You don't need to apologize to any douche on youtube that accuses you of driving up prices, that's not your fault. Looking forward to more hidden gems vids!
yep they're dumb, i know for a fact its not not THIS channel. these guys just love games and all these series have helped a lot of my collections for gamecube, ps2 and ive had great times thanks to metal Jesus. dont worry about those commenters they dont know what're talking about
trackmania turbo for the DS was my first encounter of a high price on your hidden gems. 79 bucks for a game that should cost 9 at most on ebay. 2 months later it drop down to 49 which is still insane. I never bought it, but someone else did.
Never thought Gumby would be a good game! Loved that show as a kid. Don't worry about the people complaining about prices, it's going to happen one way or another, you can't avoid it. I love your series, it definitely helps me discover news games that I never would have picked up before. I've actually come across games in the wild mentioned in your videos before and picked them up simply because of your recommendations of them being good games. Thanks so much for that! Keep up the great work MJR!
TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: THE PUMPKIN KING is a solid gameboy advance game even though it did not received good reviews. However, the gameplay, cheaters , and story are enjoyable.
Thanks for adding more games to my wish list. Lol XD I love the GBA. It has such amazing stuff on there. One day I want to get a complete GBA collection. :3
The discussion at the end about TH-cam videos and rising game prices was a discussion that needed to happen. Thanks for hearing our perspective! Enjoy the video :)
Hey guys. Love your hidden gems videos - thank you :). As for the discussion at the end of the video, I believe some of us might be looking at this the wrong way. You're not the ones driving prices up. The only thing you guys do is let us know about very cool games that we probably wouldn't know about otherwise - you're doing us a service :). If there's someone to blame here is us, when we decide to buy a game even if the price is ludicrous. That's what drives prices up. If re-sellers see they can get away with high prices, they will sell them at those prices. If there's not a market for expensive games, prices will go down. So please keep the hidden games coming. And Reggie, don't worry about this because it's definitely not your fault. :)
Great video guys. You've opened my eyes to so many new games. On a side note to the whole game prices issue, have you considered doing a video on how new collectors can spot bootleg Gameboy Advance games? Much love all the way from the UK.
ways to know are if you can see a two digit number pressed in the game cartridge sticker, look under the cartridge and see a nintendo logo, check the game cartridge sticker and make sure a code that looks like this AGB-AAWJ-JPN when googled actually belongs to the game title, that one belongs to contra hard spirits. those are some ways to tell
MetalJesus please stop showing Reggie on your videos! you are rising the price on Reggies, as a Reggie collector im outraged! Jk, Reggie is a national treasure and must be shared with the world.
I too am a Reggimon: Reginald Monster collector. Reggimon are the champions. For that reason, I just gotta catch all of 'em. Reginald Monster ranching is a tough profession to be in these days, and the rising prices don't help. The prices are really blasting off, again.
IRONY: people complain about hidden gem games prices going up; majority of them wouldnt know about them if not for these kinds of videos. Also 2016, ROMs are a thing.
There is nothing wrong with downloading ROMs that you aren't able to buy New. Not everyone can afford a physical copy + a system. However, yes it's piracy if the game is re-released as a digital copy somewhere. (e.g. Virtual Console).
To expand upon my original post.... If you truly really dearly care about collecting the physical game and are a collector. Then price of a game going from $10 to $15 shouldn't matter to you. Because real talk, that's the "price hiking" that is, IF at all, happening. And for the few expensive and rare games, they are usually about $40. For people that just want to play the games because they are fun, using ROMs should not be an issue. Yeah yeah, its "piracy". But honestly devs and publishers only care if you are pirating their new releases. Seeing as they are not even making new copies of these games at all. Buying them used is not profit for the publisher and is seen as just bad to a publisher.
its not hate, its actually truth that the prices do go up, yea its not their fault because they are just sharing cool games, but the prices do go up, that is fact, not fiction.
These hidden gem videos are super helpful when stocking up my emulators. The GBA was one of the consoles I didn't get to have growing up so it's nice to have some guidance of where to start outside of the major releases. If you read the comments, take this into consideration, METROID GAMES GUIDE. I love metroid and a lot of others do. What are the quintessential Metroid games to have/own/play? Would love to see a complete set of recommendations across 30+ years of metroid.
That's exactly what I used these videos for as well. I also highly recommend a channel called "That Video Games Show". They cover tons of hidden gems for basically every system
I've walked out of stores with stacks of games that were mentioned in these Hidden Gems videos. No seriously, I bought like half of the PS3 "Hidden Gems" at Gamestop in one shot and said to the cashier "Metal Jesus sent me!" I got her cell number too. Didn't lead to anything, but still...I can confirm that these Hidden Gems videos are an absolute good in this world. Like butterscotch Krimpets or Surge soda. Absolute good. If you ask me, people are just complaining for the sake of complaining about something. "Drive the prices up"? If you already have the game, then you have no more need to be emotionally vested in its market. If you have to pay an extra dollar for it after the video comes out, and that dollar means that much to you, then you should have already gotten the game. Otherwise, suck it up, and more importantly, go get laid.
King of Fighters is such a great series. As for the female characters, I always LOVED Athena, Mai, King, Leona, and Mary. Great looking and playing characters.
The rising prices concern seems a little silly to me. If Gumby wasn't mentioned here, you wouldn't know to buy it anyways, so what do you care if it was $1; you would've passed it by. If the game goes up to $10,000, either way you won't own the game so it hasn't changed anything. And if you did already know about it, well then good for you, you bought it already after all, right? It's just a troll argument. If you follow that logic, you have to take down reviews about all things. Instead, let's keep the retro community thriving. It has some of the kindest people I ever met. Keep up the good work guys. :D
Big names don't really mean it's well known. It wasn't initially received all that well. I never find it in the wild, and a lot of people I know have never even heard of it. So yeah, hidden gem.
