I think the game cases with the Microsoft employee store sticker are cool, pieces of gaming history of a practice Microsoft held as a perk for their employees.
This was awesome, it's rare to see someone talk about OG Xbox game collecting, it doesn't get enough love! Though I suppose that also works in our favor, since games are often way cheaper than their Playstation and GameCube counterparts.
Facts! its the best kept secret of 6th gen. The 3rd party games run better and look better than PS2 or Gamecube more often than not and are half the price usually.
GREAT video, i love OG Xbox, i just started collecting for it in 2022, its pretty damn affordable still. Got about 200 game so far. Its become one of my all time fave consoles ever. Also nice PC wallpaper. John Carpenters Vampires RULES
Nice Video, i was enjoying the video since it popped up on recommended, i only found out after that you "Only" have ~700 subscribers, i thought you would have way more! Keep it coming, you certainly got a sub from me now. Good Job!
Thanks for the kind words! I only recently started trying to upload more regularly and I'm happy that people seem to be enjoying my videos. More to come for sure
Og Xbox is my favourite console with the Dreamcast! Your set is good start to build a collection but there are many valuable and rare titles hard to find….Manhunt, Obscure, Fatal Frame, Silent hills, stubbs the zombie, the Punisher…. Outrun, crash Team Racing, still Life,etc… i personnaly go for the full set of titles compatible on Xbox One and Series (around 62 titles….) keep on!
BLACK is one of my favorite video games of all time, it's sad that they didn't make too much more out of it it was an awesome game just how everything was suitable and destructible in the environment was unique
Considering it’s Goodwill, I would say you did about as well as can be expected. I deliver for FedEx and go to various Goodwill‘s and often either the games are not even in the cases or the disks are totally scratched. Love the bulk videos!
First time here great video and interesting idea. I used to buy games off here a few years ago and got a saturn game and some master system games for good prices but this was a few years ago. Love the og xbox I have 299 games now.
Thanks for the Insignia Xbox live, shout out!! Didn’t know this came out. So cool you can play your original Xbox games online for free on the original console like back in the day!!
Thanks! I think I came across as pretty negative about what I paid towards the end, but I think I got a good deal and I'm stoked to have the games either way
Having done the thrift store search for the last 2.5 yrs, I've seen everything from pristine to used as sand paper. Knowing that, I couldn't buy sight unseen. Not unless the value towered over the cost. You got a good lot for the price.
Id keep the extra inserts or xbox live inserts from the trade in pile. Maybe using some of the cases for condition upgrades on other games. I like that you collect og xbox. I do too.
I am an OG collector since the beginning - sold a lot back in the day. But started again in 2010. The PS2 always gets more love - but I like the Xbox OG more. Some games are hard to find here in Europe - but I'll keep searching.🔎 Great video - succes with your collection 👍
And I've been looking locally for that Buffy thr Vampire Slayer game for weeks now! Good find... I love that game. Captures the feel of the show really well.
Hey John, I Use to live in your Nec of the woods off of Van-Buren..Went too Mega Exchange all the tine..im off of Janesville rd now...Saw your Vid and thought I would say High!!! Great Vids Bro...Keep up the good work..
this video was cool man! a little advice from a viewer though, it drove me up a wall that you flipped the discs in the beginning, placed them back in the case, just to pop it out again and flip it back over lol. cool finds though!
I haven't ever traded anything in at Mega Media Exchange, but I have always loved shopping there. Most of my collection has probably come from there and goodwill.
Every time I've bought bulk lots I've ended up with some duds... I'm lucky that my store will take in everything since they have a really high end resurfacer. Goodwill is definitely a gamble.
Agreed same here I got a lot of hidden gems from them but at the same time i have got just as many duds as well gamble is pretty much the best way to describe how it feels buying from them thats for sure
Cool video! I love bulk buys but it can be risky unless you’re getting them for a stupidly good price. I think you did half decent, can probably move the ones they didn’t take to a pawn shop or something to recoup a bit more cash. Anyway consider me subbed 👍
Xbox is so fun to collect for because you can find deals like this. My lovely mom and pop store was closing down and no one was buying any Xbox games so he offered me $200 for all of them so I took it!
