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- [Rob] It was the
brainchild of now

the world's biggest
video game company,

and with it, they redefined
an entire industry.

- For a period of time there,

Nintendo was a word used to
describe video games in general.

- [Rob] It was a Christmas
gift every kid wanted.

- There was just a little
magical quality to Nintendo

that caught on with the public.

- [Narrator] And it took over
toy stores around the world.

- When I went to Toys
"R" Us, it was an aisle,

two aisles long.

This side was all Nintendo.

This side was all in Nintendo.

And you went down
there and it was like.

- [Rob] The Nintendo
Entertainment System or NES

gave kids a new
way to play games.

It challenged them
with every title.

- With the NES, a lot of the
titles, you played to the end,

and you didn't just play
for three or four days,

you played for weeks,
sometimes months.

- [Rob] And although
the NES wasn't

the only game in town.

- The NES essentially received
the baton from the arcade era

and ran with it.

- [Narrator] They did
it with characters

that became pop culture icons.

- You know, so when
you see a Mario,

like people are dressed
up as Mario for Halloween,

you just see it in so
many different places.

And everybody instantly
knows what that is.

- [Narrator] And games that
were dubbed, immediate classics.

- Every game they came out
with really had a level

of success to one
degree or another.

I can't say that
about everybody.

I can certainly say
it about Nintendo.

- But this video game
console didn't fade

when it left store shelves,

it's still around with
a fan base of millions

across the world,

and continues to
impact a lot of people

like this modern
day treasure hunter

from London, Ontario, Canada,

who loves Nintendo so much
that he started a quest to get

all 678 original NES games
in person within 30 days.

Nintendo is such a part
of him that he's willing

to crisscross the
country in search

in these Holy Grail
like artifacts.

A journey like that with
someone pursuing their dream

is bound to change anyone and
become the stuff of a legend.

It's what he's calling
his Nintendo Quest.

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(electronic music playing)

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So let me tell you
a little secret,

that guy hunting those
games, that's Jay.

And we've been friends
for a really long time,

and he's always dreamt of owning
a complete NES collection.

So I dared him to do it and
only gave him the 30 days,

and told him he couldn't
use the internet in any way,

'cause as a collector,
that's really cool to me.

But as a filmmaker,

that's the kind of thing
I want to see captured,

because following Jay around,

we'll get to talk to other
members of our community,

the competitive gamers
and personalities,

and the other
diehard collectors.

And all of those people will
get a chance to weigh in

on what makes the NES so
resilient and amazingly popular

30 years later.

I mean no piece of
technology lasts 30 years.

We never use phones, cars,
or computers that long.

So what makes the NES the
exception to the rule?

Well we're going to find out,

but first let's learn a
little bit more about Jay,

'cause clearly he's a fan.

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Jay's been my best friend
for more than 30 years.

He's got a great
dog named Spencer,

(beeping)

a hell of a star
Wars collection.

- Huge fan of star Wars.

This side here is my favorite.

These were kind of throwbacks
to the original packaging.

- [Rob] And an impressive
library of games.

- So this is a pretty much
most of my collection here.

"Mighty Final Flight",

really, really personal
favorite of mine,

here's "Stack-Up".

I don't know if it's
my favorite NES game,

but it's pretty close,
"Balloon Fight".

- There are precisely three
things he's passionate about,

Star Wars, rock and
roll, and video games.

- If I remember correctly,

he always lined his haircut
up to be what Dave Grohl

was wearing at the time.

- He's just your friend,

just to be your friend.

It does not matter what
you do and what you say.

- [Rob] Jay's the perfect guy
to take on this adventure,

because as a manager
of a video game store,

he has years of
retail experience
that will help him out

in the wild.

Not to mention he's been
collecting every kind

of video game merchandise
for over 30 years.

- You called me on my phone?

And you're like,
"okay, I dare you".

I dare you.

"We'll go out and I dare you

to get every single
Nintendo game."

And you're like,
"How about this?

How about we do it in a month?

We'll do it in 30 days."

I'm like, "Well,
Rob, that's cool,

but I can just go on eBay.

And I could buy someone's
private collection,

probably get 300 of the
games out of the way

in one click.

You're like, "Let's
do it old school, man.

Let's go and we'll
hit the street."

And I'm like, "That's
a really good idea."

- So here's what
Jay's up against.

He's got 30 days to get all
678 officially North American

released Nintendo games.

Thankfully that does not
include contest cards

like Nintendo World
Championships,

but it does include Stadium
Events and Little Samson.

And he's got to pay for every
single game himself with no

help from friends or
the film production.

Did we mention he can't
use the internet to aid him

in any capacity?

And he's got to
start from scratch,

regardless of what's in
his current collection.

One more thing Jay's loaded
a special app on his tablet.

And it's really cool
because it ranks all

the games by rarity,

but more importantly,

it's sorts all
his purchases too.

So of the 678 games,

he knows which ones he has,

but he also knows which
ones he has to find.

- We don't know exactly
where we're going.

We don't know exactly when
we're gonna get there.

We don't know exactly who
we're going to talk to

or what we're gonna find.

There's the thinnest
of plans out there,

and no doubt there's going
to be a hundred challenges

along the way.

And I'm sure it's gonna have

a transformative effect on Jay.

- Oh he'll be a
different person.

First off that he's
venturing away.

Like he's a real home body.

Some way, somehow he'll succeed

at what he wants
to do with this.

- I really wanted
to stress on Jay,

the sense of history that he
and I had with each other,

but also our combined
history with the NES.

And there was one place
that really summed this up

and shows how seriously
we took and still take

that game system.

This of course is my tree house.

- Wow.

- But for a very brief
period, it was something else.

- This was the
original NES Club.

- Or clubhouse.

- Clubhouse there we go.

Look how small it is.

- But we had our first
Nintendo club in here.

- Yeah.

- Let's take a trip
down memory lane.

- Of course you
wanna see us up here.

- Yeah.

- Oh.

- [Rob] Stunt work right?

- Here we go, oh, getting old.

- All right, large
and in charge.

- All right Winnie
the Pooh, you're in?

Good.

- All right, so-

(laughing)

- What were we thinking?

(laughing)

- Where are we gonna put
a TV in this place now?

- Well on the corner obviously.

I hope, I really hope
this doesn't collapse

'cause that would really suck.

This journey is going
to be incredible.

I'm going to literally
go across the country.

I'm gonna get to see all
these amazing games stores,

all these different
types of people.

- Regardless of whether
he gets all the games,

it's just gonna be this
massive game loving.

It's just gonna be fun.

- I think the
collecting of the games,

I think will be the
easier part for him.

I think that he'll
be right into it.

I think he'll be focused.

- Again I'll say it, man.

Life is too short to
be doing something

that you don't
wanna do every day.

- There's no cheat codes.

There's no game G,
there's no extra lives.

There's none of that stuff.

He's got 30 days to figure
this game out and beat it,

and that's it.

And the big boss at
the end of the game

is the ticking clock.

If he doesn't beat that, he
loses a chance at a dream.

- While Jay gets ready
for the biggest challenge

of his entire life,

let's take a look back at
the NES and the company

that introduced it.

Because after all, Nintendo
managed to revolutionize

the entire industry
and change the world.

So here's Nintendo History 101,

the abridged two minute version.

- [Narrator] Nintendo History
101, the two minute version.

Nintendo may be a
global company today,

but this wasn't always the case.

They started in Japan in
1889 making hanafuda cards,

something like the playing
cards we use today.

This was their staple,

and they did it well
enough that by the 1950s,

Disney offered them
a licensing deal.

This was a major
turning point because

with the Disney license,

Nintendo first
hand saw the power

of the family
centric demographic,

so with their increase
in profits, they
tried making a toy,

the "Ultra Hand".

And that too was a huge success.

By the 1970s,

electronic toys were the big
trend and Nintendo cashed in

on light zapper technology

with electronic
shooting galleries.

When the coin operated
arcade era hit,

Nintendo conquered that
market too with game cabinets

like "Radar Scope"
and "Donkey Kong".

And of course,

video game consoles for the
home was the next big wave,

and Nintendo's Famicom,

a name that bridges family
and computer was launched

in Japan in 1983.

Hefty price tag, you say?

Ha, ha, ha says Nintendo
as the Famicom sweeps 90%

of Japan's market with
revolutionary controllers,

appealing characters,
and innovative gameplay.

Soon after though the video
game industry crashed,

and threatened to thwart
Nintendo's Famicom plan

for a North American launch.

Because video games were
so uncool in North America,

Nintendo had to redesign their
console and fool retailers

into carrying it,

so they made it look
completely different.

Much more like a VCR and
packaged it with a robot,

and a light zapper to
give it a toy like feel.

Despite the naysayers,
the Famicom,

which was renamed the
Nintendo Entertainment System

or NES for short launched
to massive success

without ever using the words
video, game, or console

to sell it.

This has been
Nintendo History 101.

- What's all this mean?

Well at a glance, Nintendo's
focus on family friendly games

and universally appealing
themes is timeless.

Regardless of trends or
technological breakthroughs,

the Nintendo experience
is always challenging

and fun for everyone.

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(beeping)

- Let's do this.

So gonna go see Murray
and Shannon right now.

It's the first stop.

Holy moly!

What's up guys?

Mario and Luigi.

How are you?

What's up buddy?

How are you?

- How are you man?

- Shannon, how are you love?
- See you.

- [Jay] Good to see you.

Huge.

- This is our toy
room right here.

- And you can show me.

You can tell me about each
game if you wanna do that.

