We had a BLAST! Thanks for inviting me MJR, I wish you lived closer, I agree we would be game hunting and playing racing games every day LOL! The video turned out great, let’s do this again sooner than later!
This video makes me so happy as a day 1 AGG fan! So cool to see the 2 Jason's together. It would be so cool if you guys ever do a AGG throwback video/ podcast with all of the AGG crew. Thankyou guys you made my day!
Your game hunting and Japan travel videos are my favorite content that you have put out. I of course love seeing all the game stores, but I especially love all the in-between things like local culture. Gives me a little taste of traveling when I can't at the moment. Would love to keep seeing more of these!
Yeah, you definitely gave off that vibe in the video bro. Sedona looked beautiful. I could see myself living there as well. Glad you had fun and I hope the Mrs. did as well. 🤘
I’m glad you had such a good time in Phoenix. Most people have this idea that it’s just a dusty hicktown. As a California transplant, it’s good to see people realize it’s a bustling city, filled with great food and pretty much anything you could want in a major metropolitan area,surrounded by tons of natural beauty.
Glad to see my area get some love. I’ve been a longtime customer at Zia, Fallout, and Bookman’s. And I just discovered 1Up Games as well as Desert Sky Games. Phoenix has a pretty cool gaming scene. Glad to see that you were able to get some great finds.
I am so glad you enjoyed your trip to my home state of Arizona! Really happy you loved my local Fallout Games store! Was so excited to see you feature it. Thank you.
Just imagine yourself visiting a store to make some game pick-ups and then you end up watching yourself in a video you made about game pick-ups. Only Reggie was missing to complete the full circle. Quite surreal indeed!
Dude! Jason, they had just got through watching my pickups video when I visited there. I remember how shocked the clerk was when I walked in and he told me.
I used to live in Arizona. Hated it, but after I moved away I realized it was kinda nice. Summers are way brutal though. That’s basically your winter. Another awesome video dude!
@@XDWX there is a fallout games in tempe, a store called gamesmash in avondale( their selection is overpriced in my opinion), and desert sky games in chandler(probably has the best arcade in az).
Next time you are here in Phoenix you should check out castles and coasters, it has an amazing arcade with pretty much every retro arcade game you could want. And the amusement park it's in is not too bad either.
So weird to recognize everywhere you're going. Lived in AZ most my life until I finally moved to Oregon 4-5 years ago heh. Didn't realize such a retro gaming community had sprouted down there. Gonna have to check it out next time I'm back there visiting the family. Glad you got to see Sedona, love hiking up there. Definitely one place I do miss.
So how is that I have been wanting to try it out for a long time but I always got a feeling that it would disappoint and it would be to time consuming to actually create something worth it. So what are your thoughts?
Im so glad you had a great visit to our great state of Arizona! Cant wait for Game On Expo 2022!! Hopefully you can join us next Summer!! Its going to be a blast! Fallout has a few locations in the Phoenix Area. Great stores!! 1up is a great place to hang out as you saw with the chairs/gaming bit. Gaming Zone and their Arcade was a blast pre-COVID. Havent been there yet since COVID. Bookmans is great as well. Its a true treasure store and they do such a great job cleaning up all stuff and making it into treasures! ZIA as well is a treasure store but you should go to their bigger location in Phoenix (19th Ave and Camelback).
I watch your videos since 3 years, and I haven't seriously played games for over 15 years. But your positive & pleasant character are always a mini-vacation for me when watching your videos. Thank you so much!
I'd forgotten about "Tail of the Sun", that game absolutely consumed me for weeks back in the day. That was just before you could hop on the internet to figure out what was going on in a weird game.
When I was attending a tech school in Phoenix from 1986 to 1989, I lived 4 miles from a dedicated C64 store at the corner of E. Thomas Rd and 21st street. It was an awesome store. Golf N' Stuff had a 2 story arcade by the Metro Mall, but the last time I'd visited the city, I'd noticed that they had turned it into a small amusement park.
This is fun because I'm from Phoenix and just got back from Seattle (where it was absolutely beautiful the whole week) where I shopped at Pink Gorilla.😁 I haven't shopped our own stores for awhile. Thanks for the video!
guy from the navajo rez here! dude Ive driven by that gaming zone place so many times and didnt know it was a retro game store. i always thought it was like one of those sharper image stores that sells remote control cars or something lol i also camped in sedona and it really is breathtaking. great vid on az!