In Europe I think it was well known, there was a ton of good reviews. However it was horrible to have to play outside (solar captor)... Maybe this influenced the buyers.
"Metroid isn't tough, especialy the earlier ones" If that's true I must be horrible at video games, cuz NES Metroid is one of the hardest things I've played!!
I understand the position of Metal Jesus and Reggie on these Hidden Gems videos. They've helped me a lot in knowing what some of the games are like for my GBA,PSP and 3DS systems. From my experience,it's stores and online vendors who selfishly raise prices of "retro" games-perhaps after viewing videos like this. But that's just their opportunistic streak talking. Most of these videos by Metal Jesus,Lord Karnage,etc are just trying to recommend good games for people to seek out and play. That's all. So keep up the good work Metal Jesus and Reggie!
vendors and stores are only raising the prices because the demand for these games goes up after these types of videos come out. people are exposed to games they may not have heard of that they think they might like, so they seek them out and buy them. if more people weren't buying them, the prices would not go up. in a free market, the prices don't just go up by themselves. there is no conspiracy among the sellers to raise prices when these videos come out. if you go to a store that does raise prices based on a YT vid, then go to another store or buy on-line. ebay has made it impossible for local price collusion to be possible anymore.
I really don't think that's true. Even with what you say,it's still the greed and avarice of the given store and vendor that drives the price up. These videos do not directly or indirectly cause games to go up in price. And schweatty perhaps you misunderstood. Obviously no store will raise the price of anything due to a TH-cam video specifically. My point was they MAY have seen it. And it MAY influence pricing choices. And it's hard for me to believe that there's a mad throng of people rushing to these places seeking out retro video games in the numbers it would take to influence prices. The local store in my area just decided to change the pricing system of their GBA games. They used to be a lower fixed price. Now they aren't. The reason they changed their policy was because,as I can see behind the counter,they use video game price guides to gauge how much the games are. Online list videos don't seem to influence the sales at all,or the pricing choices. Same goes for a lot of the indie vendors I've been to outside of town. They have collector guides. And they aren't being inundated with customers with attitudes like "we say a specific game on a TH-cam video,do you have it?". So I agree with Reggie and Metal Jesus here. It's not the fault of people like them that drives the prices up.
I'm not saying its anyone's fault, but they do have an influence on game sales. You said yourself in your first post "They've helped me a lot in knowing what some of the games are like for my GBA,PSP and 3DS systems." so you go out and buy what you like. so do the other 35,500 people that have seen this video as of the time i am typing this. i myself have bought games based on what i like from these hidden gems videos. and when more people buy the same games, that means the demand goes up. the supply of these old games is fixed and the better the game, the less likely someone is willing to sell it, so there are less games available than people willing to buy them and the price goes up. where do you think the price guides you are talking about determine the prices? its from observed transactions in the market. its not just made up numbers. bottom line: its not greed and avarice, its the basic economic principles of supply and demand.
You just got yourself a subscriber for that. If you don't have it already, there's Gundam Seed Battle Assault on the GBA which is a pretty fun 2D fighter.
Nope. Gundam Seed came out in the early 2000's. This has the Gundam's from that series. It's basically a simplified version of the two Gundam Battle Assault games on the Playstation.
If you guys want to blame anyone don't blame the people giving these games the recognition they deserve, blame the greedy bloodsucking re-sellers that are actually making the decision to drastically drive up prices on games they paid pennies for at flea markets. A lot of you also need to blame yourselves for supporting and enabling that kind of BS. I wont even buy a toothpick from a asshole selling Earthbound for $400 on Ebay. I know a lot of you purists are gonna have a heart attack from this following statement but retro gaming FOR THE MOST PART isn't even best experienced on original hardware anymore anyway. There are a lot of new ways to enhance our retro gaming experience if you are willing to embrace the plethora of enhancements the present has to offer. In 2016 we can now enjoy many retro games without so many of the restrictions and inconvenience we had to endure back then. The recent Android Virtual boy emulator that utilizes color hacked roms and works with Google Cardboard instead of enduring the terrible design of the original Virtual Boy is a shining example of this. Of course this kind of stuff mainly applies to those that are actually in it for the games and not just having a bunch of great games looking pretty while collecting dust on the shelf. Before I get any replies from upset purists, please note it is very possible to be a collector who also utilities present options. Kinda like how MJR uses emulation to record retro gameplay for our viewing pleasure.
+Kulax I probably wouldn't believe it if you detailed a thesis on GBA FPS games as I can barely adapt to first person shooters on one analog systems nowadays.
Seems like if you JUST wanted to play the game, you could find a way to do it for free. The whole idea of a hidden gem is finding a new game to PLAY, not getting a scoop on the arbitrarily priced collector's market. This same thing happens on Guitar youtube. A guy reviews a cheap 20 year old overdrive pedal, suddenly they're going for 3 times what they were new.
So what? Prices go up.. Get over it. Most of you twits wouldn't even know these games exist if not for these type of videos.. No need for Reggie & Metal to apologize..
Shining Soul II is another action RPG that is definitely a hidden gem for the system. I love playing this game! Shining Soul One is no good, so stick to the second one, no need to play the first one at all.
I'm glad you do these hidden gems vids. I didn't know about Gumby and a lot of the games on this video its on my list of games to get now that I'm collecting physical carts (dude, all the games I need to get, I only have two!) its a great way to see what I should not pass up if I see it somewhere to grab it. :)
Man I love your hidden gem videos. You shed light on games that deserve it and help guide me on what to look for too. The price might rise a bit initially but most will probably drop back down. It's all supply and demand at the end of the day.
