It’s weird how a game will sit in stock for a good while, being discounted every month but once it’s finally sold out, it’s considered valuable and then people will buy it. Blue Reflection on PS4 is a perfect example of a $45 game for over a year to $180+ in a few months
I think a lot of that has to do with this current collecting mentality of "I want it because it's rare!" I see so many people who aren't interested at all in a game until it's suddenly rare or hard to get, and this mindset really has gotten worse over the years. People were hyping up the Bayonetta 1 switch physical cart as this uber rare object and everybody should buy it, but it just sits in stock on Amazon now readily available to buy. And no one even cares or talks about it.
i got the second game second light in its wrapping still, cost me £20 and i might keep it that was. Koei Temco games never lose value, well at least the Atelier type games anyway lol
SuperMarioLand for 60 dollars. I bought that game in 1992 for 2400 Belgian Franks. ( before the Euro, 60€). I am almost 53 now, and i have to say, Damn, Nintendo keeps his prices up for sooo long! Greetz from a 52 year old Belgian, white guy, living minutes from the sea😄
Great video as always I'm always kinda confused why the pokemon games are so expensive didn't they sell millions in the first place? It usually the games with scarce prints that are expensive but I guess it's just how many want them drives up the prices
i think the fact that its a CIB copy of a gba game alone makes it expensive. plus it being a pokemon game (i think emerald is like, concidered one of the best pokemon games) makes it quite expensive.
Yeah it's always the cardboard box cases for these old games that go up the most, because they have a notorious track record of being lost/destroyed during their usage, however once plastic cases started to be introduced everything changed for the better, Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness complete with case and Manual and Inserts is more cheap than buying a pristine copy of Pokemon Emerald in box, that's for sure.
Danganronpa and Gravity Rush are two of the Vita's best games. It's a real shame that the system didn't fare better. I think it's the system that deserved a bigger user base the most after only the Dreamcast.
You can blame Sony for that, they set the vita up for failure out of the gate. They dropped support for it way too quickly, they insisted on proprietary memory sticks, etc.
I’m glad that you still collect for Xbox and not just strictly PlayStation even though that’s what your channel is. You don’t throw shade and you’re always fair and that’s why I’ve loved your channel and content the past 2 years I’ve been watching. Don’t matter if someone decides to play on Xbox or PlayStation, as long as we’re playing and enjoying games that’s all that matters.
Last time when I was in North Carolina, I went to Gamers Alley and they had tons of retro games, including Xbox, Wii, PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/Vita and many other system games with lots of rare games there. It was like a retro paradise for me who grew up on all the Playstation consoles since the PS1 and PS2.
The Getaway is an amazing game. So much nostalgia and awe from when i was a kid. Cruising around London in an is200 is one of my favourite gaming past-times. No map and the directions given by the car’s indicators. Being a brit, games set in the UK can have my bias.
Pokémon GB/GBA games are the only games in my collection that are repros. Of course I’d love a genuine copy, but I am also glad I can let my kids play them without worrying too much 😅
The only Pokémon game I have is FireRed for GBA. It’s official but my dog got it and it’s in really rough shape but it still works. I’m glad I can play it without worrying about bringing down the price. Also I really want to get some repros of some Pokémon games because I would love to play some original GB Pokémon without paying a jillion dollars
Honestly, repros aren't too bad as long as people aren't trying to pass them off as genuine. Repros are especially good for as you said young kids. They can experience older games without worrying about prices and you don't have to worry about them losing or ruining an original copy since repros are cheap, lol.
Repros are fine, especially if you aren't interested in trading or battling as some have weird compatibility issues. But if you're just wanting to replay the classic games, yeah buy the $15 repro of FireRed instead of the $100 OEM cart. I have repros of the GBA Fire Emblem games because I just wanted to play them on original hardware, and they both worked great and I had a blast beating them for the first time.
That Emerald copy is beautiful! I will NEVER own that so I have to enjoy it vicariously through you. Congrats on the great additions to the collection, dude!
Looking at the money spent… I’m super glad PS+ extra/premium exist. Sure I don’t “own” stuff… but it’s stuff I wouldn’t have been able to play regardless! As of now I’m very much positive on my money spent on subscription.
