Why Retro Gaming is Hot Again

[@ProtoMario]

It's full games with coop, no dlc, not always online, no drm, and you own them. Thry are fun. Simple.

[@StillTheVoid]

"But Proto..."

[@NatetheNintendofan]

​@@StillTheVoidClover Undertale is Flint Earthbond

[@Y34RZERO]

I play my PS2 and Ps3 still a lot. I try to get games from GOG on my pc since i can have the offline installers with no DRM.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

And sometimes the simplest are the best.

[@Dreeza68955]

Ya'll should get a Sega Genesis. I got one a few years ago. Didn't cost me much, and the games aren't too expensive. I love it. The Genesis is in the running for my most played console.

[@CyberBully100]

Another thing is that game companies became greedy and no longer sell you the complete game. Back then you bought a game and it was 100% complete. They are so focused developing content over and over for a game that’s been out instead of actually coming up with new ideas. They don’t release games like they use to. They just milk them

[@MrVariant]

You're misleading a bit, between the nintendo hotline, misleading guides (Final fantasy tactics prima does not hold a candle to the ff fandom job tips or my vids in a playlist) and anti-rental difficulty. But yeah there is some truth to what you said since I hate when games don't transfer from ps4 to ps5, or paying a switch tax and risk their code in box bs. Still, I am happy to get skygunner on ps plus on sale due to a price hike than pay $80+ for a rental. Tetris forever will be a great compilation too, as it can't possibly be censored.

[@3DJapan]

This might have first started with Sonic and Knuckles where you could connect the cartridges together to add Knuckles into the game.

[@randolphsavage9760]

Not always, Christmas always saw some games being "rushjobs" and there were no patches to fix issues on the console side. Gaming magazines back then would warn gamers about this in their Christmas issues.

[@daviddonnell2153]

These newer games you have to buy dlcs to play the complete game but not with your NES, Atari, Sega Genesis and other classic games

[@daniellikahong]

RE4 Remake DLC anyone?? The game is supergood, but you still to pay upfront too for the DLC... :(

[@rawbird5341]

Retro games don’t patronize you, their main objective is about having fun.

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

And doing something that has little to no relation to your actual life lol. Like some are grounded in reality but I mean like people like to escape for a few minutes and just have fun.

[@koolaid33]

@@Anonymous_Whisper It's true. A lot of newer games try to be super realistic and relatable to the player, but you play some older games and they have no interest in being "realistic." When Mario, Sonic or Pokemon, some of the biggest names in the industry, were being created, the developers weren't in the board room thinking "let's make it realistic!" No, they were thinking "how can we make a cool world that people will love, regardless if it makes sense or not?" And now these names are in the history books, everybody knows these franchises.

[@moglet12345]

Back when the gaming industry wasn't feminist, good times

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

@@moglet12345 remember Samus 😎

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

@@moglet12345 just bought cronno trigger

[@Hadouken561]

Physical media always wins! Companies don’t want you to truly own anything anymore.

[@bloodeagle6458]

Yep they just want you to rent it for life or until they let you

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

@@Hadouken561 Like DLCs, microtranactions, and Battlepasses they're bad.

[@tdestroyer4780]

We wont be owning our cars pretty soon too with the new pay per mile road taxes coming in 5-10 years and "we will be happy" because we're saving the planet and reducing our carbon footprint.

[@cosmicsvids]

Well that and piracy has the upside that the games can't get damaged or broken but they also cannot be taken away.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

It's not just that, it's that they want to make the old "Inaccessible" instead of "Accessible" for decades to come....it's quite sad compared to 20/30 years prior.

[@abdizur8765]

And this is exactly why the whole No More physical media thing is ridiculous.

[@anadventfollower1181]

Agreed.

[@GamingPokimon]

Yep. The current world we in are trying to ruin everything. I don't know how it will feel if I never had the chance to play the games I used to enjoy as a kid.

[@CP200S]

...and this is the third comment of this section that I'm gonna be printing...

[@jetrifle4209]

​@@GamingPokimon you do know media preservation exist right? Emulation is and will ALWAYS be a thing as well as modding

[@GamingPokimon]

@@jetrifle4209 Not if they make everything digital. There are some games even if you buy a physical copy today you need to connect to servers in order to download the other half for the game in order for it to run

[@selfan2005]

Why are retro games hot? Simple, because they're a whole lot better than what's out now.

[@absoluteclownworld]

Yes and no

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Especially for Pokemon. Gens 1-5 are packed with stuff.

[@647MN]

​@@MacUser2-il2cxYes, you are right and the newer ones, instead of adding more mechanics, remove the old ones and make them easier and more boring.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

@@647MN i miss breeding Pokemon and hatching them from eggs.

[@KirbyJason210]

GBA and DS-Era Pokemon are the best in my opinion (Absolutely love B2W2)

[@pizzasuits]

1.) We don’t want to be tracked. 2.) We don’t want micro transactions. 3.) We don’t want to be online 100% (tracked & exploited). 4.) We don’t want to be nerfed. 5.) We don’t want overly complicated games that at the end of the day are not fun. 6.) We want physics things that we own. Control is key. Don’t act like it isn’t.

[@Lildurpp]

That's what I'm saying. They charge for everything especially x box. U own disks actual games for it I can't play u have to get game pass, have WiFi, and download. I miss the 90's

[@Blah-blah-sure]

Preach reverend! ❤

[@amandamedina2533]

Bottom line… Don’t ever get rid of the games you had during your childhood. I never sold,traded nor lent any of my games I had as a kid. In my house we had strict rules and I am currently 31 and I still own my entire collection. Nearly 28 years of playing and collecting and I can honestly say it makes me the happiest person on this planet! ❤

[@chiquita683]

I still have my beanie babies. 💎 🙌

[@carolecksit2947]

With friends like these…

[@3DJapan]

When I was a teen in the 90s I sold my NES and games to my sisters boyfriend for $25 and regretted it. Amazingly a few years later I found an NES complete in box plus 6 games that someone put on the curb for the trash. I still have that one.