I really don't understand how people get the discs to be in such condition... It's not hard to take care of them :p Maybe that's the collector in me talking...
Me neither... I mean I guess it's just people who had these games as kids and didn't take care of them? But I was not a neat or tidy kid, didn't even put my games back in the cases a lot of the time and I still never had any discs that looked that bad
@@collectorjohn9538 Yeah, it just baffles me. Sure I was the same as a kid, but I never scratched my discs. Sure, some of them had a single scratch, but the game worked fine. These days, I almost always buy my PS2/Wii/X-Box games from the same retro shop, as they resurface them before shipping them out.
@@MatticusFinch1820 it could be. But thats kinda my point. The condition of the disc is great, the xbox is great but it crashes... lol but Im still gonna rebuy the game. Its too good not to try again lol
As a reseller, I'm real curious bout this site. Some looks like really good deals and others is ridiculous prices, kinda similar to a real life goodwill store. I have that VCR too, had it since my childhood.
Dude if you didn’t trade in games I would so pay you to ship some of the Xbox games you don’t keep. I have an OG Xbox I’ve had for 18 years and still play to this day
I'm sure they're great if you're into either of those sports and I unfortunately am not 😔 I think this generation had some of the best sports titles though My brother and I played a ton of ESPN NFL 2K5 back in the day and I think that's the only football game I would keep for the collection if I came across it. Still crazy that it was only $20 when it came out
@@collectorjohn9538 2005 Has somewhat of a story mode and the way that it shows off the shots it almost feels like a battle Its usually cheap so give it a try if you ever get a chance not to mention some unexpected cameos in legend tour mode Never know unless you try But great finds
$81 bucks only $19 off that's actually really good. You could bundle the rest of those games with the Xbox your selling and I'm sure make the $20 bucks
I bought from goodwill before and there pretty much a kinder egg as far as results I got a complete broken mess from them once and on the other side I also got a few rare special editions as well the problem I have with them is they dont upload photos on there store fronts and unless you go to a store directly you pretty much have no idea what your getting condition wise so there always a gamble 9/10 there the cheaper route so i always if your desperate enough or feel like its worth it go for it but if you feel like its to much of a gamble find something more concrete with what your looking for
I might do that on the next one. I'm sure some people appreciate it but the reality is that doing that for every game and displaying it on the screen probably doubles the amount of time spent on editing (which already takes a long time)
@@collectorjohn9538 It's good. It took a day to set up but afterwards I've been playing at night. Insignia also shows the amount of users on their websites to know what games everyone is playing.
I'm the same with ea sports games after a while I was thinking "stop checking the disc condition on the ea sports games" those games are just a waste of time
I sell stuff on eBay and Mercari all the time, after shipping and fees for a lot like this I would have maybe made a bit more but I'm generally not that interested in selling items that cost a lot to ship and are in dubious condition. Selling a bunch of low value Xbox games individually was not something I was interested in doing either This lot on Mercari is somewhat similar to what I sold at Mega Media Xchange: merc.li/FmkkdzxKb?sv=0 It has been up for weeks, and after fees the seller will make less than $80 plus all the work they did of listing and shipping it. Xbox games aren't that desirable for online resale unfortunately
Ah man, you should definitely keep Showdown Legends of Wrestling, its the better of the three Legends of Wrestling games, it still has its problems but the roster size of guys you can play as is massive. One of those you just turn your brain off and have fun.
YO was that the bundle that came with Def Jam, Futurama and Silent Hill 4? Because they had one of those up that also came with Outrun for $40 and if you secured that you are lucky AF lol
@@collectorjohn9538 yeah I was the one that got it, like I literally only looked on the site looking for outrun 2006 since its one of my favorite games and is so rare/expensive now and didnt expect to just happen to see it on my day off just randomly thinking about checking the site and it being one of the first things I saw like my heart literally dropped and it went straight to my cart without even looking at the price lmao
Man, people that say that the cool Microsoft store sticker on Xbox games takes away from the value are dumb. I think it is just a COOL part of the history of the game.
Love the channel man, your old vids definitely hold up.
