I Bought a $1,200 Mystery Box of Old Video Games

[@JohnRiggs]

Use code JOHNRIGGS50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box at bit.ly/3l76LDD

[@dwaynemenzies8824]

My brother would sing Son a Bag to the Airwolf, the theme song. Give it some thought, John.

[@marbles8641]

Hey John, what was the site you sell these at and how often do you go live? Very interested in grabbing a few of these.

[@yaketythack]

I know it was an honest misspoken line, however, 300grams of protein in that little container is insane density.

[@PlisskensRun]

I have a lot of old Big Box PC games from the 90s I would like to get rid of if your interested let me know or if you know some one that might be let me know..

[@ShadowW0lf1]

For that price, they could've at least included some of the games in the case and cleaned the games too. A lot of the Genesis games were dirty.

[@emlyndewar]

Think they took advantage of you a bit, but you’re a nice guy for supporting their trip. It’s also quite interesting seeing what you got. I wish I’d not got rid of all my old games. 😢

[@stephenmalovski313]

Yeap, considering that all of the games combined aren't worth half of the asking price, I can't help but think they might have put aside the more valuable cartridges before packaging them

[@emlyndewar]

@@stephenmalovski313 yeah, I think so too.

[@donjohnson7768]

I have to agree, pretty underwhelming lot but you're a dope guy for helping!

[@DrunkDudley]

I can swear that Zelda Minishing cap where a bootleg never seen a red cart before.

[@toadynamite8141]

Well if they priced most of them at 20$ then 5 games =$100 so maybe they were adding it up

[@jswets5007]

I love watching John Riggs open mystery boxes because I know that it is the beginning of an adventure that will aid many on their personal quests for treasure in plastic cartridge packaging.

[@Mr.CollectingEverything]

John Riggs is awesome! The person that sold this lot of games is not - $1200 for this lot, should be ashamed of selling this to a friend - I was rooting for at least one $300 game!

[@JohnRiggs]

And if you see anything you need, look out for it on my Whatnot streams. If you're new, use my link and start with $15! whatnot.com/invite/johnblueriggs

[@zeekhedgehog]

The story about you getting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back is actually kind of cool! It was also kind of cool seeing you get Ultima Exodus. Out of every game I have ever played, that was the one I probably spent the most time playing.

[@evenoddprime]

I can almost guarantee the couple that sold it to you watched the previous unboxing and were sweet and thoughtful enough to wrap them like that for your unwrapping excitement. They sound cool.

[@boboperrier]

That couple are assholes according to the contents in the box 😂

[@gorillacookies3171]

Thoughtful enough to rip him off haha

[@abyz1467]

They gave him $400-500 of games and accepted $1200. Real great friends they are.

[@GatCat]

Yard sale from stranger: $20 Friend for years: $1200 😂

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

You strike me as seriously good dude. I love that. Keep being you. 💪

[@mewimi]

Granted I don't know the prices of everything there. But my feeling is... you'd be lucky to get half of $1,200 with the damage to a lot of those.

[@Lileya]

Seriously, I feel like he got so gypped....

[@talon12020]

Don't forget to add whatever this video ends up earning to the total. Also, he said they were friends and he wanted to help them out. You can't put a price on that.

[@mewimi]

@@talon12020 Trueee and I hope that makes any possible pain from that, worth it. But this does remind me that my Dragon Warrior IV was never returned to me in elementary school :(

[@andypancini2130]

He's helping out a friend i don't he was looking to make money on it they could have just sold the games to someone else it's a community

[@emlyndewar]

Helping out a friend is one thing, but it goes both ways. The friends have really done him over.

[@skateboard_sandwich]

The wrapping really pays off. Shows you the whole "grab bag" aspect to it.

[@dire51]

Early 2600 games had all text labels, later ones had picture labels.

[@looselycollected7505]

Yep, and anything labeled Tele-Games was made for Sears by Atari.

[@TheLastLineLive]

That was a pretty good lot. I could never plop that much on a random box but you got a pretty good one I’d say, instant collection.

[@kbramlett6877]

A little trivia about Mega Man 6. Nintendo held a contest to have readers of their magazine, Nintendo Power, submit their ideas and artwork for two of the bosses. The two contest winners not only had their bosses in the game, I forget which two, but they were given screen credit. For those who have played Mega Man 2 through 6, during the ending it shows the name and the pic of the boss and the name of the person who was behind its creation. The names of the winners were written by their winning submissions.

[@quiinners]

Ouch, the condition and value of that haul was rough. Thanks for the entertaining commentary as always.

[@andypancini2130]

It's a donation for a friend

[@mobe1949]

Yeah, the condition of those carts really bring the total value down. $1200 is too steep for that lot.

