CEX Pickups (Scarborough June 24)

It (was) June and it was time for my yearly trip to Scarborough and the wonderful "Aladdin's Cave" for gaming gems. I picked up some belters as usual and among them was a Gameboy gem and an Xbox game i've wanted for a while. #cex #thrifting #retrogaming

[@Faustustopheles]

really good footage of Scarborough! I'll watch again later today after work so I can comment more specifically. 🤘🏼

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Cheers mate, yeah Scarborough is a great beach resort in England

[@JinTraining]

Absolutely love the Y’s series of games! Good purchase.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Cheers mate, yeah they are wonderful games

[@liamario281]

Really good video mate. Your collection of games where good plus two Caught my eyes. Keep it up mate

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Cheers mate and thank you for Subnautica 🙂👍

[@jedinite128]

Yo man. Your channel popped up while i was scrolling YT. Love the vid and glad you liked my hometown Scarborough 😊. You're right, its a great place to live. Sometimes you can find some real gems in the Market Vaults too. Will keep watching, like your chilled delivery. Subbed m8.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Yeah we love Scarborough, we’d happily move there too. Ah I have seen the market vaults but just assumed it was food stall etc. Glad you liked the vid and I hope you enjoy my future content. Thank you for the sub 🙂👍

[@DanTheGamesMan]

I have a trip to Scarborough very soon myself and this has got me excited for it even more!

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Definitely go to Gamepad, it’s small and rammed but full of great games and memorabilia

[@DanTheGamesMan]

@@GriffosRetroGaming awesome will do! 👍

[@DadLadsGaming]

Scarborough looked lovely mate👌 As if some of those games were originally purchased in Stockton😂

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Scarborough is my happy place mate and I love Gamepad too. Yeah it’s crazy how some games travel

[@TheRetroBear]

Looks like you picked the right weekend for it mate, weather looked fantastic. Arctic Thunder looks like good fun. Must just be me left in the world to pick up Phantom Crash then 😂 Am sure I have seen Advent Rising somewhere recently....or I could just be making that up. I do keep my eyes open for Xbox games when I can. Some nice finds there mate 😊👍🐻

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

It was glorious in Scarborough mate, me and the kids always go around my birthday. Hahaha not played Phantom Crash yet so hang fire because it might be crap 😂 If you see Advent Rising for cheap then definitely pick it up, it’s got an interesting history. Thanks for watching Bear

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Glad you had a great time in Scarborough mate, shame you didn't score so well in the shops. Wanted alien homnid for ages, but when i finally got it I was really disappointed. Had advent rising for years... never played it 😂. Great pick ups.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Ah mate it’s just my luck in charity shops but then most are just run as businesses now so it’s hard to find anything. Awww man don’t say that, I love the art style of alien Hominid. I’m thinking of doing a review of it

[@Retroram]

Great video mate. Scarborough looked great. Hope you had a good birthday. I've not played many of the y's games only y's 8.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

“Got and retro yet mate?” Hahaha yeah Scarborough was brilliant. Definitely give the Ys games a go, there’s some on the PSP which aren’t too bad

[@Retroram]

@@GriffosRetroGaming have you played y's origins? Think it's on ps4 and switch

[@XFile2708]

Game in Stockton.. literally just around the corner from me in the North East lol Alien Hominid is a great cartoon run and gun game 😎👍 used to be one of my favs on the original XBox..

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Bloody hell it’s a small world isn’t it 😂 Alien Hominid looks amazing, I love the art style so I’m really looking forward to playing that one 🙂

[@JamzeGrovedale]

Can't beat a day out in Scabados!

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

It’s a brilliant part of the world

[@tootyuk]

You do Ron Ron Ron, hooked you up there mate, FF great buy that!

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

I’ll sing that to him next time 😂

[@tootyuk]

@@GriffosRetroGaming 🤣

[@retroimportgamer513]

Scarborough looked nice Alex, I'm hoping you sped up the cliff railway footage as the cats looked rapid🤣 I think Arctic Thunder is ok to be honest, not as good as Hydro but not terrible Alien Hominid looked really good, never seen that running before, have seen the box about but never picked it up to look at it👍

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Scarborough is beautiful mate, go every year and we love it. Haha I had to slow the footage down 😳🤣 I’m sure Arctic Thunder can’t be as bad as the reviews make out, but I haven’t played it yet. Alien Hominid looks great, I really like the art style. I may have to do a review on it. Hope you’re well mate

[@S3lph131]

Cex seems like a highlight, with 2 new Ys games coming out within the next year it's a good pickup @£15 Ys celceta is a remake of the 4th game in the series.. it was released on PS4 but quite limited in EU.. really good limited edition through Xseed in the US :)

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

CEX is our only retro store in the UK really except a few indie stores but yeah they are usually decent. Thanks for the save on Ys, I did read that it was after 2nd game on the Turbo Graphix but I wasn’t 100% sure. I’ll keep an eye out for the PS4 version 👍 Thanks for watching 🙂

[@S3lph131]

@@GriffosRetroGaming if you wish to get more into Ys. 1/2 on psp/ds.. us only Ys iii.. released on all modern in 2025 Ys iv.. celceta Ys v.. unreleased outside Japan.. unpopular Ys vi.. psp/PS2 Everything else PS4/switch.. Ys X announced later this year with awesome CE

[@adamwragg4606]

I need to get into the ys series for sure! Good pickup on that and the ff legends game. Never played that either. Yeah I'm missing ibiza as well lol! It's has a affect on me it seems 😅😂

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Yeah the Ys games are decent….the ones I’ve played anyway. The FF Legends games are really good for the Gameboy, highly recommended. Hahaha I bet you was a state after that trip to Ibiza 😂

[@adamwragg4606]

@@GriffosRetroGaming I'll look into those then! Yeah I was tired for a few days after 😂

[@adamh7588]

I enjoyed watching, although I'm not sure issue my end. The video kept pausing and buffering

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

I think I shared it before the checks had completed (schoolboy error). I live and learn

[@CRASHZERO4111]

I’m back bro , Love the videos keep em coming ?

[@boilerhousegarage]

Hi Alex! Just been watching a few of your vids and I've got a couple of Prima official strategy guides I was going to eBay, but saw you have a pretty big collection of them so rather donate them to the channel if you want them? I've got a few charity shop leftover games (as in games I don't collect) that I can throw in too.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Hey man sorry for the late reply. I’d definitely be interested in some for sure. Message me on Facebook, just Griffo’s Retro Gaming

[@boilerhousegarage]

@@GriffosRetroGaming No worries, just messaged your FB page.