I think the game cases with the Microsoft employee store sticker are cool, pieces of gaming history of a practice Microsoft held as a perk for their employees.
I think they are a cool idea. They are just way too big and obtrusive being right in the center of the game case
These videos are damn good brother, perfect to watch with my son very relaxing
Awesome to hear ☺️
This was awesome, it's rare to see someone talk about OG Xbox game collecting, it doesn't get enough love! Though I suppose that also works in our favor, since games are often way cheaper than their Playstation and GameCube counterparts.
It's not that rare. I watch plenty of OG content because I only collect 6th and 7th gen xbox and psp.
Facts! its the best kept secret of 6th gen. The 3rd party games run better and look better than PS2 or Gamecube more often than not and are half the price usually.
Absolutely
Please keep doing these legit you don’t know how much people love this stuff
More to come for sure!
heard you say milwaukee and immediately subbed. so rare to see people from our city actually make it. best of luck to you!!
Are you near Afro gamer dude?
@@WilliamSmith-ex9etvideogamedunkey? He's from Wisconsin and is black so I guess he's gotta afro
GREAT video, i love OG Xbox, i just started collecting for it in 2022, its pretty damn affordable still. Got about 200 game so far. Its become one of my all time fave consoles ever.
Also nice PC wallpaper. John Carpenters Vampires RULES
OG Xbox is a great console to collect for, glad you're enjoying it. I'm at about 170 games now. Happy hunting!
Nice Video, i was enjoying the video since it popped up on recommended, i only found out after that you "Only" have ~700 subscribers, i thought you would have way more! Keep it coming, you certainly got a sub from me now. Good Job!
Thanks for the kind words! I only recently started trying to upload more regularly and I'm happy that people seem to be enjoying my videos. More to come for sure
Og Xbox is my favourite console with the Dreamcast! Your set is good start to build a collection but there are many valuable and rare titles hard to find….Manhunt, Obscure, Fatal Frame, Silent hills, stubbs the zombie, the Punisher…. Outrun, crash Team Racing, still Life,etc… i personnaly go for the full set of titles compatible on Xbox One and Series (around 62 titles….) keep on!
BLACK is one of my favorite video games of all time, it's sad that they didn't make too much more out of it it was an awesome game just how everything was suitable and destructible in the environment was unique
It was cool I enjoyed it but don’t remember it well
That funny I was just looking at that game earlier today I will definitely swing bye in the morning to get it
Considering it’s Goodwill, I would say you did about as well as can be expected. I deliver for FedEx and go to various Goodwill‘s and often either the games are not even in the cases or the disks are totally scratched.
Love the bulk videos!
First time here great video and interesting idea. I used to buy games off here a few years ago and got a saturn game and some master system games for good prices but this was a few years ago. Love the og xbox I have 299 games now.
Thanks for the Insignia Xbox live, shout out!! Didn’t know this came out. So cool you can play your original Xbox games online for free on the original console like back in the day!!
MK Shaolin Monks is so sick, honestly a bit of a hidden gem. Sick third person adventure rpg beat em up with MK characters and story!
I think you did good! I love getting a lot of games at a good price. Young me would lose his mind!
Thanks! I think I came across as pretty negative about what I paid towards the end, but I think I got a good deal and I'm stoked to have the games either way
I was literally remembering shenmue 2 minutes before you showed shenmue 2. One of my favorites all time.
MVP baseball was amazing back in the day.
Love pick ups/ unboxing videos so these are great to watch n i enjoy the longer videos
Having done the thrift store search for the last 2.5 yrs, I've seen everything from pristine to used as sand paper. Knowing that, I couldn't buy sight unseen. Not unless the value towered over the cost.
You got a good lot for the price.
Id keep the extra inserts or xbox live inserts from the trade in pile. Maybe using some of the cases for condition upgrades on other games. I like that you collect og xbox. I do too.
I am an OG collector since the beginning - sold a lot back in the day. But started again in 2010.
The PS2 always gets more love - but I like the Xbox OG more.
