I was showing my game room to a friend once. He picked up a game, like he owned it, and started waving it around motioning to other things in the room with it like it was a laser pointer. Not being completely clueless, he remarked, "I hear that some Nintendo games are really valuable nowadays, too bad you mainly collect Sega. Are any of these worth anything?" I replied, "that Sega CD you're waving around is worth about $400." He put the game down like he had been caught shoplifting. I don't think I've seen him touch another thing in that room since.
That's pretty funny. I would have expected someone who knows Nintendo games can have value would have also known Sega games have value. Good thing he didn't break anything. That would have put me on edge.
Well, that's one way to teach someone to be careful. I wonder if it works for kids. It's easier to teach kids about money if they have an allowance. "If you break that cartridge, you'll pay for it. The repairs/replacements will come from your allowance."
I have a family member who I never knew had a massive collection. One time I went into his attic and it was incredible. Totally caught me by surprise. He had so many rare games!
Hey retrobird, I love it when you talk about younger generations getting into retro gaming as I am 15 and my dad got me into retro gaming with a gba, and now I have a sizable collection
Check the shelf of any whisky lover, or the humidor of any cigar affecionado or the movie room of any cinema enthusiast or the library of any book lover... We should just let people be and join in their joy.
Retro Bird is literally my favorite personality on UA-cam, and I hope your channel explodes in popularity. Love your wit, delivery, and style. You’re video remind me of old infomercials, and your passion for retro games oozes. And that ending theme is really catchy. You rock retro bird
My wife's cousin came over from Taiwan & came to my birthday party before my wife & I moved in. She was super excited about my collection of games as I found out later she's a big gamer (my wife isn't), this lead to her wanting to come over more while she was visiting Canada. Sadly she didn't get to do that much, so years later when we went to Taiwan for our engagement my wife's cousin & I had a great catch up session on gaming over sushi. I can't wait for the next time that her & her bother get a chance to come to Canada, as my game room will be finished & a nice upgrade from the old, plus now we've got guest rooms!
@@ultimateman55 lol... you got me! I did get a rare pair I really wanted around when this video was new and wore them immediately, but it was one pair in an eBay lot of socks for a good deal. I don't think the seller knew what he had. I admit to being a hypocrite as the other pairs have just been on display in my dresser drawer for half a year now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think the most memorable was just a couple weeks ago. I've been arranging my collection for a full year and obviously since we couldn't have anybody over all last year it was really awesome to finally show it off to our friends who had some really positive things to saw about it. It's still a work in progress but their reactions meant a lot
After showing my collection of 100+ carefully curated NES games and my CRT TV, my friend said "Have you seen that new NES mini? You should just get one of those". This was 4 years after the NES Classic was released.
No kids allowed near my collection other than my 8 year old nephew because hes into both retro and modern games...and because his ocd is even greater than mine.
That poor collector with the kids and their game room! Worst I ever had is my cd collection (bootlegs included) being destroyed by my youngest. On the other hand, my 2nd youngest actually knew about tricks for an old system that I didn't even know about lol. Talk about being humbled and proud at the same time. As for the collecting aspect. I think it a respect thing. My wife's hobby is vastly different than mine with video games. The common ground is I can see the excitement, passion and enjoyment she has and vice versa. So while we may not understand each other's collection completely, we can at least appreciate it nonetheless because we see how happy it makes one and other.
My kids love the cartridge-based retro games. In fact, when my son has friends over, I often find them playing Turtles in Time and/or Hyperstone Heist on the the Mega Sg or Super Nt. In fact, my kids always ask permission to use my old stuff. My son has asked to play with some of the rare stuff and I have told him to have fun. They will be his one day anyway.
Had a friend of a friend that came to the house and literally geeked out about nearly every single game in my collection. Years later, after becoming good friends, actually gave him one of the spare NES's l had with a handful of games for christmas.
I just had a friend up from another state two weeks ago, and he got to see the game room for the first time. He's an avid collector like I am, and we had a great time going through some of my collection. The part that made me feel the best was when he commented on how great of condition my SNES and N64 boxes are, which is quite the feat since I had them since I was a kid. It makes me sad I don't have more friends local to share my game room with. It's usually just me spending time in there, and I really want to be able to share it with others.
I feel ya on that one. I have only one friend in town that I can even talk classic games with. Everyone else either lives across the country or acts like retro gaming is beneath them.
If there's one thing I envy that others have, it's games from their childhood. All mine were sold off as I went along to be able to afford the next console. What I'd give for some of my original copies.
I've been watching your channel for a couple of months now and I must say us retro gamers need these videos. I've updated some of my collection after watching a few videos and I'm glad I did..Thank you so much...
I keep my game collection well maintained. I recently within the last few months sold allot of games that I either don't really like, and/or don't have an attachment to. I could have 4 games per console, and be happy with it. I also see a value in selling what you don't want, for things that you do. Another thing is not to buy more than a couple games at a time. Give yourself time, there is no rush. If you buy allot of games at one time. You are opening yourself up to not enjoying them as much. Love your channel Retro Bird!
My NES collection is literally just Super Mario Bros 1/Duck Hunt, Final Fantasy 1 (ftw), and (just as of the day before yesterday) Master Blaster. To be fair tho I'm just a kid and games can be kinda expensive, not to mention I just started collecting NES games around a month ago (when I got my NES.) I plan on getting Jackal next though, and hopefully get my sister to play with me for once lol
One of mine was someone telling me "you know, you can just emulate all this on a computer." Smh...I wanted to be sarcastic and act like that blew my mind and could have saved sooo much money. But I was polite and just said it just doesn't compare to the real thing.
I get that sometimes as well. “A buddy knows this guy that has every game on a Pi.” 🙄 I know and yes, I sometimes use an emulator. It feels hollow and Id rather collect what I really like and use an emulator for specific purposes.
