Yeah, ad libbing is f%$king hard, but even then, they aren't embarassed by it. You get like a ton of such priceless quotes from non scripted cinemassacre videos.
Sometimes I get asked why I still buy physical media instead of just downloading everything. Well, this is why. Nobody can walk into a hard drive, look around, and say "what a cool collection!"
+Jackson DeStefano Actually, it's more of a mixed bag. Yes, physical copies often cost more, but they also often cost less, especially if you buy used (which I often do).
depends where you look. buying a game off the xbox live marketplace might be 60 bucks but i can get it at gamestop pre owned or something for say 40 bucks. all about looking for those deals. found a nice copy of Soul Blade on PS1 for 2 bucks when online its usually a lot more
"If you look here, you will see the of pre COVID society, excellently preserved by one James Rolfe, these are believed to be 'Video Games', physically stored in their cases, course, back in those days, streaming services were only starting to become commonplace in society.
I love how his collection is arranged. It just has that homey, humble, nostalgic feel to it. I would love to see an update since this was over 10 years ago.
@@shaitet Nope. It‘s definitely still in his house. I think he moved houses in 2015/2016 or he just changed where each room is, since he also has a video store room.
Thebman772 I love these old style finished basements. I'm going to build a room that looks like this, but all the stuff I like. Definitely not going to buy all the games. A couple futons and a fridge. Fluorescent lights and linoleum!!
@@115spt2 ya for most people itd probably be included in their home owners insurance but with James he might have a different policy since its a very high value collection and its for his business. I mean not only all those games and systems but he's got games like Nintendo world championship that are worth tens of thousands of dollars each so the entire collection must be worth a pretty penny. And since it's documented pretty well through videos like this you can pretty easily
Funny but true story: I grew up in the early 90's (born late 80's) and had the SNES.. but to play Sega MS/Megadrive (Europe...) I went to... my Granny's house! :D Seriously! She had them both! Even played Sonic and stuff but as we grew older she only played puzzle games like Mahjongg, which btw she STILL does (being 85) but now on a PS One. :D
At first I thought the nerd room as a game room, then as a library of games , but now I think of it as a archive room. It's amazing seeing all the things that is kept in that room.
Please, James or Mike or James, please make another one of these videos. People love these videos! You don't even have to prepare, just talk to us like you're talking to your buddy
The new videos surely have higher video quality, but i love the ones you guys shot with the older camera. They feel like an episode from an 80s documentary series... they take us back to the past ;)
They also think he doesn’t play video games. He maybe doesn’t have as much knowledge as Mike NOW has, but he was always more into the filming aspect. And he has beaten some very hard games. People who claim that only Mike is playing the games for the AVGN episodes are talking nonsense.
@@CedricsSpecialLP Yeah, I think James actually does some of the playing himself too. James and Mike together have some great knowledge and skill between the two of them
James has to be one of the most passionate game collector I have ever seen. He seems to get quite a bit of joy just from maintaining the history of videogaming.
I bought all these movies and music to share with people but nobody ever comes over …
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Of all those games that he doesn't have a lot to say of, he could do some basic "Let's play" episodes that would just show them without any further need for AVGN or such. Don't know about you, but I would be delighted to see those not-so-popular old games being played just for some shits and giggles.
I love these videos. They look like the beginning of some found-footage movie, like it's going to morph into The Blair With Project later on. They really captured the atmosphere of that genre.
Guys guys guys sheesh, shut the hell up. James is just as likely to get carried away when talking about the stuff he's invested in so it's a double-edged sword. Without Mike AVGN wouldn't have continued to become what it is today to show some goddamned respect.
What a huge collection you guy. I've been collecting games for the NES, PS2 and PS3 for many years. Now I'm collecting cartoons on 8mm and Super 8 from Castle Films, Disney, AAP and more.
And to think the mainstream game industry pretty much considers adventure games a dead/niche genre. Evidently it wasn't, back then! I wonder what changed... Oh right. The mainstream game industry happened. =_= Indie gaming for life, or something.
I have been a fan since 2006 we in Iceland me and my friends say greetings and look forward to James and Mike Mondays, Board James, Boosty beat and of course the Avgn videos we wish you great success
The reason Simpsons arcade was never ported to home consoles back then is because Activision had exclusive rights to develop Simpsons games for home consoles, not Konami.