[@alexandrebrochu4265]

"Mario is missing. You don't die in this game." No, you don't die in the game but you die slowly from the inside while playing it.

[@jaredbrown691]

Love that your favorite game is Zelda 2. Just got done beating it and it still kicks my butt but I love it. Simons quest is another one I play through on the regular but gets no love. I think I’m going to try and memorize goonies ii next.

[@derekwischmann6123]

Simon’s Quest gets lots of love! Great music, graphics, and enemies!

[@waltsoph3]

Nice lot! Props on singing the Airwolf BGM. Loved Airwolf. I would love to see Namco's Project Aces make an Airwolf game! 😃 ( Project Aces is the team that helps make the Ace Combat games. ) Also I LOVE Iron Tank. Its truly an underappreciated title for the fact your a tank taking on an entire army with multiple paths and epic boss battles. Hope more people take the chance to play it sometime. Thanks as always JohnRiggs.

[@ThomasHostvedt]

I’m totally with you on The Minish Cap, way underrated and overlooked. Love to see a reboot or remake, come on Nintendo!!!!

[@Tenchi10]

I'm a huge nostalgia nerd for PS2 games, I actually own about 12 to 13% of the entire library of North American releases, according to various game collector websites. So, I would have asked for anything Sony. Actually, knowing me, I probably would have said "I'll take the lot." I just love owning games, and anything I get duplicates on, I would sell undervalued against sites like Mercari and Ebay, because I know the value of fast return without an established store front, so I would rather get something out quickly than sell 3 years down the line for that extra $20.

[@michaelsk77]

Jimmy and Bimmy strike again!!! 9:08

[@PeterParker-vq2cz]

"snakes revenge....i dont wanna talk about it" man, i felt that!!!! ur emotions got real heavy, real fast. i think we all have a video game that makes us feel that way

[@DitchDr101]

“Yes to the dress” 😂

[@miaouew]

Imagine selling something to someone and not having the courtesy to clean it first. Ugh.

[@HellfireEternal]

The TMNT story is NOT boring. I know I've gone through similar situations and never got the game back and I'm sure there are plenty of others out there as well. I never got my Chrono Trigger on SNES back from a childhood friend who just started to make up excuses for why he couldn't hang out with me, soccer practice, mom said no etc. When we would hang out every other weekend for years. I think I ended up with Cool Spot for Chrono Trigger, pretty bad trade financially but what 5th grader thinks of value?

[@HellfireEternal]

Edit: Wow, I hadn't finished the video yet and both of the games were in the box albeit different versions. Weird coincidence!

[@bitsandpiecesmusic]

When you showed LoZ: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Land 2, you brought back instant memories. Those were the first 2 games I got with the Game Boy I bought with my Birthday money when I was 8 years old. Fantastic!

[@JamieLikesGames]

Lol "Where in the absolute f*** is Carmen Sandiego?"

[@GreyHulk2156]

£23 for all that?! That's quite cheap. ;P

[@Slowbird1989]

Thank You Riggs for entertaining us. You're the homie❤

[@marshallrayburn6251]

“Yes to the stress”, something every true collector understands.

[@audrisampson]

The text label Atari games were the original run with the first console release. The label with image were a second run on those games a few years later. Then silver labels, then red labels

[@TheGebs24]

Love these videos. There’s some really nice titles in there John

[@i_GiveFRUITS]

💯👍

[@andypancini2130]

He didn't get another copy of princess tomato

[@scottg7660]

I’d put links awakening above Zelda 2. Just a tear jerker when I was a kid. First game that made me feel feelings.

[@godgrinder2219]

Riggs body slamming carts to the floor.

[@TexasGrizzlyBear]

That Airwolf theme is in a league of its own.

[@MSUHitman]

14:20 If you want to see the alternate label, Phoenix Resale on YT recently got one from a collection buy. Forget if it’s on his main channel or his secondary, I think it’s on his secondary.

[@TomAznable]

Hey, don't be so quick to knock that SD Gundam game at 26:51 - that's The Great Battle II, part of Banpresto's Compati Hero crossover franchise that featured the current Gundam, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman alongside their own original characters. The Great Battle games tend to be fun little action platformers, and generally stand a bit above the typical SD Gundam shovelware. The Great Battle V even has Wild Guns style gallery shooter stages!

[@nathanielziessler6430]

23:58 LOVE RANMA! great series!

[@allluckyseven]

You were lucky to be able to get back your TMNT.

[@Moondoggie35]

fun fact, that pocket monster stadium in box is the first game in the franchise. what we got in the states as pokemon stadium 1 and 2 are actually 2 and 3 in japan. mostly the same as our pokemon stadium 1, but I think it was missing pokemon and had less features.

