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@dwaynemenzies8824

11 ай бұрын

My brother would sing Son a Bag to the Airwolf, the theme song. Give it some thought, John.

@marbles8641

11 ай бұрын

Hey John, what was the site you sell these at and how often do you go live? Very interested in grabbing a few of these.

@yaketythack

11 ай бұрын

I know it was an honest misspoken line, however, 300grams of protein in that little container is insane density.

@PlisskensRun

11 ай бұрын

I have a lot of old Big Box PC games from the 90s I would like to get rid of if your interested let me know or if you know some one that might be let me know..

For that price, they could've at least included some of the games in the case and cleaned the games too. A lot of the Genesis games were dirty.

John Riggs is awesome! The person that sold this lot of games is not - $1200 for this lot, should be ashamed of selling this to a friend - I was rooting for at least one $300 game!

I love watching John Riggs open mystery boxes because I know that it is the beginning of an adventure that will aid many on their personal quests for treasure in plastic cartridge packaging.

Yard sale from stranger: $20 Friend for years: $1200 😂

The story about you getting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back is actually kind of cool! It was also kind of cool seeing you get Ultima Exodus. Out of every game I have ever played, that was the one I probably spent the most time playing.

Think they took advantage of you a bit, but you’re a nice guy for supporting their trip. It’s also quite interesting seeing what you got. I wish I’d not got rid of all my old games. 😢

@stephenmalovski313

11 ай бұрын

Yeap, considering that all of the games combined aren't worth half of the asking price, I can't help but think they might have put aside the more valuable cartridges before packaging them

@emlyndewar

11 ай бұрын

@@stephenmalovski313 yeah, I think so too.

@donjohnson7768

11 ай бұрын

I have to agree, pretty underwhelming lot but you're a dope guy for helping!

@DrunkDudley

11 ай бұрын

I can swear that Zelda Minishing cap where a bootleg never seen a red cart before.

@toadynamite8141

11 ай бұрын

Well if they priced most of them at 20$ then 5 games =$100 so maybe they were adding it up

I can almost guarantee the couple that sold it to you watched the previous unboxing and were sweet and thoughtful enough to wrap them like that for your unwrapping excitement. They sound cool.

@boboperrier

11 ай бұрын

That couple are assholes according to the contents in the box 😂

@gorillacookies3171

10 ай бұрын

Thoughtful enough to rip him off haha

@abyz1467

10 ай бұрын

They gave him $400-500 of games and accepted $1200. Real great friends they are.

You strike me as seriously good dude. I love that. Keep being you. 💪

Granted I don't know the prices of everything there. But my feeling is... you'd be lucky to get half of $1,200 with the damage to a lot of those.

@Lileya

11 ай бұрын

Seriously, I feel like he got so gypped....

@talon12020

11 ай бұрын

Don't forget to add whatever this video ends up earning to the total. Also, he said they were friends and he wanted to help them out. You can't put a price on that.

@mewimi

11 ай бұрын

@@talon12020 Trueee and I hope that makes any possible pain from that, worth it. But this does remind me that my Dragon Warrior IV was never returned to me in elementary school :(

@andypancini2130

11 ай бұрын

He's helping out a friend i don't he was looking to make money on it they could have just sold the games to someone else it's a community

@emlyndewar

11 ай бұрын

Helping out a friend is one thing, but it goes both ways. The friends have really done him over.

"Mario is missing. You don't die in this game." No, you don't die in the game but you die slowly from the inside while playing it.

The wrapping really pays off. Shows you the whole "grab bag" aspect to it.

Early 2600 games had all text labels, later ones had picture labels.

@looselycollected7505

11 ай бұрын

Yep, and anything labeled Tele-Games was made for Sears by Atari.

“Yes to the dress” 😂

Love that your favorite game is Zelda 2. Just got done beating it and it still kicks my butt but I love it. Simons quest is another one I play through on the regular but gets no love. I think I’m going to try and memorize goonies ii next.

@derekwischmann6123

11 ай бұрын

Simon’s Quest gets lots of love! Great music, graphics, and enemies!

Love these video John. I enjoy hearing your stories and history with each games

“Yes to the stress”, something every true collector understands.

Imagine selling something to someone and not having the courtesy to clean it first. Ugh.

Nice lot! Props on singing the Airwolf BGM. Loved Airwolf. I would love to see Namco's Project Aces make an Airwolf game! 😃 ( Project Aces is the team that helps make the Ace Combat games. ) Also I LOVE Iron Tank. Its truly an underappreciated title for the fact your a tank taking on an entire army with multiple paths and epic boss battles. Hope more people take the chance to play it sometime. Thanks as always JohnRiggs.

That was a pretty good lot. I could never plop that much on a random box but you got a pretty good one I’d say, instant collection.

Thank You Riggs for entertaining us. You're the homie❤

When you showed LoZ: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Land 2, you brought back instant memories. Those were the first 2 games I got with the Game Boy I bought with my Birthday money when I was 8 years old. Fantastic!

Ouch, the condition and value of that haul was rough. Thanks for the entertaining commentary as always.