Some games are hard to find here in Europe - but I'll keep searching.🔎
Great video - succes with your collection 👍
Spikeout Battlestreet is my favorite game, with 58 characters (54 to unlock) an absolute blast to play ❤️
I figured you would't even get $80 for the full stack, so considering they didn't take almost half of them and you still got $81 is pretty good
*Dope channel, I've subscribed. Keep'em coming!*
Real quick, is that John Carpenter's Vampires background on your monitor?? One of my faves!
And I've been looking locally for that Buffy thr Vampire Slayer game for weeks now! Good find... I love that game. Captures the feel of the show really well.
Yup! Underrated Carpenter flick
The way you handle the game is absolutely stressful....
I was like what do you mean, Then I'm like ahhh
Hahaha right
Hey John, I Use to live in your Nec of the woods off of Van-Buren..Went too Mega Exchange all the tine..im off of Janesville rd now...Saw your Vid and thought I would say High!!! Great Vids Bro...Keep up the good work..
Digging the beanie bro. The colors are dope and it's the perfect fit.
Thanks, it's merch from a local hardware store named Bliffert lol
this video was cool man! a little advice from a viewer though, it drove me up a wall that you flipped the discs in the beginning, placed them back in the case, just to pop it out again and flip it back over lol. cool finds though!
I do things with my hands that make no sense when I'm focusing on talking sorry! Glad you otherwise liked the video tho thanks for watching 🙏🙏
He can do whatever he wants with his discs, he can rub them on cement if he wants.
@@MaxRager80 I'm gonna rub them on cement next time heheheh
@@collectorjohn9538 That would make an interesting video, you would make a lot of people have nervous breakdowns. 😀
@@natebrindabella4507 lol thats completely fair of you to say, i was just giving my opinion
Ghost recon 2 and splinter cell CT are 2 of the BEST Xbox games!!
Keep GRecon 2 mann!!
Cool idea/channel , I dig it
you know you can use a CD buffer on all your Xbox games will get all the scratches out
Is there a cheap one you'd recommend?
I don't know I was just saying
They're all pretty expensive, but most gameshops have one and will remove the scratches for a few bucks
BLACK---- is one of my favorite shooters of the xbox era
Yeah that game is cool! It looked better than a lot of 360 games tbh
@@collectorjohn9538 another SHOOTER classic I LIKE is DARKWATCH
@@daviddougher8637 Yes that's a good one too
I haven't ever traded anything in at Mega Media Exchange, but I have always loved shopping there. Most of my collection has probably come from there and goodwill.
Every time I've bought bulk lots I've ended up with some duds... I'm lucky that my store will take in everything since they have a really high end resurfacer. Goodwill is definitely a gamble.
Agreed same here I got a lot of hidden gems from them but at the same time i have got just as many duds as well gamble is pretty much the best way to describe how it feels buying from them thats for sure
I used to buy a lot of wholesale lots from Mercari and most of the time games from the photo would be missing 😂 got burned too many times
Cool video! I love bulk buys but it can be risky unless you’re getting them for a stupidly good price. I think you did half decent, can probably move the ones they didn’t take to a pawn shop or something to recoup a bit more cash.
Anyway consider me subbed 👍
Take the scratched disc to get the scrubbed. My local shop only charges $3 per game.
Like the format! You’d probably like the video game event at st Vincent DePaul in Madison WI there is one tomorrow the 19th and anther in August
Cool, did not know about this! Gonna be out of town tmrw but I'll look into the one in August. What is the event called?
Sweet video!!! Your videos are entertaining to watch.
Buffy is one of the game I like. Not a great game but any fan of the show would love to have it.
The way you're rough handling the discs and slamming the games down is driving me up the wall
Xbox is so fun to collect for because you can find deals like this. My lovely mom and pop store was closing down and no one was buying any Xbox games so he offered me $200 for all of them so I took it!
Bro the amount of times you smudge those disc's with your fingers, and also, Cat in the Hat is an awesome movie
New to the channel, always love watching videos like this ❤️
I do too so I thought it'd be a good idea to start making my own haha
Funny seeing you here, i've bought from you on ebay before lol
@@dominator122 aha really? Had that many people buy games from me I always forget who’s who aha
I’m pretty sure these type of places have disk cleaning machines
Check Tao Feng closely. That game was edited due to some prayer or chant that was in the original if I remember correctly.
