Correction: I mislabeled Zelda Ocarina of Time / Master Quest Combo in the video. Sorry about that!

Always a pleasure coming on and talking about game collectables!

North American audience's first glimpse of the Fire Emblem franchise was through SSB Melee

Woah!!! I own a couple of these. Had no idea they went up in price.

The Game Boy Player Startup Disc case (and sleeve combo) is a standard JAPANESE Game Cube game case. ;-)

I really don't get collecting sealed games (other than for museum display, like John intends). However people who get sealed games and keep them only in their homes, not playing the games is IMO hoarding. It's like Stradivarius or other classic violins, they are meant to be played and enjoyed.

The Zelda collection disc was also handed out for a small time by Nintendo. It was around holiday season one year and I believe if you purchased and registered at least 2 of 4 select first party titles on their site, you would be able to get the collection for free. I remember this as that's how I got my copy of it.

John Hancock + Metal Jesus + Talking about GameCube... Hell yeah!!

"I got this games in 1890 when they were extremely new" Hancock

The weirdest one to me is TimeSplitters Future Perfect. It's like $10-15 on PS2 and Xbox, but the GameCube version is almost always above $60. Same situation with Gauntlet: Dark Legacy.

I actually have Cubivore. I bought it the day it came out and I had to go to 3 gamestops to find one copy of it. I remember none of the employees even knew what it was. I was like 12 and I was so determined to get it because it looked so fun and silly.

I had the bundled metroid windwaker. It was a bestbuy exclusive bundled system platinum gamecube (that's why there isn't many copies available). I'm not surprised that you didn't know where it came from. I bought the system, sold the system to a friend for retail $99.00 and kept the bundled game sealed until I run out of money in 2009 due to the housing crash in the USA and sold the game for $200.00, it looks like it didn't go up as much in value as I thought but still. I got more than what I paid for it back then and don't regret it as It helped me pay the rent. I also had the zelda collection disc which was given for free when renewing or getting a new subscription to nintendo power which run for a few months back then. I also sold it for $100 a log time ago a few months after getting it from Nintendo power

I still play Mario Kart Double Dash til this day

You know it's John's game when it still has the price tag on it

I LOVE IT when you have the Immortal One on your channel. The rapport between you guys is wonderful. And don’t think that no one notices the great production values of your videos. The backgrounds, sound, cuts, graphics etc... are top notch stuff. Good work dudes, some of your best. 👍🏼 👍🏼

Eternal Darkness and those goddamn RESIDENT EVIL GAMES

Metal Jesus Rocks PLUS

Wasn't Cubivore also represented as a trophy in Smash Bros Melee tagged with "Future Release" like with Animal Crossing trophies?

The two Zelda collections games--I actually DID buy both from the store; both from Wal-Mart. In each instance I was in their electronics section and asked if I could buy just them and the guy said sure. He didn't know how much to charge but said they were pre-order bonuses and the minimum pre-order was $5 so boom, that's how I got them. :-)

There's actually a story behind PSO Plus! The original release of PSO E1&2 actually opened the gateway to Gamecube piracy. So to cover their asses, Sega actually had a thing where you could mail in your copy of E1&2 to get Plus, because the biggest bugfix was what allowed Gamecube piracy. The content difference is that you can access the previously online-mode-only quests offline.

I bought Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance in a bargain bin for $20 shortly after it came out. It's always over $100 online now.

I would love to see a series about rare games that dropped in price when ported, great video as always

I’ve still got my copy of The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Edition for over 7 years and it still works!

i'll never forget when i traded a scratched gotcha force disc for a fire emblem path of radiance with its case. it was probably one of the best trades I've ever done

Long live GameCube! 🙌

The Zelda Collection disc was also offered as a promo if you subscribed to Nintendo Power. That's how I got mine. Incidentally, save files for OoT from that disc don't work with the Ocarinal of Time with Master Quest disc, and vice versa.

A year ago I got Go! GO! Hypergrind for $5 and in August I got Skies of Arcadia for $0.99 at an game convention (speaking of game convention I’m going to one tomorrow!)

The real reason Phantasy Star Online is so expensive is it can be used for backing up Gamecube discs to a PC. As for the Gameboy Player disc case, it's just the standard size Gamecube game case from Japan.

I have Skies of Arcadia on GameCube. It’s extremely fun to play.

Speaking of Phantasy Star Online... I had a copy of PSO on gamecube and it had a few light scratches so I took it with me to my job at the record store where I had a resurfacer. I learned the hard way gamecube games can't be used on regular resurfacing pads. It rounded off the edges of the disk making it never work again....

