I will always buy physical if it means getting a better deal, and also like having older gen stuff that companies tend to forget about over the years. Still do PS+ and Xbox Game Pass as money and time are limited and deals are sometimes (but rarely) better digitally vs physically. I also enjoy watching those who collect build onto their collection and seeing games I've never heard of or mint games from 20+ years ago I remember playing back in the day.
@@tb1235 I used to buy a lot of stuff physically but I switched to digital library in like 2015. Purely because some games weren't available physically but after some time I noticed that the prices are quite lower than the prices stores offer (at least in my country). A lot of games drop like 10-ish bucks every 4-6 months but digital has a lot of good deals almost every week.
@@dootor-san yes, I never found myself buying disc games after ps4 because they were always available and deals come very often. The only time I would say it is worth buying disc is old games, but I never really buy those either. Now with the PS5 digital version I am now forced for digital. It's good tho. Also, I never buy assassins creed games for full price. Ubisoft always got the deals coming.
These game pickups videos are great. Very relaxing and nice to just talk about different games and their history. It's nice to hear that you are having good interactions with viewers.
That's such a great tip for re-centring your discs Ryan. Would never have thought to do that. Thanks. Would love you to do a collection video. Great pick ups. :)
You don't even need to do it with disks these days as most of em don't scratch. But if it's Wii 360 ps3 n before.... If they're sealed...they're scratched most likely
Not sure what it is about these videos that makes me love them so much. They are bad for my bank account tho since everytime I watch one I just wanna go to my nearest game store and expand my collection. That's not gonna stop me from always watching these.
I know you want your channel to be mainly about PlayStation platforms but I would love to see a video where you go through all the 3DS and Wii U eShop games that you bought or that you would recommend people to buy before they become abandonware when the stores are going to close, since you have a lot of knowledge about all the different games that exist. And I don't think people would mind the odd video every now and then about a different platform when there is an occasion like this that would warrant it. But only a suggestion of course. :)
Don't know if somebody commented this already, but as a huge collector myself, those foam pieces in the long boxes are like gold! You use them to sandwich in between the disc and the instruction manuals to keep the disc in place. We all know what happens to the old PS1 and Sega Saturn games discs when they get loose. Those plastic teeth that hold them can possibly scratch the heck out of them if left unchecked. They can even sometimes crack the discs. I saw that one of your long boxes has the plastic indents on the left and right of the disc holder. Those are the best cases. You can put the foam in those plastic indents to hold it in place over the disc. Even back then, when the long boxes were being designed, they knew the discs could easily get loose. I wish they still used foam inserts like that in games today. Like in some of your PS5 games where the disc was loose. Sadly, though, game designers are always trying to find ways to cut costs, so they mostly stopped making the foam after the PS1 and Sega Saturn. In later years, they tried making some of the disc holders tighter, but trying to get the discs out were always a pain in the ass. The discs would bend and sometimes snap in half (happened to me once). With current cases, they make them much thinner to try to keep the discs in their holders. But that, as you've seen, doesn't work all the time. Thanks.
A-Train! I love that series! I bought the PSone version day one along with the PlayStation mouse. It did not come with a Simcity disc, but it did come with a booster pack of SimCity trading cards from that card game advertised on that insert in the case.
I know the lose disc is an annoyance it’s happened to me many a times but I’ve learned that either the disc holder is broken or it just came lose during the bumpy shipping trip and I don’t really worry about the disc anymore because it’s layered with a strong scratch resistant layer. Nice tip though with the flashlight.
My first two games for PlayStation when it launched in the UK were Ridge Racer and Wipeout.I actually found the mirror track before magazines released the info on how to do it.Great channel pal.
Hi Ryan, great video, love the collection updates! I was wondering whether you could do a tour of your game room, exploring you videogames, collectibles etc?
I love these collection videos. I really wish more people did them. I just recently bought about 40-50 of the higher end vita games to knock off the list. I’m up to 90ish games and going for the whole set so it was nice to check those ones off. Spelunky being the most expensive that I bought
So you recieve these and wait to open them when you've got enough to make content? Man, I would not have the strength to do that. I'd open each immediately. Lols
The other A-Train variant included a pack of SIM City Game Cards (per the game-rave site), and is even harder to come by! Crazy how much that game and all the longboxes have gone up in price.
