Things Only Game Collectors Understand - Retro Bird

What I am currently dealing with is card getting declined because of a large game order from Japan

That cigarette smoke is nostalgic takes you back to the 80s

If I counted the times I said “I am not interested in collecting for…(name the platform)”, and not a day goes by when I score a game for said platform, and just like that I go down that rabbit hole for collecting everything for that system including at least two consoles for that system!! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Funny guy! I like this guy👍

As a proud owner of 10 Colecovision games I had that exact thought go through my head. Wild to be that specifically called out haha

I was homeless at 16. I had to sell my games for food and things to live. When emulation became a thing, I never looked back.

Now I'm successful, make good money, own a home, and I still can't understand physically owning games. I keep a small shelf of Final Fantasy games to make it look like I have something physical, but it's only one shelf for show. I have a small flip pouch of Game Cube games because I never bothered modding it back then since I modded my PS2.

Other than that, fully digital. Over 500 Switch games, over 30,000 games total, all organized in a launcher. I couldn't fathom having that in a physical connection. It just doesn't compute for me.

Please make an extended 3 minute long version of that song you sing at the end.

I love that song at the end. I sing it all the time and annoy my family.

Just subscribed. Your facial expressions are why I did. Lol they’re hilarious

I can't say I'm as honorable as you. I for one have a USB card with multiple emulators from NES to PS2 with a library of hundreds of games that I've been collecting over the last year. They're all games that I played growing up though and my reason for collecting them and storing them on my USB sticks is so that I know I have them preserved. If I ever get the urge or nostalgia to play them again 10 years later, and I will, I'll have them. Though I do actually still own a decent physical selection of games from the Atari to every modern console that are honestly probably worth some good money to collectors. So really, I can still just break out any of those and play them with a little effort but with roms you don't have to worry about them breaking, getting scratched, or anything like that.

My main complaint with digital games is the space on the device they take up. Consoles and computers that have more space available tend to run smoother which is becoming more of an issue as games push the envelope with size and graphics. I also miss physical manuals and player's guides but my position here doesn't get a lot of support since many contemporary camps continue to subscribe to the notion "that everything is online, anyways". It's unfortunate when digital content gets taken down. That is something which happens frequently and will probably continue into the future (e.g., the online resources Nintendo had for Ocarina of Time for the GameCube are probably gone forever at this point). I suppose this trend with digitization is only going to continue, though, as is evident by Sony making a PS5 that doesn't even have an ODD of any sort. There are benefits to digital formats too, though, so I suppose a lot of my opinion is based on personal preference and experience thus far.

What?! You love collecting video games?
Dude! I love collecting video games!
We should be friends!

If you ever need money for games, Lizzo also likes Bananas...

For my asking for physical editions of fatal frame 4 and 5 became a reality I immediately bought them from play Asia and now I own the complete set on PlayStation hardware 😁

to buy the games for $30 or less, I got an reproduction NES for $40, I also am trying to find consoles for under $200, the consoles are: Sega Genesis, SNES, Gameboy Light, Gameboy Color, N64, Gameboy Advance SP, and 2Ds.

Buying 20 copies of Hannah Montana for the DS so you can repurpose the cases with custom inserts for your loose GBA games. . . and they fretting about what your are going to do with 19 carts of Hannah Montana for the DS because you can't just throw them in the trash (and you obviously kept one).

The Banana car is from my hometown. Just saw it the other day!

I bought my first PS2 used at gamestop years ago. I took it home and it just reeked of cigarette smoke. I took it back and committed to buy new systems.

I'm glad I'm not the only one miffed that Ghosts 'N Goblins Resurrection somehow doesn't have a physical edition. Capcom! Come on! It's freaking Ghosts 'N Goblins and it's actually back! Give us an awesome and sexy physical!

OMG! You were right on the money with a game collector and how our brains work, always figuring out the next game to purchase.

Scott the woz vibes like it

OH MY GOD! FINALLY FINAL FANTASY IV ON YOUR CHANNEL HAHA! You finally got it I guess? Or were you hiding it?