Now I'm the one having a surreal moment. I live 2 blocks up the street from that Fallout games and the building where the Smart and Final is, is where I i had my first Job back in 2002. I cant believe i missed this video until now. Wish i was lucky enough to randomly cross paths.
Hah! I was just thinking of going on one of your latest videos to tip you off that MJR made a Phoenix video, yet here you are in the comments already! I'd love to see a collaboration someday. 👍
Also you can do what half of the state does and become a "Snow Bird", people that come down from the winter/snow states and spend it down here 60's-70's degree weather in the winter. People either stay with a friend, rent or buy a 2nd home (RV or pre-manufactered home)
A friend of mine who was in the Air Force recently retired and took a job that had him and his wife move from AZ to NH...and boy did he hate to leave AZ. I can see why now! Great video!
2018 i did my first visit to the US to Las Vegas (i'm from Germany) and we did a day trip to the canyon. It was the beautiest thing i've ever seen in my life!
I actually used to work in the electronics department at bookmans. Before covid we definitely had a much better collection of games, but now it seems very shallow there. Former coworker of mine also works at Fallout too, pretty awesome store!
19:13 My wife and I did it from Vegas when we got married. I was mad when she booked it because it seemed expensive, but after, I couldn't imagine seeing it any other way.
Cool to see you visit my home city...lived here over 40 years now...been to most those stores you visited ...fallout games Tempe is one I goto the most as it’s a mile away
Seeing that Game Boy kiosk brings back memories from when I first saw one in my local videogame store as a kid, safe to say I went back there and played it quite a few times until I finally managed to afford my own Game Boy.
Welcome back out to Phoenix! This weekend I’m going to have to check out some of the places you hit up. And yeah it’s beautiful waking up to these clear skies every day.
I feel extremely lucky to have Phoenix in my backyard to game hunt. There are so many retro game stores available plus the places like Zia and Bookmans. You got 4 Fallout locations, 2 Gaming Zone locations and multiple other single offs.
Again I didn't think I would be interested in this video, but 30 seconds in I am hooked. You're videos are just so great. I think about what you say about Reggie, stop doubting & just trust it's great, which I do & I am always happy that I did. My brother, my dad & I play Triforce heroes online together every week. It's very challenging to work together efficiently. It's a great time yet it can be difficult depending on each other in a fast pace scenario.
It’s so unfortunate up up here in New England, we had plenty of games to choose from a couple years ago. But since last year, everything is getting bought up. I miss collecting! Good luck in your searches MJR!
I really love these kinds of videos. Please keep making them as long as you can! Really reminds me of LGR when he's thrifting and those are just amazing too.
Great haul!! Btw the RPGmaker series has been around for decades and is on all major consoles and PC in the past. The 3DS one is generally pretty good and fun to fiddle around with. There’s also one on the switch that just came out quite recently. I got into it when I first discovered the ps1 version. Definitely something to look into collecting if you enjoy it.
I wish we had Retro Gaming Stores like you do in Seattle and Pheonix, Arizona. I'm a Senior in high school that leaves in Grants Pass, Oregon and we have one Retro Game Store called GameSwap. The only other game store we have is Gamestop. I may be a teen, but I have such a big interest in the Retro consoles that my parents owned and that I never got to experience as a teen born in 2003. I've already collected The PS5, PS3, PS2, XBOX ONE X. Now I am going for the Gamecube, N64, Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, Gameboy family, SNES, and NES.
Awesome episode I live in Phoenix , I’ve been watching your video’s for a few years, and it was great to see you exploring my home town retro stores. I go to fallout games a lot , but I haven’t been to the other stores in your video. I will defiantly be checking them out in the future . Again awesome video , keep it up man. 🤘
I've never seen any love for Tail of the Sun before. It was a random mom buy when I first had the playstation 1. My only owned game at the time and I was MESMERIZED by the unique gameplay and 3D open world. Played it for days lol. Very cool game that was ahead of it's time.
