Go to thld.co/munkpack_austineruption_0622 and use code ERUPTION to get 20% off your first purchase! Thanks to Munk Pack for sponsoring today’s video! We cleared our donation goal during the charity stream! However there's still a few weeks left in the campaign, so if you'd like to support The Trevor Project you can do so here! donate.tiltify.com/@austineruption/200000-subscribers-for-the-trevor-project QUESTION OF THE DAY! What are some rare and/or expensive games that you'd consider your "holy grail"? Y'all know mine, I wanna hear yours!

Old games getting ludicrously expensive is why I'm thankful for emulation and the occasional re-releases we do get.

The story of Chibi-Robo is so tragic. I have no idea what Nintendo was doing when they made Park Patrol a WALMART EXCLUSIVE.

This is why emulation and roms is the true video game preservation. Doesn't matter if console hardware or copies still exist when it's only accessible to collectors.

Fun fact: the engine used in the Futurama game is the Gamebryo engine. The same one used in the Fallout games before they forked some of the code over and used it to make the Creation Engine. It's also used in Bully I recently found out. Neat.

That Futurama game still holds a special spot in my heart because the only reason I had a copy was because the Movie Scene near my house was closing, so they sold off everything for dirt cheap. 19 games for $19. Good times...

In the case of Sonic on Master System, the PAL copy can be grabbed for a lot less. The funniest part? The NTSC version is just the PAL version with a sticker over the UPC on the box. Plus the Master System is mostly region free between PAL and NTSC releases.

It's insane to me how Futurama for PS2 is so expensive in the States, yet here in the UK you can get one for cheap easily.

I remember renting that Futurama game back when it came out. It's actually a lot of fun for what it was. It probably hasn't aged well, but at the time...

I feel like a big factor in the cost of Futurama was the Easter egg. A massive egg, hidden in one of the walls found by someone noclipping. How to get it naturally was only found like a year ago. The mystique likely contributed somewhat. Also, I would not contribute the huge and relatively rapid ballooning of gaming memorabilia much to the plague. After they proved that auction house that made a big deal about buying games was inflating the prices of games with the help of a couple wealthy collectors, I suspect the bubble was largely artificial. "The time has come for a little child abuse," no that's actually pretty spot on for CLAMP.

The biggest thing that keeps me from even attempting to get some of these games is that I know so many got passed over for not being "good value" at the time. We all had limited budgets growing up, you had to choose between this cool looking action game they say you can beat in an afternoon or something with a bit more meat on it or a sure mario bet. And that doubles down when you see games getting released in the shadow of the next big thing. Chibi Robo, God Hand, Xenosaga all released right there when the 360 was out and the wii/ps3 were looming. I'm sure these are all fun, but when I see 6 hours of gameplay on a youtube long play knowing I got a copy of Persona 5 sitting right there untouched, you can only dig so deep before honestly having to think of something as an art piece other than entertainment. And little plastic boxes with rotting insides are not the most ideal art piece.

I remember playing Chibi-Robo as a kid and being able to hear the unique foot step sounds again was a touch at my childhood. Glad I own a copy of it and it's a game I highly suggest. Hidden gem for sure!

For me, my grail game was also Magic Knight Rayearth. I actually managed to get a copy though, back in 2013. My very first manga was Magic Knight Rayearth when I was a kid, so I had a very deep attachment to it. I learned that they had made a video game on the Saturn for it not too long after I got into Magic Knight Rayearth, because I saw it advertised in a magazine. As a kid, I wanted the game so bad! I was never able to find it though. Many years passed, and I still wanted the game. I used to work in a mall, and everyday before work I would go across the street to a local video game store to look around. I got to know the owner pretty well, so he'd always show me the cool stuff they got in. One day he was showing me that someone traded in a ton of rare Saturn games, and there it was. Magic Knight Rayearth. I freaked out and told him I had been looking for that since I was a kid. He had it marked for $150, which was still a lot of money at the time. But I had to have it! So I got it. I am very glad I was able to find it, since the game goes for about $1000 now.

