The Collector's Quest

Collectors Edition #1 we talk to Carly aka AllThePrettyBooks on Instagram about collecting Harry Potter books. Collector's Editions are special episodes of the podcast where we step outside the realm of video game collecting and talk to other collectors and learn about their hobby

It's the episode you've been waiting for! Johnny, Tyler, and Stephan are talking about the collectible aspects of the NES from sets to black box games to screw variants to an overlong discussion about the Mike Etler list that none of us actually used in the 90s. Maybe you'll even learn something from all this!

Steve Torres joins us again and shares with us the trails and tribulations of Opening a new store, Running Arcades, Retro City Fest 2019 info, and a Retailers Perspective on "The Bubble".

We're talking about Sony's odd, seemingly cheaped out choices for the PS1 Classic and what they probably should be, even if it meant fewer games or an increased price. We're also talking about our recent trip to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and all the fancy things we got there.

Johnny, Tyler, et al (Stephan) are talking about good and bad horror games, and some which are perhaps surprisingly so! The scary game train keeps on rolling all October and we will use wordplay to suit our purposes of talking about more of them! Don't forget to find us at PRGE in just a few days too!

We're talking about 11 collectible Halloween games that we wanted to talk from Atari to Xbox about including super rare variants, Joe Lieberman's furor over zombies, and the pricey game that Johnny's dog once ate.

Tyler, Johnny, and Stephan are talking about 2018, the year of the mini console. Nintendo, Sega, SNK, Sony, and even whatever form Commodore still exists in are all putting out tons of successful standalone mini consoles full of the games they've been trying to sell digitally for the past decade. So we're going to talk about them!

In this episode Tyler, Johnny, and the returning Stephan Reese are seeing who can build the best video game collection with $1000 in a snake draft format. It's collecting, it's gameplay, it's personal taste, so we're seeing who ends up with the best list in the end. Oh, and it's our 100th episode! Horray!

Tyler and Johnny are talking about wasting money in game collecting. Not just things that have no value, but things we overpay for and getting caught up buying things that we can't ascribe as much value to down the line. If you have objects lining your shelves you wish could just be converted back into the cash you paid for them so you can buy the big thing you really want, let us know if we misse...

Johnny and Tyler are answering questions and discussing topics sent in by listeners for the first time. We talk about how to deal in the hobby with friends, family, and forum rivals. We might make this a smaller segment in other shows too, so be sure to find us on Instagram or elsewhere and send us questions or topics to discuss on the show.

Johnny and Tyler are talking about collecting for the original Xbox: What's in the US set, what variants and special editions there are, what's rare, what's pricey, and what we just find interesting about a console with an ever dwindling number of exclusive games, even in 2018! Also Tyler said he has 768 games in his list when he meant 868. Whoops. The show was updated around 8:14.

We're talking prices today, specifically what the most economical way to approach buying a full set is. In this episode we take a look at 3 sample sets of games (top shelf, uncommon, and super common) and see how well you would have made out putting the same amount of money into each type over the course of 18 months. No guessing and conventional wisdom here. We see clear differences not only betw...

In the first of a new series, Johnny and Tyler are talking about how people collect for the Sega Genesis. We're talking about what's out there, licensed, unlicensed, aftermarket, and otherwise, along with what's expensive, what drives prices, and just an overview in general of collecting the console. Tyler also insists on turning the conversation towards Maniac Mansion and point and click adventur...

In this episode Johnny and Tyler are talking about the things that just get on their nerves in the world of game collecting, from shady sellers to gatekeeping collectors.

I take a look back at Microcast 3 and Episode 66 to see if the video game collectors market crashed, or to see if it did pretty much what we anticipated.

We're back talking about the recent iam8bit $100 Mega Man repros. You all know how much we love the Street Fighter II 30th Anniversary Cart. This is a balanced discussion about a great product that neither of us would ever buy. We also go on a small tangent about forums and collecting communities. Let us know how many copies of Mega Man X you bought chasing the glow in the dark variant!

With decades of video game history behind us, the terms retro and modern are losing meaning. We've got world renowned game and comic collector Erik AKA Excitebyte games who's going to talk with us about how we can start to think about periods in video gaming in terms of more meaningful eras.

Let me tell you something brother... Finally CQ is about to get Raw on some wrestling games. Also, whatcha gonna do when Johnny runs wild on some recent Sega announcements, Jack? And Tyler has two words for CD-i Ebay sellers: suck it! Ahhhhhhhh, what a rush!

In this long episode of Collector's Quest, Johnny and Tyler talk about the Wiiware shutdown, digital ownership, Limited Run Games and all of the copycat publishers, a string of significant Ebay sales recently, and a whole bunch more.

In this marathon episode, we talk with friend of the show Stephan Reese (@Archon1981) about collecting the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, an overview of Stephan's collection, tips sent to the show from the maintenance episode. and more!

Tyler and I let you listen in to our prechat before we go live for recording. We talk about limited Run Games, Dragon Warrior, and More.

Tyler and Johnny give you tips to protect your collection and increase it's value. We also tell you one very important thing not to do.

Johnny and Tyler dive into the strangely populated world of games based on licensed 80s and 90s food mascots.

Johnny and Tyler talk about the wave of Wii U to Switch ports and how they affect the desirability of collecting for Wii U in the post-Switch world. Was the Wii U basically replaced, or will anyone actually want one of these years down the line?

Johnny and Tyler talk about special and limited edition game consoles, the good and the bad.