[@amandamedina2533]

@@3DJapan You were lucky to find that NEA complete in box with 6 games. As the old saying goes: “One person’s trash is someone else’s treasure!”

[@jenesisjp91]

I used to get laughed at for not allowing myself to be ripped of by Gamestop. I never trading my games in. Friends used to ask why do I still play old games. Welp who laughing now? Enjoy your improved $700 Ps5 Pro guys !👋🏾

[@darrendavenport3094]

Here's a real news flash... Retro gaming has never gone away, tons of retro stores near me have been in business for many years and doing well

[@AP-hn8wd]

Video Games are a part of any culture now like sports, theater, music, the arts and movies to name a few.

[@koolaid33]

I'd say they always were, older folks just still hold that bully notion that "videogames are for children." That's why people bullied that teenager in January for "beating Tetris", even that BBC reporter bullied him. Older folks don't understand videogames, and like any older group of people, they hate it because they don't get it.

[@shivasthong4924]

I just stick with the old stuff. With the randomizers and the like it always keeps old games fresh.

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

Yep and also I'm planning to find more missing amiibos that I still want too.

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

@@koolaid33 That's hilarious because the Older Folks and the reporter are acting like children instead.

[@xpradaGx]

$110 for that yellowed SNES is criminal.

[@PhuryousOne]

That's why it's just sitting there.

[@putridabomination]

​@@Quigon-93that means cheaper copies have been bought on ebay prior by game stores. Many stores do that and some try to flip on Amazon to uniformed blind consumers. It's still sitting there because the price is just high enough to stay up until someone careless or desperate enough wants it badly. It's a sad trend but people are competing for top dollar on what some may have had for years or are selling dirt cheap at thrift stores, yard sales, goodwills, etc.

[@sir_christmas_leopold_duckson]

​@@PhuryousOneLol, like you have any clue how long it's been there.

[@therealjaystone2344]

$140 Pokémon gba game is also criminal too

[@devan_danger]

Maybe it's a 1chip 😅

[@CbassMajor]

I love hearing people that grew up around the 70's-90's talk about gaming, I collect retro games too but I am only 23 so I don't have any nostalgia for the Atari, NES, Snes, etc.... to me it's like a time machine, experiencing the games how people back then experienced them and also of course, because the games are so good and were actually made with care unlike a lot of games now. Hardware limitations promoted creativity which is why a lot of people think retro games are so much better.

[@SheerSonic]

It’s really nice to see someone like me think this way! I’m 26, and although my first console was a Sega Genesis, I didn’t have any context for most retro systems and their releases. Now as an adult, I’ve become passionate about all the older systems I was born too late to experience in their prime, and the history behind them! So much love was put into making them great in their own ways, and like you said, making the best product they could with all the technological limitations in mind was impressive and led to amazing innovations. Love retro games so much :)

[@tslim250]

38, it was wild seeing it change over the years. We were poor so atari is what i started with. Then nintendo, turbographix 16, then dos based computer stuff. genisis and on and on. new games are actually just too damn confusing these days!

[@SynthWaveTech007]

⁠@@tslim250Turbographix? Dude that’s awesome! 😎

[@tslim250]

@@SynthWaveTech007 oh yeah it was probably the coolest at the time. blazing lasers, bonks adventures, tricky kick, alien crush, keith courage in alpha zones... think my dad still has the games lol

[@Reality_Checkmate]

One of my earliest memories was of going into a liquor store out in the middle of nowhere cotton fields with my mom & brother & seeing a PacMan machine for the first time. It was full color in a grey world. I remember Atari & Colecovision before NES was invented. Now I work on Arcade Cabinets in my garage so the kids can remember them.

[@ArchangelRG09]

Modern gaming drove us to relive such classics when games were made with love, complete and above all, FUN!

[@joesolo7719]

I grew up in the 80s and 90s. I owned NES, sega genesis. Retro gaming is where its always been for me. I got the nintendo mini, Genesis mini and turbo grafx 16 mini

[@cinnamondan4984]

That Turbo Mini is so slick

[@Tayce_t]

Add the Neo Geo Mini I love my little Metal Slug machine 😎

[@koolaid33]

Those are nostalgia traps. You got played.

[@JoanSidtrack]

80s and 90s was the golden age of games.

[@djredshow]

I bought a cheap emulation stick a while back and I play it more than my oled switch. Same for all the nes games on my phone, tablet and computer.

[@rjtheripper931]

You own a game and its yours forever.

[@EliRetroVHS642]

I know :)

[@Swampert384]

That’s the really nice thing about the Switch: it’s the one platform of the current era that allows exactly that, and it’s why 90% of my library on it is physical games. No possible way to have them taken away from me no matter what any companies do with the digital store fronts.

[@zanfear]

Which you can still do today...

[@misterlexx2721]

​​@@Swampert384 To be honest and I am 44 year old dad of an 8 year old son and I had to buy the new Contra game ( Galuga) and Grid Auto Sport from Nintendo's digital store as those 2 games were not released on cartridges. Every other game I bought for my son is on a cartridge including the Mario and Sonic games.