In the unlikely event a doctor comes to your house and says those Q-Tips are bad for your ears! A Collector can say, they are for cleaning my old cartridges, so they can work again!
Also when the internet goes down my kids are like oh no, I can't play any games! I can swoop in like Superman and say never fear I have Cartridge Power!
I legit have no downloadable games in my collection as Cartridge is the only way for me! My kids just don't understand! Until the internet goes down then I'm the most powerful being in our house!

Repros are great

One thing I think most newer collectors (like me) can relate to is trying to scope out eBay listings and learn what something is actually genuinely worth because price charting isn’t always accurate. Also one more thing is getting something untested and having to return because it isn’t working (just happened to me with an Atari 2600).

I'm the shove games in a drawer type you showed briefly. Yes frees time for other things, with the only downside being that sometimes I forget about a game I already own and possibly buy a duplicate copy.

Hello Retro bird. Another great video. The part where you discuss about cigarette smells on manuals reminds me of a little anecdote with one of my games with that incident. During the Xbox 360 era I purchased a little game called Devil may cry 4 (used) and when I opened the manual, it reeked of…cigarettes. You know how I solved the problem? I doused the book pages with perfume and it smelled great. To this day after so many years and though faint that perfume scent still lingers ; no more of that nicotine odor, lol.

You're awesome retro bird! Organizing is very important to me, you're videos are my favorite

How to have space for your recent brought games?

For sure would be buying a game covered in goo and other crap and thinking "who is this disgusting, why's there cheeto dust on your copy of bioshock"

Your faces keep getting funnier 🤣

For me collecting is getting but the collection? That's curated from my likes

I was in the same boat with Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection. I wanted to play it super badly on release and the first thing I did was look and see if it had a physical release... it did not. So I got a digital copy, but I always check every once in awhile to see if it did eventually get a physical release. As far as I am aware, the only official answer to the question has been, "Capcom currently has no plans for a physical release," which doesn't help because it's like... that can mean yes or no, just not right now. lol

Explaining shelf space to people. I limit my collection by my shelf space. Without that very important limiting factor, my collection of books, movies, music, and games would get way out of hand.

Thanks for putting together and sharing another excellent and amusing video! Being a collector, is there any particular app you (and others here) would recommend to keep track of your collection? Thanks in advance!

Eat greener bananas they are healthier for u

Always loved older games, I’ve always loved retro games such as the N64 and GameCube, as a teenage retro gamer, love your channel BTW

Collecting is honestly just fun for me. At first, it was a way to collect the games from my childhood, then it grew into buying things I didn’t own/I became interested in.

My collection now lives in the cupboard becuase i ligit spent too much time looking at it, picking them up. Out of sight out of mind. (Untill i think abiut them)







I only got through my “Should i buy a ColecoVision” phase becuase they hardly exist in Australia

“I don’t do backflips off my toilet either”

The need to buy more games. avoids looking at backlog dating back 40+ years...

The Facebook ad comment was right on the Money

You have no idea how happy I was that the Pikmin double pack would be released physically. And I still own both GameCube originals! It's something some didnt really understand but idk I love seeing every main entry of my favorite series ever all physically available in one console. Makes me so so happy as a collector and a lover of video games

Im still hopeful of a Ghost and Goblins Resurrection physical 😭

For me getting a physical copy isn't a requirement but it's a preference generally. I find it much easier to track what games I've beat, played & want to play if I can turn around & look at a shelf. My digital collection just fades into the nether when I put a game down.

everytime i see a bag of bread in the wild i think of your bread bag collection

Cigarettes' smell; Here's a bit of advice for everyone, put it in a large bin with a tight lid and put in a small dish of baking soda. leave closed for a week or so and the odor should be gone. might take longer depends on how bad it is. open up the manual/case and lay everything out. a nice wide clear plastic bin from Hobby Lobby works great. I've been collecting for 20 years now. thousands of games that span decades so this was a fun video topic.