- I don't think they
know these ones.

- They don't know these ones.

- Well then-

- These are the ones we
haven't let them see.

- Then little Mario
can tell me about them.

So we got "Swords and Serpents".

I've never actually
ever seen this one.

- No?
- So that's pretty cool.

No.
- Good start.

- All right, so this is special,

because these are my
favorite, the black box ones.

Number one is "Golf",
so that's the record.

- [Rob] Seeing Murray and
Shannon's kids dressed up

as Mario and Luigi
was the perfect start

to this Nintendo challenge,

but it also helped that
Jay managed to get a stack

of games for next to nothing.

- The biggest score
out of that was this.

- What's that?

- "Kirby".

- Yeah bro.
- Why is that?

Why is that rare?

Why is that the biggest score?

- Well it's a licensed,
or not licensed,

it's a first party
Nintendo game,

which are always expensive.

Again it's not necessarily
one of the rarest,

but it's one I'm glad that
I'm knocking off the list.

(beeping)

- Yo, yo.

(knocking)

- [Skylar] Finally man.

- I made it.

- [Skylar] What's going on?

- [Jay] What's up?

- [Rob] We got a call earlier
in the day from Skylar

who said he only had a few
carts or NES cartridges

left to offer Jay due
to a trade he made

with another friend of ours.

Still, every game
is a necessity,

and Jay can't afford
to pass anything up.

- You know, I'll throw that
one in and then we'll go

and say five bucks
a game, 20 bucks.

- No.

- No?

- No, I was thinking more
like less than a dollar each.

- Less than a dollar each?

- Yeah.

- Ah, maybe like 10?

What are they selling for?

They're selling for
like five bucks.

I got "Dodge Ball" here, man.

Remember that game?

- I'll give you
10 bucks for this.

- 10 bucks?

- That's fine.

Separated at birth.

- What?

Are we?

- I don't think so.

Everyone used to say we're
brothers in high school.

- I'm the one who got the
less chromosome though.

(beeping)

- What?

- [Rob] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

- Yeah.

Well I told you I
had all the Contras.

- Where the (beeping)
did you get this?

- [Joe] Well I told you
I had all the Contras.

- [Mike] Oh, what were we
just talking about in the car?

What were we just
talking about in the car?

- [Jay] Hey get,
look at my hand.

- I think that there
is embedded into this

a personal challenge to
expand your horizons,

expand your
perspective on things.

- I hope that it equips
Jay with some extra tools

for just getting out
there, being accessible,

just having the motivation to
achieve some of your dreams.

(beeping)

- I've never even seen those.

I've never even seen them.

- Well so there you go.

I don't know it's,
how can you top that?

Just one more shot
of that beauty.

- Just keep topping it dude.

Just keep the momentum going.

(whooshing)

NES super fans can name
dozens of great games

and go on and on about what
makes each of them special.

I mean you can't say that

about every console
library out there.

Even people that have
never played a game

can probably name one or two,

or at least recognize
characters from NES franchises

like Mario or Zelda.

But how does that happen?

What has allowed
them to transcend

to the pop culture icon status?

What makes them stand
the test of time?

Well, one person that might
know is a well-respected game

designer, James Portnow.

- You see some of the best
examples of game design

in the 2D games that you
have on the Nintendo.

And I don't think that,

I think that play is timeless
and it doesn't matter

about the graphics.

In the NES era,
there was no shame.

There was no
embarrassment about the,

like think about "Mario", right?

"Mario" is a crazy thing.

Here's a plumber dude with a
mustache jumping on turtles

and mushrooms.

That would never get green lit.

If that was a new title today,

if that you pitched
that in some office,

you would never get
that green lit today.

That era of games relied
on imagination, right?

They couldn't put everything in.

They couldn't make
it photorealistic.

And so in a lot of ways,

they gave you the bones
and the narrative, right.

But then you live that
experience through play,

and tell yourself
your own story through

how you experience that game.

And to me, that was
a powerful thing.

And so we tried to
shy away from all

the zany uninhibitedly
joyous things

that we did in this era.

And I think there's a desire
to see that again too.

- Well I didn't get much sleep.

Yeah, it feels like
30 Day Christmas Eve,

30 Christmas Eves in a row.

- [Mike] That's great.

- I'm excited.

I can't wait to see Syd.

- [Man] Yeah, you're
good, there's poop.

Stop.

- [Rob] Syd Bolton is Canada's
top video game collector

with over 15,000 games
in his collection.

Only 90 minutes away
in Brantford, Ontario.

He's the curator of the
Personal Computer Museum

and has written a great
book on collecting

all things "Dragon's Lair".

- I played my old Atari 2600,

but there was something
about "Super Mario Bros."

and how the quality was so
good, the gameplay was great,

the music was wonderful
that really for me,

it was video game magic.

Whether you loved
it or hated it,

the licensing deal that
Nintendo set forward really,

really set the tone for
the industry going forward,

and it made a huge difference
in the quality of the games

that we got to play at home.

I normally never, ever,
ever sell stuff out

of my own collection
ever for any reason.

Like people have asked,

I've just recently someone
who's a real Pokemon fan,

and he was asking me about
buying one of my Pokemon games,

and I'm like, no, I don't
sell any of my stuff.

But I mean, I
suppose I have the,

I mean you have limited
options as to what you can do.

I don't.

I could probably find another
one somewhere sometime.

- C'mon Syd let's make a deal.

Alright.

- (exhaling) Yeah.

All right, thanks man.

- [Rob] Great, cool.

You need to go to the bank.

- I do.

I need to go to the bank yep.

(laughing)

- He's going to have to look
for some of these titles

under every nook
and cranny around.

It's gonna be tough,
but a lot of fun.

- Syd, amazing guy and he
never, ever, ever sells out

of the private collection.

So I feel quite
honored, not only that,

that was a game that I've
wanted since forever,

but that it's from Syd's
private collection.

Like that's, that's amazing.

- [Rob] Jay now switches his
focus to the retail shops.

Emotions are high and anxiety
starts to set in as Jay needs

to haggle as much as possible.

This is something he hates and
has limited experience doing.

(fast paced music)

- What are we looking at
man, here, Nintendo stuff.

Can't remember?

- These are more of
the commons here.

- Yeah.

- Okay, I have other
games in the showcases,

some back here.

- Yep.

- So is there a
title you're after?

- Oh, I got to get 'em all,

so I'm looking to get the
best price in bulk that I can.

So what were you?

You usually have
like a sign here.

I can't remember.

- [Rob] Wasn't it six for
20 or something like that?

- We doing five
for 20 right now.

- [Rob] Five for 20.

- Yeah.

- [Jay] That's way
too much money.

That's way too much money.

There's no, I'm not
paying that for those.

There's no way.

- Well they're
sticker price and then

there's the cash price.

- Yeah, I know.

So we'll talk about that.

I just want to get an idea
right now what we're looking at.

That was almost the
best deal we got.

- Negotiation wise, how
do you think that went?

- Good.

You helped me there,
so it was nice,

but you didn't do it for me.

- Right.

- So I think it's
just gonna get better.

That was my first store right?

So I mean-

- Yeah.

- I'm glad, I'm glad we did it.

Wait 'til you see this stuff.

Wait 'til we record this
stuff that we got in there?

Okay now this is a store
that I've had pegged.

I know what he's got.

I know what his prices are.

And then I find this.

- [Mike] Up until yesterday.

- I've never seen it,

and I've never seen that before.

Again this.

I think tomorrow is gonna
be another great day,

quantity wise.

- One of the most memorable
and haunting elements

of the NES experience
is the music.

It's yet another detail
that Nintendo did better

than anyone else.

The music, like a
soundtrack to a movie,

helps us define the experience,

and it gives each
game a unique quality.

Even helping to create an
emotional bond with its players.

- When you had only
three channels of audio,

plus a fourth channel
for a white noise.

Think about that.

Think about Mario and Zelda
and only being limited

to that space.

So everything had
to be so melodic.

- I'd say the music of
the NES era was a lot,

it seems like it
was a lot more fun.

- Probably like the best music
hands down on that system.

The doctor Mario stuff.

Oh do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, (giggling),

I just love it.

- Any of the Konami games,

they really put a lot of
effort into their music.

* Back up the game

* Da, da, da, da, da, ta,
da, da, da, nah, nah, nah, *

* Da, da, da, ta, da,
da, da, da, da, da *

- If you want to talk about
the iconic of the iconic,

take anything from Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda is like.

* Da, da, da, da, da, da, da

* Da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da, da, da *

* Na, na, da, da, na,
na, nah, da, da, da, *

* Nah, nah, dah,
dah, dah, dah, *

* Nah, nah, dah, dah,
dah, dah, dah, dah, dan. *

- Each level would have
it's own melodic type of,

type of tune going,

and when you get
it over and over,

I mean, you play these
games for hours and hours,

and you're hearing, you're
getting pounded by this music

and these games.

- They were very
talented composers.

They made songs that
go in a big circle.

So it goes through a few parts
and you might not even notice

that it's repeating.

- The Mario brothers, of course
everybody knows that one.

- [Rob] How does that go?

- Like the.

* Da, da, dah, dah, dah, dah.

* Dah, dah, dah, dah,
dah, dah, dah, dah. *

(guitar strumming)

- It's that melody.

It's that hook.

All stuff that we know
the most is things

that you can easily hum
that stick in your mind.

It's the melody.

That's the most important thing.

People will be humming Mario
in hundreds of years from now.

It's that iconic.

