Video Games You Would Sell Your Soul For - Retro Bird

In this video, I talk about all the different scenarios in which a person would be willing to "sell their soul" for a game.
Video Games You Would Sell Your Soul For - Retro Bird
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Games played: Radiant Silvergun (0:00), Earthbound (0:30), TMNT: Hyperstone Heist (0:45), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (1:20), Donkey Kong Land III (2:10), MUSHA (5:16)

[@mjdf122]

Great games appreciate you as always I also enjoy when you play on the Sega Nomad not many have it

[@STP.83]

Radiant Silvergun is a masterpiece, this year in 2023 I played it for the first time via Emulation. It's also available on Xbox. Hyperstone Heist I played together with a friend on Mega Drive in the 90th while a sleepover in his home, we had a lot of fun with it.

[@cactoidpinata]

I love it that the eBay listing that cost your soul still didn’t have free shipping, lol

[@franciscocampos8857]

Shipping should have been 2 souls as it is frequently more expensive than the item you want

[@Mike-B-Jackson]

I did an eBay auction once for a game that ran around $80. Offered free shipping. And for some stupid reason, wherever the buyer lived I guess, the shipping came to $35!!! Not the usual $6ish. And not to mention the money I sank into properly boxing and protecting it (probably another $5+). So SCREW THAT. I now let the buyer cover their own shipping no matter the cost of the game. If they live in a wasteland that is hard to ship to, that’s not my problem.

[@jameswoodland2719]

I need a "Retro Bird out of context" video where all these weird shots are compiled.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Retro bird proving once again that wisdom can be lighthearted and funny.

[@ILuvMoogles]

As to the house burning down analogy, I basically encountered this situation recently as someone pulled a fire alarm in my apartment building. After wrangling my cat into her carrier I grabbed a duffel bag, my Switch, 3DS, and GBA, then swept my entire portable game collection off the shelf into the bag before wrapping up my copies of xenosaga episodes 1,2&3 in a dirty shirt and placing it at the top. So yeah, it seems I've decided my priorities. Edited for clarity, as it occurred to me that the phrase "Nintendo portable collection" likely conjured a far different and more grandeous image than intended.

[@ILuvMoogles]

@@akkystreams1103 which part?

[@jaywade6443]

My apartment burned down, 8 units in total, I had just bought the 500gb xbox 360 and had several games, a ps2 collection w about 80-90 games, an NES with over 50 games, 30+ original Disney classics in clamshells.. all that was lost but my wife and infant son were saved, so I've always considered it a positive!

[@raggamuffinmcgee]

Sorry to hear you went through that but glad all the most important things were safe. I was keeping a bunch of stuff at my grandparent's house and it burned down. Lost my SNES, N64 and all games, PS1 and most games, Xbox, all the PS1 strategy guides, gameboy, gameboy games but the most painful was that all of my childhood toys were in there too (TMNT, GI Joes, etc). Sometimes it'll just hit me overwhelmingly that it's all gone still. Feels bad man. You're not alone.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, I'm really glad to hear that your family was safe as well. Sorry you had to go through that.

[@jonstoll8278]

Hello retrobird two part comment here hope you don't mind but I thought it was better than double dipping. I love how you focus on talking about the collecting aspect as opposed to reviewing or overviewing games. Very unique in a saturated market. Now to answer the question raised in the video I would "sell my soul" for the link to the past cart with my save, my grandpa's save and my mom's save still on it. Probably the only time in my life where three generations of family worked together on a game.

[@megamob5834]

Oh man, what I wouldn’t give to get back my original Ocarina of Time collector’s edition. I got it for my 13th birthday and it instantly became my favorite game and still is to this day. I kept it in the box with the manual and the strategy guide well into my 20’s. But the box I was storing it in, we’ll just say met with a terrible fate… 😔 Yeah… that’s the one

[@MattAkiyama1]

I'd sell my soul for a Paper Mario game that's like the first two in the series. Those two games are some of my biggest childhood gaming memories!

[@ILuvMoogles]

Excuse me if you have, but have you heard of bug fables by chance?

