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It was the brainchild
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of now the world's biggest
video game company,
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and with it, they redefined
an entire industry.
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For a period of time there,
Nintendo was a word
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used to describe
video games in general.
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It was the Christmas
gift every kid wanted.
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There was just a little
magical quality to Nintendo
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that caught on
with the public.
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And it took over
toy stores around the world.
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- When I went to Toys R Us,
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it was an aisle,
two aisles long.
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This side was all Nintendo,
this side was all Nintendo,
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and you went down there,
and it was like...
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The Nintendo
Entertainment System, or NES,
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gave kids a new way
to play games
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and challenged them
with every title.
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With the NES,
a lot of the titles
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you played to the end,
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and you didn't just play
for three or four days.
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You played for weeks,
sometimes months.
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And although the NES
wasn't the only game in town...
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The NES essentially
received the baton
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from the arcade era
and ran with it.
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...they did it
with characters
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that became
pop-culture icons...
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You know, so when
you see a Mario,
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like people are dressed up
as Mario for Halloween,
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you just see it
in so many different places,
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and everybody instantly
knows what that is.
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...and games that were dubbed
immediate classics.
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Every game they came out with
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really had a level of success
to one degree or another.
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I can't say that
about everybody.
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I can certainly say it
about Nintendo.
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But this video game
console didn't fade
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when it left store shelves.
It's still around,
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with a fan base of millions
across the world
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and continues to impact
a lot of people,
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like this modern-day
treasure hunter
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from London, Ontario, Canada,
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who loves Nintendo so much
that he started a quest
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to get all 678 original
NES games in person
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within 30 days.
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Nintendo's such a part of him
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that he's willing to crisscross
the country in search
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of these Holy Grail-like
artifacts.
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A journey like that
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with someone
pursuing their dream
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is bound to change anyone
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and become
the stuff of legend.
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It's what he's calling
his Nintendo quest.
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So let me tell you
a little secret.
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That guy hunting those games,
that's Jay,
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and we've been friends
for a really long time,
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and he's always dreamt of owning
a complete NES collection,
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so I dared him to do it
and only gave him 30 days
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and told him he couldn't use
the Internet in any way,
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'cause as a collector,
that's really cool to me,
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but as a filmmaker,
that's the kind of thing
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I want to see captured,
because following Jay around,
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we'll get to talk to other
members of our community,
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like competitive gamers
and personalities
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and the other
die-hard collectors,
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and all of those people
will get a chance to weigh in
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on what makes the NES
so resilient
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and amazingly popular
30 years later.
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I mean, no piece of technology
lasts 30 years.
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We never use phones, cars,
or computers that long,
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so what makes the NES
the exception to the rule?
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Well, we're gonna find out,
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but first let's learn
a little bit more about Jay,
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'cause clearly, he's a fan.
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Jay's been my best friend
for more than 30 years.
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He's got a great dog
named Spencer...
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a hell
of a Star Wars collection...
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Huge fan of Star Wars.
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This side here
is my favorite.
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These were kind of throwbacks
to the original packaging.
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And an impressive
library of games.
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So this is...
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pretty much most
of my collection here.
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"Mighty Final Fight."
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Really, really personal favorite
of mine here is "Stack-Up."
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I don't know if it's
my favorite NES game,
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but it's pretty close,
"Balloon Fight."
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There are precisely three things
he's passionate about:
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Star Wars, rock 'n' roll,
and video games.
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If I remember correctly,
he always lined his haircut up
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to be what Dave Grohl
was wearing at the time.
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He's just your friend
just to be your friend.
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It does not matter what you do
or what you say.
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Jay's the perfect guy
to take on this adventure,
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because as the manager
of a video game store,
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he has years
of retail experience
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that will help him
out in the wild,
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not to mention
he's been collecting
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every kind
of video game merchandise
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for over 30 years.
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And you called me
on my phone,
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and you're like,
"Okay, I dare you.
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I dare you. We'll go out,
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and I dare you to get
every single Nintendo game."
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And you're like,
"How 'bout this?
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How 'bout we do it
in a month?
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We'll do it in 30 days."
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I'm like,
"Well, Rob, that's cool,
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but I could just
go on eBay,
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you know, and I could buy
someone's private collection,
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probably get 300 of the games
out of the way in one click."
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You're like,
"Let's do it old-school, man.
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Let's go,
and we'll hit the street."
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And I'm like,
"That's a really good idea."
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So here's
what Jay's up against.
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He's got 30 days
to get all 678
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officially North American
released Nintendo games.
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Thankfully that does not
include contest carts
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like "Nintendo World
Championships,"
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but it does include
"Stadium Events"
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and "Little Samson,"
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and he's gotta pay
for every single game himself
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with no help from friends
or the film production.
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Did we mention
he can't use the Internet
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to aid him
in any capacity?
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And he's gotta start
from scratch,
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regardless of what's
in his current collection.
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One more thing. Jay's loaded
a special app on his tablet,
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and it's really cool,
because it ranks
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all the games by rarity,
but more importantly,
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it sorts
all his purchases, too,
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so out of the 678 games,
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he knows which
ones he has,
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but he also knows which ones
he has to find.
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We don't know
exactly where we're going.
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We don't know exactly
what we're gonna hit there.
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We don't know exactly
who we're gonna talk to,
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or what we're gonna find.
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There's the thinnest
of plans out there,
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and no doubt there's gonna be
100 challenges along the way,
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and I'm sure it's gonna have
a transformative effect on Jay.
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Oh, he'll be
a different person.
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First off,
that he's venturing away.
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Like, he's
a real homebody.
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Some way, somehow,
he'll succeed
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at what he wants
to do with this.
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I really wanted
to stress on Jay
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the sense of history that he
and I had with each other,
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but also our combined history
with the NES,
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and there was one place
that really summed this up
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and shows
how seriously we took
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and still take
that game system.
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This, of course,
is my treehouse...
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- Wow.
- But for a very brief period,
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it was something else.
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This was the original
NES Club.
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Or clubhouse.
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- Clubhouse. There you go.
- Yeah.
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Look how small it is.
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We had our first
Nintendo Club in here.
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Yeah.
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Let's take a trip
down memory lane.
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Of course you want
to see us up here. Ohh.
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- Stunt work, right?
- Here we go.
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Ohh. Getting old.
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All right.
Large and in charge.
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All right, Winnie-the-Pooh,
you're in?
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- Good.
- All right, so...
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what were we thinking?!
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Where are we gonna put a TV
in this place now?
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Well, in the corner,
obviously.
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I hope-- I really hope
this doesn't collapse,
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'cause that would really suck.
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This journey
is going to be incredible.
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I'm going to literally
go across the country.
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I'm gonna get to see
all these amazing game stores,
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all these different types
of people.
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Regardless of whether
he gets all the games,
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it's just gonna be
this massive game loving.
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It's just gonna be fun.
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I think the collecting
of the games,
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I think, will be
the easier part for him.
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I think that he'll
be right into it.
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I think he'll be focused.
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Again, I'll say it, man.
Life is too short
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to be doing something that you
don't want to do every day.
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There's no cheat codes.
There's no Game Genie.
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There's no extra lives.
There's none of that stuff.
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He's got 30 days
to figure this game out
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and beat it,
and that's it,
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and the big boss
at the end of the game
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is the ticking clock.
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If he doesn't beat that,
he loses a chance at a dream.
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While Jay gets ready
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for the biggest challenge
of his entire life,
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let's take a look back
at the NES
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and the company
that introduced it,
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because after all, Nintendo
managed to revolutionize
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the entire industry
and change the world.
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So here's Nintendo
history 101,
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the abridged
two-minute version.
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...the two-minute version.
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Nintendo may be
a global company today,
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but this wasn't
always the case.
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They started in Japan in 1889
making Hanafuda cards,
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something like
the playing cards we use today.
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This was their staple,
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and they did it well enough
that by the 1950s,
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Disney offered them
a licensing deal.
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This was a major
turning point,
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because with
the Disney license,
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Nintendo first came
and saw the power
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of the family-centric
demographic.
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So with
their increase in profits,
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they tried making a toy,
the Ultra Hand,
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and that, too,
was a huge success.
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By the 1970s, electronic toys
were the big trend,
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and Nintendo cashed in
on light-zapper technology
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with electronic
shooting galleries.
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When the coin-operated
arcade era hit,
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Nintendo conquered that market,
too, with game cabinets
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like "Radar Scope"
and "Donkey Kong."
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And of course video game
consoles for the home
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was the next big wave,
and Nintendo's Famicom,
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a name that bridges
family and computer,
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was launched in Japan
in 1983.
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Hefty price tag, you say?
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"Ha ha ha," says Nintendo,
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as the Famicom sweeps
90 % of Japan's market
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with revolutionary controllers,
appealing characters,
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and innovative gameplay.
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Soon after, though,
the video game industry crashed
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and threatened to thwart
Nintendo's Famicom plan
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for a North American launch.
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Because video games were
so uncool in North America,
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Nintendo had to redesign
their console
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and fool retailers
into carrying it,
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so they made it
look completely different,
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much more like a VCR,
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and packaged it with a robot
and a light zapper
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to give it
a toylike feel.
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Despite the naysayers,
the Famicom,
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which was renamed the Nintendo
Entertainment System,
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or NES for short,
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launched to massive success
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without ever using
the words "video," "game,"
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or "console" to sell it.
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This has been
Nintendo History 101.
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What's all this mean?
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Well, at a glance,
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Nintendo's focus
on family-friendly games
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and universally
appealing themes is timeless.
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Regardless of trends
or technological breakthroughs,
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the Nintendo experience
is always challenging
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and fun for everyone.
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Let's do this.
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So gonna go see Murray
and Shannon right now.
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It's the first stop.
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Holy moley.
What's up, guys?
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Mario and Luigi. How are you?
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- What's up, buddy? How are you?
- How are you, man?
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Shannon, how are you, love?
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- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
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Huge.
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This is our toy room
down here.
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And you can show me.
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You can tell me about each game
if you wanna do that.
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- They don't know these ones.
- Well, then--
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These are ones
we haven't let 'em see.
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Then little Murray
can tell me about them.
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So we got
"Swords and Serpents."
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I've never actually
ever seen this one,
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- so that's pretty cool.
- No?
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- No.
- Good start.
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All right, so this is special,
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because these are my favorite,
the black-box ones, right?
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Number one is "Golf,"
so that's the record.
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Seeing Murray and
Shannon's kids dressed up
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as Mario and Luigi
was the perfect start
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to this Nintendo challenge,
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but it also helped
that Jay managed to get
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a stack of games
for next to nothing.
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The biggest score out of that
was this.
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- Oh, absolutely. "Kirby"?
- What's that?
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- "Kirby."
- Definitely.
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Why is that--
why is that rare?
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This is one--
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Why is that the biggest score?
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Well, it's a licensed--
or not a licensed.
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It's a first-party
Nintendo game,
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which are always expensive.
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Again, it's not necessarily
one of the rarest,
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but it's one I'm glad
that I'm knocking off the list.
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Yo, yo.
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- Come on in, man.
- Let me in.
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- What's going on?
- What's up?
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We got a call earlier
in the day from Skylar,
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who said he only had
a few carts, or NES cartridges,
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left to offer Jay
due to a trade he made
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with another friend of ours.
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Still, every game
is a necessity,
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and Jay couldn't afford
to pass anything up.
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You know,
I'll throw that one in.
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We'll go, say,
five bucks a game? 20 bucks?
303
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- No.
- No?
304
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No, I was thinking more like
less than a dollar each.
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- Less than a dollar each?
- Yeah.
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Uh...
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maybe like 10?
What are they selling for?
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They're selling for,
like, five bucks.
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00:13:06,897 --> 00:13:09,032
I got "Dodge Ball" here, man.
Remember that game?
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I'll give you
10 bucks for these.
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- 10 bucks?
- That's fine.
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Separated at birth.
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- What? Are we?
- I don't think so.
314
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Everyone used to say
we were brothers in high school.
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I'm the one who got
the less chromosome, though.
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What?
317
00:13:25,849 --> 00:13:27,751
Yeah. Well, I told you
I had all...
318
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Where the
did you get this?
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I told you
I had all the Contra.
320
00:13:33,056 --> 00:13:35,359
What were we just
talking about in the car?
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Hey, look at my hand.
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I think that there
is embedded into this
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a personal challenge
to expand your horizons,
324
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expand your perspective
on things.
325
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I hope that it equips Jay
with some extra tools
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for just getting out there,
being accessible,
327
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just having the motivation
to achieve some of your dreams.
328
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I've never even seen those.
329
00:14:01,852 --> 00:14:04,054
Never even seen them,
so there you go.
330
00:14:04,087 --> 00:14:06,089
I don't know. It's--
how can you top that?
331
00:14:06,123 --> 00:14:07,625
Just one more shot
of that beauty.
332
00:14:07,658 --> 00:14:08,959
Just keep topping it, dude.
333
00:14:08,992 --> 00:14:10,728
Let's just keep
this momentum going.
334
00:14:10,761 --> 00:14:14,031
NES superfans can name
dozens of great games
335
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and go on and on about what
makes each of them special.
336
00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:17,901
I mean, you can't say that
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about every console library
out there.
338
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Even people that have
never played a game
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can probably name one or two
or at least recognize characters
340
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from NES franchises
like Mario or Zelda,
341
00:14:27,945 --> 00:14:30,080
but how does that happen?
What has allowed them
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00:14:30,113 --> 00:14:32,683
to transcend
into pop culture icon status?
343
00:14:32,716 --> 00:14:34,852
What makes them
stand the test of time?
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00:14:34,885 --> 00:14:36,620
Well, one person
that might know
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is a well-respected
game designer, James Portnow.
346
00:14:39,823 --> 00:14:42,493
You see some of the best
examples of game design
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in the 2-D games
that you have on the Nintendo,
348
00:14:45,863 --> 00:14:48,466
and I don't think
that that--
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I think that play
is timeless,
350
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and it doesn't matter
about the graphics.
351
00:14:52,503 --> 00:14:53,971
In the NES era,
352
00:14:54,004 --> 00:14:58,008
there was no... shame.
353
00:14:58,041 --> 00:15:00,010
There's no embarrassment
about their--
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00:15:00,043 --> 00:15:01,545
like, think
about Mario, right?
355
00:15:01,579 --> 00:15:02,980
Mario is a crazy thing.
356
00:15:03,013 --> 00:15:04,648
Here's a plumber dude
with a moustache
357
00:15:04,682 --> 00:15:06,650
jumping on turtles
and mushrooms.
358
00:15:06,684 --> 00:15:08,051
Um...
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00:15:08,085 --> 00:15:09,887
that would never
get green-lit.
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00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,221
If that was
a new title today,
361
00:15:11,254 --> 00:15:12,856
if you pitched
that in some office,
362
00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:15,058
you would never
get that green-lit today.
363
00:15:15,092 --> 00:15:18,629
That era of games
relied on imagination, right?
364
00:15:18,662 --> 00:15:20,964
They couldn't put
everything in.
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00:15:20,998 --> 00:15:22,933
They couldn't
make it photorealistic.
366
00:15:22,966 --> 00:15:24,802
And so in a lot of ways,
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00:15:24,835 --> 00:15:27,571
they gave you the bones
of the narrative, right,
368
00:15:27,605 --> 00:15:29,507
but let you live
that experience through play
369
00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:31,542
and tell yourself
your own story
370
00:15:31,575 --> 00:15:34,044
through how you experienced
that game.
371
00:15:34,077 --> 00:15:35,846
And to me,
that was a powerful thing.
372
00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:37,548
And so we try
to shy away
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from all the zany,
uninhibited, joyous things
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00:15:41,719 --> 00:15:43,153
that we did
in the NES era,
375
00:15:43,186 --> 00:15:45,656
and I think there's a desire
to see that again, too.
376
00:15:46,757 --> 00:15:48,759
Well, I didn't
get much sleep.
377
00:15:50,127 --> 00:15:53,163
Yeah, feels like
30-day Christmas Eve,
378
00:15:53,196 --> 00:15:54,832
30 Christmas Eves
in a row.
379
00:15:54,865 --> 00:15:56,834
- That's right.
- Um...
380
00:15:56,867 --> 00:15:58,702
I'm excited.
I can't wait to see Syd.
381
00:15:58,736 --> 00:16:00,070
Yeah, you're good.
382
00:16:00,103 --> 00:16:01,204
- There's poop.
- Stop.
383
00:16:02,673 --> 00:16:04,241
Syd Bolton
is Canada's
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00:16:04,274 --> 00:16:05,876
top video game collector,
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00:16:05,909 --> 00:16:08,045
with over 15,000 games
in his collection
386
00:16:08,078 --> 00:16:10,280
only 90 minutes away
in Brantford, Ontario.
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00:16:10,313 --> 00:16:12,916
He's the curator
of the Personal Computer Museum
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00:16:12,950 --> 00:16:14,585
and has written
a great book
389
00:16:14,618 --> 00:16:16,620
on collecting
all things Dragon's Lair.
390
00:16:16,654 --> 00:16:18,756
I played
my old Atari 2600,
391
00:16:18,789 --> 00:16:20,758
but there was something
about "Super Mario Brothers"
392
00:16:20,791 --> 00:16:23,927
and how the quality
was so good,
393
00:16:23,961 --> 00:16:25,128
the gameplay
was great,
394
00:16:25,162 --> 00:16:26,697
the music
was wonderful,
395
00:16:26,730 --> 00:16:29,600
that really, for me,
it was video game magic.
396
00:16:29,633 --> 00:16:31,535
Whether you loved it
or hated it,
397
00:16:31,569 --> 00:16:33,871
the licensing deal
that Nintendo set forward
398
00:16:33,904 --> 00:16:36,607
really, really set,
you know, the tone
399
00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,776
for the industry going forward,
and it made a huge difference
400
00:16:38,809 --> 00:16:41,645
in the quality of the games
that we got to play at home.
401
00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:45,082
I normally never,
ever, ever sell stuff
402
00:16:45,115 --> 00:16:47,785
out of my own collection ever
for any reason.
403
00:16:47,818 --> 00:16:49,286
Like, people have asked--
404
00:16:49,319 --> 00:16:51,789
you know, just recently someone
was a real Pokémon fan,
405
00:16:51,822 --> 00:16:53,123
and he was asking me
about buying,
406
00:16:53,156 --> 00:16:54,792
you know,
one of my Pokémon games,
407
00:16:54,825 --> 00:16:57,227
and I'm like, "No,
I don't sell any of my stuff."
408
00:16:57,260 --> 00:17:00,230
But, I mean,
I suppose I have the--
409
00:17:00,263 --> 00:17:03,100
I mean, you have limited options
as to what you can do, right?
410
00:17:03,133 --> 00:17:06,103
I don't. I could probably find
another one somewhere sometime.
411
00:17:06,136 --> 00:17:08,038
Come on, Syd.
Let's make a deal.
412
00:17:08,071 --> 00:17:09,607
All right.
413
00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:10,974
- Whew. Yeah.
- Indeed.
414
00:17:11,008 --> 00:17:12,342
All right, thanks, man.
415
00:17:12,375 --> 00:17:14,244
Great. Cool.
You need to go to the bank.
416
00:17:14,277 --> 00:17:16,279
I do. I need to go
to the bank, yeah.
417
00:17:16,313 --> 00:17:19,049
He's gonna have to look
for some of these titles
418
00:17:19,082 --> 00:17:22,185
under every nook
and cranny around.
419
00:17:22,219 --> 00:17:24,087
It's gonna be tough,
but a lot of fun.
420
00:17:24,121 --> 00:17:26,590
Syd, amazing guy,
421
00:17:26,624 --> 00:17:28,926
and he never,
ever, ever sells out
422
00:17:28,959 --> 00:17:31,962
of the private collection,
so I feel quite honored,
423
00:17:31,995 --> 00:17:35,866
not only that that was a game
that I've wanted since forever,
424
00:17:35,899 --> 00:17:37,968
but that it's from Syd's
private collection.
425
00:17:38,001 --> 00:17:39,837
Like, that's--
that's amazing.
426
00:17:39,870 --> 00:17:42,740
Jay now switches his focus to the retail shops.
427
00:17:42,773 --> 00:17:45,242
Emotions are high,
and anxiety starts to set in,
428
00:17:45,275 --> 00:17:47,377
as Jay needs to haggle
as much as possible.
429
00:17:47,410 --> 00:17:50,614
This is something he hates and has limited experience doing.
430
00:17:54,051 --> 00:17:56,620
What are we looking at
right here, Nintendo stuff?
431
00:17:56,654 --> 00:17:58,088
Can't remember...
432
00:17:59,723 --> 00:18:01,091
- Yeah.