When I became interested in retro games in the 2000's, I started to play them via emulation, like many others. But, I got a huge problem with emulation: it's much harder to commit yourself to a new game when it's just a digital file on the harddrive. When you buy a physical game, whether it's retro or modern, you actually want to complete the game, get your moneys worth. It's strange how much the physical and monetary aspect affects your mind. Emulation has a very important role in gaming culture, especially in digital preservation, but for many of us it lacks the essence of these games: the magic that makes us want to complete them, no matter how difficult they might be. So yeah, you could always build a RetroPie-machine with thousands of roms, but you would not have any connection to those files. Thus you would lack the dedication to play them. That's the problem.
One of the most memorable reactions to my collection was at a small local event where I set up a retro game room with my relatively modest collection. A 10year old kid was surprised and excited to see the original hardware rather than the "classics." I got a fair amount of attention that weekend for a my little pony megaman-style homebrew cart that people were surprised existed.
Allowing people in my gameroom makes all the cleaning, organizing and stress of maintaining a gameroom worth it. What good is a gameroom if you cant enjoy it friends and family. I have taught my kids to respect and take care of everything in the gameroom. I trust them in there 100% Great topic retro bird!
Relatable. So many uninitiated into retro makes this hobby feel a bit like a cult. I have my childhood collection plus a handful more in a single cabinet so reactions are usually appreciative, rarely surprised, but still sometimes rewarding.
When you said "What do kids do naturally?" I thought you were gonna say "play," but "destroy things" was so funny. It reminded me of when I accidentally broke my Italian grandma's 3 ft ceramic statue of Jesus while playing with He-Man toys. My 2 yeard old wanted to hold the controller the other day while I was testing something and she put it to her ear and started talking to it....not exactly ready for prime time yet.
I don't like to show my Game Room! I focus my channel and my life as a collector in the game, console, accessory ! Not the quantity. I have to talk about a specific video game, so the quantity doesn't interest me. That's why I don't do game tours on the channel or live.
I've been collecting video games for about 30 years now. My game room holds over 18,000 games, new and old. And if someone comes over and they don't care about video games, I don't even show them my game room. But I love when someone comes down into my game room and I see them turn into a child right before my eyes. My collection is so large the first time they spend hours just trying to see it all. Children love it too, but they tend to be awed at all the newer games available to them more then the retro stuff. I had a kid crying when his dad said they had to leave. Best story was one time my Bro invited a friend over to my place and none of us told him about my game room. He's a UA-camr and was filming at my house. I was downstairs in my game room playing some games when i hear a voice saying "oh my god" over and over. I turn to see one of his friends had come down in my game room and stunned at what he saw. So I gave him a tour and he turned into a big kid. Another time I saw someone selling a NeoGeo AES and contacted him and asked if he'd take a price that was I wanted to pay. He was firm on the price which was a little high, then I sent him a photo of my game room and told him it was going to a good home and next thing I know he's begging to see the game room in person. I told him if you'll sell it at the price I wanted (which was a fair price btw) He could bring the NeoGeo to my place. And he did, he again turned into a kid and after seeing it was going to someone who loved this stuff he was happy to sell it at the price I wanted to pay.
No big reactions stand out, but generally speaking you can tell who knows "retro" gaming usually by the immediate reaction one way or another. Always neat though to see different people's reactions and see which games get them most excited. "Bingo, Bango, Bongo" (and Irving). Nice Gilligan reference.
Be me and have a game console collection, anime collection and nerf collection. Neither of the 3 are very big but the triple threat gets them everytime.
Met my current best friend in high school. He grew up poor and never owned a new console at release. He always received hand me down games and consoles. His favorite console was dreamcast. Well I showed him my entire collection when we first met and he was overwhelmed. We played 4 player goldeneye with my brother and cousin. Almoat 20 years later we are still very close and have beaten probably half the nes library together.
I remember dreaming about having a game collection as a 9 year old. As a grown up due to circumstances I have most of my games digitally and I envy people with nice polished physical collections in a good way.
Best collection showing came from my Realtor buddy who helped me move. He was overwhelmed but interested. It was funny what we played out of everything too. I have an OG Xbox, 360, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 Pro, Nes, Snes, N64, Virtual Boy, Gamecube, Wii U, Switch, Sega Master System, Genesis/CD/32X tower, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Turbo Duo, Cdi, 3do, and a jaguar and of everything that was there, we somehow ended up playing Nba Jam Tournament edition on a little Crt on the Jaguar. He had a great time though. I was happy seeing him have so much fun. I was more interested in that I had just gotten a Jag2Snes adapter and plugged the Jag in with Hd Retrovision component cables on the crt and boy howdy did that Nba Jam look nice. Can’t wait to have him back over.
@@RetroBirdGaming I have a question for a topic for you possibly for the future. I went to classic Game Fest down in Austin, TX where I reside and had quite a bit of pickups than normal. I grabbed 10 games which is alot for me. I picked up The Blue Variant of California Games on Sega Master System, Golvellius: The Valley of Doom for Sms, Pocky and Rocky for Snes, Power Drive Rally for Jaguar, Mickey Mania for Sega Cd, and then 5 Saturn games. Virtua Cop 2 (Your comment on that made me smile, I have had 2 Stunners with no light gun game to play til now and was thrilled to finally try them out), Quake (Surprisingly awesome game for the saturn), Earthworm Jim 2 ( loving the cd audio and new backgrounds), Enemy Zero (Love the Eno games D and D2), and finally MK Trilogy and the artist for Mortal Kombat was there as a guest and I got him to sign it. Anywho, I don’t normally pick that many games up but I had to seriously alter my Spreadsheet and my Game shelves with the new additions. Took quite awhile with cleaning the games and making them look nice plus the new setup and moving and adjusting things. Wondering if you have a streamlined or good way of doing so. Just took way longer than expected.
At one point, somewhat recently actually, I realized I only "cared" about my retro game collection because it was valuable, not because it meant anything to me. So I converted it from frozen value to liquid value (sold it all lol) and bought things I actually use, enjoy, and isn't just sitting around collecting dust needing to be cared for ;)
I show off my game collection to myself every day. I gaze in lingering wonder; always impressed at my curated and impeccable tastes. I would never suffer the indignity of showing it off to the uninitiated rabble.
