(Discussion) Biggest Game Collecting Pet Peeves and Solutions - Retro Bird

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I was so focused on criticizing Timmy that I forgot to mention the solution to names being written on your games. If it's on a plastic surface, using a magic eraser or rubbing alcohol should take it right off. If it's on the label of a game, there's really not much you can do without damaging the label of the game in the process unfortunately.

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

If the label is really glossy, a dry erase marker works great. If it's a cheap paper label then yeah, there's not much you can do.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yes, good point. If the label is glossy enough, it's definitely possible.

[@nikolas_schreck]

Too much Magic Eraser isn't good I've got old NES and SNES games and it's like people rub them so smooth with the Magic Eraser I try alcohol first or just don't be heavy-handed on the Magic Eraser

[@cicabeot1]

“We’re talking about somebody not worthy of the name Timmy.” I loved that bit.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Hahah glad you enjoyed that.

[@HunterAtheist]

SCREW TIMMY!

[@ghostly836]

Sometimes I leave stickers on my games when they're from video rental stores that no longer exist. It shows the history of the game and I think that's kind of cool. As long as those stickers aren't on the art work.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I understand where you're coming from on that. Those rental stores are a relic of the past and a reminder of good times.

[@WilliamSmith-ex9et]

Yes. Love this.

[@WilliamSmith-ex9et]

Not sure if you can make a video of this but how about things you’ve found in old/retro games that you’ve bought… I bought my Klonoa 2 on the PS 2 preowned and it had a drawing of Klonoa from a child (obviously) ..it was so endearing I actually just kept it. They probably drew it while their brother or sister or parents were playing the game. 😇

[@themacetrace3794]

I hate it when I rip a sticker off a case of a movie or video game, and then the back of the sticker stays there and then it’s kind of a pain to get off. It’s hard to explain, but I hate it when something like that happens.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I've been there myself. Very frustrating indeed.

[@Yipper64]

5:47 ngl I kinda love it when I see a cart like that. Sure, its annoying to some people, but it tells me this game was played and loved by someone, and I have their name. I mean who knows where this cartrige has been over its life? What that person is doing now? Its all just fascinating.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I can see where you're coming from with that :)

[@totallyfrozen]

The anthropology of retro gaming. 👍🏻

[@megadan2988]

I love when they got the old blockbuster video sticker though :)

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Haha. A sentimental favorite. Not stickers for "Johnny's Video Barn" though?

[@PlayboyLude44]

@@RetroBirdGaming only if local preferably

[@joshmiller887]

I saw a guy post a CRT for $20. I said I’m interested and I’d like to pick it up tomorrow. He then changed the price to $500 and ask me “so what’s your offer?” “$20” I replied...what a jerk

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Not to mention, that's pretty bizarre.

[@joshmiller887]

Retro Bird he got it in his head that it was worth as much as a PVM. He thinks crts sell for hundreds. It wasn’t worth my time or energy to explain it to him. Thanks for the video

[@aaronmartinez5029]

@@joshmiller887 Lmao I bought a good size CRT TV for $10 on OfferUp a year ago

[@jakek5417]

Fing Timmy. lol... I really appreciate the advice on resurfacing discs. I had no idea you could resurface so many times.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Haha. And yes, so long as discs don't have super deep scratches they can pretty much almost be restored to look brand new again. Blu-Ray discs are a little different though. They're designed to be harder to scratch but they also have a thinner protective layer.

[@jakek5417]

Retro Bird good to know, thanks for the info

[@WilliamSmith-ex9et]

I thought I was the only one that knew about the blow dryer trick. Heat up that glue and it should peel right off! I have literally never heard of anyone else using this method ..even other collectors.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Oh yes!

[@prisoneralex2752]

Many people that live in an urban environment often have pawn shops in their area. If you have a bunch of your stuff stolen and your name or initials are written all over your stuff chances are you can get your stuff back. Our local PD will call you and let you pick stuff up from the pawnshop that was stolen from you if you can prove it’s yours, you have to pay what the pawnshop gave the thief but if it’s important to you it might be worth it. That is why people put their names on media.

