Video Game Collectors

https://youtu.be/9LPEfiWxKywOn episode #89 of Video Game Collectors Podcast, Josh Drops Holiday F-Bombs While Matt & Matt Clean Up The Carnage! 🤣 Matt Benhart Joins us once again as Josh gets heated over something 🤣 We take time out to thank all the wonderful dealers, auction houses, graders, and fellow collectors we love to support!We also talk about a recent Facebook post with a "hypothetical situation" and would love your take on it. Interesting point on both sides.We Also talk a closer look at RetroUSB.com's X-Mas Carts. Along with that we take a brief look at the AVS systems and a few early prototypes.Then we share some Christmas wins and read all your comments as usual 😁Here is the Chase After The Right Price video series I was talking about in the podcast: https://youtu.be/fXnJo6j89Yw?si=vnbJvthp53kxNtOn

https://youtu.be/5XjNh59bqnAOn Video Game Collectors Podcast #88 We take a look Video Game History Foundations new updates. Josh goes into more details about that in the video 😁 You can find their website here: https://gamehistory.org/We also take a look at Heritage's Pioneers of the Home Console Video Games Showcase Auction that ends tomorrow (December 21st).We then hop over and take a look at a great website that tracks Atari games and variants (Video Game Variations) You can find them here: https://videogamevariations.com/After that Josh attempts to open a new WATA case!We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅 May it be safe and a great one!!!

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On Video Game Collectors Podcast #87 We welcome Jason back from Mynty.gg and he goes over new improvements and updates on the website!

Jason has a real passion for tracking game sales and more specifically breaking some of those factors down based on condition which really makes a lot of sense. Honing this process takes time, patients, and true dedication.

We love Jasons passion for video game collecting and look forward to his success in the future 😁

Check Out Mynty At: https://mynty.gg/

Mynty On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mynty.gg

https://youtu.be/zBO-PXkRn4UVideo Game Collectors Podcast #86 Welcomes special guest and home brew master Kevin Hanley (Khan Games) To The Show! Kevin was part of Nintendoage since its very inception. After seeing Brians post of creating nintendo games and how to do it, Kevin was off and running.Many of Kevins home brew creations can be randomly found here and there still, but some go for a premium online. Having special early release versions of games was something fun that used to happen on Nintendoage specifically.I look forward to tracking down some of Kevin's older games and purchasing them to play and enjoy. You can also get recent releases of games like 8 Bit Xmas on https://www.retrousb.com/index.php.Be sure to follow and support Kevin below:Khan Games: https://www.khangames.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/atonofglaciersBe sure to also help donate to his charity next year as well: https://www.khangames.com/nes-spectrum-marathon

https://youtu.be/lha5pebq4-0On Video Game Collectors Podcast #85 - Josh talks about the grail sale that was made where a nameless individual purchased an NWC Gold Cart for $$$. There are about 11 tracked NWC Gold carts in collectors hands out of 26 supposedly given out. These don't pass hands that often and when they do, it's for big money.We also quickly check out the updated Mynty games. You can check out their website below.Be Sure To Check out Mynty: https://mynty.gg/Happy Thanksgiving to all!

https://youtu.be/uHSW3wmM_tYOn Video Game Collectors Podcast #84 - We talk about the white whale NES game found! Someone bought a box of games and in that box was the Minnesota lottery Cart! One of those things that there is likely 1 or maybe 2 of in the world and it pops up after 32 years! Absolutely insane!Below are some links for more reading on the cart:Minnesota Lottery Cart FB Thread: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1471392153036695/permalink/2575129605996272/?mibextid=W9rl1RVideogamesage thread on it: https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/4706-nes-modem-and-minnesota-state-lottery-cart/NY Times article on it: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/27/business/nintendo-and-minnesota-set-a-living-room-lottery-test.html

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On Video Game Collectors Podcast #83 we welcome special guest Kenneth Thrower! Kenneth is co-founder of WATA Games and now final grading specialist for CGC (hope I got that right). With more than 20 years of tracking video game variants and collecting in general, he has a lot to share that there would be no way to cover in just one episode.

Kenneth was one of the main contributors to the new CGC CIB guide that he tells us will be expanded on very soon. You can check that guide out here: https://www.cgcvideogames.com/resources/complete-in-box-guide/nintendo-entertainment-system

Kenneth was also a big part of the old Nintendoage gang and we would love to have him back on with a bunch of old members to reminisce the day of ole and talk real NES nerd talk. We look forward to having him back again soon!

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On Video Game Collectors Podcast #82 We have Matt Benhart join us once again to talk about video games and the news surrounding them!

CGC just came out with a new complete in box guide which covers a lot of bigger games and the variants to look for. Really well done and you can go check it out here: https://www.cgcvideogames.com/resources/complete-in-box-guide/nintendo-entertainment-system

We also get into a random discussion about the worst NES games made! Josh laid some ground rules of no Color Dinosaur and no fisher price games. Basically, if you wanted to torture someone with playing the worst NES games made, and you have to make a top 5 worst games list, what would that be?!

Here is our list that we came up with on the fly:

X-men

Ghostbusters

Deadly Towers

Roller Games

Back To The Future II & III

(Silver Surfer was mentioned, but mainly because it is just crazy hard (thatswhatshesaid)) 😂

So if you had to make a list, what would your top 5 worst NES games be? Leave your thoughts and comments in the video comments! We look forward to reading them!

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On Video Game Collectors Podcast #81 - We bring on an old friend and very Special Guest Matt "Bennihana" Benhart from back in the Nintendoage days! Matt was a moderator on Nintendoage for many years and he and his wife Melissa also helped Josh at pretty much all the retro gaming events as well. Matt has also completed his entire US NES set which is a major feat in-itself these days. Way harder and more expensive to do then it was 15 years ago.

Having taken a break from collecting for a while, we drug him back out of his hole to come (not cum) talk to us for a while about video games.

We will be sure to have Matt back so he can talk to us more about all his work on homebrews and unreleased games :-)

https://youtu.be/Vru-_m--FjUOn Video Game Collectors Podcast #77 We quickly go over the upcoming Portland Retro Game Expo and the pre-party/ gathering at Next Level Pinball Museum from 5:00pm - 11:00pm on Thursday October 12th. We have the party room reserved and entry to the museum is $22.00. Come and hang out, say hi, play poker, or just wander around the arcade/ museum. Link to the museum below.We also show our appreciation to Connor MacPhee and his cat TERRA. The bills mount up and he was going to sell video games to pay for the medical expenses, but Tim Mcbride mentioned setting up a Gofundme instead and then we all chipped in. He is only shy a little bit from his goal, and we hope to get the last bit soon. If you would like to donate and help out a young game collector, donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-raise-funds-for-terras-tooth-removalOn the last part, we look at some surprising results of this weeks Heritage weekly video game auctions. You might be a bit surprised :-) Thank you as always for your support and watching this train wreck! 🤣Next Level Pinball Museum: https://www.nextlevelpinballmuseum.com/Portland Retro Gaming Expo: https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/Cat Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-raise-funds-for-terras-tooth-removal