Arizona? I would've stopped by Maynard James Keenan's shop in Jerome. The Puscifer shop. Not too sure how it is now since the pandemic but it normally has a barber, a vinyl section, merch section and you can buy the wine too. His wine of course. And he had a restaurant too but don't think it's open anymore. I might be wrong. But I'm a huge Tool fan so I'd love to visit Arizona and even try to find a way to talk to natives and learn their history.
Dang I go to fallout all the time wish I could of seen you. 👌 awesome video. Oh and for people that live in the area I visit a few stores in a row thats pretty convenient depending on where you live. The order I go in is (the gaming zone Tempe ),(fallout with legos),(1up),and then another (the gaming zone) it’s pretty good they are like 15-20 minutes apart. That’s how I get a lot of my games
My grandma has a condo in Peoria, AZ and I didn't know there was this much retro gaming in the Pheonix area, even though I have spent a lot of time there in the last 30 years. Next time, I'm down there, I should shop around. However, speaking of retro gaming and people not knowing about that culture in a certain area, I live in metro Detroit and there are a surprising amount of retro gaming stores in this area, both chains and independent stores.
I only live about 4 hours driving distance from Phoenix. Been to conventions out there before, so now I guess I have to check out all the retro shops too! It's a good way to find some games that may never have been on your radar in the past. Admittedly, I am someone who is just a sucker for box art and what they got going for them on the back of the box. This is how I wound up with much of my collection early on, from the .hack series to Suikoden and Xenosaga. You go mainly for PC boxed games though, whereas it's always been PS2 for me. Maybe if I manage to go to one of those places I will bring back some great additions to my collection. :D
I have lived in Phoenix all my life. There have been times where I felt the same way about Seattle/Western WA when visiting. "I could see myself moving here."
Another great spot in Mesa, AZ for games, movies, toys, posters, etc. Is a place called the "House of used" it use to be an old blockbuster so it's pretty damn big. AZ has quite a few game stores worth checking out. Hope you enjoyed your trip, man Rock on! \m/
Always love your videos. Your genuine excitement shows each and every time. I believe I’m roughly the same age as you. I finally bought my first arcade. Got a atgames legends ultimate. Really love it. Keep up the great content.
Bookmans looks a lot like the 2nd & Charles stores around where I live. They try to provide everything a geek would want, and the staff is typically more like that of a barnes and noble rather than an indie game store.
And bookmans never tests games. I've had several games just never work and had to return them. But they have good prices sometimes. Once I found Mutant League Football on genesis for $5! But lately the selection is brutal. Less than 10 N64 games....... and all crappy sports games.
We had a BLAST! Thanks for inviting me MJR, I wish you lived closer, I agree we would be game hunting and playing racing games every day LOL! The video turned out great, let’s do this again sooner than later!
Spice Girls & George Michael 4Ever! 😂
You guys need a show Jason to Jason! 😄
@@xROCKLOBSTUHx lol yeeeess I agree completely! That’s a good name too “The Jason & Jason Show” haha!
This video makes me so happy as a day 1 AGG fan! So cool to see the 2 Jason's together. It would be so cool if you guys ever do a AGG throwback video/ podcast with all of the AGG crew. Thankyou guys you made my day!
Sent you a subscription 👍
Bro seeing you walk through all the stores I hunt on a weekly basis was surreal. Rock on!
Man you sound so excited. I love Arizona.
We miss you here in AZ too Reggie. Cant wait to see you guys again hopefully next Game On Expo
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This makes me want to start going on trips and exploring stores for games and anime stuff.
Go for it, its so damn fun bring some friends cause seeing them light up seeing their childhood again makes it even more worth it
Your game hunting and Japan travel videos are my favorite content that you have put out. I of course love seeing all the game stores, but I especially love all the in-between things like local culture. Gives me a little taste of traveling when I can't at the moment. Would love to keep seeing more of these!
As an Arizonan, saying the Phoenix area is "Beautiful" is very generous of you. Hahahaha
Lol come to Casa Grande.
@@WiiRPHYSICAL 😂😂😂😂
More beautiful is east phoenix lol
Been here for 27 years and yes, extremely generous
You must live in the “west valley”.
MJR, goes outside Seattle. Sees himself and Pink Gorilla. 🥺
Not gonna lie, it was pretty surreal 😂
Yeah, you definitely gave off that vibe in the video bro. Sedona looked beautiful. I could see myself living there as well. Glad you had fun and I hope the Mrs. did as well. 🤘
@@MetalJesusRocks small world!