[@tennessee5405]

Dude, before the video even started I was screaming STICKERS!!! So funny that that was your first topic. One thing that drives me nuts is people not taking care of their games. This could include storing them incorrectly, tearing the original sticker off or just pulling up the corners, and throwing them around so they get scuffed. My biggest self inflicted wounds are exactly what you said, selling a game you wish you hadn't. So frustrating. Love the video and I'm on the screw Timmy train. Stop writing on games people.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

People mistreating their games triggers me so much to the point that even if I see somebody with a movie disc just lying around out of it's case a little part of me dies inside.

[@totallyfrozen]

While I understand the annoyance with defacing a game, there are reasons why people do it. Often times it’s an anti-theft measure.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Pro Tip: scotch tape will remove sticker residue. It takes a while, but it works good if you don't want to use harsh solvents or water.

[@bluefates58]

I used the stickiness to remove the stickiness

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

@@bluefates58 It works.

[@bluefates58]

@@Not-Great-at-Gaming I will give it a try

[@Tck.9]

My biggest pet peeve is with the people that sit on Facebook market place or craigslist all day long that just scoop up all the good deals locally just to resell them. a few weeks ago there was a woman giving away a Kingdom Hearts game for 3DS for free, I messaged her literally 4 minutes after it was posted... and she told me someone was on their way already....

[@slowp77]

I had a nice copy of Gimmick on the Famicom that included a case. I sold it to help fund a PC build and it still haunts me years later.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Oh, yeah the haunting never stops with things like that. Unless you maybe get it back but that can often be easier said than done.

[@32_bit_gamer]

Games and manuals that smell like smoke are the bane of my existence.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, there's nothing worse than a game arriving in the mail only to smell like that.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Ew🤢🤮

[@idxman01]

Exactly!! The first thing I did when I got my snes yesterday was smell the cartridge port for smoke. Thankfully it seems ok. (isn't yellowed and it works!)

[@ChrisStoneinator]

As a kid I went to a local kids club and they had a PS2 there so I'd bring my games. That's why I named them! But I used sticky labels on the front... And I still have the games so I haven't screwed any other collectors over :)

[@blackwalls]

Congrats on 700 subscribers!

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Thank you so much 😀

[@EternalThrylos-uz5sz]

My pet peeve is when I look for a game on eBay and it's set at a very expensive price and listed as "rare", but I can see hundreds of different copies being sold so it's clearly not rare

[@Ty-douken]

Big tip for cigarette smoke damage is to put whatever you have in a 90-99% rubbing alcohol bath. I'd recommend covering up any stickers to be safe, but I did this to computer components (including fans) that had caked on tobacco. It worked like a charm & my parents are now using that system (for the past several years) & were all non-smokers with quite the sniffers.

[@snarkybu42]

Dude that is my favorite song from that game in the background *chef kiss* choice

[@Dreeza68955]

There's a lot of videos I haven't seen of yours, but I've seen quite a few none the less and I think this is the first video I heard you curse in 😂

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I did in some of the older ones, but it came to a point where it just didn't feel right.

[@FinnSwede906]

When I did collect video games one of my biggest pet peeves was not finding the time to finish all of them or even start some of them.

[@mattb6522]

My biggest pet peeve was lending out a game to a friend as a kid and then it being returned in worse condition from said friend. I was always protective of my games, but it always annoyed me when others were irresponsible with your game collection.

[@dad7275]

One annoying thing is buying a cartridge and discovering greenish corrosion on pins...and maybe from some one blowing into carts excessively and split moisture causing it...or who knows what. It is not fun to clean out.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, and sometimes it can be almost possible to get off. Also, yes it is probably from people blowing into their games unfortunately.

[@kokotheclown2588]

For me the cases every time I see the case that looks well horrible I won’t use it and finding cases for certain games are impossible so I decided to keep the disc only and keep them safe on a cd binder I can’t stand bad cases with smudges or stuff in it

[@jtlerch]

Been bringing your full playlist. Sorry this isn't a timely response. With regards to the nasty cigarette smoke stank look into ozone treatment. Used car companies and home rental places use ozone to clear that nastiness. Ozone actually neutralizes not just covers the stank link dryer sheets. I actually built an ozone rig and even treat old estate tobacco pipes as a side gig. Gimme a shout if you want more info.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. That's great know! Luckily I haven't have any problems with smoke damage for quite a while now, but if I ever do I'll be sure to look into using Ozone. Thank you and glad to hear you've been making your way through the full playlist!