@andypancini2130

11 ай бұрын

It's a donation for a friend

@mobe1949

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, the condition of those carts really bring the total value down. $1200 is too steep for that lot.

I’m totally with you on The Minish Cap, way underrated and overlooked. Love to see a reboot or remake, come on Nintendo!!!!

Love the abrupt end! Great videos, John Riggs!!

I'm a huge nostalgia nerd for PS2 games, I actually own about 12 to 13% of the entire library of North American releases, according to various game collector websites. So, I would have asked for anything Sony. Actually, knowing me, I probably would have said "I'll take the lot." I just love owning games, and anything I get duplicates on, I would sell undervalued against sites like Mercari and Ebay, because I know the value of fast return without an established store front, so I would rather get something out quickly than sell 3 years down the line for that extra $20.

A little trivia about Mega Man 6. Nintendo held a contest to have readers of their magazine, Nintendo Power, submit their ideas and artwork for two of the bosses. The two contest winners not only had their bosses in the game, I forget which two, but they were given screen credit. For those who have played Mega Man 2 through 6, during the ending it shows the name and the pic of the boss and the name of the person who was behind its creation. The names of the winners were written by their winning submissions.

Lol "Where in the absolute f*** is Carmen Sandiego?"

Love these videos. There’s some really nice titles in there John

@jaydaniel2145

11 ай бұрын

💯👍

@andypancini2130

11 ай бұрын

He didn't get another copy of princess tomato

Riggs body slamming carts to the floor.

I love your videos, i love your passion, and you help me smile on days when i need it the most. Thank you John Riggs, YOU are good people. Just sending some gratitude and love. -Andy

"snakes revenge....i dont wanna talk about it" man, i felt that!!!! ur emotions got real heavy, real fast. i think we all have a video game that makes us feel that way

“Mario is missing, you don’t die in this game.” Me: No but inside a little the longer you play it.

Jimmy and Bimmy strike again!!! 9:08

"And I got this cool little box!" "With cat hair on it. I think?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

And if you see anything you need, look out for it on my Whatnot streams. If you're new, use my link and start with $15! whatnot.com/invite/johnblueriggs

in your ad spot: "anytime there's garlic anything I'm down." I am also Wario about garlic

The TMNT story is NOT boring. I know I've gone through similar situations and never got the game back and I'm sure there are plenty of others out there as well. I never got my Chrono Trigger on SNES back from a childhood friend who just started to make up excuses for why he couldn't hang out with me, soccer practice, mom said no etc. When we would hang out every other weekend for years. I think I ended up with Cool Spot for Chrono Trigger, pretty bad trade financially but what 5th grader thinks of value?

@HellfireEternal

11 ай бұрын

Edit: Wow, I hadn't finished the video yet and both of the games were in the box albeit different versions. Weird coincidence!

I've just started exploring the GBA, so let me tell you, that Shining Force really caught my attention! Definitely going on my shopping list 😁

@absoluteclownworld

10 ай бұрын

The GBA is awesome! I have over 50 cib games and around 25 cart only games. One of my all time favorite systems, glad I got all the games I wanted for it many years ago now.

14:33 nin-nendo ...Good one, Riggs 🤣

That Airwolf theme is in a league of its own.

Back to back jackpots on these mystery boxes.

The text label Atari games were the original run with the first console release. The label with image were a second run on those games a few years later. Then silver labels, then red labels

I worked at Video Update in Germantown, WI! And i actually still have a shirt in a box somewhere! Didn't know they had them out West! Very cool. Nice box!

Where in the FFFuu... is Carmen Sandiego? LOL

Glad you had a good ending to your TMNT story. I, unfortunately have a sad tale of a Final Fantasy Legend 3 gb cart that remains lost. I won’t bore you with the details. Hey, you also like Zelda 2!? Not many people like that game. Love playing it from time to time.

It's so weird to imagine there was a time when Dragon Ball wasn't one of the biggest franchises of all time

The story on how u got ur ninja turtle game back was actually pretty cool

24:49 got a laugh out of me

DW4 has been my holy grail since i saw it at Funco Land for 45$ back in the 90’s. 😂

23:58 LOVE RANMA! great series!

Wow nice one with the featured game, gave my copy up for an arcade cabinet like 7 years ago, guide too, recently got that back but the game is just out of reach. Have fun with it, and the others too. I tried to find things/figure it out on whatnot, over my head, which doesn't feel good but the app didn't grab me. :\

We get it John your tall!!! 😆 great video as usual 👍👍👍

Good lord 6'5. This guy is a monster.

You were lucky to be able to get back your TMNT.

I don't think anyone born this century will ever think of Final Fantasy VI as NA III.

fun fact, that pocket monster stadium in box is the first game in the franchise. what we got in the states as pokemon stadium 1 and 2 are actually 2 and 3 in japan. mostly the same as our pokemon stadium 1, but I think it was missing pokemon and had less features.

Love these random lots, they are so fun to watch. What was that thing you threw to the side that you said a family member was allergic to?