The only good thing about the ridiculous 2nd hand market is how it encourages and justifies video game digital "archiving" online.

Damn, didn’t think I’d ever own a rare game in Futurama

In Brazil, Sonic 1 used to come with the console. With no cartridge inserted, it would play the game automatically in some versions of the Master System.

Futurama on the PS2 in the UK is £12 from the local CEX store (European second hand video store)...Bought my copy over a year ago for £8 as I saw the prices going crazy over in the US..but they never have over here in the UK....Thanks for the video ;o)

I know it's not that valuable, but my holy grail are the two Kyle Hyde games on the Nintendo DS. I bought both of them and haven't seen a copy in stores since.

As a game collector just wanna throw this out there. Go to local game stores, conventions, and all retail and reseller sites you can. I got def jam fight for New York with the case for 80 bucks. The pandemic really drove up a lot of these prices and a lot of people over price things depending on where you live(I live in Illinois and do most retro shopping in Wisconsin). Also look into local card shops. Some also buy video games

I had the Flintstones game and sold it back in like 2018. One of the reasons it's most sought after is, it was the first game where you could switch between two playable characters during gameplay. Fred was slow and strong and Barney was fast and could jump much higher.

Thank you for making me aware of how valuable my Chibi-Robo! is. It was already my favorite game in my collection but now it's definitely not going anywhere

Growing up, my best friend had an NES game called Little Samson. Platformer with character switching a la Castlevania III. I forgot about it until 15 years later, when it randomly popped into my head, and when I finally found the name of this game, the price also popped up... it's not very cheap

I was actually expecting Rendering Ranger R² to show up on this video, but I suppose the Limited Run Games release will lower the price a little, but I'm not sure by how much. Radiant Silvergun and Guardian Heroes being released on the Xbox Live Arcade didn't do a thing to stop the insane prices of the original Saturn versions, though.

I used to own Futurama. Literally just 3 days ago I booted up an emulator to see if it was as hard as I remember. I was forced to abandon my gaming collection by forces out of my control so knowing I could've had this flawed gem still, sucks.

Fun fact about the Sega Master System - the PAL version of the SMS (Mark II) released in Europe came with either the 8-bit Sonic or Alex Kidd in Miracle World built into the system bios, so practically EVERYONE back then had played both games over and over. We used to swap consoles with each other purely so we could play the other game haha. Also, of all of the regions where the SMS did well, Brazil seemed to thrive with almost all of console owners owning an SMS over the NES, which makes sense as to why they would release a game only in Brazil so late in the SMS's lifecycle; probably because the SMS was still selling in Brazil.

Thankfully, I have been collecting since I was a teen and always had a good sense not to sell much. I have a pretty good collection going now with .hack quarantine and haunting grounds being two of my prized gems and a copy of Silent Hill 1 that was autographed by Akira Yamaoka being a crown jewel of my collection.

Thank you Austin for letting me know the Futurama game I've had sitting in my closet for over a decade is now valuable. Holy shit

What makes this more sad is if company's HAVE lost the code they sometimes HAVE to do what we are already doing just to play them to figure out the code or try to. KH2 Final Mix is a really good example of that even, since it was lost and they literally had to use an emulated copy to figure out how they coded everything

"It's time for a little... Child abuse." As a father I have never laughed so hard.

I randomly went to one of my local game stores like 5 years ago, something like that, I noticed a Futurama game and was thinking that I had a PS2, and was looking for games for it, so I bought it for like $20. Lol, I didn't even notice that it would one of the rarest games in my collection haha

The jrpgs reminded me that i owned a somewhat obscure ps1 game called Thousand Arms. It definately has that late 90s vibe and is definitely one of the hidden gems of the ps1

I was surprised but so happy to see Magic Knight Rayearth at the end! I'm a huge CLAMP fan, so it was such a treat to see you talk about the game! Subscribed!

