Hunting for RARE Games at 1-Up Retro Video Games in Sacramento

[@jeffspiesman9793]

My favorite store in NorCal! Travis is such a down to earth guy and always wants what’s best for his customers. Everyone needs to visit this shop ASAP!

[@JohnRiggs]

It's a great store and cool part of town.

[@NikateeN]

Right on, you’re in my neck of the woods! One of my favorite game stores here in Sacramento.

[@rawsick]

What’s the secret to being as happy as you

[@JohnRiggs]

Suppression :) Naw, I have a lot of chaos in my life and have been through so much personally that stuff like this is my happy place.

[@ryanpetty8843]

@@JohnRiggsdude, thanks so much for sharing that happy place with us, as well as taking us to all of these awesome places!

[@Metal-Josh]

I know!, that positivity is great

[@Philious]

Oh wow, I live in Sacrameto and have never heard of this place! I'll have to check it out now.

[@boosted2022]

Great place, it’s a trip that it’s wide open, like he said, because there’s usually hella homeless in the area.

[@TheUnlovedhomie]

It's in east sac. It's pretty nice

[@flipmode916]

J and 24th

[@stephencook7337]

It’s in Midtown on J Street. I’m an Uber driver. I pass by it every day.

[@mjcook3922]

I lived in Sacramento and picked up a handful of games from this place. Cool to see a video of you there. Big Brother comics is also an awesome shop right up the street.

[@calibomber209]

Check out gamers in Lodi. Then go downtown for a nice dinner. Secret gem of the Central Valley 🤫

[@chapmancarruthers]

My town… always wanted to go in the store and you beat me to it.

[@DESTROYABLE__]

SAME

[@djramen]

Been there a couple times. It's a nice place.

[@noosense]

Hell yes brother representing the sacramento gaming scene

[@grafxgear]

oh hey! I almost went here but I heard the good stuff was at the convention. It was great seeing you again!

[@coffinfleet]

The real best place in the area is Fire and Ice Games in Rocklin. Love from 916

[@DukeOfDankness]

Great video John. I enjoy your videos exploring little game shops in various towns. Same goes for MetalJesusRocks and RadicalReggie. I live over in Inland Northwest, so I'm close to guys.

[@tookool5616]

Xbox titles in the dairy section. Nice.

[@Andacrosstheline]

Hey John! Great content as always my dude!!

[@JohnRiggs]

I appreciate it. Thanks!

[@Ramiryoooooooooo]

I'm about an hour away, I think I've been twice. Very chill environment, my brother and sister seemed to like it.

[@hyperz91]

Want to go to that type of video game store but these are not available in my state.

[@travishabner5520]

My local shop love the store staff are always friendly and prices are fair

[@fallinghope7]

there are two other stores in sac that are great as well. "Fair game" and "Computer Booter" both have a great retro inventory.

[@richardjenkins128]

I love my Rigged algorithm… another great vid. John are we able to purchase your merch online for overseas delivery? Say Australia, where I am?

[@ChoneyPony]

Rampart for SNES was a favorite of mine back in the early 90s, now that i have kids i wish there was something similar to that we could enjoy as a family.

[@commonsensei8719]

7:13 fighters destiny 2 is the best fighter next to Mace the dark age. worth getting an arcade stick for

[@HECTORMONTALVO-le9cn]

Awesome store bro! Thanks for sharing your adventures at the store John!👍 I wish you a happy and prosperous New Year 2025 John! 🎆

[@mlieng]

Oh man if you're still in Sacramento, hit up the flea market off Folsom Blvd. They have an entire alley of retro games. Also Armageddon Potato Game is a warehouse store in West Sacramento.

[@skabcat242]

I love that store. I been going there ever since they opened years ago.

[@Mike__P]

8:29 I had to do a double take. That Mighty Bomb Jack artwork is mighty similar to Rygar on NES.

[@retronemesis7064]

Yo Riggs! If you ever find yourself in northeast Florida stop by Games Galore.

[@asnella]

Love this shop!

[@Bit_Mingus]

9:26 I would def grab that Cookie Monster Wii mote cover and game combo

[@DrumlineArchives]

I took my two year old here and she had a meltdown when I wouldn’t buy her the $200 Super Mario Lego playset! Oh and it used to be a cool, quirky antique shop probably about 10 years ago. Sorry that’s all I got.

[@boosted2022]

Fun fact, this is the same town that CGQ is from. I was supposed to meet him at Old Town but haven’t had a chance to

[@charles6815]

I'll have to check that place out! Next video will be fair games up north?

[@stankingzton3564]

😮Dibs on the copy of Cookie's Counting Carnival.😂

[@metal--babble346]

CyberMorph ... where did you learn how to fly ?

[@JohnRiggs]

classic

[@mjdf122]

Riggs back at it on the hunt

[@feelsbad6312]

ive visited this place on work travels, its a cool spot downtownish

[@Gary_P2]

3:29 beast wars on DVD awesome!!!

[@jwigley3835]

I've been there. It's a nice place. Sacto on the map.

[@jonathanrendon8579]

I love that place!

