What Makes a Game Collection Embarrassing - Retro Bird

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Games played: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (0:00), Thunder Force IV (0:09), Mega Man 3 (0:20), Wild Guns Reloaded (0:35), Kenseiden (2:49)

[@jeffersonspyplanemusic]

Donkey Kong 5:00

[@jrod1986]

I'm dealing with an impending death in my family, thank you for literally helping me keep it together tonight, matt.

[@IamMarkSmith]

My best to you and your family. God bless.

[@prefeitobear9209]

Retrobird has done the same for me last year. Hang in there, friend.

[@eoinbradley6842]

He may act like a goof but you know he's a good guy. Be well my friend, good times are worth more than gold.

[@TheDarkjudge1]

Sorry to hear that. Best to you and yours!

[@es7990]

🙏

[@Oleander007]

We missed you last Friday. Welcome back!

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Ahhhh thanks :)

[@chriscroteau931]

Selling something only to re buy it later when your life situation changes ranks up there for me.

[@Jake_Krause]

I don't know who needs to hear this but... You DESERVE to Donkey Kong.🐵🍌❤️

[@lukeautosymbol2668]

Thank you for this. That phrase was haunting me from the first time I heard it!

[@nickatmacomb8965]

It's in my head to! I love oy

[@AndyVandercoy]

@@Jake_Krause whew 😓 thank you stranger! 😁😄 🍌

[@ikesours6558]

I was in the process of eliminating some Wii games while being reminded of this. Sure, Returns has some tacked on motion controls but it's one of 2 DKC games I have. I can NOT take it for granted. Retro Bird would probably beat me to death with a nanner if I did!

[@cusernament]

I saw a boxed DKC at my local retro video game store on the weekend. It was $80. I didn't buy, but I do want.

[@skankcor3]

The only embarrassing part of a collection is thinking it means anything to anyone other than yourself. If it gives you joy by collecting it, great! If it only gives you joy to show it off to others, that’s embarrassing.

[@biggtastee2401]

That would be every youtuber and forum member that posts the 'hey look at what i got' picture of their collection.

[@jeffb.6642]

Lots of people only buy sought-after things to impress others. It's honestly pathetic. Not sure of the origin, but a phrase comes to mind: _"We buy stuff we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like."_ How dumb is that, when you honestly think about it lol

[@HunnysPlaylists]

@@biggtastee2401 That's to connect with other people and make friends, not to make you jealous.

[@HunnysPlaylists]

I would hope it means something to your friends with the same hobby.

[@vintagecrazyjay4970]

@@jeffb.6642 Dave Ramsey, finance expert said it. Cheers!

[@-RTC-]

Dude I just found your channel this week and I’ve been binging all of your videos. I really enjoy what you’re putting out. Cheers!

[@lolzorz3]

Welcome :) this is a wholesome community here on his channel.

[@-RTC-]

@@lolzorz3 that’s awesome to hear. I love his attitude towards retro gaming and have been having a lot of fun watching his stuff!

[@randrews103]

Same here. Love this channel

[@fan1701]

I did the same thing when I found his channel. You just cant stay away once you get started watching.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Welcome to the channel! I'm glad you're enjoying it :)

[@rockguitarist931]

If it wasn't for this channel, there's no way I would've been motivated enough to rebuild my bread bag clip collection.

[@jimjilliker2890]

I’m proud of you. Keep going. Persevere. Give us this day, our daily bread tags.

[@reyntime1950]

You'll be sitting on a goldmine one bread goes digital only

[@GavinCanan]

I was the kid that always got consoles late in their life cycles. I was just getting NES when everyone was on Genesis and SNES. Got a Genesis when everyone was onto N64 and PS1. The first time I got a brand new console at launch was the Dreamcast in '99... then Sega broke my heart! Over the past year (call it a midlife not-so-crisis) I've been building back. Your videos put a smile on my face. I appreciate it!