[@silverdamascus2023]

Not exactly, physical media has a shelf life, I heard that around 2040, all PS1 games will stop working, even if the owners took care of them. Even the classic ROM cartridges that are very sturdy, will someday stop working. At this point, buying games on Steam is more future-proof than buying those modern Blu-Rays made with cheap plastic.

[@cousinjimmydean4233]

Man it's BEEN HOT

[@antfolchiable]

Hear hear! With games today, I can't tell when the movie intro ends and the game begins.

[@cousinjimmydean4233]

@@antfolchiable metal gear solid!!! SNAKE SSNNAAKKEE SSSSSSNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@JCtheComicGeek]

Its only been "hot" for a steady 14 years or so

[@cousinjimmydean4233]

@@JCtheComicGeek the smart ones started collecting in 96 when no one wanted the cartridges

[@cousinjimmydean4233]

@@JCtheComicGeek true story someone bought a stadium events at a GameStop for $4.99 when no one wanted the old stuff

[@malcolmar]

Fantastic! Old is gold because the way forwards it backwards. Old games were sold complete with no micro transactions and you actually owned a physical copy of the game. I still play my Sega Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, N64, PS1,2,3 along side my Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck. With my Analogue Pocket all my old portable games look better than ever AND I was able to introduce all this to my daughter. The more greedy modern game developers become the more popular retro gaming will be.

[@abnushagnasty805]

I still play on my Sega Saturn because sometimes I just get fed up with all the BS that’s associated with the internet.

[@zerocal76]

Retro games > social media 👀

[@cinnamondan4984]

Hail to the king. Saturn rocks. Totally underrated experience.

[@TheNakedRamen]

Me too. I recently played dragonforce and alien trilogy. 😂

[@cinnamondan4984]

@@TheNakedRamen both grand.

[@aceassn716]

Dragonforce is the best game of that entire era!! Norhing else is even close to that style of strategy or depth

[@marselobear2322]

Millennial’s like me are buying back the video games they lost over time.

[@patrickmurphy9470]

Complete games, no DLC, no internet connection, no woke agendas, just simply having fun.

[@walterwhite1]

Yes exactly

[@koolaid33]

I mean, newer games don't have 'hidden agendas', but everything else I agree with.

[@647MN]

​@@koolaid33 spiderman 2,the last of us,stellar blade censored,and the most recent failure of sony concord. Seriously, there is no agenda on video games, we are in the same world, right?

[@moglet12345]

​@@647MNhe is a troll

[@DavidHaavik]

Yeah!

[@primeoctober]

Retro gaming was never forgotten, yall just late to cover this.

[@Beekeeper8011]

What a wholesome segment.

[@user-yv7dt5je1l]

Because modern gaming is trash, thanks to corporations and coomsumers.

[@WhateverIwannaupload]

its so hard to make a new game.

[@diggydretv]

Cyberpunk was the last great one, choom!

[@chiquita683]

Gaming companies today would name a game Zelda and make the main character female

[@chiquita683]

​@@diggydretv"Palworld"

[@weho_brian]

i dont play games, but i heard this generation is the worst in terms of new games

[@shotfinest842]

shoutout Retro Respawn 🎉 the best energy and community for retro games in the valley

[@therealjaystone2344]

The best retro market is your computer

[@KnightxWulfx]

@@therealjaystone2344 lol

[@wavyghost60]

@@therealjaystone2344lol i have every console and handheld damn near and i still prefer the actual game over piracy or playing on my pc or steamdeck.

[@wavyghost60]

@@therealjaystone2344still prefer my physical copys over playing on pc and steamdeck.

[@TheIkranRider]

Never go to RetroPlanet; a toxic opposite here!

[@Jcmprofessional]

Newer games are online services that can be discontinued at anytime, becomes faulty after software updates, newer games being released unfinished and gamers being treated like beta testers.

[@SynthWaveTech007]

Yeah! One time Sony took down a movie on the PS3 for certain countries even though people had already bought them. If 20 year old tech can do that I can’t imagine how terrible this would be today! It’s truly sickening.

[@TheIkranRider]

Preach to the choir...

[@alexjimenez4051]

Gave up on games today. Can't stand the online crap. Booooo!

[@COIFISHGAMING]

Retro game content creator here, I play all my old stuff live. Real hardware, real memories and real nostalgia. It is fantastic to share it with my daughter and so many people around the world. Favorite console? The Super Nintendo! Now you are playing with power, Super Power!

[@jax597]

Dude same here!!! SNES is my fav too! Buddy from work gave me 2 crt's recently that he wanted in the trash. 27" Toshiba and 32" Sony Trinitron wega!! They sat in his garage for last 5 years lol I was asking around at work about Trinitrons and BAM! He even delivered to my house, I did give him $60, a deal for both of us .

[@COIFISHGAMING]

@@jax597 The goat! I had the same set! Downsized to a 14 inch Toshiba with Component.

[@jax597]

@@COIFISHGAMING I just subbed to your channel, I'll be checking out. I was at small retro game shop today and I can't remember brand but they had a 13" rounded screen, manufactured in 2000 maybe, which was surprising cuz it wasn't a flat screen, came with remote and they wanted $70!! It will definitely sell though

[@COIFISHGAMING]

@@jax597 Thanks man! Over 1000 videos in lots of cool retro stuff. Hmm probably had S Video!

[@TheIkranRider]

Same here! Retro content creator here.

[@RisenHellFire]

"Games that come at a much lower price" That's a lie, large chunk of retro games cost multiple times more than those out currently and at full price, and we hate it. Covid ruined retro game market.

[@valium445]

Covid didn't ruin it. Reddit did.

[@hcbs1986]

Game collecters did.