I also went to my first retro game convention this year and I can definitely relate to the money part. Whatever amount you take with you is how much you're gonna spend there because they have just so much cool stuff. Thankfully I "only" took around 100-150 bucks myself, lol.
Damn, you know the market is cooked when you have to convince yourself anything under 200 is a good deal, lol. No hate, it's just crazy that this is where we are in retro gaming that if you can find a game for low 100s it's a good deal. Insanity.
Really does seem to be a big disparity in prices between the US and UK. $50 for Gravity Rush on Vita is about $20 or so more than you would pay here. Even a normally overpriced shop like CEX sells it for around $30. Same with Medievil, that's about $23. And the big one. Mint from CEX = $330
Thanks for this info! I’ll look for a UK copy now (have to double check if the Vita is region-locked) as I don’t mind the PAL rating on front for some savings.
I had to laugh at the leopard trousers, all power to you, man. If you dig them thats all that matters. His Golden Age 2 instead of Golden Axe 2 was funny, too. Ryan has cash to burn if he can spend that much money on a game, but whatever brings him joy, who am i to judge. I am older than Ryan, i assume, as my first console at age 6 in 1991 was the Sega Mega Drive, box in white with a big Sonic in the middle. I have never owned or played a Pokemon game in all my years, but i understand it's a big thing for people, especially if they can charge that amount for an old handheld game. Some nice pick-ups, i have the Getaway, the sequel, shame the third game never came to fruition & the developer moved into vr or ps eye toy stuff, Gangs of London was a loose spin-off, still have my copy, it's not great but serviceable. I never owned a Nintendo console until the Gamecube, loved that machine, and have owned each subsequent console since but no backtracking for me to pick up old hardware & games at inflated prices as i prefer a bargain plus no nostalgia for games i haven't played to suck me down the rabbit hole. Your collection is ever growing, my man. Soon, you will need to shoot another cabinet assembly video to house your steadily amassing collection. Great content as always.
Will have to check out Gangs of London, didn’t know it was a spin-off. At first I thought it was a UMD movie of Gangs of New York with alternate cover art, as I just took a quick glance haha
As someone who also is on a looooong journey to complete the mainline Pokémon series, it really sucks that one of my favorite series also ended up being one of the most expensive to collect for nowadays. And they aren’t even rare games, they all sold incredibly well!
I have a feeling a huge reason game boy stuff in general is so expensive is because there's so many loose carts, and not a lot of the actual boxes around. I know I threw mine out when I was a kid. about 15 years ago, I re bought all mainline Pokemon GB games and they were 1/5 of the price as they are now. It's insane. I know some DS games are getting exxy as well but I doubt they'd ever reach as high just because the cases are less disposable
@@JimsGameRoom I also threw out all my GB/GBA boxes as a kid, they were cardboard you didn’t need them. Now, I’m kicking myself for getting rid of good copies of Fire Red and Emerald
Pokemon games sold incredibly well, the attrition rate on them was incredibly high as well. I only can imagine what some of these carts went through during their lifetime. Makes me wonder out of the millions of carts sold, how many are still in working conditions, let alone CIB?
Storytime: Last year I went home to catch up with my parents for the first time after covid lockdowns. I'm sitting with Mum and she goes "Do you wanna take your leftover games with you?" This confused me as I already had all of my games from growing up at home, but I said "Sure". I kid you not, Mum brings out CIB Firered, Leafgreen, AND Emerald. I had the carts of course, but all those years ago she had the foresight to unpack all the manuals, posters, inserts, boxes etc and flat pack them until I was old enough to appreciate their true value (monetarily and sentimentally) I took them home and reconstructed them CIB with the carts and displayed them front and center of my collection. It was a wonderful afternoon that I hold dear. It almost felt like getting a new game as a kid, reading the manuals over and over again in the car until you were home to play it. Love you, Mum
Can really see how ecstatic you are about the Emerald pickup Ryan, so happy you finally got it bro! Thankful to still have my original copy; surprisingly my parents kept it around. I live in Brooklyn, NY, but I think next year I’m going to try to make it out to Too Many and pick up some CIB Advance games. Would be awesome to chat with you then!
