This Game Would Cost You $16,000.00?

[@clockworkengine]

"Ever play 'Journey to the West'?" "No, what do you do in the game?" "You journey to the East."

[@logankessler]

Lmao

[@elephystry]

If you go far enough east, you will be in the west ;)

[@kindlechristman101]

lmao

[@dersan7522]

From the East he would be traveling to the West, wouldn’t he?

[@kindlechristman101]

@@dersan7522 mind blown

[@chronicx2265]

the irony “journey to the west” but you’re actually traveling east in the game

[@mischkin3588]

A little bit about Journey to the West. It is one of the 4 classics in Chinese Literature. Basically there was a monk in the olden days that travelled to India in order to learn more about Buddhism. Journey to the West was written a couple hundred years later and is loosely based on that story. Along the way the way the monk find some companions, namely the monkey king, who rides a cloud, has a stick and magical powers. Another character is a guy that was turned into a Pig. The book itself is mostly written as a takedown of the contemporary situation in China. There are a lot of jokes in there that take down feudal lords, corrupt tao priests and also shows evil warlords and such in a bad light. It's kind of ment as satire on the society at that time. For any Chinese, or even Asian, gamers all the name places, characters and enemies encountered in this game would be more than familiar and just the mention of the place name on the map will them everything to them about what would happen in that level. The dragon is turned into a horse and is added to the monks convoy after they solved the quest in the mountains, is basically like saying spiderman got bit by a spider,.. well yeah.. duhh. hahah Anyway, the book has been made and remade into TV shows, movies , children's Cartoons over the years. Actually if a guy with a monkey's tail riding a cloud sounds familiar to anyone it is because Dragonball Z is loosely based on Journey to the West. As with any old ass book, the original source material is a real pain to read, but I would definitely recommend a quick hop over to the wiki page, if only to impress your Chinese friends. Further more the recently released movies, I think its a trilogy, I saw only one of them, seem to be pretty watchable. Since the characters are all traditional characters, I would guess that this was for sure intended for the Hong Kong and Taiwanese Market, so maybe if you are looking for copies of this, that's where they should be. But since they were never really all that successful I am guessing that a lot of that stuff was probably recycled a long time ago and now this game has become super rare. but that would just be a guess. Maybe somewhere in Taipei some guy is sitting on a box of new old stock and he is just releasing them to ebay every couple years or so. hahah

[@jannes3290]

Thanks a lot for the information!

[@steammachine3061]

The Jackie chan/jet Lee movie the forbidden Kingdom is loosely connected to the journey to the west stories as well as its set after the journey that monkey took and has the character in the movie...... Its also a very excellent movie and reminds me somewhat of no retreat no surrender

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Am I the only one here who remembers Monkey the Tv show I grow up with it. I'm disappointed with the youth of today. And its Sun Wu Kong equal of heaven! And its not a compliant rod its the as you will cadgel because it bends to your will, bad translation. And he is a elemental monkey born of stone on tne mountain of flowers and fruit at the dawn of time from a stone egg, not a normal monkey a demon king who embarked onnthe road to enlightenment.

[@ImperiaGin]

Thank you

[@jannes3290]

@@GreatSageSunWukong no need to be disappointed, it's a japanese series form the 1980's so pretty understandable that a lot of people don't know it.

[@eviljigglypuff2254]

"So we got the compliant rod" "Yes?" "Go away Siri" "Okay(sulking)"

[@Z3R0FiR3]

Siri: "Yes?" TRF: "GOAWAYSIRI!" Siri: "Ok :(" lol

[@TheRetroFuture]

Sorry Siri!

[@glaciiz]

@@TheRetroFuture R.I.P siri.

[@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd]

I have a fair share with Google Assistance. It stop in the middle of the video, pop up and asked how can I help you. Super annoying and I can't disable it.

[@Mocroskate]

@@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd Can't you just hurt its feelings so it wont bother you again.

[@user-jh6kx1fw9h]

Like, on Android devices, Google (everything) is the first thing that I disable (uninstall, remove, block, firewall) right after I take it out of the box. Then I'll side-load the F-Droid store and go from there. Wouldn't get an Apple product if this wasn't doable, not that I'd ever give them $1. *only if (factory installed) apps can't be removed - they can be "adb" hidden for current user, or firewalled from the Internet (and data!) by using something like NetGuard (as the built-in Android 10 firewall is pretty crummy and it allows apps to exclude themselves, which really defeats the whole purpose - if any exceptions are ever allowed without user interaction)

[@DavidJonespirateking]

Sun Wukong is a legendary character from China. He's the monkey king, of which Goku from Dragonball is loosely based.