[@pipohemm8726]

Gen 3 pokemon games sell for like 200-400€, its insane. Bought fire red for like 170€ a few years ago😂

[@Teknoman]

Well some of the rarer ones, but a good chunk of the common ones are all under 70. If you're really into RPGs though...then yeah

[@kyledodson2992]

Not true at all. Minus a handful of the popular ones (Pokemon for example) they are usually 20-60$

[@myisathletics3433]

Why do those other reporters come off as so uneasy??! Its just Retro gaming lol

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

It's like the UFO topic. They're still embarrassed to bring it up in public. The one old dude talks about Pong being his generation. That's further back than 30 years, the woman next to him wouldn't even know. lol

[@boss_galaga94]

Because they're avoiding the topic of gay propaganda being in almost every modern game

[@aleckermit]

Uptight women especially hate gaming, particularly seeing men enjoy gaming. I saw an interview of Henry Calvil talking gaming and the woman guest next to him couldn't be any more turned off. Not even being a godlike specimen of a man can keep many women from drying up when gaming is involved.

[@adityakhanna113]

​@@aleckermitwhich video is that?

[@cryptocsguy9282]

Sony's gay propaganda in the last of us lol​@@boss_galaga94

[@boredindahouse4818]

Because devs wanna release games like concord, and we’re not having it anymore

[@TheIkranRider]

That's why I'd boycotted games several years ago; it's only gonna get worse.

[@Swampert384]

@@TheIkranRiderIf you are willing to reconsider, I can recommend a couple that are excellent: Astro Bot on the PS5 and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door on Switch. And I imagine both The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Mario & Luigi: Brothership will be excellent as well.

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

​@@Swampert384I still own a Playstation 4 Pro with me but I'm not that sure if getting a PS5 PRO is worth it or not but getting a Original PS5 is better then. (Waiting for the 30th anniversary edition to come instead)

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

​@@TheIkranRiderDLCs and Battlepasses are a bad examples of ruining the Gaming Industry.

[@thevangsta9892]

Let's hope you're right about the Zelda Echos Of Wisdom!! I'm literally almost giving up on Zelda!! Twilight Princess is a good game but not my personal go to when it comes too Zelda!! Was strongly disappointed in Phantom Hourglass as well as Spirit Tracks!! While I found Skyward Sword and Link Between Worlds to be fun Triforce Heros wasn't all that!! Was disappointed in Breath Of The Wild and Tears Of The Kingdom!! So I hope you're right about the Echos Of Wisdom otherwise I'm giving up on Zelda!!

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

No microtransactions, no day 1 patches, no FOMO battle passes, no 1TB bloatwares, no downloading viruses, no digital currency, no mandatory internet connection just to keep the game running. Just fully released games. At a discount. It's great.

[@tovopro]

This is an important movement. The access to emulation, retroid handhelds, and retro-mini-consoles are allowing OG gamers to relive their childhood and allowing the new generation to experience the past for a better understanding and appreciation of how the gaming industry got here today. Also, it's handheld gaming devices that are making a surge comeback, and new indie game developers that are making pixel-art retro-style games with a modern twist.

[@jeffreyugochukwu1942]

Can't really blame them. Modern Triple A games have gotten way too corporate in terms of what uber common trends that these executives would think make a game a best sellar. That's why you see so many mediocre live service games that rip off shooters like Fortnite and Overwatch, and there's also your basic 3rd person cinematic action adventure game that's basically a derivative of other games in that same genre (mostly modern games from Sony like The Last of Us, God of War in the Norse Mythology, the Horizon series, etc...). Also, because of modern games extremely pushing graphics engines to make games look uber realistic (real time raytracing, detailed textures, etc...), it's causing major opitimization issues for the consoles and gaming PC's it was programmed for.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Super Mario Bros. sold so well that the game is dirt cheap now because of how many copies are floating around stores. I've seen one guy make a coffee table out of them. It's like that now with PS4 and XBOX One. There's games for them that are under ten bucks.

[@TheIkranRider]

Can't say otherwise; retro gaming is like the holy grail compared to now, and that's why I dropped out of gaming since I turned 30 several years ago, I embrace retro!

[@jeffreyugochukwu1942]

@@TheIkranRider Amen brother 🙏🙏🙏! Even though I’m a Gen Z’er (born in 2000) whose first experience in gaming was during the 6th Generation, playing remastered/emulated ports of games from the 6th/7th Generation again made me realize that the passion of truly making high quality games feel unique and for the most part fun is gone the minute game companies increasingly went corporate by the late 8th Generation and onward just to have a safe bet of making money 😭😭😭. Indies and Double A games (and honestly, Nintendo’s 1st party stuff) are the only genre of modern games that are truly well crafted because they do use classic tropes of retro games, but make a unique spin on them that are pretty innovative for the consumer.

[@iceice021]

True. Every first party Sony game is the same.

[@sisigs4820]

I keep telling people that graphics don't matter if the game runs like crap and isn't even fun. It's just a beautiful piece of garbage, like those dumb pieces of "art" that are set up in public spaces that our tax money goes to. Performance and gameplay should always be the first priority when making a game while graphics should be the last.

[@GamersBay]

Turned 45 this year and I've never stopped playing those retro classics! So many great memories of playing the Atari 2600 and NES back in the day. Not at all surprised people are turning to older games in place of newer ones. The economy isnt so great, and people get tired of paying $60 for another broken, incomplete AAA Game. While some older games are pricey, there's still many are that super cheap. A lot of the classic PS2 and original XBOX games hover around the $10 to $15 mark used.

[@TISUAL]

I totally agree and I'm 25. I am a NES fan though. Got introduced to that because of my dad who was born in 1978.