I really don't understand how people get the discs to be in such condition...
It's not hard to take care of them :p
Maybe that's the collector in me talking...
Me neither... I mean I guess it's just people who had these games as kids and didn't take care of them? But I was not a neat or tidy kid, didn't even put my games back in the cases a lot of the time and I still never had any discs that looked that bad
@@collectorjohn9538 Yeah, it just baffles me. Sure I was the same as a kid, but I never scratched my discs. Sure, some of them had a single scratch, but the game worked fine. These days, I almost always buy my PS2/Wii/X-Box games from the same retro shop, as they resurface them before shipping them out.
I used to leave them out the case always until I was a teenager.
I will say this about Burnout 3. The black label versions seem to have a crashing issue for Xbox. So I do recommend you keep the PH version.
Good to know!
Ive got the Black label XB version, put hundreds of hours into it, never had one crash. Maybe your disc is messed up?
@@MatticusFinch1820 it could be. But thats kinda my point. The condition of the disc is great, the xbox is great but it crashes... lol but Im still gonna rebuy the game. Its too good not to try again lol
As a reseller, I'm real curious bout this site. Some looks like really good deals and others is ridiculous prices, kinda similar to a real life goodwill store. I have that VCR too, had it since my childhood.
Pricing is incredibly inconsistent, but underpriced stuff goes extremely quick. Definitely worth keeping up with though
1st Buffy game on the Xbox is a banger!
Group S Challenge is rarely seen but not rare in value. That belongs to Capcom's other racer Auto Modellista.
Dude if you didn’t trade in games I would so pay you to ship some of the Xbox games you don’t keep. I have an OG Xbox I’ve had for 18 years and still play to this day
I like the Persona 3 music in the background haha
It's actually music by my friend LBN667 haha. Possible that he sampled something from Persona 3 or has a track that sounds similar
Nice haul if you were starting a new collection up, great price for a lot of fun!
Ah. Yes shrek super slam. Just a low budget smash brothers with shrek characters
Yes it was worth it the xbox games were very good and can get you hours and hours of fun
Fusion frenzy ftw!
Great video an btw when i was a kod me an my bro had cat in the hat it was honestly pretty decent lmao
@ $2.68 each, that was a good deal.
do a video on hw you got that tv out of jail
Fix your CD scratches with OKEEFS Working Hands might help :)
I have never heard of this trick but I'll give it a shot lol. Already have a tub of working hands around here somewhere
Does that really work?
Cool video, I would shiny the cases and find someone who has the disc cleaner machine then try to sell them again in a different state
Oh God, those fingerprints are now on every disc you checked... I can't xD
Enjoyed the video and subscribed.
Shriek super slam absolute banger
So this is why the in store goodwill shopping experience sucks now
Shouldve kept Hitz Pro. That one's an all-timer, brother ❤
The original Shenmue was much better than the second one in my opinion
That Leisure Suit Larry game is worth 60 bux!
More like $15
so jealous of the chaos theory
Dont sleep on tiger woods Esp 2005 Theyre actually solid and pretty fun
I'm sure they're great if you're into either of those sports and I unfortunately am not 😔 I think this generation had some of the best sports titles though
My brother and I played a ton of ESPN NFL 2K5 back in the day and I think that's the only football game I would keep for the collection if I came across it. Still crazy that it was only $20 when it came out
@@collectorjohn9538 2005 Has somewhat of a story mode and the way that it shows off the shots it almost feels like a battle Its usually cheap so give it a try if you ever get a chance not to mention some unexpected cameos in legend tour mode Never know unless you try But great finds
$81 bucks only $19 off that's actually really good. You could bundle the rest of those games with the Xbox your selling and I'm sure make the $20 bucks
I'm at a 109 Xbox games in my collection. Missing only a few of the good things.
Can’t believe they didn’t take the phantasy star
Cheers from Waukesha!