James should have some sort of contest where the winner gets to hang out with him, Mike, Bootsy, and the rest of the Cinemassacre crew for a day and review some shitty video games with them for an episode of AVGN, all while downing bottles of Rolling Rock and Yeungling.
MrGamerman001 You never know. They might just like you enough to make you a regular on set. Then you could become a fan favorite to rival even the great Bad Luck Bootsy.
To people that say hard casing and physical boxes are obsolete "Bullshit" - I say to myself What happens during a war or if the Internet in the Neighbourhood crashes, or heck, your own internet dies for afew hours - how are you going to enter the server? How is that server gonna run? That $100+++ games, all gone All Gone, with that hard drive server space What if steam, Xbox market or ps network dies for some absurd reason? There goes your games Also, you can't look through my 100 games collection on my server or hard drive and say "what a badass" with that amount of games but You can and will definitely say "what a badass" if you see someone with 100+ physical copy of games and even better, if you bought them cheaper than the goddamn online marketplaces
this has been online before- just not officially. the crazy castle bloopers were also posted unofficially, but are now gone. so can those get posted officially soon because those are some of the best bloopers I've ever seen.
When James says characters at 4:05 it sounds just like when he is talking about the Nintendo character toys to defend the NES as a kid on the SNES VS SEGA video.
I love this kind of videos, love how the nerd room looks in this vid. No fancy stuff where all the games are held, haven't seen much box protectors either. Just selfmade bookshelfs and ordinary closets. LOVE IT. Also i want to know, what kind of tv does the nerd have? And i mean the one he always plays his NES games on. I would like to know the brand and type.
Imagine if people got a list of every single game and console that James has and saw how much it’s worth, cos wow that would definitely be over a million dollars. Easily.
Cinemassacre Did you know that in Poland radio stations used to transmit Commodore games? So you can save them on your own casette and then play on your C64... It was very popular system here. chers!
On the C64, after the initial LOAD "*" ,8,1 It will say "Loading" for a while, then when it comes back with "READY" type RUN and hit enter. C64 was how I initially learned my craft.
"If this room was full of DVDs it would all be DVDs."
- James Rolfe, 2009
Yeah, ad libbing is f%$king hard, but even then, they aren't embarassed by it. You get like a ton of such priceless quotes from non scripted cinemassacre videos.
He wasn't wrong! 😛
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passed
James Rolfe's own "Press the jump button to jump" moment.
@@ShiroiLuke I think we know by now James isn't the best at speaking impromptu lol, we still love him though :P
Sometimes I get asked why I still buy physical media instead of just downloading everything. Well, this is why. Nobody can walk into a hard drive, look around, and say "what a cool collection!"
my thoughts exactly
The problem is though that physical copies often cost more.
+Jackson DeStefano Actually, it's more of a mixed bag. Yes, physical copies often cost more, but they also often cost less, especially if you buy used (which I often do).
cuz chicks dig the physical "hard" copies
depends where you look. buying a game off the xbox live marketplace might be 60 bucks but i can get it at gamestop pre owned or something for say 40 bucks. all about looking for those deals. found a nice copy of Soul Blade on PS1 for 2 bucks when online its usually a lot more
If James ever had to move it would be a nightmare. He has so much games, game systems, movies out the ass. I hope for his sake he never has to move
He probably has enough money doing these videos to get a good moving company
Nothing compared to the Last Gamer! You should really check out his setup it's ridiculous
I’m surprised he doesn’t have a storage unit and just uses that to film in.
We need a 2019 tour, it's been almost ten years
The room doesn't exist anymore.
Really?
Where did he put all his games?
@@anunusualironiccircumstanc2246 I believe it's a set at screenwave hq now
@@YuzoKoshiroSan Yes, it does. However, I think they have some walls at Screenwave that recreates part of it.
I could listen to these two talk about shit all day
Mike is so impatient in this video.
I love casual James. He's the best and most frank guy ever.
"...Yeah, 'cause they don't have any end labels... fuckin' bastards!"
I'm glad that part was straight from his honest opinions. :)
whos Frank
I fully expect to see James' collection in a museum one day.
Er its more than likely his pension plan. How much is all that worth?
James' collection _is_ a museum.
With Fred Fuchs as the co-curator
@@ThaYowza All of the games and movies have been meticulously soaked in tiger urine to ward off other animals.
And I like the smell.
"If you look here, you will see the of pre COVID society, excellently preserved by one James Rolfe, these are believed to be 'Video Games', physically stored in their cases, course, back in those days, streaming services were only starting to become commonplace in society.