(guitar strumming)

- I've found a bunch of
places that have a lot

of common games
for really, really,

really reasonable prices.

So now I'm focusing on
getting the rare ones

for decent prices.

Once I get those out of the way,

I'm gonna start worrying
about buying the bulk stuff.

- With 678 titles
in the NES library,

the games have wildly
different prices.

Some cartridges cost a buck.

Tons can be hard for under 20,

but a few can fetch hundreds
or thousands of dollars.

Now the cost element
aside Jay's real challenge

is simply gonna be tracking
down some of these games.

He's keeping a close eye
on 20 of the rarest ones,

because in the end if
he can't find them,

then he can't buy them.

And at the top of
Jay's list is a game

called "Stadium Events".

This game goes for
thousands of dollars,

but other top 20 titles of
note are "Little Samson",

"Bonk's Adventure", "Panic
Restaurant", and "Stack-Up".

And here are the games
Jay's already secured.

(beeping)

Now over 200 games
under his belt.

Jay's forced to go outside his
hometown of London, Ontario,

so we're gonna head to
Toronto two hours away

and visit the legendary A&C
Games which got its start

as a convenience store
until the brothers

that operate it
made it a paradise

for retro gamers everywhere.

- Wow, now this is
really impressive.

- We have the biggest
selection and we pride ourself

on great customer service.

- We're just a couple of guys
that grew up with Nintendo

and playing games and
we're living our dream,

and we're here to always
be able to have fun

with our customers.

- They have one more in
there that I've never seen.

And they're kind of upselling
me a little bit too,

because they've never seen it
and that's "Bubble Bobble 2".

So far it's by far
the highest priced

or the highest ticketed
game I've seen,

so I'm really kind of
struggling with that.

I wanna buy it from you guys.

I know you've already given
me really great deals here.

- [Chang] Yeah.

- I'm gonna take a chance
and try to negotiate

with you guys.

You can tell me if it's a way
too low or what you think,

and hopefully we'll meet
in the middle somewhere.

- [Rob] It's for
the cause brothers.

- We're gonna help
your budget there.

- For the cause.

- I got it at an exceptional
price and I'm not gonna

tell you what I paid for,

but I didn't pay sticker price.

Those guys are absolutely
incredible in there,

willing to help out,
willing to negotiate.

So far, by far the best
store we've been to.

(video music playing)

I'm nervous. I'll tell you that.

And I think, you know,
I'm pretty nervous,

no more comfort zone.

It's gonna be heading into the
States, uncharted territory.

And I just hope all the
people we meet along the way

are half as nice as
everything so far.

(guitar music playing)

* I was a stranger

* And you were a stranger

* And we were both
strangers at most *

* And a ghost that pursued us

* Would always elude us

* And burn us 'til
we were toast *

* It was fun being
toast for a while *

* We'd smile

* And ever the poison was low

* Oh, drinking and drinking

- I think everyone likes
the idea of working

in a game store just
'cause if it's your hobby,

it's a job where you're
surrounded by your hobby,

and it's really interesting.

- So you got nothing else?

Ain't nothing in the back?

No hidden gems?

- [Man] Unfortunately no.

- No "Stadium Events".

(laughing)

The first store, the guy was
great, willing to work with me,

knew my quest, knew what I
needed to get out of there.

I'm looking at
the "Wacky Races".

Couple of the more common
ones you have here.

The "Wacky Races" right there.

The rest of the people
honestly were a bunch of dicks.

The one guy even had to
call the owner of the shop,

and the high priced
games I wanted,

they weren't willing
to budge a cent,

and their big excuse was cause
they don't make them anymore.

(scoffs)

No.

If he's not coming down on
the prices, I'm not doing it.

- That's why I'm saying get
these at least thrown in.

A hundred is too
much though for that.

- [Man] He said, "No.

- Nope.

- [Man] I knew he
was gonna say no.

- Okay, fair enough man.

Put these back.

We're good.

- Okay.

There was definitely some
tension when he's like,

"No we're not budging."

And then you didn't
even ask on some games.

- It turns me off.

As soon as if they're
not gonna work with me,

I'm not gonna work with them.

I'm not gonna give those
people my business,

because the game I wanted
was a nine out of 12.

It's not that rare and we're
going to find it again.

It's not like a
"Stadium Events".

If that's the case,
that's a different story.

- My gut says that you might
have to change that tactic

at some point.

- Well I guess
we'll see going on.

(upbeat music)

All right my friend.

I think I've got a few.

I kinda just want to see
where you're at for pricing.

That will definitely
determine what I'm doing

with more of the common stuff.

- Yeah these here, we could
probably do 10 a piece on them,

and probably like a
buck a piece on these.

- So what are we looking
at then for common stuff?

Is that the kind of
price we're looking at?

- Yeah we could do common
for you probably like a buck

and a half, buck,
for most of 'em.

Sports titles probably
give you for 50 cents.

- Okay, so that definitely
changes everything.

That's a much better deal
than we've had so far.

- Okay.

- Thanks dude, appreciate it.

- [Rob] So how does
that change things?

So now we're really gonna have
to move if time's a factor,

cause there's a ton here.

(gaming music playing)

This is by far the best
deal we've got so far,

I'd be an absolute
fool not to take it.

So that's we got 78.
- 78.

- 78 off those yeah.

- So that brings
us over 300 now.

- Yep.

- In five days.

- That's very good.

You know what?

It's, it's 12:42 on day
six, turning into day seven.

- And here we are in
Pittsburgh talking

to a couple people and
now we have an opportunity

to talk about acquiring
"Stadium Events".

- Something worth the
dressing we're gonna call,

we're gonna call Josh Jones
who has a copy for sale.

And he also messaged us
and he says he has a lot

of other NES games for sale
that we probably don't have.

- [Rob] Let's call him up,

throw it on speaker phone
so we can hear what he says.

Maybe get his story of how
we got "Stadium Events".

- Let's do that.

Hi is Josh there please?

- [Josh] Yeah this is him.

- Hey Josh, it's Jay
from the NES Club.

How are you man?

- [Josh] What's up dude?

I'm good.

- Mm, so we have a mutual
friend in Todd Rogers there

and he says you have a few
games you're looking to sell.

One of them might
be "Stadium Events"?

- [Josh] Yeah.

- So "Stadium Events"
was produced by Bandai

as a track and field type game.

They used the power pad,
Bandai's own power pad.

Got released very briefly.

Nintendo said, nope,

we basically want
that game as our own,

rebranded it,
World-Class Track Meet,

and bundled it with a power pad.

So "Stadium Events"
is very rare,

because there wasn't
many produced,

and there wasn't many that
got actually shipped out.

As you can see, I brought
an eBay auction up here.

This one is the NTSC
mintin box for $77,000,

which is a pretty
expensive if you ask me,

but this is an extreme example.

But this gives you
the idea of the rarity

and the crazy eBay prices.

And the thing is there
have been lots like

this sold on eBay.

- [Josh] You're really nice.

You just don't care
if there's no crack,

as long as it's original.

- No, this is,

this is just the cart, right?

The NTSC cart?

- [Josh] Yeah.

- There's no book, there's
no box obviously with it?

- [Josh] Yeah, trust me, I
wish I had all that, but no.

- Right.

So let me get this straight,

100% let me hear what you're
gonna sell it to me for.

- 100% would not go
lower than $4,050.

- What about, what about 35?

- [Josh] No. (laughing)

- Come on, man.

Listen, you got, gotta take-

- [Josh] If I would have
got it for 50 bucks,

I'd let you have it
for a few thousand.

- All right, hmm-

- [Josh] I mean think about it.

I mean.

- Yeah. I'm gonna definitely
have to think about it.

Just got off the
phone with Josh Jones.

Who's in Florida,

who's was a really good
friend with Todd Rogers.

He has "Stadium Events".

(exhaling)

Here's the kicker.

He wants quite a bit for it.

A tad more than what it's worth.

- Okay, let's think
about it this way.

You get "Stadium Events",
something goes wrong,

you don't, needless to say you
don't get a "Little Samson",

by the end of 30 days,

are you still satisfied?

- Well that's not everything,

and that's what
the challenge was.

But it's always come
down to and it's always

been me saying those two.

- [Mike] Everybody's
looking at "Stadium Events".

I think they're looking more
of that than the completion.

Everybody's talking
about "Stadium Events".

- I'm in a spot right now
where there's no negotiations.

- [Mike] I understand.

- And I can't blame the guy,
because I wouldn't either.

This is like the game
of all video games

to get within reason
you know what I mean.

Like this is one of
the Holy Grails, so.

- [Rob] So do you get
it while you still

have funds left leftover,

and you negotiate
the remaining games?

Or do you get it when
you're against the wall,

and it's the only game
left and you might not

have the money?

What's your heart
telling you right now?

- To do it.

(phone ringing)

- [Josh] Hey buddy.

- Hey Josh, what's up man?

- [Josh] Not much.

So I think we're gonna get
Todd coming down the 29th,

the 31st of August.

Are you okay to give
'em the cart then?

- [Josh] Yeah probably,
I'll see him before

or let's see here.

We'll have to try and
meet up somewhere,

because let's see.

- Well yeah, he's
coming to the 31st.

So yeah I would need him
to bring the cart with him,

and if that's the case,
then you have a deal.

You said $4,050.

- [Josh] Yeah, that's exactly,

I'm not going to make
one penny off you.

- Thanks Josh, talk
to you soon brother.

- [Josh] Bye, bye,
take care man.

You guys be safe.

- Yep, bye, bye.

(exhaling)

- [Rob] How do you feel to?