I bought from goodwill before and there pretty much a kinder egg as far as results I got a complete broken mess from them once and on the other side I also got a few rare special editions as well the problem I have with them is they dont upload photos on there store fronts and unless you go to a store directly you pretty much have no idea what your getting condition wise so there always a gamble 9/10 there the cheaper route so i always if your desperate enough or feel like its worth it go for it but if you feel like its to much of a gamble find something more concrete with what your looking for
Question have you traded in Rising Sun yet? If not what would you want for it? I’d buy it and pay for shipping
That games dirt cheap and readily available in the wild due to its popularity.
Nice prison TV bro.
Left mine at the gate 😁
Tao Feng is a banned game and may be worth more than what you think
Tao Feng is surprisingly good!
Personally, Iam always staying with content providers that add each Units Current Market Value.
I might do that on the next one. I'm sure some people appreciate it but the reality is that doing that for every game and displaying it on the screen probably doubles the amount of time spent on editing (which already takes a long time)
I've just discovered Phantasy Star Online using Insignia. It's my favorite game right now.
How was your experience of signing up for/using insignia?
@@collectorjohn9538 It's good. It took a day to set up but afterwards I've been playing at night. Insignia also shows the amount of users on their websites to know what games everyone is playing.
Cool, I'll need to get on this soon
Damn dawg you rough handled those disks 🤣🤣
You Jammy B…..oh sry well done! 😂
I'm the same with ea sports games after a while I was thinking "stop checking the disc condition on the ea sports games" those games are just a waste of time
Amped 2 was fire!
You need to use ebay or mecari you would have made a hell of a lot more then what you did
I sell stuff on eBay and Mercari all the time, after shipping and fees for a lot like this I would have maybe made a bit more but I'm generally not that interested in selling items that cost a lot to ship and are in dubious condition. Selling a bunch of low value Xbox games individually was not something I was interested in doing either
This lot on Mercari is somewhat similar to what I sold at Mega Media Xchange:
merc.li/FmkkdzxKb?sv=0 It has been up for weeks, and after fees the seller will make less than $80 plus all the work they did of listing and shipping it. Xbox games aren't that desirable for online resale unfortunately
Is it just me or are Blockbuster cases hard AF
Ah man, you should definitely keep Showdown Legends of Wrestling, its the better of the three Legends of Wrestling games, it still has its problems but the roster size of guys you can play as is massive. One of those you just turn your brain off and have fun.
Yeah other commenters have been saying the same thing, I'm sure I'll come across another copy tho!
wow awesome I will check it out.
You're my spirit animal.
Mvp NCAA 06 is great
Good video how many xbox games do you have
I'm at about 170 now. I'm thinking I might make a series about getting to 200 or 300
Videos like this are what kills the market cause then everyone floods it hikes prices then leaves when the prices stay high.
Okay, that must be why there are still a bunch of cheap Xbox lots sitting on their website lol
Give it time miss priss!
top tip: stickers can be removed lol
I wish you checked the condition of each game
Got outrun 2006 from goodwillfinds in a $50 bundle a while back lol
YO was that the bundle that came with Def Jam, Futurama and Silent Hill 4? Because they had one of those up that also came with Outrun for $40 and if you secured that you are lucky AF lol
@@collectorjohn9538 yeah I was the one that got it, like I literally only looked on the site looking for outrun 2006 since its one of my favorite games and is so rare/expensive now and didnt expect to just happen to see it on my day off just randomly thinking about checking the site and it being one of the first things I saw like my heart literally dropped and it went straight to my cart without even looking at the price lmao
@@yungfella666 wow congrats king. I made a reddit post about that bundle on r/originalxbox when I saw it lol. I was too slow
@@collectorjohn9538 lol is that post still up would be interesting to see what people commented if anyone did
@@yungfella666 yup: www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/y28ztq/which_one_of_you_bought_this_and_can_i_be_your/?
If they took all the games you probably would of got over a hundred for them.
Yeah probably. It's a bummer because a lot of them weren't taken just because they already had them stocked
Cat in th Hat is a good game! Think Klonoa 2
Man, people that say that the cool Microsoft store sticker on Xbox games takes away from the value are dumb. I think it is just a COOL part of the history of the game.
I agree and kept a few of them that were like that, just don't want it on every game.
COOL HAT PIMP
PRETTY PIMPIN'