[@GamersBay]

@@TISUAL That's great to hear the younger generation is taking interest in these classic games too. It was consoles like the NES and Sega Genesis proved it wasn;t graphics that made a game great, but rather how they played and how effective the control scheme was that really mattered. I actually did a review of the classic racing game Rad Racer recently. It was a very popular game on the NES, and also found its way into arcades as well.

[@TISUAL]

@@GamersBay ok I didn't know rad racer is on arcades

[@yummyfunnybunny5167]

My brother just got laid off from Bungie after working there for a decade. His explination of the gaming industry today goes a bit like this: Game companies decided awhile ago that they need to compete with hollywood for graphics. That means that their budgets for graphic designers and everything else that goes with that skyrocketed. Also, now that every game is played online, server management teams have to be on payroll for as long as the game is online. The only way gaming studios can keep up with these costs is to do shady crap like incomplete games with full priced DLCs, loot boxes, paid skins, and pay-to-win features. Basically, the things that have made modern gaming insufferable are here to stay.

[@H8RSAPPRECIATE]

Thank you for pointing that out many people have said this is the reason why alot of people quit playing call of duty. When mw2 2022 was out I kinda figured how did they not overhaul the game or did something and I assumed it was the paid DLC skins etc that made them enough money to ignore the hate and players quit playing mw2 2022

[@calidingoVIII]

Hot again? Retro gaming has been hot for YEARS AND YEARS. These news stations just need to stop covering video game stories....they get everything wrong lol

[@Eternyl_bliss-nj9se]

I got into collecting when I seen ads in video game magazines with fanzines people were putting out collecting Atari games. That was in mid 90s so I jumped back into it. Its been a thing for last 10 years. Cant touch a NES at a garage sale less than $100 anymore.

[@jamesni4498]

It's amazing how games on the NES hold up so well. So much so, that young kids enjoy them. It goes to show that sometimes simple gameplay mechanics and maybe a little charm is all you need.

[@TISUAL]

That's what I was saying, NES games hold up so well. The only true down was you couldn't save your progress in the game

[@amcast562]

Retro gaming has always been fun! Been a gamer my entire life and I always go back to my NES, SNES, Genesis.

[@drunksquirrel2051]

Because it's what I learned as a kid in the 90, physical games for life

[@ibnkhaldoun4319]

they are COMPLETELY FINISHED WHEN YOU BUY THEM. what a concept. and no microtransactions!

[@koolaid33]

I appreciate these reporters didn't trash on the hobby, so many people do just because their too old to understand it, but these people get it. I collect retro games myself, buy 'em usually at stores or on eBay, and play 'em. I didn't even really grow up with older games and such, I'm still pretty young, I just think older games are still great experiences regardless of age. What a lot of people think is that because it's older, it's automatically bad, and it's sad that people carry that opinion because it couldn't be further from the truth. I like more older games than I do newer games, we can thank those 20, 30 and 40 year old games for the brands we love today. We wouldn't have any Super Mario's, Sonic the Hedgehog's, Tomb Raider's, Metal Gear Solid's, or others today without those first releases back in the 80s and 90s. These games were critically acclaimed, sure they may look dated, but that's life, people look dated when their old, we don't hate our seniors though, because even in their age their still great people, like how in a videogames age, it's still a good game. People don't bat an eye when someone watches an old movie, but people should do the same with old videogames.

[@AlexB-21]

Retro gaming has been hot. Never lost heat 🔥🔥🔥. Has way more variety in games and not to mention that the games are actually complete, unlocking content within the game in classic consoles make the classics replayble and memorable. Arcade machines will never die for me.

[@GamerAhmer]

A little late to the retro gaming party! Glad I started when I did. Prices are crazy now. Keep on gaming! :)

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Covid is when prices spiked.

[@GamerAhmer]

@@MacUser2-il2cx Yup. I started years before then and it was nice!

[@jetrifle4209]

Why would you buy any of them?

[@GamerAhmer]

@@jetrifle4209 to play. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SteveNothing94]

Bc people are sick of the greediness of modern developers Microtransactions, loot boxes I want to put a disc in & have a complete experience right there & not rely on being online all the time

[@tedadamgreen]

Jon at GenX Grownup is a delightful KZbin channel … thanks for having him on this segment 👊🏻😎🕹️

[@SerPounceToebeans]

I miss the good old days when games were affordable; now, it's like $70 for a game. It's ridiculous!

[@matrixmega8749]

Games have been 70 before they were 60

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Even way back, an NES copy of Zelda would set you back $50. Adjusted for inflation, that's like $120.

[@fireproximity4225]

Nah, new games have always been expensive at release. The difference is that your $50-60 PS2/Xbox/GameCube game was complete with no expectation of spending extra to get the ending or power ups.

[@thezeddy]

Inflation wise games have never been cheaper. I remember paying 99$ plus tax for perfect dark in 2000. My boxed copy of final fantasy 1 still has the 60$ price tag on it. Even watch an old episode of the simpsons where bart shoplifts , its because marge saaid games were 80 dollars and therefore to expensive

[@3DJapan]

Really when I was a teen in the 90s games were like $40-50. Adjusted for inflation that's more than they are today.

[@tony.9363]

Old school gaming is the way to go! I'm a 90's kid and that will always be the definitive era of gaming.

[@RATED4EVER]

Everything In The 90's Was The BEST. TV Shows, Video Games, Movies, Music, and Life. This is one thing that I'm happy about my life is that I grew up as a 90's kid.

[@Dovahninja]

Most New Games: Broken on release, E-Shop, Microtransactions, Pay to win, DEI, designed to suck as much money out of you as possible. Old Games: Fun.