Moto Racer Advance is fantastic. It was pretty hard to track down. It was one of the last GBA games I got before I finished the US set (1014 GBA games).
Its funny that some Americans doesn't know a thing about capitalism. I always suppose them are the "kings" of it. This complaining about rising prices its a totally selfish- bullshit. Please continue metal Jesus, I absolute love your work, and I will continue to play games doesn't matter if its through a physical copy or not. Cheers from Brazil! o/
The Ecletick Gamer You think you'd enjoy the luxury of even buying games if it was any other economical system? Please make me laugh and say communism...
People are angry because the games they didn't know about are getting more expensive after your hidden gems videos. If they knew about these games beforehand, they would already have them. If they didn't know and you never made the video, they wouldn't know about these games anyway. So why are they angry? There is no logic.
LOL, when I went to go pick up a copy of summon nights...Well, lets just say nearly copy was about $300+!!! Guess that's one hidden gem that's going to stay hidden for me, unless I get lucky and run into it in the wild for not un-outrageous price. Just want to say, I don't believe it's MJR's or any youtuber's fault by any means, it's just the nature of the beast. The term "hidden gem" is a such loaded term in our community, it infers rarity and quality, and that is; highly sought after (whether it actually is or isn't) and once a game gets labeled as such, especially by someone well-known like MJR with such a big audience, it becomes that much more "valuable" in the eyes of sellers and customers. It'd be almost impossible, to make videos about retro games and collecting them, without effecting the market value of those games. There is just no real way to combat that, sadly. With that said, I do believe that videos like these have a lot more positive effect on the hobby, than they do bad IMO. Games, especially good ones should not be kept secret, known only to those select few, and by showing them off, we increase amount of people who know about them, giving them a chance to appreciate it (whether through emulation or seeking out a real cart) and the potential to preserve them for future generations. Which is IMO, is THE most important aspect of our hobby.
I don't care about game prices, I just go for original hardware + everdrive and I'm set for life. These videos are very helpful in selecting what games to play from the ENTIRE COLLECTION OF GAMES in the everdrive. Just having a very small selection of physical games I like the most is enough for me, I don't need a wall of games I'll NEVER play anyway.
Here are some potential GBA hidden gems for you guys to cover: Darius R(import), Star X, Pinball of the Dead, Racing Gears Advance, Phalanx, Sega Arcade Gallery, Jurassic Park: Park Builder, Mazes of Fate, Medal of Honor: Infiltrator, Robotech: The Macross Saga, and Strike Force Hydra.
Yeah as you know I was one of the complainers about this, but again I also want to know about these games myself so I cant really blame you for sharing. I just wanted to say making a heads up post in patreon, like you did, before this video stating that you will be doing a hidden gems was really nice because then I could be prepared to spend some money if I saw things I liked and this time I was able to buy a couple of the games i saw here that interested me, so hopefully you can do that in the future as well! My Suggestions for Hidden Gems if you havent done them already: Froggers Adventures 1 & 2: This uses the classic movement of the original frogger and makes a story mode out of it, pretty decent platforming/adventure frogger game and both are really cheap.( I see one selling for $3 on ebay as im writing this) Dark Arena: It is basically a doom-like clone and works pretty good on the gba, I see you mentioned the doom ports on the gba. Those are the ones i think of atm,
I LOVE your hidden gems videos! I enjoy finding out about games that I didn't even know existed! Happy to see Sigma Star Saga on there I bought this game on clearance at Best Buy for five bucks years ago, and it quickly became a favorite of mine. For a future episode might I suggest Scurge: The Hive? I don't know if you've covered this game, it's on the DS as well, but it's like an isometric Metroid, it's pretty fun, minus some platforming issues due to the isometric view.
Sure, these videos may have an effect on the prices of games but at the end of the day, you probably wouldn't even know to go out and buy them if it wasn't for people like MetalJesus! A big part of the retro gaming community in my opinion is TH-camrs talking about video games so people can share their passion for them! So, do we really want people to stop making awesome videos like this? I think that it just makes this hobby even more fun and enjoyable. (:
No one TH-camr is responsible for jacking up the prices of games but collectively you’re all responsible in part. TH-cam culture is what brought the focus to all these games
Who exactly is the guy who complains about driving the prices up? Either he already has the game, in which case it's good for him that the price is going up, or else he doesn't so it's a moot point because he probably didn't know about it until your video.
You guys should make a video about games that stores seem to have a billion copies of some games like SF Rush for N64. help digital press move some of that shit...
In case you're still wondering, the Bubble Bobble version shown in this video is the Arcade version; I've played the NES one to hell and back, and the palettes are different. Also, the problem with Round 99 might have something to do with the secret in the original version; you have to grab the crystal ball that shows up in the beginning on the right side of the stage, and then go into the door that shows up in the middle. You can beat the NES version without doing this, but you get the bad ending. I haven't played the GBA version too much, so I can't say for sure.
If you want to show off the 3D capabilities of the GBA, then you could do a LOT worse than checking out Star X (A Starfox clone) and Wing Commander Prophecy. They are fully polygonal, high speed, smooth shooters that, in my opinion, are worthy of being in anyone's collection.
The Super robot taisen OG games need to be mentioned. They have amazing anime style graphics, fantastic music (especially for the GBA) and some great turn based combat
"STOP MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT THESE GAMES! YOU'RE DRIVING UP THE PRICES!!!" this is why we cant have good things....because of these greedy bastards who want every game for themselves, and want no one else to know about them...