[@sauce7670]

it took me years to find a complete strider on the genesis locally and I FINALLY found it but on the sides of the cart is a persons name in silver sharpie. Atleast its not on the label but its one of the very VERY few games in my collection that I couldn't completly clean

[@theblackishification]

As a smoker the smell is whatever however I do try to keep my smoking space far away from my collection as the smoke itself can damage the consoles and cartridges

[@totallyfrozen]

Try using an ozone generator.

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

Great episode. I've been collecting seriously for over 20 years now so this one hit home for me. 1. I've used WD-40 for years but I hear it's not the best thing to use as it's acid based and will slowly eat away whatever you put it on. 2. 1:47 Annnnd this is why I buy sealed games. I got tired of people's BS on ebay. Mint should mean mint or at least near mint. Some of the "mint" games I bought in the past looked like they were used as hockey pucks. 3. Agreed, please stay away from those cheap Disc Doctor clones. Just pay the $3 or whatever it costs to resurface the disc. It's well worth it. 4. Sega Saturn and long box PS1 jewel cases are exactly the same so that makes it easier to swap them out. There's even reproduction cases now so if you are not picky those are the ones to get. 5. Screw you Timmy.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

That's interesting you heard WD-40 slowly eats away at stuff. Have you noticed that at all on anything you've used it on? I feel like so long as you clean it off quickly enough after using it then it should be all right. Also, yes the PS1 and Saturn long cases are the same but if I remember correctly the Sega CD ones are EVER so slightly different. I thought I remember trying to swap it with a Saturn case at some point and something was slightly off.

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

@@RetroBirdGaming No, I haven't noticed anything long term but it does take some of the artwork off of a disc if you use it too much. Right, the Sega CD cases have a smaller hole so they won't work.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Okay, that makes sense that it could remove artwork. And yes, thank you for validating my claim about Sega CD cases. People always say that Sega CD and Saturn have the same cases to which I say "you're wrong, they're slightly different!". And as soon as you said that the holes are smaller that immediately jogged my memory as to the exact reason why!

[@metaldiceman]

What irks me the most is when big retailers such as GameStop go out of their way to slide the cover art out of the DVD case and splat their big yellow price sticker on the spine directly on the paper. They slide the cover art back under the plastic and now their precious price sticker is "protected". But they ring up with the barcode, which queries an electronic database that only they have control over, so people really can't fake new price tags without being able to modify your inventory database. If you're worried about an employee doing that, well putting the price tag under the plastic, directly on the cover art ain't even a speed bump for them. If your store doesn't use barcodes and you just want to prevent tampering, well these darn stickers make such a scene coming off that evidence of tampering would be pretty obvious. Fortunately these spine stickers generally peel off the paper without too much trouble compared to the ones on the case itself, probably because they're subject to a whole lot less oxygen over long periods of time, but I would rather deal with the hassle of removing adhesive from plastic than subjecting unnecessary risk to damaging the cover art.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Oh yeah, for sure. That's just horrible. Especially when you think the sticker is on the outside at first.

[@Otome_chan311]

Those old cardboard boxes being all damaged or just plain missing and then ending up with loose cartridges. Most annoying thing ever. You've got a bunch of shelved nicely packaged CD based games with the manual and all the papers included, and then just a bin of shitty damaged loose cartridges. Like come on! Then you go online and find like 90% of the copies being sold are all loose (but for a reasonable price like $10-$20). So you go "cib" and the price is $500. Oof.

[@mattb6522]

Stickers or writing on the game/instruction book/box was always the worse when buying a preowned game. It is like retro game vandalism! 😅The product Goo Gone is a miracle worker and can help remove a lot of unwanted labels and marker from retro games. I've heard Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works as well, but it can be a bit harsh to the cartridge or case.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I don't mind stickers on my game cartridges, I just don't like when they cover the label.