I recently went to my parents house, a place I haven't lived at in over a decade now, and finally started going through all my stuff there (I know, bad on me). Found in the back corner of my closet all the boxes and cases for my Pokemon games (Gen 3-Gen 7, unfortunately not all of them). I was beyond ecstatic. Unfortunately, younger me didn't feel the internal cardboard piece that held the game in place was worth keeping, but the boxes are pristine and they have all the manuals, posters and what not in the box. Real shame about the one singular piece I got rid of. But they do look good on my shelf now.
I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’m DIGGING Ryan’s energy in this video. I have ADHD and sometimes zone out, but I was fixated the whole time haha.
Always got love for the people that keeps physical media alive. I can’t splurge over $1,000 like that, but knowing that those games are in good hands puts me at ease.
8:29 That's crazy I remember walking into blockbuster when it was new and seeing it all over the shelves. Never cared about it since I already played sapphire.
I quit buying from Play Asia because of that Ghost Trick game. I ordered it, and it came smashed up. I asked for a new copy, they said Id have to pay to return the game, AND return shipping!? Basically the cost of the game again. I told them thats not acceptable, they gave me $10 store credit. I only ordered physical to have a nice physical copy. Now I either pay double or have a smashed copy -- thats bullshit. I get shipping is a lot, but you sent me a smashed game, so if its that hard to do a refund, I'm done. i wont buy from Play Asia now unless its maybe a one off unicorn holy grail thign i need. But at this point Id rather live without it. I hate getting burned.
Ryan, dont know if you ever read this but can you help me find a fisical copy pf Deponia Collection. They are out there and rare on PS4, Cause of the 4th games is BANNED on PSN.
8:35 Seeing modern Pokémon Emerald prices always reminds me of how grateful and lucky I was to get a boxed copy for £30 like 4-5 years back. The box isn't perfect, it has some small scratches here and there but obviously for the price, it's nothing to complain about. So happy that for all the GBA Pokémon games it's the one I managed to get boxed again, since I lost the box of my original copy. That being said, I did also manage to get a Japanese boxed Ruby and Sapphire for £30 last year, which again was stupid lucky.
I had no idea people pay that much for some of these games... I recommend just booking a flight here to Japan and you'd more than make up the cost with savings on how much games are here, or are the North American releases important for a collector?
..... Seriously glad i own a physical copy legit of Emerald, never selling it lol. My battery died in it and the label a bit worse for wear but otherwise works great. Somehow my battery still works in my Yellow and Silver copies after all these years though!
I bought the original copy of Medievil and Medivil II like new back in 2019 from eBay. Psychonauts II is one that I been thinking about getting a psychical copy of. That was a great deal for that game! I really enjoy seeing these videos of the new games you scored Ryan. The feeling is mutual collecting classic games and magazines. You deserved all the treasures you got your hands on doing the great job you do with your videos. What's cool is you do videos and share what you score from the work you do doing these videos. It only makes sense for the channel and takes many down a trip down memory lane right along with you seeing these classics.
You seem to have every game. But do you have “Darkest of Days” on Xbox 360? One of my favorite games. You’re a time travel fixing history. You’ll use the guns that was appropriate in that era to blend in. However when all hell breaks loose. You sometimes get futuristic weapons. Like an AR in the civil war or a flamethrower in the Roman Empire.
This was wonderful. These videos are amazing to see so many classic games spanning different genres and consoles always is fun to see. Thanks for sharing such great pickups. Cool video. ^_^
Can SOMEONE please let me borrow Resident Evil 4 for PS5. All I want to do is borrow it for a week, play it, and then I will ship it right back to you. Please. I dont normally play RE games but I really want to play this one and not spend 60 on it. :/
I’ve owned a copy of emerald for like 20 years, it’s loose but it goes on ebay for like 15 bucks. I refuse to understand how a 15 dollar game is suddenly worth 500 in the box. It’s only worth that because people are willing to pay that. Absurd.
If you ever get or are looking for a physical lost odyssey, make sure to buy the Japanese version. It's cheaper, comes with proper disc holders so doesn't have the bent 4th disc like most Western released versions have, and just looks better. Also can be played in English on Xbox One BC
I don't recall who convinced me throw away my GBA boxes after hording them for a long time but I am very annoyed in retrospect hahah....I had all the pokemon games......sadge
Never been that fussed about super mario land 1. The scale of it is so wierd. Mario is like an ant. Although looking it up again today. Maybe i was wrong about that game. I have a feeling i when i played when i was young i only played world 1-1 and bounced off it. As i was already playing super mario world and mario 3. Super mario land 2 on the otherhand i absolutely loved. Very short but the levels are so unique and have great themes and its the first time we ever saw wario.