[@theangriestgamer]

I never sold my old video games. Still have them all.

[@donclarity]

investing into buying back my childhood has been one of the happiest decisions I've done so far as a 29yr old 😅

[@djredshow]

Emulation is where its at if you want a cheap gaming experience.

[@osielramirez7274]

Also some retro games are easier to stop and play. Sometimes we don't have enough time for a campaign and simply want tried and true fun in small pockets of "me" time

[@CyborgZeta]

My first console was a PS1 in 1998. Games just haven't been the same after the PS2/GC/Xbox era.

[@Aeternuss]

Retro collecting inflation have kill the fun of it a long time ago. I remember a time when most NES were 3 or 5$

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

It's going back down for NES prices. Might take a few more years for it to stabilize. The next nostalgic generation moved onto gen 5 and gen 6 consoles. Gen 7 too because of the whole Gen Z thing with being nostalgic for consoles from their childhoods. I expect Wii games to become valuable, even shovelware. lol

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

I wouldn't say its killed the fun, but made things less affordable.

[@Eternyl_bliss-nj9se]

You should of seen the NES systems I seen a yard sale few weeks back. They were discolored brown in color.... he wanted $120 for 1 and $150 for other with track pad. I would gave him $20 maybe.

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

@@Eternyl_bliss-nj9se crazy, man

[@-RH80-]

Today's games are focused on investors and not in real gamers. Games are made to squeeze out your pocket as much they can and to fill their pockets, there is no passion and no liberty just following guides and thats why so many legends from the industry are living this big AAA companies and want to start their own studio. Gaiming has been hijacked.

[@pyroflare7774]

Gaming*

[@trueroman6775]

There's billions involved in gaming annually, leave it to the already wealthy to further bleed dry any last medium they get their hands on... mobile gaming and in app purchasing from whales with zero self control showed what script to follow in terms of monetizing their games going forward, gaming is pretty much dead if we're talking mainstream going forward.

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Roll of quarters or happy to see me?😊

[@sting114]

Moon patrol, jungle hunt , and choplifter are my favorite

[@Cyko..]

You got some good taste!

[@cheeseburgero1]

Krusty's Fun House

[@Chuckfinlee432]

Someone gets it

[@perfectlybalanced8995]

It’s that simple, for $70 you’re getting half a game with no passion and creativity. You then have to buy the season pass which is basically the other half of the game but even then most of the time it doesn’t even include all the dlc to begin with. Internet requirements for solo gameplay, potential political agendas, too many glitches and bugs (I’m not buying the whole early beta access pre order bonus. I’m not paying you to test the game myself. That’s your job), and other microtransactions. With retro games there’s no internet required, secondhand used consoles are not that much more than most new games today, no political agendas, games that are actually complete with little glitches, more passion and creativity, no dlc and microtransactions, and a prioritization of fun and the overall experience with most games.

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

Because they're fun. Nostalgic Some people don't care about graphics And i just like old school games

[@JimmyRingz]

LOVE ALL THE *HALO* ITEMS IN HIS SHOP!!❤ Also, it was really cool to see how genuinely excited the reporter looked and sounded, you can clearly see he loved doing this report.🙂

[@LTDanglen]

Great segment

[@Fontanat]

The shoe craze is dead, now let’s overvalue retro games

[@chiquita683]

Can play them all on your phone

[@weho_brian]

​@@chiquita683 or just any emulator running on windows

[@mattburrito]

@@chiquita683 better than what you play on your phone

[@3DJapan]

Yeah, collectors are making them expensive for us who just want to play them.

[@zerocal76]

Naw. Retro games have been hot for several years now. When your local news picks up on something, it means its been a thing for a while. A lot of retro stuff has peaked in price. It might go up a bit more but it would mean your auntie would have to jump on Smash Bros and Mario Party 😅

[@Hice_T]

I just started playing Pokemon Blue last week.

[@jimmymackinnon8474]

I’ve been playing Pokémon LeafGreen.

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

@@jimmymackinnon8474 Ive been focusing on the first 3 gens and jump to the others every once in a while

[@Crimeon1]

Beat Pokemon FireRed last year, 6/10 game

[@tdestroyer4780]

That game had a ridiculous amount of content for a gameboy game. Blew me away when I first played 1998. This game was long and very well optimized too. Most gameboy game had short playthroughs. This game burned through a lot of batteries.

[@hisaceinthehole3426]

@@tdestroyer4780 why did they delete my comment, man! I was just talking about pokemon! Wtf!

[@CosmicSlopVibrations]

Those retro game stores tax the living 💩 out of customers

[@dtt117]

Oh, do i agree with about some stores hiking up there prices. However, I really try to price my stuff at the best possible price, but how I run my store, you can always make an offer. The worst I could say is no, and no, isn't that scary. I hope we can show you our store is a little different - Retro Respawn

[@trav8028]

It’s sad

[@rokmare]

Joke on them I used to buy games on higher than market value at retro game stores and now these games are worth more than what I paid for at the time 😂

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@rokmareyou bought shovelware

[@koolaid33]

Not around my area. Usually their cheaper than online, and if they aren't it isn't really their fault. Game collecting is still a niche, these stores need money and a heavy inventory to survive, if they can't afford to keep the business open, then obviously it's gonna close down. Usually eBay is way worse because the seller has to total in eBay's cut of the money, the price of shipping, try to make a profit off of how much they payed for the game, and sometimes deal with export tax and duties and such.

[@redcomet0079]

Mario 3 on NES will always be GOATED 🦝🍁🎮

[@abtcup]

Gen X here. 8 bit never gets old. I was able to recently get both the NES and SNES classic consoles.