- Okay?
433
00:18:03,126 --> 00:18:04,127
Yeah.
434
00:18:06,263 --> 00:18:08,398
Oh, I gotta get 'em all,
so I'm looking to get
435
00:18:08,431 --> 00:18:11,368
the best price
in bulk that I can.
436
00:18:11,401 --> 00:18:13,103
So what do you--
437
00:18:13,136 --> 00:18:15,939
you usually have, like,
a sign here. I can't remember.
438
00:18:19,810 --> 00:18:20,778
Yeah.
439
00:18:20,811 --> 00:18:22,345
That's way too much money.
440
00:18:22,379 --> 00:18:24,848
That's way
too much money.
441
00:18:24,882 --> 00:18:27,651
There's no-- I'm not paying that
for those. There's no way.
442
00:18:27,685 --> 00:18:30,053
Well, there's sticker price,
and then there's the cash price.
443
00:18:30,087 --> 00:18:31,822
Yeah, I know,
so we'll talk about that.
444
00:18:31,855 --> 00:18:33,791
I just want to get
an idea right now
445
00:18:33,824 --> 00:18:34,958
of what we're looking at.
446
00:18:41,765 --> 00:18:44,001
That was almost
the best deal we got.
447
00:18:44,034 --> 00:18:47,070
Negotiation-wise,
how do you think that went?
448
00:18:47,104 --> 00:18:50,340
Good. You helped me there,
so it was nice,
449
00:18:50,373 --> 00:18:52,242
- but you didn't do it for me...
- Right.
450
00:18:52,275 --> 00:18:54,177
So I think it's
just gonna get better.
451
00:18:54,211 --> 00:18:56,079
That was my first store,
right, so I mean...
452
00:18:56,113 --> 00:18:58,982
- Yeah.
- So I'm glad we did it.
453
00:18:59,016 --> 00:19:00,851
Wait till you see this stuff.
454
00:19:00,884 --> 00:19:02,786
Wait till we record this stuff
that we got in there.
455
00:19:02,820 --> 00:19:04,154
- Whoo.
- Okay, now this is a store
456
00:19:04,187 --> 00:19:06,389
that I have had pegged.
I know what he's got.
457
00:19:06,423 --> 00:19:09,827
I know what his prices are,
and then I find this.
458
00:19:12,395 --> 00:19:14,097
- Okay?
- Up until yesterday...
459
00:19:14,131 --> 00:19:15,298
I've never seen it.
460
00:19:15,332 --> 00:19:17,367
And I've never seen
that before.
461
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,036
Again, this.
462
00:19:19,069 --> 00:19:20,403
I think tomorrow's
463
00:19:20,437 --> 00:19:23,741
gonna be another great day
quantity-wise.
464
00:19:23,774 --> 00:19:26,143
One of the most memorable
and haunting elements
465
00:19:26,176 --> 00:19:28,378
of the NES experience
is the music.
466
00:19:28,411 --> 00:19:29,880
It's yet another detail
467
00:19:29,913 --> 00:19:32,049
that Nintendo did better
than anyone else.
468
00:19:32,082 --> 00:19:34,117
The music,
like a soundtrack to a movie,
469
00:19:34,151 --> 00:19:37,120
helps us define the experience
and gives each game
470
00:19:37,154 --> 00:19:39,489
a unique quality,
even helping to create
471
00:19:39,522 --> 00:19:42,025
an emotional bond
with its players.
472
00:19:42,059 --> 00:19:47,765
When you had
only three channels of audio
473
00:19:47,798 --> 00:19:50,934
plus a fourth channel
for white noise,
474
00:19:50,968 --> 00:19:52,102
think about that.
475
00:19:52,135 --> 00:19:54,104
Think about Mario and Zelda
476
00:19:54,137 --> 00:19:56,206
and only being limited
to that space.
477
00:19:56,239 --> 00:19:58,942
So everything
had to be so melodic.
478
00:19:58,976 --> 00:20:01,779
I'd say the music
of the NES era was a lot--
479
00:20:01,812 --> 00:20:03,446
it seems like
it was a lot more fun.
480
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,250
Probably, like, the best music
hands down on that system,
481
00:20:07,284 --> 00:20:09,753
the "Dr. Mario" stuff. Ohh.
482
00:20:11,822 --> 00:20:12,790
I just love it.
483
00:20:12,823 --> 00:20:14,257
Any of the Konami games,
484
00:20:14,291 --> 00:20:16,159
they really put a lot of effort
into their music.
485
00:20:24,067 --> 00:20:27,237
If you want to talk about
the iconic of the iconic,
486
00:20:27,270 --> 00:20:28,806
take anything from Zelda.
487
00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:30,140
"Legend of Zelda" is like...
488
00:20:42,152 --> 00:20:46,389
Each level would have its own
melodic type of tune going,
489
00:20:46,423 --> 00:20:48,158
and when you get it
over and over--
490
00:20:48,191 --> 00:20:50,193
I mean, you play these games
for hours and hours,
491
00:20:50,227 --> 00:20:51,528
and you're hearing,
you're getting pounded
492
00:20:51,561 --> 00:20:53,496
by this-- this music
in these games.
493
00:20:53,530 --> 00:20:55,565
They were
very talented composers.
494
00:20:55,598 --> 00:20:58,068
They made songs
that go in a big circle,
495
00:20:58,101 --> 00:20:59,837
so it goes through
a few parts,
496
00:20:59,870 --> 00:21:01,371
and you might not even notice
that it's repeating.
497
00:21:01,404 --> 00:21:03,941
The Mario Brothers, of course
everyone knows that one.
498
00:21:03,974 --> 00:21:05,375
- How's that go?
- Like the...
499
00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:15,118
It's that melody.
It's that hook.
500
00:21:15,152 --> 00:21:17,287
All stuff
that we know the most
501
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,456
is things that you
can easily hum,
502
00:21:19,489 --> 00:21:21,158
that stick in your mind.
503
00:21:21,191 --> 00:21:23,426
It's the melody
that's the most important thing.
504
00:21:23,460 --> 00:21:25,162
People'll be humming "Mario"
505
00:21:25,195 --> 00:21:26,864
in hundreds of years
from now, you know?
506
00:21:26,897 --> 00:21:28,331
It's that iconic.
507
00:21:34,437 --> 00:21:36,439
I've found a bunch
of places
508
00:21:36,473 --> 00:21:38,408
that have a lot
of common games
509
00:21:38,441 --> 00:21:41,244
for really, really,
really reasonable prices.
510
00:21:41,278 --> 00:21:44,882
So now I'm focusing on getting the rare ones for decent prices.
511
00:21:44,915 --> 00:21:46,549
Once I get those
out of the way,
512
00:21:46,583 --> 00:21:49,219
I'm gonna start worrying
about buying the bulk stuff.
513
00:21:49,252 --> 00:21:52,522
With 678 titles
in the NES library,
514
00:21:52,555 --> 00:21:55,225
the games have
wildly different prices.
515
00:21:55,258 --> 00:21:57,127
Some cartridges
cost a buck,
516
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,062
tons can be had
for under 20,
517
00:21:59,096 --> 00:22:02,399
but a few can fetch hundreds
or thousands of dollars.
518
00:22:02,432 --> 00:22:05,402
Now, the cost element aside,
Jay's real challenge
519
00:22:05,435 --> 00:22:08,071
is simply gonna be tracking down
some of these games.
520
00:22:08,105 --> 00:22:10,941
He was keeping a close eye
on 20 of the rarest ones,
521
00:22:10,974 --> 00:22:13,076
because in the end,
if he can't find them,
522
00:22:13,110 --> 00:22:14,344
then he can't buy them.
523
00:22:14,377 --> 00:22:16,213
And at the top
of Jay's list
524
00:22:16,246 --> 00:22:18,381
is a game called
"Stadium Events."
525
00:22:18,415 --> 00:22:21,451
This game goes
for thousands of dollars.
526
00:22:21,484 --> 00:22:23,486
But other Top 20 items
of note
527
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,189
are "Little Samson,"
"Bonk's Adventure,"
528
00:22:26,223 --> 00:22:29,226
"Panic Restaurant,"
and "Stack-Up."
529
00:22:29,259 --> 00:22:31,494
And here are the games
Jay's already secured.
530
00:22:38,035 --> 00:22:39,569
Now over 200 games
under his belt,
531
00:22:39,602 --> 00:22:41,238
Jay's forced to go
532
00:22:41,271 --> 00:22:43,106
outside his hometown
of London, Ontario,
533
00:22:43,140 --> 00:22:45,042
so we're gonna head to Toronto
two hours away
534
00:22:45,075 --> 00:22:47,077
and visit
the legendary A & C Games,
535
00:22:47,110 --> 00:22:49,246
which got its start
as a convenience store
536
00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:51,014
until the brothers
that operate it
537
00:22:51,048 --> 00:22:53,450
made it a paradise
for retro gamers everywhere.
538
00:22:53,483 --> 00:22:54,918
Wow.
539
00:22:54,952 --> 00:22:57,420
Now this
is really impressive.
540
00:22:57,454 --> 00:22:59,356
We have the biggest selection,
541
00:22:59,389 --> 00:23:02,492
and we pride ourself
on great customer service.
542
00:23:02,525 --> 00:23:04,928
We're just a couple guys
543
00:23:04,962 --> 00:23:06,463
that grew up with Nintendo
and playing games,
544
00:23:06,496 --> 00:23:08,365
and we're living our dream,
545
00:23:08,398 --> 00:23:11,701
and we're here to always be able
to have fun with our customers.
546
00:23:11,734 --> 00:23:14,237
They have one more in there
that I've never seen,
547
00:23:14,271 --> 00:23:16,974
and they're kind of
upselling me a little bit, too,
548
00:23:17,007 --> 00:23:21,144
because they've never seen it,
and that's "Bubble Bobble 2."
549
00:23:21,178 --> 00:23:24,982
So far, it's by far
the highest priced
550
00:23:25,015 --> 00:23:26,916
or the highest ticketed game
I've seen.
551
00:23:28,451 --> 00:23:32,122
So I'm really kind of
struggling with that.
552
00:23:32,155 --> 00:23:34,091
I want to buy it from you guys.
553
00:23:34,124 --> 00:23:36,393
I know you've already given me
really great deals here.
554
00:23:36,426 --> 00:23:37,660
Yeah.
555
00:23:37,694 --> 00:23:39,129
I'm gonna take a chance
556
00:23:39,162 --> 00:23:40,663
and try and negotiate
with you guys.
557
00:23:40,697 --> 00:23:43,700
You can tell me if it's
way too low or what you think...
558
00:23:43,733 --> 00:23:45,135
- Okay.
- And hopefully we'll meet
559
00:23:45,168 --> 00:23:46,169
in the middle somewhere.
560
00:23:49,039 --> 00:23:50,540
It's for the cause,
brothers.
561
00:23:50,573 --> 00:23:52,442
Okay, we're gonna
help your budget.
562
00:23:52,475 --> 00:23:53,977
For the cause.
563
00:23:54,011 --> 00:23:56,046
I got it
at an exceptional price,
564
00:23:56,079 --> 00:23:58,215
and I'm not gonna tell you
what I paid for it,
565
00:23:58,248 --> 00:24:01,051
but I didn't pay sticker price.
566
00:24:01,084 --> 00:24:03,453
Those guys are
absolutely incredible in there,
567
00:24:03,486 --> 00:24:06,356
willing to help out,
willing to negotiate.
568
00:24:08,091 --> 00:24:11,628
So far, by far
the best store we've been to.
569
00:24:28,178 --> 00:24:29,779
I'm nervous.
I'll tell you that.
570
00:24:29,812 --> 00:24:32,415
And I think you know
I'm pretty nervous.
571
00:24:32,449 --> 00:24:34,384
No more comfort zone.
572
00:24:34,417 --> 00:24:36,386
It's gonna be
heading into the States,
573
00:24:36,419 --> 00:24:38,221
uncharted territory.
574
00:24:38,255 --> 00:24:41,358
And I just hope all the people
we meet along the way
575
00:24:41,391 --> 00:24:43,426
are, you know, half as nice
as everything so far.
576
00:24:48,098 --> 00:24:50,700
* I was a stranger,
and you are a stranger *
577
00:24:50,733 --> 00:24:53,036
* And we were both
stranger than most *
578
00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:55,705
* And the ghost that pursued us
would always elude us *
579
00:24:55,738 --> 00:24:58,175
* And burn us
until we were toast *
580
00:24:58,208 --> 00:25:00,310
* It was fun being toast
for a while *
581
00:25:00,343 --> 00:25:03,046
* We'd smile whenever
the poison would flow *
582
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,714
* Oh, drinking
and dreaming... *
583
00:25:04,747 --> 00:25:07,284
I think everybody likes the idea
of working in a game store,
584
00:25:07,317 --> 00:25:09,452
just 'cause if it's your hobby,
it's a job where you're
585
00:25:09,486 --> 00:25:11,721
surrounded by your hobby,
and it's really interesting.
586
00:25:11,754 --> 00:25:13,756
You got nothing else?
Ain't got nothing in the back?
587
00:25:13,790 --> 00:25:15,525
- No hidden gems?
- Unfortunately no.
588
00:25:15,558 --> 00:25:17,627
No "Stadium Events"?
589
00:25:17,660 --> 00:25:19,229
The first store,
the guy was great,
590
00:25:19,262 --> 00:25:21,364
willing to work with me,
knew my quest,
591
00:25:21,398 --> 00:25:23,233
knew what I needed
to get out of there.
592
00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:25,835
Looking at
the "Wacky Races,"
593
00:25:25,868 --> 00:25:28,671
couple of the more common ones you have here.
594
00:25:30,207 --> 00:25:32,509
The "Wacky Races" right there.
595
00:25:32,542 --> 00:25:35,278
The rest of the people honestly
were a bunch of dicks.
596
00:25:35,312 --> 00:25:38,581
The one guy even had to call
the owner of the shop,
597
00:25:38,615 --> 00:25:40,750
and the high-price games
I wanted,
598
00:25:40,783 --> 00:25:42,452
they weren't willing
to budge a cent.
599
00:25:42,485 --> 00:25:44,254
And their big excuse
was 'cause,
600
00:25:44,287 --> 00:25:47,424
you know, they don't
make them anymore. No.
601
00:25:47,457 --> 00:25:50,160
If he's not coming down
on the prices, I'm not doing it.
602
00:25:50,193 --> 00:25:53,463
That's why I'm saying
get these at least thrown in.
603
00:25:53,496 --> 00:25:56,266
It's hundreds too much,
though, for that, so...
604
00:26:00,370 --> 00:26:02,105
No?
605
00:26:02,139 --> 00:26:03,473
Okay. Fair enough, man.
606
00:26:04,774 --> 00:26:06,543
- Put these back. We're good.
- Okay.
607
00:26:06,576 --> 00:26:07,544
There was definitely some
tension when he was like,
608
00:26:07,577 --> 00:26:09,212
"No, we're not budging,"
609
00:26:09,246 --> 00:26:11,514
and then you didn't
even ask on some games.
610
00:26:11,548 --> 00:26:13,850
It turns me off as soon as--
if they're not gonna work
611
00:26:13,883 --> 00:26:15,552
with me, I'm not
gonna work with them.
612
00:26:15,585 --> 00:26:17,254
I'm not gonna give
those people my business,
613
00:26:17,287 --> 00:26:19,689
because the game I wanted
was a nine out of 12.
614
00:26:19,722 --> 00:26:21,858
It's not that rare,
and we're gonna find it again.
615
00:26:21,891 --> 00:26:23,593
It's not like
a "Stadium Events."
616
00:26:23,626 --> 00:26:25,462
If that's the case,
that's a different story.
617
00:26:27,297 --> 00:26:29,299
My gut says that you
618
00:26:29,332 --> 00:26:32,369
might have to change
that tactic at some point.
619
00:26:32,402 --> 00:26:33,770
Well, I guess
we'll see going on.
620
00:26:42,312 --> 00:26:44,247
All right, my friend.
I think I've got a few.
621
00:26:44,281 --> 00:26:46,816
I kind of just want
to see where you're at...
622
00:26:46,849 --> 00:26:48,851
- Okay.
- For pricing.
623
00:26:48,885 --> 00:26:51,788
That will definitely determine
what I'm doing
624
00:26:51,821 --> 00:26:53,290
with more
of the common stuff.
625
00:26:53,323 --> 00:26:55,158
Yeah, these here,
626
00:26:55,192 --> 00:26:57,494
I can probably do
10 apiece on them.
627
00:26:57,527 --> 00:27:00,597
And probably, like,
buck apiece on these.
628
00:27:00,630 --> 00:27:03,333
So what are we
looking at then
629
00:27:03,366 --> 00:27:04,734
for, like, common stuff?
630
00:27:04,767 --> 00:27:06,603
Is that the kind of price
we're looking at?
631
00:27:06,636 --> 00:27:08,338
Yeah, we could
do common for you
632
00:27:08,371 --> 00:27:10,707
probably like, buck and a half,
buck for most of 'em.
633
00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:13,343
Sports titles, probably give you
for 50 cents, you know.
634
00:27:13,376 --> 00:27:14,944
Okay, so that definitely
changes everything.
635
00:27:14,977 --> 00:27:17,180
That's a much better deal
than we've had so far.
636
00:27:17,214 --> 00:27:18,948
- Okay. Yeah.
- Thanks, dude. Appreciate it.
637
00:27:18,981 --> 00:27:21,484
- How's that change things?
- So now we're really gonna
638
00:27:21,518 --> 00:27:24,153
have to move if time's a factor,
'cause there's a ton here.
639
00:27:42,439 --> 00:27:45,408
This is by far the best deal
we've got so far.
640
00:27:45,442 --> 00:27:47,810
I'd be an absolute fool
not to take it, so...
641
00:27:47,844 --> 00:27:49,612
- Yeah, so we got 78.
- 78.
642
00:27:49,646 --> 00:27:51,814
- 78 off the list, yeah.
- So that brings us over 300...
643
00:27:51,848 --> 00:27:53,583
- Yep.
- In five days.
644
00:27:53,616 --> 00:27:54,917
That's very good.
645
00:27:56,853 --> 00:28:00,323
You know what?
It's 12:42 on day six.
646
00:28:00,357 --> 00:28:02,525
- Day six.
- Turning into day seven.
647
00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:05,628
And here we are in Pittsburgh
talking to a couple people,
648
00:28:05,662 --> 00:28:07,330
and then we
have an opportunity
649
00:28:07,364 --> 00:28:09,466
to talk about acquiring
"Stadium Events."
650
00:28:09,499 --> 00:28:12,269
Something worth addressing.
We're gonna call--
651
00:28:12,302 --> 00:28:14,604
we're gonna call Josh Jones,
652
00:28:14,637 --> 00:28:16,005
who has a copy for sale,
653
00:28:16,038 --> 00:28:18,408
and he also messaged us,
654
00:28:18,441 --> 00:28:20,943
and he says he has a lot
of other NES games for sale
655
00:28:20,977 --> 00:28:22,845
that we probably
don't have, so...
656
00:28:22,879 --> 00:28:24,781
Let's call him up,
throw it on speakerphone
657
00:28:24,814 --> 00:28:26,649
so we can hear
what he says,
658
00:28:26,683 --> 00:28:29,586
maybe get his story of how
he got "Stadium Events."
659
00:28:29,619 --> 00:28:30,587
Let's do that.
660
00:28:30,620 --> 00:28:33,590
Hi. Is Josh there, please?
661
00:28:33,623 --> 00:28:34,891
Yeah. This is him.
662
00:28:34,924 --> 00:28:36,859
Hey, Josh,
it's Jay from the NES Club.
663
00:28:36,893 --> 00:28:38,561
How are you, man?
664
00:28:38,595 --> 00:28:40,463
What's up, dude?
I'm good.
665
00:28:40,497 --> 00:28:44,267
So we have a mutual friend
in Todd Rogers there,
666
00:28:44,301 --> 00:28:46,736
and he says you have a few games
you're looking to sell,
667
00:28:46,769 --> 00:28:49,272
one of them
might be "Stadium Events."
668
00:28:49,306 --> 00:28:50,540
Yeah.
669
00:28:51,974 --> 00:28:54,477
So "Stadium Events"
was produced by Bandai.
670
00:28:54,511 --> 00:28:57,547
It was a track-and-field type
game that used the Power Pad,
671
00:28:57,580 --> 00:28:59,516
Bandai's own Power Pad.
672
00:28:59,549 --> 00:29:01,518
Got released very briefly.
