I recently found your channel and decided to watch from the oldest to the newest video. Keep up the good work, you deserve more subs and I hope more people find your channel. I love your jokes and expressions when talking about video game situations.
Hi, I found your fantastic channel two days ago and it's s been so much fun watching these videos! I admire you for providing content on this high level. Thank you a lot 😊
Going through the whole channel, starting from the first uploaded. Now I’m on video number two. I aim to watch every last retrobird video in chronological order. I just ate banana oatmeal, and I feel hyped about this new endeavour. It may take a couple of days, a week or two, but I will get through them all😊
Starting the real important backlog, your videos! Man you have come a long way your delivery and presentation was always good but you've come so far in your new stuff. Best channel I've found in recent years.
Omg. This is the last retro bird video? The first technically. Retro Bird. I love your channel and have binged the entirety of it in mere days. Makes me sad that it's over. I'm happy to see you picking up in subs and I was glad to hop in as one of them. KEEP IT UP!
I just accidentally (by algorithm) found your first video! How cool it was! A time before you had a the cool lyrics at the end but still had the same music 👌 i still sang the song my head and enjoyed watching this debut!
You’re the reason I have my snes collection laid out like yours! ☺️but with a twist! I changed all the grey cartridges to smoked black see through ones!!!!
Dear Bird, I have been pecking through your videos and have real enjoyed the content. Maybe I can get my wife to watch so that she can better understand our illness, I mean hobby. Keep up the good work!
Just found your channel off of your Nintendo video, and it’s great to see how you’ve grown! This is an amazing first video, although I did have to watch it on 1.5x speed, but at that speed, it’s just as good as your new videos, which is just insanely impressive lol
can't believe you've been doing this for 3 years and i only now discovered this channel. intereting first episode, you've really improved and i'm glad you stuck to it! I've said it before and i'll say it again - A+ content!!! Do you mind sharing what city you're from (or state?). Anywhere near Northeast NJ? hehe
One thing worth noting is refurbished/modded consoles. I have 3 Sega Saturns (there's a story there) and one of them is modded/refurbished. Every single game runs better and has brighter colors on the refurbished one than the other 2 Saturns. Even games like NiGHTS and Magic Knight Rayearth have very noticeable differences in how well they look and run. Now knowing this, I really think 15-20 years a Saturn should probably get new capacitors, a new laser, and a new power supply. This is probably true for other consoles from that era.
As an arcade collector, having the real deal does not compare to emulation. Plus there are many games that were never ported and have yet to be playable in MAME, like Konami's Racing Jam series. For these reasons, collecting arcade machines and PCBs is quite special and rewarding.
Just found the channel had to watch the oldest video. Enjoy the content I can tell you put real effort into this and you seem to have fun with it all. Please get a real soldering tip though.
You spoke so much slower in these older videos I thought I had it on half speed for a second.. ;) Only messing with ya! Fairly recent subscriber here, slowly working through your videos. Great stuff, keep it up 👍🏻
I love having my physical copies of games especially the retro games. This year so far in 2022 and looking forward to the rest of the year, there’s a very lacklustre amount of decent games coming out. Since I own a lot of retro games (even trying for a complete N64 and GameCube collection), I can play the retro games I haven’t finished or even played that I wanted to. Even though I love how having a big collection looks, I know that there’s still a lot of games that I want to play.
So this is where it all began. Interesting that you hit such a personal topc for me instandly. I only found out recently that you can still redownload your Wii shop channel games so I could redownload Castlevania Rebirth for myself. I m really glad I could still do that. There is no way to purchase this game atm and with how uncaring konami is it's unlikely we will see this game available on anything in the near future.
not a collector but the most practical reason i can think of to own a physical copy is to dump it to a computer to make legal copies. in the end, physical copies will be worn out eventually, but the archived digital version never will.