Very small world. I suspect that pink gorilla game was bought from eBay and then traded in... could be wrong though
@@MetalJesusRocks bro youll know youve made it if you walk into a shop in japan and theyre playing one of your videos
I’m glad you had such a good time in Phoenix. Most people have this idea that it’s just a dusty hicktown. As a California transplant, it’s good to see people realize it’s a bustling city, filled with great food and pretty much anything you could want in a major metropolitan area,surrounded by tons of natural beauty.
Glad to see my area get some love. I’ve been a longtime customer at Zia, Fallout, and Bookman’s. And I just discovered 1Up Games as well as Desert Sky Games. Phoenix has a pretty cool gaming scene. Glad to see that you were able to get some great finds.
Was passing through Phoenix in January stopped at Fallout, great store! I'll have to check the others next time
1up generally has lower stock but im within walking distance. Gaming zone def the best place around imo, check both locations out
It's SUPER smart they're playing your pick-up videos for any game store. Expert recommendations on what to grab!
I am so glad you enjoyed your trip to my home state of Arizona! Really happy you loved my local Fallout Games store! Was so excited to see you feature it. Thank you.
Just imagine yourself visiting a store to make some game pick-ups and then you end up watching yourself in a video you made about game pick-ups. Only Reggie was missing to complete the full circle. Quite surreal indeed!
Dude! Jason, they had just got through watching my pickups video when I visited there. I remember how shocked the clerk was when I walked in and he told me.
I live in Phoenix, and thanks to your video, now I am interested in retro game stores and will visit these locations.
Dang out in my area. I'm 1.5 hours south west of grand canyon(middle of nowhere) I love it. Never going back to IL. Rock on Metal Jesus!
So happy to see you checked out 1up games in this video. Love going to that place for my games!
I live vicariously through MJR's traveling exploits.
More to come!
I used to live in Arizona. Hated it, but after I moved away I realized it was kinda nice. Summers are way brutal though. That’s basically your winter. Another awesome video dude!
*Dude, Arizona has a shitload of retro game stores, if you're still here I can take you to all of them.*
Really. Can you name some for me? I only know the Gaming Zone in Tempe.
@@XDWX there is a fallout games in tempe, a store called gamesmash in avondale( their selection is overpriced in my opinion), and desert sky games in chandler(probably has the best arcade in az).
@@nicholasratto7754 cool thanks!
@@XDWX *I stay in Tempe, too. There's Zia Records, The Gaming Zone, Fallout Games, 1-Up Games.*
You guys been to the arcade bar in Gilbert? Level One. It's near Gilbert rd, tucked in behind some restaurants.
Next time you are here in Phoenix you should check out castles and coasters, it has an amazing arcade with pretty much every retro arcade game you could want. And the amusement park it's in is not too bad either.
I live in Mesa. Sounds like you had a great time in our beautiful valley. Thanks for the review. Fallout games is on my to do list.
So weird to recognize everywhere you're going. Lived in AZ most my life until I finally moved to Oregon 4-5 years ago heh. Didn't realize such a retro gaming community had sprouted down there. Gonna have to check it out next time I'm back there visiting the family.
Glad you got to see Sedona, love hiking up there. Definitely one place I do miss.
Oh they have been doing rpg maker since the PS2! It’s a long running series! The newest one is available on switch/PS4/pc!
I think there was one for the PS1 too.
@@gri3720 Yup. The first PS1 one was brought to the US, but the second wasn't.
The PC version is regularly available in Humble Bundle at a great discount, if anyone wants to try it.
I've used it on Windows from time to time, very niche but very potential!
So how is that I have been wanting to try it out for a long time but I always got a feeling that it would disappoint and it would be to time consuming to actually create something worth it. So what are your thoughts?
The fact that you put together this video in a couple weeks is awesome dedication for the love of video games. Thank you for your content!
Yay for Game Hunting! Definitely my favorite type of retro content!
Pictures and videos of the Grand Canyon really doesn't do it justice. My brother proposed to his now wife there.
Amazing!! Been waiting for this, glad you are feeling better!
I am!