673
00:29:01,551 --> 00:29:03,420
Nintendo said, "No,
674
00:29:03,453 --> 00:29:06,556
we basically want
that game as our own,"
675
00:29:06,589 --> 00:29:08,925
rebranded it
"World Class Track Meet,"
676
00:29:08,958 --> 00:29:11,361
and bundled it
with the Power Pad.
677
00:29:11,394 --> 00:29:13,062
So "Stadium Events"
is very rare,
678
00:29:13,095 --> 00:29:15,298
because there
wasn't many produced,
679
00:29:15,332 --> 00:29:17,033
and there wasn't many
that got actually shipped in.
680
00:29:17,066 --> 00:29:20,303
As you can see, I brought
an eBay auction here.
681
00:29:20,337 --> 00:29:24,006
This one is the NTSC,
mint in box,
682
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,943
for $77,000,
683
00:29:26,976 --> 00:29:29,412
which is...
684
00:29:29,446 --> 00:29:31,047
pretty expensive
if you ask me,
685
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,716
but this
is an extreme example,
686
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:35,618
but this gives you
the idea of the rarity
687
00:29:35,652 --> 00:29:38,855
and the crazy eBay prices.
688
00:29:38,888 --> 00:29:40,590
And the thing is
689
00:29:40,623 --> 00:29:43,092
there have been lots
like this sold on eBay.
690
00:29:43,125 --> 00:29:46,596
It's really nice.
There's no tears.
691
00:29:46,629 --> 00:29:47,930
There's no cracks.
692
00:29:47,964 --> 00:29:49,532
- Now this is--
- It's all original.
693
00:29:49,566 --> 00:29:52,735
This is just the cart,
right, the NTSC cart?
694
00:29:52,769 --> 00:29:54,404
- Yeah.
- There's no book.
695
00:29:54,437 --> 00:29:57,807
There's no box
obviously with it.
696
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,542
Yeah. Trust me,
697
00:29:59,576 --> 00:30:01,411
- I wish I had all that, but...
- Right.
698
00:30:01,444 --> 00:30:03,846
So let me get this straight.
699
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:08,985
100 % let me hear what you're
gonna sell it to me for.
700
00:30:10,553 --> 00:30:14,023
100 % would not go lower
than $4,050.
701
00:30:14,056 --> 00:30:16,826
What about--
what about 35?
702
00:30:17,994 --> 00:30:19,496
No.
703
00:30:19,529 --> 00:30:20,897
Come on, man. Listen.
You gotta take--
704
00:30:20,930 --> 00:30:22,064
Trust me,
If I would have got it
705
00:30:22,098 --> 00:30:23,600
for the 50 bucks,
706
00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:24,867
I'd let you have it
for $2,000.
707
00:30:24,901 --> 00:30:25,868
All right.
708
00:30:25,902 --> 00:30:27,103
Um...
709
00:30:27,136 --> 00:30:29,071
You think about
it. I mean...
710
00:30:29,105 --> 00:30:31,508
Yeah, I'm gonna definitely
have to think about it.
711
00:30:33,175 --> 00:30:36,012
Just got off the phone
with Josh Jones,
712
00:30:36,045 --> 00:30:37,647
who's in Florida,
713
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,383
who's a really good friend
with Todd Rogers.
714
00:30:40,417 --> 00:30:42,051
He has "Stadium Events."
715
00:30:42,084 --> 00:30:45,922
Here's the kicker.
716
00:30:45,955 --> 00:30:48,658
He wants
quite a bit for it,
717
00:30:48,691 --> 00:30:50,860
a tad more
than what it's worth.
718
00:31:01,804 --> 00:31:03,840
Well, that's not everything,
719
00:31:03,873 --> 00:31:05,508
and that's
what the challenge was.
720
00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:07,777
But it's always
come down to--
721
00:31:07,810 --> 00:31:10,713
and it's always been me
saying those two.
722
00:31:18,655 --> 00:31:21,524
I'm in a spot right now
where there's no negotiations...
723
00:31:21,558 --> 00:31:23,693
- That's just it.
- And I can't blame the guy,
724
00:31:23,726 --> 00:31:25,462
because I wouldn't either.
725
00:31:25,495 --> 00:31:28,931
This is like the game
of all video games to get.
726
00:31:28,965 --> 00:31:30,767
Within reason.
You know what I mean.
727
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,571
Like this is one
of the Holy Grails, so...
728
00:31:34,604 --> 00:31:37,674
So do you get it where you
still have funds left over
729
00:31:37,707 --> 00:31:39,842
and you negotiate
the remaining games,
730
00:31:39,876 --> 00:31:41,811
or do you get it
when you're against the wall
731
00:31:41,844 --> 00:31:44,046
and it's the only game left and
you might not have the money?
732
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,716
What's your heart
telling you right now?
733
00:31:48,951 --> 00:31:50,653
To do it.
734
00:31:57,026 --> 00:31:58,160
Hey, buddy.
735
00:31:58,194 --> 00:32:00,229
Hey, Josh.
What's up, man?
736
00:32:00,262 --> 00:32:02,098
Not much.
737
00:32:02,131 --> 00:32:03,866
Um...
738
00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:08,605
so I think we're gonna
get Todd coming down the 29th?
739
00:32:08,638 --> 00:32:11,173
The 31st of August.
740
00:32:11,207 --> 00:32:12,675
Um...
741
00:32:12,709 --> 00:32:14,844
are you okay
to give him the cart then?
742
00:32:16,679 --> 00:32:18,147
First-- yeah,
I'll probably--
743
00:32:18,180 --> 00:32:20,683
I'll see him before--
let's see here.
744
00:32:20,717 --> 00:32:22,184
Gonna have to try
to meet up somewhere,
745
00:32:22,218 --> 00:32:23,820
because-- let's see.
746
00:32:25,087 --> 00:32:27,790
Well, yeah,
he's coming the 31st,
747
00:32:27,824 --> 00:32:30,259
so, yeah, I would need him
to bring the cart with him,
748
00:32:30,292 --> 00:32:32,495
and if that's the case,
then you have a deal.
749
00:32:32,529 --> 00:32:37,700
You said $4,050.
750
00:32:37,734 --> 00:32:39,135
Yeah, that's exactly--
751
00:32:39,168 --> 00:32:41,103
I'm not gonna make
one penny off you.
752
00:32:41,137 --> 00:32:43,940
Thanks, Josh.
Talk to you soon, brother.
753
00:32:43,973 --> 00:32:45,508
- Bye-bye. Thanks a lot, man.
- Okay.
754
00:32:45,542 --> 00:32:46,709
- You guys be safe.
- Yep. Bye-bye.
755
00:32:50,547 --> 00:32:52,114
How's it feel to...
756
00:32:55,918 --> 00:32:57,086
What are you thinking?
757
00:32:57,119 --> 00:32:58,655
Oh, I don't know, man.
I'm like--
758
00:32:58,688 --> 00:32:59,922
my voice is gone.
759
00:33:01,223 --> 00:33:02,825
Um...
760
00:33:02,859 --> 00:33:04,193
You gonna be able
to sleep tonight?
761
00:33:04,226 --> 00:33:05,928
Got a second wind
from that?
762
00:33:05,962 --> 00:33:07,129
Yeah.
763
00:33:07,163 --> 00:33:08,264
I probably won't sleep tonight.
764
00:33:08,297 --> 00:33:09,532
That was...
765
00:33:10,767 --> 00:33:13,002
I wasn't expecting
that tonight.
766
00:33:13,035 --> 00:33:14,771
I mean, from the beginning
of this journey,
767
00:33:14,804 --> 00:33:16,739
we thought we had
everything mapped out
768
00:33:16,773 --> 00:33:18,975
and this is how it would go,
and everything has just been
769
00:33:19,008 --> 00:33:21,744
completely different
than what we've seen.
770
00:33:24,246 --> 00:33:25,582
It's done.
771
00:33:47,136 --> 00:33:49,338
What are the top three
that we still gotta get?
772
00:33:49,371 --> 00:33:52,241
Okay, so "Little Samson"
is number one.
773
00:33:52,274 --> 00:33:55,077
"Bonk's Adventure"
is number two.
774
00:33:55,111 --> 00:33:57,614
"Panic Restaurant"
is number three.
775
00:33:57,647 --> 00:33:58,915
All right.
776
00:33:58,948 --> 00:34:00,683
"Jetsons" is
in the top five for sure.
777
00:34:00,717 --> 00:34:02,785
I think I'm gonna be able
to work with Darrin.
778
00:34:02,819 --> 00:34:04,153
He seems pretty reasonable,
779
00:34:04,186 --> 00:34:05,888
and I'll just say this
for the record.
780
00:34:05,922 --> 00:34:07,724
He only had one
that was above.
781
00:34:07,757 --> 00:34:11,127
Everything else is far below
what it's worth in that app...
782
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,129
- Right.
- So already, I'm ahead.
783
00:34:13,162 --> 00:34:14,330
The decent-priced games
784
00:34:14,363 --> 00:34:15,732
weren't
the whole story though.
785
00:34:15,765 --> 00:34:17,266
Darrin,
the owner of Warp Zone,
786
00:34:17,299 --> 00:34:19,969
also made it known to us
that a rival collector
787
00:34:20,002 --> 00:34:22,004
had been waiting for his
large shipment of NES titles
788
00:34:22,038 --> 00:34:24,741
and that he had been planning
to scoop up the best games
789
00:34:24,774 --> 00:34:26,676
before Jay could arrive,
790
00:34:26,709 --> 00:34:28,244
and it seems
he succeeded.
791
00:34:28,277 --> 00:34:31,714
Moreover, this rival
Lex Luthor-like game collector
792
00:34:31,748 --> 00:34:34,216
was still there, and he had
been lurking in the background,
793
00:34:34,250 --> 00:34:37,053
watching our every single move
during Jay's hunt.
794
00:34:38,087 --> 00:34:39,922
One of the five
795
00:34:39,956 --> 00:34:41,157
we were talking about
earlier was there.
796
00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:43,159
There was a copy
of "The Jetsons."
797
00:34:44,293 --> 00:34:45,928
And unfortunately
798
00:34:45,962 --> 00:34:47,730
we were there
a little bit too late.
799
00:34:47,764 --> 00:34:49,899
One of the regulars there
scooped it up
800
00:34:49,932 --> 00:34:51,868
at about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m.
this morning.
801
00:34:51,901 --> 00:34:53,636
We were there
about two hours later.
802
00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:55,137
"Jetsons" was a game
I've been looking for
803
00:34:55,171 --> 00:34:57,239
since I was maybe nine or 10.
804
00:34:57,273 --> 00:34:59,275
I mean, I have been collecting
since I was little,
805
00:34:59,308 --> 00:35:02,044
and seeing that
and knowing that you guys
806
00:35:02,078 --> 00:35:03,412
are gonna have
a lot of opportunities
807
00:35:03,445 --> 00:35:05,948
to find games like this,
I figured, "Okay,
808
00:35:05,982 --> 00:35:08,150
it's no skin off
of your guys' back, in theory."
809
00:35:08,184 --> 00:35:10,186
What was great is that
we did talk to him,
810
00:35:10,219 --> 00:35:12,054
'cause he was in there
when we were filming,
811
00:35:12,088 --> 00:35:13,389
and he said,
"You know what?
812
00:35:13,422 --> 00:35:15,992
If you guys really,
really, really want it,
813
00:35:16,025 --> 00:35:17,760
we'll cancel
the transaction,
814
00:35:17,794 --> 00:35:20,697
and I'll give it to you
for what I paid for it."
815
00:35:20,730 --> 00:35:22,865
Now, I'm
a collector obviously,
816
00:35:22,899 --> 00:35:25,001
and this guy
was a fellow collector,
817
00:35:25,034 --> 00:35:27,269
and I just wouldn't
feel right doing that.
818
00:35:27,303 --> 00:35:30,272
Why? He's got the rest
of his life to get it.
819
00:35:30,306 --> 00:35:32,809
- You've got 30 days.
- Yeah, but--
820
00:35:32,842 --> 00:35:34,410
- He knew you were coming in...
- Yeah. Yeah.
821
00:35:34,443 --> 00:35:36,112
And he knew what you
were gonna do,
822
00:35:36,145 --> 00:35:37,279
and he still scooped it up.
823
00:35:37,313 --> 00:35:39,081
That's not
my personality, man.
824
00:35:39,115 --> 00:35:40,683
But we talk a little
collector etiquette, right?
825
00:35:40,717 --> 00:35:42,852
Yeah. I have it.
826
00:35:42,885 --> 00:35:45,087
I wanted to jump
on an opportunity
827
00:35:45,121 --> 00:35:46,355
as soon as I saw it.
828
00:35:46,388 --> 00:35:49,091
I think karma
in any form is there.
829
00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:51,160
I mean, collecting karma,
that's a good terminology.
830
00:35:51,193 --> 00:35:52,929
I've never
heard it before, so...
831
00:35:52,962 --> 00:35:55,297
To be honest,
you guys got games I wanted,
832
00:35:55,331 --> 00:35:57,066
so you guys
are the villains.
833
00:35:57,099 --> 00:35:58,234
You know,
collectors are collectors.
834
00:35:58,267 --> 00:35:59,468
They're gonna do
what they gotta do
835
00:35:59,501 --> 00:36:00,970
to get their collection
complete, too,
836
00:36:01,003 --> 00:36:02,939
just like I'm doing
what I have to do.
837
00:36:02,972 --> 00:36:04,874
I mean, I've been doing
this my entire life,
838
00:36:04,907 --> 00:36:06,876
so I don't think
it's different,
839
00:36:06,909 --> 00:36:09,311
in other words, with what I've
done over the past 22 years.
840
00:36:09,345 --> 00:36:11,113
Think ahead. Come on.
841
00:36:11,147 --> 00:36:12,915
This whole
"Jetsons" saga with J.D.
842
00:36:12,949 --> 00:36:14,450
was leaving
a bad taste in my mouth,
843
00:36:14,483 --> 00:36:16,185
but that didn't keep
Jay down.
844
00:36:16,218 --> 00:36:18,254
Jay had a plan,
and while it was a long shot,
845
00:36:18,287 --> 00:36:20,823
it might just nab him "Jetsons"
by the end of the day.
846
00:36:20,857 --> 00:36:23,359
So the "Jetsons"
saga continues.
847
00:36:23,392 --> 00:36:24,994
We should have
been in Cincinnati,
848
00:36:25,027 --> 00:36:27,029
possibly even on our way
to Indianapolis,
849
00:36:27,063 --> 00:36:29,098
but here we are still
in Columbus. What happened?
850
00:36:29,131 --> 00:36:31,033
What happened was
pretty straightforward.
851
00:36:31,067 --> 00:36:33,069
We had a few shops
we still wanted to hit,
852
00:36:33,102 --> 00:36:34,904
and instead of Jay
just worrying
853
00:36:34,937 --> 00:36:37,339
about the games that
he needed, we also found out
854
00:36:37,373 --> 00:36:39,842
about a couple games left
on J.D.'s game list,
855
00:36:39,876 --> 00:36:41,510
and we just happened
to find one.
856
00:36:41,543 --> 00:36:44,146
And we were looking for games
for me in my quest,
857
00:36:44,180 --> 00:36:48,050
and we came upon that little guy
right there, "Snow Brothers."
858
00:36:48,084 --> 00:36:49,986
Now, I've already
collected this
859
00:36:50,019 --> 00:36:51,854
pretty early
in the journey.
860
00:36:51,888 --> 00:36:54,090
Rob thought it would be
a great idea
861
00:36:54,123 --> 00:36:56,826
to pick it up so we can use it
for trading, and guess what?
862
00:36:56,859 --> 00:36:58,394
It's about to pay off.
863
00:36:58,427 --> 00:37:01,397
The saga
is almost complete.
864
00:37:01,430 --> 00:37:03,800
"Jetsons" has returned
to the table.
865
00:37:03,833 --> 00:37:06,969
Out in the wild today,
we found a Capcom classic,
866
00:37:07,003 --> 00:37:10,372
"Snow Brothers,"
and we used it for trade
867
00:37:10,406 --> 00:37:13,475
with J.D. here
to get "The Jetsons" back
868
00:37:13,509 --> 00:37:16,312
and a couple of titles
for Rob as well.
869
00:37:16,345 --> 00:37:17,947
So with that...
870
00:37:17,980 --> 00:37:19,448
Okay.
871
00:37:19,481 --> 00:37:21,050
To you...
872
00:37:21,083 --> 00:37:23,285
for these three titles.
873
00:37:23,319 --> 00:37:25,788
J.D. was sad to see
"Jetsons" go so soon,
874
00:37:25,822 --> 00:37:28,524
but he knows he got a great
game in "Snow Brothers."
875
00:37:28,557 --> 00:37:30,392
On a side note,
he asked us
876
00:37:30,426 --> 00:37:32,228
to make him as villainous
as possible in the film,
877
00:37:32,261 --> 00:37:34,163
but even what
we've shown you
878
00:37:34,196 --> 00:37:36,799
doesn't do his evil deeds
and dastardly schemes justice.
879
00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:38,901
If you're a collector,
you better watch your back
880
00:37:38,935 --> 00:37:40,536
for a guy
named J.D. Lowe.
881
00:37:40,569 --> 00:37:42,104
He's pure evil.
882
00:37:47,543 --> 00:37:50,379
Yeah, I got a phone message
from a number I know well
883
00:37:50,412 --> 00:37:52,949
and listened
to the message,
884
00:37:52,982 --> 00:37:54,350
and it was Josh.
885
00:37:56,385 --> 00:37:59,088
Basically...
886
00:37:59,121 --> 00:38:01,423
really, really wants to be
involved with the film.
887
00:38:01,457 --> 00:38:03,259
- Uh-huh.
- Um...
888
00:38:03,292 --> 00:38:05,594
I don't know if it might be
a cancellation of the deal,
889
00:38:05,627 --> 00:38:07,997
but he also said
to sweeten the deal
890
00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:09,999
that he has "Little Samson."
891
00:38:10,032 --> 00:38:12,168
"Little Sampson" is
the side-scrolling platformer
892
00:38:12,201 --> 00:38:13,602
reminiscent
of the Mega Man series,
893
00:38:13,635 --> 00:38:15,271
but like "Jetsons,"
894
00:38:15,304 --> 00:38:16,939
published by Taito
late in the NES run.
895
00:38:16,973 --> 00:38:18,607
As Jay said before,
896
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,310
this is in his top three games
to get and one that he's
897
00:38:21,343 --> 00:38:24,180
been personally hunting for
for years
898
00:38:24,213 --> 00:38:26,015
Hi.
Is Josh there, please?
899
00:38:26,048 --> 00:38:27,283
Yeah, this is him.
900
00:38:27,316 --> 00:38:28,617
Hey, Josh.
It's Jay calling you back.
901
00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:31,053
- How are you, man?
- Oh, hey, man.
902
00:38:31,087 --> 00:38:33,555
What I was saying is if you
want to send me a list
903
00:38:33,589 --> 00:38:35,357
of the stuff you're--
904
00:38:35,391 --> 00:38:38,094
yeah, maybe the more rare stuff
you're looking for?
905
00:38:38,127 --> 00:38:39,862
'Cause like I said,
906
00:38:39,896 --> 00:38:43,165
I got at least probably
500 Nintendo games here.
907
00:38:44,366 --> 00:38:46,235
The one you did mention
908
00:38:46,268 --> 00:38:49,505
on the voice message there
was "Little Samson."
909
00:38:49,538 --> 00:38:51,173
Um...
910
00:38:51,207 --> 00:38:53,242
what are you looking at
for that cart?
911
00:38:53,275 --> 00:38:55,044
I mean, like, you know,
like, that one,
912
00:38:55,077 --> 00:38:57,413
like if I were to throw it
on eBay or something,
913
00:38:57,446 --> 00:39:01,450
I would probably put
around, you know, 650 or 700
914
00:39:01,483 --> 00:39:03,652
and just wait
for the right person.
915
00:39:03,685 --> 00:39:05,521
"Little Samson,"
I have seen
916
00:39:05,554 --> 00:39:08,057
actually a couple
through my treks.
917
00:39:08,090 --> 00:39:09,625
Um...
918
00:39:09,658 --> 00:39:11,393
I've seen one
pretty high, about eight,
919
00:39:11,427 --> 00:39:13,062
which was way overpriced,
920
00:39:13,095 --> 00:39:15,965
and I've seen one
as low as 300,
921
00:39:15,998 --> 00:39:20,369
so I'm looking at spending
about 300, 300 to 400 bucks.
922
00:39:20,402 --> 00:39:22,404
Yeah, that might be-- yeah.
923
00:39:22,438 --> 00:39:24,440
Well, I mean,
you have to understand, man,
924
00:39:24,473 --> 00:39:27,443
I mean, that's not a small
chunk of change I'm paying,
925
00:39:27,476 --> 00:39:29,611
especially with
the budget I have, so...