The original Toe Jam and Earl had certain glitches . i knew the randomizer would not appear until stage 4 but with down loaded dig versions they foxed it. U can be randomied on the 2nd level
I look at collecting retro in a lot of different ways. 1. Sense of ownership... as you mentioned, owning a game you love is kinda like putting your money where your mouth is. you love it, and you loved it, and you are willing to make an investment in it... which at the very least will return to you the enjoyment and the right to play it whenever you want, and nobody can take that away from you. 2. Preservation... To me, preservation is enjoying something as it was designed to be enjoyed. So many beloved games are getting re-released in remasters and remakes... and lets be honest, us old heads usually don't like that. I mean, if a game is really a masterpiece and you gotta change anything in it's re-release, was it really a masterpiece? Or did you just make it worse or different because you had a budget to consume or wanted to cater to people that never played it or asked for a re-release? 3. Investment... Games can be an investment. It's not a consistent one, but it has performed historically and beats inflation more times that it doesn't. Even if they don't return the tens of thousands you hoped they would, at least its more fun to play with than a mutual fund, stocks or a commodity like gold (which you could also do, and I recommend it).
I got into game collecting nearly 20 years ago now in 2005 because I wanted my life back after a certain category 5 hurricane destroyed it. While there will always be games and merchandise ill hunt down i can finally say within the past year that I have my life back from pre-2005 and take it with me on whichever duty station I'm stationed serving in the military.
Physical copies are nice, but I find that as I get older, and space becomes more of a premium, that I've gone towards getting Everdrives and consolidating my collection. Sell off a couple high dollar games, use the funds for an everdrive for that console. Chrono Trigger and Demon's Crest bought me my SD2SNES, and thanks to my Retron 5, I was able to even make a copy of my Chrono Trigger save before I sold it.
I'm impressed by how close you started to your current production value and format. Most other people start out making shitty, low-quality videos and then grow into their format, so I guess this took a good amount of investment and preparation right from the start.
I will always collect physical where possible. You don't and never will own anything digital. You are purchasing a license to use said software. You are basically renting said software until they decide to either delist a game from the store or just outright turn off servers to the services needed to download said games.
@@RetroBirdGaming Well, the data is stored on a plastic layer, so it's theoretically possible to build a new, functional copy out of the remains of the old one.
I used to, but not anymore. That plastic crap takes up way too much space. I use everdrives and hdd mods now. Same original hardware experience, none of the hassle.
I’ll buy something digital if it’s cheap / on sale…it could’ve been mentioned in the comments but a definite downside is a house fire or natural disaster….That’s a good way to lose all your physical games, Not necessarily with them breaking bad with them burning.
The Neo Geo carts? They are originals but I bought them about 5 years ago and had to be super patient on eBay to get them. The main thing is to avoid the super obscure weird games. I just use a 161-in-1 cart for those. They can cost hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars each.
@@NESADDICT Haha you got a totally different answer than what you were looking for! The neon lights were about 20 bucks each on eBay. Not original but I really like them.
PS3 store announces it closure and everyone begins to rethink the convenience aspect. Granted of course rare games are a good reason to go digital and I own Resident Evil and 0 on PS4 but..
I honestly tried to start collecting physical games then sold everything. I just know one day these things will stop working and besides that i prefer playing on an emulator how i want. Mad respect to those who love collecting its just not for me. Oh and its way to expensive personally
Question for the people who only by physical and would never buy a digital game… How long do The networks need to be up before you trust them? For instance I can play dead to rights from 2002 on my Xbox series X in 2021 that seems like a very safe bet it will still be around in 2041.
So I would argue this. You are showing games that are non HD & before the internet. So having a Physical copies of those games is vastly different than owning a Physical Copy of a PS4-PS5 game. I have the ever drive which basically has almost every game on a mini SD card to access roms on the original hardware, pc roms & The Retron 5 with games on a SD card. Now not every game will work well on the roms so you need some physical copies. Also the non hd games are worth a lot more for a collector. So here's the main problem now owning games in the HD era. You actually have to download your game on the hard drive. The fact you play online with your friends, usually means you have to get up from the couch & exchange games. Cuz at times you want to play more than 1 game. Even if you play 2-3 games at most online coop or vs. It's still a hassle getting up telling your friend ok wait let me put this in, or lets say you are just starting & you have no idea what game you are playing because you talk to each other on the party chat. Then you agree ok you'll play this said game. With digital games I don't even have this problem. I just click out, select the game I want in seconds, then play. Also I can buy games at huge discounts not worrying about a game being sold out either. Then when I am done or beat a game instead of it being on my shelf taking up a lot of space, I delete my digital games I beat never playing them again. You have trophies telling you what games you beat or apps that you can click for games you beat like Gameye.
Haha, glad I finally got around to checking out the Retro Bird back catalog. Seems only fitting that the first videos seem like 3rd gen games, rudimentary but entertaining none the less!