I've been very fortunate to have kept virtually all of my childhood games, and I've amassed some holy grails over the years. I recently put my full game list on Price Charting to track everything and was kind of shocked. Some of my biggest are Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut (with the manual), Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Shining the Holy Ark, a bunch of CIB N64 games like Conker and the Collector's Edition of Ocarina, and a ton of collector's editions. Even some that I was shocked about, like Silent Hill and Bust a Groove 2 have shot up over a hundred bucks.

Thank you for bringing up the fact WD totally destroyed many games difficulty and no one knows why! As for ReyEarth, they got the license just after the Japanese release but due to butting heads with Sega's new president and the license holder, it took years to release. (They were in a legal battle to keep the original name, the license holder in Japan wanted it Americanized, with new character and power names)

Fun fact: in Italy "Magic Knight Rayearth" was adapted as "Una porta socchiusa ai confini del sole" which translates to "A door half-closed at the edge of the sun" for no reason whatsoever. It was also heavily censored due to being retargeted for a younger audience. Characters never died, they went to "another dimensions".

I used to be an admin on a small obscure IRC network back in the 90s called LunarNet when I was in high school. It was named after Lunar, the silver star, which I was a huge fan of. One of our most popular members was a girl named Nadia (IRC name was Lily), and she was nice enough to mail me a copy of Popful Mail. I lost my entire 90s gaming collection due to an opioid addiction (now been clean for over 10 years), but I had several working design games and would give anything to have them back.

Man, I've got the Futurama game for PS2. Back when they were doing re-runs of the show on Adult Swim in the mid to late 00s, I got into it and ended up finding a copy of the game sealed on eBay for $40. Back then it felt ridiculous to pay that for the game when it was pre-owned, but it's nice knowing it ended up being a solid investment. Agree with you on the review of it though. It played pretty average to terrible depending on the sections.

I was given a complete-in-box copy of Rule Of Rose by a coworker of mine who had absolutely no idea what she had and I've never felt so lucky in my entire life. Just really sucks that the gameplay of it can be pretty infuriating yet the story be so interesting.

Had to quickly flip through this video to make sure that I didn’t accidentally sell something ludicrously expensive.

I used to own Miracle Space Race. Found that at the local FYE for $4.99 back in late 2003/early 2004. Got it with other $5 gems like ATV Racers, Board Game: Top Shop, Starfighter Sanvein, Sol Divide and the underrated Qix Neo. Almost like they were giving them away. I grabbed Hagane from Gamestop back around 2004 for $5.99. It was in pristine condition, but I tried to remove the price sticker residue with nail polish remover and completely destroyed the label on it. Then I tried to recolor the black back around the frame with a Sharpie. Ahhh... to be young again. Grabbed Vanark for $9.99 from Record Town (which would not soon after become an FYE) back around 2000-2001. They used to have a bunch of games there hanging off pegs randomly in their game aisle. I ended up grabbing other gems like Rollcage, Rollcage Stage 2 and Wild 9 there for the same price. I have LA Machineguns/Gunblade for Wii, still sealed. According to my Amazon history, I grabbed that on 10/6/2014 for $11.49. Have both Chibi Robo on the Gamecube and the DS. The DS one I've yet to open and probably never will at this point!

I gave my copy of Suikoden II to my best friend's future wife because it was the only game she found entertaining. She loved the art and still has the game in hand.

Love that you used the “Tokyo Tower” song for Magic Knight Rayearth! Great song from a really fun game.

I remember after getting my first job I started collecting retro games that I wanted to play here and there. Captain Commando for 20$ was a great deal. At some point I got Bomberman 64 the Second Attack for about 40$; definitely more affordable than nowadays. Now, I don't really hunt down games, it's depressingly expensive, and I'd rather just use definitely legal means to play unobtainable games.