926
00:39:29,645 --> 00:39:31,347
- Yeah.
- And, you know,
927
00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:33,415
we obviously appreciate it
and all that.
928
00:39:33,449 --> 00:39:35,417
The "Little Samson,"
I'm gonna have to think about.
929
00:39:35,451 --> 00:39:37,253
I'm not saying no
at this point,
930
00:39:37,286 --> 00:39:39,121
but I'm definitely
gonna have to think about it.
931
00:39:39,155 --> 00:39:40,990
I don't really know
what to think about it,
932
00:39:41,023 --> 00:39:42,458
to be honest,
Rob. It's--
933
00:39:42,491 --> 00:39:45,527
he wants to be involved.
He wants us to come to Florida.
934
00:39:45,561 --> 00:39:47,363
We're not gonna go
to Florida, right?
935
00:39:47,396 --> 00:39:49,465
I mean, it's just
not in the route.
936
00:39:49,498 --> 00:39:51,400
It's not
in the budget, so...
937
00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:54,136
at the end of the day, I mean,
there's no legal contract.
938
00:39:54,170 --> 00:39:56,238
There's no eBay contract
or anything obviously,
939
00:39:56,272 --> 00:39:57,974
so if he pulls out,
he pulls out.
940
00:39:58,007 --> 00:39:59,541
I can't do anything
about that, so...
941
00:39:59,575 --> 00:40:01,710
The next few days
went by fast,
942
00:40:01,743 --> 00:40:03,512
but that doesn't mean
it was uneventful.
943
00:40:03,545 --> 00:40:05,247
First we hit Cincinnati.
944
00:40:05,281 --> 00:40:06,315
So for the last few days
945
00:40:06,348 --> 00:40:07,950
of this leg of the journey,
946
00:40:07,984 --> 00:40:10,119
I'm really
putting on the brakes.
947
00:40:10,152 --> 00:40:11,954
What's going on, man?
948
00:40:11,988 --> 00:40:13,722
Good. You all right?
- How are you?
949
00:40:13,755 --> 00:40:16,092
- Yeah, yeah. How you doing?
- Oh, I'm doing all right.
950
00:40:16,125 --> 00:40:17,994
Ooh, yeah,
"Donkey Kong 3."
951
00:40:18,027 --> 00:40:20,729
That's the first time
I think we've seen that.
952
00:40:20,762 --> 00:40:22,498
There's that
"Tom Sawyer" again.
953
00:40:22,531 --> 00:40:25,234
We should probably--
need to get that, I think.
954
00:40:25,267 --> 00:40:27,669
"Kiwi Kraze," I think
that's a rare one.
955
00:40:27,703 --> 00:40:30,072
I'm gonna quickly
just look these up,
956
00:40:30,106 --> 00:40:32,541
maybe the "Dragon Warrior,"
and I'm pretty much done here.
957
00:40:32,574 --> 00:40:34,243
Despite his plans
to slow down,
958
00:40:34,276 --> 00:40:36,045
Jay snagged
well over 30 games
959
00:40:36,078 --> 00:40:38,447
at the Game Swap stores
we encountered in Ohio,
960
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,549
but they were all
fairly uncommon titles,
961
00:40:40,582 --> 00:40:44,086
so that was cause to celebrate
NES Club style at an arcade.
962
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,454
But the late night fun
didn't erase
963
00:40:45,487 --> 00:40:47,489
the early morning trip
to Indianapolis.
964
00:40:47,523 --> 00:40:49,758
I'm not seeing much.
965
00:40:49,791 --> 00:40:52,094
This might be the first time
we've actually
966
00:40:52,128 --> 00:40:54,596
not purchased anything.
Up until now,
967
00:40:54,630 --> 00:40:57,266
I've picked up at least
something from each store.
968
00:40:57,299 --> 00:40:59,335
But I think
I have all these.
969
00:40:59,368 --> 00:41:01,437
It's the last stop
on the first road trip,
970
00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:04,540
the Gibraltar Trade Center.
This is a huge stop for Jay,
971
00:41:04,573 --> 00:41:06,208
because when he
gets back home,
972
00:41:06,242 --> 00:41:08,177
he will lose
several days to hunt
973
00:41:08,210 --> 00:41:10,112
due to an increased
work schedule,
974
00:41:10,146 --> 00:41:12,714
so he's gotta make the most
of this last opportunity.
975
00:41:12,748 --> 00:41:14,383
Yeah,
there's a couple of--
976
00:41:14,416 --> 00:41:17,153
there's actually
about four or five bins here,
977
00:41:17,186 --> 00:41:19,655
so take a couple minutes
to go through.
978
00:41:19,688 --> 00:41:23,159
I'm guessing these
are the uncommon ones.
979
00:41:23,192 --> 00:41:25,294
So "Dusty Diamond,"
that's one of the 20.
980
00:41:25,327 --> 00:41:27,096
So that's--
981
00:41:27,129 --> 00:41:28,230
don't worry
about that.
982
00:41:28,264 --> 00:41:30,499
Works fine.
We tested it.
983
00:41:30,532 --> 00:41:33,069
Actually all the stuff
I got in here is uncommon,
984
00:41:33,102 --> 00:41:35,037
so I'm really glad
we spent the last day
985
00:41:35,071 --> 00:41:36,772
and went to Detroit.
986
00:41:36,805 --> 00:41:39,375
Gonna be a lot
of organizing the collection.
987
00:41:39,408 --> 00:41:42,178
I just want to make sure
everything's accounted for.
988
00:41:42,211 --> 00:41:44,780
Definitely want to start
cleaning a lot of them,
989
00:41:44,813 --> 00:41:47,349
'cause, ugh.
Germophobe.
990
00:41:52,188 --> 00:41:53,622
To help understand
and maybe appreciate
991
00:41:53,655 --> 00:41:55,391
what Jay's going through
on his quest,
992
00:41:55,424 --> 00:41:57,259
I thought
it would be great to speak
993
00:41:57,293 --> 00:41:59,061
to some other collectors
in the Nintendo community
994
00:41:59,095 --> 00:42:01,230
and get their take
on the collecting process
995
00:42:01,263 --> 00:42:03,199
and how they approach finding
the items they want
996
00:42:03,232 --> 00:42:04,633
with the money they have.
997
00:42:04,666 --> 00:42:06,668
The first thing I need
to identify when I go
998
00:42:06,702 --> 00:42:09,238
through the door is where
is the classic gaming section.
999
00:42:09,271 --> 00:42:11,240
Where do you have
your Intellivision games,
1000
00:42:11,273 --> 00:42:13,142
your Atari 2600 games,
your NES games?
1001
00:42:13,175 --> 00:42:14,643
It's hard when you
actually find the item,
1002
00:42:14,676 --> 00:42:16,512
because then if it's
not up to your standards,
1003
00:42:16,545 --> 00:42:18,214
it's a little disappointing.
1004
00:42:18,247 --> 00:42:21,217
Someone comes in here and says
to me, "Hey, I have a...
1005
00:42:22,451 --> 00:42:23,652
rare title,
1006
00:42:23,685 --> 00:42:25,421
first thing that,
you know--
1007
00:42:25,454 --> 00:42:27,456
the hairs on the back
of my neck stand up.
1008
00:42:27,489 --> 00:42:29,258
"All right,
let's go see this thing."
1009
00:42:29,291 --> 00:42:30,792
Of course, you know,
you got the "Stadium Events"
1010
00:42:30,826 --> 00:42:32,661
and all those ones
that are just, you know,
1011
00:42:32,694 --> 00:42:34,496
"Forget it.
It's out of the question."
1012
00:42:34,530 --> 00:42:36,232
If the price point
is right, it's mine.
1013
00:42:36,265 --> 00:42:37,433
I'm taking it with me.
1014
00:42:37,466 --> 00:42:38,867
It's coming home
with me that day.
1015
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,802
If something big that I've
been looking for forever
1016
00:42:40,836 --> 00:42:42,604
is sitting
right in front of me
1017
00:42:42,638 --> 00:42:45,774
and even if it's, like, $20
over the price it should be,
1018
00:42:45,807 --> 00:42:47,609
if it's, you know,
the correct item,
1019
00:42:47,643 --> 00:42:50,412
it's in perfect condition,
you know, go ahead, and do it.
1020
00:42:50,446 --> 00:42:52,214
If I saw
a "Stadium Events,"
1021
00:42:52,248 --> 00:42:53,682
I wouldn't be one that could
even think about buying it,
1022
00:42:53,715 --> 00:42:55,851
even if there was a line
of people waiting for it
1023
00:42:55,884 --> 00:42:58,220
and I had it in my hands.
It's just too expensive.
1024
00:42:58,254 --> 00:42:59,721
I just couldn't live
with myself for--
1025
00:42:59,755 --> 00:43:01,757
my wife would probably
kick me out of the house.
1026
00:43:01,790 --> 00:43:03,192
Depending on the funds.
1027
00:43:03,225 --> 00:43:05,127
Right now,
I'm on top of the world.
1028
00:43:05,161 --> 00:43:08,597
Talk to me a year ago,
eh, price meant everything,
1029
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:10,266
because I didn't
have any money.
1030
00:43:10,299 --> 00:43:13,169
Collecting takes a long time
to get to the point
1031
00:43:13,202 --> 00:43:14,903
where you want to-- you know,
have your collection
1032
00:43:14,936 --> 00:43:16,505
exactly where
you want it to be.
1033
00:43:24,213 --> 00:43:26,248
What's that?
1034
00:43:27,816 --> 00:43:30,252
Get it all in your mouth.
There you go.
1035
00:43:30,286 --> 00:43:33,189
Well, I've learned you never
know really what to expect.
1036
00:43:33,222 --> 00:43:35,724
There's been so many times
we've thought
1037
00:43:35,757 --> 00:43:39,895
this was gonna go one way,
and it goes the other way.
1038
00:43:39,928 --> 00:43:41,463
Where, "Oh,
that will never happen,"
1039
00:43:41,497 --> 00:43:43,565
and it happens.
1040
00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:45,434
Definitely
my negotiating skills,
1041
00:43:45,467 --> 00:43:47,336
which I had zero of before.
1042
00:43:47,369 --> 00:43:49,505
I've never done that.
1043
00:43:49,538 --> 00:43:51,873
I hope at least
I've got better in that.
1044
00:43:51,907 --> 00:43:53,375
I think I have.
1045
00:43:53,409 --> 00:43:55,844
I like to know
the story for each cart,
1046
00:43:55,877 --> 00:43:58,880
like what-- what happened
to this poor thing,
1047
00:43:58,914 --> 00:44:00,649
why it's in this condition.
1048
00:44:00,682 --> 00:44:02,918
It's like someone set
a sandwich on it and kind of--
1049
00:44:02,951 --> 00:44:05,621
I can't even get that off.
I don't even know if it's blood.
1050
00:44:05,654 --> 00:44:07,423
I didn't want
to touch it. Eww.
1051
00:44:09,391 --> 00:44:10,859
Any thoughts
to flying anywhere?
1052
00:44:12,928 --> 00:44:14,263
No, not really.
1053
00:44:14,296 --> 00:44:15,764
Why's that?
1054
00:44:15,797 --> 00:44:18,200
Just have no interest
in doing that.
1055
00:44:18,234 --> 00:44:19,235
Why?
1056
00:44:21,437 --> 00:44:23,805
Just suffering
from anxiety,
1057
00:44:23,839 --> 00:44:25,741
as I do.
1058
00:44:25,774 --> 00:44:28,577
I mean, I've started to have,
1059
00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:30,446
over the last few years,
1060
00:44:30,479 --> 00:44:32,781
an anxiety being in cars.
1061
00:44:32,814 --> 00:44:35,351
For some reason, being--
1062
00:44:35,384 --> 00:44:37,619
it's really weird.
Being in...
1063
00:44:37,653 --> 00:44:39,221
like, the middle
of an intersection
1064
00:44:39,255 --> 00:44:40,656
at a stop sign.
1065
00:44:40,689 --> 00:44:42,524
I don't know if it's
I feel claustrophobic,
1066
00:44:42,558 --> 00:44:46,295
but it's almost a feeling
of, like, wanting to pass out.
1067
00:44:48,330 --> 00:44:49,831
I don't know.
It's strange.
1068
00:44:49,865 --> 00:44:51,500
And I'm afraid,
to be quite honest
1069
00:44:51,533 --> 00:44:55,404
that that in itself
is getting out of control.
1070
00:44:55,437 --> 00:44:58,707
I can't imagine being
in a tube in the air that high.
1071
00:44:58,740 --> 00:44:59,908
I don't know, man.
1072
00:45:01,610 --> 00:45:03,479
There's one other subject
1073
00:45:03,512 --> 00:45:04,946
that gives Jay
anxiety attacks,
1074
00:45:04,980 --> 00:45:06,582
and as best friends
for over 30 years,
1075
00:45:06,615 --> 00:45:08,384
we've only
talked about it once.
1076
00:45:08,417 --> 00:45:11,453
My dad was--
it was a different story.
1077
00:45:11,487 --> 00:45:14,723
We didn't get along
at all ever.
1078
00:45:14,756 --> 00:45:17,426
His dad
was his dad, but--
1079
00:45:17,459 --> 00:45:19,295
um...
1080
00:45:19,328 --> 00:45:21,330
Bob never understood,
1081
00:45:21,363 --> 00:45:23,865
and he wouldn't sit down
and try and play a game
1082
00:45:23,899 --> 00:45:25,901
or anything like that,
which was too bad.
1083
00:45:25,934 --> 00:45:29,471
He wanted me
to be something that I wasn't.
1084
00:45:29,505 --> 00:45:31,440
And when I showed him
who I was,
1085
00:45:31,473 --> 00:45:33,975
you know, I loved music,
I loved video games,
1086
00:45:34,009 --> 00:45:35,511
I love Star Wars,
1087
00:45:35,544 --> 00:45:37,012
he didn't want
anything to do with that,
1088
00:45:37,045 --> 00:45:38,780
and he made
it quite clear.
1089
00:45:39,815 --> 00:45:41,383
I remember getting up,
1090
00:45:41,417 --> 00:45:47,856
and he was walking
back and forth upstairs.
1091
00:45:47,889 --> 00:45:49,525
He's just like,
"I don't feel good.
1092
00:45:49,558 --> 00:45:51,360
I don't feel good.
I don't feel good."
1093
00:45:52,428 --> 00:45:54,830
And, you know,
1094
00:45:54,863 --> 00:45:56,898
my dad always
had 101 excuses
1095
00:45:56,932 --> 00:45:59,435
why he didn't
want to work.
1096
00:45:59,468 --> 00:46:01,703
Right? There was always
something why he couldn't work,
1097
00:46:01,737 --> 00:46:03,872
always
in and out of jobs.
1098
00:46:03,905 --> 00:46:05,941
And so I get up,
1099
00:46:05,974 --> 00:46:08,677
and, you know,
say a few choice words,
1100
00:46:08,710 --> 00:46:12,348
like, you know,
"You're just faking it," or whatever.
1101
00:46:12,381 --> 00:46:15,384
And I remember
going back to sleep,
1102
00:46:15,417 --> 00:46:18,720
and then I heard,
like, "bam," downstairs,
1103
00:46:18,754 --> 00:46:20,856
just like-- it was
probably the loudest noise
1104
00:46:20,889 --> 00:46:22,824
I've ever heard in
my life.
1105
00:46:22,858 --> 00:46:24,693
And then my mom
just screaming.
1106
00:46:26,027 --> 00:46:29,365
And so the rest of that
is like--
1107
00:46:29,398 --> 00:46:34,770
like a slow-motion
kind of experience.
1108
00:46:34,803 --> 00:46:37,706
So I rush down.
He's laying there on the floor.
1109
00:46:37,739 --> 00:46:39,040
We didn't know what to do.
1110
00:46:39,074 --> 00:46:40,609
I don't know what to do.
1111
00:46:40,642 --> 00:46:43,745
So it was January.
It was freezing cold.
1112
00:46:43,779 --> 00:46:45,447
I ran outside
in my bare feet.
1113
00:46:45,481 --> 00:46:47,616
I ran to--
our neighbor was a nurse.
1114
00:46:47,649 --> 00:46:49,050
I went and got her.
1115
00:46:49,084 --> 00:46:51,653
I went and got Norm.
1116
00:46:51,687 --> 00:46:55,023
I don't know why I got Norm,
but I did.
1117
00:46:55,056 --> 00:46:57,559
And so rushed back.
1118
00:46:59,094 --> 00:47:01,697
And Norm tried to revive him,
and that was it.
1119
00:47:01,730 --> 00:47:04,566
He just wasn't coming back.
He was gone.
1120
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,537
And I just had
such a relief, man,
1121
00:47:08,570 --> 00:47:10,872
that it was over,
you know,
1122
00:47:10,906 --> 00:47:12,841
that I--
we were free,
1123
00:47:12,874 --> 00:47:14,743
that my mom
and I were free.
1124
00:47:14,776 --> 00:47:17,045
'Cause he was a--
he was a tyrant.
1125
00:47:17,078 --> 00:47:18,714
He was awful.
1126
00:47:18,747 --> 00:47:22,451
He's the worst person
I've ever met in my life.
1127
00:47:22,484 --> 00:47:23,985
It was hard,
1128
00:47:24,019 --> 00:47:28,424
because he lost his Nan,
who he loved dearly,
1129
00:47:28,457 --> 00:47:31,760
and then Pop
and then his dad,
1130
00:47:31,793 --> 00:47:32,894
so...
1131
00:47:34,029 --> 00:47:36,432
he doesn't
handle that well.
1132
00:47:36,465 --> 00:47:39,468
Like, God forbid
I should ever get really sick.
1133
00:47:39,501 --> 00:47:40,802
I don't know
what he'd do.
1134
00:47:51,547 --> 00:47:54,450
No, I've had
a bad day today.
1135
00:47:54,483 --> 00:47:55,551
Why is that?
1136
00:47:57,185 --> 00:47:59,154
Oh, stuff with work
1137
00:47:59,187 --> 00:48:00,889
and personal stuff.
1138
00:48:00,922 --> 00:48:02,658
Uh-huh.
1139
00:48:02,691 --> 00:48:04,460
Um...
1140
00:48:04,493 --> 00:48:08,697
negotiations of "Stadium Events"
have taken a bit of a turn.
1141
00:48:08,730 --> 00:48:11,066
I'm not too excited
about it.
1142
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:13,869
What's happened?
1143
00:48:13,902 --> 00:48:15,971
Got the guy's number.
1144
00:48:16,004 --> 00:48:18,640
Ah, now basically,
I'm supposed to send the money.
1145
00:48:19,741 --> 00:48:21,176
Um...
1146
00:48:21,209 --> 00:48:23,579
supposed
to send the money
1147
00:48:23,612 --> 00:48:26,715
without having received
the game.
1148
00:48:26,748 --> 00:48:28,884
"If I give it to Todd
with no money up front
1149
00:48:28,917 --> 00:48:31,653
and something happens,
I'm out the game and the money,
1150
00:48:31,687 --> 00:48:33,789
so what about me?"
Question mark.
1151
00:48:33,822 --> 00:48:37,493
"Again, another reason
that you guys should come here.
1152
00:48:37,526 --> 00:48:39,628
It's the most important part
of the film
1153
00:48:39,661 --> 00:48:41,663
and the most important game
in the film,
1154
00:48:41,697 --> 00:48:43,899
and you're not even going
to be here to get it.
1155
00:48:43,932 --> 00:48:46,101
Either way,
I don't know you.
1156
00:48:46,134 --> 00:48:48,036
Plus, you live
in another country,
1157
00:48:48,069 --> 00:48:51,507
so if you guys tamper with it
and something goes wrong,
1158
00:48:51,540 --> 00:48:53,775
what am I going to do
with a damaged game?"
1159
00:48:53,809 --> 00:48:55,811
And I write, "Josh,
1160
00:48:55,844 --> 00:48:58,714
we've already found one fake
on our journey so far,
1161
00:48:58,747 --> 00:49:01,550
and I'm not accusing you
of that by any means.
1162
00:49:01,583 --> 00:49:03,719
If you send the game with Todd
and it checks out,
1163
00:49:03,752 --> 00:49:05,621
he will bring you
the money as planned.
1164
00:49:05,654 --> 00:49:07,155
That's the only way
this will work.
1165
00:49:07,188 --> 00:49:08,790
If you don't trust it,
I understand.
1166
00:49:08,824 --> 00:49:10,158
Todd is your friend.
1167
00:49:10,191 --> 00:49:11,993
He's not gonna let
anything happen to it.