I love how his collection is arranged. It just has that homey, humble, nostalgic feel to it. I would love to see an update since this was over 10 years ago.
It's a set now, and I'm almost certain he won't do nothing like this again.
@@shaitet Nope. It‘s definitely still in his house. I think he moved houses in 2015/2016 or he just changed where each room is, since he also has a video store room.
that wood paneling REALLY sets the mood for some retro gaming.. he really knows how to take you to the past
I love how organized it is, he was able to pick out the Jurassic park games in seconds
This... This is my fucking dream room.
+Thebman772 Go follow your dream boy! And buy some shitty games to start with!!
Start with the Et game. That was shit.
Thebman772 but also balanced the atmosphere of the room with modern consoles
Thebman772 I love these old style finished basements. I'm going to build a room that looks like this, but all the stuff I like. Definitely not going to buy all the games. A couple futons and a fridge. Fluorescent lights and linoleum!!
Ikr...
Is hope this room is insured.
It'd be a nightmare to have to rebuild that collection 😲
Is hope u getting grammar lessons
@maggs131
the rumor come out
does room is insured?
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension Is hope jamz insured hiz gayme librery
EDIT: Can You even insure a collection like that?
@@115spt2 ya for most people itd probably be included in their home owners insurance but with James he might have a different policy since its a very high value collection and its for his business. I mean not only all those games and systems but he's got games like Nintendo world championship that are worth tens of thousands of dollars each so the entire collection must be worth a pretty penny. And since it's documented pretty well through videos like this you can pretty easily
*Mike asks James a question
James: "Oh well you see-"
*Mike interrupts
Terrible interviewer
Which is why I hate Mike and I’m glad he’s now left Avgn.
@@CommanderSuberox didn't know he left but that is great news.
Funny but true story: I grew up in the early 90's (born late 80's) and had the SNES.. but to play Sega MS/Megadrive (Europe...) I went to... my Granny's house! :D Seriously! She had them both! Even played Sonic and stuff but as we grew older she only played puzzle games like Mahjongg, which btw she STILL does (being 85) but now on a PS One. :D
+biboKralle
Your Granny is awesome
+fixed to pieces ikr? :D
My grandma was the same way. She had every Disney game and puzzle game for SNES
lol I remember James sweating like fuck in his original AVGN videos... that must be why
ha yea
That's part of the charm, he so sweaty and angry.
I am jealous of his collection
"If this room was full of DVDs, it would all be DVDs, I guess" James Rolfe
So funny when James repeats what was said last by the other person when he's excited lol.
Every video game kid's dream come true. I'm coming over to play!
At first I thought the nerd room as a game room, then as a library of games , but now I think of it as a archive room. It's amazing seeing all the things that is kept in that room.
James you have to type RUN when the game loaded after "LOAD"*",8,1:
not only does he have a lot of this cool stuff, he's knowledgeable about it, the sign of a true collector.
We need a 2016 tour.
We need a 2017 tour.
We need a 2030 tour....oh wait...I`m too soon? I`m too soon!
We need a 2018 tour
@@ashmyblunt We need one in the next year, with Raid 2020
We need a 3000 tour
This place is like a legit library... but for games instead of books.
The James Rolfe Classical Gaming Library
Love these vids where they just hang out and go through random shit James has..
Please, James or Mike or James, please make another one of these videos. People love these videos! You don't even have to prepare, just talk to us like you're talking to your buddy
This would be the perfect time to do all the Jurrasic Park games!
Buc Whovian I think he did a bug chunk of those already and probably is planing so release with the movie
Buc Whovian He did most of them in AVGN Spielberg Games.
Warrax
Was that really most of them, or just a select few?
Nah, it's a better time to do Back to the Future 1 and BTTF 2 & 3. XoD
I always come back to this video and I idk why. Maybe because it’s pure nostalgia.
Please oh please do a 2018/2019 update of this video
The new videos surely have higher video quality, but i love the ones you guys shot with the older camera. They feel like an episode from an 80s documentary series... they take us back to the past ;)
A lot of people have said James isn't that into gaming but he clearly knows his stuff
They also think he doesn’t play video games. He maybe doesn’t have as much knowledge as Mike NOW has, but he was always more into the filming aspect. And he has beaten some very hard games. People who claim that only Mike is playing the games for the AVGN episodes are talking nonsense.