[@koolaid33]

8-bit was only the NES and Master System, SNES is 16-bit.

[@CP200S]

​@@koolaid33Partially wrong. Atari 2600, Bally, Vectrex, Coleco, Emerson and many others are 8-bit.

[@Chibikurokun]

I have a super famicom and nes classic

[@PostNostalgos]

Millennial here. NES is still my favorite console. Best library. 😊

[@CP200S]

@@PostNostalgos Suggest me some good, not-so-mainstream NES games. Castlevania, Contra, Battletoads, Zelda, etc I already like. Obs: X'er here.

[@dragoon1090]

I never stop playing. Retro is the definitive way to game.

[@CoinOpTV]

gotta love the classics!

[@neilpotsch1023]

Castlevania 1 on the NES is better than Where's Waldo on the NES. Mega Man 2 on the NES (the easiest video game ever) is my all time favorite retro video game. My all time favorite classic video game franchises are: Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, Castlevania, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Double Dragon, Disney/Capcom games such as, also: DuckTales and Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers.

[@digiblader1]

It's because current games SUCK. No creativity, too much live service, overpriced, and loot boxes. We don't have to put up with this with old games.

[@EliRetroVHS642]

I miss when creator had limitations to work with and they took the time to test them and see what they could make with they're limitations

[@kryptosuperdoggaming]

I totally agree.

[@wmv8996]

I'd say old games are becoming more popular because games made today are all about having you spend all your time and money in one game. People are tired of it.

[@zerocool1ist]

Dude all i want is Polybus.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Rez is kinda close to it.

[@ibapreppie]

This never went away. Retro video gaming has been a thing for years.

[@JMS103]

Retro gaming is better than Modern gaming

[@KnightxWulfx]

Factual

[@Bingo2501]

Rly? I got many crappy retro games in my collection. 😅

[@EliRetroVHS642]

Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Earthbound, Zelda Ocarina Of Time, Majoras Mask, Mario Kart 64, Yoshi's story and so much more 😌 Not only do they feel good to play but it also heals depression

[@Bingo2501]

@@EliRetroVHS642 did you ever play Stray? It's games like this that give me hope. ☺️

[@EliRetroVHS642]

@@Bingo2501 Stray? What's that on?

[@RayPruitt-ji9jx]

The whole era was hot. Multiplayer was local, word-of-mouth and magazines were the main source of tips and codes, stores sold new games that were *actually* new (sealed), and you only had to pay once for a complete game.

[@robertgodlewski8553]

Careful of the prices folks. Since corona retro games have exploded in price. Think about emulation before shelling out the big bucks.

[@MeleeMaster_GCN]

If people stop paying ludicrous prices, the prices will go down!

[@GinoBrand5]

Definitely not wrong. It’s hard for me to get into many of these AAA games anymore. I really like the couch coop of the 90s, and got my nieces into playing the many beat em ups or just classic Mario or Sonic. Sometimes they love to play my beloved Dreamcast, with Frogger 2 or Crazy Taxi. It’s all great fun, that can be had right there together in the same room- increasingly modern games lack coop unless online only. But yes, they will eventually gravitate back to Roblox (which I will hear classic Mario tunes emanating from many of the worlds in Roblox). Kirby is another franchise they love, which is four player coop. I wouldn’t say retro games are cheaper- some are, but many are being resold well above msrp, so nostalgia is coming with quite the price tag anymore.

[@Mark-mu6bc]

Im a retro gamer 30 years or more got over 5000 games ❤

[@enlat2003]

Making a comeback? Retro gaming has always been in the forefront of most gamers.

[@marioarty]

Born in 1997, never sold any of my old gaming systems. Still kept everything I had from SNES, N64, GameCube, PS1, PS2, Xbox , Gameboy, PSP, etc

[@evanmurphey]

Don’t ever sell any

[@djredshow]

Gamecube games are high as heck now.

[@jetrifle4209]

​@@djredshowsoft modding exist this guy😵‍💫

[@djredshow]

@jetrifle4209 oh yeah I know I even got flipper on my phone. My wii is stacked.

[@jetrifle4209]

@@djredshow ayeeee, my wii is stacked to nice man. That and the ps3/360 are the emulation kings tbh. Thinking about loading up a p3 next . You get into that at all?

[@tvvortex9622]

Hahaha very funny to bring up the Intellivision at the end, the other anchor was like wtf is that 🤣🤣

[@Raylightsen]

Is not about nostalgia, is about quality. Modern games lack quality and focus on quantity.

[@Rob-z7k]

The later Resident Evil games are a joke today! RE1-4 were the best!

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

@@Raylightsen Don't forget that today's games are more focused on DLCs, Digital and Battlepasses! It's a negative thing in Gaming History

[@neo1711]

The quantity argument isn't even true since games take much longer to make now

[@aMindSetFree]

Why is retro hot again? Meanwhile Ps5 Pro: $700 🫴

[@NinjaTenK]

Blowing into the cartridge puts moisture into them which I learned from people who repair them

[@Texazmane]

Thats because your supposed to put them into the bottom of your shirt and then blow into them. Still have my OG NES 1985 and games still work.

[@connors3356]

i give mine a lil dunk in the tub when they are dirty. just a little swish

[@NinjaTenK]

@@connors3356 don’t even joke about that

[@Eagleknight815]

Glad to see KTLA is catching up to 2020 when it was Super Hot 🔥

[@WLA-General]

Yall late asf

[@omarm798]

@@WLA-General what games do you recommend stealing?

[@MegaMan87]

The Simple life before the eras of Call of Duty. Never was into this series but Nintendo. Was my Childhood and life!