[@TheMikeyb86]

My kid laughs so hard every time he hears "Ya don't DESERVE ta Donkey Kong."

[@lolzorz3]

Retrobird video…My week is finally complete.

[@philbuilds116]

I lost my Dreamcast and GameCube when I moved in 2008. I found them unpacking when I moved across the country in 2023.

[@Kirby-vp8yw]

You’re the only youtuber I actually go “oh shoot he dropped a new video!” for. Lol. Wanted to let you know, after discovering your channel I finally decided to start collecting retro consoles/games. Your relevant, relatable videos and consolidation, less is more topics helped get me in the right mindset. I’m limited on space, so I watched Macho Nacho’s retro gaming AV cart video, and tons of your videos, and now I’m making my own retro gaming setup. Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice and tips in your videos!. Your “get on my lawn” approach worked for me! Now if I could only start a banana collection. That would really be something.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

That's great to hear! I hope you're really enjoying your time with the hobby!

[@Joseph-kd2gy]

I bought Conker’s Bad Fur Day brand new from Wal-mart for $10. Sold it a few years later for $3.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

I bought Panzer Dragoon Saga new from Toys R Us and gave it away to a long lost friend for free..

[@koolaid33]

Cannot even start to explain how true the embarrassment of "I had ___ but traded it for ___" is. Literally everyone has a story like this in their collection, it's almost a requirement to be a collector. This wasn't me but my father had found a treasure trove at a Value Village (Canadian Goodwill), a Master System with games, an Atari 2600 with games, an NES with games, and a Genesis with games. All being sold for like $50 each, which he bought every single one. Over the following decade, he was selling it off, for way too cheap at the time. He sold off like 3 SEALED copies of Double Dragon NES for like $30 each. Then, just a few years before I began collecting, he sold off his Genesis and Game Gear collections he had, both for EXTREMELY LOW prices. Now, he's helped me rebuild the collection he sold off, and he's spent more money on the Genesis console alone than how much he sold his entire Genesis collection for in 2018.

[@matthewwalter3257]

@@koolaid33 it was 2000- 2001 and I was young and sales on at king of trade where 50 cents for genesis games. I must have had 3 grocery bags full of all different genesis games, rocket knight being one of my best and me and my brother had traded it for Pokémon cards that we lost probably a short while after. Today the friend we traded them too was murdered so ashes to ashes dust to dust. Don’t trade your best items.

[@thereaper9149]

Traded Conkers Bad Fur Day for Eternal Darkness cause I have the Xbox copy 😂

[@BlankSpacePub]

I can relate to this topic. I have 8 copies of Final Fantasy 1 for NES-not because I forgot I had it, but because there’s only one save slot per cartridge, and I didn’t want to erase my previous games. But here’s another embarrassing category: buying a crappy game that’s expensive. I just bought Frankenstein for NES for $120 a few months ago for some weird reason. It’s so glitchy and broken, but it’s actually grown on me… 😆

[@Meatsunleashed]

When we moved to Oregon 5 years ago, we downsized to live in an RV while we bought a house. I gave all of my video game magazines and many, many strategy guides to the goodwill including a complete collection of Nintendo Power Magazine. I also tossed all of my boxes and manuals. I still have a decent collection, and i'm slowly re building, but not a day goes by that I don't regret it... Aint that a kick in the head? Love the videos, hope to see you at PRGE!

[@neetpride5919]

"It takes an idiot to do cool things. That's why it's cool." - Haruko Haruhara

[@GameBoyGuru]

Part of me secretly hopes Timmy hate-watches your channel and comments under an alias. For some reason, that bit doesn't get old.

[@grawlix311]

I move all my game related wall decorations in my off out of frame for my work meetings, I just feel like I’m on an island when it comes to gaming at work

[@tyraelhermosa]

Lol, I feel ya on this one.