[@krisfrederick5001]

Be vewy vewy quiet...John is hunting for video games 🐰

[@danielwilson8952]

Fair Game Retro is better, but 1UP is OK too. Cool to see you stop in Sac!

[@Philious]

Fair Game is my go-to as well!

[@jeffspiesman9793]

Fair Game is great if you are a fan of price gouging and being taken advantage of on trades 🤷‍♂️

[@ZeroCoolYT]

Hi Riggs , looks like a cool store 😁

[@jovannycampas]

I wish I had a rental place 😂 good times

[@mtshark7]

Looks like a fun store to check out😊

[@WrathOfNolla]

Eyyyyyy he's up in my town! I've been to 1-Up a couple times actually. You live around here, John?

[@Charles-c9x]

Hey Mr. Riggs. Why do some of my NES games work but then wont get past the menu. I play on a retron nes system

[@ericskow796]

Hey that's my city. Didn't even stop to say hello.

[@intellivisiongamer]

That’s fairly close to me. I need to check it out!

[@Landen247]

If you were to De-Thaw yourself, you'd be freezing yourself. Not sorry hehheh. Awesome video!

[@JohnRiggs]

haha, yep... didn't come out right

[@renegarcia9420]

Great store, live close to it.

[@tster]

Oh shit sactown in the house

[@masterroshi9942]

Yeah Ironsword is a great game love the soundtrack

[@Rogue_Orange]

Pretty cool store! Kinda wish there were more around me haha

[@phychmasher]

3:56 incorrect. There are lots of options these days. Unless by "whatever thing" you meant a computer. In which case, you are right.

[@merlinspeener218]

"Dethaw" lol...

[@mattm7798]

haha right, I used to live in So Cal and thought I knew what cold was. I moved to 7500ft elevation...i did not know what cold was!

[@svenvaltik5657]

Someone working at a retro store recommended the Silent Hill HD collection? I have some questions...

[@Its_justChris]

Did you pick up any gems?

[@travisalstrand4237]

WTH I'm like 45 minutes north of Sac and never heard of this place!

[@ranchobrien6235]

I use too love the old avengers games

[@darktetsuya]

I've heard of this place! some of my longtime sac friends have been there. (and they would absolutely co-sign the recommendation on The Guardian Legend!) I missed my chance after moving to the opposite end of the state, but seems like a pretty cool shop.

[@ronimhofffacts2858]

oh look I bought a randon box off a homeless man for 20 bux, and omg 3 tmnt tournament fighters and 8 little samsons.

[@chickensnipz]

😅 ahh yea I must of missed you because I could hear my annoying voice. Must be when I’m trading off some of my collection. Well we do have other game stores. One particular is more nerdy than that store.

[@THEKLEVER187]

Damn , when did Mike Tyson punch out become a $50 game ?

[@gi_nattak]

Sacramento! I'm a bit west of there. Hope you didn't get shot at or your car broken into while you were there lol...😬

[@K47MILES]

you need to try out the Chromatic saw your gameboy video with metal jesus

[@PeterSivazak]

Nice!

[@Bruce_Yen_Jaa]

$75 For a skeletor print? To rich for my blood.

[@ryandann9362]

That big open garage door turns me off. I am just imagining all the paper and cardboard slowly get moisture damage from humid air on rainy days. Staples in manuals slowly starting to rust. Me no likey. I've been collecting ps1 games over the past few years, 100s and 100s, and I have seen manuals that on the outside the manual staples are fine, but in the middle are completely rusted. Everything else about the manual looks fine. So now I just assume the tiniest bit of moisture can ruin this stuff.

[@charlesalbright]

I live right by there!

[@stevenyarnell9317]

I wouldn't mind learning a little Japanese just to kinda recognize what I'm tring to read lmao

[@z0m813]

I dont understand why every shop has the same master system games I can never find anything different in the wild

[@matthewnikitas8905]

They’re pretty rare and hard to find buying them online is probably your best bet

[@z0m813]

Thats usually what i end up having to do ​@matthewnikitas8905

[@z0m813]

I dont think they are really rare just not as popular as NES was i had one as a kid instead of a NES ​@matthewnikitas8905

[@solidkingcobra]

Light The Beam!

[@mapleblues22]

Didya buy anything?

[@JohnRiggs]

I didn't this time. I often do but nothing I needed.

[@KidNato]

Wow, something awesome in Sacramento?

[@JohnRiggs]

haha, I like Sac!

[@calimangrower1590]

Awesome

[@killatrimofficial9877]

Have you tried fair trade? Or game trader? Game trader in south sac has retro refurbished consoles for $105 Dreamcast, Saturn, etc

[@JohnRiggs]

Not yet. I only had time to check out a couple of stores when I was in town.

[@quincyq-radio6300]

Cool 🎮

[@prophismusic]

BIG RIGGS

[@mobe1949]

*looks up Kung Fu Master for Game Boy* = $35 :/

[@thikeyan7636]

How many Nintendo fanboys are there on KZbin masquerading as content creators?

[@JohnRiggs]

literally all of them.

[@cannolidaddy]

This place sucks, no good games and overpriced

[@MKDS_bakerskate]

Woah sega gear sonic blast cib is rarest!