[@moandaindesigns]

Goof off is good for sticker residue. Now Stickers on Discs are a major sin. Every time I got something that had Cig stench... I either returned it or got half of my money back. So gross. Names on games is easy.... Goof off, but not on the label.

[@nracicot]

I don't know if it's because I'm OCD, but the thing that bothers me the most, is the fact that DS, 3DS, VITA, Wii, Wii U and Switch boxes has holes in the hard plastic case, which makes the label being pushed in, leaving a light mark when just holding the case in the wrong places. It happens so often, sealed or not. I'm wondering if I'm the only one noticing that.

[@mtshark7]

I agree with all of your points. I also want to point out Sun faded artwork, that makes the games look gross.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, sun faded stuff looks ugly. I remember when I would go to flea markets and some sellers would just have all their stuff laying out in the sun and it would be totally faded.

[@PEHfinale]

I can't stand ANY imperfections on the spine of a game's box art. I think it's because that's the part that's always facing outward on the shelf. A creased spine drives me nuts o_O Also, sidenote on jewel cases: there are variations. For example, Japanese Saturn cases say "Compact Disc Digital Audio" in a little rectangle on the inside, while Dreamcast cases just have an empty rectangle.

[@worthyexpress]

The cigarette smell really gives cartridges that authentic 80s/90s experience!

[@NESADDICT]

Yea some kid wrote on my minty fresh Metroid variant caer

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Blasphemy.

[@Martypuppet]

Ya thanks Wilson for writing on my super gameboy.

[@devonwilliams5738]

I don't mind having stickers or name writing on my games at all. I think it adds to the uniqueness of it. It also helps that it usually tanks the resale value.

[@totallyfrozen]

I’m guilty of writing my name on game carts in Sharpie. Not ALL of them, but the older ones. The reason is that when I bought those, I was living in an Army barracks and didn’t want my games to “walk away”. Now when I look through my collection, it helps me remember when/where I bought a game. If it had my last name, I’ve had it for years and got it in the army. If it doesn’t, it’s a more recent purchase. When someone gets angry at me for writing my name on my games, it’ll be when they pick them up at an estate sale…and I won’t be around to give a damn about that.

[@spaceyrat]

I bought a used Gameboy SP before that just absolutely reeked. Even with a new shell the innards still smell.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Dang. That sucks. Something horrible had happened to the insides.

[@wulver810]

Oh yeah, for stinky stuff... I'm trying to remove an old moldy smell from some Sega Vision mags, I have them in a box with coffee grounds in a bowl. I have removed a cigarette smell from some Nintendo DS. I had a brand new magazine and I put it between the pages, then I set it in the sun light. Maybe it was in a plastic bag as well... new magazines/newspapers really emit a strong odor that isn't that bad.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Coffee grounds huh? Never heard of that before in all my research but just looked it up and sure enough. Brand new magazines is a good idea as well!

[@ryucheese]

You look like Howard Phillips. Love your videos!

[@mitchgray7391]

Mr. Clean magic erasers are great to get marker off your game cartridges. They also work well with stickers and stickers residue.

[@totallyfrozen]

5:03 Ozone. Try ozone. Get a little ozone generator, set it up somewhere safe (like outside of your living area) in a plastic tote or something, and out the game in there and run the ozone generator over night. The ozone remove cigarette odors.

[@Jarod_Schultz]

Stickers come off easy with Windex and a paper towel.

[@kevinbell1740]

Its not me smoking. It's my snes, cant get it to quit.

[@BeanpotPubParlour]

Two things... If your games smell of cigarette smoke. Put them in a box with a open box of baking soda for a month or so and the smoke smell will be gone. When my brother died I got his NES and SNES and they reaked of smoke. I put a baking soda fridge mate in the cabinet next to them and the smell was gone in about a month. Second, I am annoyed by collectors that don't try and clean up their collection. They actually like the stickers or kids names on the games because they like the life "journey" the game has had. Who owned it, where it came from, was it a rental. Ect, ect... Lame, come on...