1168
00:49:12,027 --> 00:49:14,062
Trust me, man.
I want this game."
1169
00:49:14,095 --> 00:49:15,764
What's going on?
1170
00:49:15,797 --> 00:49:18,600
We sent a bunch of messages
back and forth today,
1171
00:49:18,634 --> 00:49:20,736
and we're kind of
at a standstill here,
1172
00:49:20,769 --> 00:49:21,837
so what are you thinking?
1173
00:49:22,904 --> 00:49:24,272
Yeah, well,
1174
00:49:24,305 --> 00:49:27,042
the thing
I'm worried about is...
1175
00:49:27,075 --> 00:49:29,945
like, on my side,
what I was saying is,
1176
00:49:29,978 --> 00:49:31,913
I mean, I know it's real.
1177
00:49:31,947 --> 00:49:33,749
You know, 'cause, I mean,
1178
00:49:33,782 --> 00:49:37,018
the link that I sent you,
on the eBay link,
1179
00:49:37,052 --> 00:49:39,220
I mean, you can see the board
and everything on there,
1180
00:49:39,254 --> 00:49:40,622
all the numbers.
1181
00:49:40,656 --> 00:49:42,891
I mean, I do understand
your point, man.
1182
00:49:42,924 --> 00:49:47,729
I do, but I
can't send $4,000
1183
00:49:47,763 --> 00:49:49,698
to someone I don't know,
1184
00:49:49,731 --> 00:49:52,167
and it's obviously-- like I said to you in the Facebook message,
1185
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,736
it's not a-- you know,
it's not personal, and I'm not
1186
00:49:54,770 --> 00:49:57,606
calling you a bootlegger
or anything like that.
1187
00:49:57,639 --> 00:50:00,008
Just this is the most expensive
game I've ever bought.
1188
00:50:00,041 --> 00:50:02,978
I just want you
to see the game
1189
00:50:03,011 --> 00:50:04,980
and tell me
that everything looks right.
1190
00:50:05,013 --> 00:50:08,750
I know, Josh, and, dude, I--
believe me, man, if--
1191
00:50:08,784 --> 00:50:12,187
I'm a gamer, and you're a gamer,
and it's not personal, man,
1192
00:50:12,220 --> 00:50:16,291
but we're talking 4,000
and jpegs on the Internet.
1193
00:50:16,324 --> 00:50:18,594
You know,
I can't just go on that, man.
1194
00:50:18,627 --> 00:50:20,662
And there's no legal
binding document.
1195
00:50:20,696 --> 00:50:22,764
There's no eBay or,
you know, anything--
1196
00:50:22,798 --> 00:50:24,165
Amazon
or anything like that.
1197
00:50:24,199 --> 00:50:27,002
This is coming
from guy-to-guy kind of thing.
1198
00:50:27,035 --> 00:50:30,205
I mean, well, yeah, I mean,
I've bought, you know, three,
1199
00:50:30,238 --> 00:50:32,708
and only got one real one
in my hands, you know,
1200
00:50:32,741 --> 00:50:34,242
so, like, I mean, yeah,
1201
00:50:34,275 --> 00:50:37,245
this game has probably
given me--
1202
00:50:37,278 --> 00:50:41,016
So you've had a few--
you've had a few fakes, then?
1203
00:50:41,049 --> 00:50:43,284
No fakes.
I'm saying as far as, like--
1204
00:50:43,318 --> 00:50:44,820
yeah, I've never had
a fake one,
1205
00:50:44,853 --> 00:50:46,755
like April Fools
or any--
1206
00:50:46,788 --> 00:50:48,824
I've never had any kind of
"Stadium Events" in my hands
1207
00:50:48,857 --> 00:50:50,692
besides this real one here.
1208
00:50:50,726 --> 00:50:53,128
I'm saying I paid for
other ones and never got 'em,
1209
00:50:53,161 --> 00:50:55,731
like the stories I was telling you the last time we talked.
1210
00:50:55,764 --> 00:50:57,132
Well...
1211
00:50:57,165 --> 00:50:58,299
I've never had
another "Stadium Events."
1212
00:50:58,333 --> 00:50:59,801
Brother,
you just said it, man.
1213
00:50:59,835 --> 00:51:01,737
Then you know
exactly how I feel.
1214
00:51:01,770 --> 00:51:03,204
I think it's kind of--
1215
00:51:03,238 --> 00:51:05,173
we've kind of both
made up our minds here, man.
1216
00:51:05,206 --> 00:51:07,208
We should probably
just put it to rest, I think,
1217
00:51:07,242 --> 00:51:10,211
and just move on
from there.
1218
00:51:12,748 --> 00:51:15,717
I mean, yeah, if that's
what you wanna do, man.
1219
00:51:15,751 --> 00:51:17,786
I mean, I was gonna say,
you know,
1220
00:51:17,819 --> 00:51:20,055
you know, talking to you
again about it or whatever,
1221
00:51:20,088 --> 00:51:21,623
I mean, you know...
1222
00:51:22,758 --> 00:51:24,025
Yeah, well...
1223
00:51:24,059 --> 00:51:25,126
Been talking
for a few hours.
1224
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:26,628
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't know.
1225
00:51:26,662 --> 00:51:28,229
We'll see where it goes.
1226
00:51:28,263 --> 00:51:30,065
I mean,
if things drastically change,
1227
00:51:30,098 --> 00:51:32,233
send me a message.
I'll think about it.
1228
00:51:32,267 --> 00:51:33,902
But as of right now,
we'll just--
1229
00:51:33,935 --> 00:51:35,236
we'll call it off, man.
1230
00:51:36,872 --> 00:51:38,206
Okay. I hear you, man.
1231
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:39,875
Okay?
1232
00:51:39,908 --> 00:51:41,142
- Dude, it's--
- All right, then.
1233
00:51:41,176 --> 00:51:42,944
It's been a pleasure,
man, honestly.
1234
00:51:42,978 --> 00:51:44,112
I wish you well.
1235
00:51:44,145 --> 00:51:45,714
Yeah, all right, man.
1236
00:51:45,747 --> 00:51:47,382
- Okay. Take care.
- Gotcha.
1237
00:51:47,415 --> 00:51:51,286
Every single game
is gonna have a story to it.
1238
00:51:51,319 --> 00:51:52,954
Um...
1239
00:51:52,988 --> 00:51:55,423
this is the game
I want the most,
1240
00:51:55,456 --> 00:51:57,793
and it's not the story
I want for it.
1241
00:52:12,007 --> 00:52:15,343
One of the ways the NES legacy
continues to live on today
1242
00:52:15,376 --> 00:52:17,212
is through
competitive gaming.
1243
00:52:17,245 --> 00:52:20,015
Regional, national,
and global competitions
1244
00:52:20,048 --> 00:52:22,684
still use titles
from the NES library
1245
00:52:22,718 --> 00:52:26,021
to draw in world-class gamers
who vie for that top spot.
1246
00:52:26,054 --> 00:52:28,356
To hear their thoughts,
we talked to John Pompa
1247
00:52:28,389 --> 00:52:31,226
and Mason Cramer,
a pair of competitive gamers,
1248
00:52:31,259 --> 00:52:32,994
to hear the difference
on playing for fun
1249
00:52:33,028 --> 00:52:34,863
and going
for that top spot,
1250
00:52:34,896 --> 00:52:37,265
the kind of attributes
you need to go pro,
1251
00:52:37,298 --> 00:52:39,100
and of course
to talk to them
1252
00:52:39,134 --> 00:52:41,202
about the biggest competitive
gaming championship in history.
1253
00:52:42,838 --> 00:52:46,474
For me and the majority
of the ones that I talk to
1254
00:52:46,507 --> 00:52:48,109
or, you know, play with,
1255
00:52:48,143 --> 00:52:49,978
they're more challenging.
1256
00:52:50,011 --> 00:52:52,147
John Pompa holds
over 20 world records,
1257
00:52:52,180 --> 00:52:54,482
with more than a handful
on titles from the NES library.
1258
00:52:54,515 --> 00:52:58,954
You can put everything
you have into these new games.
1259
00:52:58,987 --> 00:53:00,288
You know,
the new Batman game,
1260
00:53:00,321 --> 00:53:02,190
it'll look amazing,
you know,
1261
00:53:02,223 --> 00:53:04,225
but it's done in a half-hour
or an hour.
1262
00:53:04,259 --> 00:53:06,394
You know, you go out,
you beat the game,
1263
00:53:06,427 --> 00:53:08,196
and there's really
no replay value.
1264
00:53:08,229 --> 00:53:10,732
In 2008, "The Guinness Book
of World Records"
1265
00:53:10,766 --> 00:53:12,333
published their first
"Gamer's Edition"
1266
00:53:12,367 --> 00:53:15,103
and has since published
the volume annually in January,
1267
00:53:15,136 --> 00:53:17,005
thus giving
the gaming community
1268
00:53:17,038 --> 00:53:19,274
and competitive gamers
somewhere to get their name
1269
00:53:19,307 --> 00:53:20,842
and scores in print.
1270
00:53:20,876 --> 00:53:23,011
When I found out
I was in the "Guinness Book,"
1271
00:53:23,044 --> 00:53:26,815
I called everybody I knew.
1272
00:53:26,848 --> 00:53:29,450
I called my mom, and I said,
"Mom, I did it."
1273
00:53:29,484 --> 00:53:32,220
I called my sister.
I called all my friends,
1274
00:53:32,253 --> 00:53:34,756
and I was really
pumped, man.
1275
00:53:34,790 --> 00:53:37,458
Mason Cramer also holds
some legendary records,
1276
00:53:37,492 --> 00:53:39,460
most notably high score
with one life
1277
00:53:39,494 --> 00:53:41,362
on "Super Mario Bros. 3,"
1278
00:53:41,396 --> 00:53:44,132
arguably the most popular
NES title of all time.
1279
00:53:44,165 --> 00:53:47,202
You can get good
at a certain type of game,
1280
00:53:47,235 --> 00:53:49,971
but it-- the real test
of a master
1281
00:53:50,005 --> 00:53:51,973
is their ability to learn
1282
00:53:52,007 --> 00:53:56,778
and to adapt to new play styles
and new techniques.
1283
00:53:56,812 --> 00:53:58,814
I think that NWC represents
1284
00:53:58,847 --> 00:54:01,950
a sort of high watermark
in competitive gaming,
1285
00:54:01,983 --> 00:54:04,920
the most people that have
ever been in a contest,
1286
00:54:04,953 --> 00:54:07,155
the most competitors
who have ever entered.
1287
00:54:07,188 --> 00:54:09,090
Everyone wanted
a slice of NWC.
1288
00:54:09,124 --> 00:54:11,026
The Nintendo
World Championships,
1289
00:54:11,059 --> 00:54:13,161
sometimes referred
to as NWC,
1290
00:54:13,194 --> 00:54:16,497
represents a fever pitch
of the NES era.
1291
00:54:16,531 --> 00:54:18,466
It was every kid's dream
to be a part
1292
00:54:18,499 --> 00:54:20,268
of this glitzy
Hollywood production
1293
00:54:20,301 --> 00:54:21,970
that brought players
from all over the country
1294
00:54:22,003 --> 00:54:23,872
together to win
cash and prizes,
1295
00:54:23,905 --> 00:54:25,907
all just for playing
Nintendo games.
1296
00:54:25,941 --> 00:54:28,243
Getting in "The Guinness
Book of World Records"
1297
00:54:28,276 --> 00:54:30,545
pales in comparison
to beating out
1298
00:54:30,578 --> 00:54:33,815
a million other people
at NWC the way Thor did.
1299
00:54:33,849 --> 00:54:36,451
And the NWC was something
1300
00:54:36,484 --> 00:54:39,320
conceived and executed
in an epic scale.
1301
00:54:39,354 --> 00:54:41,256
Even pictures
can't do it justice.
1302
00:54:41,289 --> 00:54:42,557
It was just so cool.
1303
00:54:42,590 --> 00:54:44,492
This followed the release
of "The Wizard."
1304
00:54:44,525 --> 00:54:47,295
So there was already
kind of a build-up
1305
00:54:47,328 --> 00:54:49,330
in this Nintendo culture
out there,
1306
00:54:49,364 --> 00:54:52,367
where everybody was like, "Hey,
I wanna be a part of that."
1307
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,069
The numbers that I got
were there were
1308
00:54:54,102 --> 00:54:57,005
1.1 million entrants
for the contest,
1309
00:54:57,038 --> 00:54:59,174
and there has
never been anything
1310
00:54:59,207 --> 00:55:02,110
remotely similar to the scale
ever attempted again.
1311
00:55:02,143 --> 00:55:04,479
'Cause it shouldn't be
23 years later
1312
00:55:04,512 --> 00:55:06,581
that there's still
nothing like it.
1313
00:55:08,416 --> 00:55:10,218
It's day 19,
1314
00:55:10,251 --> 00:55:12,287
and Jay's headed back
to A & C Games in Toronto.
1315
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,455
Last time he was here,
he focused on the rare games.
1316
00:55:14,489 --> 00:55:17,325
This time, he knows he can't
leave any game behind,
1317
00:55:17,358 --> 00:55:19,227
and since time
is of the essence,
1318
00:55:19,260 --> 00:55:22,163
Jay's employed the film's
producer Mike Froussios
1319
00:55:22,197 --> 00:55:23,999
to help him track
the day's acquisitions.
1320
00:55:36,144 --> 00:55:38,413
So far, that was
the most intense negotiation,
1321
00:55:38,446 --> 00:55:41,149
and it's the most money
I've spent in one spot.
1322
00:55:41,182 --> 00:55:44,219
It was a good almost hour
negotiations there.
1323
00:55:44,252 --> 00:55:46,254
You know, all these games
I got here, just crazy.
1324
00:55:46,287 --> 00:55:47,889
Well, I'm gonna log in
1325
00:55:47,923 --> 00:55:49,290
the 20 extra we got
from The Basement.
1326
00:55:49,324 --> 00:55:51,459
We'll do a count,
see where we're at there.
1327
00:55:51,492 --> 00:55:53,361
The tally,
ladies and gentlemen,
1328
00:55:53,394 --> 00:55:56,064
is 554.
1329
00:55:56,097 --> 00:55:59,000
"Bubble Bobble 2"
has been replaced.
1330
00:55:59,034 --> 00:56:00,902
"Stack-Up"
is now the most rare.
1331
00:56:00,936 --> 00:56:02,570
But already
behind a few days to hunt
1332
00:56:02,603 --> 00:56:05,406
since the last road trip,
we had to keep pushing,
1333
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,076
so we hit one more spot that,
to our surprise,
1334
00:56:08,109 --> 00:56:10,411
offered a very uncommon
kind of treasure,
1335
00:56:10,445 --> 00:56:13,915
near-mint-condition
NES game boxes.
1336
00:56:13,949 --> 00:56:15,116
This was very expensive.
1337
00:56:15,150 --> 00:56:17,352
Um...
1338
00:56:17,385 --> 00:56:20,188
but when are you ever
gonna see stuff like this?
1339
00:56:20,221 --> 00:56:21,923
It's kind of those things
I wrestle with,
1340
00:56:21,957 --> 00:56:23,458
where it's like
once in a--
1341
00:56:23,491 --> 00:56:25,660
that's a once-in-a-lifetime
thing.
1342
00:56:25,693 --> 00:56:27,929
For some,
it's hard to understand
1343
00:56:27,963 --> 00:56:30,398
why Jay would risk any of
his budget just on the boxes,
1344
00:56:30,431 --> 00:56:32,133
especially when
he doesn't necessarily
1345
00:56:32,167 --> 00:56:34,302
even have the games
to accompany them.
1346
00:56:34,335 --> 00:56:35,670
The answer
is simple, though.
1347
00:56:35,703 --> 00:56:37,505
The boxes
are pieces of art.
1348
00:56:37,538 --> 00:56:39,574
Like the games,
condition is critical,
1349
00:56:39,607 --> 00:56:41,309
and it's the design
1350
00:56:41,342 --> 00:56:43,711
that makes them memorable
and sought-after.
1351
00:56:43,744 --> 00:56:45,947
Someone who has
an understanding of box art
1352
00:56:45,981 --> 00:56:47,482
is illustrator Marc Ericksen.
1353
00:56:47,515 --> 00:56:49,017
Marc's responsible
for the artwork
1354
00:56:49,050 --> 00:56:50,618
on games
like Tengen's "Tetris,"
1355
00:56:50,651 --> 00:56:53,154
"Guerilla War,"
"Bad Dudes," "Strider,"
1356
00:56:53,188 --> 00:56:55,090
and infamously, "Mega Man 2."
1357
00:56:55,123 --> 00:56:58,326
They would play a beta version
of the game for me,
1358
00:56:58,359 --> 00:57:01,162
and I meant physically
they would play it,
1359
00:57:01,196 --> 00:57:03,064
because I'm not a gamer.
1360
00:57:03,098 --> 00:57:04,699
I'm just an illustrator.
1361
00:57:04,732 --> 00:57:06,667
Over a period
of about 30 or 40 minutes,
1362
00:57:06,701 --> 00:57:10,038
we would just arrive
at what they wanted me to do.
1363
00:57:10,071 --> 00:57:12,707
The famous
"Mega Man 2" incident
1364
00:57:12,740 --> 00:57:15,410
was about the only thing
that sticks in my mind,
1365
00:57:15,443 --> 00:57:18,713
where they just led me
in the wrong direction
1366
00:57:18,746 --> 00:57:21,082
and had me do a piece of art
that wasn't correct.
1367
00:57:21,116 --> 00:57:24,185
Amazingly the people
that hired me to do the art
1368
00:57:24,219 --> 00:57:25,386
and the art director,
1369
00:57:25,420 --> 00:57:27,188
neither one of 'em
knew the game,
1370
00:57:27,222 --> 00:57:29,257
and we ran the beta version
as I described to you,
1371
00:57:29,290 --> 00:57:32,093
and nobody could see the little
character well enough
1372
00:57:32,127 --> 00:57:34,629
to know he had
a cannon for an arm,
1373
00:57:34,662 --> 00:57:36,497
and long story short,
you know, they told me
1374
00:57:36,531 --> 00:57:38,666
to put a pistol in there,
and that's what I did.
1375
00:57:38,699 --> 00:57:40,501
To have the gaming stuff,
1376
00:57:40,535 --> 00:57:42,303
for me, is huge,
1377
00:57:42,337 --> 00:57:44,439
because I realize
there's this base of fans
1378
00:57:44,472 --> 00:57:48,343
who love this art,
and it-- just to say
1379
00:57:48,376 --> 00:57:50,745
it's very gratifying to me
is an understatement.
1380
00:57:50,778 --> 00:57:53,148
As we march towards
the inevitable future
1381
00:57:53,181 --> 00:57:55,783
of digital-only games,
the entire notion of boxes,
1382
00:57:55,816 --> 00:57:58,153
carts, or manuals
are disappearing,
1383
00:57:58,186 --> 00:58:00,488
along with any real sense
of their history.
1384
00:58:01,489 --> 00:58:03,358
These are cool items
1385
00:58:03,391 --> 00:58:06,561
that document
historical information.
1386
00:58:06,594 --> 00:58:09,064
You don't have to worry
about uploading your updates
1387
00:58:09,097 --> 00:58:10,231
and whatever else.
1388
00:58:10,265 --> 00:58:11,399
You just--
you plug it in.
1389
00:58:11,432 --> 00:58:13,068
Maybe the screen blinks, but--
1390
00:58:13,101 --> 00:58:14,735
you have to blow
on the cartridge or whatever,
1391
00:58:14,769 --> 00:58:16,537
but it's just there's
something that's, you know--
1392
00:58:16,571 --> 00:58:18,406
it's just
it's more charming about it.
1393
00:58:18,439 --> 00:58:20,541
But when you actually,
physically look at a cartridge
1394
00:58:20,575 --> 00:58:22,410
and you can see
the picture of the game,
1395
00:58:22,443 --> 00:58:23,744
you know which game it is,
1396
00:58:23,778 --> 00:58:25,746
you can trade it
with your friends or something.
1397
00:58:25,780 --> 00:58:27,682
It's so much different
than when it's invisible.
1398
00:58:27,715 --> 00:58:32,620
Why do kids nowadays want
to play on the original console
1399
00:58:32,653 --> 00:58:34,489
and have a piece of this?
1400
00:58:34,522 --> 00:58:37,058
Multiple reasons.
Because they weren't there.
1401
00:58:37,092 --> 00:58:39,427
Because they want to understand
where it came from.