[@STP.83]

Streets of Rage 4 always was the game I would have sold my soul for, but it actually became reality and I played the hell out of it on the Switch.

[@CaptSpeirsB744]

I'm stuck with a PS4 Slim that my wife won at a Christmas Party raffle and felt so proud giving it to me.

[@williamstruss5905]

For a moment I closed my eyes and thought Owen Wilson had started a retro gaming channel. Great video

[@mattb6522]

Good topic! The funny thing is before you said you would sell your soul for Banjo-Kazooie in the video, the first game that popped into my head immediately was "Banjo-Threeie". "Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie" remasters would also be on my list of soul-selling games as well. I guess great minds think alike! 😅

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@RetroBirdGaming]

Glad to hear about a fellow Banjo fan :)

[@valkiriforce]

I think for me the closest I can relate to this was my hunt for Mega Man X3 in the early 2000's - I loved the SNES Mega Man games, and I really wanted the third one, but it already seemed expensive by that point going for $70 used at a local GameStop (which ironically doesn't sound as expensive now, considering how much more it's gone up). My mom and I were on the hunt for it more than once, and I sort of gave up at some point. Fast-forward to the year 2012 and my mother got it as a birthday gift for me that year, so it felt like getting some closure on my childhood hunt for that special game.

[@gravitywaves2796]

Awesome story. Your mom is cool. I love when parents embrace their kids weird hobbies like overpaying for old school games.

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@Redonepunch]

I was in the same boat, but I just went with the Super Famicom versions of X2 and X3 at 1/10 the cost.

[@TheJadeFist]

@@Redonepunch Ya kind of the same here. At the time I got them the prices I was seeing for X2 was like 120ish$ and X3 for 200ish, while the JP versions I got for 20 bucks each, needless to say I picked the JP versions, it would be cheaper to import a super famicom along with both the games than it would be to even buy one of the NA versions by themselves.

[@Redonepunch]

@@TheJadeFist yeah, was a no brainer for me. Plus, I love the cartridge labels for both games. I wish I could read Japanese. Would open the door for importing retro RPGs that are insanely expensive

[@ArmanMatevosyan-sw7ze]

Mr. Retro Bird good sir, I am a new subscriber to your channel, and I have to say, you make exceptional content. Your writing is thoughtful, persuasive, and fun. You truly capture many of the viewpoints and sentiments of a particular zeitgeist that I was a part of. I am turning 37 years old this month, I'm an attorney with three kids, and even with all of the responsibilities that entails, I still make time to enjoy video games from the "Golden Era." You, good sir, do an excellent job of capturing and articulating what gaming means to people like me, and why it will be a lifelong interest. Kudos to you.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I really appreciate you saying that and am glad you found the channel. Very kind of you. Welcome aboard!

[@GeneralKrangsArmy]

So many good games, but one game I’d want to keep is my copy of Sunset Riders for the SNES. It hits all the notes: nostalgia (the arcade was at my summer job growing up), monetary value (it’s expensive), it was a gift from my wife, and it’s just a fun game to play.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, that really does hit all the notes. I'm not sure I have a single game that meets all the criteria you mentioned.

[@nickparsons337]

If I knew you as a kid; I totally would've shared my Gameboy with you.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Same.

[@homerthompson416]

You must forget how bad the battery life was. Well at least for the original Game Boy.

[@rummyraisin]

@@homerthompson416 Right? When I got an AC wall adapter for Christmas, my parents might as well have given me a Faberge egg 😇

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

I still can’t remember what color game boy pocket I had. I would have definitely gotten the clear one, but for some reason, I’m thinking yellow to go with DKL2.

