Game preservation sometimes ain't cheap. Anybody able to host an old AOL server so we can get a Neverwinter Nights game going?! 😉

I used to play this on AOL....back when the player limit was 50. When AOL went to unlimited time, before that you paid a per minute fee. There were playes spending hundreds of dollars a month playing. I was there the Last day, as they eventually shut it down...it was a cool community, but unlimited put too much pressure on game and while they increased player limit..it could only support a few hundred at most. I still have the maps printed out somewhere. Ah the dial up days....

I legitimately didn't even know this existed! Thanks for sharing this, so cool!

I thought wait a minute that’s not hard to find, that’s not rare… Besides an awesome gaming guru MJR can also read minds. The dude is a freaking legend 🤘🏻

Dude.. this looks amazing. NWN was one of my favorite games of all time.

The Gold Box SSI games were still some of the best RPGs period. LOVE THEM

You're never gonna see boxart like that again

Great cover, especially with that gold frame 💖

Back in the day when game companies cared and put together nice boxes with a beautiful artwork and physical instructions, maybe posters or other gimmicks. 😍

I was born in 85' and in the mid tolate 90's one of my best friends and his dad always talked about this game like it was legendary I never got to play it but they did have a copy of Eye of the Beholder on SNES that we played profusely I've never seen another Eye of the Beholder cart so I'm guessing it was a rare bird back then

Those gold boxes bring back some really nice memories. The artwork is fantastic. So fantastic that I actually wish that the gold part of the boxes didn't take up that much space.

Most I spent on a game was Buster Douglas Boxing on the Sega Master System. I didn't want to spend the money but it was the last game I needed for the full set so I had to do it.

I remember playing this but never for long. This was in AOL's 'pay by the minute' area and I kept thinking of the monstrous bill I'd be getting.

I really appreciate that you showcase old pc games. To me, it’s one thing that sets your channel apart. It was a big part of my childhood and there’s a lot of nastalgia there. So many of these games were so fun and their appeal was in the humor or the story or music because graphics wasn’t the main appeal then. So important to preserve and highlight this history.

Dude, that transition between 2002 NWN and the original is *sweet*

Stuff like this is so amazing and informative. I am learning about new gaming stuff everyday! Your collection is BEYOND incredible my friend

You should make this a series, meaning, the most I paid for a console or the most I paid for an accessory etc.

The most I've paid for a game was Panzer Dragoon Saga on the Saturn. It cost me $500 AUD in 2016 and is in really good condition.

Very interesting Short. Thank you for sharing with us.

I always loved the box artwork for Pool of Radiance. In terms of computer gaming, I played games on my Dad’s Macintosh 512K, but I never knew that some of those gold box SSI games did come out on the Mac until recently.

I looked at this recently, and yes, there were copies selling for close to $2000

I LOVE the metal Jesus shorts! Keep em up I love seeing cool pieces in your collection!

This is really cool, the art on those boxes just hits different.

MJR your collection is one of the most impressive and eclectic I've ever seen. Very cool

Your collections are so epic brother, this one is really cool!

The cover looks like candice night from blackmores night, pretty sweet

You should be able to play it on an older PC that has a floppy drive. Aol most likely didn't have their own gaming servers. They were an ISP such as COX or Spectrum.

Your huge collection... And the most you paid for a single game is 270 bucks? Your skills in finding good deals are unbeatable!!!

I love your channel so much ❤ always brings my mood up when I’m feeling down! Thank you for being so awesome Metal Jesus Rocks!

I loved playing this game back in the day. Sadly with the rest of my childhood collection, it was sold by an ex. It's cool to see the box again. Thank you for showing it off.

Those novels were amazing rastlin Carmen tazzelhof Flint. I dunno if I spelled the characters correctly but wow that box art is 🔥🔥🔥 I remember reading those many moons ago.

