Looking for PAL Exclusives at OLL '23 in Norwich UK

[@JohnRiggs]

I ranked PAL NES Games - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIOzn2Cbqa10idE I ranked PAL SNES Games - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGLZZ6iMaN2EiLc

[@Glenn_Norris]

It was awesome to meet you and had such a good day

[@SimonBannow]

Great footage, felt like I was there myself

[@TheGebs24]

Mate, we had a BLAST!!! You were both so cool! I can’t wait to meet up again. Loads of love to Michelle ❤

[@garryceeify]

would love to have been able to get to oll but had to work would have loved to have met you both

[@JohnRiggs]

And make sure you're following me on Whatnot to look out for my live auction featuring there PAL Exclusives. If you're new, use my link to get $10 towards your first win - whatnot.com/invite/johnblueriggs

[@acecarrera1]

3:59 Shout-out to Kim Justice (sitting next to table), the best documentary maker of British micro computers on KZbin.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

The Dreamcast's logo is a blue swirl in Europe because the orange swirl would infringe on a preëxisting trademark by the German publisher Tivola. (It's a similar reason to why the Mega Drive is called the Genesis in North America.)

[@RetroGamingRevival]

Absolutely awesome to meet you and Michele! We had a blast chatting to you guys. Massive apologies for Pilotwings, we STILL cannot believe the result!

[@toddburgess5056]

😆😆😆

[@asnozz]

I'm sitting here in Texas watching John from Washington state visit my hometown in the UK. You're making me very homesick! Thanks for the video :)

[@RetroBreak]

Was so great to meet you! Glad you had a good time! :)

[@Phillyjoe2]

Glad you had a great time in my motherland John. The quirky differences between PAL & NTSC are so funny sometimes. Did you notice the Palcom version of TMNT was actually called Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles? Back in the day the word "Ninja" was deemed too violent over here, so they renamed everything HERO Turtles. Even the cartoon! Anyway great video 👍👍👍

[@kanedaku]

And nunchuks were banned, so there were some weird edits in some of the cartoons. The comics, even though they were TMHT, did have the nunchuks in!

[@ThePrimo80s]

This was awesome John. Glad you had a good time in our country. Nice to see Matt from Pomelo at the end.

[@NorwichRetro]

Great video John and it was nice to have a chat. You even managed to check our some of our old 80's microcomputers, including the not so small BBC Micro (small when compared to earlier computers that were the size of large fridges). If you'd been a school kid in the 80's the BBC Micro would have been the machine that you first learn about computers on but it also had a some pretty decent arcade games too (Snapper - Pacman, Hopper - Frogger, Planetoid - Defender, Meteors - Asteroids). Glad you had a good time.

[@darktetsuya]

shoutout to dj Slope, dig his youtube content for sure. same w/ adam koralik! some amazing stuff at the convention for sure. kinda tempted to look for some PAL exclusives I picked up a retron 2 a couple years ago and it does support PAL snes games via a toggle switch on the bottom so, may start collecting for that! 22:48 a freaking FM TOWNS Marty?! definitely a super rare system for sure.

[@robinbrowne5419]

Cool. My Mum was born in Norwich. But the first time she saw a Nintendo game was when us kids were young in the 80s. Mario music used to drive her crazy so she made a rule that Nintendo games are like kids. They should be seen but not heard. Cheers from Canada :-)

[@slopesgameroom]

Kick ass to finally see you... next stop is me in da states... see ya soon dude, hope you enjoy the cereal

[@JohnRiggs]

Finally!! Yes, the cereal boxes are great for the collection for sure.

[@JakeM-dd2tw]

I’m from England and I absolutely love how much you loved your time here - hope you come back because I couldn’t make it this time

[@Blitz9287]

The Pepsi did taste better. You had one of the 36grams of sugar cans. They've just destroyed the UK pepsi by slashing 57% of the sugar out of it and adding sweeteners to it and it tastes vile. If you're still in the country. Try find one on the ingredients that says 15grams of sugar.

[@realmusicreallife]

Yeh the only thing left is coca-cola. Last one standing

[@tracypratley7194]

Yep pepsi in the UK is puke now,another sweet drink ruined with sweetners😢

[@karlgeesaman5504]

Looking forward too an upcoming twitch stream. Anxious too hear more about the Riggs European Vacation.

[@simpleanswer8954]

Ever since I heard about the Norwich trip, I was hoping to see Stuart Ashen make an appearance. Alas, I think I saw the back of his head at one point and that was it.