[@elisac6146]

I like how Timmy games are your most priced possessions XD

[@phil7121]

The thought of selling my games as a kid never crossed my mind at all That's like selling the family dog to get a newer, shinier dog

[@ultimateman55]

Quick little story for ya: In 1996, I got Alien Trilogy on PS1 for my 14th birthday. I played the heck out of it and enjoyed every second. Years go by and games I own come and go as I trade things in, but somehow decades go by and I've never gotten rid of my original copy of Alien Trilogy. Now in my mid 30s, I've started collecting retro games for the first time and I boot up Alien Trilogy, scoff at the outdated graphics, and decide I'm going to trade it in to my local retro game store. I tell my wife and she says "Are you SURE you won't want it again down the road?" I confidently say, "Yeah I'm sure. I don't think I'll ever play it again and, even if I want to, it's cheap enough." So I trade it in and get maybe $30 store credit for it, which seemed pretty good at the time. Fast forward two years and what do I find out? Well it turns out I had a very rare black label jewel case variant of Alien Trilogy worth close to $300 that I traded in...Yeah, that didn't feel good. That being said, after checking eBay religiously for 2+ years, I eventually was able to buy the same variant for $30. Moral of the story: Listen to your wife and be sure to check VARIANTS before deciding what to do with your games!

[@markula_4040]

If my house was burning, the only thing to save would be my PC or more specifically, the hard drives. Everything else would just be monetary value but losing what's on my hard drives would be too time consuming and would probably never get back 100%. I have 20+ years of work saved up. I should probably look into some kind of cloud backup system now that I think about it.

[@3dmarth]

Yes! Even if you just bundle up a few gigabytes worth of stuff and throw it on Google Drive once, that's a step in the right direction. :)

[@unnaturalselection8330]

The Ret Bird is coming out of that burning building with a bag of bread ties and a copy of Rocket Knight. Personally my final grail would be an AUTHENTIC copy of Snatcher for Sega CD, but since fakes abound and the game has gone through the roof in price, I'll just have to settle for emulation 🎉

[@shanevstheworld]

There's a lot to be said of having the exact physical copies you used to own. Thankfully I never got rid of any of my old games, but a few years ago I had to get rid of a box of water damaged player's guides and game magazines. I got a reasonable insurance payout so I was able to replace them. Still, I got pretty sentimental when I had to throw out the Chrono Trigger player's guide I had since 96. It still had the address label on it for my mom's old house, which has long since been sold and torn down. It was a free gift for subscribing to Nintendo Power, and I remember running out to the mailbox when it was delivered and brushing snowflakes off the cover once I got inside. The new copy I replaced it with doesn't evoke the same nostalgia.

[@cd4playa1245]

1:53 😂😂😂 that would be incredible if Timmy actually reached out to you and he challenged you at Mean Bean and the winner would keep the game.

[@MultiDudeman]

Donkey Kong 94 is my favorite gameboy game of all time, this is the game I would save from a fire, played it all the time as a kid and now still play it through at least once a year.

[@philnagle9024]

Mega Man Legends 3. I've been looking forward to this non-existent game since 2000.

[@IndohNintendo]

That one still hurts

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, that one never coming out seems brutal. I feel bad for the fans.

[@ZakNCheeze]

As someone who wants a new Banjo Kazooie probably as much as you do, have you ever looked into the ROM hacks for it? Theres a wonderful rom hack by Mark Kurko called Banjo Kazooie and the Jiggies of Time. Ocarina of time, turned into banjo kazooie levels. I can imagine you'd love it.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Hmmm.. interesting. I usually don't play rom hacks but that sounds pretty interesting. In any case, glad to hear somebody else also wants a new Banjo.

[@xcrack6364]

I’d sell my soul for a Gears of War game in the style of the old battlefield games. There are tons of battlefields and situations that could be used as well as enemy archetypes with vehicular movement to match that of the COG or the UIR. There is so much lore and untapped areas for branching out a gears game into. That is what I would like to see. Epic recreation battles from the series history.

[@stravellwood]

Great upload! The Gamecube Stool and banana commute via Retro Bird Transport was just great! Plus there was zero carbon footprint, only real footprints 🕹 🍌🍌 🦶🦶 🌎

[@samyoung7096]

So many jokes! I'm loving it~! Subscribed!

[@KnowNothingNerd]

Haha... not a fire, but a flood. Luckily my boxes were up high. Have replaced the Chrono Trigger cart, so have that complete. Need the Earthbound cart and guide, and that will be complete (I have the box!!). I'd probably sell my soul to just go back in time, not to buy more games, but just to move where my games were stored by a few meters.