The day I purchased my first PS2, all the way back in November 2021, I stopped at a game store on my way home from the FB Marketplace meetup location. There I discovered Half Life, sitting forlorn in a glass case. I bought it without a second thought, only to discover later its rarity and the wild story behind the development. So glad I picked it up! Now I can complete Half Life 1 before playing Half Life 2 from the Orange Box I've had, waiting to start the story from the beginning.
Glad to finally see that someone got the complete-in-box version of Half-Life PS2. It's a great game! Especially with all the exclusives and features it has.
Man, I had a bunch of old Game Informer, Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly magazines from when I was a kid in a box for so long. We were getting ready to move so I ended up tossing them all out and now I am kinda kicking myself for it.
I dont know what im more impressed with, the fact you got these awesome games or the fact you have the patience to leave them i the packaging for weeks/months till these videos lol,
Tekken & “Riiiidge” Racer, we’re two of the games I got Christmas morning 1995 along with Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash, Twisted Metal and Street Fighter the Movie: The Game & was the Best Christmas of my Childhood! Nice Pickups!!
The intro though 🤣 We legit have the same problem, Ryan. I be on a game spending spree too lol. BTW, Ryan, River City Girls is pretty damn expensive too. I've been trying to find a reasonable price for it but the price for it is way above retail value. Also, good luck with buying all the Shantae games, especially 'The Pirate's Curse' LOL!
I wonder what I could have made on the old gaming magazines that I threw (literally into a donation bin) away about 5 years ago. I had more than a few Gamepro and EGM issues along with some old Game Informers from when the magazine was part of Funcoland's rewards program.
Not a rare or expensive game but I literally found out yesterday that they re-released Fahrenheit on PS4, it's not a remaster, just a direct port with trophies but I had no idea!! Now I have a PS2 + PS4 version! Awesome video Mystic, loving the content!
Good thing I got all of the Shantae games on PC besides one. I got lucky and got in early. Shantae is a lot of fun. You'll love it. I just recently beat the newest Shantae game.
The story I heard about the PlayStation longbox types was that PlayStation commissioned the full cardboard style boxes and the cardboard ones with the plastic edge. I heard that due to crunch time with the system coming out soon and higher than expected demand, they allowed publishers to print PS1 games in the Sega Saturn style cases. That, according to the story, Sony was trying to avoid PS1 and Saturn games coming in the exact same style case, but they begrudgingly allowed it because PS1 had such promising early sales. This is just the account I've heard and maybe I am incorrect, but I'm sharing in case anyone has heard the same. Some 3DO games also had longbox cases that were similar to the cardboard style PS1 long boxes. And of course, the cases for Sega Saturn games in Europe got a case similar to the PS1 cardboard longbox, with the artwork very vulnerable to damage.
So little fun fact about the PS2 release of Half Life 1 not only is it the only way to play the whole series (aside from Alyx) on PlayStation like you said but it was also a port job by Gearbox software (the Borderlands dev) and comes with a co op expansion called Half Life Decay which is exclusive to the PS2 release which means the only other way to play it is through modding the PC version which imo just makes that release even more collectable aside from the fact it's a physical copy of Half Life. Basically all that needs to happen for PlayStation fans to get the whole Valve experience now is they need an Orange Box with Black Mesa and the other fan remakes coming eventually along with Portal Stories Mel, Portal Reloaded and fully up to date versions of TF2, L4D, and CSGO so console players aren't left out of these awesome games which is honestly kinda sad cause Black Mesa and Portal Reloaded are some of the best things to happen to those franchises in years and not being able to play the awesome fan content that has come out of L4D is a crime.
Kingsfield is such an awesome game, I was lucky enough to get mine at a thrift store for only a dollar and it's the standard jewel case version which is even more rare than the long box version
For the Legacy of Thieves collection, sure you only need one of the two games to get both digitally for $10, but you need to have each disc in the system to play the respective games.