@@MetalJesusRocks great to hear, all the best to you and yours from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
I’m from the white mountains in az and I’m glad you could make it over here. Glad you you’re back!
Im so glad you had a great visit to our great state of Arizona! Cant wait for Game On Expo 2022!! Hopefully you can join us next Summer!! Its going to be a blast!
Fallout has a few locations in the Phoenix Area. Great stores!! 1up is a great place to hang out as you saw with the chairs/gaming bit. Gaming Zone and their Arcade was a blast pre-COVID. Havent been there yet since COVID. Bookmans is great as well. Its a true treasure store and they do such a great job cleaning up all stuff and making it into treasures! ZIA as well is a treasure store but you should go to their bigger location in Phoenix (19th Ave and Camelback).
An awesome chill video to start my day, I love the vibe of this channel.
Same
I watch your videos since 3 years, and I haven't seriously played games for over 15 years. But your positive & pleasant character are always a mini-vacation for me when watching your videos. Thank you so much!
I'd forgotten about "Tail of the Sun", that game absolutely consumed me for weeks back in the day. That was just before you could hop on the internet to figure out what was going on in a weird game.
I've never seen that one before! I will have to look for a copy now. Looks awesome!
When I was attending a tech school in Phoenix from 1986 to 1989, I lived 4 miles from a dedicated C64 store at the corner of E. Thomas Rd and 21st street. It was an awesome store.
Golf N' Stuff had a 2 story arcade by the Metro Mall, but the last time I'd visited the city, I'd noticed that they had turned it into a small amusement park.
Wow Arizona looks beautiful. Hello from Australia!
From where ??
@@markymarc1 haha! Whoops! And the magic of editing...
Fallout games and Flashback games were the best stores I found when I was last in Phoenix
Always love a good game hunting video! :D
This is fun because I'm from Phoenix and just got back from Seattle (where it was absolutely beautiful the whole week) where I shopped at Pink Gorilla.😁 I haven't shopped our own stores for awhile. Thanks for the video!
Soon as you popped up in a store. Social media was going nuts
guy from the navajo rez here! dude Ive driven by that gaming zone place so many times and didnt know it was a retro game store. i always thought it was like one of those sharper image stores that sells remote control cars or something lol i also camped in sedona and it really is breathtaking. great vid on az!
Ah yes, Reggie recommended Trapt very recently when we thought the PS3 store was closing, it’s 9.99 there!
Ayy, you helped me get a ps5, Thanks Jake!
Bro this is completely irrelevant but I ate some spicy noodles and omg my mouth hurts
If you like Trapt, check out the other Tecmo Deception games! 1 and 2 are ok, but the rest are awesome!
The only Trapt I know is the rock band best known for the song “Headstrong” in 2002.
Moved from Phoenix, to Seattle, watched this for Zia records! Glad you got to go! I went there REGULARLY!!!
Bruh that sounds nice, hot dry weather and no humidity. Over in New York during the summer, we have some very humid heat
God I am so jealous of Phoenix right now.
This genuinely put a smile on my face, it’s nice to hear someone not calling Phoenix and complete shithole
Now I'm the one having a surreal moment. I live 2 blocks up the street from that Fallout games and the building where the Smart and Final is, is where I i had my first Job back in 2002. I cant believe i missed this video until now. Wish i was lucky enough to randomly cross paths.
Next time you're in Phoenix hit me up 🙂
The greatest collab ever 🔥
Haha I watch your stuff to see what’s changing down there, moved in ‘16 to Seattle. Such the irony tonight. Great stuff man!!
@@allenslucher8555 Thank you 😁
Hah! I was just thinking of going on one of your latest videos to tip you off that MJR made a Phoenix video, yet here you are in the comments already! I'd love to see a collaboration someday. 👍
Also you can do what half of the state does and become a "Snow Bird", people that come down from the winter/snow states and spend it down here 60's-70's degree weather in the winter. People either stay with a friend, rent or buy a 2nd home (RV or pre-manufactered home)
Glad to see physical game stores alive and well. I don't think they're going anywhere.
If the combination of this pandemic and widespread availability of digital distribution could not kill physical retail stores, I doubt anything can.