Thank you for making this video. Grew up poor, so i found myself getting only games i knew I'd like, and the way I'd try other games was trading games over the weekend with friends, but now i just got a RG35XX(Handheld retro game device made by Anbernic). I always hated emulators on most devices, even PC. Just never felt right for many of the games. This RG35XX handled is perfect for experiencing those retro games, while feeling more authentic. Specifically gameboy games more so than something like ps1, but this device can handle both. They also have better devices that can handle more, with joysticks and whatever but the one i got is perfect for what i wanted it for. Again, thank you for this video, and love the channel.
You could also use a flash cart (forget the name of the best one) and use a gba that's had a better screen modded (like $100). Play it on a real gameboy and put a ton of games on the flash cart that looks just like a real cartridge. A modded New 3DS xl is my favorite way though...love also having 3DS and DS games. So many good ones.
other hidden gems: Capcom Classics Mini Mix (cheapest way to get mighty final fight and you get strider and bionic commando NES versions in it), Combo Pack: Sonic Advance + Sonic Pinball Party, Contra: Hard Spirits, I think you mentioned iridion 3d but there is also iridion 2, The Pinball of the Dead (I don't think you've mentioned that one)
You don't need to apologize to any douche on youtube that accuses you of driving up prices, that's not your fault. Looking forward to more hidden gems vids!
Agreed!
Agreed, they've helped me discover so many great games over the course of this series.
yep they're dumb, i know for a fact its not not THIS channel. these guys just love games and all these series have helped a lot of my collections for gamecube, ps2 and ive had great times thanks to metal Jesus. dont worry about those commenters they dont know what're talking about
Emulators r a thing so all these games r free
Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku 2/Buu's Fury is great.
I also enjoyed Power Rangers Wild Force, for hidden games
I just started a new file on LoG2 lol super addicting action rpg
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I tried it out once to test a GBA and it reminded me so much of Diablo 2 that I kept playing for a few hours.
I love these videos and if it wasn't for your videos I wouldn't know about a lot of the games I now have in my collection.
trackmania turbo for the DS was my first encounter of a high price on your hidden gems. 79 bucks for a game that should cost 9 at most on ebay. 2 months later it drop down to 49 which is still insane. I never bought it, but someone else did.
Anyone else see the River City Random typo lol. Love the vid guys
Never thought Gumby would be a good game! Loved that show as a kid. Don't worry about the people complaining about prices, it's going to happen one way or another, you can't avoid it. I love your series, it definitely helps me discover news games that I never would have picked up before. I've actually come across games in the wild mentioned in your videos before and picked them up simply because of your recommendations of them being good games. Thanks so much for that! Keep up the great work MJR!
Bring 'em on because I have fun watching them!!
TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: THE PUMPKIN KING is a solid gameboy advance game even though it did not received good reviews. However, the gameplay, cheaters , and story are enjoyable.
Iridion 2 is an awesome shooter for the GBA.
Reggie and Metal Jesus. The two coolest dudes on TH-cam.
Collin Mcrae Rally 2.0
It was a fantastic port.
Bubble Bobble cheated me too at level 99 back in the day Reggie! I was SOOOOOO PISSED!!!
Yeah, it crushes the soul
The game just shuts off like he said?
tokyOgoomba Yep, that's EXACTLY what happened to me.
Thanks for adding more games to my wish list. Lol XD I love the GBA. It has such amazing stuff on there. One day I want to get a complete GBA collection. :3
LOL the miniature Atari still gets me laughing xD
Where do you guys get your protective cases for your GBA games?
that mini atari console rocks does it really play games?
Well, Sigma Star is not what I would call cheap. My only source for it is ebay though...
The discussion at the end about TH-cam videos and rising game prices was a discussion that needed to happen. Thanks for hearing our perspective! Enjoy the video :)
Agreed.
Hey guys. Love your hidden gems videos - thank you :). As for the discussion at the end of the video, I believe some of us might be looking at this the wrong way. You're not the ones driving prices up. The only thing you guys do is let us know about very cool games that we probably wouldn't know about otherwise - you're doing us a service :).
If there's someone to blame here is us, when we decide to buy a game even if the price is ludicrous. That's what drives prices up. If re-sellers see they can get away with high prices, they will sell them at those prices. If there's not a market for expensive games, prices will go down.
So please keep the hidden games coming. And Reggie, don't worry about this because it's definitely not your fault. :)
Great video guys. You've opened my eyes to so many new games. On a side note to the whole game prices issue, have you considered doing a video on how new collectors can spot bootleg Gameboy Advance games? Much love all the way from the UK.
+Radical Reggie good job guys, another cool video
ways to know are if you can see a two digit number pressed in the game cartridge sticker, look under the cartridge and see a nintendo logo, check the game cartridge sticker and make sure a code that looks like this AGB-AAWJ-JPN when googled actually belongs to the game title, that one belongs to contra hard spirits. those are some ways to tell
MetalJesus please stop showing Reggie on your videos! you are rising the price on Reggies, as a Reggie collector im outraged!
Jk, Reggie is a national treasure and must be shared with the world.
+FrostArael hahaha!
+MetalJesusRocks Do a Hidden Reggies video.
I too am a Reggimon: Reginald Monster collector. Reggimon are the champions. For that reason, I just gotta catch all of 'em. Reginald Monster ranching is a tough profession to be in these days, and the rising prices don't help. The prices are really blasting off, again.
Great vid
I emulate my Reggies
I love it when metaljesus says"Hn" just to show he's listening or that he is still alive.