[@djbawb]

in your ad spot: "anytime there's garlic anything I'm down." I am also Wario about garlic

[@markula_4040]

12:52 Not a boring story. I have one of my own. Back in 6th grade (around 1989) I swapped borrowed my copy of Donkey Kong 3 for Mike Tyson's Punchout. Somehow I lost the game (no clue how) and had to buy another copy. The thing is my friend never brought up trading the games back so we never did.

[@GoodChris25]

DW4 has been my holy grail since i saw it at Funco Land for 45$ back in the 90’s. 😂

[@trelard]

I also love the Metal Gear series. Snakes Revenge isn't canon, but I have completed it. The Kojima release is the proper sequel, and the far better of the 2.

[@gibsworld4954]

Love these video John. I enjoy hearing your stories and history with each games

[@MahkyVmedia1]

24:49 got a laugh out of me

[@XGALAXYDRIFT3RX]

Good lord 6'5. This guy is a monster.

[@Labyrnthdom]

"And I got this cool little box!" "With cat hair on it. I think?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JLAvey]

I don't think anyone born this century will ever think of Final Fantasy VI as NA III.

[@ItsSoDane]

“Mario is missing, you don’t die in this game.” Me: No but inside a little the longer you play it.

[@bigandyt-man3010]

I love your videos, i love your passion, and you help me smile on days when i need it the most. Thank you John Riggs, YOU are good people. Just sending some gratitude and love. -Andy

[@MSUHitman]

Unfortunately the combination of being from rural southern IL & being bullied constantly I don’t have any of the cool trading stories like that. Only story I had was being the nicest kid in school a lot of the less fortunate kids would come to my place to play NES. My Mom would get mad about having to spend so much money on soda & everyone being in the house that we had to 1. Switch to Kool-Aid 2. Play a hour or two of touch football or wiffle ball before we could play NES 3. Take off shoes before coming inside.

[@derekwischmann6123]

Love the abrupt end! Great videos, John Riggs!!

[@xxnike0629xx]

Really wish Nintendo would do more remasters/remakes of the classic Zelda games; especially the top down ones. I wouldn't mind a remake version of Link To the Past, Oracle of Ages & Seasons, Minish Cap ... and a remaster for Twilight Princess, etc on the Switch I still find it odd that Capcom didn't include Mega Man & Bass with the Legacy Collection.

[@krisfrederick5001]

This is AWESOME. It's like Christmas morning...that you paid $1,200 for...but still. And garlic is the best. Yes. P.S. I really hope that some of these kids that wrote their names on these games see these videos one day,

[@joesshows6793]

18:51 snakes revenge…why are the machine gun bullets so slow???

[@ravenfighter9157]

It's so weird to imagine there was a time when Dragon Ball wasn't one of the biggest franchises of all time

[@josephchaparro1037]

That's cool I didn't know you could rip off Rey Mysterio's mask in World Tour I'll have to bust it out and try it.

[@dr.awkward9075]

Night Driver: Race through the night on the barren plains while tied to the hood of your car!

[@michaeldemers2716]

One of my favorite games on Genesis is Tyrants. I rented that game every weekend when I was a kid.

[@rgfamgames]

I worked at Video Update in Germantown, WI! And i actually still have a shirt in a box somewhere! Didn't know they had them out West! Very cool. Nice box!

[@Directedbybc222]

The story on how u got ur ninja turtle game back was actually pretty cool

[@CrazyHomelessWeirdo]

Interesting story about bandi Is it used to have an eight hundred number for game Counseling just for their games And I don't know why your video reminded me of it but I remember Calling them once when I was lost on the maze of doors in monster world. I remember I got a guy who wasn't very helptelling me. He literally have to be in the same room with me. Just show me what doors to go through. So I ended up not beating at that night

[@JohnnyCProduction]

Your gba lot has SOLID titles!

[@alanfike]

Any kid who played SMB 3 before SMB 3 was available for NES might as well be a wizard, as far as we were concerned back then. I remember bragging about beating it in a week, but I think only by using tips from Nintendo Power or something. I definitely remember using warp whistles.

[@nostalgiadreamsmusic]

Not often you see someone who's fav game of all time is Zelda II :) It's definitely up there for me, the game that's closest to my heart. And it'll be the next release on my channel.

[@mobe1949]

14:33 nin-nendo ...Good one, Riggs 🤣

[@Tayra_Reberta]

Dragon Warrior 4, that's a hard game to get, eBay is selling it for about $200 and Price Charting has it for just over $150. I would keep that, you may never see another one ever again

[@nickgurule167]

You could get a loose copy for about 120 125... Lukie games has it in stock all the time for about 135 bucks.. check it out for yourself

[@nickgurule167]

Actually lukie games has at 120 bucks.. and they're legit all day..