[@timwasylyszyn9838]

Hey looks like you found my long lost game. Loved the video! - Timmy

[@TheeActiv8dStylez]

as a collector of many games from almost every generation, this is by far ME, i have games that i can stare at for days and others i can just quickly glance at and stare at that other awesome game yet again. you pump out some of the best content mr bird, keep at it with these, another thumbs up from me :)

[@gam85191]

Just here for my weekly "yer don't deserve to dankey kang"

[@toybarons]

You video moved me. I am that person who bought Okami, new, and never played it. I'm going into the next room now and when I find where in my collection it is, I will dust it off and give it a hug.

[@TheGamingHoser]

100% agree with your points about not owning games you don't care about. This has kind of been one of the banes of retro gaming youtube. When bad games start to outnumber the good ones, your collection starts to look like a burden. The bigger your game collection gets the closer it gets to becoming an ebay store. Thanks for another great video.

[@juanjosesegura4585]

Having a hard day, was saving this view for such a day. Thanks pal. Btw, care to share where we can get those get-me-to-sleep long bread tags? Could use one now and then.

[@davidnone8951]

Your videos are always fun and relaxing.

[@Cewrin]

According to backloggery I haven't played 57.7% of my collection.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

I buy games like I going to be put in some form of solitary confinement with just my collection for the rest of my life. I'm always buying games that will be cool to pop in and try "some day" then I go back to online Rocket League, Street Fighter and GT7 like always.

[@killscreen7519]

My NES and N64 collections consist of 1 Everdrive cartridge each. I'm very proud of them. I sold those collections because I was embarrassed about not playing the games enough. I felt other gamers deserve a chance to love them.

[@tonyp9313]

@@killscreen7519 I also have the Everdrive cartridges for Nes & N64. You should have kept some of your collection for back up.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

@@tonyp9313 There’s always going to be people with backups for everyone else. A lot of prior collectors would be tempted to go back to collecting with just a few games. It can be an addiction for some people. I’ll go with this guys decision. You go man. I honestly envy you.

[@ogre706]

Focusing more on the experience instead of hoarding plastic on shelves... that's the right way to do it. 👍

[@TheIllustriouBlueJay]

​@@ogre706.....nah. The real thing always beats the fake.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

@@TheIllustriouBlueJay I can't see how in this case. Less practical in every way.

[@autoneurotic]

I have a couple such moments. I gave away the family Commodore 64 back in the 90s. It wouldn't turn on. Knowing what I know now, I could have repaired it. Another one is that I bought a copy of Home Alone for the NES for almost $30 a couple of years ago (with manual and dust sleeve) because we had it when I was a kid. We hated that game but I had to have it back in my collection as an adult. I paid money for a game I hate. What a great hobby!

[@dragoon1090]

This channel is a KZbin gem. I'm so happy I found it. I love your facial expressions and humor. I'm embarrassed to say I had to buy two copies of smash ultimate. My kids lost one of them years ago and after moving I still didn't find it.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I'm glad you found the channel too!

[@gregorys9629]

Definitely guilty of forgetting what games I've bought, especially digital games bought during a sale.

[@killscreen7519]

Steam summer sale is on now! 😅

[@neomaycry7]

This was a great video idea! Another idea would be a video on game series that collectors feel compelled to buy the entire set. For example, most collectors have a full set of Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3 for the NES and DK Country 1, 2, and 3 for the SNES (if they collect for those systems).

[@lukeautosymbol2668]

That's a nice idea for a video!

[@derpnooner]

I lost it on the banana face+eyes! Top marks on tonight’s video, Bird!

[@ikesours6558]

Your running gag of "You don't deserve to Donkey Kong" has finally enlightened me in the midst of prioritizing my Wii games. Sure, DKC Returns has tacked on motion but it's still a good game and worthy of making the cut. I DO deserve to Donkey Kong!

[@justin10054]

I'm still embarrassed about getting talked into buying a Japanese copy of Ogre Battle 64 by my local game store as a kid, having no idea how to play it because all the text was in Japanese, then it getting released in English a short while later but not having the money to buy it because I spent it all on the import. 😖

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Ahhh, that's a bummer.

