Every Game Hunters WORST NIGHTMARE
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Woohoo! Thanks for the shout out Rick! Glad you liked the shop! 😊
Yea it was cool to see a place practically down the street to drool at on his show, pretty awesome 🎉
@collectorsluck awesome spot. You need to open a store. You already have the cabinet, statues, and signs! 😊
I was a Blockbuster boy myself when I was a kid. I used to love going there to rent movies. Sometimes I'd just go to look at the movie and video game covers. Man, I miss those days...
Dillsboro Video, in Dillsboro, IN. But when we would go to Lawrenceburg I would rent from either Movie Gallery or Blockbuster and then in my early 20s I worked at Movie Gallery for a while. Good times 💯
Movie stores always seemed to have the same smell. Nothing compares to going to the movie store on Friday getting a movie and a video game for a sleepover. Kids won’t be able to experience that feeling.
I was born in 91. I remember my parents bringing us to a mom and pop video rental store for years. Blockbuster and Hollywood Video did finally come to our area and put them out of business. I just remember when new release movies stopped renting as much, they'd only keep a couple copies and then put all the extras in a bin for 25 cents. They had toy/candy vending machines and ice cream, too! Those were the days.
I was born in '83. I really really miss the old days.
I remember the mom and pops movie/game rentals. I was born 85, my rental store had Revenge of Shinobi arcade cabinet and a Simpsons Pinball machine. I would always play RoS every time I came to that store. My dad would rent out nothing but action movies. I miss the 80’s/90’s! 😢
@@SKvldlf just be thankful we grew up in the 90s. The 2024 generation got robbed tbh....just a shtshow
Born in 91 as well. We had 2 mom and pops very close to each other. Never got a blockbuster or Hollywood video
From someone born in 1978 yall are young bucks
Glad you got your channel back
Rick: USE better security. Everything from WiFi, to landlines/cable/fiber, to a better OS, to a better BROWSER. Rick and team, NOTES.
I live in Wisconsin and I personally go to this guys store on a regular basis. Very honest and knowledgeable dude. Fair prices too
Born in ‘89. Here in Ireland there was a video game / movie rental shop called Xtra-Vision. Best part of my childhood going there
We had a Chartbusters near us, I eventually worked there as a teenager. It's funny to think now that Chartbusters was a blatant Blockbuster knock-off!
My local video rental place. A mom and pop shop. They new my name and i remember they called my dad once to ask if it was ok if rented The Terminator. 😂 (I was like 7)
Of course he said yes. "Rent my son anything he wants - except whats behind the saloon doors" 😂😂
We had a place in my small town in Delaware called RC Video. We’d go so often that the guy who ran it would always let me and my siblings get an extra movie or game for free. Also introduced me to all the goofy 80s horror movies when I turned 13 that I still love to this day. So many fond memories that I wish my kid could experience. RIP RC Video and every other video store
Blockbuster and Hollywood videos
My former neighbor (RIP Dave Hapner) started Dave's video in Indiana. He had several locations back in the I believe late 80s/90s.
A Full Store TOUR PLEASE. With stories of where and how much some of the big items were acquired. Make it two three even four parts.....Absolutely OUTSTANDING GAMING STORE.
Thank's for Sharing. We rented from a corner store that was across the road. We also had Jumbo & Blockbuster video in Ontario Canada.
I rented movies and games from Hollywood videos back when they had Gamecrazy with them. The best game store at the time, the employees were so nice and they clean a disc or two for free.
80's kid here. Every Friday, my mom would take me and my friends to Music Plus. It was the big box retailer in my town that sold/rent movies and music on tapes and vinyl. Sometimes my mom would also grab a 45 for herself (yep..legit that OLD). Then we would go to my house and all gather around our 20 in TV and watch the movie on our VHS player (sweet set up right there.).
Our local video rental store was called Versatile Video in Dunwoody, GA. No chain, no big box stuff. Just a classic video rental spot with all the NES/SNES, Genesis and "other" video games you could handle. Loved it. Blockbuster eventually moved in down the street around 2000 but this video spot kept going well into the 2000s. I miss it dearly.
Sycamore Videos, and we had a Box Office video store. We went into Blockbuster 1 time, but never again when they asked for credit cards just to sign up. lol
When I go to shops like that with large "not for sale" displays, it helps to just think of it as a small museum piece. Even though I can't go home with it, just being able to see some incredibly rare items in person is a treat.
Love the Beatles drop at 7:39. Thank you editor!
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I'm a kid if the NES/MS era. Before Blockbuster moved in, it was the grocery store, Home Video, and Family Video.
