Top 10 TIPS for GAME COLLECTING from Metal Jesus

I share 30+ years of game collecting SECRETS that will help YOU achieve your collecting goals. However these tips & tricks are not just for game collecting but they will be useful for other hobbies as well!

TOP 10 TIPS:
1 Network - Let People Know you are Collecting. Get on social media.
2 Be Knowledgeable - Learn to spot fakes!
3 Know how to Advance Search Online
4 Everybody going Right? Go LEFT!
5 Buy in Bulk - Sell off the Excess
6 Go to Expos - They can often be worth the flight & hotel
7 Buy in Parts - loose carts + manuals + boxes = CIB
8 Collect Imports when possible
9 Get to know store owners - They can be your allies
10 Be Patient have fun - You don’t have to be rich to build a collection

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TOP 10 TIPS:
1 Network - Let People Know you are Collecting. Get on social media.
2 Be Knowledgeable - Learn to spot fakes!
3 Know how to Advance Search Online
4 Everybody going Right? Go LEFT!
5 Buy in Bulk - Sell off the Excess
6 Go to Expos - They can often be worth the flight & hotel
7 Buy in Parts - loose carts + manuals + boxes = CIB
8 Collect Imports when possible
9 Get to know store owners - They can be your allies
10 Be Patient have fun - You don’t have to be rich to build a collection

[blingVolcano]

"no one is looking for psp games right now" instantly psp games go up by 50% haha

[Vicvines]

I have no intention on collecting games, I'm just fascinated by how you do it. It's like I'm seeing your process

[nintenjoek]

The number 1 tip for collecting retro games: LIVE IN SEATTLE

[Mallerd]

This guy seems like a blast to play a game with

[GamingTaylor]

Step 11: Consider the cost of your time, don't spend all day trying to find deals and spend more time playing the games you own. :)

[spiderjerusalem]

Only buy games that you are going to play and have fun with. I don't see the point in buying a lot of shitty games that i am never going to play just so i can have a full collection.

[johnhancockretro]

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[enzowarren]

One thing also, if you collect for the DS a great option is the “discount” shelves at GameStop where the cartridges are put in those yellow paper CD sleeves. It takes a bit to sift through all the garbage games in those shelves, but you eventually come across some really good finds for cheap. For example, last week I did that and I came across Elite Beat Agents for $4 and Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for $8. For comparison, EBA is $34 on Amazon and Hotel Dusk is about $65. They were cart only, but you can find standalone boxes for each game for sale on eBay for only a couple bucks. It’s a very cost-effective way to collect for the DS.

[Beerlover]

Tip 1 and 9 payed off for me, I collect NTSC-J Dreamcast games, I'm a regular customer at a local game store where I get my current-gen and retro games. I've been going to the store for years and got to know all the staff. I've told them recently that I am after Japanese DC games. One day I got a text from the boss there saying that a guy brought in loads of games and he has put them aside for me. So I went over to the store, went into their backroom and picked up 10+ DC games at a good price!

Thank you Metal Jesus, You certainly do rock!

[dakotajones]

my biggest suggestion to anyone trying to collect video games is to be sure to wake up early and hit garage sales! it is amazing what people will want to sell for very cheap or even just give away

[GothWarriorGeek]

I absolutely agree with the entire list, specially #10. It is absolutely true that you don't have to be rich to build a collection. I'm a person of modest means, working one temp job to another with a minimal wage and my video game collection exceeds 600 games at the moment. It took years to get this many games but I call the stores and ask questions, wait until prices drop on games I want, and I shop around to make sure I'm getting the best deal.

[PowerUpJay]

Great Video MJ. I have a few rules for my collecting. IMO it makes things easier for me on space and my spouse:

Don't collect for everything under the sun: You only have so much space. I used to collect for NES, SNES, Dreamcast, OG Xbox, Gamecube, N64, Xbox 360, GBA, and DS. Anything I could get my hands on that was a decent deal I'd pick up. I got caught up in picking up games because they were sought after, rather than buying what I was actually going to play.

Buy what you play: Pick up games that you know you're going to play, unless it's a $5 game you'd like to try. I don't know if other collectors do this, but if I don't think I'm going to play a game, I won't buy it. This leaves space for games I really do want.

Don't Settle: I used to pick up a game every time I went to a local game store because if I didn't I felt like the trip was wasted. Now if I don't see anything I'm looking for I won't settle.

Give me your tired, your poor: When it comes to Genesis games, most of the time I'm not a stickler for box condition or labels, as long as it doesn't look like it was nuked with a atomic bomb. Beat up games deserve a home too as long as they work. I recently pick a Comix Zone cart with a slightly damaged label over a pristine one because it was a few bucks cheaper.

Sorry for the long post. Hopes this helps!

[kingmattDABEST]

Only buy on Ebay when your desperate for certain games. If you live in the UK go on Gumtree, or Freecycle. Freecycle is a site for people who want to get rid of their old shit, and some guy gave me a broken Megadrive (fixed it) with 20 games. All of which worked, and it was free.

[naswinger]

how do i network from the dark void of my basement?

[JohnRiggs]

Mine is more psychology, but collect for yourself, not just so you can show a photo on Facebook or Instagram of all the 'finds' you found and be that guy who gets a lot of likes and comments on those pics. You're more apt to buy stuff just for the sake of buying stuff.

[hmwpyro]

Man, even though I'm only starting my collection, and so far am proud of what I have, every time I see your videos, makes my collection seem like shit lol

[Narniak]

#1 rule = only collect games you really want to play. This will save you a lot of time, money and space. I will never understand the mentality of collecting the entire game library for a console just to have all the crappy games collecting dust on your shelf.

[PhillipCummingsUSA]

I think a good tip at the moment is buy up the games on the last generation that you've always wanted to play but never got around to. The most those games cost is maybe $10. I recently sold all my PS3 games cause I knew I never would want to play them but then I realized how much I love the God of War games. Well I picked up the collection disks for how much I sold the three disks for. I've also finally got around to playing borderlands because I saw it and was $5 and the second game is was like $7. To be honest I probably won't buy new consoles now till the next generation is released. It almost seems like a pointless thing to buy and pay the amount of money these companies charge. When you can just be a decade behind and pay almost nothing.

[imposter-hero-]

My advice is just buy games that you like... Collecting games is a nice hobby just don't go super crazy with it. Give yourself a limit, budget your money. You don't have to buy a completed Genesis collection if you like the Genesis. You dont have to get every NES game if you like the NES just buy the games you are interested in and move on. If the game you like is worth a lot of money just buy reproduction cart or download the emulation or just avoid it.