Jason, love your videos but your hurting my bank account with all these picks up I have to keep doing haha
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I moved out of Phoenix last year, and it's weird seeing my old places. Used to live right by that Bookmans at 19th Ave and Northern.
man i miss AGG! you guys were too ahead of your time with that podcast, now podcasts are HUGE lol
I know, right! So many great memories on that podcast.
@@MetalJesusRocks i still laugh thinking of the "STOP! this is not a dvd" guy haha rip
A friend of mine who was in the Air Force recently retired and took a job that had him and his wife move from AZ to NH...and boy did he hate to leave AZ. I can see why now! Great video!
MJR travel videos are just the best! I can't wait until we can get more of these!
Metal Jesus has lvl 99 calves
2018 i did my first visit to the US to Las Vegas (i'm from Germany) and we did a day trip to the canyon. It was the beautiest thing i've ever seen in my life!
I actually used to work in the electronics department at bookmans. Before covid we definitely had a much better collection of games, but now it seems very shallow there. Former coworker of mine also works at Fallout too, pretty awesome store!
My hometown, 1up and fallout were my go to stores! Awesome episode!!
I visited Phoenix recently and went to the gaming zone, it’s a cool place
19:13 My wife and I did it from Vegas when we got married. I was mad when she booked it because it seemed expensive, but after, I couldn't imagine seeing it any other way.
Cool to see you visit my home city...lived here over 40 years now...been to most those stores you visited ...fallout games Tempe is one I goto the most as it’s a mile away
I'm only 26 seconds into the video and I already know one place you went. Fallout games is great. I shop there all the time. I only live 3 miles away.
I live in Phoenix, ran into you during Game On Expo. Hope to see you next year when its hosted and back again!
Seeing that Game Boy kiosk brings back memories from when I first saw one in my local videogame store as a kid, safe to say I went back there and played it quite a few times until I finally managed to afford my own Game Boy.
Welcome back out to Phoenix! This weekend I’m going to have to check out some of the places you hit up. And yeah it’s beautiful waking up to these clear skies every day.
I feel extremely lucky to have Phoenix in my backyard to game hunt. There are so many retro game stores available plus the places like Zia and Bookmans. You got 4 Fallout locations, 2 Gaming Zone locations and multiple other single offs.
Again I didn't think I would be interested in this video, but 30 seconds in I am hooked. You're videos are just so great. I think about what you say about Reggie, stop doubting & just trust it's great, which I do & I am always happy that I did.
My brother, my dad & I play Triforce heroes online together every week. It's very challenging to work together efficiently. It's a great time yet it can be difficult depending on each other in a fast pace scenario.
Phoenix is beautiful! Hope you had a lot of fun!
It’s so unfortunate up up here in New England, we had plenty of games to choose from a couple years ago. But since last year, everything is getting bought up. I miss collecting! Good luck in your searches MJR!
I really love these kinds of videos. Please keep making them as long as you can! Really reminds me of LGR when he's thrifting and those are just amazing too.
I visited my Grandma the other day in Phoenix and she took me here it was a cool place
Great haul!! Btw the RPGmaker series has been around for decades and is on all major consoles and PC in the past. The 3DS one is generally pretty good and fun to fiddle around with. There’s also one on the switch that just came out quite recently. I got into it when I first discovered the ps1 version. Definitely something to look into collecting if you enjoy it.
I wish we had Retro Gaming Stores like you do in Seattle and Pheonix, Arizona. I'm a Senior in high school that leaves in Grants Pass, Oregon and we have one Retro Game Store called GameSwap. The only other game store we have is Gamestop. I may be a teen, but I have such a big interest in the Retro consoles that my parents owned and that I never got to experience as a teen born in 2003. I've already collected The PS5, PS3, PS2, XBOX ONE X. Now I am going for the Gamecube, N64, Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, Gameboy family, SNES, and NES.
Awesome episode I live in Phoenix , I’ve been watching your video’s for a few years, and it was great to see you exploring my home town retro stores. I go to fallout games a lot , but I haven’t been to the other stores in your video. I will defiantly be checking them out in the future . Again awesome video , keep it up man. 🤘
I've never seen any love for Tail of the Sun before. It was a random mom buy when I first had the playstation 1. My only owned game at the time and I was MESMERIZED by the unique gameplay and 3D open world. Played it for days lol. Very cool game that was ahead of it's time.