Hands down one of the most underrated game channels
Agree!
yeah scot the woz is
I recently found your channel and decided to watch from the oldest to the newest video. Keep up the good work, you deserve more subs and I hope more people find your channel. I love your jokes and expressions when talking about video game situations.
Hey, thank you for that! I'm glad you like the channel and appreciate the positivity!
Hi,
I found your fantastic channel two days ago and it's s been so much fun watching these videos! I admire you for providing content on this high level.
Thank you a lot 😊
I really appreciate hearing that and am glad to have you on the channel!
You deserve more views and subs, I'm going to share this! Keep it up, great job!
So this is how the bird broke the egg.
I've been watching about two of your videos a week for the past year. Thanks for bringing me little moments of Joy! 😄
Happy to hear!
Going through the whole channel, starting from the first uploaded. Now I’m on video number two. I aim to watch every last retrobird video in chronological order. I just ate banana oatmeal, and I feel hyped about this new endeavour. It may take a couple of days, a week or two, but I will get through them all😊
Starting the real important backlog, your videos! Man you have come a long way your delivery and presentation was always good but you've come so far in your new stuff. Best channel I've found in recent years.
Checking in from 2022. Making great content from the very beginning. Your videos are 👍🏼
Thanks!
Omg. This is the last retro bird video? The first technically.
Retro Bird. I love your channel and have binged the entirety of it in mere days. Makes me sad that it's over. I'm happy to see you picking up in subs and I was glad to hop in as one of them. KEEP IT UP!
I just accidentally (by algorithm) found your first video! How cool it was! A time before you had a the cool lyrics at the end but still had the same music 👌 i still sang the song my head and enjoyed watching this debut!
How things have changed!
@@RetroBirdGaming yes! I can't wait to find your first nanner joke!
You’re the reason I have my snes collection laid out like yours! ☺️but with a twist! I changed all the grey cartridges to smoked black see through ones!!!!
what are you doing with the old shells? just out of curiosity?
@@71dembonesTV stored, basically not selling of course! If I ever want that classic look boom! Lol
Dear Bird, I have been pecking through your videos and have real enjoyed the content. Maybe I can get my wife to watch so that she can better understand our illness, I mean hobby. Keep up the good work!
Haha thank you!
Your videos are really good, like other people are saying in the comments. Congrats 👏
Thank you!
Just found your channel off of your Nintendo video, and it’s great to see how you’ve grown! This is an amazing first video, although I did have to watch it on 1.5x speed, but at that speed, it’s just as good as your new videos, which is just insanely impressive lol
Hahah. Yeah, I used to talk pretty slow. I appreciate the kind words and am glad to have you on the channel :)
can't believe you've been doing this for 3 years and i only now discovered this channel. intereting first episode, you've really improved and i'm glad you stuck to it! I've said it before and i'll say it again - A+ content!!! Do you mind sharing what city you're from (or state?). Anywhere near Northeast NJ? hehe
I'm on the West Coast but I'd definitely love to meet some of you at conventions and the like :)
Great stuff from the get go! Keep knocking it out of the park
Thank you my friend!
I see your videos are good from the beginning on. :) Love the humor you add to your videos, makes your channel unique.
So this is where it all started ❤😊
One thing worth noting is refurbished/modded consoles. I have 3 Sega Saturns (there's a story there) and one of them is modded/refurbished. Every single game runs better and has brighter colors on the refurbished one than the other 2 Saturns. Even games like NiGHTS and Magic Knight Rayearth have very noticeable differences in how well they look and run. Now knowing this, I really think 15-20 years a Saturn should probably get new capacitors, a new laser, and a new power supply. This is probably true for other consoles from that era.
As an arcade collector, having the real deal does not compare to emulation. Plus there are many games that were never ported and have yet to be playable in MAME, like Konami's Racing Jam series. For these reasons, collecting arcade machines and PCBs is quite special and rewarding.
Cool stuff. Sounds like a lot of fun!
Yeah it would be so cool to have a room full of arcade cabinets.
I don't collect but what I love is the art around the game especially if it is a collector edition. You appreciate it a lot more physically
Definitely. The art is a really cool part of it.
Just found the channel had to watch the oldest video. Enjoy the content I can tell you put real effort into this and you seem to have fun with it all. Please get a real soldering tip though.
