Video Game Collecting Tips From A PS1 Addict
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2021
- Collecting video games is getting increasingly tough but hopefully, with my top tips, you can make 2023 the year you bag your retro gaming holy grails & play on a budget too! As I'm a PS1 addict from the 90s, these tips will work best for people interested in collecting retro games but maybe not so far back as the 80s. #retrogaming #videogamecollecting #playstation
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I don't enjoy collecting for the sake of collecting, it's because these are games that I genuinely want to play and experience, that's why I don't feel the need to have a huge collection. Although, there is a sense of ecstasy in opening a parcel delivered to you and adding games alphabetically to your shelf.
You are right that's what it should be about , I don't understand the whole collecting for the sake of collecting that's a tad silly it should be about collecting games that you actually play..
really good tips, especially the last one, I have no interest in having a complete set of anything, I just buy games based on what I want to actually play, and you're right, going through those games once they arrive does give you more of a drive to see what else is out there rather than just buying everything to show off how good you are at spending money
Haha, plenty of people are good at that!
That is so true. You don't need to have every piece to be a collector. Just collect what you want. An old friend of mine didn't collect comics until the super hero movies started popping out. He only collects the graphic novels and stories of interest to him.
Nothing wrong with that.
I spent 74 dollars on Suikoden 2, only the disc. I had it before but stupidly traded it. I bought a custom case and reprint of the manual.
I don't plan on selling my collection. I bought them to have fun.
I don't have a collection, per say, just a library of the ones I love. But I have tried to fill in some notable gaps over the last year and your absolutely right, has to be a case of opportunity not demand. Nice advice, much appreciated
About 10 years ago I thought it might be cool to break some sort of record, but nah, can't be arsed xD Collecting what you love is definitely a better strategy.
This is a really informative and helpful video. Watching this reminds me of the patience aspect and thrill of finding cheap games. Helpful for me as I am getting into collecting PlayStation1 games recently. Thanks for this interesting video.
Great tip about having a collection goal. I try to stick to mostly collecting Japanese developed games on playstation and nintendo consoles as having a limit on what i collect really helps not just with money but also space.
I tend to prioritise Japanese developed games too, especially retro. Not as keen on modern Japanese games unfortunately.
Good video. I’ll keep these tips in mind for sure. Thanks!
Great tips! I couldn’t agree more! 😎
I am a kind of slow collector. I have been at it for about a year now. I collect just about everything, I like it and it is fun for me. I play most of them at least once. I hope that I will have a large collection one day, then when I die "I" can donate it to a foundation that does video game presentation. Don't think they want anything I have now, but I have only been at it for a year. Great video.
Thanks very much and good luck! =)
Some top tips, before lockdown 90% of my pick ups are from charity shops or boots, thing with bootsales, you have to get there as the cars are rolling in, might not find the retro all the time but can find lots of common games to sell or trade to get the older stuff, hopefully soon we can get back out to the chazza shops and boots, I miss the trill of the hunt, not knowing what will turn will turn up. 👍🎮
I guess I'm at a disadvantage with car boot sales as I don't drive haha
I started collecting hardcore in the last year. And I'm happy with my collection so far. Got a lot of bangers and valuable games. I started originally when I was around 21 and stopped, I'm 29 now and starting from scratch. And what I've noticed is that in those 8 years the value of these consoles/games/accessories has risen crazy amounts since. I'm a PS1 guy as well, I bought the white mini PS1 at a pawn shop for $25 US at the time... and Metal Gear black label for $10. Went to my favorite Retro gaming store a couple of days ago and now they go for at least $75. And I just bought MGS black label again for $50 🤦🏻♂️ The prices will just keep rising at this point.. This was a very informative video with good tips. Keep it up brotha 🤙🏻💯
Yes, prices going mental at the minute, not really been bothered about buying much. Would like to complete the mag collection I think then see what happens after that. Cheers for watching!