1402
00:58:39,460 --> 00:58:41,196
If someone were to show me
1403
00:58:41,229 --> 00:58:44,432
a library of NES games
in a file on their computer,
1404
00:58:44,465 --> 00:58:45,733
I'm not impressed.
1405
00:58:45,766 --> 00:58:48,336
If someone were
to show me the artifacts,
1406
00:58:48,369 --> 00:58:49,437
that's what matters.
1407
00:58:49,470 --> 00:58:51,072
Anyone can take a picture.
1408
00:58:51,106 --> 00:58:53,341
Anyone can have
a digital file of it,
1409
00:58:53,374 --> 00:58:55,810
but the games physically
are an artifact,
1410
00:58:55,843 --> 00:58:59,314
something to be preserved,
put in a plastic case.
1411
00:59:08,256 --> 00:59:10,758
Day 21 means it's time
for the second road trip.
1412
00:59:10,791 --> 00:59:13,161
This time, we drive
12 hours the first day
1413
00:59:13,194 --> 00:59:14,395
to end up in St. Louis.
1414
00:59:14,429 --> 00:59:16,097
From there,
we hit Dallas,
1415
00:59:16,131 --> 00:59:19,134
Austin, Houston,
and then on the way back home,
1416
00:59:19,167 --> 00:59:20,801
we meet up with a pair
of private collectors
1417
00:59:20,835 --> 00:59:24,239
in Oklahoma City, and Bedford,
Indiana, respectively.
1418
00:59:24,272 --> 00:59:27,475
Believe me when I say this trip
features a lot of driving.
1419
00:59:27,508 --> 00:59:29,510
And like Jay predicted,
there was a lot
1420
00:59:29,544 --> 00:59:31,846
of running in and out of stores
to see if they had
1421
00:59:31,879 --> 00:59:33,548
the few select titles
that he still needed.
1422
00:59:33,581 --> 00:59:35,283
Here are some
of the highlights
1423
00:59:35,316 --> 00:59:37,118
in the first few days
of the trip.
1424
00:59:37,152 --> 00:59:38,386
Got-- I don't know.
1425
00:59:39,754 --> 00:59:42,423
Maybe about 10 more games,
1426
00:59:42,457 --> 00:59:46,261
and we met Jason,
who's the owner of the store.
1427
00:59:46,294 --> 00:59:47,895
He showed us
his personal collection,
1428
00:59:47,928 --> 00:59:50,365
which was the best collection
1429
00:59:50,398 --> 00:59:52,467
I've ever seen.
He's cool, too. He's like,
1430
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:54,669
"I buy the game to have it,
and then I do the upgrades,
1431
00:59:54,702 --> 00:59:57,138
and if I see one
with a better label
1432
00:59:57,172 --> 00:59:58,806
or a better box,
I upgrade that as well."
1433
00:59:58,839 --> 01:00:00,875
We were on the road
all of day 22,
1434
01:00:00,908 --> 01:00:02,743
but day 23
saw us in Dallas,
1435
01:00:02,777 --> 01:00:05,180
where we met up with
video game media personality
1436
01:00:05,213 --> 01:00:07,315
Patrick Scott Patterson,
who's the kind of guy
1437
01:00:07,348 --> 01:00:08,883
with his pulse
on the world of gaming,
1438
01:00:08,916 --> 01:00:11,186
and he brought with him
a mysterious bag of games.
1439
01:00:11,219 --> 01:00:12,387
Reach into the bag...
1440
01:00:12,420 --> 01:00:13,588
It's a game show now.
All right.
1441
01:00:13,621 --> 01:00:15,256
- And pull out--
- There's not a scorpion
1442
01:00:15,290 --> 01:00:17,558
- in here, is there?
- No, there's not a scorpion
1443
01:00:17,592 --> 01:00:19,260
or a snake.
Let's see what happens here.
1444
01:00:19,294 --> 01:00:21,196
All right.
1445
01:00:21,229 --> 01:00:22,830
So the first one we got
is "Strider."
1446
01:00:22,863 --> 01:00:25,566
- So "Strider," I have.
- Okay.
1447
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:26,834
- "Strider," I do have.
- Okay.
1448
01:00:28,236 --> 01:00:29,237
Come on.
No Whammies.
1449
01:00:30,938 --> 01:00:32,340
"Three Stooges,"
1450
01:00:32,373 --> 01:00:33,874
which I do have.
1451
01:00:33,908 --> 01:00:36,277
- Ah, man.
- I do have.
1452
01:00:42,583 --> 01:00:44,419
Holy-- look at that.
1453
01:00:44,452 --> 01:00:46,554
Nope, don't have that one.
1454
01:00:48,856 --> 01:00:50,458
Just feel like
I just got kicked.
1455
01:00:52,593 --> 01:00:54,362
And I pulled out
"Panic Restaurant"
1456
01:00:54,395 --> 01:00:56,597
by Taito,
which I didn't have,
1457
01:00:56,631 --> 01:00:59,434
so, man, I almost fell over
when I pulled that one out.
1458
01:01:12,513 --> 01:01:14,181
Okay...
1459
01:01:15,250 --> 01:01:16,217
Expensive.
1460
01:01:16,251 --> 01:01:17,552
I didn't like that.
1461
01:01:17,585 --> 01:01:19,787
So, yeah, 50 bucks
1462
01:01:19,820 --> 01:01:21,489
for "Donkey Kong"
and "Might & Magic."
1463
01:01:21,522 --> 01:01:23,358
I'm not too happy
with that.
1464
01:01:25,793 --> 01:01:28,429
Well, 'cause they were there
at this point.
1465
01:01:28,463 --> 01:01:30,931
I don't know how many more
of these I wanna hit,
1466
01:01:30,965 --> 01:01:32,367
to be completely honest.
1467
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:33,901
I can't afford to be doing
1468
01:01:33,934 --> 01:01:36,871
50 bucks for two games
now at this point.
1469
01:01:36,904 --> 01:01:39,907
And, I mean, like I said before
we started this whole thing,
1470
01:01:39,940 --> 01:01:42,777
like, that's not a rare game,
but it's expensive,
1471
01:01:42,810 --> 01:01:45,280
so I don't know.
1472
01:01:45,313 --> 01:01:46,747
Don't feel too good
about this one.
1473
01:01:46,781 --> 01:01:48,583
If we didn't have
those two collectors
1474
01:01:48,616 --> 01:01:50,685
in the works, that would be
a different story.
1475
01:01:50,718 --> 01:01:52,853
I think maybe
we should call those guys
1476
01:01:52,887 --> 01:01:55,890
and see what's up,
see what they have,
1477
01:01:55,923 --> 01:01:57,492
see what kind
of deals we can get.
1478
01:01:57,525 --> 01:01:58,759
That's what I want to do.
1479
01:01:58,793 --> 01:02:00,395
I don't know.
I just felt like...
1480
01:02:00,428 --> 01:02:02,463
I'm sick giving
the cash out.
1481
01:02:02,497 --> 01:02:05,300
Like, I felt really ill.
1482
01:02:05,333 --> 01:02:06,867
It's kind of funny
how Jay mentions
1483
01:02:06,901 --> 01:02:09,504
he's starting to feel sick
about making purchases
1484
01:02:09,537 --> 01:02:11,572
and then moments later
pulls me aside,
1485
01:02:11,606 --> 01:02:13,574
and he has to be back home
a day earlier for work.
1486
01:02:13,608 --> 01:02:14,909
I'm not sure if it was
1487
01:02:14,942 --> 01:02:16,444
a miscommunication
issue or not,
1488
01:02:16,477 --> 01:02:17,678
but I'm sure
the two are related.
1489
01:02:17,712 --> 01:02:18,979
And now I've got
to reconfigure
1490
01:02:19,013 --> 01:02:20,915
the rest of the trip
in my head
1491
01:02:20,948 --> 01:02:24,419
as we're about to pick up
Todd Rogers from the airport.
1492
01:02:26,587 --> 01:02:28,323
What's up?
Can I get your autograph?
1493
01:02:28,356 --> 01:02:29,557
How are you, man?
1494
01:02:29,590 --> 01:02:32,493
He's the man,
you know, Mr. Nintendo.
1495
01:02:32,527 --> 01:02:34,529
- I'm excited.
- Oh, I'm excited.
1496
01:02:34,562 --> 01:02:37,298
Todd Rogers
is the world's first pro gamer.
1497
01:02:37,332 --> 01:02:38,999
He was paid
by several companies
1498
01:02:39,033 --> 01:02:40,868
to play games because
of his incredible skills
1499
01:02:40,901 --> 01:02:43,037
at deconstructing
and mastering them.
1500
01:02:43,070 --> 01:02:44,805
He was also
an employee of Nintendo
1501
01:02:44,839 --> 01:02:46,507
and holds thousands
of gaming records.
1502
01:02:46,541 --> 01:02:48,376
Why don't you show me
some of the games
1503
01:02:48,409 --> 01:02:49,744
you have the world record on.
1504
01:02:49,777 --> 01:02:51,879
Well, I have one
on "Zaxxon," "Yar's Revenge,"
1505
01:02:51,912 --> 01:02:54,682
"Starmaster,"
"Star Voyager" "Skiing,"
1506
01:02:54,715 --> 01:02:56,584
I guess games on every one
of these rows.
1507
01:02:56,617 --> 01:02:58,853
"Q bert," "Pitfall!,"
"Laser Blast," "Kangaroo,"
1508
01:02:58,886 --> 01:03:00,455
"E.T.,"
"Chopper Command,"
1509
01:03:01,789 --> 01:03:03,090
- That it?
- And of course the favorite,
1510
01:03:03,123 --> 01:03:04,492
"Drag Strip," imported.
1511
01:03:04,525 --> 01:03:05,826
When Nintendo came out,
man, they had--
1512
01:03:05,860 --> 01:03:07,528
I mean,
their graphics were incredible.
1513
01:03:07,562 --> 01:03:10,331
The gameplay was great.
The controller was easy to hold.
1514
01:03:10,365 --> 01:03:12,667
I mean, you know, they had--
they put a lot of thought
1515
01:03:12,700 --> 01:03:14,535
and effort into listening
to what the public wanted.
1516
01:03:14,569 --> 01:03:16,804
Working for Nintendo
was really, really cool,
1517
01:03:16,837 --> 01:03:18,506
because there were
a lot of open-minded people
1518
01:03:18,539 --> 01:03:20,341
that work for that company.
1519
01:03:20,375 --> 01:03:22,343
They wanted to bring
the entertainment to the home.
1520
01:03:22,377 --> 01:03:25,380
They wanted you, the consumer,
to play as a collective
1521
01:03:25,413 --> 01:03:26,914
or as a group rather
than just "singulative."
1522
01:03:26,947 --> 01:03:28,783
With Todd part of the team
for the day
1523
01:03:28,816 --> 01:03:30,918
and Jay's honorary mentor,
we traveled south
1524
01:03:30,951 --> 01:03:33,388
a stone's throw away
from the Gulf of Mexico
1525
01:03:33,421 --> 01:03:35,890
to check out a brand-new
Game Over video game store.
1526
01:03:36,991 --> 01:03:38,659
- Hello.
- Hi.
1527
01:03:38,693 --> 01:03:39,894
- Oh, the air's on.
- Got some there,
1528
01:03:39,927 --> 01:03:41,562
and they got
this rack over here.
1529
01:03:42,663 --> 01:03:44,499
- Okay.
- Take a look at this.
1530
01:03:48,703 --> 01:03:49,770
Hmm.
1531
01:03:49,804 --> 01:03:51,038
Yeah,
there's a few here.
1532
01:03:51,071 --> 01:03:52,407
Which ones?
1533
01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:54,675
"Cool World,"
1534
01:03:54,709 --> 01:03:56,911
"Gargoyle's Quest."
1535
01:03:56,944 --> 01:03:59,146
So that one I need is 89.
1536
01:03:59,179 --> 01:04:00,848
That one I need is 49.
1537
01:04:00,881 --> 01:04:01,882
So offer 'em 50.
1538
01:04:01,916 --> 01:04:04,852
Just like that?
1539
01:04:04,885 --> 01:04:06,554
- "Will you take 50 bucks?"
- Just like that.
1540
01:04:06,587 --> 01:04:08,088
What's the worst they
can do, say no?
1541
01:04:08,122 --> 01:04:09,624
Okay, we got
a huge wall here.
1542
01:04:09,657 --> 01:04:12,393
Okay, so it's
the last store.
1543
01:04:12,427 --> 01:04:14,161
Found a couple
of real rare ones.
1544
01:04:14,194 --> 01:04:15,696
Just go through
it real quick.
1545
01:04:15,730 --> 01:04:18,499
"Gargoyle's Quest"
by Capcom,
1546
01:04:18,533 --> 01:04:20,935
"Toxic Crusader,"
"Cool World,"
1547
01:04:20,968 --> 01:04:22,903
but the big one we got
1548
01:04:22,937 --> 01:04:24,872
was the "Turtles:
Tournament Fighter."
1549
01:04:24,905 --> 01:04:26,741
Oh, I wish
we could do this every day.
1550
01:04:26,774 --> 01:04:28,909
- Yeah. It's a lot of fun.
- I mean, it's a blast.
1551
01:04:28,943 --> 01:04:30,411
I mean, it definitely
beats the hub--
1552
01:04:30,445 --> 01:04:31,446
the droll
of everyday boredom.
1553
01:04:31,479 --> 01:04:32,680
I mean, this is really cool.
1554
01:04:32,713 --> 01:04:33,981
But just because Jay
1555
01:04:34,014 --> 01:04:35,716
was done hunting games
for the day
1556
01:04:35,750 --> 01:04:37,585
doesn't mean we were done
hanging out with Todd.
1557
01:04:37,618 --> 01:04:39,854
That night,
we had a blast at dinner.
1558
01:04:39,887 --> 01:04:42,890
Todd called Twin Galaxies
founder Walter Day,
1559
01:04:42,923 --> 01:04:44,959
who then allowed Todd
to unveil and present us
1560
01:04:44,992 --> 01:04:47,895
with our own Twin Galaxies
video game trading card.
1561
01:04:47,928 --> 01:04:50,431
And of course
we got to play some games.
1562
01:04:50,465 --> 01:04:52,199
I can only speculate for Jay,
1563
01:04:52,232 --> 01:04:55,436
but our time with the legendary
Todd Rogers was unforgettable.
1564
01:05:09,183 --> 01:05:11,051
We're going
to a collector's house,
1565
01:05:11,085 --> 01:05:12,920
who reached out to us,
1566
01:05:12,953 --> 01:05:15,155
who has about 500 NES games.
1567
01:05:15,189 --> 01:05:18,192
The only thing is he doesn't
know there's a film crew,
1568
01:05:18,225 --> 01:05:19,794
so we'll see how that goes.
1569
01:05:19,827 --> 01:05:22,129
Hopefully he's got
some of those titles.
1570
01:05:22,162 --> 01:05:25,900
I was sitting at 605,
1571
01:05:25,933 --> 01:05:28,669
so I'm doing well.
1572
01:05:32,607 --> 01:05:34,742
He's-- yeah,
he said he had about 500,
1573
01:05:34,775 --> 01:05:36,076
so, I mean,
that's pretty good odds
1574
01:05:36,110 --> 01:05:37,745
that he's gonna have
some I need,
1575
01:05:37,778 --> 01:05:40,114
hopefully some of the big ones,
and we get a good deal.
1576
01:05:40,147 --> 01:05:41,482
Ready.
1577
01:05:43,183 --> 01:05:44,184
"Little Samson."
1578
01:05:46,554 --> 01:05:47,722
"Stadium Events,"
"Little Samson,"
1579
01:05:47,755 --> 01:05:48,756
"Bonk's Adventure."
1580
01:05:52,693 --> 01:05:53,794
- All right.
- Nice and cool.
1581
01:05:57,965 --> 01:06:01,502
What we're looking at over here,
regular Nintendo stuff.
1582
01:06:01,536 --> 01:06:03,538
- Mm-hmm.
- Super Nintendo, 64,
1583
01:06:03,571 --> 01:06:04,705
all organized.
1584
01:06:04,739 --> 01:06:05,806
On the table
behind us here...
1585
01:06:08,776 --> 01:06:09,777
are...
1586
01:06:14,281 --> 01:06:16,784
So this is everything
that I've got over $10,
1587
01:06:16,817 --> 01:06:19,587
Nintendo, Super, 64.
1588
01:06:19,620 --> 01:06:22,690
So what's for sale here?
What are we looking at?
1589
01:06:22,723 --> 01:06:24,592
Ah, pretty
much everything.
1590
01:06:26,594 --> 01:06:28,062
What's this one--
what's that going for?
1591
01:06:28,095 --> 01:06:29,964
I probably wouldn't sell
any of the reproduction stuff.
1592
01:06:29,997 --> 01:06:32,900
How much are your Zeldas,
the classic ones?
1593
01:06:32,933 --> 01:06:35,035
Those probably
aren't for sale.
1594
01:06:35,069 --> 01:06:37,572
- So dare I ask?
- I've never--
1595
01:06:37,605 --> 01:06:39,774
I've never given anybody
a price on it.
1596
01:06:42,943 --> 01:06:45,580
That's interesting.
Don't have that one.
1597
01:06:45,613 --> 01:06:46,781
- Oh, the dinosaur one.
- Yeah.
1598
01:06:47,815 --> 01:06:49,884
The Power Pad.
1599
01:06:49,917 --> 01:06:53,721
So this is for use
with "Stadium Events,"
1600
01:06:53,754 --> 01:06:54,822
amongst other games.
1601
01:06:54,855 --> 01:06:56,857
Got that for dirt cheap.
1602
01:06:56,891 --> 01:06:58,092
Uh...
1603
01:06:58,125 --> 01:06:59,994
And I got
"Color a Dinosaur,"
1604
01:07:00,027 --> 01:07:03,063
which is a really rare one,
so score there.
1605
01:07:03,097 --> 01:07:05,766
There's about 70 left
I have to get,
1606
01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:08,569
so what I'm starting
to think now
1607
01:07:08,603 --> 01:07:10,337
is some of the games
that I thought were--
1608
01:07:10,370 --> 01:07:12,006
I was gonna find everywhere
1609
01:07:12,039 --> 01:07:13,774
are some
of the harder ones to get,
1610
01:07:13,808 --> 01:07:17,177
like "Bases Loaded 4"
and that's-- that Corvette one.
1611
01:07:17,211 --> 01:07:18,979
I've never seen 'em.
1612
01:07:19,013 --> 01:07:21,616
So I don't know.
I'm getting pretty nervous
1613
01:07:21,649 --> 01:07:23,751
with one stop left.
Let's hope this goes through.
1614
01:07:23,784 --> 01:07:25,820
If not, we still have
a few days back home.
1615
01:07:29,724 --> 01:07:33,661
So this is almost--
almost my last hope here.
1616
01:07:33,694 --> 01:07:35,696
So I'm hoping
to clear out this guy,
1617
01:07:35,730 --> 01:07:37,765
get all the big rare ones,
all the commons I need,
1618
01:07:37,798 --> 01:07:39,900
and that'll be it.
1619
01:07:39,934 --> 01:07:41,068
Tod Curtis is a collector
1620
01:07:41,101 --> 01:07:43,370
who reached out to us
very early on about helping
1621
01:07:43,403 --> 01:07:44,839
Jay's insane endeavor.
1622
01:07:44,872 --> 01:07:47,107
My NES collection
encompasses
1623
01:07:47,141 --> 01:07:49,844
all the North American
released games,
1624
01:07:49,877 --> 01:07:51,879
both licensed
and unlicensed.
1625
01:07:51,912 --> 01:07:55,249
The prize pieces
of my collection at this time
1626
01:07:55,282 --> 01:07:57,217
are the "Nintendo World
Championship" cartridges,
1627
01:07:57,251 --> 01:08:00,020
the "Stadium Events"
that's complete in the box.
1628
01:08:00,054 --> 01:08:02,056
I'm afraid
I'm gonna be disappointed,
1629
01:08:02,089 --> 01:08:04,258
little bit like yesterday.
1630
01:08:04,291 --> 01:08:06,193
I'm afraid, like,
"Oh, I have everything,"
1631
01:08:06,226 --> 01:08:08,729
and then I'm gonna go in there,
and he's gonna have everything,
1632
01:08:08,763 --> 01:08:11,666
but, "Oh, not for sale.
Not for sale. Not for sale."
1633
01:08:11,699 --> 01:08:13,868
So I don't want
to get my hopes up,
1634
01:08:13,901 --> 01:08:15,936
so it's kind of a mixture
of emotions right now.
1635
01:08:15,970 --> 01:08:18,205
So I hear you're gonna show me
around your collection
1636
01:08:18,238 --> 01:08:20,775
and you might have
some stuff for sale here.