I have exactly one friend who has ever seen my collection. She's into video games. Other people? Parents and sister who couldn't care less about it. The reason why so few people have seen it is because of my family. I use them as a metric and by extension they are emblematic of the wider population. I'm not ashamed of the collection, I just know in my area there are very few people into that stuff and would immediately judge or get the wrong idea (good or bad) and I don't have time or energy for that type of BS grief.
Basically the same for me. I'm pretty jealous of people here in the comments having so many friends into old games. I'm lucky if I can get a conversation about any game with anyone (most people don't play at all or they just play 1 or 2 super popular games like Fortnite or Minecraft and that's it)
When I'm on reddit or youtube or whatever and see a lot of toys, funko or whatever, which they are usually with video games, but really I see it the same was as someone who doesn't care for video games would see my collection. So yea... totally get what others would think, they really gotta like video games or else it'll seem pretty dumb.
I love showing and discussing my game collection with people! It’s always interesting to see what games I have that other people have played. I also love showing people lesser-known games such as Killer7 or the disc version of Zelda 1.
It’s pretty rare I show my game room to anyone besides my wife. I’m very passionate about video games and my close friends have a good idea but I still keep it low key. Something pretty funny was when my wife(GF at the time) and I first moved in together. I had a game room/nerd room with comics, anime, some sports and my computer. I was really excited about it since it was my first room but when I showed it to them I tried to downplay it and I called it “my office”. Ever since then my man cave to my friends is “mike’s office”
Since my room is retro up to modern, most people are "oooohhhh...aaaaahhhh..wwwwooow"...but everyone seems to have that one friend that is "why do you play video games. You're too old for games"....yyeeeeech. So closed-minded. Because THEY don't care for it, it must mean everyone shouldn't care for it. Shut up.
Hey what you have displayed in background with the Sega cd, Saturn, and snes (oh yea i see your well liked Rocket Knight Adventures 😉) along with that awesome Trinitron and game footage at times is already great!
I basically do not share my collection with people, except with a select few with whom I know will appreciate it and who I can play together with. I have got it all hidden away from plain sight at home, behind some sliding closet doors.
Great vid and something that sort of happens often when relatives see my game room. Adults like my mother-in-law just look in silence and nod their head and I know they are thinking "why is he doing this?" They seem much more approving of my movie or bundt pan collections (yep I actually have one of those) 😅. Reactions from kids and younger relatives like cousins is usually in the "wow" category and how did you get so many games...except my nieces who called me a hoarder. I replied that it's way to organized to be hoarding. Since I'm moving and will actually have a much larger game room, I can't wait to get it set up and show the collection to friends that are also into gaming and well...get it.
If you want people to pay attention to the subtle nuances, you can have a paper list of highlights, or a section called "rare or special games". These are ideas that can bridge the gap between a bypassing admirer and a master collector.
Whenever a friend notices my games I typically ask them what games they liked as a kid. If I have any of those games I'll try to get them to play and often I find that they are still very proficient even after all those years. If it's two player they'll often take me to school.
I often identify as the outsider looking in. My best friend is a serious collector in multiple areas and sometimes I find it hard to understand. He has multiple shelves of intricately hand-painted figurines, and while I can appreciate how cool they look and the substantial monetary value they represent, sometimes I don't get collecting what are basically decorations. Still, I have far more respect for those than amiibo trash you buy off the shelf. =D And his GameCube collection has the OEM component cables (which he bought for a couple dollars from a clueless Gamecrazy store), GameBoy Player, 4 Wavebirds, most of the best and rare games on the system, and of course I find myself highly envious of it all, haha. Then while he kept and even grows his collection of Magic cards (which are all extremely valuable now), I got rid of all my Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh! cards many years ago (I had multiple original copies of Charizard and Exodia). I just don't have the patience to collect stuff, and on top of that find it generally detestable to amass space-consuming things if they're not being used somewhat regularly.
For me personally my most favorite time showing someone my collection was this girl who became my future Gf. At the time we weren't dating. I was incredibly nervous not just showing her but other friends who I had visiting at the time.bly collection. Unsure what they were going to think of some guy in his late teens with all these retro games. Any way I had one game in my collection she saw that she absolutely loved as a kid called Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life on the Gamecube which she didn't own anymore. I had a crush on her so I told her she was allowed to keep it & later that night when she was the only one left we played that game together along with Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets because we were too drunk. That's my story. 😅
I'd love to see your game room set up. Unfortunately my collections are in boxes right now. I do have them neatly organized so I can get to my video games. Due to home construction it unfortunately has to be that way. When it's all done though, I will have a game room. It's very exciting to think about. I'm not sure about showing it to other people. It's something I've wanted as a sanctuary, an escape from every day life.
On my shelves for some of my games I have my 10 favorite games up front so I was showing them to my cousin (he also is a gamer) and explaining why I liked each one so much. He was into the conversation but then my girlfriend came up and started teasing me. Either way we had some fun
I have been slowing down on buying games because I know I have a problem. (Actually its because I have no space and have to procure games more carefully)
By the way, would you please consider doing a video about console repair. Not necessarily a "how to" video but more like a should I do it myself video...Just a suggestion. Your videos are gold..Thanks again..
My game room (really a corner in my office using a KVM and some custom built shelves to store/display all my big box games and diskettes) has a few generations of PCs in it (386 SX, 486 DX4/100, P233 MMX, and sometimes a turbo XT clone) is usually met with approval, even by casual guests. Most are impressed with the condition of the hardware and ask if they can use it, to which I answer, "30 minute minimum" (nothing I hate more than turning on a PC for 5 minutes just to turn it off - let it warm up, come to life, kinda like an older car) to which most reply "OK!" and jump into DOS 5 all the way to Windows 98SE.
I try to respect all collection of things. I want to hear the collectors story as to what got them into collecting said item and what is so fascinating about the said item that wanted them to collect. I may not like some collections out there, and those people might not be, 'my type of person' to get along with, but will respect their passion as I may not understand the logic to the motive.