[@Th3mast3r69]

Bro, Im addicted to your videos. Keep them comin!

[@gravitywaves2796]

I'd love to have a copy of Chrono Trigger for SNES.

[@Solid_Sal]

I wish I still had my original NES that I got back in 1987...not for the monetary value at all but for the sentimental value. It was my first video game console.

[@frostyfrog3572]

Every game I see you play that looks fun I look it up on ebay and then I realize I would have to sell my fingers and my banana peel collection to buy it.

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, that's unfortunate. Don't be afraid to ever ask me about specific games. For some games I may be able to suggest an alternate release that's priced better.

[@frostyfrog3572]

Thanks I recently got sega 6 pack and it only cost me the bone in my ring finger it was on Genesis and it helped me get some of the games I wanted

[@benphillips1957]

When I was younger me and my brother always played Mario Kart double dash together, he passed away last year. I lent my original copy to a friend who since has lost it, I would give my soul to track down my original copy

[@CasperEgas]

I almost had a fire about two years ago. The appartment on the left and one floor down from mine burned out. Somebody threw a burning bomb through their window. It took minutes to get out of control. I really didn't have to think about taking any games out. I put pants on, shoes, a jacket and picked up my phone, that was it. Didn't even wear a shirt... Once I stood in front of my house with my neighbours I though, I lost everything that I collected. Luckily the fire department arrived within minutes and put out the fire before it got to my home.

[@tonyp9313]

This video is much better. I loved it. You talked about a lot of things actually that relates to me actually when you mentioned going to Toys R Us & picking up physical copies of games. Then when you said nobody would share their gameboy with you, also I had that happened to me with Gameboy & Sega Genesis & whatever type console. You showed a pic of your younger self. You know who you looked like? That kid from the Wizard movie where he's discovered by that actor Fred Savage, when he played Double & he got this insane score. Then at the end of the movie he's kicking everyone's butt in Super Mario Bros 3. That's who you remind me of when you showed your younger you. Games I would sell my soul for. I'm going to go with Dino Crisis on the PS1. I just love that game. It's so Unique, it has 1 of the best storylines in gaming. I just love it.

[@Retroflex01]

Love this channel

[@fivejedis]

I was one of those kids who their parent's peer pressured you into donating your retro stuff to your cousins who somehow never respect their games as much as you did. I was so upset when I heard not even a week later of donating my Game Boy and games to my cousins it had been stolen. Apparently the story was they brought it to school and they left it in their backpack and no not IN the backpack like normal people would do but in the side pocket that's meant for water bottles and it was a mesh one and a kid must've saw that and stolen it during recess since this school made the kids carry their packs around them all the time. For all that I should've kept it damn it.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Dang. That is brutal. I would be really bitter if that happened to me.

[@n.b.m2017]

I've said it once before, and ill say it again. HELL YEAH I'll share my Gameboy with ya. Being someone born in 1997, The Gameboy Advance and SP and DS were the handhelds I grew up on. and I KNOW that feeling 100% Lol Great Video Dude 🔥

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@RetroBirdGaming]

That's good to know!

[@azusattack]

@@RetroBirdGaming Same here. All the kids I knew when I grew up had a DS, and I was the only one who didn't have one. Everyone else also had a Gamecube or a PS2, and I just had a Xbox, so that was also something...

[@samusaran7319]

Love your comedy.great videos.

[@mRibbons]

Used to have a huge collection on SNES, PS 1 & 2... But what I really miss is my N64 with the best by big N and Rare.

[@LittleBigKid707b]

This might sound corny or the "same old thing to say", but I really am lucky to have bought the vast majority of the stuff I've always wanted years ago. There were a few straddlers like Einhander , Guardian Heroes and R-Type Delta that I didn't have, but I managed to get them in the last year. So, I'm at the point that if I want a retro game, I have to think really hard. I don't buy games to just "collect", but rather games I've always wanted to own and play. Couldn't care less about "rarity". That is my advice to people that are just getting into this. So, to entertain the title of the video, no, there's not a single game I'd sell my soul for.