The Metal Jesus robot (tm) is programmed to do that every 29.97 seconds
+MetalJesusRocks OH MY FUCKING GOD METAL JESUS REPLIED TO ME WHOOOHOOO
+Azhar it's like the hand of God rested briefly on your shoulder isn't it? Or maybe a sloppy kiss from your German Shepherd. One of the two.
+John Gower Yes yes its like the hand of god gave me a hand job. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE....IT'S AMAAAAZZING
it looks like you got noticed by the senpai.
It's so simple. I see Reggie in the thumbnail. I click the video. I enjoy every second.
You can't help but like the guy. Jason seems to know a lot of really nice people.
Check out Reggie's channel! Breaking the seal is such a funny FU to sealed collectors.
,are you gay too
@@jamesgreen6376 why does he gotta be gay homie??? Nothing to do with what people do behind closed doors.
@@Alienfanatic Birds of a feather....
IRONY: people complain about hidden gem games prices going up; majority of them wouldnt know about them if not for these kinds of videos. Also 2016, ROMs are a thing.
Also copyright and piracy laws are a thing
There is nothing wrong with downloading ROMs that you aren't able to buy New. Not everyone can afford a physical copy + a system.
However, yes it's piracy if the game is re-released as a digital copy somewhere. (e.g. Virtual Console).
ROMS are for people that are not into collecting but want to play the game anyway. Any collector prefer the real deal.
I didn't realise that every collector has enough disposable income to be able to buy every single game they desires to play.
To expand upon my original post....
If you truly really dearly care about collecting the physical game and are a collector. Then price of a game going from $10 to $15 shouldn't matter to you. Because real talk, that's the "price hiking" that is, IF at all, happening. And for the few expensive and rare games, they are usually about $40.
For people that just want to play the games because they are fun, using ROMs should not be an issue. Yeah yeah, its "piracy". But honestly devs and publishers only care if you are pirating their new releases. Seeing as they are not even making new copies of these games at all. Buying them used is not profit for the publisher and is seen as just bad to a publisher.
Hell with the haters. I love these hidden gems videos.
I haven't seen any haters yet and I've watched like 10 of these videos and read the comment sections.
its not hate, its actually truth that the prices do go up, yea its not their fault because they are just sharing cool games, but the prices do go up, that is fact, not fiction.
i'm a hater. hate me!! AAAARGGHHH!
+scir 91 i dont know u bro
ok
These hidden gem videos are super helpful when stocking up my emulators. The GBA was one of the consoles I didn't get to have growing up so it's nice to have some guidance of where to start outside of the major releases.
If you read the comments, take this into consideration, METROID GAMES GUIDE. I love metroid and a lot of others do. What are the quintessential Metroid games to have/own/play? Would love to see a complete set of recommendations across 30+ years of metroid.
That's exactly what I used these videos for as well. I also highly recommend a channel called "That Video Games Show". They cover tons of hidden gems for basically every system
I've walked out of stores with stacks of games that were mentioned in these Hidden Gems videos. No seriously, I bought like half of the PS3 "Hidden Gems" at Gamestop in one shot and said to the cashier "Metal Jesus sent me!" I got her cell number too. Didn't lead to anything, but still...I can confirm that these Hidden Gems videos are an absolute good in this world. Like butterscotch Krimpets or Surge soda. Absolute good.
If you ask me, people are just complaining for the sake of complaining about something. "Drive the prices up"? If you already have the game, then you have no more need to be emotionally vested in its market. If you have to pay an extra dollar for it after the video comes out, and that dollar means that much to you, then you should have already gotten the game. Otherwise, suck it up, and more importantly, go get laid.
Amen.
Amen brodah!
I missed out on The King of Fighters! It looks like they also had a lot of cute girl characters!
um how havent you played that game so good
King of Fighters is such a great series. As for the female characters, I always LOVED Athena, Mai, King, Leona, and Mary. Great looking and playing characters.
your cute :) whats your i.g?
x1503 SupaBeccaPeach X3
Pathetic man. Sad when you gotta flirt with girls over the internet just for any form of attention from them.
Asterix & Obelisk XXL needed a mention! full 3D graphics and you can even rotate the screen, simply incredible for a gba
The rising prices concern seems a little silly to me. If Gumby wasn't mentioned here, you wouldn't know to buy it anyways, so what do you care if it was $1; you would've passed it by. If the game goes up to $10,000, either way you won't own the game so it hasn't changed anything.
And if you did already know about it, well then good for you, you bought it already after all, right?
It's just a troll argument. If you follow that logic, you have to take down reviews about all things.
Instead, let's keep the retro community thriving. It has some of the kindest people I ever met. Keep up the good work guys. :D
Dude your hidden gem/buyers guide videos are so good! Thank you for the insight!
don't stop the hidden gems videos! I find them extremely valuable in finding awesome old games I never had a chance to play back in the day
gameboy advance was so good back in the old days it came out like 1999 or 2000 best year ever
2001 ;)
Another hidden gem for me at least is "Boktai". Loved that game.
Cool game
Great game, but a Capcom Hideo Kojima game is not a hidden gem
Big names don't really mean it's well known. It wasn't initially received all that well. I never find it in the wild, and a lot of people I know have never even heard of it. So yeah, hidden gem.
That said I'm speaking mostly for the american audience. I know in Japan this game did fairly well.
In Europe I think it was well known, there was a ton of good reviews. However it was horrible to have to play outside (solar captor)... Maybe this influenced the buyers.
"Metroid isn't tough, especialy the earlier ones"
If that's true I must be horrible at video games, cuz NES Metroid is one of the hardest things I've played!!
Mother brain is tough because everytime you die you have to refill your tanks before trying again.