[@JohnRiggs]

Yeah, we were back to back at our booth the whole time. He was pretty busy with people constantly speaking to him. We did get a chance to hang out a bit at the VIP afterparty, though. Cool dude.

[@gamingtherapy7587]

Looked like you had fun . Exciting to see all the old tech there. Great video, thanks for sharing

[@hectormontalvo5565]

Man thanks for sharing your adventures in UK. I have never seen an UK convention before! Good showing and cool video John!👉😃👈

[@steammachine3061]

Ohhhh I do like that projection pop-up book. Brilliant idea. If that was on the market right now, my son might be getting a version for his birthday just so I could push him out the way and have a go lol

[@rmgb-tv]

Very interesting to see what you thought of my home country. The thing I really appreciate about your videos (apart from the retro gaming) is that you love your food and you share it with us. Very cool.

[@DanTheGamesMan]

That was an awesome video, so good to see you having so much fun on your trip to Norwich! Crazy to think your first trip to the uk was in my home town and I hope you enjoyed the hospitality! It’s so strange to see the games that made you excited considering so many are so common over here but I’m sure it would be the same if I went to the US. Very glad I grabbed a copy of COVID 19 the game off you to remember this awesome weekend!

[@ps2manygames]

It was a pleasure to meet you sir. Thank you for the conversation and I wish you well in the future.

[@Punchable-Face]

Sweet England like seeing other culture goods

[@bionicsidekick6604]

I am French, and I spent my childhood playing Probotector on NES. It wasn't until 30 years later that I discovered the original game was called Contra and featured human characters instead of robots in the American version.

[@TheDrisk]

love hearing your enthusiasm of seeing the games in the Uk... I hope you can come back soon and perhaps to go to some of the other bigger retro events...also to see Arcade Club in bury. pity you missed Monster Max on gameboy there as thats a pal exclusive and fab game By the way have you ever tried any Amiga games? I have been doing quite a bit of Amiga on our podcast rgds podcast as covering Gremlin on 16bit era... if you need any help with suggestion, happy to help.

[@gordostein1008]

What a great video John! I'm so glad you got to experience England and that con looks like a great time. We do have that Sonic Collection here. It's called Sonic Classics with the same 3 games. I believe it only came as a cardboard box style. It goes for about $30 complete. I have to say it again, great video!

[@adriandowney4394]

I’ve found that pop in the pal region has more syrup could be mistaken but always taste thicc to me

[@Deanster101]

Mate of mine had probotector back in the day, we had no idea back then it was the same game as Contra but with a sprite swap to keep the Germans happy!

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

Sonic Compilation was released in North America in 1997 as Sonic Classics.

[@r.a.w.talentart]

Thanks for popping me in the video, hope the famicom shell finds its motherboard mate! Nice to meet you Mr Riggs

[@JohnRiggs]

Great work!

[@devensega]

Welcome to England mate, enjoy our sausage rolls.

[@8BitGlitch79]

I have a loose Probotector, but that CIB would go nice next to my mint Contra CIB.

[@cornfritterjones5349]

You didn’t take the freebie, but I actually think an after con swag video would be really cool. Just a thought.

[@jkcrawford815]

Great to see u in the UK mate 👍 I had to double take when ur video said Norwich! I hope u bought sensible soccer that's a classic that's what we played b4 fifa came out. There is definitely better bakery's than Gregg's tho if u go Nottingham try birds that's 👌👌

[@rubenperez9751]

The big Nds boxes and Dreamcast is for the multilanguage on the manuals.

[@Puckanm]

wow Nice Trip man! I need to get out more when I saw how far you went lol

[@JohnRiggs]

9-10 hour flight from Seattle, but worth it.

[@lyrand6408]

I'm curious, which one of the consoles in the 90s worked well in the UK? For instance of course we know the NES and SNES, and PS1 were kings in the 90s in North America. I wonder if for example the Mega Drive in the UK worked better than the Genesis in the US (not to say that the Genesis in the US / Canada didn't "work well" I mean, just wasn't as popular in general as the SNES). I know for instance that the Saturn was _very_ popular in Japan, how about UK? Did the Master System do any better there than the NES? I never really checked into that for the UK (or the European market in general).

[@8bitnitwit]

The Master System was a lot more popular than the NES here in the UK. The Saturn didn't do too well though compared to the PlayStation.