You have a chunk of gaming history that holds a special place for a lot of people, for different reasons. Other than being the first (or second after Ultima Online, depending on who you ask) graphical MMO, it was a clear highlight of AOL at the time, furthering what PlayCable, GameLine and Quantum Link had tried to do, but ultimately failed at. The SSI Gold Box games are highly regarded for a reason, and NWN helped shape what would come later.

My brother gave 100 to buy on eBay LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga Deluxe Edition!! That’s the most expensive game I ever bought!!!! It’s also was new when I got it and it had everything in it!!!

What a collection. I remember having such good times w Champions of Krynn as a kid.

Oh, I just love this box art! I need a poster set of these pictures 😍

His shelf is worth more than my car

So hard to believe that that is the most money you've paid for a game given the size of your collection 😵 That's amazing!

Im really starting to love this channel. Learning a lot.

Those old isometric AD&D and Forgotten Realms PC games were my absolute jam from about 90-96. I just now realized I miss them

The covers on these took me back..i h ave a d&d art book from when i was a kid with many of these paintings in it

Great looking SSI gold box collection. I've enjoyed playing Neverwinter Nights in the past but never played it on AOL. Nicely completes the set!

Expensive BUT very cool. I absolutely feel you, on the completing collection. Regardless of if it’s a videogame, Music Vinyl, etc. It’s a great feeling when you have a complete set of something, you’ve been collecting, for along time. I recently bought a Vinyl Album for £80 plus shipping from Poland to the U.K. I can’t even play my vinyl, right now but they mean the world to me and this particular Artist, is just incredible, all time fav producer. Beautiful music. I own all his MP3 release and I only need about 3 more vinyl to complete my collection. Speaking of collections, I’ve never bought a collectors edition of any game. Simply because I find them to be too expensive and I’m not too bothered about owning a big Kratos figure. Don’t get me wrong, it would be great to buy ever collectors edition of games I really like. The statue figures look great but like I said before, it’s too expensive. Although, if I bought 1, I’d probably end up buying some more and collecting can be addictive. Oh actually, I did buy 1 collectors edition game. Thumper for Nintendo switch. I bought it digital for cheap, not expecting much and I was absolutely blown away by the game and I actually bought collectors edition on eBay for £95. Didn’t come with a statue figure but it does come with nice large box, incredibly beautiful steelbook case (including the actual game) and some other cool stuff. I just started playing thumper in psvr2 and being in the game is truly epic. Especially when you come up against those incredibly huge bosses. I’m so hype md right now. I just got gt7 to play in psvr2 with wheel and cockpit. Switchback vr In 2days. Then walking dead saints and sinners pt1 psvr2 upgrade for about £7.99 which is a great deal. Especially as I got the game feee on ps plus. This is gonna be best gaming month of my life and if I buy resident evil 4 this month, I will be in gaming heaven.

Loved the Gold Box series. Especially "Pool of Radiance" arguably still my fave AD&D game.

275?! over 700? I used to have this one. In fact, I was a beta tester. There were other published games for AOL. LaPub Darts from Broderbund comes to mind. Great game!

WOW just WOW! We played this in an internet cafe years ago! Yep, a few years before we had dial-up at home

I played this when I was a kid... this wasn't an MMO. There was a player limit and you had to joined groups with other people. It was an online game that had severe limitations that was anything but massive.

its amazing how it cant even be played yet its so valuable

It amazes me that this was an online game in 1991 🤯

Holy shit the one you thought I was thinking I totally forgot about but now I remember seeing it in the store

Amazing! That's the only SSI Gold Box I'm missing and yeah, I think I'm never going to get it. Thanks for sharing!

It's crazy how expensive some of these things can be, especially when it's something that can't really be played anymore.🤦‍♂️

I love gaming history and collecting video games. I will never forgive myself for trading off my whole SNES library to EB Games which consisted of over 70 games just to buy a 3DO! I now see some of the SNES games go for a lot of money.

I had most of those gold box DnD games on PC back in the day. I always saw ads for Neverwinter Nights in magazines and the inserts that came with the other games and wanted to get it but never managed to :(

The art on those boxes are so Metal, I love it

Should be in a museum we'll id never played any of this was too young.