[@VladlustTV]

The Donkey Kong bit will never not be funny 😆 Great video as always Mister Consolidation!

[@albert09]

I still feel embarrased & I still regret selling Metroid Fusion & PS Quake 2 to GameStop 21 years ago. Never sell games to these a..holes. Fortunately got Metroid Fusion back last year. Glad you are back Bird!

[@Curlyheart]

I just bought Quake 2 on 360 from Mercari.

[@Fetchdafish]

You hit one nail on the head for sure. You may think you're saving money buying games on sale, but it makes a lot more sense to pay full price for the games you really, really want to play right now instead of a discounted price for games you're sure you'll play eventually but not right away. You'll spend less money doing this and you won't end up with the problem of having so many games it's hard to decide what to play. I'm honestly kind of proud of my collection of games, but I wish I could go back and focus on playing games instead of buying them. Would have saved a lot of money and had more fun.

[@DynamiteNunchucks]

Moving with my collection is the best worst feeling Iv ever experienced

[@toxicmule]

Buying a game to impress your friends, then realizing you don't have any. Whole. Shelf. of. These.

[@sephiroth81]

YESSSS 😂😂😂 "You don't deserve to Donkey Kong!" Nice!

[@kornweed]

6:30 I must be one of the rare few who always refused to sell any part of my collection I couldn't imagine giving that up

[@IamMarkSmith]

I've been gaming since 1983, but I did not begin doing this until 1998.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Yeah, I always envy people like yourself.

[@thedopplereffect00]

Same. I still have all my games from childhood and most the boxes. I'm afraid to collect more games because of all the counterfeits now and forgetting which ones were originally my own

[@Totavier]

4:55 Great not only I have stuck that phrase in my head and hear it everytime that I play a Donkey Kong game, now you enhance it with an echo, lol!. 😂 Also at 7:37 One the biggest reasons that I lost so many games on it, books and comics, old toys and even worse some of the old consoles got serious unfixable damages, my family used to move a lot when I was a kid. Luckily that stopped around the end of the 90's and never again we moved but still is a nightmare that thing. 😞

[@elodvezer1790]

sold my n64 with ALL the classics, Gold Ocarina of time, grey Turok, all originals, in boxes, mario 64, party, 007, u name it, I had it, Pod racer, etc. IT DEFINATELY helped my mom managed the electronics section at Zellers at the time 😅 for sure! access to all the special releases wirh enough units orders etc!

[@Curlyheart]

WWF No Mercy?

[@killscreen7519]

​@@Curlyhearta true BANGER! The N64 had some fantastic wrasslin games

[@killscreen7519]

@elodvezer1790 A Zellers shoutout. Tell me your Canadian without telling me your Canadian 😂

[@BigChunkySkates]

Definitely can relate to this. My problem is the games I still have that I’m “embarrassed” about aren’t really worth much. Like PS2 and NES stuff that’s hard to sell and make it worth it. I use a list on my phone so I don’t ever buy doubles by mistake, but the only time that happened to me was with like $3 good will games. I play almost everything I own.

[@foretrosake5216]

4:56 😂 gosh I was waiting almost 5 minutes for that! 😆 Greta video as always

[@DivisibleByWaffle]

I accidentally bought Twilight Princess on Wii twice. I gifted the second copy to my brother. When life gives you idiocy, make lemonade.

[@MachineVox]

5:00 That was absolutely terrifying 😅

[@Roshenbo]

You deserve a gazillion followers my dude. I laughed throughout this entire video. Well played sir, well played indeed!! 😆

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@80skid61]

Having games I have to turn off when my mom enters the room: Senren Kagura, Peach Ball, Gun Gun Pixies.

[@alex64gaming]

Loving bananas will never be embarrassing

[@ogre706]

Well... only as long as one does with them as was intended. |:

[@faffrdgaming]

As an Ape in a Cape, I approve of this message.