Not once in my entire life have I ever even seen a single episode of *POKE-CRAP* never mind played any single game, I really don’t see the hype with such rubbish
Recently decided to start collecting Nintendo games they're so fucking expensive for no reason its crazy. Probably the worst brand to start off collecting but now I'm addicted to it
I never beat final fantasy tactics advance, idk what happen to it and in the original on PS I had 99+ hours on it trying to get all the genghi armor in the blackout dungeon. I wish they would add it to switch membership 😔
I have two pokemon emeralds...one having belonged to one of my younger brother's friends at the time when it had released...maybe i shouldn't have given them to my older brother's dog as chew toys... my bad?
It’s weird how a game will sit in stock for a good while, being discounted every month but once it’s finally sold out, it’s considered valuable and then people will buy it. Blue Reflection on PS4 is a perfect example of a $45 game for over a year to $180+ in a few months
I think a lot of that has to do with this current collecting mentality of "I want it because it's rare!" I see so many people who aren't interested at all in a game until it's suddenly rare or hard to get, and this mindset really has gotten worse over the years.
People were hyping up the Bayonetta 1 switch physical cart as this uber rare object and everybody should buy it, but it just sits in stock on Amazon now readily available to buy. And no one even cares or talks about it.
i got the second game second light in its wrapping still, cost me £20 and i might keep it that was. Koei Temco games never lose value, well at least the Atelier type games anyway lol
It really is crazy. This seems to be happening a lot with Switch games which to me is crazy given it's still technically "current gen"
SuperMarioLand for 60 dollars.
I bought that game in 1992 for 2400 Belgian Franks. ( before the Euro, 60€).
I am almost 53 now, and i have to say,
Damn, Nintendo keeps his prices up for sooo long!
Greetz from a 52 year old Belgian, white guy,
living minutes from the sea😄
Henry hatsworth is an amazing game, also pretty difficult.
The Toki game that you read on the magazine was Remade for PS4 very cool game I played in arcades back then can be hard I recommend it
AYO Antdude shoutout!!!!!!
Damn, as someone living outside the US; i envy those kind of conventions man
Great video as always I'm always kinda confused why the pokemon games are so expensive didn't they sell millions in the first place? It usually the games with scarce prints that are expensive but I guess it's just how many want them drives up the prices
I don't get it either. I have a boxed ds version of soul silver and was shocked it goes for upwards of $200
i think the fact that its a CIB copy of a gba game alone makes it expensive. plus it being a pokemon game (i think emerald is like, concidered one of the best pokemon games) makes it quite expensive.
The attrition rate on the Pokémon carts is probably quite high. Kids owned a majority of these games. Many didn't survive, let alone cib.
Awesome pants dude 🔥
wow, 500 usd for emerald. I had a cib one and sold it maybe 10 years ago for 50 euro. :D
I take it easy
Hey Ryan pls don’t stop making these pickup videos they make me very happy and more enthusiastic on collecting video games
I was gonna say the same thing but from a poor man’s perspective. I cannot fathom bringing $1000 cash to a convention.
Crazy how expensive complete GBA games have gotten
Cardboard box really screwed things up
Yeah it's always the cardboard box cases for these old games that go up the most, because they have a notorious track record of being lost/destroyed during their usage, however once plastic cases started to be introduced everything changed for the better, Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness complete with case and Manual and Inserts is more cheap than buying a pristine copy of Pokemon Emerald in box, that's for sure.
500 dollars for a pokemon game. The world has gone nuts
Part of the problem is people buying it unfortunately
As long as people buy them they will continue to sell them at these absurd prices. So vote with your wallet.
Yeah, the most expensive games are mostly Nintendo for some reason.
500 i always go for the $5 bin
Thank you. You just saved me 19 minutes.
Ryan was more excited about getting leopard print pants than any video game in his life😂
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Looks like Ryan's ready for a wild night with those leopard pants! 😂
Straight out of a Yakuza video game!