That's Nintendo Power mag has a score by Scott Wozniak under a different name as he submitted too many to the magazine before. It's for the GB Tetris game.
Ryan got ripped on that used King's Field long case. They have a few "new & sealed" for around 150 bucks. Plenty of better conditioned copies to choose from.
Fantastic pickups Mystic, thanks for reminding me I still need to hunt down Half Life on PS2. Wish I got it earlier when it was decently priced. On another note, the first Ridge Racer was also released as a Greatest Hits version in a standard jewel case as well as a standard black label. The latter which is unfortunately extremely rare and expensive this day in age.
I love these game pickup videos and love to see people still collecting physical disc in the digital world
Physical forever!
I will always buy physical if it means getting a better deal, and also like having older gen stuff that companies tend to forget about over the years. Still do PS+ and Xbox Game Pass as money and time are limited and deals are sometimes (but rarely) better digitally vs physically.
I also enjoy watching those who collect build onto their collection and seeing games I've never heard of or mint games from 20+ years ago I remember playing back in the day.
@@tb1235 I used to buy a lot of stuff physically but I switched to digital library in like 2015. Purely because some games weren't available physically but after some time I noticed that the prices are quite lower than the prices stores offer (at least in my country). A lot of games drop like 10-ish bucks every 4-6 months but digital has a lot of good deals almost every week.
@@dootor-san yes, I never found myself buying disc games after ps4 because they were always available and deals come very often. The only time I would say it is worth buying disc is old games, but I never really buy those either. Now with the PS5 digital version I am now forced for digital. It's good tho.
Also, I never buy assassins creed games for full price. Ubisoft always got the deals coming.
Wait people really have the audacity to call it the digital world?? 💀
Everybody's taking advantage of streaming services geez.
Keep the vids coming! Your content is one of the only things that relaxes me in these troubled times. Always very chill.
I agree! I always appreciate his consistency with his attitude and delivery 💯
Spam bots are at it again. Look out folks
100% agree! Amazing dedication goes into his content.
All time is a hard time
Damn bro you won a PS5. Congratulations!!!! I'm jealous of you
These game pickups videos are great. Very relaxing and nice to just talk about different games and their history. It's nice to hear that you are having good interactions with viewers.
Shantae! Love seeing this series get some love. It’s one of my favorites. Great video as always dude!
Ray Narvaez ? X-Ray himself ???
A big fan over here man.
All the best to your Sir
Hurt my soul when he said that he doesn’t care for the series at all and just got it because it gets expensive
Although understandable
That's such a great tip for re-centring your discs Ryan. Would never have thought to do that. Thanks. Would love you to do a collection video. Great pick ups. :)
You don't even need to do it with disks these days as most of em don't scratch. But if it's Wii 360 ps3 n before.... If they're sealed...they're scratched most likely
Not sure what it is about these videos that makes me love them so much. They are bad for my bank account tho since everytime I watch one I just wanna go to my nearest game store and expand my collection. That's not gonna stop me from always watching these.
Literally just bought Omega Boost for PS1 cause of this video LOL.
I know you want your channel to be mainly about PlayStation platforms but I would love to see a video where you go through all the 3DS and Wii U eShop games that you bought or that you would recommend people to buy before they become abandonware when the stores are going to close, since you have a lot of knowledge about all the different games that exist. And I don't think people would mind the odd video every now and then about a different platform when there is an occasion like this that would warrant it. But only a suggestion of course. :)
Don't know if somebody commented this already, but as a huge collector myself, those foam pieces in the long boxes are like gold! You use them to sandwich in between the disc and the instruction manuals to keep the disc in place. We all know what happens to the old PS1 and Sega Saturn games discs when they get loose. Those plastic teeth that hold them can possibly scratch the heck out of them if left unchecked. They can even sometimes crack the discs. I saw that one of your long boxes has the plastic indents on the left and right of the disc holder. Those are the best cases. You can put the foam in those plastic indents to hold it in place over the disc. Even back then, when the long boxes were being designed, they knew the discs could easily get loose. I wish they still used foam inserts like that in games today. Like in some of your PS5 games where the disc was loose. Sadly, though, game designers are always trying to find ways to cut costs, so they mostly stopped making the foam after the PS1 and Sega Saturn. In later years, they tried making some of the disc holders tighter, but trying to get the discs out were always a pain in the ass. The discs would bend and sometimes snap in half (happened to me once). With current cases, they make them much thinner to try to keep the discs in their holders. But that, as you've seen, doesn't work all the time. Thanks.