Good suggestions. For me I only collect what I'm going to play, cover games on the channel and or selectively picking new games. Cool cat by the way!
Lucky you have good taste then xD
@@TheRetroPerspective haha cheers m8
What a great video. I’ve been collecting for 15 years, but I learned a ton from you. Subbed!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great looking Sony Trinitron CRT TV! Great tips... just subscribed!
Thanks! Hoping to do a video on it at some point when I get time 😁
I collect JRPGs most as it's my favorite genre.
Me toooo!!!! =)
Nice video. I only started collecting a few months ago, and it's going slowly. I appreciate these tips. I think I was trying to go too fast building my collection and will just relax and slow it down a bit. I collect all Xbox
Awesome, good luck. I like finding the original Xbox exclusives but other than that I stick to the PS versions.
Thanks for the tips Bro!
No problemo!
Your content is superb!! Super underrated and I'm so thankful I found you thru GamingOffTheGrid, subscribed
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoy the vids 😁 Gaming off the Grid are great guys!
@@TheRetroPerspective Looking forward to more in the future :D and they sure are
Great tips! I've often received offers from eBay sellers for items I'm watching too. I don't see PS1 games in charity shops very often but I got lucky and picked up Dino Crisis for £1 once. My local stores are usually full of unwanted FIFA games.
You do mainly get Fifa and football manager yeah haha
@@TheRetroPerspective I'm struggling to get Fifa and football manager games I want, in London. It's so fustrating.
@@Steven-qy9lm Which ones? I'll keep an eye out if you want xD
@@TheRetroPerspective LMA 2006. Thanks.
Collect for nostalgia and I feel it will only go up in value, like gold.
Great video some good advice there 👍👍
Cheers matey! =)
Some really good tips here.
Play games is a great tip, I played the suffering on PS2 last year and I have got the second part coming soon.
I like to buy in bulk too and charity shops are brilliant.
Cheers 🙂
Thanks for watching matey! =)
A little late to this video but I've definitely adopted some of these suggestions. I've recently started to collect games (from ps1 to ps3) I watch items on ebay and wait for the offers to come through. I also hold out on buying new games on release, I buy when they hit around £15. Again I know I'm late but great video!
Totally agree with your philosophy, sound common sense. You have a new subscriber 👍
Awesome, thanks!
Those ebay tips were really helpful !
Glad to help! =)
Amen, play the games you collect. I personally have roughly 170 games and there is not one game I wouldn’t play at any given time on my shelf.
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Good video! Thanks. I have a lot of ps1 magazines, are there any ones you need to get?
Thanks Megan! I just need 90 onwards now except a few like 108 (The final issue), then a few more of the tips mags. Getting very hard to find now! I also need the Darth Maul cover mag which was an alt cover, 40 something I think.
Ooo some Resi in that magazine
Its always worth giving an offer to a seller if you're looking for a certain expensive game on Ebay.
Definitely worth a try! I have found a lot of sellers don't really accept any offers unless it's like 50p lower than their ask xD but others may have better luck.
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Managed to take a fiver off a PS2 game i bought recently.
I have a ps1 with the xstation mod and I'm loving it.
Very good advice. People today praise people with no ability to exhibit patience, and that don't mind spending copious amounts of money on games. I never see people say.. "Wait a minute, you completed the entire SNES library in 6 months.. Wow, I bet you paid a buttload of money." I've spent over 20 years on some of my collections, and that is why today, I have more than probably anyone in the world, besides maybe Last Gamer, at 39 complete libraries.
However, I do so for a reason, as I own the Console Purist Museum, and it is open to the public.
Sounds like somewhere I need to visit. Cheers! =)
Beautiful collection. Been working on my ps1 and PS4 collection. I love the PS4 as an anime game console (plus staple games of course).
Yeah I will always think of the Playstation as the home of great Japanese games. =D
I used to find good stuff at the odd booty back in the day, but not any more. Lots of charity shops near me, but never any games around. I'll keep checking though.