[@ianbraun271]

those prices are likely "New" and in box. The copy he just got was "Cart only". Going for about $30-$40 on etsy.

[@garb7477]

1) Snake's revenge has a killer soundtrack. I have the opposite problem and cannot stand the OG Metal Gear compared to Snake's Revenge. It's just really REALLY long. 2) Ghost Lion is good if you haven't played it! It's like a proto pokemon.

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

That knife is really for Halloween pumpkin carving.

[@mystery79]

Wow marble madness that game was impossible for me as a kid.

[@Jeffjeanw]

There is no save feature to Mario Paint sadly. Wow turns out I had a bugged version that never worked saving. Mind blown. Funny things you learn when you were the only one who had the game.

[@SilverKnight16]

Whoa, it's so weird to hear that you got an NES game from a place by where I live (Game Exchange in Plano). Back when I had more money, I'd go there all the time just to browse and pick up cheaper titles for fun. Small world lol

[@notjustklownin9506]

Back to back jackpots on these mystery boxes.

[@MattWiggyWiggins]

$1861 in games + $250 in tissue paper!

[@velvetbear7184]

Spent $1200? Good to know John is not low on cash!

[@JohnRiggs]

well, this video was sponsored :)

[@random-artifacts]

That game boy bunch was a treasure trove tho.

[@jimbuddy9142]

that is the problem with having a big collection - you spend $1,200 just hoping to get even one game you don't already have

[@R3troZone]

If you've ever played the second level of Rad Racer on the NES, where you drive through San Francisco at night, then you've played a slightly better version of Atari's Night Driver.

[@dionelr]

Glad you had a good ending to your TMNT story. I, unfortunately have a sad tale of a Final Fantasy Legend 3 gb cart that remains lost. I won’t bore you with the details. Hey, you also like Zelda 2!? Not many people like that game. Love playing it from time to time.

[@georged7627]

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR 😁🤘🏾

[@lyrand6408]

The 'Strike' series was great. I loved Desert Strike at the time. I they kep going with those games also beyond the 16-bit era. I do believe there's one Strike game on N64 (maybe Urban Strike? not entirely sure), and two of them on PS1; I think they're Soviet Strike, and Nuclear Strike. I think I did play Soviet Strike on PS1 (just one rental, if I recall). I don't think a single one of those games were bad at all.

[@lupeayala3125]

Hey John? Did you just eat that meal right out the box, COLD???

[@theomegared02]

Your shirt now is also black and red! Your youth lives forever!

[@ServJesus7]

That was a very good box!! Lots of goodies in there

[@retroraider5313]

John, I got to meet Bam Bam Bigelow and he was one of the coolest wrasslers! I loved using him in Wrestlemania : the arcade game

[@krisshaw9464]

I would actually like to see that big bird game very nostalgic

[@JohnnyBfromOKC]

Your dorkiness is remarkable! I enjoyed the video.

[@GenerationPixel]

I've just started exploring the GBA, so let me tell you, that Shining Force really caught my attention! Definitely going on my shopping list 😁

[@absoluteclownworld]

The GBA is awesome! I have over 50 cib games and around 25 cart only games. One of my all time favorite systems, glad I got all the games I wanted for it many years ago now.

[@michaeldemers2716]

I have had good luck with getting off Magic Marker with the same color dry erase marker then wipe it off. Works for me.

[@bingevintage8124]

As one of my favorite video game KZbinrs it’s hurts John isn’t a Pokémon fan 😭😭😭

[@gap4998]

I'm going to use your Airwolf humming as my new ring tone.

[@K-M0]

Sitting in Akihabara, Japan watching this. Hope your friends make it here soon and enjoy it.

[@TanookiSuit]

Wow nice one with the featured game, gave my copy up for an arcade cabinet like 7 years ago, guide too, recently got that back but the game is just out of reach. Have fun with it, and the others too. I tried to find things/figure it out on whatnot, over my head, which doesn't feel good but the app didn't grab me. :\

[@ryandann9362]

They didn't pay $10 for the atari raiders game, but you did!! Lol

[@ryandann9362]

I counted 93 items, granted I miss counted I'm sure. It came to $12.90 a game

[@leeartlee915]

I remember trading games back in the day. After I got shafted a few times, I became militant that I wouldn’t loan out ANY games, no matter how good the friend, no matter how much collateral they put up. I was just over it, haha.

[@16BitPete]

Hey Jason, you left your hockey mask in my car last night. 😂

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Where in the FFFuu... is Carmen Sandiego? LOL

[@OzonebxGaming]

I've never heard anyone say Zelda 2 was their favorite Zelda let alone fav game of all-time. I road my bike miles to the store and wanted to love that game so bad but just couldn't.

[@micahbageant659]

Horrible game! Hahaha