I understand the position of Metal Jesus and Reggie on these Hidden Gems videos. They've helped me a lot in knowing what some of the games are like for my GBA,PSP and 3DS systems. From my experience,it's stores and online vendors who selfishly raise prices of "retro" games-perhaps after viewing videos like this. But that's just their opportunistic streak talking. Most of these videos by Metal Jesus,Lord Karnage,etc are just trying to recommend good games for people to seek out and play. That's all. So keep up the good work Metal Jesus and Reggie!
You sir, have a good understanding of what we're trying to do. Thank you
Thanks I appreciate that. For the record,I have some of these games. Actually sought out Lady Sia from one of these videos.
vendors and stores are only raising the prices because the demand for these games goes up after these types of videos come out. people are exposed to games they may not have heard of that they think they might like, so they seek them out and buy them. if more people weren't buying them, the prices would not go up. in a free market, the prices don't just go up by themselves. there is no conspiracy among the sellers to raise prices when these videos come out. if you go to a store that does raise prices based on a YT vid, then go to another store or buy on-line. ebay has made it impossible for local price collusion to be possible anymore.
I really don't think that's true. Even with what you say,it's still the greed and avarice of the given store and vendor that drives the price up. These videos do not directly or indirectly cause games to go up in price. And schweatty perhaps you misunderstood. Obviously no store will raise the price of anything due to a TH-cam video specifically. My point was they MAY have seen it. And it MAY influence pricing choices. And it's hard for me to believe that there's a mad throng of people rushing to these places seeking out retro video games in the numbers it would take to influence prices. The local store in my area just decided to change the pricing system of their GBA games. They used to be a lower fixed price. Now they aren't. The reason they changed their policy was because,as I can see behind the counter,they use video game price guides to gauge how much the games are. Online list videos don't seem to influence the sales at all,or the pricing choices. Same goes for a lot of the indie vendors I've been to outside of town. They have collector guides. And they aren't being inundated with customers with attitudes like "we say a specific game on a TH-cam video,do you have it?". So I agree with Reggie and Metal Jesus here. It's not the fault of people like them that drives the prices up.
I'm not saying its anyone's fault, but they do have an influence on game sales. You said yourself in your first post "They've helped me a lot in knowing what some of the games are like for my GBA,PSP and 3DS systems." so you go out and buy what you like. so do the other 35,500 people that have seen this video as of the time i am typing this. i myself have bought games based on what i like from these hidden gems videos. and when more people buy the same games, that means the demand goes up. the supply of these old games is fixed and the better the game, the less likely someone is willing to sell it, so there are less games available than people willing to buy them and the price goes up. where do you think the price guides you are talking about determine the prices? its from observed transactions in the market. its not just made up numbers. bottom line: its not greed and avarice, its the basic economic principles of supply and demand.
You're thinking about doing a video highlighting the 3D capabilities of the GBA? Yes please! :-D
Reggie is a Gundam fan? I like him even more. I might have to get that SD Gundam Force game even though the show sucked.
The School of the Undefeated of the East!
The Winds of the King!
Zenshin!
Keiretsu!
Tenpa kyoran!
LOOK the East is Burning Red!
You just got yourself a subscriber for that. If you don't have it already, there's Gundam Seed Battle Assault on the GBA which is a pretty fun 2D fighter.
+Prime92 yeah, I think it's a port of the Japanese super famicom game
Nope. Gundam Seed came out in the early 2000's. This has the Gundam's from that series. It's basically a simplified version of the two Gundam Battle Assault games on the Playstation.
nooo prime 92 sd gundam on on super famicom dipshit look it up lol
If you guys want to blame anyone don't blame the people giving these games the recognition they deserve, blame the greedy bloodsucking re-sellers that are actually making the decision to drastically drive up prices on games they paid pennies for at flea markets. A lot of you also need to blame yourselves for supporting and enabling that kind of BS. I wont even buy a toothpick from a asshole selling Earthbound for $400 on Ebay. I know a lot of you purists are gonna have a heart attack from this following statement but retro gaming FOR THE MOST PART isn't even best experienced on original hardware anymore anyway.
There are a lot of new ways to enhance our retro gaming experience if you are willing to embrace the plethora of enhancements the present has to offer. In 2016 we can now enjoy many retro games without so many of the restrictions and inconvenience we had to endure back then. The recent Android Virtual boy emulator that utilizes color hacked roms and works with Google Cardboard instead of enduring the terrible design of the original Virtual Boy is a shining example of this.
Of course this kind of stuff mainly applies to those that are actually in it for the games and not just having a bunch of great games looking pretty while collecting dust on the shelf. Before I get any replies from upset purists, please note it is very possible to be a collector who also utilities present options. Kinda like how MJR uses emulation to record retro gameplay for our viewing pleasure.
ecks vs sever gba, serious sam advance , duke nukem advanced, backtrack and 007 nightfire are hidden gems
Playing a FPS shooter on the GBA that isn't Doom or Doom 2, just seems crazy to me.
g1nobleteam well believe it or not there are a lot of good fps games on the gba
+Kulax I probably wouldn't believe it if you detailed a thesis on GBA FPS games as I can barely adapt to first person shooters on one analog systems nowadays.
metal jesus do you have ever used emulators in your life???
+Gerald Schokker I use DOSBOX all the time actually
thanks, cool to know!
metal jesus, have a great Christmass.
#FromNetherland
Seems like if you JUST wanted to play the game, you could find a way to do it for free. The whole idea of a hidden gem is finding a new game to PLAY, not getting a scoop on the arbitrarily priced collector's market. This same thing happens on Guitar youtube. A guy reviews a cheap 20 year old overdrive pedal, suddenly they're going for 3 times what they were new.