Last week was the first time that some of my friends came to my house and they're were amused by my game collection, especially with my Xbox original Arcade And was like why do you buy this trash when you can emulate for free and I was about to answer him when other friend just answered him "No seas put@,es obvio a él le gustan los juegos" and the friend that asked didn't say a word about te subject. Yeah I live in Mexico where a Videogame "colector" can be someone with only e 2 consoles and 5 games because people relate videogames with a grown up child,so it's still a pretty big taboo for the great part of the country to have more than one Game console XD
I wish I kept my SEGA collection: SEGA Game Gear and SEGA Genius. All mint condition...and caring cases all branded by SEGA. All exercise sry that you could want..also in mint condition. About 4 controllers, 2 .....6 bouton SEGA, one with Turbo..., The rest 3 bouton SEGA, . Solid it back in the day for a PS2 and two PS2 games. Teklen 4, and Vertical Fighter 4. Ever since then I have been trying to regret all the games I had when I was a kid.
Lmfao let's have a moment of silence for his collection! OMG too funny but if I was him i would lose my shit! Honestly retro bird buddy, I refuse to show my game room to anyone who wouldn't appreciate it.
Well although I do have an assortment of games, from nes, genesis, ps1, 2, 3, gamecube, wii, dos, windows, and now switch, they do all add up, I've only got storage solutions, no real game room. I do however have an app I used to catalog my games (and music cds) collections. I can show these to my coworkers who are into games. They think it's alright. Keep in mind, we all have other pass times and interest so the conversations often move on.
I show almost no one and my family knows if they take photos in it, with kids or who knows what, they cant share the photos or post it. Majority of people I know have no idea I have a gamer`s haven in my basement.
Ther is friend's family that cames to my house 🏠 for time to time and have kids. And because I'm not confident to let those kids Play video games or do whatever the want to my computer or other stuff like that. I have find way to handle the situation we play local multiplayer game's together, I give them one of many Chip controller I have and play local multiplayer game's together 😅. In that way those kids had fun and I have fun with them as well.
My nephew After I showed my collection I asked him if he would like to play some games he just did not care about it and preferred his games on the cellphone. That to me was the equivalent of a slap on my face.... cheese wizo these kids nowadays and their stupid phones! 😆
for people with kids - do you guys consider having something like an everdrive so your kids or other kids can still get on and play without too much worry? It can be useful for you also since you don't have to find a game to play it and you can protect the physical copy
I don't necessarily get judged for having video games. I get judged for all the game consoles I have acquired over the years. Which is funny to me because they assume I just one day decided to buy a bunch of consoles. When in fact, they were acquired over a span of decades.
Not a fan of that 50hz eh? There will probably be an import-related video that I do at some point, and in that I could at least mention and talk about them a bit.
@@RetroBirdGaming That sounds cool. Just letting you know that I dont dislike all pal games in fact some were ported so well that they were nearly indistinguishable from their ntsc counterparts. I also think it would be cool if you bought up the ps1 classic that for some reason used pal versions of certain games even in the us release.
I was showing my game room to a friend once. He picked up a game, like he owned it, and started waving it around motioning to other things in the room with it like it was a laser pointer.
Not being completely clueless, he remarked, "I hear that some Nintendo games are really valuable nowadays, too bad you mainly collect Sega. Are any of these worth anything?"
I replied, "that Sega CD you're waving around is worth about $400." He put the game down like he had been caught shoplifting. I don't think I've seen him touch another thing in that room since.
That's pretty funny. I would have expected someone who knows Nintendo games can have value would have also known Sega games have value. Good thing he didn't break anything. That would have put me on edge.
lol 😂
Reality bomb
@@kenneths4007 yeah, after all, the saying is "records are made to be broken," not video games! 😁
Well, that's one way to teach someone to be careful. I wonder if it works for kids.
It's easier to teach kids about money if they have an allowance.
"If you break that cartridge, you'll pay for it. The repairs/replacements will come from your allowance."
I’ve been collecting old used gym socks, the variants with holes and stains. Planning to send one in for grading
I have a family member who I never knew had a massive collection. One time I went into his attic and it was incredible. Totally caught me by surprise. He had so many rare games!
A nice surprise!
Hey retrobird, I love it when you talk about younger generations getting into retro gaming as I am 15 and my dad got me into retro gaming with a gba, and now I have a sizable collection
Check the shelf of any whisky lover, or the humidor of any cigar affecionado or the movie room of any cinema enthusiast or the library of any book lover... We should just let people be and join in their joy.
Absolutely! Most people I’ve known has had a passion that bordered on obsession, and that’s ok.
Women everywhere: “just let people be?? Hold my beer…”
It seems like everyone is as passionate about something as we are about our games!
Better yet, bourbon, games and cigars. Yep, it’s the way to go. 👍 We’ve been thinking about a Mario kart showdown at the next bourbon night.
@@idxman01 Ah, the old drunk driver routine. Good times indeed.
Retro Bird is literally my favorite personality on UA-cam, and I hope your channel explodes in popularity. Love your wit, delivery, and style. You’re video remind me of old infomercials, and your passion for retro games oozes. And that ending theme is really catchy. You rock retro bird
Thank you! I'm so glad that you like it :)
I have that feeling, Sega J.
Retrobird is great! What a lovely dude!
@@RetroBirdGaming you have a big brazilian fan
My wife's cousin came over from Taiwan & came to my birthday party before my wife & I moved in. She was super excited about my collection of games as I found out later she's a big gamer (my wife isn't), this lead to her wanting to come over more while she was visiting Canada. Sadly she didn't get to do that much, so years later when we went to Taiwan for our engagement my wife's cousin & I had a great catch up session on gaming over sushi. I can't wait for the next time that her & her bother get a chance to come to Canada, as my game room will be finished & a nice upgrade from the old, plus now we've got guest rooms!
All right!
I don't show my game collection to anyone I don't already know is fan of video games. Rules to live by.
as a sock collector, I'm offended.
I figured this was inevitable as soon as I said it.
@@RetroBirdGaming I'm not just a sock collecter... I actually wear the socks too... Sheesh!
My crusty sock collection is king
@@RetroGamingNook Yeah sure you do. I bet you have a backlog of socks longer than you'd like to admit.