A-Train! I love that series! I bought the PSone version day one along with the PlayStation mouse. It did not come with a Simcity disc, but it did come with a booster pack of SimCity trading cards from that card game advertised on that insert in the case.
I know the lose disc is an annoyance it’s happened to me many a times but I’ve learned that either the disc holder is broken or it just came lose during the bumpy shipping trip and I don’t really worry about the disc anymore because it’s layered with a strong scratch resistant layer. Nice tip though with the flashlight.
Love these videos! I got the jewel case version of Kings Field from my local store a little over a year ago, glad I did.
In Europe we had double cases of PS1 games long boxes were never a thing over here.
There are a few other more or less odd variations though.
So no escaping the collector shelf disorder even in Europe. ;)
My first two games for PlayStation when it launched in the UK were Ridge Racer and Wipeout.I actually found the mirror track before magazines released the info on how to do it.Great channel pal.
"Ridge Racer"
"It's RIDGE RACER"
@@RocafellaPlaza RIDGE RACER
Sorry RIDGE RACER
That was what I found funny about "Ready player 1". Who would not find that out.. :)
Hi Ryan, great video, love the collection updates! I was wondering whether you could do a tour of your game room, exploring you videogames, collectibles etc?
When he moves houses/apts he will.
@@wrenegade2638 ok thank you
@@Louis2808_yt Everyone is anxiously awaiting that video. It can't come soon enough lol
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Fun fact, the original Kkng's Field was JP only. The two sequels are the ones we got on PS1 (our KF1 is KF2, our KF2 is KH3).
I love these collection videos. I really wish more people did them. I just recently bought about 40-50 of the higher end vita games to knock off the list. I’m up to 90ish games and going for the whole set so it was nice to check those ones off. Spelunky being the most expensive that I bought
People do collect those cards. I got a mystery pack from them once and it had a card from an unreleased game sold it for a pretty penny
King's Field FTW! North America has KF1 and KF2 which is actually Japan's KF2 and KF3. KF1 Japanese version never was released in North America.
Congrats on getting the Mac Studio and Studio display. They look awesome in the background
So you recieve these and wait to open them when you've got enough to make content?
Man, I would not have the strength to do that. I'd open each immediately. Lols
Love the pickup videos bro! I was hoping to see more ps4 titles but still nice to see some old gems popping up
I just happen to look into my collection and I'm glad I have Kings Field: Ancient City already. Games are getting crazy expensive!
The other A-Train variant included a pack of SIM City Game Cards (per the game-rave site), and is even harder to come by! Crazy how much that game and all the longboxes have gone up in price.
These are my favorites! I would love to see a retro play through challenge similar to how you do trophy challenges or something. Love your content!
The day I purchased my first PS2, all the way back in November 2021, I stopped at a game store on my way home from the FB Marketplace meetup location. There I discovered Half Life, sitting forlorn in a glass case. I bought it without a second thought, only to discover later its rarity and the wild story behind the development. So glad I picked it up! Now I can complete Half Life 1 before playing Half Life 2 from the Orange Box I've had, waiting to start the story from the beginning.
Your PlayStation content is better than all others on TH-cam/websites/podcast combined. Thank you for doing what you do
There's nothing more satisfying then a pristine black PS1 disc
In 2005 I sold Gauntlet Legends for the ps1 to gamestop. Back then I got almost $60 cash. Couldn't believe it.
Glad to finally see that someone got the complete-in-box version of Half-Life PS2. It's a great game! Especially with all the exclusives and features it has.