The reason why I started to collect PS1 games, especially the games from childhood and games which I've always wanted to own, is that I love nostalgia and simply just love PS1!
It's always the best therapy for me for example playing just Crash Bandicoot 2 because I can leave all of the stress and pressure from work behind.
Cool! I definitely didn't feel as relaxed playing Crash 4, that game is hard! haha
Items are worth when there's a buyer for that item. Good video man. I collect what I can afford and only the games that won't be collecting dust.
Cheers! Good philosophy.
I’ve collected video games over 40 years and the only tip I can give is collect end of a consoles life I’ve had eleven full sets over the years and amassed 11000 games .
I am fallowing all your tips for the Xbox Xbox 360 and PS3 games
I want to rebuy silent hill 1 but of course now on eBay the the game is $200-$10,000. I give up
Holy crap! I'd definitely emulate it xD
I own silent hill 1 i bought it on ebay and it wasn't cheap it was 100 so not too bad but i also rebought silent hill 2 and 3 on ebay and silent hill 3 was the most expensive it was 220.00 i only paid that much because my silent hill 1234 had been stolen and the SH and RE franchise are by far my 2 fav franchises in horror games for the ps2 but i have all of them now again and i will never ever sell them not after what i paid plus i play them all the time. Same with rule of rose and haunting ground they were 2 of my fav games and were also stolen and those i can't buy those games at cheapest are anywhere from 500 to 1,000 dollars i love those games but I'm not rich lol i wish i could find them at a cheaper price but i doubt it same with obscure 1 that game is like 400 and up screw that. I'm trying to collect ps1 ps2 ps3 and ps4 games i already bought all the new games like until dawn the last of us life is strange god of war 2018.
@@bsbznumber1fan I have silent hill 2-3 but number 1 just bought it digital for now. I want to buy downpour.
Hi, I would appreciate your opinion. I currently have a copy of Cindy's Fashion World for PS1 in mint condition. How much would you say is the going rate if I chose to sell, and would you recommend maybe having it sent off to be graded? Many thanks.
I can sometimes have a very addictive personality and go overboard with stuff. For the whole last month I've been pretty much buying every video game in my local market place that I feel like is being sold cheap enough where I could make a profit myself if I decided to sell it
Patience is important. But I've also had times where I pass on a few deals and forget, and then I look like a year later and it's 3x the price
Patience...but also keep an eye on things! Haha 😄
Good tips man. A lot of these sellers are hella greedy. 1 person wanted medievil 1+2 for almost $350 US dollars. It’s ridiculous but I agree just wait till the market goes down. Patience is the key!!
I try to get my ps1 games at a few local shops for the most part it's always exciting and a thrill to find something new or that youve been looking for. My best find so far and it was pretty expensive for being how old the game is but I was so excited just last week to find a copy of kingsfield for $50 the most expensive game I've ever bought for my ps1 collection other wise I try to stay around $15 or less being most of the games in the shops near me are in the $5-15 range with the rare occasional hit like kingsfield popping up for quite a bit more but I couldn't pass it up for it being a complete game especially being how expensive it is now been looking for that game at a decent price for going on almost 2 years now. How I pick out a game for the most part is by looking at the art and what gameplay is shown on the back not the best way i guess but I'm looking for more of if it's going to be fun to play than what the games worth even though that's also fun to find high priced games at low prices.
decent tips but honestly being patient really just doesnt work for some games. i tried to be patient for kuon for a few years now but that game just keeps going up and i seriously doubt i will ever see that game for 60 bucks. i get that some may think a game isnt worth more than 5 bucks. but when a game is rare and in excellent cib condition sometimes you just have to give in and pay a premium price for a hard to find physical copy of a game you love. nothing else will do not even a rom. these days certain games are just not going down in value and never will or if they do it wont be by much. with each passing year it just gets harder to get them if you dont have the money. definitely need deep pockets to get the best each system has to offer. dont even get me started on the switch that system will bankrupt you if you dont show restraint.