[@ShinSynZero]

Yeah, I'm a month late to commenting on this, but hey it's new to me 😅. Soooo many things I agree w/here. Games that smell like smoke has to be the worst. It takes weeks for dryer sheets to their thing and like you said it only changes the smell. Stickers suck (I'll give the WD40 trick a go) and so do the break if you breath on them Sega/Sony long boxes, but least those can be replaced. Something else that's annoying are broken hang tabs on Genesis cases, I have nonidwa why people did this to their cases. Your last point about starting earlier...everytime I look at historical prices on Pricecharting is like a gut punch. Especially when I consider the fact that I never got rid of my classic stuff but didn't start get back into actively collecting for retro platforms until a few years ago.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

The hang tabs breaking off is another good point. Maybe people feel like their only purpose was to hang on hooks at the store? Definitely bothers me when I see those broken off. Especially since it's not as easy to swap those cases since there are variants (for example, Konami has their own ones).

[@Nukemann64]

Omg stickers drive me bonkers. It's like, why did you have to put them over the label?! Ugh. Also, I collect s lot of gameboy games, and I swear what kids did to those labels is unbelievable. Like they must have had them in their pants pocket during gym class and the sweat like ripped it. Man I hate that too! Lol!

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, some of those Game Boy games can be in brutal condition. I think a big problem is that those kids' grubby little hands would grip the label section of the cartridge which just really wore it down.

[@blitheringrando1410]

I just bought a copy of Bubble Bobble with a big signature on the plastic. But it was 10 dollars cheaper than the other copy the store had.... so I guess it was a good thing the kid signed it?

[@nickdude07]

Writing a name on a game I think was more of a way to know who a game belongs/belonged to. If you ever lent a game to a friend or a friend borrowed a game back in the day if your name was written on it, it was pretty obvious who it should go home with when you saw it in their collection. Rubbing alcohol works great to clean it, but I completely agree that if its on the label your most likely out of luck. I have had a few SNES carts where I was able to clean it off with a small amount of rubbing alcohol on the front label. If it was on the back label, no go. If it was a valuable game in your collection with this you were better off unscrewing and swapping the backplates unless the plastics were different shades.

[@froggore52]

Re: names on cartridges. Magic sponges + Goo Gone will remove permanent marker with just a bit of elbow grease. It tends to scuff the plastic a tad, but I prefer that to "BRANDON" written in big black letter across my copy of Contra.

[@Lookwhatthesandsdonedidtome]

Just receiving inaccurate items that you order online even to a minimal degree. It's inevitable. Photos on eBay can be deceiving. Amazon virtually does not provide any actual photos. I ordered a copy of Biometal for the SNES from Amazon and the label was just totally unacceptable.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, I really hate how so many sellers on Amazon don't even bother with pictures.

[@Lookwhatthesandsdonedidtome]

So, I discovered this last night. I bought a Japanese Sega Saturn. Works fine, decent condition but it wasn't saving the settings. Sure enough the internal save battery was missing. I know they only cost a few bucks but that's something that need to be in the product description.

[@NESADDICT]

Goo gone also works in place of WD40

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Goo Gone is probably even better honestly, but some people already have WD-40 lying around.

[@douglascarter2078]

I'm down with that citrus smell as well.

[@ernestonavarro6742]

I bought a gamecube from ebay that smelled like smoke, it should be common practice to say it comes from a smokers home

[@emmygold280]

My mom wrote my name on the front covers of some of my comic books, and I never forgave her.

[@3dmarth]

Ever have a sticker cause permanent damage to even a plastic case? I've encountered this a bunch of times with DVD keep cases (e.g., GameCube). It's usually fine if you get the sticker off as soon as you buy the game, but if it has been on for a while, it seems that the sticker bonds too tightly with the surface and then shrinks slightly or something. Whatever the case, you end up with a warped plastic layer, with a sort of pinched/stretched outline of the sticker. Dishonourable mention to game companies who make cheap, "eco-friendly" packaging (esp. cardboard), which is flimsy and disposable, and probably ends up in a landfill 75% of the time. Meanwhile, countless sturdy full-size cases are still sitting on our shelves, decades later, causing no harm to anyone or anything.