[@TheRetroFuture]

I need to do some reading! Thought it was an original title.

[@bitchassmcgee9708]

@@TheRetroFuture journey to the West is a famous Chinese folktale. There's also another game (very loosely) based on it called "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West" on the PS3 and Xbox 360. You should check it out, it's pretty good

[@DavidJonespirateking]

@@TheRetroFuture He's incredibly popular over here in Asia. They've got anime as well as live action series. If you fancy Kung Fu, checkout the only movie Jackie Chan and Jet li ever did together- Forbidden Kingdom. It's fantastic solely for the fact that they're in it together lol

[@zues121510]

@@bitchassmcgee9708 There's a new game based off it called black myth wukong that's gonna be on next gen. Release date TBD but the trailer looks awesome.

[@bitchassmcgee9708]

@@zues121510 that sounds dope as hell

[@yoshi105]

I've just stumbled across this video after being introduced to your channel and man my heart has been racing for the last hour. I owned the Magnum Supervision and Journey To The West many years ago. I got it in the United Arab Emirates back in the 90s when my mum didn't want to spend too much money on getting a Gameboy. I vaguely remember playing a game with the splash screen containing "XUG" and a little monkey with a stick. I also remember playing Galaxy Fighter which looks like a Supervision game also (now that I know what the hell this console is called). Here's the kicker, I don't own the console or the games anymore! I'm pretty sure the console was thrown away with the games or my parents donated them to extended family in Iraq lol. The fact I could have been sitting on £15,000 has been stressing me out haha Thank you for the video but I also hate you for making this as I'd have preferred to live in ignorance. I'm hoping I brought some knockoff version of the Supervision Magnum but slowly realising that I probably had the real thing which I only owned because we didn't have enough money for a Gameboy so was discarded pretty quickly once I got better consoles.

[@dupisdisasterpiece1058]

HI THERE! MY ASSHOLE IS CLENTCHING MY EYES

[@twizz420]

"I like the soundtrack, it's very nice" Soundtrack is literally a 3 second loop

[@TheArcaneMageLord]

Yes, it is.

[@Rickandmorty_com]

yea he talks like an NPC lol "why is there a snake attacking me?" "...." "theres a snake in my boots..."

[@twizz420]

@@Rickandmorty_com how else is he supposed to pander to the idiots and children lol

[@Demidar]

yea thats right haha ! people cant like THIS game ! its not even a gaaame ! wtf how can you still like this riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ? (my head moves closer to yours while my body remains stationairy photoshop.jpg)

[@twizz420]

@@Demidar are you 5?

[@marvbloke]

I love it when Elliot gets super excited over Super Vision or Mega Duck stuff. He ends up showing more gameplay in this video than all the Game Boy gameplay in all his other videos combined!

[@SailingYachtZora]

Go away Siri Siri: Ok 😔

[@kukoom]

Japanese McDonald's game: I'm four parallel universe ahead of you

[@merceraeolymus]

The closest thing to a dragon ball video we'll get.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Haha probably!

[@theearthenstar1355]

theres a dragon ball game for gba

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I get it when people grew up with the Super Vision. Fun Handheld to check now a days only not big fan of it. Thanks for sharing The Retro Future !

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Thatz what i was thinkn 2😉very interesting tho

[@jamesesterline]

Fun fact: The main antagonist of Journey to the West was the inspiration for Bowser.

[@logankessler]

Whaaa

[@chaytonaldridge3388]

The news the next day “If you own more than a couple of copies of crystball you’re a millionaire”

[@bangerbangerbro]

Which would probably make you a billionaire if you owned more than half a copy of Journey to the west.

[@bl0wedbob1]

"Journey to the west" ... walks east the whole game.

[@AcornElectron]

Only from your viewpoint...

[@Charky_Creations]

"why's there a snake appeared out of nowhere" clearly it's snake roy

[@TheRetroFuture]

Hahahahahahaha

[@RAMChYLD]

First thing that came to my mind XD

[@matthewLkidder]

"I'm just walking through acres of land with birds pooing on me" Elliot Coll 2019

[@renatomateus6733]

I feel happy you managed to get the one that almost got away, Elliot! Congratulations!!!