That's why I don't collect Nintendo stuff haha =)
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That magazine seller want MUCH more--WTF--these people drive me nuts! Oh man, love that little crafted Spyro!
We're a bit scattered in our collecting. We've managed to get a good deal of the things we've actually wanted, which wasn't much, but now it's kinda all over. It's got pros and cons though for sure and being more focused is great advice and can help maintain funds and avoid burnout.
We collect stuff that catches our attention--whether it's games, toys, comics, and so on. We don't have all the time we'd like to for actually playing games, but it IS fascinating and fun to delve into the things we missed the first time around. Having grown up through those console ages we can still appreciate the games for what they are from their respective time periods, so it's a great rabbit hole to go down.
I feel sorry for those that can't play old games just because of graphics ='(
@@TheRetroPerspective So true--I'm often the first to admit that games from the era of N64 and PS1 don't always look the best--BUT if they played well then, they STILL play well and it takes little to no time to not even notice the graphics.
Usually when I go to buy a game off eBay, I’ll watch it for a couple of days before I buy it in case they want to send me an offer.
I recently bought 18 PS1 games off eBay as I wanted to bring my PS1 game collection to a close and most of them I got after the seller sent me a discount.
Definitely happens more than people expect!
I'm currently trying to get sonic 3 and sonic and knuckles for my mega drive
Sonic and knuckles is currently a bit pricey on ebay so I'll definitely take this into account thanks for the tips 😀
Yes, I would like those too but I'll probably leave them to be honest. Feel like I can't get too distracted from the Playstation stuff.
Here in Texas I will find a ton of games for dirt cheap at our local flea markets.
Nice, would love to visit!
Where did you get that beautiful spyro plush?
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I have no interest in complete sets, so when deciding what to collect I look at Metacritic and create a list of games that a) I had as a kid and want to play again for nostalgia. b) games I really wanted but didn’t get to play as a kid. and c) anything else that is highly rated and takes my fancy.
Where did you get that playstation lava lamp from?
B&M bargains =) Don't think they sell them any more now though. Hopefully they'll do another run!
I do collect for multiple consoles at once but most consoles I only want to have 20- 50 games on the system but it does get hard as I have 13 consoles in my collection
Buying a custom Dreamcast that has trouble reading discs has put me off console collecting for good I'm afraid. =(
Sometimes prices make no sense. Like I picked up a much desired copy of Klonoa Door to Phantomile for about $100 a year ago, which was a ton to pay for one PS1 game (spoiler: Klonoa is well worth it) and now a copy is like $900-1000. Like, what?
Not buying new games for full price is a huge point of collecting. Sometimes you miss out on the odd rare game that eventually ends up being worth more than retail, but that's not common.
Some of my most sought after games are Brave Fencer Musashi, Einhander, Tomba!, all of which are $75-150ish, yet I've spent more than that in the past month or so just on new releases soooo
Unless you care about the games being in english, buy japanese versions. They're much cheaper and A LOT more common than american copies.
im super tight with buying games lol i hate spending over £20 lol
but some how i have 100s & 100s of games
The ps1 collecting side is getting Crazy right now but sometimes you have to just try and bargain with people also for me I agree support who you want to don’t buy every new game
I've had success with bargaining on facebook collectors groups actually so that's a good one too!
I only collect PS1 as well. And DVD’s lol
Only DVD I'm bothered about is ITV's Oliver Twist. xD
I grabbed the msx antique collection vol 2 & 3 today for ps1. Cost nada
Brilliant! =)
Would you say PlayStation 1 games are suddenly becoming very expensive and unobtainable? I can’t help but think I’ve chosen the wrong time to start collecting. Just went down into town and there wasn’t a sniff of any games, and eBay prices seem super high..
They do seem to have gone up a bit but I think it's mainly because of people being too accepting of those prices. Also depends on the game because some are still selling at around the same prices they always have like Discworld for example. Not exactly shooting up.