Your videos are so chill and fun to watch, please keep making them cause Friday is my favourite day now due to LTPS 😭
Long live Ryan!
I love physical games!
I like turtles. 🧟♂️
@@diizzii TMNT FTW
Short life Ryan*
got some great pickups there!
Danganronpa and Gravity Rush are two of the Vita's best games. It's a real shame that the system didn't fare better. I think it's the system that deserved a bigger user base the most after only the Dreamcast.
You can blame Sony for that, they set the vita up for failure out of the gate. They dropped support for it way too quickly, they insisted on proprietary memory sticks, etc.
Why would you do this, Ryan?! $500 for what?! I'm genuinely disappointed, and I know you are too.😔
I’m glad that you still collect for Xbox and not just strictly PlayStation even though that’s what your channel is. You don’t throw shade and you’re always fair and that’s why I’ve loved your channel and content the past 2 years I’ve been watching. Don’t matter if someone decides to play on Xbox or PlayStation, as long as we’re playing and enjoying games that’s all that matters.
Last time when I was in North Carolina, I went to Gamers Alley and they had tons of retro games, including Xbox, Wii, PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/Vita and many other system games with lots of rare games there. It was like a retro paradise for me who grew up on all the Playstation consoles since the PS1 and PS2.
The Getaway is an amazing game. So much nostalgia and awe from when i was a kid. Cruising around London in an is200 is one of my favourite gaming past-times. No map and the directions given by the car’s indicators. Being a brit, games set in the UK can have my bias.
Pokémon GB/GBA games are the only games in my collection that are repros. Of course I’d love a genuine copy, but I am also glad I can let my kids play them without worrying too much 😅
No shame in that, the prices are atrocious
The only Pokémon game I have is FireRed for GBA. It’s official but my dog got it and it’s in really rough shape but it still works. I’m glad I can play it without worrying about bringing down the price. Also I really want to get some repros of some Pokémon games because I would love to play some original GB Pokémon without paying a jillion dollars
Honestly, repros aren't too bad as long as people aren't trying to pass them off as genuine. Repros are especially good for as you said young kids. They can experience older games without worrying about prices and you don't have to worry about them losing or ruining an original copy since repros are cheap, lol.
Repros are fine, especially if you aren't interested in trading or battling as some have weird compatibility issues. But if you're just wanting to replay the classic games, yeah buy the $15 repro of FireRed instead of the $100 OEM cart.
I have repros of the GBA Fire Emblem games because I just wanted to play them on original hardware, and they both worked great and I had a blast beating them for the first time.
I only got 3 OGs now, Pokémon Yellow, TCG, and Leafgreen. Used to have Ruby but I don't know what happened
Gangs of London is actually a really good game for a 3rd person shooter on the psp
Play Henry Hatsworth
That game is incredible and unironically the best game that he picked up in this video.
30 seconds in and im excited for one of the coolest series on this channel
That Emerald copy is beautiful! I will NEVER own that so I have to enjoy it vicariously through you. Congrats on the great additions to the collection, dude!
Just get a repo cart for like $5-10
@@TheMysteryDriver nope, it's real or nothing, my friend.
@@Fast_Travel_Gamer I'm sorry to hear that. You're missing out on a lot of great games and over spending. R4 carts and ever drives are also great
@thepack9070 ? You mean cause I replied they're missing out? They are. They didn't dispute that.
Looking at the money spent… I’m super glad PS+ extra/premium exist.
Sure I don’t “own” stuff… but it’s stuff I wouldn’t have been able to play regardless!
As of now I’m very much positive on my money spent on subscription.
✨i achieved my goal✨
That Game is 60% of my montly salary rn
I also went to my first retro game convention this year and I can definitely relate to the money part. Whatever amount you take with you is how much you're gonna spend there because they have just so much cool stuff. Thankfully I "only" took around 100-150 bucks myself, lol.
meanwhile pixel remaster on ps4 is like over 500$.😕
Collecting anything is a bad habit. It never ends. The more you get the more you want and end up never being happy and always wanting more
Money and a fool are easily parted.
Damn, you know the market is cooked when you have to convince yourself anything under 200 is a good deal, lol.
No hate, it's just crazy that this is where we are in retro gaming that if you can find a game for low 100s it's a good deal. Insanity.