We had a mom and pop shop called uncle Dave’s and it was amazing as a child. I could not wait till saturdays to go down there and pick out a game. Some saturdays my mom got generous and let me rent 2 games!!! My god that was a treat. Didn’t know what to do with myself having 2 new games to play in one day. Haha. The good ole days.
I love overspending emotionally and being overwhelmed while shopping with you and Metal Jesus without spending a dime. Take us with you every time. I used to rent NES games from a Grocery store and also from the I can't say Blockbuster but whatever after getting a Little Caesar's PIZZA PIZZA! Long before the Hot N' Ready. Friday night was amazing when you're 8.
I rented vhs tapes from Video Land mostly as a teenager. The other two spots I would drag my mom to as a kid for renting a movie for me were Econo Foods and Randles, which were both grocery stores, so it was easier to persuade her.
Later in life it was Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. As a kid I remember this place, Castle Video, or something like that. They had free popcorn popping in the front as you walked in and a play area for kids who weren't interested in the movies to play while mom and dad browsed. My favorite early memories of renting VHS and NES were at that rental place.
born in 1979. we went to a pretty big place called Home Vision Video in Geneva, NY. I remember renting video games and movies there vividly. We had a Sega Genesis.
We had Hastings in Albuquerque, NM. RIP.
We had a local store that we rented from, and then our grocery store, Giant Eagle had rentals. After that we were a Hollywood Video family, but we did go to Blockbuster from time to time.
I was born in 1989 in the state of Maine! The "Go To" spot local to us was "Home-Vision Video" LONGGG Gone, But man... It was a blast going there as a kid renting Sega genesis games, Super nintendo games, And of course VHS movies!
I was a manager for movie gallery when they went bankrupt and closed all the stores. One the most fun jobs I ever had
Dude has two dark cloud 2 pieces (hanging cardboard and poster) visible from the counter. Respect! Store looks amazing
The way you just passed up on the VFD games as "some arcade joystick cabinets" breaks my heart man.
I strongly suggest you get into VFD games, they're unlike anything you've seen, trust me. If you do get into them, play them, don't just collect them.
I was a Video Manager at Hastings while going to college. I also rented from Blockbuster, Captain Video, Mega Movies, and even some of our local grocery stores rented out movies/games - good times!
Hollywood Video and Hastings here. There was a Blockbuster, too, but only went there when we couldn’t find what we wanted at the other two.
What an awesome looking store. All those display cabinets were wild! o_O So many nostalgic pieces in that place!
I grew up on The Navajo Reservation and we had little to choose from growing up. Sadly the rental in my home town burned down and was forgotten. Loved going down and renting a vhs without having to travel 35 mins to the nearest city.
I remember there was a Hollywood Video Store where I grew up with a Game Crazy attached to it and of course Blockbuster where my dad would take me to
I grew up extremely rural so we had no big brand name stores that did rentals. However we did have one restaurant in town that did them. They had a small wall that had a variety of N64 and SNES games, and would rent them out to people. I remember renting out the Mario Party games quite often, but the real core memories from there lie in my repeated rentals of Mischief Makers for the N64, and Kirby's Dream Course for the SNES. We rented that Kirby game so often the lady that owned the restaurant asked us if we just wanted to outright buy it from her instead. We did. I still love that game to this day.
This video made me smile too much. It reminded me of the movie rental store I used to work at called Budd Street Video, in Sharon, PA. It sold games and VHS and everything else. A local Ma and Pa store that was like a second home for me, I was there so much. I remember working there one day and Dragonquest 3 AND 4 came into the store and I was able to buy it at a fair price from the store. It was awesome.
Later, I worked at West Coast video, then Movie Gallery, and finally Blockbuster. Then I worked at a movie theater, so yeah... you could say life was all about the entertainment mediums back in the day.
I love Rick's insane transformation into a little kid when he came to this store. You can see his passion so clearly as he is in awe of what this ridiculously awesome dude has done with this store (I'm tempted to get on a plane and fly there to check it out!). I love especially the big TV with the Super Mario Bros waiting to be played. So so so retro!
Anyway, glad you shared this one Rick. And the only advice I think you need is twofold:
1. Pay more attention to the people commenting on your videos. You always ask us to comment but then I never see any kind of reply from you in the videos you make, like referencing what we all tell you. I think it would be cool to see some more interaction from you with your fans.
2. You really should consider putting your store online and sell items on a Retro Rick webstore. I'd be happy to help you set it up, as I'm a website developer and game programmer. I think you would be selling a heck of a lot more that way and also even get new items possibly that way too. Consider it. I'm here to help you if you need.
