A few years back, a friend of mine managed to contact John and John allowed us to visit his garage. His collection was so massive that there was no way that we could have possibly absorbed everything in the 2 hours or so we spent there. Not only is the size and his knowledge of his collection impressive, but the condition of his collection is astounding. John is a great guy and even burnt me a cd for my then recently acquired Dreamcast. I didn't even ask and he was happy to do it just to spread the love of video games. My friend and I were Zanac fanatics at the time and John showed us a sequel we didn't even know existed and allowed us to play for a while. John, if you happen to read this, THANK YOU! It was a great privilege to see your collection!

if i had this room i'd forget what the sun looks like.

@22ninja1

5 жыл бұрын

It's also a good thing so any game cartridges and CD's won't get harmed from UV lights from the sun.

John H might just be the only guy on the internet that can legally play Emulators and Roms haha.

@Lotus-Son

10 жыл бұрын

***** VERY GOOD STORY!

@fandangobrandango7864

7 жыл бұрын

ThyChrysanthemum nope, it's still illegal to play roms (as far as Nintendo are concerned at least, it says so on their website legal bit).

@videogamemadness88

3 жыл бұрын

@@fandangobrandango7864 wow that doesn't make sense if he has the console and game. Danm Nintendo

Gamestop be like : "We can give u 50$"

@MrChickenAndFish

9 жыл бұрын

loll

@XPsilocybinDream

9 жыл бұрын

they gave my 35 dollars for my 360 controller so I was happy lol

@kylmaesjeesaisnytniinbirus978

9 жыл бұрын

***** No way! :D Gamestop here in Finland was ready to pay 5 euros (roughly 7-8$) for fat Playstation 3 :D

@user-un9ll4wt7r

9 жыл бұрын

Älkääsoittakosilloinkumäkuvaan22 I visited Helsinki in 2012 and I must say Finland is about the worst country in the west for collecting games. Expensive and expensive and even more expensive.. Though the women in helsinki were hot! ;)

@kylmaesjeesaisnytniinbirus978

9 жыл бұрын

worship nobody I know right! And if U collect old games, like NES, Atari etc.. GOOD LUCK.

Don't understand all the hate and jealous comments towards John. On top of his amazing collection, he runs Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Show, which has helped raised over 16k for charity in the past 4 years. He's a really nice and humble guy to be around. Grats on 20+ years of collecting!

@goldengy0075

3 жыл бұрын

He is a scammer

Wow, there must be a lot of jealous people here, with all of the hoarding comments. What is supposed to happen to the games? Should they stay in a flea market, in a landfill, on a shelf in a warehouse or wherever else? There were usually millions of copies of each game made ( except for the rarities or niche games). What would be the point of that. John Hancock has at least bought these games, enclosed them in plastic cases, probably cleaned a good many games out, organized, displayed and cares for the games. Is he the only person to do this? No but he is one of few who has such an extensive collection. If this makes him happy, then so be it. I would love to have such a collection. Could I sit and play every one and beat them all? No. That would just be impossible to do, while maintaining a "normal" life. Don't be jealous of what he's worked hard for. Also, remember that he says that he trades games also. If he was to buy a hundred copies of each game and then never trade or sell them, then that would be hoarding. He is collecting and does a good job of displaying and preserving video game history.

@brandonp7778

9 жыл бұрын

Hoarding? A clean organized collection is not hoarding. Jealous for sure.

@DjClayface

9 жыл бұрын

Brandon P since john is married and owns his house these haters can't use the basic insults like virgin and lives in his parents basement so they go with hoarding

@goldengy0075

3 жыл бұрын

He is running a fake museum scam

I like the genuine smile you keep on your face this whole video(: At least you've found something your passionate about and keeps you happy. That's all that really matters.