I live in a town where a retro games store opened up like 3 years ago and I landed some work there, I sorted games and got to see them first before anyone else thanks to it, also my pay was in games and not in cash. Absolutely love seeing games that I never heard of before and giving them a chance, it's probably my favorite aspect of collecting games because those times you do come across a hidden gem is the best. Here's some names of some I picked up while working there that I have played and enjoyed a fair bit to recommend, Yager (Sci-fi flight combat game), The Suffering (Horror first-person/third-person shooter), Rygar: The Legendary Adventure (third-person character action game similar to god of war), Maximo (Harder 3d platformer action game), I picked up a lot more but not all I have played and can recommend yet. My favorite genre is 3d platformers so the last game I'm gonna mention here that I can recommend, it took me by so much surprise that I now consider it one of my favorite games ever, Kya: Dark Lineage is a 3d platformer with the art style reminiscent of Rayman 2. The game has a lot wind based puzzles and sections, like free falling into wind currents that push against walls or keep you hovering, certain enemy encounters that trigger Tekken like 3d combat that you can upgrade Kya's move-set by buying bracelets at the native village that remind me of shops from tloz:oot/tloz:mm. There are enemies in the game called Wolfuns that are natives from the village but transformed into the bad guys that you can transform back to natives after you beat them up, they will then return to the village and open up more shops and activities for you. You have a boomerang you use to deal with any other enemy that isn't a Wolfun, a lot of slides glide down, turrets or bird to use/ride, so basically a diverse and fun time to be had, BIG RECOMMEND for anyone looking for a fun 3d platformer with fresh and fun ideas that don't go horrible wrong.

I collected video games from 1997-2011. Restarted about 3 years ago. I kept the receipts for all of them, I have numerous titles that have increased multiple hundreds of percent in value. It’s wild seeing a receipt that says ‘Skies of Arcadia - NGC- £19.99 *SALE*’ and ‘Panzer Dragoon Saga - SEGA - £59.99’ This inflation of the video game memorabilia market is something is saw coming and I’m happy I preserved almost complete collections of Nintendo, Sega and Sony consoles along with original hardware and accessories. I have something like 9000 games. I’ll be hanging onto my collection for another year or so then I’m going to sell it and buy plane 👍🏻

Looking at my gaming collection I've got some insanely expensive and rare titles but bought maybe only a handful for a reason beyond I thought it would be something I would like to play. It's crazy how many things I picked up on a whim merely cause I was like "that looks like it would be fun" only for it to cost some insanely amount years later. Still thinking about the day I picked up the Gamecube and Wii Fire Emblem game for about $50 together and still have yet to even find the time for them.

Gotta say, I have never felt so blessed to have gotten Chibi Robo in a bundle of GC games (Animal Crossing, Mario Party 6, some other miscellany) for $20 at a garage sale shortly before the pandemic. For real.

I am so glad I got into game collecting back in 2003. Back then you could grab a box of 60 games for 20 bucks. One day I decided to go online and grab Panzer Dragoon Saga for $180 and at the time it hurt my wallet, but it was my birthday. I am never going to complain about that price ever again.

It's so weird seeing Futurama in here considering in Australia it's so easy to find a boxed great condition copy for $20 and under, I literally bought a copy w original art and manual for exactly $20 AUD (like $15usd)

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne might certainly be up there as my holy grail. The first Mega Man Legends game is right around retail at $60~ while the sequel is more pricy at $150 or so, but Tron Bonne is a good $550 buckeroos for a complete copy (and at least $200 just for a loose copy rip). Thankfully it's been released on the PS Store so there's a way to legally play it at least, but I really wish Capcom can give us the Mega Man Legends trilogy collection we deserve.

I have Futurama on PS2. I got it at Toys R Us for $19.99 on clearance in about 2005. The camera controls were odd and it would make me dizzy sometimes. But ultimately I finished it because it was always one of my favorite shows. I will never sell it even if the price shot up to $1000 or more. The money will be spent and then the game is gone.

So happy I picked up Klonoa when it was only like 80-90, one of the most important games from my childhood, but thankfully we can now get it easily on modern consoles.

UmMmMm, AcTuAlLy: You can't turn super in the first Sonic on Genesis. The emeralds just give you the alt ending as well. Great vid as always, Austin. Shine on fellow Sega sleeper agent! Thank you for introducing me to some awesome hidden gems, especially Hagane. I loved Shinobi 3 back in the day.