Good work guys!
The 90s was the BEST decade ever!
There was a Palmer Video a couple blocks from my house, so that was my go-to rental spot. I spent a whole summer playing Sonic 2 on their Genesis demo unit, and I once had my bike stolen outside the store because I spent so much time playing their Marvel Super Heroes arcade cabinet that I didn't even notice my bike was gone. Eventually, its name changed to West Coast Video and a Hollywood Video opened a few blocks further up the road.
My grandma and grandpa had a sweet shop and they also had a rack of VHS cassettes to rent. It was like heaven and we'd get our pocket money in pick-n-mix sweets!
We lived in rural Nebraska and grocery stores were our main supply for video rental. One town a guy rented VHS for $1 a night or 100 empty 12oz soda/beer cans!
I thought the gaming stores in my city were amazing....THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORE I EVER SEEN...what a selection of everything i love it...i am drooling lol
I was a Family Video kid. I’d just call it “the video game store” until I got older lol. A lot of great memories! Now unfortunately the Family Video is a Dollar General. The back right corner with the games that I’d run straight for, to trying to make sure no one else there got the game I wanted that week😂 that corner is now filled with cheep kitchen ware… so sad… the 90s and early 2000s were just great! Love my generation! The gaming memories are endless!
Reminds me of a store in Columbus, OH near me. Play It! Games, Movies, & Music / Play It Trade It (High Street location). Tons of Vintage. Glad to see shops like this in other places.
Born in 95 and we had family video growing up! Loved that place
Yooooo im pretty sure the guy who bought the very first Nintendo switch (CND) used to work here a long time ago
Gamestores are the definition of escapism. It's nice to see stores have a variety of items.
As someone that grew up in the 80s and 90s I have absolutely no nostalgia for Blockbuster. Don’t think I ever set foot in one either. I grew up pretty poor so my parents took us to the hole in the wall video store run by a nice Korean couple. Tapes were $1 each to rent and their selection was AMAZING. Lots of weird and obscure horror stuff and of course the adults only section that I would always try to take a peek when my parents were not looking.
Buying anything from Madison Wisconsin should be anyones nightmare 😂😂😂
For me, blockbuster was on the other side of town. So we went to a few mom and pop stores throughout the years. One used to do 5 movies, 5 days, 5 dollars. It was awesome.
This store just became a bucket list stop. This place is a dream.
Wow.... That guys shop is crazy!!
Back in the 90s growing up Going Game And Toy Shopping In the town I grew up in San Marcos TX We had a Hastings and Blockbuster literally Next Door All of my Childhood Growing up until the Early 2000s when Blockbuster moved locations..!! And then shut down,.. and Hastings did too Around 2007..
I used to work at a Hastings! I was bummed when I went to visit the fam one time and it had closed, it was the best book and game collection spot in our small town.
Born in 95 and we had Blockbuster, Hastings, and Family Video. Good times
We'd jump around to each one then end up owing money then jump to the next one. Giant Eagle grocery store's video rental was probably the funniest tho. "Iggle Video"
Probably the best store I’ve seen any retro collector go to! 🔥
I am so jealous of those cases. NGL.
But yeah the main please my folks would get videos and games form was Good ol' Blockbuster. We has a Hollywood video as well in town but it really didn't last very long.
Jumbo Video! Some still exist in Canada. The Free Popcorn was so sweet.
Those displays were WILD! Glad you got your channel back, AGAIN 😂
So we really didn’t rent at Blockbuster because my town was a lot smaller back in the day but we DID have a game/video rental through my grocery store King Soopers(an offshoot of Kroger in the West) and we used to rent games and videos every Friday it was glorious 😊😊
Mainly for our movies from multiple mom and pop video shops. A variety store and a chain called Jumbo Video. Which ironically still exists in one location close to me. 🎉
Our grocery stores always did rentals (Fred Meyer, Smith's, the local grocery store that wasn't a chain) we also had like 3 start ups like Video Excitement
I grew up in a small town in the 80s. By 1990 I was 13 but we didn't have any big franchise rental stores.
All our rental places were mom and pop shops.
There was a Movie Gallery right down the street and I lied about being 18 on the application so I could rent R-rated stuff. But our main place was Arlene's where my mom and sister tanned. Great memories.
Shoutout @CollectorsLuck, great call, I'll have to visit this place next time I'm in the area. I just bought some zelda games of Jordan today.
Rick looks like he falls asleep to in the heat of the night reruns.