What are you thinking?

- Oh, I don't know, man.

I'm like, my voice is gone.

- [Rob] You gonna be
able to sleep tonight?

You get a second wind from that?

- (fingers snapping) Yeah, I
probably won't sleep tonight.

That was a,

I wasn't expecting that tonight.

I mean from the beginning
of this journey,

we thought we had
everything mapped out

and this is how it
would go and everything

has just been completely
different than what we've seen.

It's done.

(video game music)

(dramatic game music)

- [Rob] What are the top
three that we still gotta get?

- Okay so "Little
Samson" is number one,

"Bonk's Adventure"
is number two,

"Panic Restaurant"
is number three.

- [Rob] All right.

- "Jetsons" is in the
top five for sure.

I think I'm gonna be
able to work with Darrin.

He seems pretty reasonable.

And I'll just say
this for the record,

he only had one that was above.

Everything else is far below
what it's worth in that app,

so already I'm ahead.

- [Rob] The decent
priced games weren't

the whole story though.

Darrin, the owner of Warp Zone,

also made it known to us
that a rival collector

had been waiting for his
large shipment of NES titles

and that he had been
planning to scoop up

the best games before
Jay could arrive.

And it seems he succeeded.

Moreover, this rival Lex
Luther like game collector,

was still there,

and he had been lurking
in the background watching

our every single move
during Jay's hunt.

- One of the five we were
talking about earlier was there.

There was a copy of the Jetsons,

and unfortunately we were
there a little bit too late.

One of the regulars there
scooped it up at about 9:00

or 10:00am this morning.

We were there about
two hours later.

- "Jetsons" was a game
I've been looking for

since I was maybe nine or 10.

I mean, I've been collecting
since I was little,

and seeing that, and knowing
that you guys are gonna

have a lot of opportunities
to find games like this,

I figured, okay,
it's no skin off

of you guys' back in theory.

- What was great is that we
did talk to him 'cause he was

in there when we were filming.

And he said, you know what,

if you guys really,
really, really want it,

we'll cancel the transaction
and I'll give it to you

for what I paid for it.

Now I'm a collector obviously.

And this guy was
a fellow collector

and I just wouldn't
feel right doing that.

- [Rob] Why?

He's got the rest of
his life to get it.

You got 30 days.

- Yeah, but it's-

- [Rob] It's like he
knew you were coming in.

- Yeah.

- [Rob] And he knew
what you were gonna do,

and he's still scooped it up.

- Yeah, that's not
my personality man.

- [Rob] But we're talking about
collector etiquette right?

- Yeah, I have it.

- I wanted to jump on an
opportunity as soon as I saw it.

- I think karma in
any form is there.

I mean collecting karma,
that's a good terminology.

I've never heard it before, so.

- To be honest, you
guys got games I want,

so you guys are the villains.

- You know collectors
are collectors.

They're gonna do
what they gotta do

to get their collection
complete too.

Just like I'm doing
what I have to do.

- I mean I've been doing
this my entire life,

so I don't think it's different,

in other words,

with what I've done
over the past 22 years.

Think ahead come on.

- This whole Jetson
saga with JD was leaving

a bad taste in my mouth, but
that didn't keep Jay down.

Jay had a plan and while
it was a long shot,

it might just nab him "Jetsons"
by the end of the day.

So the "Jetson" saga continues.

We should have
been in Cincinnati,

possibly even on our
way to Indianapolis,

but here we are
still in Columbus.

What happened?

What happened was
pretty straightforward.

We had a few shops we
still wanted to hit.

And instead of Jay just
worrying about the games

that he needed,

we also found out about
a couple of games left

on JDs game list.

And we just happened
to find one.

- And we were looking for
games for me and my quest.

And we came upon that
little guy right there,

"Snow Brothers".

Now I've already collected this
pretty early in the journey.

- Rob thought it would be
a great idea to pick it up

so we can use it for trading.

And guess what?

It's about to pay off.

- [Rob] The saga
is almost complete.

"Jetsons" has
returned to the table.

- Out in the wild today,

we found a Capcom
classic "Snow Brothers".

And we used it for trade
with JD here to get

the "Jetsons" back and a couple
of titles for Rob as well.

So with that.

- Okay, to you for
these three titles.

JD was sad to see
"Jetsons" go so soon,

but he knows he got a great
game in "Snow Brothers".

On a side note,

he asked us to make him
as villainous as possible

in the film.

But even what we've shown
you doesn't do his evil deeds

and dastardly schemes justice.

If you're a collector,

you better watch your back
for a guy named JD Lowe.

He's pure evil.

(whooshing)

(whooshing)

- Yeah I got a phone message
from a number I know well,

and listened to the message,

and it was Josh.

Basically really, really wants
to be involved with the film.

I don't know if it might be
a cancellation of the deal,

but he also said,
to sweeten the deal,

that he has a "Little Samson".

- [Rob] "Little Samson" is
the side scrolling platform

reminiscent of the
Mega Man series,

but like "Jetsons" published
by Taito late in the NES run.

As Jay said before,

this is in his top
three games to get,

and one that he's been
personally hunting
for, for years.

Hi is Josh there, please?

- [Josh] Yeah, this is him.

- Hey Josh, it's Jay
calling you back.

How are you, man?

- [Josh] Oh hey man.

What I was saying is if
you want to send me a list

of the stuff you're,

maybe the more rare
stuff you're looking for.

'Cause like I said
I got at least

probably 500
Nintendo games here.

- The one you did mention
on the voice message there

was "Little Sampson".

What are you looking
at for that cart?

- [Josh] I mean like that one,

like if I were to throw
it on eBay or something,

I would probably put
it around 650 or seven,

and just wait for
the right person.

- "Little Samson" I have
seen actually a couple

through my tracks.

I've seen one pretty
high about eight,

which was way over priced.

And I've seen one as low as 300,

so I'm looking at spending
about three, three to 400 bucks.

- [Josh] Yeah, that
might be, yeah.

- Well I mean you have
to understand, man.

I mean that's,

that's not a small chunk
of change I'm paying,

especially with the
budget I have, so.

- [Josh] Yeah.

- And you know, we obviously
appreciate it and all that.

The "Little Samson" I'm
gonna have to think about.

I'm not saying no at this point,

but I'm definitely gonna
have to think about it.

I don't really know what to
think about it to be honest Rob.

It's, he wants to be involved,

he wants us to come to Florida.

We're not gonna go
to Florida, right?

I mean, it's just
not in the roots

It's not in the budget.

At the end of the day, I mean
there's no legal contract.

There's no eBay contract
or anything, obviously.

So if he pulls
out, he pulls out.

I can't do anything
about that, so.

- [Rob] The next few
days went by fast,

but that doesn't mean
it was uneventful.

First we hit Cincinnati.

- So for the last few days
of this leg of the journey,

I'm really putting
on the brakes.

What's going on, man?

- [Man] How you doing
man, you're back?

- Yeah, yeah.

How are you doing?

- [Man] Oh, I'm doing alright.

- Ooh yeah, "Donkey Kong 3".

That's the first time I
think we've seen that.

There's that "Tom Sawyer" again.

We should probably,
maybe get that.

What do you think?

"Kiwi Kraze", I think
that's a rare one.

I'm going to quickly
just look these up.

Maybe the "Dragon Warrior"
and I'm pretty much done here.

- [Rob] Despite his
plans to slow down,

Jay snagged well over 30
games at the game swap stores

we encountered in Ohio,

but they were all
fairly uncommon titles,

so that was cause to
celebrate NES club style

at an arcade.

But the late night fun didn't
erase the early morning trip

to Indianapolis.

- I'm not seeing much.

This might be the
first time we actually

not purchased anything.

Up until now I've picked
up at least something

from each store,

but I think I have all these.

- [Rob] It's the last stop
on the first road trip,

the Gibraltar Trade Center.

This is a huge stop for Jay
because when he gets back home,

he will lose
several days to hunt

due to an increased
work schedule.

So he's gotta make the most
of this last opportunity.

- Yeah there's a couple of,

there's actually about
four or five bins here,

so take a couple
minutes to go through.

I'm guessing these
are the uncommon ones.

So "Dusty Diamond",

that's one of the
20, so that's good.

(clicking)

Don't worry about that,
works fine, we tested it.

Actually all the stuff I
got in here is uncommon,

so I'm really glad
we spent the last day

and went to Detroit.

It's gonna be a lot of
organizing the collection.

I just wanna make sure
everything's accounted for,

I definitely wanna start
cleaning a lot of them

'cause ugh, germaphobe.

(whooshing)

- [Rob] To help understand
and maybe appreciate

what Jay's going
through on his quest,

I thought it would
be great to speak

to some other collectors
in the Nintendo community,

and get their take on
the collecting process

and how they approach
finding the items they want

with the money they have.

- The first thing I need
to identify when I go

through the doors,

Where is the classic
gaming section?

Where you have your
Intellivision games,

you're Atari 2600
games, your NES games?

It's hard when you
actually find the item,

because then if it's not
up to your standards,

it's a little disappointing.

- Someone comes in
here and says to me,

"Hey, I have a rare title."

The first thing that you know,

the hairs on the back
of my neck stand up.

I'm like, "Alright,
let's go see this thing."

- Of course you've got
the "Stadium Events"

and all those ones that are
just, you know, forget it.

It's out of the question.

- If the price point
is right, it's mine.

I'm taking it with me.

It's it's coming home
with me that day.

- If something big that I've
been looking for forever

is sitting right in front of me,

and even if it's like $20
over the price it should be.