John seems like a good dude, awesome video and very impressive collection man! I'm sitting at close to 4500 games currently, no duplicates. I honestly am running out of space, but love having a library of games. Love watching these collection vids

@sinestrogaming1968

9 жыл бұрын

I wanna have a library of games like that. it's just, hard to find some games and stores with trust worthy prices. everything is super expensive and over priced. these games aren't worth what people think they are. lol

@sinestrogaming1968

9 жыл бұрын

it also ruins it for people who do collect and can't get cib collections cause some douche it over pricing an uncommon game.

@joeortiz5177

4 жыл бұрын

Man that's crazy, I would love to start collecting games like that but I would have to make room first lol. I've been collecting games for my ps2 lately, it's my favorite console and has the best games imo

When you could get a boxed console and 50 games for $50 RIP those times

@YourBeastRoy

8 жыл бұрын

yeaaaa.... i started collection WAYYY to late.... should have know when my gamestop said they were gonna stop having ps2 stuff couple years back

@SimonvCleef

8 жыл бұрын

Like that is even normal... haha

@mother-fng-bonswa3612

7 жыл бұрын

I used to have a nes since a kid went broke, but the time you talk about around 2006, i bough a new nes for 3 euro XD.Still works fine

@CircuitReborn

7 жыл бұрын

just need a whole BUNCH of games to be released like Undertale...Low graphics, LOTS OF FUN. That should respark that sort of age.

@WW-ez6qh

7 жыл бұрын

Coby Twice i bought my nes 1 year ago for 45 euros with mario duck hunt and zapper and two controles btw witch country are you from

No one can beat Joel Hopkins, has the biggest collection in the world and has full sets for almost every console.

Wow, what a amazing collection. Thanks big time Gamester81 for taking the time to get a good interview and show us Mr. Hancock's collection.

The last gamer has a nice one it’s more like a museum then a game room though

8000 games? If he played 1 game a day it would take him 22 years to play all of them (though in that time he'd probably have bought like another 20,000 games, so...)

@zyriuzstorm9971

10 жыл бұрын

But if you are a collector you sometimes have to collect games you don't like to play, do you really play through a game that you really hate just to see the ending? I have played through a lot of my megadrive games but not all and that's simply because some games haven't been that fun and some arcade games are just the same over and over again but faster so in order to consider that finished should I play it untill the high score meter stops counting? Is it finished then? Well to end up on a good note I see your point and sure you should always try to beat em and one shouldn't talk about the as if they finished it if they haven't, but again try to beat 8000+ is almost impossible,

@Gamefan86

10 жыл бұрын

Zyriuz Storm These idiots know they are not going to play them or complete them, when they buy them. They are just buying games to have them, it's pathetic. It is not collecting, it is hoarding.

@zyriuzstorm9971

10 жыл бұрын

But i think he has a Fair point, i think its good to collect games reserve history, but on one other hand a game is at most use being played right, so in that point it makes more use than just being sitting on a shelf, at least I think so but it all depends on your interest of the games.

@WolfiKurisu

10 жыл бұрын

Zyriuz Storm You could argue the exact same thing about anything, though..Coins are for spending, so coin collecting's gone. Stamps are for cards, so stick them in a letter box and wave them on. Playing cards, like Pokemon or Yugioh, no one uses all the cards..

@anothertry

10 жыл бұрын

Or people who collect cars, they are meant to be driven, not sit in showrooms.

I used to watch this guy on Home Improvement

@RideRedRacer

9 жыл бұрын

hahaaaaaaa

@retrogameraaron4778

9 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, Tim.

@candyman3618

4 жыл бұрын

That's not the same guy

@DarKKnightt07

4 жыл бұрын

no he is Billy Mays reborn

Joel from Last Gamer has the world's biggest collection

I appreciate you throwing in those little insights on the bottom of the screen, Gamester. Well filmed/presented video and fantastic collection/collector! Great work John and John!

I hope that this mega collection doesn't get ruined by a disaster, that is a lot of history there....

Man's a legend. Hats off. Great collection. I envy you. Games are an amazing investment. It's not all about compulsive collecting, although does drive people to buy. At least his money is not lost, or wasted, and he is likely to get a return on his items.