@@ultimateman55 lol... you got me! I did get a rare pair I really wanted around when this video was new and wore them immediately, but it was one pair in an eBay lot of socks for a good deal. I don't think the seller knew what he had. I admit to being a hypocrite as the other pairs have just been on display in my dresser drawer for half a year now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think the most memorable was just a couple weeks ago. I've been arranging my collection for a full year and obviously since we couldn't have anybody over all last year it was really awesome to finally show it off to our friends who had some really positive things to saw about it. It's still a work in progress but their reactions meant a lot
After showing my collection of 100+ carefully curated NES games and my CRT TV, my friend said "Have you seen that new NES mini? You should just get one of those". This was 4 years after the NES Classic was released.
hahah :)
Should have busted out that nes top loader and been like " you mean this?"
Wow. Sometimes the reactions by those on the outside is just as entertaining (if not facepalmy).
No kids allowed near my collection other than my 8 year old nephew because hes into both retro and modern games...and because his ocd is even greater than mine.
Sounds like a well-rounded retro gamer in the making!
That poor collector with the kids and their game room! Worst I ever had is my cd collection (bootlegs included) being destroyed by my youngest. On the other hand, my 2nd youngest actually knew about tricks for an old system that I didn't even know about lol. Talk about being humbled and proud at the same time.
As for the collecting aspect. I think it a respect thing. My wife's hobby is vastly different than mine with video games. The common ground is I can see the excitement, passion and enjoyment she has and vice versa. So while we may not understand each other's collection completely, we can at least appreciate it nonetheless because we see how happy it makes one and other.
Shame this chanel isn't bigger, humorous, relatability, and a passion for gaming
My kids love the cartridge-based retro games. In fact, when my son has friends over, I often find them playing Turtles in Time and/or Hyperstone Heist on the the Mega Sg or Super Nt. In fact, my kids always ask permission to use my old stuff. My son has asked to play with some of the rare stuff and I have told him to have fun. They will be his one day anyway.
Mega Sega, I like that.
Had a friend of a friend that came to the house and literally geeked out about nearly every single game in my collection. Years later, after becoming good friends, actually gave him one of the spare NES's l had with a handful of games for christmas.
Awesome story! That's the best scenario. They think every single game is cool!
You my friend are a Saint and your game room is a reliquary
Wholesome
Geek friends are great.
When you have one, it feels like you can talk about anything for hours.
I wish I was one of your friends.
I wonder what kind of games you play most.
I’ve received reactions on both ends of the spectrum. I have just over 500 games.
There is a spectrum indeed :)
I just had a friend up from another state two weeks ago, and he got to see the game room for the first time. He's an avid collector like I am, and we had a great time going through some of my collection. The part that made me feel the best was when he commented on how great of condition my SNES and N64 boxes are, which is quite the feat since I had them since I was a kid. It makes me sad I don't have more friends local to share my game room with. It's usually just me spending time in there, and I really want to be able to share it with others.
I feel ya on that one. I have only one friend in town that I can even talk classic games with. Everyone else either lives across the country or acts like retro gaming is beneath them.
Hey man let's do some four player GoldenEye we just need two more people
If there's one thing I envy that others have, it's games from their childhood. All mine were sold off as I went along to be able to afford the next console. What I'd give for some of my original copies.
I'm the Retro sock man and I'm talking, talking about really old socks........
I've been watching your channel for a couple of months now and I must say us retro gamers need these videos. I've updated some of my collection after watching a few videos and I'm glad I did..Thank you so much...
Hey! Glad it helped :)
I keep my game collection well maintained. I recently within the last few months sold allot of games that I either don't really like, and/or don't have an attachment to. I could have 4 games per console, and be happy with it. I also see a value in selling what you don't want, for things that you do. Another thing is not to buy more than a couple games at a time. Give yourself time, there is no rush. If you buy allot of games at one time. You are opening yourself up to not enjoying them as much. Love your channel Retro Bird!
My NES collection is literally just Super Mario Bros 1/Duck Hunt, Final Fantasy 1 (ftw), and (just as of the day before yesterday) Master Blaster. To be fair tho I'm just a kid and games can be kinda expensive, not to mention I just started collecting NES games around a month ago (when I got my NES.) I plan on getting Jackal next though, and hopefully get my sister to play with me for once lol
That's awesome you're collecting for NES, Jackal is a good choice. I can't help but recommend Mario 3 as your next game
@@wantspizzadaily1316 Thanks, I probably will pick it up pretty soon.
Also Ninja Turtles 2 or 3
@@wantspizzadaily1316 Ohhh yeah I forgot about those games. I'll make sure to keep a tab on them too lol
Cool to hear! There's no rush and it gives you a chance to enjoy what you have.
One of mine was someone telling me "you know, you can just emulate all this on a computer." Smh...I wanted to be sarcastic and act like that blew my mind and could have saved sooo much money. But I was polite and just said it just doesn't compare to the real thing.
Emulation is a gateway drug.
I haven't owned a computer since 2002
Yeah, that's just how some people look at it.
I get that sometimes as well.
“A buddy knows this guy that has every game on a Pi.” 🙄
I know and yes, I sometimes use an emulator. It feels hollow and Id rather collect what I really like and use an emulator for specific purposes.
When I became interested in retro games in the 2000's, I started to play them via emulation, like many others. But, I got a huge problem with emulation: it's much harder to commit yourself to a new game when it's just a digital file on the harddrive. When you buy a physical game, whether it's retro or modern, you actually want to complete the game, get your moneys worth. It's strange how much the physical and monetary aspect affects your mind. Emulation has a very important role in gaming culture, especially in digital preservation, but for many of us it lacks the essence of these games: the magic that makes us want to complete them, no matter how difficult they might be. So yeah, you could always build a RetroPie-machine with thousands of roms, but you would not have any connection to those files. Thus you would lack the dedication to play them. That's the problem.
One of the most memorable reactions to my collection was at a small local event where I set up a retro game room with my relatively modest collection. A 10year old kid was surprised and excited to see the original hardware rather than the "classics." I got a fair amount of attention that weekend for a my little pony megaman-style homebrew cart that people were surprised existed.