@@CedricsSpecialLP Yeah, I think James actually does some of the playing himself too. James and Mike together have some great knowledge and skill between the two of them
James has to be one of the most passionate game collector I have ever seen. He seems to get quite a bit of joy just from maintaining the history of videogaming.
I would pay a ticket just to visit this room. It is a piece of history.
Watching in November 2024. ❤
Everytime I see that damn Commador 64 load screen it reminds me of the GTA Vice City opening
Cliff Reeser For one its Commordore 64, like the band the Commodores. How old are you?
30
Cliff Reeser That’s literally what they were referring to in the intro lmao
Same here hahahaha it's epic.
This room is like actually priceless, I can't imagine having a collection like this. I'd be proud.
I bought all these movies and music to share with people but nobody ever comes over …
Of all those games that he doesn't have a lot to say of, he could do some basic "Let's play" episodes that would just show them without any further need for AVGN or such.
Don't know about you, but I would be delighted to see those not-so-popular old games being played just for some shits and giggles.
Impressive collection.
I've seen this video several times, but I just like watching it. I love seeing big collections, and I also like hearing people talk about nostalgia.
Mikes like a manager. He knows what project and items are worth pushing forth.
Its about time we got an update
RollingRockClock
DeformedConscience I want that so bad XD
RailingRackClack!
KEEP ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN
GreenNinjaTea limp bizkit - rollin'
IM DRINKIN ROLLING ROCK... ON A ROLL AND ROCKER! (While checking my rolling rock clock)
Its literally my dream to be in that room getting a tour by James himself.
The same thing happened to me with the Nintendo 64. We just called it Nintendo, so when I heard about the Super Nintendo I was so hyped.
From 2017, I love you and your work JAMES!
I love these videos. They look like the beginning of some found-footage movie, like it's going to morph into The Blair With Project later on. They really captured the atmosphere of that genre.
Grew up on the Commodore 64 with cassettes and floppy discs. It was such a chore loading the games. Great video!
Your collection to this day is priceless
Wow James collection is amazing. Every type of content James and Mike produce is great I love it all!
OMG Action Max, it took them years to get to it!
Thxs
He should do an AVGN video on final fantasy 7.
FFVII doesnt suck though
+joe leder LOOOOOLL
Seeing this footage these days makes me miss the fact that Mike was a part of AVGN and other Cinemassacre productions.
The blunt rotations would be MIND-BOGGLING in here.
I want to smell this room of games ❤ Im 8 years old again
The nerd looks so young it's crazy to think that he's been doing this for over 10 years
Would be nice if Mike asked a question and didn't interrupt the answer.
yeah Mike annoys the fuck out of me
Fuck he annoys me too and ruins the videos
Guys guys guys sheesh, shut the hell up. James is just as likely to get carried away when talking about the stuff he's invested in so it's a double-edged sword. Without Mike AVGN wouldn't have continued to become what it is today to show some goddamned respect.
Everyone has a pain in the ass friend like Mike
considering how huge his collection got, he's set the day he retires from filming, this man's never gonna be bored.
We'd love to see a tour of you collection, Mike!
Ⓙⓞⓔ Ⓢⓝⓔⓢ
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Mike did that already?
Bad Joke
What a huge collection you guy. I've been collecting games for the NES, PS2 and PS3 for many years. Now I'm collecting cartoons on 8mm and Super 8 from Castle Films, Disney, AAP and more.
I wish you luck with your collection! :)
these are my favorite cinemassacre videos
Big Trouble in Little China the Game on Cassette on Commodore 64. :)
The fact that it's the only game made for that wonderful movie saddens me.
right? I love that movie so much.
Yup ..theirs a review by spoony of the game ..its one of his best videos every geek should watch it ..
James Frain Spoony did a review of that game. ;)
James Frain Me too. But it's sad that they are going to remake it with Dwayne Johnson.
that room setup is just Genious
Do a new room/basement tour for 2019!
When I die I want to spend eternity in the Nerd Room
I miss that room
It never ceases to amaze me what a treasure trove of old games, movies and other stuff James has in his basement.
Yeah, Myst was pretty popular.
Fun fact: Until The Sims came along, Myst was the best selling PC game.
And to think the mainstream game industry pretty much considers adventure games a dead/niche genre.
Evidently it wasn't, back then! I wonder what changed...
Oh right. The mainstream game industry happened. =_=
Indie gaming for life, or something.