Showtime Video, but then Food City opened up a movie rental place and it destroyed all the moms and pops video stores. I miss those days for sure.
Blockbuster and Hollywood Video here - for a while it was just Blockbuster, but they later opened a Hollywood Video store not too far from us, so we would alternate occasionally, but I gravitated towards Hollywood Video because they later had another store they opened up within their store called GameCrazy. Loved to buy retro games there while looking for rentals.
Hollywood videos was my place besides blockbuster of course and sun coast videos. Midwest in Chicago
My home town Shelton, CT had several places for video and game rentals. My high school gfs mom had a rental store (strategic relationship😂). We had a blockbuster and most nostalgic for me was Video 7. It was a 2 family house on the corner downtown and the bottom floor was the store. So many memories going with my parents to rent vhs and Nintendo games. Actually I heard that Chris from Retro Games Plus made a deal on stuff from the store when the owner passed recently. I missed out on it. Had a friend of a friend who was helping with the clean out getting the property ready for sale. Sad driving by now and not seeing the Video 7 sign
Growing up we used to go to 4 video srore and they were blockbuster, Hollywood videos, movie gallery and a small mom and pop video store
The edit at 9:40 had my dying 🤣
Hollywood Video, Video safari, Mega Hits, blockbuster, garden video, movie gallery, family video. Rented vhs from all of them haha
We had Blockbuster, movie gallery, video update, family video, funcoland. I miss them all!
Video Home Movies was where it was at. Hastings as well later in life. Keep up the great work my guy!
This is a store to my heart. Metal Vinyl and Games ♥️
That shop was amazing!! I can't believe he found all that in 5 years 😮
I used to rent movies at blockbuster when I was a kid
Blockbuster, West Coast Video and Wow! Video were our local rental shops
I think this is my favourite store that you’ve visited based on the video. Looks fantastic, unreal collection
We used to rent games and movies from Hastings all the time! Miss those places.
Where I grew up(I moved out of the area) we had two places and one is still going. One is st Jack's and the other was Cinema videos good ol 90s
In Hastings, Nebraska we had a Video Kingdom and an Applause Video. We rarely used Applause and later we had a Movie Gallery come in also. Video Kingdom is where I bought my first POGS. There was a small mom/pop shop that I never knew about as a young kid until they sold out and mom took me but 98% of the video games were sold already.
Wow, I lived in WI for 8 years and never knew this place existed. I’ll have to check it out whenever I go back
We had a giant Hollywood video and it had giant dinosaurs from jurassic Park in a metal cabled off area. It was super cool as a kid.
We used to have a Rental store called Jumbo Video. They had fresh free popcorn at the door so you could snack while you looked around. It was amazing.
I've been meaning to get up to Madison to check out the stores in that area, now I know I've been missing out. Thanks for sharing this.
When I lived in Tijuana I rented from a small rental place near my house, moved to the States and started to rent from Longs Drug Store, eventually got a Block Buster card a few years before they went under. Then Netflix mail in rentals.
We use to mainly go to Hollywood Video, always remembered going into EBgames as well to buy gameboy games. But after they closed down we switch to Blockbuster.
personally i loved family video, every friday my dad would take me and my brothers to go get a movie. sadly they closed down and are long gone.
I went into that shop last summer! Absolutely love it! Definitely want to go back!
Back in the day in Nebraska, we had a Captain Video. Then we moved and it was Movie Gallery.
I was born in early '86 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the video rental stores my family and I used to rent stuff from were originally was a mom and pop store that unfortunately went belly up in 1996, after that we rented from Five Star Video, Roger's Video and maybe on the occasion Blockbuster.
No St Vinny's Drama callouts?!?!?! Glad that they survived the storm of social media!!!
I think my biggest nightmare is bringing home a bed bug filled console. I try to leave it in a hot car before I bring it in the house.
Loved Movie Gallery! Earlier we rented for Red Rooster.
best video game store ever I have known lance for over 30 years.he is awesome
Blockbuster and Hastings was my place to go for movie rentals.
Hastings was awesome, they were so big and had everything you could want , they always had those Friday the 13th dvds on display and their collectible section was awesome , and they had premium sports cards , damn I miss it
Video King and it was truly the King of videos! I get the same 4 wwf VHS every weekend for like 4 years then I was at least old enough to look like I could rent rated R movies... I was 12...
In my tiny home town the local mom and pop electronics store (think Radio Shack) rented games and movies as well as the super market 😂 I remember the electronics store rented non-new release NES games for $0.79 a day lol
We had a local store in my little town of less than 2k, Video Country, where we used to rent movies and games.