There were 3 types of long boxes, the cardboard box (23:08), ridged box (18:47 / pretty rare) and jewel case (10:45 / similar to Saturn)
Man, I had a bunch of old Game Informer, Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly magazines from when I was a kid in a box for so long. We were getting ready to move so I ended up tossing them all out and now I am kinda kicking myself for it.
These are one of my favorite videos from you Ryan.
Youre setup + collection is one of my dream places tbh
I like watching this kind of video as I will never be able to this kind of thing my whole life
Who wants to be a millionaire on PS5 🤯 now I can lose millions in stunning 4KUHD!
Damn I picked up half life on ps2 on a whim for $12 four or five years ago - did not realize it’d gone up so much
I dont know what im more impressed with, the fact you got these awesome games or the fact you have the patience to leave them i the packaging for weeks/months till these videos lol,
Prices have dropped a little on Kings Field, closer to $100 complete. I just paid $100 for the Resident Evil long box, that one is going up.
PS1 longbox titles are so visually pleasing. Love them
I think the early Namco PS1 games, were in the plastic long boxes.
Tekken & “Riiiidge” Racer, we’re two of the games I got Christmas morning 1995 along with Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash, Twisted Metal and Street Fighter the Movie: The Game & was the Best Christmas of my Childhood!
Nice Pickups!!
One of my best finds ever, Kings Field 2 in between some cd cases in an antique store for 5 dollars.
Could care less about all the PlayStation news but his unboxing videos are what made me sub. Overall good video.
The intro though 🤣
We legit have the same problem, Ryan. I be on a game spending spree too lol.
BTW, Ryan, River City Girls is pretty damn expensive too. I've been trying to find a reasonable price for it but the price for it is way above retail value. Also, good luck with buying all the Shantae games, especially 'The Pirate's Curse' LOL!
love watching these videos while eating, can't wait for the next one
Ayyy. Nice setup with the Studio Display and Mac Studio back there.
I'm about to lose control, and I'm pretty sure i like it.
Underrated commentary.
I wonder what I could have made on the old gaming magazines that I threw (literally into a donation bin) away about 5 years ago. I had more than a few Gamepro and EGM issues along with some old Game Informers from when the magazine was part of Funcoland's rewards program.
Do you still play PS2 games if so on what display because iv noticed the games do not look good on hd tvs
Not a rare or expensive game but I literally found out yesterday that they re-released Fahrenheit on PS4, it's not a remaster, just a direct port with trophies but I had no idea!! Now I have a PS2 + PS4 version! Awesome video Mystic, loving the content!
I don’t particularly care for the long boxes but man, that Tekken and The Need for Speed both look sexy.
Did Binecki just bust out some Pointer Sisters “I’m so Excited”? Old school son.
Good thing I got all of the Shantae games on PC besides one. I got lucky and got in early. Shantae is a lot of fun. You'll love it. I just recently beat the newest Shantae game.
That looks like a lot of fun.
The 3 sections of this video had me dyin' laughin'
im always so happy when you upload these videos, keep doing them please
Amazing pick ups! Seeing those ps5 games, I need to start paying attention to the more hard to find ones, before prices go crazy.
The story I heard about the PlayStation longbox types was that PlayStation commissioned the full cardboard style boxes and the cardboard ones with the plastic edge. I heard that due to crunch time with the system coming out soon and higher than expected demand, they allowed publishers to print PS1 games in the Sega Saturn style cases. That, according to the story, Sony was trying to avoid PS1 and Saturn games coming in the exact same style case, but they begrudgingly allowed it because PS1 had such promising early sales. This is just the account I've heard and maybe I am incorrect, but I'm sharing in case anyone has heard the same. Some 3DO games also had longbox cases that were similar to the cardboard style PS1 long boxes. And of course, the cases for Sega Saturn games in Europe got a case similar to the PS1 cardboard longbox, with the artwork very vulnerable to damage.
King's Field was only Japan game. King's Field 2 is what you got, released here as King's Field.
Doing the re centering trick damages the boxes a little. The cover gets a wrinkle in it.