You can tell he regrets his purchase just by the thumbnail.
lol "i cant let a game i prob paid like 40 bucks for go for a measly 500 dollars" gotta charge u 20 bucks for a case too jeeze what a ripoff
A couple of days ago I saw terminator 3 rise of the machines new & sealed for ps2 £14.39 is that a good price for a new & sealed copy 🤔
GREAT PICKUP ON HENRY HATSWORTH!! That game is fantastic please review it!
$500 for a game is wild. I’d rather just buy a second PS5.
That Emerald is clean, do you intend on purchasing any Xenogears/saga games for Ps1/Ps2?
Really does seem to be a big disparity in prices between the US and UK. $50 for Gravity Rush on Vita is about $20 or so more than you would pay here. Even a normally overpriced shop like CEX sells it for around $30. Same with Medievil, that's about $23.
And the big one. Mint from CEX = $330
Thanks for this info! I’ll look for a UK copy now (have to double check if the Vita is region-locked) as I don’t mind the PAL rating on front for some savings.
And the PAL release of Medievil runs at the correct speed. The NTSC version is a bit too fast. One of the few rare instances...
European fans, assemble!
$500 for a used Pokémon game? Jesus Christ.
Woah those pants, they look like something a loose female buys a 3rd boyfriend
Wow, I didn’t expect gravity rush to get so expensive! I got mine like an year ago for 12€
It isn't
500 dollars for any game is ridiculous 😂😂😂 fuck me
I had to laugh at the leopard trousers, all power to you, man. If you dig them thats all that matters. His Golden Age 2 instead of Golden Axe 2 was funny, too. Ryan has cash to burn if he can spend that much money on a game, but whatever brings him joy, who am i to judge. I am older than Ryan, i assume, as my first console at age 6 in 1991 was the Sega Mega Drive, box in white with a big Sonic in the middle. I have never owned or played a Pokemon game in all my years, but i understand it's a big thing for people, especially if they can charge that amount for an old handheld game. Some nice pick-ups, i have the Getaway, the sequel, shame the third game never came to fruition & the developer moved into vr or ps eye toy stuff, Gangs of London was a loose spin-off, still have my copy, it's not great but serviceable. I never owned a Nintendo console until the Gamecube, loved that machine, and have owned each subsequent console since but no backtracking for me to pick up old hardware & games at inflated prices as i prefer a bargain plus no nostalgia for games i haven't played to suck me down the rabbit hole. Your collection is ever growing, my man. Soon, you will need to shoot another cabinet assembly video to house your steadily amassing collection. Great content as always.
Will have to check out Gangs of London, didn’t know it was a spin-off. At first I thought it was a UMD movie of Gangs of New York with alternate cover art, as I just took a quick glance haha
Damn i haven't seen anybody wear young and reckless in a while
Could you sniff your fingers any harder in this thumbnail?
When your thumbnail said you spend $520 on one game my first thought was, did he get Emerald or something? 🤣
The world has gone crazy
My copy of emerald was stolen along with my gameboy advance when I was young. I still have the box in a case just missing the game 😔
The game by itself is pretty cheap
As someone who also is on a looooong journey to complete the mainline Pokémon series, it really sucks that one of my favorite series also ended up being one of the most expensive to collect for nowadays. And they aren’t even rare games, they all sold incredibly well!
Imagine how much better it would be if all these retro games were sold on modern hardware
I have a feeling a huge reason game boy stuff in general is so expensive is because there's so many loose carts, and not a lot of the actual boxes around. I know I threw mine out when I was a kid. about 15 years ago, I re bought all mainline Pokemon GB games and they were 1/5 of the price as they are now. It's insane. I know some DS games are getting exxy as well but I doubt they'd ever reach as high just because the cases are less disposable
@@JimsGameRoom I also threw out all my GB/GBA boxes as a kid, they were cardboard you didn’t need them. Now, I’m kicking myself for getting rid of good copies of Fire Red and Emerald
Pokemon games sold incredibly well, the attrition rate on them was incredibly high as well. I only can imagine what some of these carts went through during their lifetime. Makes me wonder out of the millions of carts sold, how many are still in working conditions, let alone CIB?
Love these soo much ryan
Storytime:
Last year I went home to catch up with my parents for the first time after covid lockdowns. I'm sitting with Mum and she goes "Do you wanna take your leftover games with you?"