Going back to your older vids for the first time and wow! A talking head all the way through?! I’m shook! 😂
Allowing people in my gameroom makes all the cleaning, organizing and stress of maintaining a gameroom worth it. What good is a gameroom if you cant enjoy it friends and family. I have taught my kids to respect and take care of everything in the gameroom. I trust them in there 100%
Great topic retro bird!
Yeah, your game room has always seemed like a really fun place to me!
People can judge, but games appreciate in value. 😎
“Why the fuck do you have so many god dam TVs” is what my friend said
sock collecting is often underestimated, it's hard to find complete pairs, especially if the seal was broken.
Ah, those coveted complete pairs are rare indeed!
Relatable. So many uninitiated into retro makes this hobby feel a bit like a cult. I have my childhood collection plus a handful more in a single cabinet so reactions are usually appreciative, rarely surprised, but still sometimes rewarding.
When you said "What do kids do naturally?"
I thought you were gonna say "play," but "destroy things" was so funny. It reminded me of when I accidentally broke my Italian grandma's 3 ft ceramic statue of Jesus while playing with He-Man toys.
My 2 yeard old wanted to hold the controller the other day while I was testing something and she put it to her ear and started talking to it....not exactly ready for prime time yet.
Hahah still in training!
I don't like to show my Game Room!
I focus my channel and my life as a collector in the game, console, accessory ! Not the quantity. I have to talk about a specific video game, so the quantity doesn't interest me. That's why I don't do game tours on the channel or live.
I can see where you're coming from. I don't really like to talk about what I have either.
@@RetroBirdGaming unless it’s rocket knight adventure, right?
These videos are great, glad to see your channel growing
Thank you!
Your so close to 10k it’s amazing to see how far you’ve come!
Thanks for sticking with me along the way!
I've been collecting video games for about 30 years now. My game room holds over 18,000 games, new and old. And if someone comes over and they don't care about video games, I don't even show them my game room. But I love when someone comes down into my game room and I see them turn into a child right before my eyes. My collection is so large the first time they spend hours just trying to see it all.
Children love it too, but they tend to be awed at all the newer games available to them more then the retro stuff. I had a kid crying when his dad said they had to leave. Best story was one time my Bro invited a friend over to my place and none of us told him about my game room. He's a UA-camr and was filming at my house. I was downstairs in my game room playing some games when i hear a voice saying "oh my god" over and over. I turn to see one of his friends had come down in my game room and stunned at what he saw. So I gave him a tour and he turned into a big kid. Another time I saw someone selling a NeoGeo AES and contacted him and asked if he'd take a price that was I wanted to pay. He was firm on the price which was a little high, then I sent him a photo of my game room and told him it was going to a good home and next thing I know he's begging to see the game room in person. I told him if you'll sell it at the price I wanted (which was a fair price btw) He could bring the NeoGeo to my place. And he did, he again turned into a kid and after seeing it was going to someone who loved this stuff he was happy to sell it at the price I wanted to pay.
No big reactions stand out, but generally speaking you can tell who knows "retro" gaming usually by the immediate reaction one way or another. Always neat though to see different people's reactions and see which games get them most excited.
"Bingo, Bango, Bongo" (and Irving). Nice Gilligan reference.
Be me and have a game console collection, anime collection and nerf collection. Neither of the 3 are very big but the triple threat gets them everytime.
Met my current best friend in high school. He grew up poor and never owned a new console at release. He always received hand me down games and consoles. His favorite console was dreamcast.
Well I showed him my entire collection when we first met and he was overwhelmed. We played 4 player goldeneye with my brother and cousin. Almoat 20 years later we are still very close and have beaten probably half the nes library together.
I remember dreaming about having a game collection as a 9 year old. As a grown up due to circumstances I have most of my games digitally and I envy people with nice polished physical collections in a good way.
I was told by a work colleague that I am a hoarder 😂 He sells all of his games when he is done with them and thinks that old games are crap.
Best collection showing came from my Realtor buddy who helped me move. He was overwhelmed but interested. It was funny what we played out of everything too. I have an OG Xbox, 360, PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 Pro, Nes, Snes, N64, Virtual Boy, Gamecube, Wii U, Switch, Sega Master System, Genesis/CD/32X tower, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Turbo Duo, Cdi, 3do, and a jaguar and of everything that was there, we somehow ended up playing Nba Jam Tournament edition on a little Crt on the Jaguar. He had a great time though. I was happy seeing him have so much fun. I was more interested in that I had just gotten a Jag2Snes adapter and plugged the Jag in with Hd Retrovision component cables on the crt and boy howdy did that Nba Jam look nice. Can’t wait to have him back over.
Fun stuff!
@@RetroBirdGaming I have a question for a topic for you possibly for the future. I went to classic Game Fest down in Austin, TX where I reside and had quite a bit of pickups than normal. I grabbed 10 games which is alot for me. I picked up The Blue Variant of California Games on Sega Master System, Golvellius: The Valley of Doom for Sms, Pocky and Rocky for Snes, Power Drive Rally for Jaguar, Mickey Mania for Sega Cd, and then 5 Saturn games. Virtua Cop 2 (Your comment on that made me smile, I have had 2 Stunners with no light gun game to play til now and was thrilled to finally try them out), Quake (Surprisingly awesome game for the saturn), Earthworm Jim 2 ( loving the cd audio and new backgrounds), Enemy Zero (Love the Eno games D and D2), and finally MK Trilogy and the artist for Mortal Kombat was there as a guest and I got him to sign it. Anywho, I don’t normally pick that many games up but I had to seriously alter my Spreadsheet and my Game shelves with the new additions. Took quite awhile with cleaning the games and making them look nice plus the new setup and moving and adjusting things. Wondering if you have a streamlined or good way of doing so. Just took way longer than expected.
At one point, somewhat recently actually, I realized I only "cared" about my retro game collection because it was valuable, not because it meant anything to me. So I converted it from frozen value to liquid value (sold it all lol) and bought things I actually use, enjoy, and isn't just sitting around collecting dust needing to be cared for ;)
Hahah great topic! I love showing people my NES ATTIC!
Ahhh, I see :)
The biggest reason I don't show off most of stuff on youtube is for security... I don't want to attract too much attention from random strangers.