Immortal John Hancock! Legend

So envious with this collection. 8000 plus games library is simply what dreams are made of. Great video :)

i love his passion for games

I have a nice collection of Gamecube games, mostly the top "cream of the crop stuff". About 100 of the best of the US set.

this collector is from the town i was born in and i also started with sega while everyone had nintendo. I'm a gamer still i have some old stuff but this guy is like a gaming guru. much props

John Hancock is well respected in the community and is a really nice man and he's opening a museum soon i believe which would pay for his collection over time as he must have 100s of thousands of dollars in collections awesome stuff we love you John

@rdaws73

3 жыл бұрын

That museum is a scam. Still no updates about it. He even deletes comments about it. It will never happen.

Every licensed nes game! Thats insane.

Impulse buying is a result of hoarding which usually leads to a massive collection. However, these guys have obviously been collectors since they were kids hence why most of them have massive collections like this. Guys like PeterDorr and Gamester have a horde, but believe it or not, they stick to a fucking budget and WORK FOR THEIR MONEY!!!! There is even a fucking video of Peterdorr making a video of games he regrets buying, despite how cheap some of them were. Horders don't give a shit about what they buy, so long as they have it. The point is that people who collect video games for the sake of collecting, that is their hobby. If you think that what they are doing is wrong, then you keep your petty comments to yourself. If people want to spend their money doing what they enjoy, let them. Unless asked otherwise, opinions and comments should be kept to yourself. Like how I think it is stupid how people spend their time watching football or how people spend 100 dollars on a furcoat and so on...yeah I keep that shit to myself.

@TheUnknownContact1

10 жыл бұрын

TheChamberofchillz and its not fucking hoarding ... its collecting games and putting them in a place where u can find em again and use them ... for example to collect books ... its not hoarding if u put em on a shelf like this guy did!

@ToysintheStatic

9 жыл бұрын

Keep your opinion to yourself, lol. I didn't ask you.

@ryanbruneau1197

9 жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen the TV show HOARDERS? Some of those people enjoy collecting their own poop. Its an illness. However, to say that all video game collectors are hoarders is just stupid.

@TheUnknownContact1

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Bruno​ yep...I sometimes compare my house with their....I win .... but the only prob. is that ive got a new PC and I keep it on a desk in my room....and ITS BIG....TOOO BIG!!!! Any Ideas?

@ryanbruneau1197

9 жыл бұрын

I would recommend bigger desk or smaller PC :) I own a 360 elite, Wii, NES, SNES, and 2DS in my tiny bedroom and I'm running out of space for the games lol

What a successful man in game collectors world. What kind of legacy he would left is that when after the Doomsday there were no entertainment until the archaeologist then resurface this man's 8000 games collection... The world was suddenly like 'BAM'' with full of fun. and then his name was in history. So, please collect more games for the next generation.

John is always so happy. Love it, great video.

Why is Vin Diesel doing the interview?

amazing collection but the room is a bit dark ^^

@MarshallMathersthe7th

8 жыл бұрын

+SugarBeetSyrup Dark is good, keeps the games and consoles in good condition. But noticing the ^^ you probably knew that.

@DonaldMohrMusic

7 жыл бұрын

It's not hard to bring a lamp along with the camera. I would have lent him lights if I had known. Apparently he's not that far from me.

@lawfullucyless6715

3 жыл бұрын

Hissss

I like how smiley that guy is. You can tell he really loves video games, you can literally see it in his face. Thanks Gamester81 for sharing this with us.

Oh look its me mate John Handout

say what u want about him, but he probably tripled his money...why do you think rich people collect wines and fine art? this is the same thing

@dragonsneedtobereal

10 жыл бұрын

exactly. they enjoy them and have the disposable income to afford them. and in some cases, you can make a lot of money off them and can be seen as investments.

