video. I have ADHD and sometimes zone out, but I was fixated the whole time haha.

As someone who also is on a looooong journey to complete the mainline Pokémon series, it really sucks that one of my favorite series also ended up being one of the most expensive to collect for nowadays. And they aren’t even rare games, they all sold incredibly well!

You can tell he regrets his purchase just by the thumbnail.

GREAT PICKUP ON HENRY HATSWORTH!! That game is fantastic please review it!

Just beat Ghost Trick an hour ago on switch and when I continued watching this video just now where I left off that was the first game you opened. Really recommend it! You’ll definitely love it I bet!

Money and a fool are easily parted.

Nightmare in dreamland is a banger. loved watching that commercial growing up.

my best series on youtube right now

8:35 Seeing modern Pokémon Emerald prices always reminds me of how grateful and lucky I was to get a boxed copy for £30 like 4-5 years back. The box isn't perfect, it has some small scratches here and there but obviously for the price, it's nothing to complain about. So happy that for all the GBA Pokémon games it's the one I managed to get boxed again, since I lost the box of my original copy. That being said, I did also manage to get a Japanese boxed Ruby and Sapphire for £30 last year, which again was stupid lucky.

Those leopard pants are actually really nice lol great video Ryan!

I think you're the only Sony fan person. That hasn't bad mouth Xbox. I give you props.😁😁😁 Keep up the good work.

Speaking of Terrell we can always use more of him in your videos. :D

I really enjoyed this video. You inspired me because I have fireRed game box manual. So I went on eBay and bought the poster , insert for the box and gba wireless adapter to complete my copy. Now I need an acrylic case

i love seeing common pick ups to see what some people actually collect as common

That's been my go-to trick for conventions and why I go to them at least once a year; to pickup common games. The shipping adds up buying them online, and sometimes you can get an even better deal if you pickup a handful from the same vendor. I still pickup a few big hitters, more expensive games; or at least I'm on the lookout for them-- but it's not the reason.

okay that backdrop is well worth the effort you put into setting those shelves up

I watch your videos every time they come across my feed. I finally became a subscriber because of those 🔥 pants! I got a real kick out of your unironic enthusiasm. Stay real, Mystic!

I wouldn't go out in those Trousers because they might capture you & stick you in the Zoo :D

This is probably one of the mostly heavily underrated channels on You Tube WISH YOU HAD 2 MILLION SUBS MAN🙃

Ryan is our official Gaming Leopard King lolll

Recently I got a complete DS Lite, DSi, Wii, a loose PS2. Many childhood games for the DS and PS2 also I completed many loose games I had. It was quite expensive for me but I am so happy. These were my childhood and just to hold them again feels so special.

8:29 That's crazy I remember walking into blockbuster when it was new and seeing it all over the shelves. Never cared about it since I already played sapphire.

Wow, I didn’t expect gravity rush to get so expensive! I got mine like an year ago for 12€

Collecting anything is a bad habit. It never ends. The more you get the more you want and end up never being happy and always wanting more

You walked into the scene and I said to my friend, “this m’fer is wearing leopard pants!” And then what did you mention right away? Those badass pants! 😂

U look like ur ready to beat some ass in that thumbnail 😂 Great video bro💪🏻

Forgot Ghost trick was out. Ordered a PS4 copy after your video. I still have the DS game and it was one of my favorites.

Wow! Great pickup. If you could find some copies of FF Tactics, Anthology, Chronicles and Origins, that would be beyond amazing

Dude is the GOAT! I've been watching your video for years, you are my favorite youtuber :) Thanks

I'm here for the pants and Melissa.

I don't make it back to one of my parents' houses often but I went back recently and asked for all my childhood games, they sold them all at a garage sale 😮‍💨my heart and sould was crushed. Now, I'm like you. Gotta spend half my salary for the next year and a half buying back my childhood before the prices get completely outrageous. Thankfully, it wasn't that many games and I'm gonna collect what I had pretty much. Not gonna collect too much more than that.

Damn, you know the market is cooked when you have to convince yourself anything under 200 is a good deal, lol. No hate, it's just crazy that this is where we are in retro gaming that if you can find a game for low 100s it's a good deal. Insanity.