I show off my game collection to myself every day. I gaze in lingering wonder; always impressed at my curated and impeccable tastes. I would never suffer the indignity of showing it off to the uninitiated rabble.
I have exactly one friend who has ever seen my collection. She's into video games. Other people? Parents and sister who couldn't care less about it. The reason why so few people have seen it is because of my family. I use them as a metric and by extension they are emblematic of the wider population. I'm not ashamed of the collection, I just know in my area there are very few people into that stuff and would immediately judge or get the wrong idea (good or bad) and I don't have time or energy for that type of BS grief.
Basically the same for me. I'm pretty jealous of people here in the comments having so many friends into old games. I'm lucky if I can get a conversation about any game with anyone (most people don't play at all or they just play 1 or 2 super popular games like Fortnite or Minecraft and that's it)
If I had one I might show it hahahaha.
If your game room does not have a banana in it I don't know what I'll do lol.
When I'm on reddit or youtube or whatever and see a lot of toys, funko or whatever, which they are usually with video games, but really I see it the same was as someone who doesn't care for video games would see my collection. So yea... totally get what others would think, they really gotta like video games or else it'll seem pretty dumb.
I had a friend over to see my collection he was like nice! And he shot some ducks in duck hunt.
All right! Duck Hunt!
Pure insanity going on here in my gameroom... And there's never enough video games in my world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love showing and discussing my game collection with people! It’s always interesting to see what games I have that other people have played. I also love showing people lesser-known games such as Killer7 or the disc version of Zelda 1.
Still been meaning to try Killer 7 at some point.
It’s pretty rare I show my game room to anyone besides my wife. I’m very passionate about video games and my close friends have a good idea but I still keep it low key.
Something pretty funny was when my wife(GF at the time) and I first moved in together. I had a game room/nerd room with comics, anime, some sports and my computer. I was really excited about it since it was my first room but when I showed it to them I tried to downplay it and I called it “my office”. Ever since then my man cave to my friends is “mike’s office”
hahah
Since my room is retro up to modern, most people are "oooohhhh...aaaaahhhh..wwwwooow"...but everyone seems to have that one friend that is "why do you play video games. You're too old for games"....yyeeeeech. So closed-minded. Because THEY don't care for it, it must mean everyone shouldn't care for it. Shut up.
Hey what you have displayed in background with the Sega cd, Saturn, and snes (oh yea i see your well liked Rocket Knight Adventures 😉) along with that awesome Trinitron and game footage at times is already great!
Very cool disscussion. I just posted my collection a few days ago. I think it turned out positive. It may only be 300 plus so far but its a start.
Well, for what it's worth I have around 300 games and often wonder if it's too much.
I basically do not share my collection with people, except with a select few with whom I know will appreciate it and who I can play together with. I have got it all hidden away from plain sight at home, behind some sliding closet doors.
Great vid and something that sort of happens often when relatives see my game room. Adults like my mother-in-law just look in silence and nod their head and I know they are thinking "why is he doing this?" They seem much more approving of my movie or bundt pan collections (yep I actually have one of those) 😅. Reactions from kids and younger relatives like cousins is usually in the "wow" category and how did you get so many games...except my nieces who called me a hoarder. I replied that it's way to organized to be hoarding. Since I'm moving and will actually have a much larger game room, I can't wait to get it set up and show the collection to friends that are also into gaming and well...get it.
Hahah looking in silence with a head nod :)
Looking forward to the retrobirds curated collection reveal. I bet he has every Rocket Knight variant!
If you want people to pay attention to the subtle nuances, you can have a paper list of highlights, or a section called "rare or special games".
These are ideas that can bridge the gap between a bypassing admirer and a master collector.
Whenever a friend notices my games I typically ask them what games they liked as a kid. If I have any of those games I'll try to get them to play and often I find that they are still very proficient even after all those years. If it's two player they'll often take me to school.
Nice!
I often identify as the outsider looking in. My best friend is a serious collector in multiple areas and sometimes I find it hard to understand. He has multiple shelves of intricately hand-painted figurines, and while I can appreciate how cool they look and the substantial monetary value they represent, sometimes I don't get collecting what are basically decorations. Still, I have far more respect for those than amiibo trash you buy off the shelf. =D And his GameCube collection has the OEM component cables (which he bought for a couple dollars from a clueless Gamecrazy store), GameBoy Player, 4 Wavebirds, most of the best and rare games on the system, and of course I find myself highly envious of it all, haha. Then while he kept and even grows his collection of Magic cards (which are all extremely valuable now), I got rid of all my Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh! cards many years ago (I had multiple original copies of Charizard and Exodia). I just don't have the patience to collect stuff, and on top of that find it generally detestable to amass space-consuming things if they're not being used somewhat regularly.
For me personally my most favorite time showing someone my collection was this girl who became my future Gf. At the time we weren't dating. I was incredibly nervous not just showing her but other friends who I had visiting at the time.bly collection. Unsure what they were going to think of some guy in his late teens with all these retro games.
Any way I had one game in my collection she saw that she absolutely loved as a kid called Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life on the Gamecube which she didn't own anymore. I had a crush on her so I told her she was allowed to keep it & later that night when she was the only one left we played that game together along with Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets because we were too drunk. That's my story. 😅
Fun times!
I’ve never showed my game collection (around 40-50 games) to anyone. None of my friends really care about retro gaming 🥲
I'd love to see your game room set up.
Unfortunately my collections are in boxes right now. I do have them neatly organized so I can get to my video games. Due to home construction it unfortunately has to be that way. When it's all done though, I will have a game room. It's very exciting to think about.
I'm not sure about showing it to other people. It's something I've wanted as a sanctuary, an escape from every day life.
Glow-in-the-dark clown dolls!!!
Im waiting a video from you showing us your gaming room!!!
As memory serves, you got rid of the consolidation hat when you merged it with your other ones. I could be mistaken, though :)
Ahhh, that's right!