[@DanLinden]

I love being an idiot. It comes naturally to me. 😉

[@BNWilliamGaming]

Luckily, I never did and never will sell my games! However, I am guilty of throwing away the boxes of some of my older PC games (such as LEGO Island) with jewel cases or DVD cases inside. Now, when I get a new one, I just throw the box into a bin in my room and display the jewel case/DVD case on my shelf.

[@Wheels8504]

My embarrassing moment was asking my parents to buy me Batman Forever for both SNES and Game Boy.

[@mattb6522]

Good video! I can definitely sympathize here. I've sold many of my retro games and systems many years ago. Most of which had the original case and manual. Even pretty rare stuff like Bubble Bobble Part 2 on the NES!

[@wettuga2762]

No game collections here, just consoles, Everdrives and ODEs. If I ever need to move to another house, the consoles will go with me personally. I just don't trust the moving workers with anything of value, just furniture and nothing else.

[@nintenjoel]

God, this channel is amazing.

[@BryanMinnix]

Your content is so wholesome. Thanks Reto Bird.

[@LordVader.66]

I lost my NES. 20yrs later, I found it out in the shed in a box. My grandma must have done it when she was decluttering a cupboard or wherever it was I had it.

[@Macktube]

Man, these goofy facial expressions are killing me😂 I'm actually very happy with my collection.There's always random ones that you want, but i'm more into the packaging and inserts these days.

[@GenerationalGamer]

Embarrassed by selling my 3-screw version of CIB Mega Man for $50 and during one of my moves, I lost my entire Game Gear collection. I'm still looking for it.

[@PaperBanjo64]

I finally bought Paper Mario for Nintendo 64...was well worth it!

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

TTYD and Bower's Inside Story are really good ones too IMO.

[@BeephBigham]

Thanks for nerding out with us, bro 🤙🏼

[@daveutley7151]

I DID in fact loose an entire console! I'm pretty sure I left my N64 at a friends house about 25 years ago. I have since remedied this grave mistake and now own several N64s and have a healthy collection of games :)

[@jeffcourty6321]

'' a healthy collection of games '' ... I feel like I have more an unhealthy collection of games, since I gathered more gametime than I have left to live😅

[@superjupi]

I never sold any games that I later regretted selling (GT64, for example), but I did lose the majority of my collection (games and consoles alike) between moves. I had to very quickly move out and couldn't get into a permanent space quickly enough, so I put everything I had into two storage units. One of them got broken into and completely looted. There was also the case of Suikoden II, where when I learned how expensive it was getting, I decided to rip the game to my computer in order to preserve it. It exploded in my PC's disc drive. Thankfully was able to pick up a disc-only copy for cheap and suddenly had a pristine CIB copy once again, but no horror movie could ever fill me with terror to match that incident.

[@CaptinNabil7]

One thing embarrassing, regarding my game collection, that happened to me, was giving away my decent amount of Gamecube games, to my relatives, as a Teenager. Being how back then, what motivated me giving them away was how I got bored of them, because of how tiring it was for me to restart certain games, due to limited space in the Memory Card. Though looking back, I feel hugely embarrassed by that choice and motivation, at that age, because of how a majority of those games happen to be THE best of the Gamecube Library, I ever played. Being MARIO POWER TENNIS, SUPER MARIO STRIKERS, and MARIO KART DOUBLE DASH, which I eventually did buy a new copy at a convention. But boy, is that ever a huge moment of regret I've lived with, since that day.

[@autoneurotic]

For what it's worth you may have made your relatives' lives awesome in the process, and given them wonderful lifelong memories. That's worth something!

[@TheDogFacedGamer]

I was moving to the next town over, about 20 miles and my dad was helping me with his truck. I had placed My N64 and collection in a box that was clearly marked, place in car. Well while driving behind my father on the interstate I saw a box fly up into the air and realized the second it did that it was my N64 collection. It crashed to the road in front of me and I drove over it. Whole thing happened in a matter of like two seconds but the slow motion feeling and the soul crushing crunch was the worst. From that point on any time I move I place the boxes with my games in them in the vehicle myself and never allow anyone else to touch them.