[@TitanSix]

A collector friend of mine hooked me up with copies of Mega Man X2 and X3 years ago, for a fraction of what they sell for. I used to rent those games all the time. I would basically rent it every other weekend, giving a childhood friend of mine progress updates as he played through it, too. Those games mean a lot to me, and I’ll probably never get rid of them if I can help it. I’ve always really appreciated the gesture, even if the dude I got ‘em from probably doesn’t even remember doing it. I don’t necessarily think i’d sell my soul to get them back if I sold them, but they’re definitely things I want to hold on to if I have the ability to.

[@logancrawley2634]

if i won the lottery, i would totally buy some ones enormous retro game collection...but that hasn't happened so its a lot easier to just emulate

[@tonyp9313]

If I won the Lottery, I would buy shelves in like a big house & just buy specific games I want. Yeah emulation is awesome.

[@homerthompson416]

I'd buy original hardware and lots of flash carts tbh. And also some badass CRT screens.

[@tonyp9313]

@@homerthompson416 Oh yeah. I love those CRT's

[@baronhausenpheffer]

Fun video, as always! While I had analysis paralysis about the question at first, I'm pretty sure my Sega Saturn collection would be my "house is burning" salvage because it dovetails into both the nostalgia and the replacement value. The Saturn was my only console for nearly 10 years (1997 - 2006), and I played the heck out of its obscure little library in that time. I probably have more fond memories of those games than any others. The way the prices later went bonkers kind of goes without saying, sadly.

[@dariusq8894]

Once upon a time I owned Mega Man 1-5 on the Gameboy MIB which I had bought at each respective launch. A couple of years pass and Capcom announced they were going to release a compilation of these games on one cart for the GBA. So I marched down to my local EB Games, traded in my original copies as a deposit on the compilation, and waited. Months passed and Capcom announced they had cancelled the compilation. I was absolutely crushed. 😭 Decades passed, and while browsing eBay I saw a Mega Man compilation GBA cartridge for sale. This custom cart not only included the GB Mega Man games but also the GBC Mega Man X games, complete with save states and colour swapping options. I didn't care that it was a bootleg, this was the game I had been promised all those years ago come to life for only $40. I was so happy that I bought two copies: one for me and one for a friend to share it with. 😃

[@themadchallenger5490]

I Remember getting Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes for $20 at Game Crazy in Good Use Condition. I heard of the series and I thought I give it a try. It was one of my favorite Games for the Gamecube easy! Had to sell it do to losing my job to make rent sadly in my early 20s. Hopefully to have it back in my collection soon.

[@cubeskywalker4953]

My basement flooded recently, which is where I keep my games. The game I grabbed first when I found out it was flooding was Perfect Dark on N64.

[@brendanroberts1310]

Hope you grabbed the expansion pak as well.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

I’d definitely sell my soul for that Hi Saturn Navi Screen that I’ll never find to go with my console. I bet most people have no idea what I’m talking about.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I know what you're talking about! That thing looks pretty cool. But yeah, would be really difficult to get a hold of.

[@themailman3331]

I have about a dozen rare-ish Super Nintendo games, all complete in box. Final Fantasy 2&3, Lufia 1&2, Breath of Fire 1&2, Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, Dragon Quest 4,5&6 on the DS, I’d sell my soul to get those back if they were lost or stolen.

[@TheJadeFist]

or maybe a soul sale for telling myself as a kid to save everything complete in box.

[@michaelblosenhauer9887]

I got my first game boy for christmas, it was a black one. My parents had my brother, that was home on leave, go to the store to buy it and a game. He picked up Pokémon to go with it. A few years later, my parent's got me a game boy color for my birthday. The next time that brother was home for leave, he asked to borrow my old pocket game boy and a few games. He claims it was stolen but he may have sold it for rent or lost it. Either way, I never got it back. I was upset for a long time but of course I had yo forgive him eventually. But, I still miss that old game boy pocket.