This confused me as I already had all of my games from growing up at home, but I said "Sure".
I kid you not, Mum brings out CIB Firered, Leafgreen, AND Emerald. I had the carts of course, but all those years ago she had the foresight to unpack all the manuals, posters, inserts, boxes etc and flat pack them until I was old enough to appreciate their true value (monetarily and sentimentally)
I took them home and reconstructed them CIB with the carts and displayed them front and center of my collection. It was a wonderful afternoon that I hold dear. It almost felt like getting a new game as a kid, reading the manuals over and over again in the car until you were home to play it.
Love you, Mum
l. Bought. a. $500 game at. a. Retro. Game. Convention. Game
Can really see how ecstatic you are about the Emerald pickup Ryan, so happy you finally got it bro! Thankful to still have my original copy; surprisingly my parents kept it around. I live in Brooklyn, NY, but I think next year I’m going to try to make it out to Too Many and pick up some CIB Advance games. Would be awesome to chat with you then!
I recently went to my parents house, a place I haven't lived at in over a decade now, and finally started going through all my stuff there (I know, bad on me). Found in the back corner of my closet all the boxes and cases for my Pokemon games (Gen 3-Gen 7, unfortunately not all of them). I was beyond ecstatic.
Unfortunately, younger me didn't feel the internal cardboard piece that held the game in place was worth keeping, but the boxes are pristine and they have all the manuals, posters and what not in the box. Real shame about the one singular piece I got rid of. But they do look good on my shelf now.
Can't you swap the internal cardboard piece from literally any boxed gameboy game?
I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’m DIGGING Ryan’s energy in this video. I have ADHD and sometimes zone out, but I was fixated the whole time haha.
I agree with you that buying new disks are much better than settling for an old copy down the line. You can't take chances like that!
Always got love for the people that keeps physical media alive. I can’t splurge over $1,000 like that, but knowing that those games are in good hands puts me at ease.
Got a CIB PAL copy of Emerald in the UK last year for £120, but box was more beat up than yours, nice find!
Got a pretty nice one last year for £150 myself got to be one of my favourites in my collection
Gravity Rush is Sony's best franchise.
Sadly we'll never get another.
Love your work❤❤
Dredge is amazing - enjoy!
8:29 That's crazy I remember walking into blockbuster when it was new and seeing it all over the shelves. Never cared about it since I already played sapphire.
I quit buying from Play Asia because of that Ghost Trick game. I ordered it, and it came smashed up. I asked for a new copy, they said Id have to pay to return the game, AND return shipping!? Basically the cost of the game again. I told them thats not acceptable, they gave me $10 store credit. I only ordered physical to have a nice physical copy. Now I either pay double or have a smashed copy -- thats bullshit. I get shipping is a lot, but you sent me a smashed game, so if its that hard to do a refund, I'm done. i wont buy from Play Asia now unless its maybe a one off unicorn holy grail thign i need. But at this point Id rather live without it. I hate getting burned.
If you're collecting PSP games and missing some, Square Enix is selling Lords of Arcana new
Wow! Great pickup. If you could find some copies of FF Tactics, Anthology, Chronicles and Origins, that would be beyond amazing
I have ff tactics and full box and manuals. It was my first gba game. I even have the receipt. $38.14 after taxes
Ryan, dont know if you ever read this but can you help me find a fisical copy pf Deponia Collection. They are out there and rare on PS4, Cause of the 4th games is BANNED on PSN.
8:35 Seeing modern Pokémon Emerald prices always reminds me of how grateful and lucky I was to get a boxed copy for £30 like 4-5 years back. The box isn't perfect, it has some small scratches here and there but obviously for the price, it's nothing to complain about. So happy that for all the GBA Pokémon games it's the one I managed to get boxed again, since I lost the box of my original copy. That being said, I did also manage to get a Japanese boxed Ruby and Sapphire for £30 last year, which again was stupid lucky.
Bruh those pants are for chicks
Hopefully that PlayStation drink in the background has been emptied. Otherwise in a few years you'll have that substance all over your shelving.