[@Tay234.]

I’m embarrassed I sold over 20+ games to GameStop for $13. At the time my then girlfriend now wife was going to Disney. It was a long distance relationship at the time so I had to gather money to go. Been married 10 years so it was worth it but I miss some of those games. Recently I’ve just been collecting physical ps2, GameCube and 3ds games

[@theangriestgamer]

There was a fire in my house. Not extensive damage but everything had to be packed up to clean for smoke damage. To this day, I’ve never found my collection of NES games.

[@supersmallchibiwolf872]

I think the only thing that makes a game collection embarrassing is having or feeling to have or keep a very popular game or game console just because It's well known beloved and fear that some people might find it bad that you don't have it. I think every gamer should enjoy what they love and I have met and seen gamers who fit that description unfortunately. 6:07 I love the Nintendo 64 but I also sold a Nintendo 64 collection with cheap and not so good to really bad conditioned games and got a lot enough for new PlayStation 4 games back when it started coming out. 8:04 Legend has It Timmy is still searching his childhood home / homes looking for Dr.Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Maybe one day he will find this video and see the truth. Cool video. ^_^

[@jamesp5780]

I misplaced my WiiU pro controller, as embarrassing as that is, I know it will still be holding a charge when I find it. Recently bought and immediately lost Stubbs the Zombie for Switch. Those dang cartridges are so small. Really relate to lots of this video, as I do most weeks. And boy oh boy are nanners tasty!

[@RetroBirdGaming]

It seriously will be. The battery life on those is insane.

[@randrews103]

Debating getting back into collecting. Have a small NES collection, but debating GameCube.

[@hazy33]

Great fun video. You are only the second person I've seen who sounds exactly like they look. The other one is the guy from the B-52s. Subscribed!

[@Demokirby]

When we were moving, used my wife's favorite cloths from the closet as the packing material for my video games, because I sold it as mutual ensured safety. Her cloths protect my video games stuff and we will both have skin in the game to make sure those boxed make it safe.

[@Axle1324]

I'm guilty of buying Voodoo Vince twice. I have since started a list of games I own on my cell phone.

[@lukeautosymbol2668]

Yuuup, I have lists for each console on my computer. Speaking of, I recommend exporting your list to a secondary device or the cloud. Years ago, I had a big note on my phone with all sorts of info and ideas on it that got ruined (essentially, everything in the file was selected and then replaced with the letter A...I have a hunch as to how it happened, but that's besides the point). Even though my iPhone was connected to iCloud, the saving of what was on my device was synchronous with the iCloud, meaning that the previous save of the note was overwritten immediately and therefore irretrievable.

[@Axle1324]

@@lukeautosymbol2668 I have my list on an app called Evernote. Cloud saves and everything.

[@otakubullfrog1665]

I'm personally a little embarrassed that I can't get into collecting anything older than the NES. I just don't feel a personal connection to Atari products and I always end up selling back any that I get.

[@RetroBirdGaming]

I'm the same way.

[@MiguelGarcia-xz8sg]

I have a small collection of games by collector standards but it is well organized and is nice to look at. I think that understanding the kind of collector you want to be helps. I am not a "completionist" collector. I don't pick up everything and anything. I only get things I really want and like.

[@jdchainsaw1335]

I'd like to see more of your thoughts on how to respond to people (non gamers) who say your collection is too big.

[@nedweeks6964]

I brought my genesis to a friend's house to play NBA Jam. It was tons of fun and when we were close to beating it I bought a box of sports games super cheap. I was super excited until he told me, "I don't really like sports games" good times!