Hahah, yeah that's a pretty crappy soldering tip. Glad you're liking the videos :)
You spoke so much slower in these older videos I thought I had it on half speed for a second.. ;)
Only messing with ya! Fairly recent subscriber here, slowly working through your videos. Great stuff, keep it up 👍🏻
Haha no worries. Yeah, I definitely talked way slower :)
That's one hell of a collection... MUSHA!
2 down. TH-cam still not broken.
I love having my physical copies of games especially the retro games. This year so far in 2022 and looking forward to the rest of the year, there’s a very lacklustre amount of decent games coming out. Since I own a lot of retro games (even trying for a complete N64 and GameCube collection), I can play the retro games I haven’t finished or even played that I wanted to. Even though I love how having a big collection looks, I know that there’s still a lot of games that I want to play.
So this is where it all began.
Interesting that you hit such a personal topc for me instandly. I only found out recently that you can still redownload your Wii shop channel games so I could redownload Castlevania Rebirth for myself. I m really glad I could still do that. There is no way to purchase this game atm and with how uncaring konami is it's unlikely we will see this game available on anything in the near future.
not a collector but the most practical reason i can think of to own a physical copy is to dump it to a computer to make legal copies. in the end, physical copies will be worn out eventually, but the archived digital version never will.
The original Toe Jam and Earl had certain glitches . i knew the randomizer would not appear until stage 4 but with down loaded dig versions they foxed it. U can be randomied on the 2nd level
In rare cases the dig might be better. Take Simon s Quest on the mini Nes classic . alot of the dialoge now mks sense
Good job. Keep them coming
Thank you. Will do!
I look at collecting retro in a lot of different ways.
1. Sense of ownership... as you mentioned, owning a game you love is kinda like putting your money where your mouth is. you love it, and you loved it, and you are willing to make an investment in it... which at the very least will return to you the enjoyment and the right to play it whenever you want, and nobody can take that away from you.
2. Preservation... To me, preservation is enjoying something as it was designed to be enjoyed. So many beloved games are getting re-released in remasters and remakes... and lets be honest, us old heads usually don't like that. I mean, if a game is really a masterpiece and you gotta change anything in it's re-release, was it really a masterpiece? Or did you just make it worse or different because you had a budget to consume or wanted to cater to people that never played it or asked for a re-release?
3. Investment... Games can be an investment. It's not a consistent one, but it has performed historically and beats inflation more times that it doesn't. Even if they don't return the tens of thousands you hoped they would, at least its more fun to play with than a mutual fund, stocks or a commodity like gold (which you could also do, and I recommend it).
I got into game collecting nearly 20 years ago now in 2005 because I wanted my life back after a certain category 5 hurricane destroyed it. While there will always be games and merchandise ill hunt down i can finally say within the past year that I have my life back from pre-2005 and take it with me on whichever duty station I'm stationed serving in the military.
Physical copies are nice, but I find that as I get older, and space becomes more of a premium, that I've gone towards getting Everdrives and consolidating my collection. Sell off a couple high dollar games, use the funds for an everdrive for that console. Chrono Trigger and Demon's Crest bought me my SD2SNES, and thanks to my Retron 5, I was able to even make a copy of my Chrono Trigger save before I sold it.
Memories folks; good memories playing old games when we were kids/teenagers
I'm impressed by how close you started to your current production value and format. Most other people start out making shitty, low-quality videos and then grow into their format, so I guess this took a good amount of investment and preparation right from the start.
Man, I’m running out of room and starting to downsize all my retro stuff
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Omg I absolutely love this!
Glad to hear it! This is actually one of my older videos, where I talk pretty slow. You may like some of my newer stuff :)
I will always collect physical where possible. You don't and never will own anything digital. You are purchasing a license to use said software. You are basically renting said software until they decide to either delist a game from the store or just outright turn off servers to the services needed to download said games.
Besides the first batch of disc based games which will die naturally from disc rot regardless of how well they are maintained unfortunately
That's really unfortunate. I haven't noticed this with any of my discs yet but I suppose it's only a matter of time.
@@RetroBirdGaming Well, the data is stored on a plastic layer, so it's theoretically possible to build a new, functional copy out of the remains of the old one.
I came here from the Jason Graves retrogamer review video.
To be honest, I love retro games...but I play them on the Switch. Nothing quite as satisfying as playing Sonic 2 with a SNED controller.