Arizona? I would've stopped by Maynard James Keenan's shop in Jerome. The Puscifer shop. Not too sure how it is now since the pandemic but it normally has a barber, a vinyl section, merch section and you can buy the wine too. His wine of course. And he had a restaurant too but don't think it's open anymore. I might be wrong. But I'm a huge Tool fan so I'd love to visit Arizona and even try to find a way to talk to natives and learn their history.
Dude thx for all the kind words. AZ has the best video game fans, stores, barcades etc. Again, thank you for the fun memories and Game On!
Dang I go to fallout all the time wish I could of seen you. 👌 awesome video. Oh and for people that live in the area I visit a few stores in a row thats pretty convenient depending on where you live. The order I go in is (the gaming zone Tempe ),(fallout with legos),(1up),and then another (the gaming zone) it’s pretty good they are like 15-20 minutes apart. That’s how I get a lot of my games
This is a great video. Thank you for showcasing these amazing stores!
My grandma has a condo in Peoria, AZ and I didn't know there was this much retro gaming in the Pheonix area, even though I have spent a lot of time there in the last 30 years. Next time, I'm down there, I should shop around. However, speaking of retro gaming and people not knowing about that culture in a certain area, I live in metro Detroit and there are a surprising amount of retro gaming stores in this area, both chains and independent stores.
Hey your intro song is incredible. I cant believe I missed this video. Keep up the good work
Someone should make a survival horror game that takes place in the Gran Canyon
Great Video! I spent lots of time at these stores hunting for games. Always a blast!
Glad to see you back man hope all is well
I only live about 4 hours driving distance from Phoenix. Been to conventions out there before, so now I guess I have to check out all the retro shops too! It's a good way to find some games that may never have been on your radar in the past.
Admittedly, I am someone who is just a sucker for box art and what they got going for them on the back of the box. This is how I wound up with much of my collection early on, from the .hack series to Suikoden and Xenosaga. You go mainly for PC boxed games though, whereas it's always been PS2 for me. Maybe if I manage to go to one of those places I will bring back some great additions to my collection. :D
Yoo I used to LOVE going to the various Fallout Games stores when I lived in Phoenix. I knew it'd be on this video
try taking a flight from phoenix to page. you will fly over Sedona and the grand canyon. plus can see lake powell on your flight.
Canadian from Ontario here. Having some serious envy of the fact you can do....anything
Stayed a week in Flagstaff many years ago and had a blast. I actually walked past Bruce Willis in Sedona.
I get so envious of seeing all these retro stores. Living in the Midsouth we have no places like that at all.
I have lived in Phoenix all my life. There have been times where I felt the same way about Seattle/Western WA when visiting. "I could see myself moving here."
I have that Converge LP your thumb is on at 17:35 🤘🏻
Another great spot in Mesa, AZ for games, movies, toys, posters, etc. Is a place called the "House of used" it use to be an old blockbuster so it's pretty damn big. AZ has quite a few game stores worth checking out. Hope you enjoyed your trip, man Rock on! \m/
I dont know why, oldschool and retro stuff including games and old anime. Still RULE MY HEART similar to you ❤
I love Fallout Games! It’s one of my favorite spots in the area to shop for games.
The arcade blew me away. I think I would want to hang out there often.
I live in Chandler and I love 1up games nick and tim are the best and good people! we do have some great retro shops here in the valley of the sun
I'm actually the one who traded in that Wild Arms 3 at 1up. Bought it from a marine who was stationed in Japan during the PS2 era
Great video. that Atari Jaguar Kiosk is awesome! Great shots of the Grand Canyon! Great find with DonPachi for Saturn!
Always love your videos. Your genuine excitement shows each and every time. I believe I’m roughly the same age as you. I finally bought my first arcade. Got a atgames legends ultimate. Really love it. Keep up the great content.
Thank you so much for coming to visit!
You guys have kickass stores!
Bookmans looks a lot like the 2nd & Charles stores around where I live. They try to provide everything a geek would want, and the staff is typically more like that of a barnes and noble rather than an indie game store.
And bookmans never tests games. I've had several games just never work and had to return them. But they have good prices sometimes. Once I found Mutant League Football on genesis for $5! But lately the selection is brutal. Less than 10 N64 games....... and all crappy sports games.