@inhale27

10 жыл бұрын

***** yeah well it's obviously staying in the family which could equal a sale later down the road

@pedroreyes5728

10 жыл бұрын

***** cash! puro billete is art!

@TinoushGTR

7 жыл бұрын

Viral Killer good luck turning these games into money. Not in his lifetime at least.

@TinoushGTR

7 жыл бұрын

YSoSrs? Sometimes It's not all about the money

I actually collect ps1 games for the specific purpose of playing them on my PS3.

John is the nicest guy I know in the hobby. He has done more with less that any other collector I know.

Simply amazing dude. Nothing beats sega cartridge and cd cases Didnt even know sega cd had 200+ games. So much history and nostalgia in that room.

His Sega collection is insane! SEGA!!!

I know where I'm hanging out for the zombie apocalypse.

The point for me is that I found a hobby that is fun and something that I can share with my son. The hobby to me is about history, preservation, and most of all...enjoyment. To me its not about just playing, as it is only one aspect of why I collect.

WOW!!....JHON IS A TRUE HARDCORE COLLECTOR..HAVING COMPLETE SETS...VERY RARE....AMAZING!!....NICE VIDEO..

Console gamer: wow what a collection PC gamer: I use emulators

@johnhancockretro

8 жыл бұрын

+PiracyKiller Not the same, and definitely not the same when building a museum. There is not emulators for everything, and is not the same experience. For those who cant play the real thing or grew up with the games they are fine, but not the same.

@piracykiller4755

8 жыл бұрын

+John Hancock Solid statement. Emulators are like wanking compared to real thing.

Best man cave ever

@dudeiusmannigast1543

10 жыл бұрын

how is this a "man cave"?? it's obious heaven!

Wow...I´m speechless right now...This is by far the best collection of games I ever saw! YOU ROCK!!!

Michael Thommason has 11,000 games , and is in the Guinness world records

Hahaha, no way this dude's name is John Hancock.

@edivadR

8 жыл бұрын

+alZiiHardstylez lol i worked for a david ramsbottom so lol...

@kingmatt2563DABEST

8 жыл бұрын

He shares a name with a smuggler xD.

@TacticalPower88

8 жыл бұрын

his name is actually bob cornhole lol

@jf_valdivieso

8 жыл бұрын

+TacticalPower88 Metal Jesus Discos brought me here.

@DonaldMohrMusic

7 жыл бұрын

Hancock was the guy who signed the declaration of independence in big letters. He may have even been the first, but he was not a president.

Wasn't that guy in Home Improvement?

@danielfleming6436

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 very good!!

I love both you guys and MJR. Please keep making videos!

John Hancock dont level with people with negative comments, stick with the 1k who like this video, just because you collect or have different hobby than everybody else doesn't make you wired, it make you original!

All these jelly people commenting, cause i myself am pretty jealous of his collection.

@UltimateNinja-fe6yh

5 жыл бұрын

Lol Dont be. Jealousy is for women and children. ;)

@pushingcanine5981

4 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateNinja-fe6yh lol wtf

People calling it hoarding wouldn't be calling it that if they found out the value of that room. Dumbasses. Maybe one day it'll be passed down in its current form or in the form of money.

Again I don't really expect anyone to understand why I collect other than the fact that I collect for the love and passion that I have doing it. I also am a game historian so I like the good and the bad. Thank you for your kind words about the collection.

I wish i could collect in the 90's would've been so much easier on my wallet. Im still rarely finding good deals tough, when i find those i am as happy as a child. Idc my collection is still small, i love what i have and i am excited to get more.

@LEONthemercenarie

8 жыл бұрын

Nice spirit, when you get those amazing deals you'll definitely remember them!