[@robzo87]

My embarrassing moment was letting a friend borrow my NES and every game I owned for it… only for him to let somebody else borrow it and they moved to New York. I’m from North Carolina , so maybe that’s why lol

[@cd5sircoupe]

Buying a game and not playing it doesn't count as embarrassing for my metrics, I have tons of those. The only times I've bought a duplicate game are limited in scope. Usually it's because it's rare/valuable and it was cheap or better condition than the current copy, or in the case of a long running franchise that I'm trying to complete where I don't remember exactly which titles I already have. I long ago decided that I'm only buying titles that I actually want. If I score some random games in a haul, I'll resell them if I'm not interested. I generally don't play my physical copies of old games these days, if anything I'll play via emulation on my PS2/PS3/PSP/Vita/3DS/whatever. Keep the wear & tear on hardware to a minimum. Most of the games I still want in my collection have gotten crazy expensive for physical copies anyway. And I'm running out of room to store everything to be quite frank. I have made a few exceptions on games I used to own & sold that were very pricey in current day when I repurchased them, but that's generally not the norm. It's the select few where I have to have the game again. But if I'm being real, physical copies are kind of just shelf decor and bragging rights for me. Yeah, losing games... I have no freaking clue where I put my US Saturn copies of Megaman 8 & Megaman X4. Those are big fucking dollar games and I can't find them. Got em at a tag sale in a Saturn bundle for like $50 about a decade ago. Still, wouldn't say that's embarrassing. More like frustrating. Another thing I lost in my own home, a sick Kabar knife. No clue where that thing went, been years since I've seen it. And it's not small... Moving with a game collection is a punishment? Nah, not even close. Try moving with an extensive Gundam model collection. Woof.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

I sold off most of my collection and replaced it with everdrives and ODEs and I love how much more space I have. I kept only the games that I owned as a child and got rid of everything else. At the end of the day all I care about is real Hardware on a CRT. Now I look at people with massive endless shelves of games that they never play and sit there collecting dust while they make KZbin videos with it in the background for clout and it just doesn't seem as appealing anymore. Plus I love walking into a retro store with my friends looking at all the triple-digit retro games and realizing I don't have to buy any of these anymore cuz I already have them at home on my overdrive 😂

[@arenschultz]

It bugs me when I buy a game and then hardly ever play it. Some games just aren’t as great as you thought it would be though

[@tonyp9313]

@@arenschultz Yup. I bought a lot of games like that.

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

I have had struggles financially and had to pawn games and systems. Ended up losing it all before getting a stronger foothold on my finances. It was rough, but I still have some games to play, that I actually do really enjoy, and got back into my old hobby of currency collecting which is doing quite well.

[@MetalJody1990]

Over 20 years ago I lost the power cable and composite cable to my SNES. Got a little bummed by it due to the fact that all my N64 stuff was still intact and I was all into the N64. I didn't have a way to play my SNES cartridges so I let a neighborhood friend borrow some of my favorites, then one day he moved away with them. That pretty much severed any hope I had to get the ol' SNES up and running again. Then some years later I found out that it's possible to play SNES games in ways that make Nintendo tremble with anger, so that's how I've been playing SNES ever since... and N64... and GC and so on. It's been really nice.

[@tyraelhermosa]

eBay and Amazon can help you replace those cables, if you’d like to…

[@MetalJody1990]

@@tyraelhermosa Yeah, I think I'm good, but thanks for the tip. SNES on my PC is pretty much flawless.

[@The8bitFighter]

The only thing I can think of is that my copies of Halo and Halo 2 got totally switched up and mixed with other people's back in the day due to LAN parties. I think I have a copy of Halo 1 stuck in my Halo 2 box still, and the Halo 1 box lost to the sands of time.

[@RetroMaticGamer]

No collection should be embarrassing. The only thing that you should get embarrassed about is the people in your life that would make any attempt to make you feel embarrassed about the collection that brings you joy.