If it's the correct item,
it's in perfect condition,

you know, go ahead and do it.

- If I saw a "Stadium Events",

that wouldn't be one that could
even think about buying it.

Even if there was a line
of people waiting for it,

and I had in my hands,
it's just too expensive.

I just,

I couldn't live with my
like myself or my wife

might kick me out the house.

- Depending on the funds.

Right now I'm on
top of the world.

Talk to me a year ago,

yeah price meant everything,

because I didn't have any money.

- Collecting takes a long
time to get to the point

where you wanna have
your collection exactly

where you want it to be.

(beeping)

- What's that?

Get it all in your mouth.

There you go.

Well I've learned, you never
know really what to expect.

There's been so many
times we've thought

this was gonna go one way
and it goes the other way,

or oh that will never
happen and it happens.

Definitely my
negotiating skills,

which I had zero of before,
I've never done that.

I hope at least I've
got better in that.

I think I have.

I like to know the
story for each cart.

Like what happened
to this poor thing?

Why it's in this condition?

It's like someone set a
sandwich on it and kind of,

and I can't even get that off.

I don't even know if it's blood.

I don't even wanna touch it, ew.

- [Rob] Any thoughts
to flying anywhere?

- No not really.

- [Rob] Why is that?

- I just have no
interest in doing that.

- [Rob] Why?

- Just suffering from
anxiety, as I do.

I mean I've started to have,
over the last few years,

anxiety being in cars
for some reason being a,

it's really weird being
in like the middle

of an intersection
at a stop sign.

I don't know if it's
I feel claustrophobic,

but it's almost a feeling
of like wanting to pass out.

I don't know.

It's strange, and I'm afraid,

to be quite honest
that that in itself

is getting out of control.

I can't imagine being in a
tube in the air that high.

I don't know man.

- [Rob] There's
one other subject

that gives Jay anxiety
attacks and as best friends

for over 30 years we've
only talked about it once.

- My dad was, it was
a different story.

We didn't get
along at all, ever.

- His dad was his dad,
but Bob never understood,

and he wouldn't sit down
and try and play a game

or anything like that,
which was too bad.

- He wanted me to be
something that I wasn't.

And when I showed him who I was,

I loved music.

I loved video games.

I love Star Wars.

He didn't want anything
to do with that.

And he made it quite clear.

I remember getting up
and he was walking back

and forth upstairs.

He's just like, I
don't feel good.

I don't feel good.

I don't feel good.

And you know,

my dad always had 101 excuses

why he didn't wanna work, right.

There was always something
why he couldn't work.

Always in and out of jobs.

And so I get up and, you
know, say a few choice words,

like you know, you're just
faking it or whatever.

And I remember
going back to sleep

and then I heard
like bam, downstairs.

Just like,

it was probably the loudest
noise I've ever heard

in my life, and then
my mom just screaming.

And so the rest of that is like,

like a slow motion
kind of experience.

So I rushed down.

He's laying there on the floor.

We didn't know what to do.

I don't know what to do.

So it was January.

It was freezing cold.

I ran outside on my bare feet.

I ran to, our
neighbor was a nurse.

I went and got her.

I went and got Norm.

I don't know why I
got Norm, but I did.

And so rushed back and
Norm tried to revive him,

and that was it.

He just wasn't coming back.

He was gone.

And I just had
such a relief man.

That it was over.

That we were free.

That my mom and I were
free 'cause he was a,

he was a tyrant.

He was awful.

He's the worst person
I've ever met in my life.

- It was hard because he lost
his Nan who he loved dearly,

and then Pop, and then his dad.

So he doesn't handle that well.

Like God forbid I should
ever get really sick.

I don't know what he'd do.

No I've had a bad day today.

- [Rob] Why is that?

- Ah, stuff with work
and personal stuff.

Negotiations of "Stadium Events"
have taken a bit of a turn.

I'm not too excited about it.

- [Rob] What's happening?

- I got the guy's number.

Now, basically I'm
supposed to send the money.

I'm supposed to send
the money without

having received the game.

"If I give it to Todd
with no money up front

and something happens,

I'm out the game and the money,

so what about me?"

Question mark.

"Again another reason that
you guys should come here,

it's the most important
part of the film ,

and the most important
game in the film,

and you're not even
gonna be here to get it.

Either way, I don't
know you plus you live

in another country,

so if you guys tamper with
it and something goes wrong,

what am I gonna do
with the damaged game?"

And I write, "Josh we've
already found one fake

on our journey so far,

and I'm not accusing you
of that by any means.

If you send the game with
Todd and it checks out,

he will bring you
the money as planned.

That's the only
way this will work.

If you don't trust it.

I understand.

Todd is your friend.

He's not going to let
anything happen to it.

Trust me, man.

I want this game."

What's, what's going on.

We sent a bunch of messages
back and forth today

and we're kind of at
a stand still here.

So what are you thinking?

- [Josh] Yeah well,

the thing I'm worried
about is like from my side

is what I was saying.

I mean, I know it's real.

If it's, I mean the link that
I sent you on the eBay link,

I mean, you could see
the whole, the board,

and everything on
there, all the numbers.

- I mean I do understand
your point, man.

I do, but I can't send $4,000
to someone I don't know.

And it's obviously
like I said to you

in the Facebook message,

it's not a, you know,
it's not personal,

and I'm not calling
you a bootlegger or
anything like that.

Just this is the most expensive
game I've ever bought.

- [Josh] I just want
you to see the game

and tell me that
everything looks right.

- I know Josh and dude,
I, believe me man,

if, I'm a gamer
and you're a gamer,

and it's not personal man,
but we're talking 4,000,

and JPEGs on the internet.

You know I can't
just go on that man.

And there's no legal
binding document.

There's no eBay or you know,

anything Amazon or
anything like that.

This is coming from guy
to guy kind of thing.

- [Josh] I mean well
yeah, I buy three,

and only got one, one real
one in my hands, you know?

So like this game has
probably given me- (laughing)

- So you've had a few,
you've had a few fakes then?

- [Josh] No fakes.

I'm saying as far as like,

yeah I've never had a fake one,

like April fools or anything.

I've never had any kind of
"Stadium Events" in my hand,

besides this real one here.

I'm saying I paid for other
ones and never got 'em

like the stories I was telling
you the last time we talked.

I've never had another
"Stadium Events".

- Well brother, you
just said it, man.

Then you know
exactly how I feel.

I think it's kind of,

we've kind of both made
up our minds here, man.

We should probably just
put it to rest I think.

And just, just
move on from there.

- [Josh] Yeah, I
mean yeah. (laughing)

If that's what you wanna do man.

I mean, I was gonna
say, you know,

talking to you again
about it or whatever,

I mean, you know,

we can talk for two hours.

- Yeah, well, yeah, yeah.

I don't know.

We'll see where it goes.

I mean, if things drastically
change, send me a message.

I'll think about it.

But as of right now, we'll
just, we'll call it off man.

- [Josh] Okay, I get it, man.

- Okay?

- [Josh] All right.

- Dude, it's been
a pleasure man.

Honestly, I wish you well.

- [Josh] Yeah, all right man.

- Okay , take care.

- [Josh] Yeah.

- Every single game is
gonna have a story to it.

This is the game I want
the most and it's not

the story I want for it.

(whooshing)

(beeping)

- One of the ways the NES
legacy continues to live

on today is through
competitive gaming.

Regional, national, and
global competitions,

still use titles
from the NES library

to draw in world-class gamers
who vie for that top spot.

To hear their thoughts,

we talked to John
Pompa and Mason Cramer,

a pair of competitive gamers
to hear the difference

on playing for fun and
going for that top spot,

the kind of attributes
you need to go pro,

and of course to
talk to them about

the biggest competitive gaming
championship in history.

(upbeat music)

- For me and a majority of
the ones that I talked to,

or play with, they're
more challenging.

- [Rob] John Pompa holds over
20 world records with more

than a handful on titles
from the NES library.

- You can put everything you
have into these new games.

You know, the new "Batman"
game, it'll look amazing,

but it's done in a
half hour an hour.

You got, you beat the game,

and there's really
no replay value.

- [Rob] In 2008,

the Guinness Book of
World Records published

their first "Gamer's Edition"
and has since published

the volume annually in January,

thus giving the gaming
community and competitive gamers

somewhere to get their
name and scores in print.

- I mean when I found out
I was in the Guinness book,

I called everybody
I knew. (laughing)

- I called my mom and I
said, "Mom, I did it."

I called my sister, and
I called all my friends.

I was really pumped, man.

- [Rob] Mason Cramer also
holds some legendary records.

Most notably high
score with one life

on Super Mario Bros. 3,

arguably the most popular
NES title of all time.

- You can get good at
a certain type of game,

but the real test of a
master is their ability

to learn and to adapt to new
play styles and new techniques.

I think NWC represents
a sort of high watermark

in competitive gaming.

The most people that have
ever been at a contest,

the most competitors
who have ever entered,

everyone wanted a slice of NWC.

- [Rob] The Nintendo
World Championships

sometimes referred to as NWC,

represents a fever
pitch of the NES era.

It was every kid's dream
to be a part of this glitzy

Hollywood production that
brought players from all over

the country together
to win cash and prizes.

All just for playing
Nintendo games.

Getting in the "Guinness
Book of World Records"

pales in comparison to beating
out a million other people

at NWC the way Thor did.

- The NWC was something
conceived and executed

in an epic scale.

Even pictures can't
do it justice.

It was so cool.