And now you can get them all on one hard drive :D lol

That's not the best game room. That's just a storage room... But I give him props. I only have 405 games. And I beaten all of mine. From NES SNES PS1 PS2 now PS3.

nice to see a collecter with a bit of passion for the obscure, kinda makes me wanna start collecting, great vid, thanks

He wants to have complete collections...I haven't played video games in years and this video tempted me to collect video games. Everyone is throwing around the word "hoarder" as if you are actually concerned with his well-being, which you are obviously not. I mean I get it, it's the internet and people are trolls or just want to say shit about others for no apparent reason. I admire him for going after something and sticking to his guns...if you disagree then go somewhere else

Wow you have so many great items in there! heres a link to my room tour :) alot smaller than yours but i still thought you would like it :) Kingedkarl's Epic Room Tour

I'm fascinated by collectors and collections. Quite interested in stories behind certains games/versions of games/systems too. But still the thought that pops up in the end is allways... why.... what's the use of having 29 pong systems and thousands of games you cannot have played or you probably don't actually like. It must be a burden to be this obsessed. To be having to have stuff just for the having.

@fabiandesignz

9 жыл бұрын

warius1 It's not good to be obsessed with something. I agree. It might just be a hobby of his though. I have almost a full collection of Star Wars figures from the 1995 series in their packaging. Even figures that I don't like. It's just a hobby to collect them all. Kind of like when someone wanted a full collection of a baseball card series. I'm not obsessed with collecting. I can pass a figure I don't own and won't bat an eye. But there are people who would starve just to have material things like a few people I know who collect Nike Air Jordan's.

@TekMoliGy

9 жыл бұрын

warius1 when i got into collecting it was before the big collecting craze caught on and i just felt like i was saving these old video games from the trash bin because i knew they were history and were really cool and thought people would realize it one day... now that everyone seems to know that they have some value i no longer like collecting as much because i don't feel like people know not to just throw old games away anymore.

@warius1

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your views guys. There IS use in explaining. I understand now that there can be motives for collecting other then obsession. I guess it just me; if I myself was a collector, I could be the type of person that could go overboard with it. Maybe that's why l myself like to have as little stuff as possible, and the thought of having a basement full of anything gives me the creeps. But still love to have a look in some one elses :)

@TheCommentNinja81

9 жыл бұрын

Fabian Kohen Yeah but one of the reasons he collect 'Pong' is that it's in his budget. He told it himself. Which sound compulsive in the sens that he HAVE to buy something every now and then.

@TekMoliGy

9 жыл бұрын

MrZapparin Its perfectly readable. When you get better at understanding the English language you will be able to comprehend sentences that aren't 100 percent grammatically correct too.

He is a legend.. If i started collecting now, i will never reach the point that he reached..

Yes I do. I have a sealed one. I purchased it ten years ago at a Classic Gaming Expo.

I don't get the need to own every game for a system. the NES has hundreds of really bad games why waste money on it. Buy some good games instead.

@LelouchRika

10 жыл бұрын

Why get 100 years old unusable dollar bills, Postage stamps that you won't use or dead bugs? That's just the point of collecting, having all of something that interest you a lot and/or that you like the history of.

@litodat233

6 жыл бұрын

RPGchallenger then u don’t collect games when collecting something u want it complete

Extreme Hoarding, this Guy should get some help.

@MeatbagYourBuddy

5 жыл бұрын

There’s a difference between hoarding and collecting something you have passion for

I met John 2 years ago. He's a very chill man. I bought ur DVD too.

What an awsome collection . Nice of him to give a tour and show some of his stuff

Megadrive art work it’s my favorites, I have 80 titles now , gonna push up ! but I just collect what I want to play :) , but thanks a guy like this one , so it keep the history of games released alive , imagine 100 years from now the historical values of his collection..!

This is truly the ultimate gaming collection!!

Wow, I started watching this video thinking it was being remade. It had me thinking, these guys never age. I realized it was an old video when John said 2014 for the charity event.