@@TheRetroPerspective fair enough mate. Also seems like majority of people on eBay are traders rather than genuine collectors. Might just collect PS2 games instead because they seem to be dirt cheap 👍
@@SequoiaStone When I started doing car boot sales in 2014, I was able to find games like crash bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon for 50p, now it’s like at least £10 apiece if I’m lucky.
Problem with those places is you really need to get there extremely early, we’re talking 5 in the morning if you wanna even get a chance of getting some of the rare titles without burning a hole in your wallet, it seems like it’s just completely dried up.
With that being said however there are some occasions where I sifted through a box of junk and found a copy of vib ribbon or saga frontier 2 for like 20p.
In a lot of instances it was just a matter of luck, I was known at a lot of boot fairs for finding some of the rarest games, so much so I had people even stalking me so that they could get to the rarest games first.
So… yeah… bit messed up isn’t it?
Anyway good luck on your search, hope you don’t get anyone following you without knowing. 😆
@@stressball1324 yep crazy how cheap they once were. And that’s the problem with car boots, I never want to wake up that early 😂. Cheers mate
Tell friends and family that you are collecting. When i started 9 years ago i did got a lot of old stuff they considerd worthless, mostly gba and ps 2 stuff but still.
I know people who have thrown stuff away despite knowing I collect and then face palming the next time they saw me xD
The people you mentioned at the early part of the video about outright buying all the PS1 games by splashing the cash in a couple of months.
That makes me think it's probably the same people who downloaded diablo immortal on the smartphone when it came out and spent thousands just to upgrade all the best gear without even going through the game first...... 😐
That is equally as sad 😢
Collecting for me its a slow Burn, sure I can buy a bunch of games on a week... But then I wont buy more until I at least play them for a while
Definitely best to take it slow I say! =)
Have to disagree at 2:10
I only have a small collection so this isn't coming from a full set collector. But if you spent decades collecting to where youre approaching a full set, then of course you're going to pay whatever it costs to complete your collection. They've already spents years or decades, how does it make them less of a collector just because they aren't willing to wait any longer? How much you paid for a game has little to do with whether you're a collector or not
I was talking about people who complete collections in mere months or weeks.
That were reet that were
Blows my mind how nonchalantly ppl talk about lockdowns. We are talking about marshal law ppl! Wake up! Your freedoms shouldn't be negotiable.
Unsure what you're talking about...
@@TheRetroPerspective you mentioned your in lockdown in the video so casually like it's an everyday part of life. Don't take it personal your in the majority there. It's what makes me believe Covid lockdowns were a dry run for something much bigger. Governments wanted to see if the ppl would accept such harsh overlord watch in their lives and the experiment was a raging success.
@@Vipersinferno not taking it personally, just don't see the relevance. We do have an ultra right wing, fascist government here in the UK who want to kill/enslave the working class, but they didn't even do a lockdown until way after it was advised. Boris Johnson didn't even attend the European talks on the issue, too busy playing golf or spending our tax money on champagne. You're in the majority as most people didn't give a fuck about lockdown and I don't blame them.
@@TheRetroPerspective I don't know what right wing fascist is to you but in America when the mainstream media says right wing fascist we know its a lie. A fascists is a centralized government with a Dictator and the closest thing we have to that are left wing Democrats. Any state that had perpetual lockdowns and endless mask mandates were Democrat Governed states
@@Vipersinferno the democrats aren't left wing. You don't know what fascist means.
I bought The Misadventures of Tron Bonne at $225.00 US dollars in 'like new condition' CIB in 2018. No regrets whatsoever.
you aren't supporting developers you like by buying 20+ year old used games, dude
I was talking about new games...pretty sure that was clear. I buy Yakuza and new indie games.
Not willing to pay more than one hundred bucks for a game in good condition. I’m just trying to get the games that I enjoyed so I can play them while they appreciate in value years later, in case I ever feel like parting.