[@austinRstr8]

A new Sly Cooper game by Sucker Punch themselves would send me to heaven

[@jamessunderland1181]

When I was younger (way to young to play these games mind ) my mother had purchased the fatal frame games for herself on the PlayStation 2 ,and I probably played those things more than she did and always wanted to get my hands on a new fatal frame. and of course one was in fact released for the Nintendo wii, but never got a localized release so like every week for a few years I would always desperately check the web for any news on a potential upcoming release hoping that maybe we would get it. I even tried to talk my mom into importing the thing so I could try and get a home brew english patch for the wii despite having no earthly idea how I would even do that just that it was possible. Eventually I moved on played newer games but it was always a “what I wouldn’t give to play that game”. Now the game actually did get a recent port to new consoles and it’s … only okay . I think I got more enjoyment out of the satisfaction of booting it up and saying finally after all these years I can play this than I got out of actually playing it.

[@coltwalker6990]

Retro Bird, you're the best! I love your videos. Your cutaways are hilarious. I had a copy of Pokemon Leafgreen for GBA when I was 12 that actually disappeared. I don't know if it was stolen, I dropped it randomly (not likely), or if nether creatures tore the fabric of time and cast invisibility on it. I still dream of finding it from time to time 19 years later.

[@DanielNewm]

Your banana placement is exquisite Also, I think what I’d like the most would be to have played more of the games when they were current. My most cherished games now tend to be the ones I loved as a kid, and there are plenty I never had the chance to play. It is fun to discover them now, but just not the same.

[@shhhvcnear]

Dang @retrobird I didn't expect this video to trash on Timmy so hard - that was brutal!

[@sephiroth81]

Twenty three years ago my parents moved and threw out my CIB set of Dragon Warrior 1-4. I can't justify the expense of those titles now...but I think I'd give up a few toes to get them back in my collection.😂😂 Had to settle by picking up the famicom games but just not the same.

[@homerthompson416]

Ouch. Love those games, though I played the Super Famicom remasters of 1-3 since they're way easier to read with kanji than the Famicom originals that were all hiragana.

[@diegoparga9324]

My entire gameboy collection. It was pristine, with a carrying case and the magnifying glass thing. I gave to my mom to donate to children in need. She sold it to a friend of hers (not in need) for a measly amount and donated the cash.

[@DM-xx9fr]

In teams of games I own, id "sell my soul" or try and save my pokemon collection. Not just cause its expensive, but because i remember putting hours into grinding pokemon emerald, heartgold and white.

[@nickparsons337]

Okay, I commented before finishing the video. My NES, Nintendo 64, original Xbox, PS2, and PS3; were all gifted to me. And yes; I'm well aware of how lucky I am.

[@patpatboy2]

Considering the "game you wish existed" scenario - I'd sell my soul for Free Radical's version of Star Wars Battlefront III. Is that a "retro game?" I don't think so, but it's still my answer 🙃

[@bryanb6747]

Solid content. I know i still have a soul, because it just got enriched ;)

[@s3np411]

After my fiend committed suicide, I realized I still had his cartridge of Toejam and Earl. I bought the case, manual and poster for the game to make it complete.

[@OnlyGamingClips]

I felt the same way in 6th grade when my mom took me to the mall to get a PlayStation and a game, and I got Resident Evil Director's Cut with mine, and the rest is history, still gaming everyday.

[@Loanwolf387]

Looking around my game room now and thinking there are still a few holy grail items on my list, but not soul worthy. One item from my childhood that could meet that value, is my childhood, plastic, he-man tent. I loved that thing, but I (and friends) were so rough with it that it maybe lasted a year before being completely destroyed. One of those things you could never replace, as that tent doesn’t exist anymore. Only some hazy memories 😢❤

[@newtable2580]

I lost my entire super nintendo and genesis collection to a house fire when I was 12 and I would absolutely sell my soul to get back a few select titles.

[@happyhollandays]

A non-existent game I'd sell my soul for -- a Bomberman collection. Particularly the SNES Bomberman games. A collection featuring all 5 SNES Bomberman games would be perfect. I especially love Super Bomberman 3,4,5. None of these games were released in the US, but they are some of the best multiplayer versus games on the SNES (or any system in my opinion). It would be great if we could have a collection of all these games on modern consoles.