Austin, I'm so sorry. I got Magic Knight Rayearth back in 2016 from my aunt when I was going through her late son's collection in pristine condition. I had to sell it back in 2017 since I was jobless and needed the money for some medical bills I think. If I still had it I would've sent it too you since you've shown you take good care of your games and you would've taken great care of it.

A couple years ago, I bought Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete for around 80 bucks. It's complete with the book, but doesn't have the box. I thought that was pretty expensive back then, but a copy like mine is now worth around 200 or more

This video was so good I subscribed. Austin, you’ve came a long way from random hair Eruption lol. Keep up the great work. Also those frames are Firaga.

I just sold my Earthbound last week. I already beat it and if I were to play it again, I'd just use an emulator. Since I was literally just holding onto it as a collector's piece, I figured now would be the best time to cash out while the retro market was still insanely inflated.

I actually do own a copy of Futurama but I've had it since launch, In the UK, A used copy goes for like £12 which is about $15.

I’m so glad Chibi Robo is on here cause I thought everyone forgot about this game! It was my favorite game as a kid and I still own and play it to this day!

4:20 one of my first video games i owned, i still have it and play it from time to time.

Man, I never realized Futurama on PS2 had become so rare and valuable. Years ago one popped up used at a local GameStop. I, being a Futurama super fan, NEEDED the game, but it was going for a full 60 dollars. I worked for my dad’s law office for a whole week to get the money, and when I finally got it… I quit like 2 levels in. That sewer level SUCKS. Having all the cutscenes on DVD is a godsend. Cool to know I’ve got a collector’s item on my hands though!

Working Designs were a legend. Everytime I see them on the box art, I know I’m in for a good time

The US version of Sonic on the Master System is basically just the PAL version with a sticker on it. So if you have it, all the value is in that sticker. Pull it off and that £500 game is worth about £10.

I had a Saturn for years before it died. And we never got rid of it, or our games so we have (purchased new at release) MKR, Panzer Dragoon Saga, all the Working Design games, and a few others. And imported Radiant Silvergun just after it got released. We don't really have very many other "special" games but I am happy to say we have those.

I really really really want the Lunar series to come back. Was the first series to get me into tbc, the animation was eye candy, the story my god, felt like I was legit going on a an adventure that spanned years.

I think my biggest luck of the draw was getting Rule of Rose for the PS2 for 9 dollars, brand new and in a bargain bin. Many years later I played it and it ended up becoming one of my favorite games. Then out of curiosity I check the price it's going for and it's like.... 500 bucks (at the time I played it) Now it's more close to 1000 and... damn. Just damn!

I own Sonic 1 for the Master System and I love it, I actually enjoy it more than the Mega Drive version. I didn’t realise it with worth so much money! I don’t intend on selling it because I really like it, but it’s cool to know I have something so valuable.

Every time I’m reminded about Futurama’s value of how many times I borrowed it from the library and didn’t buy it for its cheap price at the time

I've got Terranigma. Had it since it launched when I was just starting primary school. The box and manual have some wear but it's held up incredibly well over the years.

Man, I loved watching Magic Knight Rayearth anime, and when I saw a game announced for the Saturn in a magazine I so wanted to play it, unfortunately I was a kid with no hopes of getting an expensive videogame console back in the 90s. And about rare games... I don't have any. The only game I could say I'm very proud of keeping in perfect shape is a copy of Pokemon blue with manual, box and everything, but it's not rare.

I paid $350 for my complete copy of Magic Knight Rayearth in 2019 and thought I was crazy at the time because it was by far the most I had ever spent on a game but boy am I glad I did it now 😂

The Winamp intro "It really whips the Llama's ass" was a shoutout to the late, great outsider artist Wesley Willis! He had a song called "Whip the Llama's Ass" on his album Atomic Records.