This followed the
release of the "Wizard",

so there was already
kind of a buildup in the,

this Nintendo culture out
there where everybody was like,

hey I wanna be a part of that.

The numbers that I got,

were there were 1.1 million
entrants to the contest,

and there's never been
anything remotely similar

to this scale ever
attempted again,

'cause it shouldn't
be 23 years later

that there's still
nothing like it.

- [Rob] It's day 19,

and Jay's headed back
to A&C games in Toronto.

Last time he was here, he
focused on the rare games.

This time he knows he can't
leave any game behind,

and since time is of the
essence Jay's employed

the film's producer,
Mike Froussios,

to help him track the
days acquisitions.

(beeping)

- So far that was the
most intense negotiation,

and it's the most money
I've spent in one spot.

It was a good almost
hour negotiations there.

All these games I
got here, just crazy.

Well I'm gonna log in
the 20 extra we got

for the basement.

We'll do a count.

See where we're at there.

The tally ladies and
gentlemen is 554.

"Bubble Bobble 2"
has been replaced.

"Stack-Up" is now the most rare.

- [Rob] But already behind
a few days to hunt since

the last road trip we
had to keep pushing.

So we hit one more spot
that to our surprise,

offered a very uncommon
kind of treasure

near mint condition,
NES game boxes.

- This was very expensive,

but when are you ever going
to see stuff like this?

It's kind of those things I
wrestle with where it's like

once in a,

that's a once in
a lifetime thing.

- [Rob] For some,

it's hard to understand
why Jay would risk any

of his budget just on the boxes,

especially when he doesn't
necessarily even have the games

to accompany them.

The answer is simple though.

The boxes are pieces of art.

Like the games conditioned is
critical and it's the design

that makes them memorable
and sought after.

Someone who has an
understanding of box art

is illustrator Mark Erickson.

Mark's responsible for
the artwork on games

like Tengen's "Tetris",
"Thrill of War", "Bad Dudes",

"Strider", and
infamously "Mega Man 2".

- They would play a beta
version of the game for me.

And I meant physically
they would play it,

because I'm not a gamer.

I'm just an illustrator.

Over a period of about
30 or 40 minutes,

we would just arrive at at
what they wanted me to do.

The famous "Mega Man 2" incident
was about the only thing

sticks in my mind
where they just led me

in the wrong direction and
had me do a piece of art

that wasn't correct.

Amazingly, the people that
hired me to do the art,

and the art director,

neither one of
them knew the game,

and we ran the beta version
as I described to you,

and nobody could see the
little character well enough

to know he had a
cannon for an arm,

and long story short,

They told me to put
a pistol in there,

and that's what I did.

To have the gaming
stuff for me is huge,

because I realized
there's this base of fans

who love this art.

And it's just to say it's
very gratifying to me

is an understatement.

- As we March towards
the inevitable future

of digital only games,

the entire notion of
boxes, carts, or manuals

are disappearing along with any
real sense of their history.

- These are cool items that
document historical information.

- You don't have to worry
about uploading your updates or

and whatever else.

You just plug it in, and
maybe the screen blinks.

You have to blow in the
cartridge or whatever,

but you just, there's
something that's,

it's just, it's more
charming about it.

- But when you actually
physically look at a cartridge

and you can see the
picture of the game,

you know which game it is,

you can trade it with
your friends or something.

It's so much different
than when it's invisible.

Why do kids nowadays want to
play on the original console

and have a piece of this?

Multiple reasons, because
they weren't there,

because they wanna understand
where it came from.

If someone were to show
me a library of NES games

in a file on their
computer, I'm not impressed.

- If someone were to
show me the artifacts,

that's what matters.

Anyone can take a picture.

Anyone can have a
digital file of it.

But the games physically
are an artifact.

Something to be preserved,
put in a plastic case.

(upbeat music)

- [Rob] Day 21 means it's
time for the second road trip.

This time we drive 12 hours
the first day to end up

in St. Louis.

From there we hit
Dallas, Austin, Houston,

and then on the way back home,

we meet up with a pair
of private collectors

in Oklahoma City and Bedford
Indiana, respectively.

Believe me ehen I say
this trip features all lot

of driving and
like Jay predicted,

there was a lot of running
in and out of stores

to see if they had
the few select titles

that he still needed.

Here's some of the highlights
in the first few days

of the trip.

- Got, I don't know,

maybe about 10 more games.

And we met Jason who's
the owner of the store.

He showed us his
personal collection,

which was the best
collection of I've ever seen.

He's cool too.

He's like, you know I
buy the game to have it,

and then I do the upgrades.

And if I see one
with a better label

or a better box, I
upgrade that as well.

- [Rob] We were on the
road all of day 22,

but day 23 saw us in
Dallas where we met up

with video game media
personality, Patrick
Scott Patterson,

who's the kind of guy with his
pulse on the world of gaming,

and he brought with him a
mysterious bag of games.

- Reach into the bag.

- It's a game show now.

- And pull out.

- There's not a scorpion
in here is there?

- No there's not a
scorpion or a snake.

Let's see what happens here.

- All right, so the first
one we got is "Strider".

So "Strider" I have.

- Okay.

- "Strider" I do have.

- Okay.

- Come on, no whammies.

"Three Stooges" which I do have.

- Oh man.

- I do have.

(video game music playing)

Oh will you look
at that. (giggles)

Nope don't have that one.

(laughing)

Oh, I feel like I
just got kicked.

(laughing)

And I pulled out "Panic
Restaurant" by Taito,

which I didn't have.

So man I almost fell over
when I pulled that one out.

(whooshing)

- [Rob] Okay, so what
was that place like?

- Expensive.

Yeah, I didn't like that.

So yeah, 50 bucks for "Donkey
Kong" and "Might & Magic".

I'm not too happy with that.

- [Rob] Why'd you do it?

- Well, cause they're
there at this point.

I don't know how many
of these I want to hit

to be completely honest.

I can't afford to be doing
50 bucks for two games now

at this point.

And I mean like I said before
we started this whole thing,

like that's not a rare
game, but it's expensive.

So I don't know.

Don't feel too good
about this one.

If we didn't have those two
collectors in the works,

that would be a different story.

I think maybe we should call
those guys and see what's up.

See what they have, see what
kind of deals we can get.

That's what I wanna do.

I don't know, I just, I felt
like sick giving the cash out.

Like I felt really ill.

- It's kind of funny
how Jay mentions,

he's starting to feel sick
about making purchases

and then moments later
pulls me aside and he has

to be back home a
day earlier for work.

I'm not sure if it was a
miscommunication issue or not,

but I'm sure the two are
related and now I've got

to reconfigure the rest
of the trip in my head

as we're about to pick up
Todd Rogers from the airport.

- [Jay] What's up dude?

Can I get your autograph?

- [Jay] How are you man?

- And he's the man, I mean
you know Mr. Nintendo.

- I'm excited.

- Oh I'm excited.

- [Rob] Todd Rogers is the
world's first pro gamer.

He was paid by several
companies to play games

because of his incredible
skills at deconstructing

and mastering them.

He was also an
employee of Nintendo

and holds thousands
of gaming records.

- Why don't you show me
some of the games you have

the world record on?

- Well I have one on
"Xenon", "Yar's Revenge",

"Star Master", "Star
Voyager", "Skiing".

I guess games on
one of these rows,

"Qbert", "Pitfall", "Laser
Blast", "Kangaroo", "E.T.",

"Chopper Command".

- Is that it?

- And of course the favorite
"Dragster" up in the corner.

When Nintendo came
out, man it had,

I mean the graphics
were incredible.

The gameplay was great.

The controller was easy to hold.

I mean, you know, they had,

they put a lot of thought
and effort into listening

to what the public wanted.

Working for Nintendo
was really cool,

because there were a lot
of open-minded people

that worked for that company.

They wanted to bring the
entertainment to the home.

They wanted you,

the consumer to play as a
collective or as a group

rather than just singulative.

- [Rob] With Todd part
of the team for the day

and Jay's honorary mentor,

we traveled South,

a Stone's throw away
from the Gulf of Mexico

to check out a brand new
Game Over Videogames store.

- [Jay] Hello?

- Oh, the air is
on, that's nice.

- [Man] We got some there and
they got this rack over here.

- [Jay] Okay.

There's a few here.

- [Rob] Which ones?

- "Cool World",
"Gargoyle's Quest".

So that one I need, it's 89.

That one I need is 49.

- So offer 'em 50.

(laughing)

Just like that?
- Yeah, taking a few bucks.

- Just like that.

- Yeah, what's the worst
they can do, say no.

- Okay, we got a
huge wall over here.

Okay so it's the last store,

found a couple of
real rare ones.

Just go through it real quick.

"Gargoyle's Quest" by
Capcom, "Toxic Crusader",

"Cool World",

but the big one we got was the
"Turtles Tournament Fighter".

- Oh, I wish we could
do this everyday.

- Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

- I mean it's a blast.

I mean definitely
beats the hump and role

of every day boredom.

I mean this is really cool.

- [Rob] But just because
Jay was done hunting games

for the day,

doesn't mean we were done
hanging out with Todd.

That night we had
a blast at dinner.

Todd called Twin Galaxies
founder, Walter Day,

who then allow Todd to
unveil and present us

with our own Twin Galaxies
video game trading card.

And of course we got
to play some games.

I can only speculate for Jay,

but our time with the
legendary Todd Rogers

was unforgettable.

(whooshing)

(beeping)

(whooshing)

- [Jay] Now we're going
to a collector's house

who reached out to us who
has about 500 NES games.