Most of the GameCube library could be on this list now

Metal Jesus checks eBay more than he plays games.

Wish they would bring phantasy star online back

"Stupidly expensive and rare" *20-40$*

Thank the Gods that I already have most of these games. When I got Cubivore in 2014 for $80 I thought I overpaid... The only one I'm missing that I've wanted is the Ocarina of Time. I will admit to being surprised that Go! Go! Hypergrind is on the list. I picked it up about a year and a half ago for around $30. I did not expect that game to shoot so far up in price.

You need more videos with John. Don’t know why but he seems like someone I would want to hang out with, play games, and drink beer

Not the most popular opinion, but the GameCube was Nintendos best console . Just overall that Generation of gaming was awesome .

Still have my GBA player disc complete with the sleeve🤟🏻

I also found Go Go Hypergrind at a local game store for $12. Everyone associates the Gamecube with Melee, so a lot of these obscure titles you can find for dirt cheap if you're lucky since no one knows what they are

Fortunately, with the Gameboy Interface, you can use the Gameboy Player without the boot-up disc. Now, the trick is having access to an SD loader.

I'm glad I got some of these before they jumped up in price. I love the Gamecube. I recommend the GCHD adapter for anyone wanting to play it today.

Man I owned all of these I sold them all for drugs. I miss my skies of Arcadia and Wavebird ):

The Gameboy Player disc case is like that because that's how all games in the Japan region were shipped. I guess they didn't want to bother putting it in an NA region box to save some costs.

Now in 2022, every gamecube game is stupidly expensive, and not necessarily rare

What a console. To this day me and my friends still play super smash melee and it's as fun and fluid as ever. Underrated awesome console!

Gotcha Force is a lot of fun. Sucks that it’s so expensive. More people should be able to play it.

I'm super annoyed right now. Several weeks ago, I was cleaning my home with the special intent to minimize. I specifically remember finding an empty generic Gamecube case and tossing it. Turns out it was the case for my GBA player disc.

I had the Pokemon Box back in the days. After having about 1000 pokemon in there you get an egg with a surfing Pikchu.

Mod a Wii + wavebird

Um, Zelda Ocarina of Time & Master Quest goes for about $30 CIB.

I remember when Windwaker came out just how divided people were about that game. Some people didn't like the change to Link and co. , never bothered me really though. Bringing back lots of memories, guys. Informative as always 👍

Zelda Collector's Edition Promotional Disc was also given out on My Nintendo back in the day for registering I believe 4 gamecube games. That's how I had gotten it.

Do you know how upset I am that there's a Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2 PLUS? I spent HUNDREDS of hours on the original.

NBA Street Vol 2 and 3 are the most underrated Gamecube games!

These dudes are so genuine. Just look at Jesus’ face. He’s so excited to talk GameCube games. Brilliant video, dudes 🤘🏾

The GameBoy Player Startup Disc's case and sleave are standard for all Japanese GameCube games. I wasn't aware the American one had such a case. I own the European GameBoy Player whose disc was delivered in a standard sizes case

Game Boy Player disc - found it much cheaper to buy a Freeloader for £8 and a Japanese Game Boy Player disc for £17 instead of paying £60 odd for a UK disc.

NCAA College Basketball 2K3 is a fantastic game, worth buying for a couple bucks on the XBOX or PS2 if you don't want to pay $$$ for the GC version. If you are a Syracuse basketball fan it's a must own because it has the roster from their Championship team with Melo, GMac, and Hakim. GO CUSE!!

The reason any PSO game used to be difficult to come by second-hand is because there were game stores that would wash their hands of buying PSO from anyone in any iteration, due to how playing online worked. Your Hunter's License (how you paid to play online) was tied to your actual physical copy of the game, through your physical copy's unique license codes, which were part of the game's packaging (the GameCube games put them on a sticker) - which could be lost or destroyed, which would make it impossible to identify your unique copy to Sega when trying to sign up for a Hunter's License, even if nobody had played online with that copy of the game before. And of course, as with any code of that nature, once a license code was used by someone, nobody else could use it. This applied to the Dreamcast games, as well as the GameCube games. Therefore, given that online play is PSO's main appeal, any PSO disc immediately lost some gameplay value back in the heyday for a second-hand owner if either the original owner had played online, or had accidentally lost/destroyed the license code information. These days, of course, the only PSO server that Sega currently has active is PSO2, which is a PC game (free at that), so now, there's a different reason people don't usually circulate old physical PSO discs - the fact that you can't play online with them through official channels anymore regardless of the game's condition or whether it's been used for online play before. So PSO sellers have to be even more sure than your average game seller that someone actually wants the game they're trying to sell. Thus, many just don't even bother with offering.