Dungeons and dragons is awesome. Would totally love to do a campaign with you Metal Jesus.

The artwork on those games is amazing. I'll try to find high Res versions of them all and print a poster of them all together. That'd look fucking cool and would save me a buck or two

keeping those hot artwork boxes in an easy to asccess location xd

The eye logo on the 2002 box looks like the Yiga Clan logo In the Legend of Zelda games.

Played that and it was very expensive per hour. Also have my copy still. Good stuff.

My friends still play NWN, but on steam. Gondor vs Mordor serve is nostalgic af for us

I think Club Caribe was the first commercially released MMORPG (the commercial release of Habitat).

Such a awesome collection

Dang the market today has me messed up, I sometimes forget that "expensive" used to be thing over a hundred to maybe the price of a console. Nowadays you got tons of games way over the original MSRP

Looks like it was made in Lake Geneva WI judging the text from the back of the box.... I’m from that area! 😂

The box art of those games beautiful

The cover art on those old games is something I miss on new games they have so much more character

D&D art is always so awesome!

An unfinished piece of a great puzzle is always enough reason to spend the big bucks! Especially for something that technically pioneered the likes of future Dragon Age and Mass Effect games! Really awesome collection metal Jesus 😎

Love these shorts, more please 🙂

Those boxes are beautiful

Collecting is a fun hobby! I need to dust my shelves!

I only know of the game for it being featured in Don't Copy that Floppy.

I have that as well and also have the ExoDos collection and it runs within there, no MP but I just launched it and walked around the first town.

obsesed with the old gold box games. i know pool of radiance got remastered in NWN but would be nice to see it all done officially. I also miss those old 2e rules

the box art very naughty lol

Wow congrats man

At least they have these gold box games on stream now! 🤣

A very old but great BBS door game….The Pitt……. The last version I remember in the early 90s was a client side program that you active upon running the door… I bet I still have the game on disk or cd packed away ❤😊😊

The Envy is real over your collection. Lol soo awesome.

I picked up an unopened copy of Death Knights of Krynn at Half Priced Books in Dallas about 2 weeks ago for $20. No idea what it's worth but thought it would be cool to add to my D&D collection.

I loved SSI. Thanks for the memory trigger 👍

My most expensive game is Lunar 2 Eternal Blue complete with all items. Paid 260 after taxes and shipping.

Interestingly... AOL is still operational, which means i wonder if the old games are to some extent. I grew up on these games, MUDs like gemstone/dragonrealms, and other older titles. There's 1 game, Dungeon Hack, that i played all the time way back when. It was legit just single character Eye of the Beholder

The cover arts back in the day where as metal as it gets 🤘

This thing billed by the minute, if I recall.

I'm pretty sure someone was working on bringing this back I'd love to play it again that's fine that

I would have loved to play this online back in the day.

Oh snap, that's a nice find, pity you can't play it but good to complete the set.

I actually played that on AOL back in the day.

Some of those old advanced dungeons & dragon games are worth a lot so I totally believe that I don't know much about the PC releases. Though I do know that hillsfar and pool of radiance on the NES are pretty hard to find and usually especially hillsfar goes for like 400$. Even pool of radiance I never usually see cheaper than about between 150 and $200

Top 3 completed game collection? Love ur vids

Important to note, the listings you showed are not of the same as yours. The ones shown are 1.0 yours is 2.0 still rare as heck.

That's a super cool subset

I was gonna say the price wasn’t that bad till he showed what it goes for in today I’m like shit I guess I can count that out from my wish list

I loved the gold box AD&D games but never knew about this. I’d have worn that disk out

Man, I would have died if I knew about this game back then.

I’m surprised the most expensive game you have is sub $300. Most expensive one I owned/sold was Harvest Moon for SNES. Got about $350 for it.

Wait wait wait… AOL was a thing back in 91? I thought they started years later

The game has been redesigned and repackaged as Forgotten Worlds. It uses the same maps same graphical interface everything as AOL version