The only thing is he doesn't
know there's a film crew,

so we'll see how that goes.

Hopefully he's got
some of those titles.

I was sitting at 605,
so I'm doing well.

- [Rob] 73, 73 to go and
if this guys got 500 games-

- Yeah he said he had about 500,

so I mean that's pretty
good odds that he's gonna

have some I need.

Hopefully some of the big ones

and we get a good deal.

I'm ready.

- [Rob] Which one do you want
to knock off the list today?

- "Little Sampson".

- It's always gonna
be "Little Samson".

What are top three?

- "Stadium Events", "Little
Samson", "Bonk's Adventure".

(metal rattling)

- All right.

- Nice and cool.

- What we're looking
at over here,

regular Nintendo stuff.

- [Jay] Mm-hmm.

- Super Nintendo
64, all organized.

On the table behind us here
are (metal rattling) games.

So this is everything
that I've got over $10,

Nintendo, Super 64.

- So what's for sale here?

What are we looking at?

- Pretty much everything.

What's this one?

What's that going for?

- I probably wouldn't sell
any of the reproduction stuff.

- How much are your
"Zelda's", the classic ones.

- Those probably
aren't for sale.

- So dare I ask?

- I've never, I've never
given anybody a price on it.

- That's interesting,
don't have that one yet.

(mumbling)

The Power Pad.

So this is for use
with "Stadium Events"

amongst other games.

Got that for dirt cheap.

And I got "Color A Dinosaur",
which is a really rare one.

So score there.

There's about 70
left I have to get.

So what I'm starting to think
now is some of the games

that I thought were I
was gonna find everywhere

are some of the harder ones
to get like "Bases Loaded 4",

and that's that Corvette one.

I've never seen 'em.

So I don't know.

I'm getting pretty nervous
with one stop left.

Let's hope this goes through.

If not, we still have
a few days back home.

(whooshing)

So this is almost,
almost my last hope here.

So I'm hoping to
clear out this guy,

get all the big rare ones,

all the commons I need
and that'll be it.

- [Rob] Tod Curtis is a
collector who reached out

to us very early on about
helping Jay's insane endeavor.

- My NES collection
encompasses all

the North American
release games,

both licensed and unlicensed.

The prize pieces in my
collection at this time are the

Nintendo World
Championship cartridges.

The "Stadium Events"
that's complete in the box.

I'm afraid I'm gonna
be disappointed.

A little bit like yesterday.

I'm afraid like, oh
I have everything,

and then I'm going
to go in there

and he's gonna have everything,

but oh not for sale, not
for sale, not for sale.

So I don't wanna
get my hopes up,

so it's kind of a mixture
of emotions right now.

So I hear you're going to
show me around your collection

and you might have some
stuff for sale here.

- Yeah, the
collection is in here.

Come on in.

- Cool.

(electric music playing)

You got a few things there.

- [Tod] Just kind of the rare
stuff is in this display case.

- You have two of "Nintendo
World Championships".

- That's right?

- That's pretty greedy,
don't you think?

No, I'm just kidding. (laughing)

And okay so we have I see
four "Stadium Events" here.

So one is sealed, right?

- Well, one is complete in
the box, it's out of the box.

So really there's only two.

So these are all the carts,

kind of separate
from their boxes.

- [Jay] Right.

On this side, we have all
the boxes, the inserts,

everything to go along
with that, the manuals.

- Wow.

- [Rob] Makes sense.

- Okay, so I'm not
gonna pull anything out,

I'm just gonna look
through it right now.

- [Rob] Is he okay to pull
something that he needs?

- I don't know if I
wanna do that just yet.

I'm gonna look at
it first, okay.

- [Tod] Okay whatever you want.

- And then we'll see
where we go from there.

(upbeat music)

All right I just
wanna talk to you

for a few minutes off camera
before we go any further here.

Okay, so give us a sec here.

I was hoping for
one of the big ones.

At this point,

I would almost rather
just take the money I have

and just get those.

Instead of getting these
lesser known titles

for the sake of 70 being, 70
games being the difference.

Like there's no "Samson",
there's no "Bonk",

there's no "Stadium Events".

- [Rob] Tod do you have
any other titles by chance?

- [Tod] Need anything
in particular?

- (giggles) Really "Stadium
Events", "Little Samson",

or "Bonk's" is really
what I'm interested in.

At this point because the
difference of games I need

to complete is so small.

For me personally, I'd rather
get one of the big ones.

Instead of getting a
lot of the smaller ones.

That's just me.

- [Tod] Okay.

- Right or wrong, that's
how I wanna do things.

- Well the "Little
Sampson" was one of

the last ones I bought
in a box like that.

So I know there's
one in that box.

So if there's one on the shelf.

Like that?

- [Jay] Yeah.

Holy shit.

- You say Bonk's Adventure?

That one's in the box.

- [Jay] Geez.

- [Tod] Got it.

- [Rob] Just a reminder,

"Little Samson" is number
two in terms of rarity

and price on the NES list
for the retail games.

Jays only other offer
was through Josh Jones,

a deal that fell apart.

"Bonk's Adventure" is number
three in terms of rarity

in price for Jay.

- And dare I ask you
about the other one?

- [Tod] Which other one?

- "Stadium Events".

- [Rob] Unbelievably Tod has
two copies of "Stadium Events",

one complete with its
original box and manual.

And one with just its box
though there's a slight tear

on the back.

The price for "Stadium Events"
is usually astronomical

on its own,

but when you throw in the
box or the box and manual,

you're talking
some serious cash.

- I mean I'm going to sell more
than likely one of the two,

but it would have
to go with its box.

I can't break it from
it from it's box.

- Okay so that's a totally
different beast on its own.

Okay so these two are for sale.

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay I wanna go over here.

Do you want to hang
on to these for now?

- You put 'em wherever you want,

carry 'em around.
- Okay, I'll come over here.

- So Jay went back to
the bins and was able

to pull out 30 games or so,

some rare, some common,
but all titles he needed.

Jay and Tod were able
to work out a deal

for those games as
well as "Little Samson"

and "Bonk's Adventur".

- So sure enough,
he pulls out "Bonk",

heart attack one.

I'm like shaking,
holding the cart.

And then he had a
"Little Samson" and
that was unbelievable.

And like the deals
keep getting better,

but he gave those
two carts for me

at such a reasonable
price, I almost felt bad.

And then I picked
up about 30 others.

The stack of everything
total was way less

than what I was
expecting to spend.

I'm just, I don't know.

That guy was awesome.

(whooshing)

(whooshing)

- It's day 28, and we're all
happy to be back in Canada,

after another long drive
and to be out of the van,

except for one of us
who is racing to the vet

with a little bit
of an emergency.

Jay's taking his dog Spencer
in to see if he's all right.

He's not been doing well,

throwing up and really
acting out of character.

So it's a bit of a
cause for concern.

Hope for Jay's sake, that
everything works out.

Don't know how it's
going to affect the rest

of the challenge of course.

All we can do is
see what's going on.

Get some more information
and try to regroup

and finish strong.

Let the record show,

see if I can get this
all loaded up here.

5:14 day one to day 30,

he has until 5:14.

I'm getting a text
message from Schemes.

5:14 on day 30,

so he's gonna have that whole
last day up until 5:14pm.

- All right, this is it.

Day 30, the very last day,

and I gonna check out
the three local shops

that I frequent and
that's all I can do, man.

So hopefully there's
good stuff in there.

- [Man] Hey.

- Hey, what's up man?

- [Man] Yeah, how you doing?

- [Jay] Back again,
one last time.

- [Man] I hear you.

- Okay here we go.

(rubbing hands)

"Barn Storming".

Oh, we're back again. (giggling)

- [Man] What's up man?

This is your third visit.
- What's that?

- This is your third visit.

- The third, this is the
final stop for the whole film.

Alright, well I'm hoping we can
get a few out of this place.

"Nigel Mansell's
World Championship".

Damn it, sports games
really confuse me.

I think we got "Bigfoot".

Let's hope we didn't
get "Bigfoot".

So I'm just reaching here now.

- [Man] So how close are you
guys to completing the goal?

- Ugh, not good my
friend, not good.

I don't know buddy, it's
not looking too good.

You always gotta look.

You always gotta look.

Got 'em all, everything
except "Last Star Fighter".

Score, "Classic Concentration".

Fourth one down, yeah.

One.

You guys got anything
rare in for NES

or anything in the back.

- [Man] Well we just got a
whole bunch of Nintendo games

in the last few days.

- Oh I like to hear that.

Are they all put out?

- [Man] Yep.

- They are, okay.

Okay.

Where are they?

(bell ringing)

I didn't really realize
what I was in for.

I mean I knew it was
gonna be difficult,

but it was grueling.

Kind of disappointed,

didn't really play out
like I wanted it to.

If I did get "Stadium Events",

everyone would be like,
wow he didn't do it,

but holy cow, he got this one.

He got the best one.

It's weird, man that something
like this can change you,

but it really has.

Yeah, I'm gonna miss it.

(dramatic music)

(door slamming)

(hands rubbing)

One?

- [Rob] Yeah.

- Man I feel like
I'm gonna puke.

It's the anxiety I
was talking about.

- [Rob] What?

I kind of think
he's like hurting.

It's that same fear.

I don't know if
you guys have this,

but when you're opening presents

and people watch you open
presents, do you get that?

The hate that.

Well here we are.

I was someone who I think
let things get to me.

I let things get
me down too easily.

Very negative, saw things in
a darker light if you will.

So I look at things
in a more positive,

positive way now and
I'm a lot happier.