I've always wanted Cubivore. I'm pretty much a fan of any game that has evolution as a game mechanic ever since EVO on SNES.

skies used to be 50 dollars a year back.

I just didn't get the GameCube at the time, it had no appeal at all. However I was amazed years later at how many gems are actually on it.

I already knew I had a rare game with Gotcha Force, but I never knew that Phantasy Star Online Plus was worth so much. I wasn't even sure if I actually had that one, but it looked familiar. Turns out I do have the Plus version and I'll be putting that baby up on Ebay. Thanks for letting me know about this game guys!

That "weird" case the gameboy player disc comes in is in fact how ALL of the Japanese gamecube games are packaged.

What abouth the gamecube legend of zelda four swords with gba cable?

Gotcha Force is such a fun game.

The Zelda promo disc was also available with a year subscription to Nintendo Power, and it came with a full strategy guide that covered all four games. I still have mine

To anyone interested, PSO blue burst is essentially PSO 1 &2 plus on PC with additional content and it's free and still has players on the servers.

you forgot Ribbit King! !

Ikaruga is also pricy ???

My friends and I put a bunch of hours into Phantasy Star co-op on the GameCube. So much fun memories with that game trying to get those rare red boxes.

Btw, if you find the starter disc box odd compared to the other Gamecube covers, it's simply just because they used the same kind of box that japan had. I personally love it!

Would love for you to do more Sega videos

great video,NEXT TIME howbout you do this--a 3HOURS SPECIAL METAL IMMORTAL RADICAL RECENT PICKUPS VIDEO??????????GO NOW!!!!!!

I have the GameCube Game Boy Player disc and disc case with sleeve....didn’t know it was so rare to find that way. Glad I never threw that away!

It's crazy I remember seeing some of these games cheap ass hell when the GameCube was relevant and even early Wii years

and up go the ebay prices

Sealed games suck why talk about them in this video??? :/

I remember when my brother and I got the GameCube for Christmas. It was our first console ever, and we got the one bundle with the zelda game collection. So many memories came back we I saw the zelda box, it was fantastic!

I'm glad I picked up the Gameboy player and disc as a bundle back when I worked at Gamestop and Gamecube was still producing games. I even got it used. Amazed that the disc is rare, I figured theyd be a combo package

there is a hacked startup disc you can burn that will allow the gameboy advance adapter to work. It has far better image quality and options to do 16:9 or 4:3 with no border.

In Australia, Wind Waker came with the Zelda Ocarina Of Time & Master Quest bonus disc in the same case with a sticker on the cover telling you what is inside (at least in first pressings). There was no need to pre-order to get this.

Man I wish these were still the prices listed in the videos!

Did not realise how expensive gotcha force is. I loved that game as a kid

The Zelda promotional game (with 4 games) was also available by mail as part of an earlier version of Club Nintendo. I don't remember the requirements, but that's how I got mine.

Wow, Phantasy Star Online Plus has really taken off

Phantasy star online for 15 hours straight for days. I used to have all those Zelda games!

I remember buying SoA Legends used one day at a retro game store and the guy at the counter said "I think you just bought the most expensive game in the store"

Expensive Games with MJR = Immortal John Hancock in the video. Every time haha.

About the Gameboy player disc case: That are the normal game cube cases on Japan. All the games there came with that kind of box.

The plastic case is actually the Japanese standard case for GameCube games. Nintendo decided to use that in the West for some reason, but it fits really well alongside other Japanese games.

Cool I have the Game Boy player disk with the sleeve. Didn't know the sleeve was rear. Thanks John Hancock.

I lost my original Metroid Prime disc a couple years ago and I never had the chance to play or own Wind Waker! That compilation disc of both would definitely be up my alley!

Thanks guys for further increasing those prices for gamecube fans, really, well done. The amount of videos you youtubers do on Gamecube, I can sell all of my Retail bought Gamecube games and retire.

phantasy star online blue burst is such a masterpiece. the game should be brought back and highly expanded upon.

Man wish I hung onto cubivore. That game was pretty fun!

The Gameboy Player Startup Disc case is actually the standard case used for Japanese games fyi. They all had unique cardboard sleeves as well. Still got mine in mint shape from when I was young.

Tiny GBA box is tiny because that's the size of the box all Japan-region Gamecube games use. They just didn't bother changing it for the US version for some reason.

I bought the Ocarina of Time Master Quest a few years ago at a flea market. Can't believe it's gone up in price! I'm not a collector, so I'd never believe I would own something that is considered rare!

Awesome! Looking for that Bounty Hunter Star Wars game since forever!