I've always wondered why some of my ps2 games had a blue disc. I always learn something cool on this channel.
So little fun fact about the PS2 release of Half Life 1 not only is it the only way to play the whole series (aside from Alyx) on PlayStation like you said but it was also a port job by Gearbox software (the Borderlands dev) and comes with a co op expansion called Half Life Decay which is exclusive to the PS2 release which means the only other way to play it is through modding the PC version which imo just makes that release even more collectable aside from the fact it's a physical copy of Half Life.
Basically all that needs to happen for PlayStation fans to get the whole Valve experience now is they need an Orange Box with Black Mesa and the other fan remakes coming eventually along with Portal Stories Mel, Portal Reloaded and fully up to date versions of TF2, L4D, and CSGO so console players aren't left out of these awesome games which is honestly kinda sad cause Black Mesa and Portal Reloaded are some of the best things to happen to those franchises in years and not being able to play the awesome fan content that has come out of L4D is a crime.
Kingsfield is such an awesome game, I was lucky enough to get mine at a thrift store for only a dollar and it's the standard jewel case version which is even more rare than the long box version
For the Legacy of Thieves collection, sure you only need one of the two games to get both digitally for $10, but you need to have each disc in the system to play the respective games.
Ryan when I show him I can pirate 100 dollar games for free:
That's Nintendo Power mag has a score by Scott Wozniak under a different name as he submitted too many to the magazine before.
It's for the GB Tetris game.
Time to crack open a soda and geek outta control!
I love watching these!
Love these videos Mystic. When are we gonna get a full collection or room/house tour?!
Shantae is a fun series. You should definitely try it.
Now you just need to buy plastic protective casea for those cardbox cases to maintain them. :)
Ah yes another video from Ryan! And my favourite type too
Thanks for telling me about A-Train. Just got it for $40, but no manual.
Great video and great pick ups mate well done 👍👍👍
I love you
How many games you have in your collection total? You purchase quite a lot of games.
Definitely gotta check out video games new york! Live about 2 hours (hour drive to an hour train) from manhattan. Thanks for sharing!
Great to see long box versions of PS games!
Hey Mistic ! , just wanna say Good Videos!👍👍👍
Great vid, Ryan! Kepp up the great work, looking forward to the next videos!
ayy you upgraded from the old imac. nice
Ryan got ripped on that used King's Field long case. They have a few "new & sealed" for around 150 bucks. Plenty of better conditioned copies to choose from.
Kingfield 1 also released in a normal Jewel Case. Might be worth grabbing that too.
Good haul. Weirdly these are my favourite videos.
I love you
The upgrade finally came, hopefully the new Mac studio makes more fast to render your videos.
Not sure if it was mentioned but the Wipeout disc is the Greatest Hits version
I loved the chapters split of the video!!! XD
Well I get part of why kings field is so expensive now just learned today it was one of the first 10 ps1 games released
Love this kind of your videos
A trains w bonus Sim City 2000... Very nice!
Another great video, these kind are always some of my favorite. 👍
Would love to see you snag a copy of Kuon for PS2 😮
You got a new Mac Studio and Studio Display! 🤩🤤🥰💸
Finally another pick-up video, definitely love these
A hundred dollars in retro game collecting is nothing.
It's expected nowadays.
Keep up the work man
Your voice is soothing too
Fantastic pickups Mystic, thanks for reminding me I still need to hunt down Half Life on PS2. Wish I got it earlier when it was decently priced. On another note, the first Ridge Racer was also released as a Greatest Hits version in a standard jewel case as well as a standard black label. The latter which is unfortunately extremely rare and expensive this day in age.
The intro of you singing should be the new intro music to every video you post
I loved the long box and large saturn cases. it made the games feel worth while compared to the jewel cases
FYI, Stranger of Paradise runs at locked 60FPS on PS4 Back Compat on PS5.
Where were these PS1 boxes my entire life? I've literally never seen them. Every ps1 game I ever owned was sold on those music CD cases.
I'm still astounded that I enjoy watched people open mail lol