I actually sold my copy of Chibi Robo for ~$150 just a few weeks ago. It was boxed but missing the manual. I got the game for free from the city community center a few years back and while I did find it charming, I found it kind of a drag to play. Hopefully whoever bought it off of me loves and appreciates it more than i could

Lucky that I got Def Jam FFY for about 50-60 bucks or so online before it really went out of control, Vendetta went up in price quite a bit after DMX's death(since he's one of the playable fighters) but it seems to have dropped in price quite a bit now thankfully.

Collecting games back in the day was just such an amazing thing. The thrill of the hunt and seeing just how good a deal a lot of things were going for. Simply because they were 'old'. Although, even back then, I knew that I wasn't just doing it for fun. But, that some day, they would be treated as investments. Which meant keeping every box, manual...registration card and such. Still, pretty much everything you listed, I had never even heard of or remember ever seeing. (Wasn't even thinking about the tiny Jaguar collection.) It is impressive just how many games truly are out there. Did score a boxed Futurama at some point. It was a game that I so wanted to be great, being that I was a fan of the series. And I know that I found it around the time when Super Mario carts were going for ten cents. So, it was probably under $20. And gotten a few other holy grails, the same way. Oh, how BlockBuster was a miracle for game hunting. Sure. Renting anything there was a wallet buster. But, I was always hearing about sales. They loved to have little to no promotional sales prices on games. It's how I got a stack of those cardboard N-64 game cases, as the mom-and-pop places weren't as likely to have those. The Starfox box was a nice find in that stash. However, my hording nature truly paid off as I had pulled out a dusty crate. Truly must have put it away right after the purchase. But like a lost nugget of ancient treasure, did my eyes behold the Clay Fighters: Sculptor's Cut box. Still wearing it's sales price like a badge of honor for $16.99...before whatever sales price was taken off of it at the time. Perhaps, there's one regret. For, once upon a time, I had a complete Virtual Boy collection. It was too tempting for a then needed $100 or so. While retro pricing, I got a glance at what the boxed Jack Bros was going for. Live and learn.

One that’s really rare and hasn’t shot up in price too badly is Virtual On Marz for PS2. It was only available as a GameStop preorder and doesn’t rise to the gameplay heights of other Virtual On titles, but I genuinely enjoy playing it.

Thanks for this video Austin, made my day being reminded I still have a boxed copy of Futurama, and damn that game is hard ( due to *highly* specific platforming)

dude, in 2017 i was working at a game xchange in connecticut (im 99% sure they have them in texas too) where i had a customer who traded in a dragons hoard of rare sega games in mint condition. mega man 8 for the saturn, spider man web of fire for the 32x, radica rex for the sega cd. back then the company's pricing was outrageously low and didn't account for things like CIB status which meant that we sold perfect condition copies of popful mail AND magic knight rayearth for a clean $300 each

I remember back in 2003 or 2004, Circuit City had a $5 video game sale and Futurama and a few other titles were included. I got there the minute doors opened, but by the time I reached out to the bin, some local EB Games employees I recognized dived in and took that among others. By the time I got to it, all they had left was Dave Mirra’s Freestyle BMX 2, Aggressive Inline, and Cel Damage. The disappoint I felt was palpable that day.

@23:40: Awww, man, I biffed it...🤣

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete is probably the rarest thing I've got. I remember seeing Rule of Rose for over 300$ and couldn't justify it because the game isn't even any good. I really want Koudelka/ The Shadow Hearts series but can't justify the price

I guess my new claim to fame is owning a complete copy of Chibi-Robo. I can only hope it’s price will further inflate so that I feel accomplished for scoring it for 14 bucks.

It's a good day whenever there's a new Austin Eruption video

The crazy thing about Suikoden is that Japan has a remaster that contains both 1-2 in a pack and it was never imported to the USA. I think it *might* be in PAL.

E.V.O. The Search for Eden was the big one for me. It's basically the predecessor of Spore. I found the cartridge in 2002 for $20. OOB is worth 3-400 now. Absolutely fun game!