1637
01:08:20,808 --> 01:08:23,010
Yeah. The collection
is in here.
1638
01:08:23,043 --> 01:08:24,278
Come on in.
1639
01:08:24,311 --> 01:08:25,379
Whoa.
1640
01:08:44,231 --> 01:08:46,200
Yeah, you got
a few things there.
1641
01:08:46,233 --> 01:08:50,137
It's kind of the-- the rare
stuff is in this display case.
1642
01:08:50,170 --> 01:08:52,206
You have two
"Nintendo World Championships."
1643
01:08:52,239 --> 01:08:53,708
That's right.
1644
01:08:53,741 --> 01:08:54,975
That's pretty greedy,
don't you think?
1645
01:08:55,009 --> 01:08:57,244
No, I'm just kidding.
1646
01:08:57,277 --> 01:09:00,047
And, okay, so we have-- I see
four "Stadium Events" here.
1647
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:01,849
- Well...
- So one's sealed, right?
1648
01:09:01,882 --> 01:09:03,818
Well, one's complete
in the box.
1649
01:09:03,851 --> 01:09:05,252
- Okay.
- It's out of the box.
1650
01:09:05,285 --> 01:09:06,453
So really,
there's only two.
1651
01:09:06,486 --> 01:09:08,155
So these are all the carts
1652
01:09:08,188 --> 01:09:10,357
kind of separate
from their boxes.
1653
01:09:10,390 --> 01:09:12,426
- Right.
- On this side,
1654
01:09:12,459 --> 01:09:15,362
we have all the boxes,
the inserts,
1655
01:09:15,395 --> 01:09:17,397
everything to go along
with that, the manuals.
1656
01:09:17,431 --> 01:09:18,866
- Wow.
- Makes sense.
1657
01:09:18,899 --> 01:09:20,768
I'm not gonna
pull anything out.
1658
01:09:20,801 --> 01:09:22,202
I'm just gonna look
through it right now.
1659
01:09:22,236 --> 01:09:24,071
Is he okay to pull stuff out
that he needs?
1660
01:09:24,104 --> 01:09:26,473
Don't know if I wanna do that.
I'm gonna look at it first...
1661
01:09:26,506 --> 01:09:28,008
- Whatever you want.
- And then we'll see.
1662
01:09:28,042 --> 01:09:29,409
We'll go from there.
1663
01:09:43,190 --> 01:09:46,026
I just want to talk to you
for a few minutes off camera...
1664
01:09:46,060 --> 01:09:48,362
- Okay.
- Before we go any further here.
1665
01:09:48,395 --> 01:09:50,197
Okay, so give us a sec here.
1666
01:09:54,168 --> 01:09:57,337
I was hoping for one
of the big ones. At this point,
1667
01:09:57,371 --> 01:09:59,373
I would almost rather
just take the money I have
1668
01:09:59,406 --> 01:10:01,475
and just get those
1669
01:10:01,508 --> 01:10:04,779
instead of getting
these lesser-known titles
1670
01:10:04,812 --> 01:10:08,382
for the sake of 70 being--
70 games being the difference.
1671
01:10:09,416 --> 01:10:11,151
Like there's no "Samson."
1672
01:10:11,185 --> 01:10:12,787
There's no "Bonk."
There's no "Stadium Events."
1673
01:10:20,961 --> 01:10:21,962
Uh...
1674
01:10:21,996 --> 01:10:23,998
really,
"Stadium Events,"
1675
01:10:24,031 --> 01:10:25,399
"Little Samson,"
or "Bonk's."
1676
01:10:25,432 --> 01:10:27,067
Those are really
what I'm interested in.
1677
01:10:27,101 --> 01:10:29,937
At this point, because
the difference of games
1678
01:10:29,970 --> 01:10:31,806
I need to complete
is so small...
1679
01:10:31,839 --> 01:10:33,440
Uh-huh...
1680
01:10:33,473 --> 01:10:36,343
for me personally, I would
rather get one of the big ones
1681
01:10:36,376 --> 01:10:38,545
instead of getting
a lot of the smaller ones.
1682
01:10:38,578 --> 01:10:40,280
- Mm-hmm.
- That's just me.
1683
01:10:40,314 --> 01:10:42,917
Right or wrong, that's how
I want to do things, so...
1684
01:10:42,950 --> 01:10:44,785
Well, you know,
the "Little Samson"
1685
01:10:44,819 --> 01:10:47,855
was one of the last ones
I bought in a box like that,
1686
01:10:47,888 --> 01:10:50,891
so I know there's one
in that box.
1687
01:10:53,193 --> 01:10:55,095
So if there's one
on the shelf...
1688
01:10:59,333 --> 01:11:00,334
Like that?
1689
01:11:00,367 --> 01:11:01,368
Yeah.
1690
01:11:02,402 --> 01:11:04,805
Holy shit.
1691
01:11:05,940 --> 01:11:07,374
You say,
"Bonk's Adventure"?
1692
01:11:11,178 --> 01:11:12,412
That one's in the box.
1693
01:11:16,050 --> 01:11:17,484
- Jeez.
- You got it.
1694
01:11:21,521 --> 01:11:23,958
Just a reminder.
"Little Samson" is number two
1695
01:11:23,991 --> 01:11:25,459
in terms of rarity and price
1696
01:11:25,492 --> 01:11:27,361
on the NES list
for the retail games.
1697
01:11:27,394 --> 01:11:29,864
Jay's only other offer
was through Josh Jones,
1698
01:11:29,897 --> 01:11:31,165
a deal that fell apart.
1699
01:11:31,198 --> 01:11:33,000
"Bonk's Adventure"
is number three
1700
01:11:33,033 --> 01:11:35,069
in terms of rarity
and price for Jay.
1701
01:11:35,102 --> 01:11:37,037
And dare I ask
about the other one?
1702
01:11:37,071 --> 01:11:39,039
- Which other one?
- "Stadium Events."
1703
01:11:39,073 --> 01:11:40,908
Unbelievably,
1704
01:11:40,941 --> 01:11:42,476
Tod has two copies
of "Stadium Events,"
1705
01:11:42,509 --> 01:11:45,012
one complete with
its original box and manual
1706
01:11:45,045 --> 01:11:46,546
and one with just its box,
1707
01:11:46,580 --> 01:11:48,482
though there's
a slight tear on the back.
1708
01:11:48,515 --> 01:11:50,184
The price
for "Stadium Events"
1709
01:11:50,217 --> 01:11:52,152
is usually astronomical
on its own,
1710
01:11:52,186 --> 01:11:54,354
but when you throw in the box
or the box and manual,
1711
01:11:54,388 --> 01:11:56,456
you're talking
some serious cash.
1712
01:11:56,490 --> 01:11:58,525
I mean, I'm going to sell,
more than likely,
1713
01:11:58,558 --> 01:12:00,027
- one of the two...
- Mm-hmm.
1714
01:12:00,060 --> 01:12:01,561
But it would have
to go with its box.
1715
01:12:01,595 --> 01:12:03,363
I can't break it
from its box.
1716
01:12:03,397 --> 01:12:06,433
Okay, so that's a totally
different beast on its own.
1717
01:12:06,466 --> 01:12:08,435
Okay.
So these two are for sale.
1718
01:12:08,468 --> 01:12:10,437
Mm-hmm.
1719
01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:16,043
Okay. I'm gonna
go over here.
1720
01:12:16,076 --> 01:12:18,378
Do you want to hang on
to these for now?
1721
01:12:18,412 --> 01:12:20,480
- Put 'em wherever you want.
- Okay. Put 'em over here.
1722
01:12:20,514 --> 01:12:22,516
- Carry 'em around.
- So Jay went back to the bins,
1723
01:12:22,549 --> 01:12:25,019
and was able to pull out
30 games or so,
1724
01:12:25,052 --> 01:12:27,354
some rare, some common,
but all titles he needed.
1725
01:12:27,387 --> 01:12:30,124
Jay and Tod were able to
work out a deal for those games
1726
01:12:30,157 --> 01:12:32,326
as well as "Little Samson"
and "Bonk's Adventure."
1727
01:12:32,359 --> 01:12:34,628
So sure enough,
he pulls out "Bonk."
1728
01:12:34,661 --> 01:12:36,363
Heart attack one.
1729
01:12:36,396 --> 01:12:37,998
I'm, like, shaking
holding the cart.
1730
01:12:38,032 --> 01:12:40,067
And then he had
"Little Samson." That was...
1731
01:12:41,601 --> 01:12:43,203
unbelievable.
1732
01:12:43,237 --> 01:12:48,442
And, like, the deals
keep getting better,
1733
01:12:48,475 --> 01:12:52,079
but he gave those two carts for
me at such a reasonable price,
1734
01:12:52,112 --> 01:12:54,414
I almost felt bad.
1735
01:12:54,448 --> 01:12:56,583
And then I picked up
about 30 others.
1736
01:12:56,616 --> 01:12:58,518
The stack
of everything total
1737
01:12:58,552 --> 01:13:01,688
was way less than
what I was expecting to spend.
1738
01:13:01,721 --> 01:13:04,224
I'm just-- I don't know.
1739
01:13:04,258 --> 01:13:05,960
That guy was awesome.
1740
01:13:18,372 --> 01:13:20,007
It's day 28,
1741
01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:22,309
and we're all happy
to be back in Canada
1742
01:13:22,342 --> 01:13:24,478
after another long drive
and to be out of the van,
1743
01:13:24,511 --> 01:13:26,580
except for one of us,
1744
01:13:26,613 --> 01:13:27,948
who is racing to the vet
1745
01:13:27,982 --> 01:13:29,549
with a little bit
of an emergency.
1746
01:13:29,583 --> 01:13:32,552
Jay's taking his dog Spencer
in to see if he's all right.
1747
01:13:32,586 --> 01:13:34,354
He's not been doing well,
1748
01:13:34,388 --> 01:13:37,191
throwing up and really
acting out of character,
1749
01:13:37,224 --> 01:13:39,593
so it's a bit
of a cause for concern.
1750
01:13:39,626 --> 01:13:41,695
Hope for Jay's sake
that everything works out.
1751
01:13:41,728 --> 01:13:43,197
Don't know
how it's gonna affect
1752
01:13:43,230 --> 01:13:45,099
the rest of the challenge,
of course.
1753
01:13:45,132 --> 01:13:46,967
All we can do is
see what's going on,
1754
01:13:47,001 --> 01:13:48,235
get some more information,
1755
01:13:48,268 --> 01:13:50,204
and try to regroup
and finish strong.
1756
01:13:52,439 --> 01:13:54,274
Let the record show--
1757
01:13:54,308 --> 01:13:56,376
see if I can get this
all loaded up here.
1758
01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:02,349
5:14, day one,
1759
01:14:02,382 --> 01:14:05,252
so day 30,
he has until 5:14.
1760
01:14:05,285 --> 01:14:07,154
I'm getting a text message
from Schemes.
1761
01:14:07,187 --> 01:14:09,756
5:14 on day 30,
1762
01:14:09,789 --> 01:14:11,725
so he's gonna have
that whole last day
1763
01:14:11,758 --> 01:14:13,527
up until 5:14 p.m.
1764
01:14:13,560 --> 01:14:15,762
All right,
this is it.
1765
01:14:15,795 --> 01:14:19,733
Day 30, the very last day,
and I'm gonna check out
1766
01:14:19,766 --> 01:14:22,169
the three local shops
that I frequent,
1767
01:14:22,202 --> 01:14:23,570
and that's all
I can do, man,
1768
01:14:23,603 --> 01:14:27,707
so hopefully
there's good stuff in there.
1769
01:14:27,741 --> 01:14:29,443
- Hey.
- Hey, what's up, man?
1770
01:14:29,476 --> 01:14:31,445
Hey, how you doing?
1771
01:14:31,478 --> 01:14:33,213
Back again,
one last time.
1772
01:14:33,247 --> 01:14:34,214
I hear you.
1773
01:14:34,248 --> 01:14:36,516
Okay, here we go.
1774
01:14:43,090 --> 01:14:44,124
"Barnstorming."
1775
01:14:47,661 --> 01:14:50,097
Oh, we're back again.
1776
01:14:50,130 --> 01:14:51,598
- What's up, man?
- Third visit?
1777
01:14:51,631 --> 01:14:53,333
- What's that?
- This is your third--
1778
01:14:53,367 --> 01:14:55,669
The third-- this is
the final stop, the whole film.
1779
01:14:55,702 --> 01:14:59,339
All right. Well, I'm hoping we
can get a few out of this place.
1780
01:14:59,373 --> 01:15:02,109
"Nigel Mansell's
World Championship."
1781
01:15:03,210 --> 01:15:04,344
Damn it.
1782
01:15:04,378 --> 01:15:05,779
Sports games
really confuse me.
1783
01:15:05,812 --> 01:15:07,814
Think we got "Bigfoot."
1784
01:15:07,847 --> 01:15:10,050
Let's hope
we didn't get "Bigfoot."
1785
01:15:12,119 --> 01:15:14,088
So I'm just
reaching here now.
1786
01:15:18,392 --> 01:15:20,627
Not good, my friend.
Not good.
1787
01:15:20,660 --> 01:15:23,397
I don't know, buddy.
It's not looking too good.
1788
01:15:23,430 --> 01:15:25,732
You always gotta look.
You always gotta look.
1789
01:15:27,367 --> 01:15:30,170
Got 'em all, everything
except "Last Starfighter."
1790
01:15:30,204 --> 01:15:31,305
Scored.
1791
01:15:31,338 --> 01:15:32,839
"Classic Concentration."
1792
01:15:32,872 --> 01:15:35,275
Fourth one down.
1793
01:15:35,309 --> 01:15:36,476
- The bottom?
- Yeah.
1794
01:15:38,412 --> 01:15:39,513
One.
1795
01:15:42,882 --> 01:15:45,719
You guys got
anything rare in for NES
1796
01:15:45,752 --> 01:15:49,123
or anything in the back?
1797
01:15:51,725 --> 01:15:55,229
Oh, I like to hear that.
Are they all put out?
1798
01:15:55,262 --> 01:15:56,563
They are? Okay.
1799
01:15:58,198 --> 01:15:59,199
Okay.
1800
01:16:06,706 --> 01:16:08,742
I didn't really realize
what I was in for.
1801
01:16:08,775 --> 01:16:10,677
I mean, I knew it was
gonna be difficult,
1802
01:16:10,710 --> 01:16:12,212
but it was grueling.
1803
01:16:12,246 --> 01:16:13,713
Kind of disappointed.
1804
01:16:13,747 --> 01:16:15,815
Didn't really play out
like I wanted it to.
1805
01:16:15,849 --> 01:16:17,584
If I did get
"Stadium Events,"
1806
01:16:17,617 --> 01:16:19,286
everyone would
be like, "Well,
1807
01:16:19,319 --> 01:16:20,820
he didn't do it,
but holy cow.
1808
01:16:20,854 --> 01:16:22,889
He got this one.
He got the best one."
1809
01:16:22,922 --> 01:16:24,891
It's weird, man,
that something like this
1810
01:16:24,924 --> 01:16:28,462
can change you,
but it really has.
1811
01:16:28,495 --> 01:16:29,729
Ah, I'm gonna miss it.
1812
01:17:01,828 --> 01:17:03,930
- One?
- Yeah.
1813
01:17:03,963 --> 01:17:06,132
Ah, I feel like
I'm gonna puke.
1814
01:17:26,820 --> 01:17:29,389
So the anxiety
I was talking about...
1815
01:17:29,423 --> 01:17:30,657
What?
1816
01:17:34,794 --> 01:17:36,863
Everything
is, like, hurting.
1817
01:17:36,896 --> 01:17:39,199
It's that same fear,
you know--
1818
01:17:39,233 --> 01:17:42,202
I don't know if you guys
have this, but when...
1819
01:17:43,603 --> 01:17:44,871
when you're opening presents
1820
01:17:44,904 --> 01:17:46,873
and people watch you
open presents.
1821
01:17:46,906 --> 01:17:48,642
Do you get that?
1822
01:17:48,675 --> 01:17:49,743
I hate that.
1823
01:18:19,906 --> 01:18:22,576
Well, here we are.
1824
01:18:22,609 --> 01:18:24,944
I was someone who I think
1825
01:18:24,978 --> 01:18:26,846
let things get to me.
1826
01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:28,615
I let things
get me down too easily,
1827
01:18:28,648 --> 01:18:30,484
very negative,
1828
01:18:30,517 --> 01:18:32,519
saw things in a darker light,
if you will.
1829
01:18:32,552 --> 01:18:34,020
So I look at things
1830
01:18:34,053 --> 01:18:36,323
in a more positive,
positive way now.
1831
01:18:36,356 --> 01:18:38,825
I'm a lot happier.
I just feel--
1832
01:18:38,858 --> 01:18:40,527
I don't know.
I feel fulfilled.
1833
01:18:41,528 --> 01:18:42,862
This is all the carts
1834
01:18:42,896 --> 01:18:45,999
that I've collected
for the entire journey,
1835
01:18:46,032 --> 01:18:48,635
and this little stack here
1836
01:18:48,668 --> 01:18:51,004
actually represents
the ones that I was short,
1837
01:18:51,037 --> 01:18:52,872
so these are the ones
I did not collect.
1838
01:18:52,906 --> 01:18:56,743
I knew you were coming back
six to eight months later,
1839
01:18:56,776 --> 01:18:59,012
so I acquired them
on eBay,
1840
01:18:59,045 --> 01:19:02,316
which, believe me,
was not nearly as fun.
1841
01:19:02,349 --> 01:19:03,983
These here
was so impersonal.
1842
01:19:04,017 --> 01:19:05,985
There was no communication
with anybody.
1843
01:19:06,019 --> 01:19:08,888
It was just buy it now,
bid, buy it now, bid.
1844
01:19:08,922 --> 01:19:10,424
And then, you know,
two weeks later,
1845
01:19:10,457 --> 01:19:12,326
it's shipped to my door,
1846
01:19:12,359 --> 01:19:14,361
and all of a sudden,
I have "Gun-Nac."
1847
01:19:14,394 --> 01:19:16,496
It's not nearly as rewarding,
right, so...
1848
01:19:16,530 --> 01:19:18,332
These aren't all the games.
There's one--
1849
01:19:18,365 --> 01:19:19,733
there's still one game missing,
1850
01:19:19,766 --> 01:19:22,436
and it's the game
that means the most to me,
1851
01:19:22,469 --> 01:19:25,405
and I want this game
to have a story,
1852
01:19:25,439 --> 01:19:26,906
so we're hitting the road.
1853
01:19:39,419 --> 01:19:40,787
Oh, I'm gonna barf.
1854
01:19:42,055 --> 01:19:43,790
- Hello, my friend.
- Jay.
1855
01:19:43,823 --> 01:19:45,459
- How are you, man?
- How are you?
1856
01:19:45,492 --> 01:19:46,793
- Good. Good to see you.
- It's good to see you, too.
1857
01:19:46,826 --> 01:19:48,928
This is last
of the games, right?
1858
01:19:48,962 --> 01:19:50,497
678, this is it, yeah.
1859
01:19:50,530 --> 01:19:53,066
This is last one.
Let's go in.
1860
01:19:55,669 --> 01:19:59,606
As you can see,
here's the good stuff,
1861
01:19:59,639 --> 01:20:04,544
and I understand that this
is what you're looking for.
1862
01:20:11,418 --> 01:20:12,519
Yeah.
1863
01:20:16,790 --> 01:20:18,892
It's been--
it's been long, man.
1864
01:20:18,925 --> 01:20:22,061
This is pretty
emotional, so...
1865
01:20:23,530 --> 01:20:25,499
Well, take 'em,
and look at 'em.
1866
01:20:25,532 --> 01:20:26,833
See what you think.
1867
01:20:32,071 --> 01:20:34,508
I'm shaking.
Oh, my God.
1868
01:20:39,513 --> 01:20:41,147
You know,
it was a surprise to me
1869
01:20:41,180 --> 01:20:44,984
not only to have
one boxed "Stadium Events,"
1870
01:20:45,018 --> 01:20:46,953
but to have two,
1871
01:20:46,986 --> 01:20:50,624
and the second I had two,
I started looking
1872
01:20:50,657 --> 01:20:53,159
- for a home for the first.
- Yeah.
1873
01:20:53,192 --> 01:20:55,862
And I had no idea
when that would be,
1874
01:20:55,895 --> 01:20:59,633
and it turned out
it happened pretty quickly,
1875
01:20:59,666 --> 01:21:02,636
and I think that
the right person's getting it.