Believe it or not, there's a port of MYST for the DS. Its apparently terrible.
I own Sega Saturn port.
I would loved to have hang out in James' old nerd room
I love the vids where we just look at your stuff.
@6:20 its hard to see, but it looks like the C64 loaded the game correctly, but you only needed the "run" command to start the game.
I have been a fan since 2006 we in Iceland me and my friends say greetings and look forward to James and Mike Mondays, Board James, Boosty beat and of course the Avgn videos we wish you great success
The reason Simpsons arcade was never ported to home consoles back then is because Activision had exclusive rights to develop Simpsons games for home consoles, not Konami.
Is there a 2015 edition we could get or is that asking to much
@Thisguysgaming - It's been 3 years
This has appearered online before because i've watched it. pretty sure it's on your website.
Thomas Parker Yeah you're right. The whole time I was watching it I was thinking that I could swear I watched this before.
This is cinemassacre extras. They re release videos as well as chop up videos into smaller segments.
NightIIIJester I know that, Its what mike siad in the description that's wrong. He's said that it's never appeared online before, when it has.
Thomas Parker ohhh my bad you're right
Thomas Parker Was it online at the time of recording though? Remember this was recording 6 years ago.
What a truely amazing collection. I'm so jealous
Big trouble in little China always was/is my favorite movie! I wanna see this gameplay!
I think alot of nerds could die happy if they got a tour of this time-warp of a basement. Awesome space, James!
Upload more of these, Mike. I love these.
James should have some sort of contest where the winner gets to hang out with him, Mike, Bootsy, and the rest of the Cinemassacre crew for a day and review some shitty video games with them for an episode of AVGN, all while downing bottles of Rolling Rock and Yeungling.
+Thanos of Titan That sounds awesome! :D
MrGamerman001 You never know. They might just like you enough to make you a regular on set. Then you could become a fan favorite to rival even the great Bad Luck Bootsy.
+Thanos of Titan There is only Rolling Rock
Cinestar Productions
Is Rolling Rock Canadian or USA? I've never come across it before (I'm in the UK)
grimTales1 US.
OMG Nerd's Room Rules
To people that say hard casing and physical boxes are obsolete
"Bullshit" - I say to myself
What happens during a war or if the Internet in the Neighbourhood crashes, or heck, your own internet dies for afew hours - how are you going to enter the server?
How is that server gonna run?
That $100+++ games, all gone
All
Gone, with that hard drive server space
What if steam, Xbox market or ps network dies for some absurd reason?
There goes your games
Also, you can't look through my 100 games collection on my server or hard drive and say "what a badass" with that amount of games but
You can and will definitely say "what a badass" if you see someone with 100+ physical copy of games and even better, if you bought them cheaper than the goddamn online marketplaces
this has been online before- just not officially. the crazy castle bloopers were also posted unofficially, but are now gone. so can those get posted officially soon because those are some of the best bloopers I've ever seen.
When James says characters at 4:05 it sounds just like when he is talking about the Nintendo character toys to defend the NES as a kid on the SNES VS SEGA video.
This was SIX years ago! Over half a decade!
Awesome tour video
You know what makes James' videos a thousand times better...? When Mike isn't in them.
That is a genuine gaming museum in the works there.
I love this kind of videos, love how the nerd room looks in this vid. No fancy stuff where all the games are held, haven't seen much box protectors either. Just selfmade bookshelfs and ordinary closets. LOVE IT.
Also i want to know, what kind of tv does the nerd have? And i mean the one he always plays his NES games on. I would like to know the brand and type.
Imagine if people got a list of every single game and console that James has and saw how much it’s worth, cos wow that would definitely be over a million dollars. Easily.
Man moving all that must suck.
I like his basement better as the movie room 🎥
6:28 Send the computer to The 8-bit Guy 😁😁 He'll surely fix it.
Passion is key. Never lose it.
Cinemassacre Did you know that in Poland radio stations used to transmit Commodore games? So you can save them on your own casette and then play on your C64... It was very popular system here.
chers!
Back in the glory days! :D
Anyone else wish they had a room like this dedicated solely for gaming?
Hanging Out in the Nerd Room (2018)... WE NEED IT.
On the C64, after the initial LOAD "*" ,8,1 It will say "Loading" for a while, then when it comes back with "READY" type RUN and hit enter. C64 was how I initially learned my craft.
you can tell mike really looks up to james
I interpret it as a fascination too.