On my shelves for some of my games I have my 10 favorite games up front so I was showing them to my cousin (he also is a gamer) and explaining why I liked each one so much. He was into the conversation but then my girlfriend came up and started teasing me. Either way we had some fun
I have been slowing down on buying games because I know I have a problem. (Actually its because I have no space and have to procure games more carefully)
By the way, would you please consider doing a video about console repair. Not necessarily a "how to" video but more like a should I do it myself video...Just a suggestion. Your videos are gold..Thanks again..
I'll add that to my list of video ideas! Thanks for the kind words!
I'm more worried about being robbed, than being judged.
0:52 game collectors in a nutshell
My game room (really a corner in my office using a KVM and some custom built shelves to store/display all my big box games and diskettes) has a few generations of PCs in it (386 SX, 486 DX4/100, P233 MMX, and sometimes a turbo XT clone) is usually met with approval, even by casual guests. Most are impressed with the condition of the hardware and ask if they can use it, to which I answer, "30 minute minimum" (nothing I hate more than turning on a PC for 5 minutes just to turn it off - let it warm up, come to life, kinda like an older car) to which most reply "OK!" and jump into DOS 5 all the way to Windows 98SE.
00:04:54 It's called "Anyone Who Wears Shoes".
While it was meant to be a joke, it technically already exists when you think about it.
I try to respect all collection of things.
I want to hear the collectors story as to what got them into collecting said item and what is so fascinating about the said item that wanted them to collect.
I may not like some collections out there, and those people might not be, 'my type of person' to get along with, but will respect their passion as I may not understand the logic to the motive.
I only have a few games so I can't call my bedroom a game room. 😅
Still, I think that a collection shouldn't be big in order to enjoy it.
I really enjoy your videos. Plus for some reason you remind me of Tex Murphy :)
Not sure who that is but glad you like the channel :)
Last week was the first time that some of my friends came to my house and they're were amused by my game collection, especially with my Xbox original Arcade And was like why do you buy this trash when you can emulate for free and I was about to answer him when other friend just answered him "No seas put@,es obvio a él le gustan los juegos" and the friend that asked didn't say a word about te subject.
Yeah I live in Mexico where a Videogame "colector" can be someone with only e 2 consoles and 5 games because people relate videogames with a grown up child,so it's still a pretty big taboo for the great part of the country to have more than one Game console XD
I have a toddler so displaying games has become a bit of a problem, lol. He is always trying to jam my Genesis carts into the NES.
I have 513. It's not enough, lol. But I get it, it would be like someone showing me 500 barbies in their bedroom. I can respect it
I would respect that too.
I have twin 7 year olds. I have 4 locked bins of games and 1 shelf with bad games covered in scratches and miss-matched disks.
I would never, they might get jealous.
I wish I kept my SEGA collection: SEGA Game Gear and SEGA Genius. All mint condition...and caring cases all branded by SEGA. All exercise sry that you could want..also in mint condition. About 4 controllers, 2 .....6 bouton SEGA, one with Turbo..., The rest 3 bouton SEGA, .
Solid it back in the day for a PS2 and two PS2 games. Teklen 4, and Vertical Fighter 4.
Ever since then I have been trying to regret all the games I had when I was a kid.
00:04:45 I'm gonna have a collection of premium socks.
Technically, everyone has a bunch of socks. Huh, not so weird when you think about it.
Lmfao let's have a moment of silence for his collection! OMG too funny but if I was him i would lose my shit!
Honestly retro bird buddy, I refuse to show my game room to anyone who wouldn't appreciate it.
I want a wall of bananas!
I not letting any barsted in my game room.
One person I knew commented that crt's cause radiation.
I usually wrap the wire around the controller but I just don’t know if it’s the right way to do
Well although I do have an assortment of games, from nes, genesis, ps1, 2, 3, gamecube, wii, dos, windows, and now switch, they do all add up, I've only got storage solutions, no real game room. I do however have an app I used to catalog my games (and music cds) collections. I can show these to my coworkers who are into games. They think it's alright. Keep in mind, we all have other pass times and interest so the conversations often move on.
00:01:09 Greatest Retrobird Quotes
I bet Retro Bird has a closet full of Barbie dolls that are missing their heads. Haha.
Probably would've showed up in my videos by now if I did :)
I show almost no one and my family knows if they take photos in it, with kids or who knows what, they cant share the photos or post it.
Majority of people I know have no idea I have a gamer`s haven in my basement.
Ther is friend's family that cames to my house 🏠 for time to time and have kids.
And because I'm not confident to let those kids Play video games or do whatever the want to my computer or other stuff like that.
I have find way to handle the situation we play local multiplayer game's together,
I give them one of many Chip controller I have and play local multiplayer game's together 😅.
In that way those kids had fun and I have fun with them as well.
My nephew After I showed my collection I asked him if he would like to play some games he just did not care about it and preferred his games on the cellphone. That to me was the equivalent of a slap on my face.... cheese wizo these kids nowadays and their stupid phones! 😆
hahah he's too far deep into that ecosystem I guess
for people with kids - do you guys consider having something like an everdrive so your kids or other kids can still get on and play without too much worry? It can be useful for you also since you don't have to find a game to play it and you can protect the physical copy
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea!
yeah ppl get amazed at my three game collection, but its kind of my goal to get to the point where I can flex it to a friend
Just wait 'til they see my toilet-paper collection room, which I got during the corona-virus lock down.
I don't necessarily get judged for having video games. I get judged for all the game consoles I have acquired over the years. Which is funny to me because they assume I just one day decided to buy a bunch of consoles. When in fact, they were acquired over a span of decades.
Does having a digital collection count?
I have tons of pirated roms, neatly organized in folders, by console.
If they could make or monetize some way of showing off your Digital games, I think that would do well.
Hi retro bird, is there any possibility you might cover pal games? It's the soul reason why my collection only dates back to the sixth generation.
Not a fan of that 50hz eh? There will probably be an import-related video that I do at some point, and in that I could at least mention and talk about them a bit.
@@RetroBirdGaming That sounds cool. Just letting you know that I dont dislike all pal games in fact some were ported so well that they were nearly indistinguishable from their ntsc counterparts.
I also think it would be cool if you bought up the ps1 classic that for some reason used pal versions of certain games even in the us release.