Now Gumby will shoot up in price. Looks solid.
gumby 😇😇
oh no..
damage did. now gumby goes up to 40
4 out of 10 copies sold in the last 3 months have been sold today...
Idiots can't wait a while? People keep doing this cause dumbasses keep paying...
So what? Prices go up.. Get over it. Most of you twits wouldn't even know these games exist if not for these type of videos.. No need for Reggie & Metal to apologize..
Shining Soul II is another action RPG that is definitely a hidden gem for the system. I love playing this game! Shining Soul One is no good, so stick to the second one, no need to play the first one at all.
Yep, i'll be adding it in the next video
Ss1 was okay, but doesn't hold a candle to the section and one
I'm glad you do these hidden gems vids. I didn't know about Gumby and a lot of the games on this video its on my list of games to get now that I'm collecting physical carts (dude, all the games I need to get, I only have two!) its a great way to see what I should not pass up if I see it somewhere to grab it. :)
Man I love your hidden gem videos. You shed light on games that deserve it and help guide me on what to look for too. The price might rise a bit initially but most will probably drop back down. It's all supply and demand at the end of the day.
Exactly
Moto Racer Advance is fantastic. It was pretty hard to track down. It was one of the last GBA games I got before I finished the US set (1014 GBA games).
Kacy!
Reggie!!!
Woah I’m just planning on collecting around like 150 of them. Have u even played them all? Or at least most of them
Check out kuru kuru kururin. More addictive than heroin and has an excellent soundtrack
These people complaining spend hundreds of dollars buying Fifa packs but can't drop ten dollars on a retro game without complaining lmao #jaysus
Reggie!!!!!
Bruce!!!!
+Radical Reggie Amazing video as always guys! Keep up the good work(-:
N-Gage has a great port of one of the GBA KOF games.
I second River City Random. Great upgrade of the NES original.
Its funny that some Americans doesn't know a thing about capitalism. I always suppose them are the "kings" of it. This complaining about rising prices its a totally selfish- bullshit.
Please continue metal Jesus, I absolute love your work, and I will continue to play games doesn't matter if its through a physical copy or not.
Cheers from Brazil! o/
The Ecletick Gamer You think you'd enjoy the luxury of even buying games if it was any other economical system? Please make me laugh and say communism...
Metal Jesus is American too...
Nice video as always! Don't forget Medal of Honor: Infiltrator. One of the best! Cheers.
It's not a hidden gem any more when you make a video that gets 50 thousand views.
People are angry because the games they didn't know about are getting more expensive after your hidden gems videos.
If they knew about these games beforehand, they would already have them.
If they didn't know and you never made the video, they wouldn't know about these games anyway. So why are they angry? There is no logic.
Long live "Hidden Gems" videos
Best Channel Ever
LOL, when I went to go pick up a copy of summon nights...Well, lets just say nearly copy was about $300+!!! Guess that's one hidden gem that's going to stay hidden for me, unless I get lucky and run into it in the wild for not un-outrageous price.
Just want to say, I don't believe it's MJR's or any youtuber's fault by any means, it's just the nature of the beast. The term "hidden gem" is a such loaded term in our community, it infers rarity and quality, and that is; highly sought after (whether it actually is or isn't) and once a game gets labeled as such, especially by someone well-known like MJR with such a big audience, it becomes that much more "valuable" in the eyes of sellers and customers.
It'd be almost impossible, to make videos about retro games and collecting them, without effecting the market value of those games. There is just no real way to combat that, sadly. With that said, I do believe that videos like these have a lot more positive effect on the hobby, than they do bad IMO. Games, especially good ones should not be kept secret, known only to those select few, and by showing them off, we increase amount of people who know about them, giving them a chance to appreciate it (whether through emulation or seeking out a real cart) and the potential to preserve them for future generations. Which is IMO, is THE most important aspect of our hobby.
Good stuff
I don't care about game prices, I just go for original hardware + everdrive and I'm set for life. These videos are very helpful in selecting what games to play from the ENTIRE COLLECTION OF GAMES in the everdrive. Just having a very small selection of physical games I like the most is enough for me, I don't need a wall of games I'll NEVER play anyway.
Reggie and Metal Jesus, do you guys medicate before you play or record games?
+Luke Clark I'm usually wacked out on allergy medicine and the high you get from cheap cologne. You?
+MetalJesusRocks hahaha! Thanks for the great content man. Getting stoned to your videos is the best!
Not sure if a typo that was supposed to be "meditate" and you were too lazy to change it.
Or actually medicate.
Here are some potential GBA hidden gems for you guys to cover: Darius R(import), Star X, Pinball of the Dead, Racing Gears Advance, Phalanx, Sega Arcade Gallery, Jurassic Park: Park Builder, Mazes of Fate, Medal of Honor: Infiltrator, Robotech: The Macross Saga, and Strike Force Hydra.
Yeah as you know I was one of the complainers about this, but again I also want to know about these games myself so I cant really blame you for sharing. I just wanted to say making a heads up post in patreon, like you did, before this video stating that you will be doing a hidden gems was really nice because then I could be prepared to spend some money if I saw things I liked and this time I was able to buy a couple of the games i saw here that interested me, so hopefully you can do that in the future as well!
My Suggestions for Hidden Gems if you havent done them already:
Froggers Adventures 1 & 2: This uses the classic movement of the original frogger and makes a story mode out of it, pretty decent platforming/adventure frogger game and both are really cheap.( I see one selling for $3 on ebay as im writing this)
Dark Arena: It is basically a doom-like clone and works pretty good on the gba, I see you mentioned the doom ports on the gba.
Those are the ones i think of atm,
I'm now playing several of these on my completely legitimate emulated copies that I have physical backups of, cheers.