[@CompletelyAverageGameplay]

I used to be notorious for buying multiple copies of physical games because I forgot I had purchased a copy already. Truly, deeply embarassing. It got so bad I ended up taking pictures of my entire game collection and if I was at a store and wanted to buy something I'd reference the pictures on my phone to make sure I didn't already have a copy. Saved me on multiple occasions from doubling up 😓 .

[@joe-edward]

Embarrassing: I never had Link's Awakening DX as a kid, and I wanted to play it now, so during a buying spree a few years ago, I got two different copies of it, and now I have two cartridges of the same game and still have never played either of them, but I have played and beaten the remake on Switch multiple times. SMH.

[@cosmic_drew]

I had no idea that bread tags were actually so sought after. That's some serious collecting.

[@broznar1019]

My top 5: 5. Bought a game and lost it on the way from the post office 4. Sold my NES boxed games because they took too much shelf space 3. Sold my earthbound cartridge because i could emulate, only to buy it back later 2.Sold my copy of EVO search for eden because the the label was peeling off 1. Used an official Earthbound game box for shipping.

[@sammylee8722]

8:18 as a new game collector who has just recently started collecting again, I did actually recently lose an entire console! It was a nice Sunday, I was playing my original, seven year old copy of Tomodachi life on my 3ds XL I got when I was ten, and after setting it down and possibly bringing it to my classes the next day for streetpassing... it was gone. it's October, I lost it last May. it never hit any lost and found or surrounding thrift/game store, and after searching my house, I couldn't find it. I asked my friends, my professors... nothing. maybe it's still at my place, but I doubt it, and I'm still upset about it. I had even put some money into it only a few months earlier when the mid plate broke, too.

[@mausmalone]

I think that right now the most embarrassing thing about my collection is that I have no way to display any of it. I don't think I really need to build like a shrine to gaming or anything, but right now all my games are in plastic bins in the basement. I try only to keep one system upstairs and connected to a TV at a time because I just don't have space for more than that.

[@themailman3331]

I mainly collect consoles. I’ve boughten some bangers over the years. TurboGrafx-16 CD add-on, SuperGrafx, Panasonic Q, Neo-Geo AES, Neo-Geo CDZ, Atari Jaguar and CD add-on. You get the point. Anyway, about 10 years ago during a dire financial situation, I had to sell my Nintendo 64DD. Sold it for about $400, it sells now between $1,500-$2,000.

[@chrispodesta8105]

Just avoided an embarrassing miss - I was in and out of this shop for weeks. They had Contra III, Alien wars, at a PERFECTLY reasonable price. Not high, not low, just about exactly what I'd have thought. And finally I says, "what are you holding out for?" It's mine. Going in there and having that moment where I'm looking for it, but can't find it, and then pretending not to be looking for it after i realized it was gone - that, would have been embarrassing.

[@Tarzney]

You know what is really embarrassing? Watching this video and not giving Retro Bird a Thumbs up and leaving a comment.

[@TheRyan01]

I ended up having to purchase the SNES version of The Adventures of Batman and Robin again because I recently got back into retro gaming and its one that I had as a kid. I let a classmate in High School borrow it and I never saw it again.

[@Albee213]

I have a brother in law from Vietnam. I took him to a collectors store of games and toys. When he saw some of the prices the look on his was was priceless. If you ever want to feel like your wasting your life playing video games and collecting toys just show them to someone from a struggling country. You will rethink the things you fret over.

[@LethalBubbles]

my rule of thumb for avoiding embarrassment is simple "Don't look like a store". The way you look like a store is tons of shelves displaying the advertising. The nature of collecting stuff is gonna make that happen anyway. So it's better to divide it into multiple rooms, one "library room" or basementy nerd cave storage area. and a more curated "show room" that's not focused on the collection but has it in it's original context, fav console below TV or something. There's a mature way to like things, that makes you less like a consumer for it and more like it's a part of you.

[@TubbyBubbleLove42]

Three rooms for one collection? I wish I had that much area to work with. I get half a room for all my Magic cards, LEGOs, and games.