[@MrProTechHD]

in Arleta out of all places.

[@JGLCSW]

I just discovered a really dope spot here in Riverside. When I was out in LA there was a really cool place called world 8 in k town.

[@ChrisWolfe111]

They have another store in little Tokyo as well ​@@JGLCSW

[@Chuckfinlee432]

​@@JGLCSWI'd go to California Games which is somewhat a rip off or Game Tower

[@wolf17238]

I own a bunch of old game consoles with a bunch of games. I've been wanting to sell them, but been reluctant because I don't want to get ripped off. I need to get rid off them because my wife is annoyed by them. What's the best opion, offer-up? Or should I take them to that guy Rich was chilling with?

[@yesmoon_6824]

Go to Retro Respawn! They're super fair when selling games to them.

[@P.N.03SolesPW-sr6lm]

Wolf just keep your consoles don't sell them forget what your wife has to think, that is on you, you own the consoles that's your stuff she's probably not even a gamer so she's probably never played video games all in her life!

[@Back.too90s]

Take them to retro rick

[@PSN7373]

Get your own man cave room and keep her out 😂

[@krisrk1]

Divorce

[@BrianBeeby]

Gen-X here, long-time video gamer. I'm glad I have all my old games and consoles, and gladder I bought them when they were cheap. I thought all this retro-gaming stuff was getting more and more pricier over the past 20 years. So I'm kind of surprised but not too surprised that old-school video gaming is making a comeback in today's economy. They're often a lot cheaper than modern games, don't have DRM or require an internet connection, and you own a physical copy of the game FOREVER, which will continue to work on your console as long as it works (and which you can repair or often buy replacement parts for). Now I'm planning on making games for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE home computers and Atari 7800!

[@turbouno969]

Dang, no one mentioned Sega 😤

[@segadatabase]

As usual. It's always Nintendo this, Nintendo that. Typical.

[@SpongeyBubby]

GameCube and 6th generation for life ✊

[@sam805236]

As someone who makes a living reselling, retro gaming is NOT hot again. It's at a low baseline right now as prices have become too high.

[@PostNostalgos]

Ahoy matey! I don't pay a dime for your overpriced nonsense.

[@7dogguy]

i sell games too its pretty dead compared to a year or 2 ago

[@RhythicManRhythm]

That Mario Party 10 Amiibo was such a whiplash.

[@cameronmccollough98]

It's been 🔥🔥🔥 for years

[@KevinLarrabee-zv6cr]

What is the game system he's playing in beginning. It was before Atari. I still play Sega n have original Gameboy

[@dtt117]

Hello, I'm the store owner, that console is known as the Vectrex. Came out in 82 to fight arari. It lost 😢

[@KevinLarrabee-zv6cr]

@@dtt117 I know someone that has it n can never think of name of it so thank u. For being that old it's still pretty cool system

[@Eternyl_bliss-nj9se]

Vectrex was for the rich kids was $200+ when it came out. I own one but only 1 time in last 12+ years garage saling/thrifting I seen another one.

[@bba935]

Kudos to the anchors for actually being able to talk on the subject games. The guy on the end mentioning the Mattel Intellivision hit me in the feels.

[@Jim55324]

Retro games have better music, better storylines, and more likable characters. Modern gaming is soulless cash grab garbage with better graphics.

[@TicTacToeCraft]

What a blatant overgeneralization and oversimplification...

[@cryptocsguy9282]

Agree except they defo have better music in general. I can think of lots of classic xbox 360 games for example that don't have great music but you'd be hard pressed to find a post atari 2600 but pre 00s game that's a classic but without great music ​@TicTacToeCraft

[@TicTacToeCraft]

@@cryptocsguy9282 That also applies to most critically acclaimed games that come out today.

[@cryptocsguy9282]

@TicTacToeCraft idk 🤷🏾‍♂️ I haven't played a lot of modern ps4/ps5 era games but I have played tekken 7 but it's a great game with bad music & like I said imo a lot of the xbox 360 classics didn't have good music. For example call of duty games have fitting music that reminds you of war but I wouldn't say that instrumentals are head bangers with a nice rhythm to it , a lot of modern video game music sets the scene for an appropriate theme (stereotypical horror or war theme for example) but isn't music that sounds like it has a good rhythm to it like a song from ridge racer type 4 or something. I'm not a musician so I guess I'm bad at explaining my point & ultimately music choice is subjective but I like retro stuff more

[@TicTacToeCraft]

@@cryptocsguy9282 Retro game soundtracks often prioritized catchy melodies and tunes that complemented the gameplay, rather than creating atmospheric, cinematic soundscapes. While there are exceptions in modern gaming that utilize or replicate this approach (especially indie and Nintendo titles), the introduction of higher-quality audio from the mid-1990s onward certainly led to a revolution in VGM composition. I can't say you're wrong about that, and which approach you enjoy more boils down to personal preference.

[@Southwest-Michigan-Sales-LLC]

I have many retro games on my website. Yes, I love them myself and have my own collection. This is what got me into selling what I know plus more. What is old and out of date becomes in demand and popular once again.

[@roydimanalata8505]

Old school no more. Kid’s play only phone

[@mattburrito]

i have lots of retrogaming i have namco museum resident evil clock tower & snes

[@EliRetroVHS642]

If I ever have a kid NO phone, Only retro consoles

[@zacharyk.2766]

Not even a Xbox, PS5, or Switch?

[@connors3356]

all child like is phone and hot chip

[@nashvillan4lif]

Fond memories of the Intelivision! I also had an NES (and still do), but the Intelivision was my go-to back in the day! I need to find motivation to clean up my old console and cartridges and get them into top working order again.