I used to, but not anymore. That plastic crap takes up way too much space. I use everdrives and hdd mods now. Same original hardware experience, none of the hassle.
I’ll buy something digital if it’s cheap / on sale…it could’ve been mentioned in the comments but a definite downside is a house fire or natural disaster….That’s a good way to lose all your physical games, Not necessarily with them breaking bad with them burning.
Hey are your neons originals or remakes and how much would you say the cost? Quickly runs to eBay!
The Neo Geo carts? They are originals but I bought them about 5 years ago and had to be super patient on eBay to get them. The main thing is to avoid the super obscure weird games. I just use a 161-in-1 cart for those. They can cost hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars each.
Retro Bird sorry, no the neon Nintendo and sega signs. My bad
@@NESADDICT Haha you got a totally different answer than what you were looking for! The neon lights were about 20 bucks each on eBay. Not original but I really like them.
Retro Bird dude $20 is perfect 👌
What do I do when I need to resolder a battery to my PS1 disc? Do you take commissions for that?
hahah
PS3 store announces it closure and everyone begins to rethink the convenience aspect. Granted of course rare games are a good reason to go digital and I own Resident Evil and 0 on PS4 but..
Exactly. And it's not like we didn't see the closure coming. That's literally what we've all been warning everyone about.
I honestly tried to start collecting physical games then sold everything. I just know one day these things will stop working and besides that i prefer playing on an emulator how i want. Mad respect to those who love collecting its just not for me. Oh and its way to expensive personally
That's great. Finding what works for you is what's most important.
well said sir
NBA Jam Tournament Edition! Holla
Wait, your copy of Mean Bean Machine didn't ALWAYS have "Timmy" written on it?
Question for the people who only by physical and would never buy a digital game… How long do The networks need to be up before you trust them? For instance I can play dead to rights from 2002 on my Xbox series X in 2021 that seems like a very safe bet it will still be around in 2041.
I'm going back to watch all 392 of your videos just in case TH-cam breaks or if Neal Mohan is a lousy solderer. 👍
Oh dang. Hope you enjoy the journey!
@@RetroBirdGaming I really am, man. Wish I would have discovered your channel years ago.
Starting from the beginning 👍 🍌
Well said....bruno
Thank you sir!
Dust, hello 🤣
I swear you look just like a guy that used to come into my karaoke bar.
It's over
New to your channel and I will like a subscribe to you ASAP! keep up the good work!
Welcome aboard! So glad to have you. Hope to see you in the comments for future videos as well :)
So I would argue this. You are showing games that are non HD & before the internet. So having a Physical copies of those games is vastly different than owning a Physical Copy of a PS4-PS5 game. I have the ever drive which basically has almost every game on a mini SD card to access roms on the original hardware, pc roms & The Retron 5 with games on a SD card. Now not every game will work well on the roms so you need some physical copies. Also the non hd games are worth a lot more for a collector.
So here's the main problem now owning games in the HD era. You actually have to download your game on the hard drive. The fact you play online with your friends, usually means you have to get up from the couch & exchange games. Cuz at times you want to play more than 1 game. Even if you play 2-3 games at most online coop or vs. It's still a hassle getting up telling your friend ok wait let me put this in, or lets say you are just starting & you have no idea what game you are playing because you talk to each other on the party chat. Then you agree ok you'll play this said game.
With digital games I don't even have this problem. I just click out, select the game I want in seconds, then play. Also I can buy games at huge discounts not worrying about a game being sold out either. Then when I am done or beat a game instead of it being on my shelf taking up a lot of space, I delete my digital games I beat never playing them again.
You have trophies telling you what games you beat or apps that you can click for games you beat like Gameye.
Never sell to CEX in the UK. They will stripe you like a razor blade.
Why do you talk about physical copies of games as if its weird? Only recently have games been available digitally.
I don't mean to make it sound like they are weird. Perhaps just that some people don't see the point of them.
You talk slower on these older episodes.
Oh, for sure. Pretty noticeable huh? haha
@@RetroBirdGaming sounds like the difference between 50/60hz
Haha, glad I finally got around to checking out the Retro Bird back catalog. Seems only fitting that the first videos seem like 3rd gen games, rudimentary but entertaining none the less!
yeah its not like the tracks on boards will corrode eventually... Oh but Im sure your "common sense" will stop time for all that copper and solder