[@unnaturalselection8330]

@Happy Hollandays bro they make that kind of collection. It's not authentic, but I def saw a Bomberman collection on ebay a year or so back.

[@cd4playa1245]

Every Christian after viewing the title: 😬🫣 Retrobird explains it’s just clickbait: 👍 Retrobird: 🤙

[@bluefates58]

For me, it would be my the N64 and the 6 games that came with it that my aunt got me in 2012 love that thing so much in the house fire scenario. When it comes to selling my soul for a game probably Half life 3 or a new Banio Kazooie game

[@AgainZa333]

My "soul" game would be the Sega Genesis version of "Flashback the Quest for Identity". But it MUST come with the mini-Marvel comic (Genesis version only). I often site this as my favorite game of all time..

[@Obrulis]

Your soul isn’t even enough to buy Little Samson. You also have to pay $4.09 shipping

[@ridiculous_gaming]

Radiant Silvergun looks amazing on your Saturn. I have it on Xbox 360 and should play it more.

[@medmuscle]

I purchased physical copies of both 1001 Spikes and VVVVVV for PlayStation Vita a few months ago. They look really nice in my tent home.

[@KeyToTime]

I still own all my childhood N64 games in their original boxes. I would sell my soul for any of those if they went missing. Got my N64 with Goldeneye when I was 6, have amazing memories of unwrapping it on Christmas day 1998. I only ever had 6 games: Goldeneye Banjo-Kazooie - Birthday 1999 F1 world championship II - ??? remember picking it up with my mum The World is Not Enough - Christmas 2000 Banjo-Tooie - Birthday 2001 Conker's Bad Fur Day - sometime in 2002, remember my Dad buying it for me on a whim and getting the bus home. I 100% completed all of them and still have my save files with the exception of The World is not Enough as that was on a memory card which has now ran out of battery : (

[@devonwilliams5738]

I'm not leaving my HDRetrovision cords behind.

[@mickeydiamonds7209]

Its definently Earthbound. I found that game out of nowhere at a video rental store. I said "Holy Jeez, look at the size of that box!!" Then I played it non stop during "little league baseball season", and I was going swimming every day with some new friends I made in a neighborhood waiting pool that I pee'd in constantly through my shorts, the entire time. It was, a memorable year I guess.

[@retrovgameshops]

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[@isquirtmilkfrommyeye]

I have several rare Game Boy Pockets. I’d have to go for them first in a fire because I wouldn’t ever be able to get them back. One glows in the dark (1 of 2,000), one is Swedish and yellow and blue like their flag (1 of 3,000), and another was given to employees at Atlus and says Atlus on it. There are likely around 50 of those ever made. My Game Boy collection is my favorite thing within my game collection so I’d have to go for them first.

[@gregpitcher4569]

Really great video topic! My game would be a really terrible game called Monkey Puncher for the Gameboy colour, it has more sentimental value and memories attached, but the prices are ridiculous on eBay! Another quick lil story for ya I tried to sell my original see through DMG to our UK equivalent of GameStop, they wouldn't take it because I had my name and initials scratched onto it! Really glad I didn't sell it, I still love it and play it! Loving all the comments and stories too, thank you for being wholesome!

[@luckyrockmore2796]

My Golden Eye on Nintendo 64 that me and my buddy and his brother spent months unlocking all the cheats! Damn you Funcoland!

[@MasaCheez]

One of the best things about early 32-bit games (especially PlayStation) is that using emulation you can damn near get a modern remaster just by increasing the resolution and FSAA.

[@isquirtmilkfrommyeye]

It’s hard to mention it without sounding like you’re bragging, but I do have Little Samson. I’d definitely try and grab that before leaving the house because I didn’t pay anywhere near what it’s going for now for it and if it burns, I’ll never be able to get another one.

[@far2d28]

Can’t believe you have a copy of Saturns radiant silver gun, I got JP Darius and fantasy zone as far as shmups fun to play but way cheaper good for you man!