[@talalrajpoot9496]

Siri: "bruh can I play that too? Retroboi: *"no"*

[@twoodall88]

Big ups to a2heaven! I bought one of those multicarts a while back and love it! Worth every penny

[@xXArcherSwordXx]

Just to let you know Elliot, I think that not knowing about screws is a pretty common mistake. I almost broke my DS Lite when I was reshelling it because I didn’t know about the screws under the screw cover things on the top screen part

[@mabprpl]

4:09 It sounds like the CS:GO reloading sound lol

[@jek__]

The funny thing about the rarest of something is that you can never find it, because all the things people don't care about are still rarer lol. Basically rarity comes down to the most obscure thing that someone somewhere actually still is looking for. Value has to be an inherent part of the definition of rarity, otherwise the most rare things ever would all be grains of dirt lol. I kind of doubt any copy of that game will ever sell for 16k

[@uTubeNoITube]

OMG you have a Game Child! Being a fan of Stuart Ashen I've been wanting one for years now and never been able to find one anywhere. ^_^

[@mercuriete]

I have the soccer one I think I overflow the points counter when I was a child. In the begining was frustrating because I ask to santa claus to bring me the game boy but instead he bring me the game child.... :(

[@uTubeNoITube]

Hahaha, I think you got the better deal if you've still got that! :P

[@mercuriete]

@@uTubeNoITube I still have it in my parent's house. Don't know if it works.

[@lzbulgaria1]

Wow already wearing the shirt from your last vid! 😄

[@TheRetroFuture]

For sure! I love this shirt.

[@TheLimedew]

The most underrated moment is how he shows the chore of rubbing the glue-gum out with a cottonstick, like there's no perfect way to go about it, you gotta just go in and do it lol.

[@EpicFail1945]

It’s funny because after watching this video I can legit confirm y’all are the first with a high quality upload of this game in some form minus the early levels one...it’s crazy imagine how many people who had this game just chucked it...fast forward to now it’s super rare...the thrift shop hunting begins

[@DarronPotter]

Hi Elliott i've watched a lot of your videos now and always wondered why no-one has ever mentioned that WD40 is an excellent sticker gum remover.

[@freedoomed]

i would also recommend zippo lighter fuel, it dissolves sticker residue quickly and it evaporates so there is less cleanup.

[@DarronPotter]

@SEBI1234 X Try it, it really works, just spray some WD40 or lighter fluid on a lint free cloth and wipe the sticky stuff away

[@74bobby]

@SEBI1234 X Theres tons of YT videos with people using both for sticker Removal. Look up Toy Paloi...

[@1ninjatiger]

Ipa is much cleaner.

[@TheRetroFuture]

I need to get some of that!

[@stewartlegg2269]

"And now im a pig with a pitchfork?" That had me cracked up... good review...

[@damian9303]

I bought a NWC ‘90 Repo cart, it was the best purchase of my life only because the real deal is the rarest NES game ever.

[@bonnome2]

Getting pooped on by birds, such realism.

[@rmgb-tv]

Another version of one of the most retold stories ever (see also Dragonball Z, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Monkey, Saiyuki on the PS1, and many more)

[@scorpionsting90]

Just a little intel for you! Three were the creatures who accompanied the Buddhist monk to the west. Sun Wukong the stone monkey born under the mountain and that challenged the jade emperor authority, Cho Gono, a pig looking humanoid creature that tried to lure a woman, and Sha Gojo which is a water demon (or kappa)... I'm using the Japanese translation names, btw... Them three accompany the Sanzo (or Buddhist monk) on the journey, so that's why you switched character! Anyway, the first series of Dragonball is based off this (where Bulma is the priest, Goku is Wukong, Yamcha is Gojo and Oolong is Gono)... Another animated series called Saiyuki is based off this myth! And there are SEVERAL more quotes and references about it in many medias, just like Fate, or RWBY

[@okat2521]

"go away Siri" lol Some times my Alexa will just activate randomly.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

can i just say that the color scheme of the watara and magnum visions are simply too aesthetically pleasing to me ? love them colors a lot....

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

The music is awesome. Edit: Also it's hilarious how he is not familiar with JTTW at all lol. There's so many games based off it, it's one of the most influential pieces of art ever made. Sometimes directly, indirectly, blatantly and otherwise. Plus it's cool it has Buddhist motifs in it. Great vid!