[@NightcapsAndNostalgia]

I do love the older episodes when the language gets a little salty

[@MrEmeryHall]

selling my virtual boy is my biggest regret, also my daughter loves dancing to your outro song, she is almost 2

[@Videogamelover58]

God I hate stickers so much lol

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Haha as do we all :)

[@chaospoet]

There's a few games that it pains me remembering missing out on a deal. The worst had to have been Shining the Holy Ark for Sega Saturn. I saw it on Ebay for $120. This was back when it regularly sold for $200 (the good old days) so I knew there was a very good chance I'd never see it for that price again. Thing was I didn't have the money for it until payday at the end of the week. I'm checking around the clock all week making sure it's still there. Thursday night into Friday morning I've got my phone with my online bank account in one hand and my other is on the mouse of my computer just refreshing both over and over like a crazy person. The literal second I saw my bank balance increased I hit BUY NOW on Ebay only to be instantly told someone else beat me to it. I still wake up in the middle of the night screaming: "WHY, GOD?! WHY?!"

[@andrewt6338]

Unfortunately most of us didn’t take good care of our stuff back then. I do commend SEGA for using those sturdy plastic cases for a long time. Those were cool. When I was a kid, rental movies had similar cases. So it felt more grown up somehow. Hard to explain. I used to be picky, but if the price difference is huge simply over a manual or something, nope. I will buy the Timmy version for ten bucks over the complete one for $80. I am more interested in playing these than collecting. It’s like buying an art print. I will never own a Van Gogh. But I can buy a reasonable copy for cheap? I’m gonna.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I'm pretty sure those cases Sega used went into their branding strategy of feeling "more mature".

[@andrewt6338]

@@RetroBirdGaming Sure. But much easier to collect for SMS or Genesis than Nes or Super Nintendo. Plastic holds up better than cardboard.

[@dariusq8894]

One thing I've learned as a collector is that westerner gamers generally don't take very good care of their stuff. The condition of some games (especially disc media) can be horrendous. If you ever get a chance to see Japanese game collections they are usually in remarkable condition. A lot of retro game shops in Japan have condition ratings labeled right on their stock which I find are at incredibly high standards.

[@totallyfrozen]

It’s not the collectors, it’s the kids. Many American kids don’t treat their property with respect. My own daughter leaves her toys scattered around and parts get broken or go missing. It’s a societal norm in America and very hard to teach your kid otherwise because their friends do it too.

[@bandit1384]

I smoke outside and I don't mind the stickers I just try and peel them off

[@adamwilson1691]

Not really a “collecting” pet peeve but just something that comes with the territory of old hardware that I hate is when games freeze. Clean game goes into a clean system and I’m playing for a while and then BOOM! The game freezes and I’m screwed. Does that ever happen to you?

[@RetroBirdGaming]

That doesn't really happen to me, no. Only time I've ever seen that is if you bump or knock the console.

[@ogsegasteve9430]

One of my peeves is watching one of your videos that does NOT have ending music with lyrics! I feel cheated if i cant sing along.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Hahah. You just gotta fill in the words yourself!

[@ogsegasteve9430]

@@RetroBirdGaming it just dont sound right unless I can hear that goofy background voice layered behind the main singing.

[@BrianJamesReno]

You just have to find games with your name already written on them. Problem solved.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Haha nice!

[@galbyman]

I always offer extra cash for the games to be packed safely. Cigarette smoke ruined games are so gross.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Hahah if you're not a smoker it really is the worst.

[@galbyman]

@@RetroBirdGaming exactly!:)

[@shadykitty7493]

y r the only options hd and 360p?

[@theeradicator652]

Your next video should be on Crash Bandicoot sense there is a trailer for Crash 4.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I actually am a big fan of Crash 1-3, so they may be games that I cover at some point.

[@KotBox]

The writing on the label is such a HUGE peeve for me! Although my old copy of Links Awakening has as special place in my heart because some dude wrote his name over it so it now says "MARKS awakening"

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Haha. At least he was clever with it.