I love that you always preface your love of leopard print as unironic 😂 but definitely some great pants 👍

I had to laugh at the leopard trousers, all power to you, man. If you dig them thats all that matters. His Golden Age 2 instead of Golden Axe 2 was funny, too. Ryan has cash to burn if he can spend that much money on a game, but whatever brings him joy, who am i to judge. I am older than Ryan, i assume, as my first console at age 6 in 1991 was the Sega Mega Drive, box in white with a big Sonic in the middle. I have never owned or played a Pokemon game in all my years, but i understand it's a big thing for people, especially if they can charge that amount for an old handheld game. Some nice pick-ups, i have the Getaway, the sequel, shame the third game never came to fruition & the developer moved into vr or ps eye toy stuff, Gangs of London was a loose spin-off, still have my copy, it's not great but serviceable. I never owned a Nintendo console until the Gamecube, loved that machine, and have owned each subsequent console since but no backtracking for me to pick up old hardware & games at inflated prices as i prefer a bargain plus no nostalgia for games i haven't played to suck me down the rabbit hole. Your collection is ever growing, my man. Soon, you will need to shoot another cabinet assembly video to house your steadily amassing collection. Great content as always.

Play Henry Hatsworth

“I achieved my goal!” he’s just like me fr

I love the new look of the studio. Feels very professional. Also the leopard pants are very cool. Drip for sure

AYO Antdude shoutout!!!!!! Damn, as someone living outside the US; i envy those kind of conventions man

Really does seem to be a big disparity in prices between the US and UK. $50 for Gravity Rush on Vita is about $20 or so more than you would pay here. Even a normally overpriced shop like CEX sells it for around $30. Same with Medievil, that's about $23. And the big one. Mint from CEX = $330

Great video as always, Ryan. Love these game collecting videos! Thanks for sharing.

Ryan - "I draw the line on cartridge based games, I won't collect for those." Spends thousands on GBA collection.

I love those pants dude, sporting majima vibes from yakuza

I thought you were wearing boxers for a second😂😭

I was thinking about The Getaway and you show it ten seconds later 😂😂

Leopard pants and cool shouldn’t be together in one sentence 😂😂😂

Henry hatsworth is an amazing game, also pretty difficult.

wish as a kid i knew how the value of these things would skyrocket, i had the pokewalker soulsilver box and remember throwing the box and losing the game and walker after moving

Ps2 era had so many good games from tony hawk pro skater to the muppets game to jet li to downhill domination

Never knew Klonoa was on GBA. I had that game on a ps1 demo disc back in the day and loved it!

Yesss so glad you ended up getting that Klonoa! Was awesome hunting with you that day!

If I bought one game for 500 dollars my parents would murder me 😂

The Toki game that you read on the magazine was Remade for PS4 very cool game I played in arcades back then can be hard I recommend it

Got a CIB PAL copy of Emerald in the UK last year for £120, but box was more beat up than yours, nice find!

Way to go meeting spawn wave dude

I bought a new copy of Emerald at my local Goodwill for $10. Along with various other GBA titles. Also $10. Some of those were complete but preowned, though. Was a great day.

Good decision on the acrylic case. Makes it look even better.

Saw you at TooManyGames with a bunch of other KZfaqrs but was too nervous to say hi!

The same happened with me when watching that Dreadge trailer haha

Great video as always I'm always kinda confused why the pokemon games are so expensive didn't they sell millions in the first place? It usually the games with scarce prints that are expensive but I guess it's just how many want them drives up the prices

I remember one time my brother had some gba games a friend had shipped to him and he gave me a couple, 2 of them were loose copy’s of leaf green and firered and so I researched them, saw how much they went for and after confirming they were real sold them for 150 bucks for the both. It was then I realized how much these games go for

If you ever get or are looking for a physical lost odyssey, make sure to buy the Japanese version. It's cheaper, comes with proper disc holders so doesn't have the bent 4th disc like most Western released versions have, and just looks better. Also can be played in English on Xbox One BC

Gonna have to start calling you Dripstic with those new pants

My copy of emerald was stolen along with my gameboy advance when I was young. I still have the box in a case just missing the game 😔

When your thumbnail said you spend $520 on one game my first thought was, did he get Emerald or something? 🤣 The world has gone crazy

I still have the Nightmare in Dream Land commercial song burned into my brain two decades later.

TooManyGames was awesome this year. I also spent around $500

I love Pokémon emerald. Will at some point get a copy with packaging too

Well done for that emerald game man, great job!