That Pokémon’s game I would don’t the same
17:39 Golden Age 2?! Big sus 😬
Dude is the GOAT! I've been watching your video for years, you are my favorite youtuber :) Thanks
Speaking of Terrell we can always use more of him in your videos. :D
Nightmare in dreamland is a banger. loved watching that commercial growing up.
I had no idea people pay that much for some of these games... I recommend just booking a flight here to Japan and you'd more than make up the cost with savings on how much games are here, or are the North American releases important for a collector?
Ryan - "I draw the line on cartridge based games, I won't collect for those."
Spends thousands on GBA collection.
I was going to give you a Like for get Pk Emerald ✌🏼😎👍🏼
But then, you showed that DoubleFine/TimSchafer Woke garbage and lost me respect 😑👎🏼
..... Seriously glad i own a physical copy legit of Emerald, never selling it lol. My battery died in it and the label a bit worse for wear but otherwise works great. Somehow my battery still works in my Yellow and Silver copies after all these years though!
I bought the original copy of Medievil and Medivil II like new back in 2019 from eBay. Psychonauts II is one that I been thinking about getting a psychical copy of. That was a great deal for that game! I really enjoy seeing these videos of the new games you scored Ryan. The feeling is mutual collecting classic games and magazines. You deserved all the treasures you got your hands on doing the great job you do with your videos. What's cool is you do videos and share what you score from the work you do doing these videos. It only makes sense for the channel and takes many down a trip down memory lane right along with you seeing these classics.
You seem to have every game. But do you have “Darkest of Days” on Xbox 360? One of my favorite games. You’re a time travel fixing history. You’ll use the guns that was appropriate in that era to blend in. However when all hell breaks loose. You sometimes get futuristic weapons. Like an AR in the civil war or a flamethrower in the Roman Empire.
your fit goes hard brother
This was wonderful. These videos are amazing to see so many classic games spanning different genres and consoles always is fun to see. Thanks for sharing such great pickups. Cool video. ^_^
Can SOMEONE please let me borrow Resident Evil 4 for PS5. All I want to do is borrow it for a week, play it, and then I will ship it right back to you. Please. I dont normally play RE games but I really want to play this one and not spend 60 on it. :/
If I have counted correctly, you have spent 14,592.71 Swedish crowns! that is a lot of money!😮😮 so crazy!! /Sweden🇸🇪
Obviously the people commenting oh he paid $500 for a pokemon have no idea how supply and demand work
I’ve owned a copy of emerald for like 20 years, it’s loose but it goes on ebay for like 15 bucks. I refuse to understand how a 15 dollar game is suddenly worth 500 in the box. It’s only worth that because people are willing to pay that. Absurd.
If you ever get or are looking for a physical lost odyssey, make sure to buy the Japanese version. It's cheaper, comes with proper disc holders so doesn't have the bent 4th disc like most Western released versions have, and just looks better. Also can be played in English on Xbox One BC
Was it Street Fighter 5?
Cuz that's how much you could've spent on that Capcom long con.
Street Fighter 6 will probably top 1K
I don't recall who convinced me throw away my GBA boxes after hording them for a long time but I am very annoyed in retrospect hahah....I had all the pokemon games......sadge
Never been that fussed about super mario land 1. The scale of it is so wierd. Mario is like an ant. Although looking it up again today. Maybe i was wrong about that game. I have a feeling i when i played when i was young i only played world 1-1 and bounced off it. As i was already playing super mario world and mario 3.
Super mario land 2 on the otherhand i absolutely loved. Very short but the levels are so unique and have great themes and its the first time we ever saw wario.
I thought you were wearing boxers for a second😂😭
Not once in my entire life have I ever even seen a single episode of *POKE-CRAP* never mind played any single game, I really don’t see the hype with such rubbish
Recently decided to start collecting Nintendo games they're so fucking expensive for no reason its crazy. Probably the worst brand to start off collecting but now I'm addicted to it
I never beat final fantasy tactics advance, idk what happen to it and in the original on PS I had 99+ hours on it trying to get all the genghi armor in the blackout dungeon. I wish they would add it to switch membership 😔
I have two pokemon emeralds...one having belonged to one of my younger brother's friends at the time when it had released...maybe i shouldn't have given them to my older brother's dog as chew toys... my bad?
In what universe does CJ and Big Smoke become World Tag Team Champions🤣🤣🤣🤣