Besides the Action 52 on NES that I've had since I was a kid,I own 169 Dreamcast games and own some of the rare ones like loddoss war,cannon spike,skies of arcadia,and most of the capcom fighters and arcade sticks because I went crazy when I was working my 1st job and I love the dreamcast and arcade style games

“A guy so small you might of missed him in the first place” I was expecting an inch-high private eye game for a minute.

The older I get the more I give up on retro game collecting. I used to always look forward to going to the retro game stores and 9 times out of 10 I’d ALWAYS come out with at least one new game. Now, the stuff that I remember being $20 is now $200 and the $200 grails that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on when I was older and made more money got even more expensive to the point where I’d spend a whole paycheck or more on just one game I may or may not like. I used to be strictly against virtual console and rereleases always wanting to play the originals. Now, I’d much rather download Shante 1 for my Switch for 10 bucks rather than pay $800 for the GBC cart

I bought Futurama back around 2012-13 for $50 and thought it was an outrageous price for an old PS2 game at the time. Boy howdy...

Just skimmed through since I'm busy, but I'm glad I didn't see Persona 1 or the 2 duology in this video. Now I can keep coping that I'll be able to one day own copies of both.

This is a long video. Usually I don’t watch them or lose interest before the end of those. You did a very good job though! Very informative, not too much fluff, and you kept the pace going to eliminate dead spots. Very well done. You have earned yourself a new subscriber. 👍🏻

I bought that LA Machine Guns set the day it released cause me and my younger cousin played the heck out of that at Funplex back in the day and I still have/play it. It will never leave the collection! Great video!

Little red Riding Hood zombie BBQ is my Holy Grail. I played it when it originally released on an R4 card, I was almost able to purchase it at $90 about a year-and-a-half ago complete, now I'm looking at buying it Loose for close to the same price.

I love watching your videos. I grew up playing my Sega Genesis and was lucky enough to have the privilege to play the Sega Channel. Through that I played so many hidden gems from the Sega Genesis including foreign games like Pulseman and MegaMan the Wily Wars. I am a lifelong Sega fan and I feel validated seeing a fellow guy who grew up appreciating it!

As a huge Futurama fan, I am very happy I bought a copy for my Xbox many years ago. They're in the $200-$250 range, now.

This is why emulation is so important to preserving games.

I recently found my box of games from when I was a lot younger a found a few with a fair bit of value. The PS2 Silent Hill Collection, Gamecube's Skies of Arcadia Legends, and MvC2 on Dreamcast are all worth a fair bit I found out. I thought something a little more obscure like Gungrave Overdose or Ring of Red would be worth a fair bit, but apparently they aren't so valuable.

Popful Mail definitely looks like a high quality production, especially when it's got a legendary voice actor like Megumi Hayashibara driving it. Sadly, this was around the time in the west where localization teams don't really care about foreign voice actors, regardless of their fame. A lot of the gag gets lost in the translation, as the old saying goes "it's all in the delivery"

These are some big hitters you have listed here. I am happy to say I own a few of the ones you mentioned. Here are the 10 Grails of my collection. 10. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS1) 9. Earthbound (Snes) 8. Revelations Persona (PS1) 7. Pocky and Rocky 2 (Snes) 6. Ginga Fuketsu Sapphire (PC Engine Arcade Cd) 5. Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn) 4. Rule of Rose (PS2) 3. Kuon (PS2) 2. Snatcher (Sega Cd) 1. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)

I started collecting OG Xbox a year before COVID, which was decent timing. I made it a point to purchase the rarest, more expensive games first, and I'm glad I did. Most of these games have skyrocketed in price. For instance, a sealed copy of Spikeout for $50, which now can go for $150+. Collecting for GameCube looks like a nightmare, like you need to decide if you're going to be able to eat for a month, or buy 1 game. PS2 just has way too many games to ever be able to complete the collection. As for my SNES (CIB) collection, I unfortunately sold them several years ago. I'm still salty at myself that I decided to sell them. They're probably worth 50-100% more now, but I'm more upset I don't have them any longer.