Making a yt channel myself for game collecting waited 12 years of collecting around 2000 30 consoles now really inspiring to see this I own 97 percent complete have to own the manuals for all games minus carts on titles such as little Samson real rare titles a few custom made cases complete on all disc games minus 3 out of the whole collection just more expensive now collecting then a few years ago so my pick ups are around 10 games a week making it a challenge have to budget myself but I'll pull it off one day keep the good work up man! Just liked and subscribed \m/

I moved eight years ago from California, only to move again one year later. The short answer is that my collection took over 100 boxes then, I can imagine that it would be more now.

as a avid gamer, just seeing the title of the video and the thumbnail gave me this strange feeling I got kind of nautious and amazed cant describe, but yeah that would be amazing to have a room like that with all the consoles hooked up at the same time rready to go, it was like i saw a glimpse of heaven lol

Seems like a legit nice guy, with a badass collection, props for being a patient to complete your collections. good video john. Good Stuff - Cheers

This video about gaming is the best. We got Lou Ferrigno & Billy Mays in the same gaming video. Awesome

I remember watching this video when it first came out. I have a PS3 Slim and I had no idea it played PSX games until I watched this video. Since then, I've gone to thrift stores and used game stores on the hunt for PSX games and I've found so many. It seems like there's always PS 1 games at Goodwill.

My first console was an NES, than a SNES, Genesis, Playstation, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U. Some like the SNES got played a lot, and the wii just kind of sat there. It's funny how preferences and stuff work.

"We'll see how they screw up the next series", lol, so true....excellent vid.

i think that this is the best collection I have seen on youtube

I love how people talk about their first systems. My first system was the Magnovox Odyssey 2. That was one of the funnest and most underrated systems ever created. Then I bought my own Atari 2600, NES, SNES, traded SNES for Genesis with a friend, my mom got me the Saturn for my 17th birthday, it broke on me 2 years later so I got a PS1, then a N64, then a GameCube, then Wii, and now I have a Wii U and the Xbox Classic. The Xbox Classic is the only Xbox I liked so I got me one from my local used game store.

John Hancock's collection is rad!!

amazing collection, and humble about it as well..

Damn, that is one nice collection, I'm jelly as hell lol

Such an unreal collection mr Hancock, wow! I'm envious if your nes collection! Congrats, I love collecting for that system ! Thx for the video Gamester, you guys rock!

Fantastic game room John.

I can still see Stadium Events in my mind at the toy store when I was a kid. Must have passed it several times, it was in the back of the store where they kept all the import toys. Dammit why didn't I beg my folks for it!!!!

Game collectors are the coolest people. They archive a smaller history for the world.

Best collection on youtube.

I think it would be amazing if, someday, there was a "History of Games" museum constructed where you could check out complete libraries of games and play them on the original hardware.

Thanks man. Not gonna lie, I wish I had even a fifth of the games you do in that game room of yours because that thing is amazing.

Kinda crazy that stumbling across the video where metaljesus visited his place is the while reason i started collection games. Thanks for the inspiration John.

Great collection I just started like 2 years ago and I have about 750 games. I could never imagine ever having that many games.

That is awesome I would never leave that room ever

I bought John's 4 dvd set on old systems and games and it's just a wealth of information and he never comes off as "Fuck you all, I have all these games and you never will!". You can tell he's very humble and helpful.

What a sick collection man! 20 years can lead to a pretty amazing looking room, damn.

Amazing collection. Thanks for sharing 🤙

What a good group of fellas. Nice.

I go for the best condition that I can afford. I have alot of CIB, some sealed, and others in various condition. I game nearly every day. I am never bored. I also helped create a monthly gaming club in which I take games/systems out of my collection and share with the public. Again to me my collection goes way beyond just playing...I am a videogame historian and teach at a College the history of gaming.

most mind blowing...i had no idea there were 900 of this and 600 etc of this and that system

Wow im really impressed with this collection.

his collection looks alot of FUN

So jealous of this collection, it was interesting that he said he simply started collecting retro systems and games before it was popular... I wish I had the foresight to start collecting in the mid-late 90's.

What a cool guy and an amazing collection!!