[@peterhoeller7811]

15:09 that totally fooled me for a second LOL

[@selbyjohnson5986]

This was a very fun video! It was nice seeing all the PAL boxes and labels. I need to get back to the UK some day.

[@sargentododo1120]

31:52 "Rolando" 🤣. That was funny.

[@JohnRiggs]

Yeah, I keep getting it wrong, too.

[@NinjakX]

Probotector I would have definitely bought. It’s a piece of history

[@carrito1981]

and the cover art is killer... even if they changed the game's original content at least they got amazing box art

[@duffman18]

​@@carrito1981 the game's content of the same, it's just the sprites look different, that's all. They're robots instead of army men, but the gameplay is exactly the same.

[@hardtarget8]

Thanks for the upload John, hope you're having a good time in England.

[@therealbitwars]

Amazing! This made me wish I could hop on the first flight available and go game hunting in the UK.

[@willrobinson7599]

Welcome to the UK John, hope u had great time😊

[@JohnRiggs]

I'll be back.

[@willrobinson7599]

@JohnRiggs hopefully next time a bit closer to me , so I can pop and see ya

[@dwaynemenzies8824]

This video was awesome. Thanks John made my day. Makes me wish I could go to one of these expos.

[@toddburgess5056]

I have to say, that dudes Teenage Mutant "Hero" Turtle tattoo sleeve was incredible! *In the UK The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were known as The Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles because "Ninja" was too provocative of a term for youngsters.

[@64-Bit-Gamer]

Enjoyed watching this coverage, thanks for making and sharing 🎮🇬🇧

[@PomeloRetro]

Great to finally meet you in person. Hope you can get Pokeom Crystal working and enjoy all your pickups.

[@NathRetro1]

Awesome video John, glad you enjoyed your trip to old blighty (another name we use for UK 😂). Looks like an awesome weekend, I was gutted I couldn't make it. Looks like you got a good few pal exclusives. What was your favourite part of the weekend?

[@retrojoe85]

It's great to see you in Europe, John! Hope you can reach Italy one day!

[@alfonsobonzo3782]

Hope you had a great time. Greetings from Manchester, England.

[@cjh0751]

Hi John, i hope you had an excellent time on our little island. Great video man. Great to see TheGebs24 and Slope on the vid too.

[@David_Odie]

We actually do have that sonic compilation game in the US for genesis. It's called Sonic Classics here!

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

Trio of pies and chips with gravy, Northern style! Big respect for knowing who Big Daddy is as well... the classic days of British Wrestling! It was lovely to meet you, sir!

[@JohnRiggs]

Maybe I'll add Big Daddy to my cosplay list for next year.

[@therealbitwars]

A WhatHoSnorkers cameo in a John Riggs video! 😆

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

@@therealbitwars I'm taking over the Internet!

[@therealbitwars]

@@WhatHoSnorkers First Snorkonia, now the internet. Next, THE WORLD! 🤣

[@dontbotheruncledanny3913]

Awesome video👍

[@ace8214]

overall, the pal region got cooler boxarts than we did here in the US imo

[@gammaphonic]

I only recently found out myself that Zombies ate my neighbours is just called Zombies in the UK. Thing is, I am British and I played that game a lot with my mate when I was a kid and we always called it Zombies ate my neighbours.

[@_Majoras]

1:12 you know a place is keeping it old school when they got weepuls 🤣

[@VDRP]

Cool, they got fizzy drinks!!! (yikes, forgot about UK slang.) BTW: Brew Dog Punk IPA is awesome stuff, as are all the Brew Dog bevvies!!! Brew Dog is Scottish I do believe.

[@johnnyconsumer]

I had Shamus for my Atari 800 back in the early 80s.

[@justinblessing6119]

Hi John, you don’t happen to have any contact info for that guy selling the painted console shells by chance, do you? That Sega Master System shell looked amazing

[@JohnRiggs]

it's from R.A.W. Talent Art - they have a channel kzbin.info/door/POtwWjptVJo7jMW02wCWPg

[@justinblessing6119]

@@JohnRiggs Awesome, thank you, Sir! Long time viewer, first time commenter 👍

[@BuzzaB77]

Amiga 500 was everywhere here. I knew more kids with Amiga's than SNES, NES, master system or even Mega Drive.

[@northofnashira2575]

12:54 Turn about is fair play. That's the British M.O.

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Gemma! I love her! She is young at heart!😊

[@grantflouskos3785]

I'd have to have a look I think James pond 3 . But for PS2 lol.