[@mienbitches]

Journey to the West is a 16th century Chinese novel that inspired Dragonball

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Fun fact: the original Dragon Ball manga was loosely based on Journey to the West, Son Goku was based on the monkey king Sun Wukong.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Until Toriyama decided he was bored with supernatural Chinese lore and decided to go full aliens.

[@UmbreWolf]

as far as labels or stickers, try heating them up first. They come off much easier without tearing.

[@OnlyyKai]

even a hair dryer can remove them withouth tearing

[@UmbreWolf]

@@OnlyyKai yeah hair dryer is often the best way

[@RaymondLo84]

12:58 he's more dead inside as he just realized how much he wasted.

[@ringerzzz2710]

I closed my eyes after you joked about it, and I laughed so hard when I heard “oh my god, oh my god. It’s aqua man. I died”

[@tree_alone]

i thought you were wearing a zappa shirt. cool video i love your mods and documentations

[@SumeaBizarro]

the timing is right to show the original of the series as Black Myth Son Wukong hype is building up steadily.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

I think I know why this game couldn't run on the original Supervision without modification; It was way too slow. Maybe it even used too much memory.

[@BehrouzKashkar]

it had a RGB led on it maybe you should resin cast a transparent case for it so you could see the lighting on it

[@devilsknight]

Thought the little character looked familiar. Its Monkey Magic!!

[@gferrol118]

0:25 you know, I heard that a man who collects tat went on a quest to find one of them!

[@UwUZeroChan]

That is really cool it really makes you go back and appreciate all the retro games/handhelds 👍🏽

[@sjm4306]

Elliot needs to lets play/speed run this.

[@imdeadserious6102]

The magnum supervision objectively has qualities of a hasbro toy. I don't get how you think it looks futuristic.

[@KirisakiHanai-ot3jt]

Back then : This game sucks Now: I want this game

[@jonnda]

This must be a UK thing, because I have never heard of supervision before today.

[@ChooseLife.YourLife]

i think most of the uk haven't heard of it either

[@jonnda]

@@ChooseLife.YourLife Lol, ok.

[@TXFDA]

If only you could convert Supervision games to work on Game Boy. I'd love to put the full Super Vision rom set on a Game Boy flash cart. I always like the idea of Game Boy knockoffs/clones, but I don't wanna deal with emulating the games and stuff. I'd much rather have 'em ported to an actual Game Boy.

[@klotz__]

instead of isoproyl try wd40 to remove stickers. it doesn't damage the plastic and makes it very easy.

[@pek5117]

Journey to the west is my fav childhood story, there is countless films and tv series about it. Monkey Magic was my jam

[@TachyBunker]

Second. Wow At lunch I was wondering about a Gameboy cartridge what a coincidence lol

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thanks! :)

[@KensDreaming]

8:24 did he really just say he likes that pop-station music.. for real dude? you cant just be real for a second?

[@claudiaperry949]

Best way I found to remove labels, at least the way I do, is to use a hair dryer or put it in front of a space heater for a few seconds, after a bit, the glue should loosen and it will just peel off

[@user-jh6kx1fw9h]

That -semi- ugly-looking case can make us appreciate -even more- the process Nintendo could've gone through to create the original GameBoy casing, buttons and layout (and spacing). :)

[@thomaskiser3886]

If anyone paid 16,000 dollars for it...they were robbed terribly

[@mariekes4472]

He reacts to his Siri how i react to my Bixby app when it is suddenly triggered of something xD

[@TheReviewDude1]

he went from Wu Cheng'en to Moo Shu Pork

[@brianjudedevela1366]

You should try Goo Gone. It is nice to have when removing stickers or adhesive.

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

For something I knew nothing about, that was extremely fascinating.

[@46danz]

Wd40 is great for removing difficult sticker residue.

[@TheAmazingMoose-Man]

I have never heard of the super vision, but now I am interested

[@rip_megatron1016]

I watch the video where u got that zapper shirt from that geek box

[@mog398]

[ASHENS WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION]

[@bangerbangerbro]

"I'm sure you may or may not have heard of" - this man speaks with confidence :) Didn't know there was a properly sold practical flashcart out for supervision now. Nice. I bought a Quickshot Supervision a couple of years ago on ebay but returned it because the battery contacts were all corroded and I couldn't be bothered. It makes the Jag look like a good deal. Didn't know enough people cared about them for this to happen. Wouldn't call it cool, but itneresting maybe (Journey to the west being sold by some guy). Magnum supervision looks cool though. Mega Duck is cooler than supervision overall imo. People charge too much for even normal supervisions considering what they are.