That SSI gold box series standing proud in the background! You guys should check out Rebelstar Tactical Command for gba if you haven't already. ^ ^
I had the first Summon knight sitting on ebay for a couple weeks, this video comes out and my copy sells an hour later.. hmm
That's great.
I LOVE your hidden gems videos! I enjoy finding out about games that I didn't even know existed! Happy to see Sigma Star Saga on there I bought this game on clearance at Best Buy for five bucks years ago, and it quickly became a favorite of mine. For a future episode might I suggest Scurge: The Hive? I don't know if you've covered this game, it's on the DS as well, but it's like an isometric Metroid, it's pretty fun, minus some platforming issues due to the isometric view.
Jason enjoys his 2D pre-remdered platformers, but Reggie just keeps pushing back to the shoot-em-ups and beat-em-ups lol
Sure, these videos may have an effect on the prices of games but at the end of the day, you probably wouldn't even know to go out and buy them if it wasn't for people like MetalJesus! A big part of the retro gaming community in my opinion is TH-camrs talking about video games so people can share their passion for them! So, do we really want people to stop making awesome videos like this? I think that it just makes this hobby even more fun and enjoyable. (:
Price is not important for me since im NOT BUYING THEM and play ROMs instead
yeah you've heard right
i play em free n no one can touch me
Summon night 1&2 fucking rock but everything else that came after in the series sucked ass
Metal Jesus, one game I think really shows off the power of the gba is "Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge" The gba version actually has full 3D tracks.
No one TH-camr is responsible for jacking up the prices of games but collectively you’re all responsible in part. TH-cam culture is what brought the focus to all these games
Download rom as a demo.....yes...of course. However, I also think preservation is a big part.
Who exactly is the guy who complains about driving the prices up? Either he already has the game, in which case it's good for him that the price is going up, or else he doesn't so it's a moot point because he probably didn't know about it until your video.
Keep up with the hidden gems. The ratio of likes vs dislikes make the case and point. You can't make everyone happy and thats it.
You guys should make a video about games that stores seem to have a billion copies of some games like SF Rush for N64. help digital press move some of that shit...
GBA is such a shitty and boring handheld,
i got all GBA games that i want for my flashed PSP.
And i play none of them.
Both of these guys seem like the nicest human beings I've ever seen or heard of the my entire life.
I'd like to buy you both a beer!
Metroid isnt super tough meanwhile Nintendo power released a few guides on it because it was hard by itself.
In case you're still wondering, the Bubble Bobble version shown in this video is the Arcade version; I've played the NES one to hell and back, and the palettes are different. Also, the problem with Round 99 might have something to do with the secret in the original version; you have to grab the crystal ball that shows up in the beginning on the right side of the stage, and then go into the door that shows up in the middle. You can beat the NES version without doing this, but you get the bad ending. I haven't played the GBA version too much, so I can't say for sure.
yeah everything will raise the prices not just ur videos. peoples greed is the no1. ebay prices are stupid
baldur's gate dark alliance for the gba IS AMAZING you two should really check it out
metroid isn't tough? I thought I was decent at gaming. The first metroid destroyed me.
If you want to show off the 3D capabilities of the GBA, then you could do a LOT worse than checking out Star X (A Starfox clone) and Wing Commander Prophecy. They are fully polygonal, high speed, smooth shooters that, in my opinion, are worthy of being in anyone's collection.
juka and the monophonic menace is a pretty good game, if you find a copy go check it out
Grunty's Revenge, also pretty good, my opinion...
would love to see that video about the GBA's 3D capabilities!
The Super robot taisen OG games need to be mentioned. They have amazing anime style graphics, fantastic music (especially for the GBA) and some great turn based combat
and its cheap!
Glad you took the time to say what you thought needed to be said, but you don't need to answer to anybody! Thanks to both of you for the great video!
metaljesus greeting from berlin nice video thx for that!
I would definitely check out Ghost Rider, it's actually really good!
5 years later and most of these games are $50 and up…
"STOP MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT THESE GAMES! YOU'RE DRIVING UP THE PRICES!!!"
this is why we cant have good things....because of these greedy bastards who want every game for themselves, and want no one else to know about them...
“Let’s take a look” - Cue forward skip 15 seconds 👍🏻
Yeah, the first one ruled. Let's see if you've honestly got even more good hidden stuff
METROID isn’t SUPER TOUGH. 🥶
The earlier metroid games aren't challenging???????????
Thank you for making this video. Grew up poor, so i found myself getting only games i knew I'd like, and the way I'd try other games was trading games over the weekend with friends, but now i just got a RG35XX(Handheld retro game device made by Anbernic).
I always hated emulators on most devices, even PC. Just never felt right for many of the games. This RG35XX handled is perfect for experiencing those retro games, while feeling more authentic. Specifically gameboy games more so than something like ps1, but this device can handle both. They also have better devices that can handle more, with joysticks and whatever but the one i got is perfect for what i wanted it for. Again, thank you for this video, and love the channel.
You could also use a flash cart (forget the name of the best one) and use a gba that's had a better screen modded (like $100). Play it on a real gameboy and put a ton of games on the flash cart that looks just like a real cartridge. A modded New 3DS xl is my favorite way though...love also having 3DS and DS games. So many good ones.
Oh missed that it can do ps1. That's cool.
other hidden gems: Capcom Classics Mini Mix (cheapest way to get mighty final fight and you get strider and bionic commando NES versions in it), Combo Pack: Sonic Advance + Sonic Pinball Party, Contra: Hard Spirits, I think you mentioned iridion 3d but there is also iridion 2, The Pinball of the Dead (I don't think you've mentioned that one)