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

1. Snatcher 2. Panzer Dragoon Saga 3. Persona 2 (PS1) 4. Chibi Robo 5. Earthbound

[@CBHPwnz]

I wish I had my old gamecube games I had as a kid. I had Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes and the LoZ: Master Quest, not unobtainable prices these days but seeing them go up in value as collectors items makes me wish I still had them Also wish I kept my 1st gen pokemon cards 😅

[@blackishjustin]

For me, it would probably be the Sega Saturn stuff we had as kids. We actually kept all the video game stuff from childhood, which now I have in my possession, but somehow, someway, my brother lost the Sega Saturn stuff. It's a real bummer. We had a lot of really good games that are now incredibly expensive. As for games that I still have that I would "sell my soul" for would be Chrono Trigger for SNES, Final Fantasy VII/Final Fantasy Tactics/Metal Gear Solid/Syphon Filter 2 for PS1, Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Mortal Kombat I & II for Genesis. All of those would be for sentimental value.

[@cd5sircoupe]

I probably have about a hundred or so systems total, I can agree that the only ones that I really remember are the ones that have some significance as a gift or whatever. By that I mean that I have X amount of Genesis model2, but I know I still have my original somewhere with the missing power button & the New Milford Amusement sticker on the bottom. Same for stuff like the Gameboy Pocket my aunt got me back in the 90s, or my original Gamecube & Xbox. A lot of the early stuff is kind of lost to time, but a lot of the later gen stuff of the past 20ish years I bought & kept. I'd be here forever trying to explain it all. But I will say my favorite is my original Dreamcast, which is basically just the original motherboard at this point. I spared no expense on that thing and I love it so far. When the GDrom failed I figured I could either swap it with another unit since I have so many DCs on hand, or I could build the shit out of it... so I upgraded everything.

[@mekman4]

I don’t know if I would sell my soul, but I would love to get back my old collection that I lost in the metaphorical fire that was my life 20 years prior. I have a Switch now, but I would have loved to have kept my collector’s edition GBA SP and GB Micro, I’m _never_ getting those back! Not, that there is much incentive to do so, too much time has passed, but they were some of the slickest special editions Nintendo has ever put out. These were the NES Classic GBA SP and that Anniversary Game Boy Micro with the Famicom face plate. If they made a Switch lite with a similar decal or a design like those I’d have a third Switch for certain! Great Stuff!

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

I'd sell my soul to be able to keep my soul if I ever decided to sell my soul for a game.

[@tonyp9313]

What? You make 0 sense.

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

@@tonyp9313 Exploit😁

[@tonyp9313]

@Vesper F Why sell it if he's going to keep it?

[@jtsdeals]

Nice Sharks hat!

[@cherokeefit4248]

I’ll never jump on the bandwagon of owning games like earthbound

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I've actually found that game to be very polarizing. For as big of a fanbase as it has, it definitely doesn't click for everyone.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

If I could only grab one game in a fire, it would be my sealed copy of Greendog on Sega Genesis, we found it in my grandma's house after she died, we already had that game as kids, so she must have just put it aside for 27 years or so.

[@tonyp9313]

Green Dog lol You serious.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@@tonyp9313 Sentimental value. 😊

[@timbo303official9]

Lol game sack would like to have a word with you xD

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

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[@TheMcrico84]

3:17 this was me with my ps1 the day i got it, i got tomb raider 1 and that was going to be my only game for a long time

[@danielordonez412]

drag up that 3D bar😆 If you sell your soul on a paper like that automatic doors wont open for you😆

[@ITISWHATIS]

fwiw, the Japanese version of Little Samson is significantly cheaper than the US version. I really hope Retro-Bit makes a reprint of that game.

[@rgm4646]

I sold my copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga decades ago, I would love to have that one game back one day.

[@brucegusler5208]

My biggest sell my soul for game or gaming console is my gameboy advance sp with Pokémon sapphire that my mom got me a month before she passed. It along with my entire game collection was stolen from but that was the piece that hurt the most

[@mlemkuil7692]

I would "sell my soul" for a new couch co-op Halo Reach story

[@wazzajohnson4294]

🤯 I got a red gameboy pocket and dkl3 for Xmas 97 and I recently just got the box for my cartridge from 97 cause who knows what happened to the original box 😂