[@ben-officialmassive7982]

The Crystball cart is exactly the same as a Game Master cart and yes I obviously had one when they where released. I still remember the blocks music which was of course Tetris, think it was blocks.

[@ericksilvaII]

next time you try to remove adhesive use some oil, like lubricant oil, or anti rust oil.

[@pariahdog8733]

I know for a fact that there are 16,000,000 people who may or may not have heard of this cart

[@Cool_Retro]

This is a very cool video. It's hard to find the gameboy style Watara Supervison for a decent price on eBay. They are usually at least $200. I may have to eventually settle for the extra large bendy model.

[@zer0ne72]

Maybe can have a converter pack for Supervision on Analogue Pocket.

[@Eis_Bear]

Putting the sticker on before trying if it works is foolhardy.

[@altohippiegabber]

was the Super Vision the same as the Mega Duck released in Europe early 90s?

[@Undying3001]

WTF is a supervision? I've been gaming my whole life and I've never heard if this. Did I cross over to a different earth?

[@khryz22green]

Journey to the west is a Chinese fable. Sun wukong (monkey), a pig, and a water creature

[@goblinmcgameface]

You have to wear the NES Zapper shirt for the rest of your channels life.

[@TheRetroFuture]

I really like it to be fair.

[@santiagobiscontin1834]

The ad on this video was of the Gameboy micro.nicee

[@sambas9257]

There are videogames that are worth 16.000$ from an entertaining perspective. Then there are videogames that are worth 16.000$ from their historical rarity. Then there are videogames that simply rottenly suck...

[@Ryo]

Imagine thinking 50 dollars is reasonable for shipping

[@niallers8572]

Who in there right mind would pay 16000 usd for this game. Such a shame there are so many people starving on this world.

[@maidakin9069]

Is it just me or is there a crease on the top left corner of the sticker? It’s bothered the heck out of me

[@Kupz2000]

Maidakin fr

[@TheRetroFuture]

Not that I know off!

[@discomfortzone]

Nope. The white bit is on the sticker. Not a crease.

[@user-jh6kx1fw9h]

Looks like it came from re-applying that sticker properly, right... Gonna take me a little while to be able to forget about it. xD

[@pajaco6502]

I saw someone else put some info about Journey to the West below, but as an extra bonus (sorry if I'm repeating anyone) check out an old TV show called Monkey Magic also based around those same stories I believe. OOh just seen there is a new series based on this as well =)

[@3bears]

wholesome af vid. digital preservation in the wild *two thumbs up*

[@MichelleHunt-zh6lt]

i never really liked the original gameboy idk the appearance never tickled my fancy but THIS oh boy does this interest me from the second i saw it i wanted to buy one

[@kevinvu5432]

I'm actually really impressed with the game. The visuals are good. Gameplay is playable.

[@nathanl4285]

Lol I legit have two original copies in my garage in my retro game boxes. Didn't realize they were rare ,🤔

[@zhaomichael4926]

go away siri lol

[@Ahzafera]

Guess you don't know the source material the game was based off of. Fun fact, Dragon Ball is based off of Journey to the West.

[@wolffang489]

The game is amusingly canonically accurate.

[@stopandlisten6070]

dragonhorsepig, 10/10 ~IGN

[@breakingaustin]

8:00 Absolutely no spelling mistakes but ok lol

[@AllyMation]

i really hope hes watched ashens films "the quest for the game child" XD

[@justindadswell8610]

"I'm sure you may or may not have heard of it". lol!

[@joshandrews8913]

Imagine getting your hands on the rarest game ever only to find out it's absolute shit. The only reason E.T. is considered the worst videogame ever is because no one has ever played this one.

[@bczarrockbeast6264]

Being called journey to the west I figured it would have scrolled to the left. Lol

[@weirdosheep619]

Question: Did Nintendo have some sort of patent on the cartridge actually protecting the pins? These GameBoy clones seem like they always leave the pins exposed, and given that plastic is fairly cheap, it seems like they would have used a more forward-thinking cartridge design.