I just feel, I don't know.

I feel fulfilled.

This is all the carts
that I've collected

for the entire journey.

- And this little stack
here actually represents

the ones that I was short.

So these are the ones
I did not collect.

- I knew you were coming back
six to eight months later,

so I acquired them on eBay,

which believe me was
not nearly as fun.

These here was so impersonal.

There was no communication
with anybody.

It was just Buy it Now,
Bid, Buy it Now, Bid.

And then, two weeks later
it's shipped to my door

and all of a sudden
I have gut knack.

It's not nearly as
rewarding, right, so.

These aren't all the games.

There's one, there's
still one game missing,

and it's the game that
means the most to me.

And I want this game
to have a story.

So we're hitting the road.

Oh I gotta burp.

Hello my friend.

How are you, man?

- How are you?

- Good, good to see you.

- It's good to see you too.

- [Rob] This is the last
of the games, right?

- 678, this is it.

- [Rob] This is the last one,

- [Tod] Let's go in.

- As you can see,
here's the good stuff.

And I understand that this
is what you're looking for.

- Yeah.

It's been a, it's been long man.

This is pretty emotional so.

- Take 'em and look at 'em.

See what you think.

- I'm shaking.

- You know it was
a surprise to me,

not only to have one
boxed "Stadium Events",

but to have two.

And the second, I had two,

I started looking for
a home for the first.

- [Jay] Yeah.

And I had no idea when that
would be and it turned out,

it happened pretty quickly.

And I think that the
right person's getting it,

'cause I know that
you'll enjoy it,

you'll care for it,
been a long quest.

This is a great
finale to that quest.

- I don't even know what to
say to you, like thank you.

- You're welcome.

Glad I could help you out.

(exhaling)

- Oh God I think
I'm gonna pass out.

Seriously.

- I was a little surprised
how nerve wracked

he seemed to be.

And I don't know if it
was because he thought

maybe he would actually get
down here and I would look at it

and say, no nevermind,
I can't do this.

And then a whole trip all the
way down here is for nothing.

- So I've been, I've
been hearing that
the boxes are pretty,

pretty rare as well.

- The box is the
hardest thing to find.

- Yeah.

Is there a number
on that do you know?

Like how many there is or?

- Is under 10?

- Is it?

- I can account for maybe six.

But then to see him with
it actually in his hands,

he was shaking a little
bit holding something.

I think that maybe he
thought he would ever hold,

or your know, and to know that
that was gonna be his own.

I thought that
was real exciting.

It was exciting for me.

He understands why "Stadium
Events" is important

and what it would mean
to his collection,

so I was just glad
to, in all honesty,

to see him finish his journey.

- So I failed the 30 day
challenge, but I don't know,

I guess that didn't
matter after a while,

because I wanted to complete
the collection this way.

You have to want it bad
enough to give up a lot

in your life.

And that sounds ridiculous,

because we're talking
about Nintendo games,

but really if you
want it bad enough,

you'll get it.

(upbeat music)

- [Rob] After saving every
penny for the last eight months

and making the most expensive
purchase of his life.

Jay's quest has
finally come to an end.

- There's something I
think about a lot okay,

and that's a Dave Grohl story.

But when he talks about
becoming a musician,

he talks about his mom
who was a music teacher.

His dad was a politician
and he knew right away,

he wanted to play music.

So he was like 13, 14 years old,

15 I think.

And he went to his
mom and he said,

"Mom, I'm gonna jump in
a van with these guys

and we're going to tour around

and we're going to play music,

and I'm not gonna go
to school anymore,

because this is
what I have to do."

You know what she said?

"Go for it."

And I just wonder, I mean, why
all parents aren't like that?

I mean, if he had
fallen on his face,

they would still be
there to pick him up,

because that's their
responsibility.

But for them to even say, go
for it, yeah leave school.

And he always jokes about it.

It's like this is what happens
when you drop out of school.

And I love that line.

It's hilarious,
because it's like,

there's so many
rules that everyone

brings you up thinking that
that's the way things are

no matter what
happens in this world,

you can never deny
what you feel inside.

You can never doubt yourself
because those are true feelings

that nobody can take
that away from you.

People can tell
you you're wrong,

but you know deep down
inside what's right.

You love, you love
what you love,

and that's just the way it is.

And you have to go with that.

- [Rob] And one of the things
Jay loves most is video games.

He journeyed far beyond
the comfort of his home

in London, Ontario in pursuit
of his number one passion,

and in the process made history.

And while he now has
a complete collection

of retail NES games,

the challenge became
so much more than that.

He got to meet dozens of other
people that share his passion

and help Jay grow as a person.

When everyone said he
was crazy to do it,

he went out and did it anyway.

And like owning
the only box copy

of "Stadium Events" in Canada,

no one can take
that away from him.

I dare Jay, and
now I'm daring you,

chase your dreams and
do the impossible.

Go on a quest of a lifetime
because the adventures

that await you are priceless.

- [Rob] So what do you
wanna do next summer?

(beeping)

* I know times past
and a lot has changed *

* Maybe we will
forget these days *

* And some days we sing
along and sing a song *

* I pushed you away but
then you became strong *

* Remember the smiles

* Remember the days,

* Remember the nights
when you stayed up late *

* Remember the times
when we went so far *

* Remember the tunes,
baby down that car *

* Remember the hours

* Remember when we played

* Remember we're clinging
in the hall of fame *

* Remember the nights
when you called around *

* Remember the feeling
when you make that sound, *

* Sound, oh yeah

* Feeling when you make that

- [Rob] Tell what
the Konami Code is.

- Of course who doesn't man.

Up, up, down, down, left,
right left, right, B, A, Start.

- [Both] Up, up, down,
down, left, right left,

right, B, A, Select, Start.

- I did the two player version.

- Right.

- The up, up, down, down,
left, right left, right,

B, A, Select, Start.

- Up, up, down, down, left,
right left, right, B, A.

- I have a buddy who always
punches that in for me.

- Left, left, down,
right, right, down,

no I don't know that
code. (laughing)

- Nintendo gave us.

These were like, lithographs,

of basically early sketches
of Mario by Shigeru Miyamoto.

So these are some of
the early sketches

he would have done
for "Donkey Kong".

- The NES saved the video game
industry after it collapsed

in '82, '83.

So if not for Nintendo, they
wouldn't be anything here.

- They were the first
console to deliver

what I think is something
close to the arcade experience

in your home.

- So 1985, is a good year,

to launch a system,
a console system,

that begins to
improve the graphics.

- Four or five years old,

and my dad got me a Nintendo
Entertainment System,

and right after I
blew out the candles,

right after the
cake, right away,

let's go hook it up.

- Well we didn't have a
lot of money back then

and got my NES action
set for Christmas.

We only had one game.

Throughout my childhood,
I only had one game.

It was the game that I came
with, the Mario "Duck Hunt".

Still to this day,
it's my favorite game.

- First thing that's come
to mind is just hanging out

with my brother,

playing Super Mario
Bros. 3 in the basement,

like handing it back
and forth every death,

or every level, depending
on what you did.

- You know I was gonna run out.

I was gonna beg my parents.

I was gonna get it,

and to this day I've never been
let down by Nintendo power.

- When I found out that
my parents were hiding one

in the garage.

Just knowing it was in
the garage in a box,

and you wanna play it,

but you have to
wait 'til Christmas,

that's the memory I
have about the NES.

- The NES has withstood
the test of time,

and as soon as this
interview is over,

I'll be picking up a
console without a doubt.

You can guarantee it.

The NES library is
way beyond any library

for any machine I've ever seen.

There's just no competition.

- I think it's their
commitment to quality.

I think they really,

they won't put out a game
unless they really feel

like it's connecting
with the gamers.

- When I got home from
school and did my homework,

there was a two to three
hour point in the day

where I could escape and I could
be in control of the world.

I could be the hero.

The goals were achievable.

I had control.

The first day I had my NES,

I was sitting there
in my bathrobe,

my dad was in his bathrobe,

which we actually
have a photograph,

and I'm sitting on
the end of my bed

and my dad's sitting there
shooting it, Hogan's Alley.

And it just kind of blew my
mind that that was probably

the first game my dad ever
played in his whole entire life.

And he was doing it on
Christmas day with me.

And I'll never forget it.

And those are the things that,

those are the things that bring
back and it's like a story.

It has really,

sometimes it has nothing
to do with the games.

It's the story behind the games.

- I remember going to
Sears when the NES came out

and filling out an
application for a credit card

so I can get the $25 gift
card and go buy the NES.

I had to have it.

- 13 years ago, I was 210
pounds, plus size 18-20,

and I was walking past an arcade

and I discovered dance,
dance revolution,

and I decided to play it.

I instantly died
within 10 steps,

and then some kid chuckled
from the side (throat clearing)

"you suck", and it
hurt my feelings.

And I remember I went home
that day cause I really

had an instant
connection with the game.

And when I went
home, I was upset.

I looked at all my
previous awards that I had

from playing sports in the past,

and I looked at my old pictures

and I didn't recognize
the reflection I saw

in the mirror anymore.

This person who was now 210
pounds, that used to be 120.

And I made a commitment
that moment that I was going

to master the game.

- How could I not be envious
of Jay's 30 day adventure

to find 700 old games.

And plus everybody seems
to have a little bit

of archeologist in them,

of going and being the
Indiana, Indiana Jay.

Indiana Jay on the road
to finding all those,

all those lost, forgotten,

hidden mystical games that
who knows where they're

gonna show up.

(beeping)