@ianbraun271

11 ай бұрын

just a little black catch all case, that had the Game Boy/advance games in it. covered in cat hair.

that is the problem with having a big collection - you spend $1,200 just hoping to get even one game you don't already have

Sitting in Akihabara, Japan watching this. Hope your friends make it here soon and enjoy it.

Whoa, it's so weird to hear that you got an NES game from a place by where I live (Game Exchange in Plano). Back when I had more money, I'd go there all the time just to browse and pick up cheaper titles for fun. Small world lol

Hey Jason, you left your hockey mask in my car last night. 😂

Great video John Riggs good mystery box 🤙

One of my favorite games on Genesis is Tyrants. I rented that game every weekend when I was a kid.

£23 for all that?! That's quite cheap. ;P

Your dorkiness is remarkable! I enjoyed the video.

14:20 If you want to see the alternate label, Phoenix Resale on YT recently got one from a collection buy. Forget if it’s on his main channel or his secondary, I think it’s on his secondary.

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR 😁🤘🏾

Hey John? Did you just eat that meal right out the box, COLD???

12:52 Not a boring story. I have one of my own. Back in 6th grade (around 1989) I swapped borrowed my copy of Donkey Kong 3 for Mike Tyson's Punchout. Somehow I lost the game (no clue how) and had to buy another copy. The thing is my friend never brought up trading the games back so we never did.

There is no save feature to Mario Paint sadly. Wow turns out I had a bugged version that never worked saving. Mind blown. Funny things you learn when you were the only one who had the game.

Loved the previous video like this and this one.

Night Driver: Race through the night on the barren plains while tied to the hood of your car!

Great time as always my friend.

The 'Strike' series was great. I loved Desert Strike at the time. I they kep going with those games also beyond the 16-bit era. I do believe there's one Strike game on N64 (maybe Urban Strike? not entirely sure), and two of them on PS1; I think they're Soviet Strike, and Nuclear Strike. I think I did play Soviet Strike on PS1 (just one rental, if I recall). I don't think a single one of those games were bad at all.

Hey, don't be so quick to knock that SD Gundam game at 26:51 - that's The Great Battle II, part of Banpresto's Compati Hero crossover franchise that featured the current Gundam, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman alongside their own original characters. The Great Battle games tend to be fun little action platformers, and generally stand a bit above the typical SD Gundam shovelware. The Great Battle V even has Wild Guns style gallery shooter stages!

They didn't pay $10 for the atari raiders game, but you did!! Lol

@ryandann9362

11 ай бұрын

I counted 93 items, granted I miss counted I'm sure. It came to $12.90 a game

$1861 in games + $250 in tissue paper!

I’d put links awakening above Zelda 2. Just a tear jerker when I was a kid. First game that made me feel feelings.

When you were just like who wants the Pokémon Ruby coin or needs it my weird butt was putting my hand up in the corner xD. It was a good little haul of games.

Interesting story about bandi Is it used to have an eight hundred number for game Counseling just for their games And I don't know why your video reminded me of it but I remember Calling them once when I was lost on the maze of doors in monster world. I remember I got a guy who wasn't very helptelling me. He literally have to be in the same room with me. Just show me what doors to go through. So I ended up not beating at that night

I'm going to use your Airwolf humming as my new ring tone.

Wow marble madness that game was impossible for me as a kid.

That's cool I didn't know you could rip off Rey Mysterio's mask in World Tour I'll have to bust it out and try it.

That knife is really for Halloween pumpkin carving.

Cool pick ups john

All the permanent marker on the carts will come out with "magic eraser."

Well, this video is 1 day old now. Are you still friends?!

Is that a Mike Jones canvas back there? Cuz if it is, I have a lot more respect for you 😆

Spent $1200? Good to know John is not low on cash!

@JohnRiggs

11 ай бұрын

well, this video was sponsored :)

Say it with me: My name is John Riggs, and I'm a Retroholic.

Just chuckin' those carts across the room.

@commentresurrection1841

11 ай бұрын

They survived us throwing them across the room 30 years ago

That was a very good box!! Lots of goodies in there

If you've ever played the second level of Rad Racer on the NES, where you drive through San Francisco at night, then you've played a slightly better version of Atari's Night Driver.

Love it, have you been to any of the Anorher Castle stores in the area? I'm from WA and love those stores.

@JohnRiggs

11 ай бұрын

I have! They're great.

I also love the Metal Gear series. Snakes Revenge isn't canon, but I have completed it. The Kojima release is the proper sequel, and the far better of the 2.

Your shirt now is also black and red! Your youth lives forever!

Really wish Nintendo would do more remasters/remakes of the classic Zelda games; especially the top down ones. I wouldn't mind a remake version of Link To the Past, Oracle of Ages & Seasons, Minish Cap ... and a remaster for Twilight Princess, etc on the Switch I still find it odd that Capcom didn't include Mega Man & Bass with the Legacy Collection.

I remember trading games back in the day. After I got shafted a few times, I became militant that I wouldn’t loan out ANY games, no matter how good the friend, no matter how much collateral they put up. I was just over it, haha.

18:51 snakes revenge…why are the machine gun bullets so slow???