[@retrosc88]

Loved the video...hope you're enjoying the uk

[@Jarod_Schultz]

That must have been a long flight from the West Coast to UK.

[@JohnRiggs]

9.5 hours. Looong time but worth it.

[@haveringpish]

Looking well John.

[@BuzzaB77]

You gonna get chance to get up north John? Europe's largest playable arcade collection is in Bury/Leeds

[@JohnRiggs]

not this time.

[@toddburgess5056]

I love fried haddock and chips, so white and flakey, light.... just like me!

[@TrevorDans]

what are those mini arcades at the 28:40 mark? I need them in my life

[@dionelr]

You make these look so much fun. I haven’t been to a convention in a long time, like more than 10 years. Unfortunately, the closest one that I know of is a 5 hour drive. Hmm…

[@otterpopdotorg]

The Pepsi probably tastes better because it's made with sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. love your videos, John!

[@Badonicus]

Looked like fun. Wonder was Ashens there. Best 2 things I saw, and The gebs24 had them😂

[@JohnRiggs]

He was. We were back to back all weekend long.

[@Badonicus]

​@JohnRiggs Hopefully he brings out a vid too.

[@mullenio4200]

The Master System was more popular than the NES over here. I don't have the stats to back that you, but I only knew one person that had an NES. But then the SNES arrived. 😁

[@looselycollected7505]

Does the Pepsi over there have real sugar in it instead of corn syrup? If so that may be why it tastes better.

[@tantfarbrorn]

Some sodas have real sugar, either from beets or sometimes cane sugar, some also have high fructose corn syrup.

[@danborggren6608]

Its too bad Nintendo divided the PAL region in A and B. UK hade PAL A, so we in Scandinavia could not play those games on non modified hardware as we had PAL B. Other things were similar though, like the whole European anti ninja craze changing TMNT to TMHT (H=Hero) and Ninja Gaiden becoming Shadow Warriors. The 90's were awesome, but governments went to so many extremes regarding content. In Sweden both Power Rangers and Darkwing Duck were banned as TV shows after a while because they were deemed 'too violent'.

[@toddburgess5056]

Darkwing Duck?!? LOL wow ! 😆😆😆

[@arunca190]

Nice to see the game Sable on a magazine cover.

[@far2d28]

Dude had a Jordan sweater, that’s like us in the states wearing a cricket jersey lol. Always good stuff mr riggs

[@rockman369]

Germany’s box art for the megaman games are still the best

[@grantflouskos3785]

Batman, ocean brings back memories on the Commodore 64

[@carrito1981]

this was great man 😁

[@grantflouskos3785]

Ozzy games I find are all pal.

[@GeneralHewett13]

I wanted to go to this -_-

[@scottlinux]

Wow, what is that Mega CD unit at 26:00? Great video!

[@KJW648]

Welcome to UK, how long did you stay ? Is there a follow up video ?

[@JohnRiggs]

I was in town for a week. Mostly in Norwich for the con but spent an extra day and a half in London to check out a game store + eat more. That will be my next video.

[@KJW648]

@@JohnRiggs Hope you enjoyed yourself 😁 You should have tried the best selling Pepsi, while you where here, Pepsi Max ...

[@jsprigz9900]

Great video man, really enjoyed this one.

[@Grutmaw]

Oh no Mr.Riggs the chocolate you ate was not Swedish. The Dumle chocolate candies are made my Fazer a 132 years old Finnish company that specialized in sweets.

[@gracekim1998]

Oh my nostalgia nerd!❤

[@n8ivegogo1]

OMG 🙌 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VID‼️ Hope you had a good time Mr. Riggs Much love from WA coast ❤

[@matthewbarrios1028]

"White bread!" "Just like you" 😂😂😂😂

[@rjbishop6128]

That's no fish, it's a space station! :o

[@JohnRiggs]

according to the locals, that was still considered small compared to other places.

[@bhirawamaylana466]

As Transformer and Mech fans I prefer play Probotector than Contra.

[@TheColehabo]

i love ur reaction off common boxs arts here;p

[@clobberonline6812]

Big up Norwich !!

[@looselycollected7505]

Use that Resident Evil case to defeat facial recognition programs.

[@atomiswave1971]

Most cases are wider to fit extremely thick manuals with 26 languages in them.. Muppets was USA version 😂

[@buckeyechad1]

Awesome vid