[@wulver810]

I love names on the cartridge, I got mine on my NES games still. We put names on them for borrowing purposes. When I beat their high scores I'm like, "HAHAHA SCREW YOU TIMMY YOU SUCK!!". Same with Rental store stickers, I enjoy those, price stickers can go though. Dirty games/consoles off ebay, dust your shit people, wipe it with a dirty sock, I don't care! Also, fingerprints... I got a nice set of Sega Saturn games, everything looked nice but jeez they made sure they touched every surface of the disc.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

That should be added to the list of pet peeves. People who don't handle their discs by the sides and instead touch the flat surfaces getting a whole bunch of fingerprints on it. Also, great job on showing Timmy who's boss!

[@SoulforSale]

Dude, smokers do not even know how bad they smell. They won't believe them if you tell them. They think you are just being sensitive. Have you ever had to stand behind one of these people in a grocery store? Ever had to ride in their car? Disgusting.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I think they must just be used to it, whereas it's very alarming to our senses.

[@SoulforSale]

@@RetroBirdGaming they're exactly like hoarders

[@EmpressOfEgo]

I only started with the ps3 but wish I collected ps2 games but I sold my ps2, much to my regret.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Selling stuff you later regret is always a huge bummer!

[@slamshift6927]

Things I find annoying: Games without a case and manual when they came with a plastic case. I'm sorry, no. I can forgive tossing cardboard boxes, but when the game came in a hard plastic case, how did you lose that? Am I the only person who actually would buy crappy sports games for a quarter just for a replacement game case? People who charge ebay prices in person. Listen, I get it, you want as much as you can get, but if I wanted to pay ebay price, I'd just go buy on ebay. There's a pawn shop near me that has none of their games priced, and when you go to buy one he pulls up ebay. The instant he did that to me, I walked out. Hard no. The Nintendo Tax. It doesn't matter what game it is, it seems, if it's on a Nintendo console, the price is doubled. Look at stuff like Gauntlet Dark Legacy. Price on PS2/Xbox: $10-15 complete. Gamecube? $50 loose. Why?! Honestly, due to current game prices, I've just gotten into collecting everdrives and ODEs, because things are just getting ridiculous.

[@blorfenburger]

Got a sticker off of a gameboy box

[@d.j.daugherty4945]

Cigarette smoke sucks. Buy a $1000 air purifier like I did. It works lol.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Whoa that sounds pretty nice!

[@tooturtletastic]

Stickers are the STDs of retro game collecting. Scratches are the battered women who were poorly treated. Cracked are like torn or ripped clothes: replaceable. I'm a smoker but I don't smoke inside cause that smoke sticks and stinks. Try baking soda for the cigarette smell. Names on games are like tattoos of past lovers... A MISTAKE.

[@spyrojoe4721]

smoker's cant really smell the smoke :\ i sure can't but then everyone i know also smokes so can't say anyones brought it up before

[@manirahnema9585]

Man i hate cigarette

[@MiguelPerez-cn4ee]

I bought WWE WrestleMania XIX @ GameStop back in 2005 and the manuel smell like weed.

[@dioxeto]

I am annoying of fuc#ing local resellers, when you use Facebook market, varagesale, Kijiji, used(city names), Craiglist, etc. Those that buy for $1 and sell it right away for $10 and if you offer $5 they tell you that is too low!

[@dioxeto]

I just realized that my comment does not have anything related to the video, sorry hehehehe. I will say games smelling as smoke and those people seeling games as "good condition" and have scratches everywhere.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Your comment was on topic. It's something that annoys you when it comes to collecting games.

[@nikolas_schreck]

I'm not going to give this video a thumbs down just because I'm a constant chain smoker addicted to cigarettes I smoke so much that I can't leave my game room so if anybody ever gets any of my games when I'm dead and they smell like cigs just remember me and smile

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Sorry, but if I get games that smell like smoke I always return them right back to the seller :)

[@nikolas_schreck]

@@RetroBirdGaming 😆👍 dang.

[@slamshift6927]

Am.... am I the only kid who kept most of their old games?

[@jamesgauthier4956]

No goo gone is better than wd-40 and cheaper