1876
01:21:02,669 --> 01:21:04,838
'Cause I know that you'll--
you'll enjoy it,
1877
01:21:04,871 --> 01:21:07,674
you'll care for it,
been on a long quest.
1878
01:21:07,707 --> 01:21:09,576
This is a great finale
to that quest.
1879
01:21:14,047 --> 01:21:15,882
I don't even know
what to say, dude.
1880
01:21:15,915 --> 01:21:18,151
- Like, thank you.
- You're welcome.
1881
01:21:18,184 --> 01:21:20,720
Glad I could help you out.
1882
01:21:20,754 --> 01:21:22,055
Oh, my God.
1883
01:21:22,088 --> 01:21:23,990
I think I'm gonna pass out,
1884
01:21:24,023 --> 01:21:25,459
seriously.
1885
01:21:25,492 --> 01:21:26,826
I was a little surprised
1886
01:21:26,860 --> 01:21:28,628
how nerve-wracked
he seemed to be.
1887
01:21:28,662 --> 01:21:30,964
You know, and I don't know
if it was because he thought
1888
01:21:30,997 --> 01:21:32,832
maybe he would
actually get down here,
1889
01:21:32,866 --> 01:21:35,702
and I would look at it and say,
"Never mind. I can't do this,"
1890
01:21:35,735 --> 01:21:37,136
and then, you know,
a whole trip,
1891
01:21:37,170 --> 01:21:38,838
all the way down here
is for nothing.
1892
01:21:38,872 --> 01:21:41,741
So I've been hearing
that the boxes
1893
01:21:41,775 --> 01:21:44,210
are pretty,
pretty rare as well.
1894
01:21:44,243 --> 01:21:46,880
The box is the hard--
hardest thing to find.
1895
01:21:46,913 --> 01:21:49,115
Yeah. Is there
a number on that?
1896
01:21:49,148 --> 01:21:51,718
Do you know,
like, how many there is or...?
1897
01:21:51,751 --> 01:21:53,587
- It's under 10.
- Is it?
1898
01:21:53,620 --> 01:21:56,923
You know, I can account
for maybe six.
1899
01:21:56,956 --> 01:21:59,158
But then to see him
with it actually in his hands,
1900
01:21:59,192 --> 01:22:00,994
you know,
he was shaking a little bit,
1901
01:22:01,027 --> 01:22:02,762
holding something, I think,
that maybe he thought
1902
01:22:02,796 --> 01:22:04,798
he would never hold or--
you know, and to know
1903
01:22:04,831 --> 01:22:06,500
that that was
going to be his own.
1904
01:22:06,533 --> 01:22:07,667
I thought that was
really exciting.
1905
01:22:07,701 --> 01:22:09,002
You know,
it was exciting for me.
1906
01:22:09,035 --> 01:22:10,470
He understands why
1907
01:22:10,504 --> 01:22:11,938
"Stadium Events"
is important
1908
01:22:11,971 --> 01:22:13,640
and what it would mean
to his collection,
1909
01:22:13,673 --> 01:22:16,576
so I was just glad to--
in all honesty,
1910
01:22:16,610 --> 01:22:17,811
to see him finish his journey.
1911
01:22:17,844 --> 01:22:20,780
So I failed
the 30-day challenge,
1912
01:22:20,814 --> 01:22:23,917
but I don't know.
1913
01:22:26,085 --> 01:22:28,021
I guess that didn't matter
after a while,
1914
01:22:28,054 --> 01:22:31,758
because I-- I wanted to complete
the collection this way.
1915
01:22:31,791 --> 01:22:33,960
You have to want it
bad enough...
1916
01:22:35,962 --> 01:22:38,565
to give up
a lot in your life.
1917
01:22:38,598 --> 01:22:41,701
And that sounds--
ahem-- ridiculous,
1918
01:22:41,735 --> 01:22:43,903
because we're talking
about Nintendo games.
1919
01:22:46,906 --> 01:22:48,708
But really,
if you want it bad enough,
1920
01:22:48,742 --> 01:22:49,976
you'll-- you'll get it.
1921
01:22:53,647 --> 01:22:56,149
After saving every penny
for the last eight months
1922
01:22:56,182 --> 01:22:59,185
and making the most expensive
purchase of his life,
1923
01:22:59,218 --> 01:23:02,889
Jay's quest
has finally come to an end.
1924
01:23:07,727 --> 01:23:09,696
It's something
I think about a lot, okay,
1925
01:23:09,729 --> 01:23:11,898
and it's a Dave Grohl story,
1926
01:23:11,931 --> 01:23:16,603
but when he talks
about becoming a musician,
1927
01:23:16,636 --> 01:23:19,539
he talks about his mom,
who was a music teacher.
1928
01:23:19,573 --> 01:23:21,074
His dad was a politician.
1929
01:23:21,107 --> 01:23:24,911
And he knew right away
he wanted to play music,
1930
01:23:24,944 --> 01:23:27,714
so he was, like,
13, 14 years old,
1931
01:23:27,747 --> 01:23:29,583
15, I think.
1932
01:23:29,616 --> 01:23:31,217
And he went to his mom,
and he said, "Mom...
1933
01:23:33,820 --> 01:23:37,190
I'm gonna, you know,
jump in a van with these guys,
1934
01:23:37,223 --> 01:23:39,659
and we're gonna tour around,
and I'm gonna play music,
1935
01:23:39,693 --> 01:23:42,028
and I'm not gonna
go to school anymore,
1936
01:23:42,061 --> 01:23:44,764
because this is
what I have to do."
1937
01:23:44,798 --> 01:23:46,700
You know what she said?
1938
01:23:46,733 --> 01:23:48,001
"Go for it."
1939
01:23:50,236 --> 01:23:51,805
And I just wonder...
1940
01:23:52,906 --> 01:23:54,173
I mean,
1941
01:23:54,207 --> 01:23:56,810
why all parents
aren't like that.
1942
01:23:56,843 --> 01:23:58,678
I mean, if he had
fallen on his face,
1943
01:23:58,712 --> 01:24:00,346
they would still be there
to pick him up,
1944
01:24:00,379 --> 01:24:01,981
because that's
their responsibility.
1945
01:24:03,116 --> 01:24:04,951
But for them to even say,
1946
01:24:04,984 --> 01:24:06,352
"Go for it.
Yeah, leave school."
1947
01:24:06,385 --> 01:24:08,221
And he always
jokes about it.
1948
01:24:08,254 --> 01:24:10,790
It's like, "This is what happens
when you drop out of school,"
1949
01:24:10,824 --> 01:24:12,358
and I love that line.
It's hilarious,
1950
01:24:12,391 --> 01:24:15,595
because it's like
there's so many rules
1951
01:24:15,629 --> 01:24:17,096
that everyone
brings you up
1952
01:24:17,130 --> 01:24:18,865
thinking that
that's the way things are.
1953
01:24:18,898 --> 01:24:22,068
No matter what happens
in this world...
1954
01:24:23,402 --> 01:24:26,305
you can never deny
what you feel inside.
1955
01:24:26,339 --> 01:24:27,607
You can never...
1956
01:24:29,342 --> 01:24:31,244
doubt yourself, because...
1957
01:24:32,245 --> 01:24:33,713
those are true feelings,
1958
01:24:33,747 --> 01:24:35,915
and nobody
can take that away from you.
1959
01:24:35,949 --> 01:24:37,784
People can tell you
you're wrong,
1960
01:24:37,817 --> 01:24:40,153
but you know deep down inside
what's right.
1961
01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:43,156
You love--
you love what you love,
1962
01:24:43,189 --> 01:24:45,925
and that's just the way it is,
and you have to go with that.
1963
01:24:47,694 --> 01:24:49,629
And one
of the things Jay loves most
1964
01:24:49,663 --> 01:24:51,931
is video games.
He journeyed far beyond
1965
01:24:51,965 --> 01:24:54,000
the comfort of his home
in London, Ontario,
1966
01:24:54,033 --> 01:24:56,002
in pursuit
of his number-one passion
1967
01:24:56,035 --> 01:24:58,104
and in the process,
made history.
1968
01:24:58,137 --> 01:25:01,240
And while he now has a complete
collection of retail NES games,
1969
01:25:01,274 --> 01:25:04,010
the challenge became
so much more than that.
1970
01:25:04,043 --> 01:25:06,145
He got to meet
dozens of other people
1971
01:25:06,179 --> 01:25:09,248
that share his passion and
helped Jay grow as a person.
1972
01:25:09,282 --> 01:25:11,250
When everyone said
he was crazy to do it,
1973
01:25:11,284 --> 01:25:13,987
he went out and did it anyway,
and like owning
1974
01:25:14,020 --> 01:25:17,290
the only boxed copy
of "Stadium Events" in Canada,
1975
01:25:17,323 --> 01:25:19,258
no one can take that
away from him.
1976
01:25:19,292 --> 01:25:21,728
I dared Jay,
and now I'm daring you.
1977
01:25:21,761 --> 01:25:24,030
Chase your dreams,
and do the impossible.
1978
01:25:24,063 --> 01:25:25,965
Go on the quest
of a lifetime,
1979
01:25:25,999 --> 01:25:29,168
because the adventures
that await you are priceless.
1980
01:25:56,963 --> 01:25:58,698
So what do you
want to do next summer?
1981
01:26:00,900 --> 01:26:02,201
* A long time has passed
1982
01:26:02,235 --> 01:26:04,203
* And a lot has changed
1983
01:26:07,006 --> 01:26:10,844
* Never will you
forget these days *
1984
01:26:13,312 --> 01:26:16,983
* Some days we sit alone,
we sing a song *
1985
01:26:19,753 --> 01:26:21,087
* At first,
you were weak *
1986
01:26:21,120 --> 01:26:24,323
* But then you
became strong *
1987
01:26:26,225 --> 01:26:29,295
* Remember the smiles,
remember the days *
1988
01:26:29,328 --> 01:26:32,431
* Remember the nights
where you stayed up late *
1989
01:26:32,465 --> 01:26:35,735
* Remember the times
when we went so far *
1990
01:26:35,769 --> 01:26:37,070
* Remember the tunes
1991
01:26:37,103 --> 01:26:38,838
* Baby, drive my car
1992
01:26:38,872 --> 01:26:40,406
* Remember the hours
1993
01:26:40,439 --> 01:26:42,208
* Remember when we played
1994
01:26:42,241 --> 01:26:45,211
* Remember Cleveland
and the Hall of Fame *
1995
01:26:45,244 --> 01:26:48,247
* Remember the nights
when you crawled around *
1996
01:26:48,281 --> 01:26:52,185
* Remember the feeling
when you make that sound *
1997
01:26:52,218 --> 01:26:55,254
* The sound, oh, yeah
1998
01:26:55,288 --> 01:26:57,390
* The feeling
when you make that sound... *
1999
01:26:57,423 --> 01:26:59,092
You know
what the Konami code is?
2000
01:26:59,125 --> 01:27:00,860
Of course.
Who doesn't, man?
2001
01:27:00,894 --> 01:27:02,962
Up, up, down, down, left, right,
left, right, B, A, start.
2002
01:27:02,996 --> 01:27:04,297
Up, up, down,
down, left, right,
2003
01:27:04,330 --> 01:27:05,832
left, right,
B, A, select, start.
2004
01:27:05,865 --> 01:27:07,033
I did the two-player version.
2005
01:27:07,066 --> 01:27:08,234
Up, up,
down, down, left, right,
2006
01:27:08,267 --> 01:27:09,402
left, right,
B, A, select, start.
2007
01:27:09,435 --> 01:27:10,970
Up, up, down, down,
2008
01:27:11,004 --> 01:27:12,939
left, right, B, A...
2009
01:27:12,972 --> 01:27:15,141
I have a buddy who always
punches that in for me.
2010
01:27:15,174 --> 01:27:16,943
Left, left, down, right,
2011
01:27:16,976 --> 01:27:19,412
right, down--
no, I don't know that code.
2012
01:27:19,445 --> 01:27:23,249
Nintendo gave us
these all, like, lithographs
2013
01:27:23,282 --> 01:27:26,352
of basically
early sketches of Mario
2014
01:27:26,385 --> 01:27:27,987
by Shigeru Miyamoto,
2015
01:27:28,021 --> 01:27:30,023
so these are some
of the early sketches
2016
01:27:30,056 --> 01:27:31,825
he would have done
for "Donkey Kong."
2017
01:27:31,858 --> 01:27:34,193
The NES saved
the video game industry
2018
01:27:34,227 --> 01:27:36,129
after it collapsed
in '82, '83,
2019
01:27:36,162 --> 01:27:39,165
so if not for Nintendo,
there wouldn't be anything here.
2020
01:27:39,198 --> 01:27:45,004
They were the first console
to deliver what I think
2021
01:27:45,038 --> 01:27:47,941
is something close to the arcade
experience in your home.
2022
01:27:47,974 --> 01:27:52,245
So 1985 is a good year
to launch a system,
2023
01:27:52,278 --> 01:27:57,350
a console system that begins
to include the graphics.
2024
01:27:57,383 --> 01:27:59,252
Four or five years old,
2025
01:27:59,285 --> 01:28:02,421
and my dad got me
a Nintendo Entertainment System,
2026
01:28:02,455 --> 01:28:05,158
and right after
I blew out the candles,
2027
01:28:05,191 --> 01:28:06,826
right after the cake,
right away,
2028
01:28:06,860 --> 01:28:08,227
"Let's go hook it up."
2029
01:28:08,261 --> 01:28:10,263
Ah, we didn't have
a lot of money back then,
2030
01:28:10,296 --> 01:28:13,299
and got my NES Action Set
for Christmas.
2031
01:28:13,332 --> 01:28:15,201
We only had one game.
2032
01:28:15,234 --> 01:28:16,903
Throughout my childhood,
I only had one game.
2033
01:28:16,936 --> 01:28:18,404
It was the game that it
came with, "Mario/Duck Hunt."
2034
01:28:18,437 --> 01:28:20,106
Still to this day,
it's my favorite game.
2035
01:28:20,139 --> 01:28:21,307
First thing
that's come to mind
2036
01:28:21,340 --> 01:28:22,876
is just hanging out
with my brother,
2037
01:28:22,909 --> 01:28:24,610
playing "Super Mario Bros. 3"
in the basement,
2038
01:28:24,643 --> 01:28:27,246
like handing it back and forth
every death or every level,
2039
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:28,281
depending on what you did.
2040
01:28:28,314 --> 01:28:29,949
You know, I was gonna run out,
2041
01:28:29,983 --> 01:28:32,285
I was gonna beg my parents,
and I was gonna get it.
2042
01:28:32,318 --> 01:28:34,620
And to this day, I've never been
let down by Nintendo Power.
2043
01:28:34,653 --> 01:28:38,624
When I found out that my parents
were hiding one in the garage,
2044
01:28:38,657 --> 01:28:41,394
you know, just knowing
it was in the garage in a box
2045
01:28:41,427 --> 01:28:42,628
and you want
to play it,
2046
01:28:42,661 --> 01:28:44,163
but you have
to wait till Christmas,
2047
01:28:44,197 --> 01:28:47,000
that's the memory
I have about the NES.
2048
01:28:47,033 --> 01:28:49,502
The NES is what stood
the test of time,
2049
01:28:49,535 --> 01:28:51,370
and as soon
as this interview is over,
2050
01:28:51,404 --> 01:28:53,606
I'll be picking up a console
without a doubt.
2051
01:28:53,639 --> 01:28:54,908
You can guarantee it.
2052
01:28:54,941 --> 01:28:57,443
The NES library
is way beyond
2053
01:28:57,476 --> 01:29:00,113
any library for any machine
I've ever seen.
2054
01:29:00,146 --> 01:29:02,181
There's just
no competition.
2055
01:29:02,215 --> 01:29:04,350
I think it's
their commitment to quality.
2056
01:29:04,383 --> 01:29:07,186
I think they really--
they won't put out a game
2057
01:29:07,220 --> 01:29:10,223
unless they really feel like
it's connecting with the gamers.
2058
01:29:10,256 --> 01:29:12,591
When I got home from school
and did my homework,
2059
01:29:12,625 --> 01:29:14,928
there was a two- to three-hour
point in the day
2060
01:29:14,961 --> 01:29:17,463
where I could escape and I could be in control of the world.
2061
01:29:17,496 --> 01:29:19,498
I could be the hero,
and the goals were achievable.
2062
01:29:19,532 --> 01:29:20,934
I had control.
2063
01:29:20,967 --> 01:29:22,902
Well, the first day
I had my NES,
2064
01:29:22,936 --> 01:29:24,570
I was sitting there
in my bathrobe.
2065
01:29:24,603 --> 01:29:26,605
My dad was in his bathrobe,
which, you know--
2066
01:29:26,639 --> 01:29:28,174
we actually
have a photograph,
2067
01:29:28,207 --> 01:29:30,143
and I'm sitting
on the end of my bed,
2068
01:29:30,176 --> 01:29:32,311
and my dad's sitting there,
shooting at "Hogan's Alley."
2069
01:29:32,345 --> 01:29:34,013
And it just kind
of blew my mind
2070
01:29:34,047 --> 01:29:36,115
that that was probably
the first game
2071
01:29:36,149 --> 01:29:38,317
my dad ever played
in his whole entire life,
2072
01:29:38,351 --> 01:29:40,353
and he was doing it
on Christmas Day with me,
2073
01:29:40,386 --> 01:29:42,655
and I'll never forget it.
And those are the things that--
2074
01:29:42,688 --> 01:29:44,323
those are the things
that bring back,
2075
01:29:44,357 --> 01:29:46,192
and it's like a story,
and really it has--
2076
01:29:46,225 --> 01:29:48,561
really sometimes it has nothing
to do with the games, you know?
2077
01:29:48,594 --> 01:29:49,929
It's the story
behind the games.
2078
01:29:49,963 --> 01:29:52,298
I remember going
to Sears
2079
01:29:52,331 --> 01:29:54,033
when the NES came out
2080
01:29:54,067 --> 01:29:56,369
and filling out an application
for a credit card
2081
01:29:56,402 --> 01:30:00,139
so I could get the $25 gift card
and go buy the NES.
2082
01:30:00,173 --> 01:30:01,340
I had to have it.
2083
01:30:01,374 --> 01:30:03,376
13 years ago,
I was 210 pounds,
2084
01:30:03,409 --> 01:30:04,944
plus size 18, 20,
2085
01:30:04,978 --> 01:30:07,113
and I was walking
past an arcade,
2086
01:30:07,146 --> 01:30:09,282
and I discovered
"Dance Dance Revolution,"
2087
01:30:09,315 --> 01:30:11,017
and I decided
to play it.
2088
01:30:11,050 --> 01:30:13,052
I instantly died
within 10 steps,
2089
01:30:13,086 --> 01:30:15,054
and some kid
chuckled from the side.
2090
01:30:15,088 --> 01:30:18,124
"You suck,"
and it hurt my feelings,
2091
01:30:18,157 --> 01:30:20,059
and I remember
I went home that day,
2092
01:30:20,093 --> 01:30:22,628
'cause I really had an instant
connection with the game,
2093
01:30:22,661 --> 01:30:25,999
and when I went home,
I was upset.
2094
01:30:26,032 --> 01:30:27,666
I looked
at all my previous awards
2095
01:30:27,700 --> 01:30:30,536
that I had from playing sports
in the past,
2096
01:30:30,569 --> 01:30:32,171
and I looked
at my old pictures,
2097
01:30:32,205 --> 01:30:33,572
and I didn't recognize
2098
01:30:33,606 --> 01:30:35,441
the reflection I saw
in the mirror anymore,
2099
01:30:35,474 --> 01:30:37,210
this person
who was now 210 pounds,
2100
01:30:37,243 --> 01:30:39,012
that used to be 120.
2101
01:30:39,045 --> 01:30:41,080
And I made a commitment
that moment
2102
01:30:41,114 --> 01:30:43,416
that I was going
to master the game.
2103
01:30:43,449 --> 01:30:45,551
How could I not be envious
2104
01:30:45,584 --> 01:30:49,588
of Jay's 30-day adventure
to find 700 old games?
2105
01:30:49,622 --> 01:30:52,025
And plus, everybody
seems to have
2106
01:30:52,058 --> 01:30:53,692
a little bit
of archeologist in them,
2107
01:30:53,726 --> 01:30:56,195
you know, some of the--
going and being the Indiana--
2108
01:30:56,229 --> 01:30:58,764
Indiana Jay.
Indiana Jay on the road
2109
01:30:58,797 --> 01:31:02,001
to finding all those--
all those lost, forgotten,
2110
01:31:02,035 --> 01:31:03,669
hidden,
mystical games
2111
01:31:03,702 --> 01:31:05,471
that who knows where
they're gonna show up.
162850