Inside an Indian Video Game Store from the 80s - Revisited!
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- I revisited Babu's incredible retro game shop and went deeper into his story and his unseen game collection in his childhood home. I also stumbled upon many PS2 games that were made in India!
I found many retro consoles, including Sega Nomad, Dreamcast Karaoke, Super Nintendo, and many more! Plus, a massive collection of games that were made in India during the PlayStation 2 era, including Hanuman: The Boy Warrior, Desi Adda: Games of India, Don 2: The Game, RA.One: The Game, and Cart Kings.
Babu's Video Games (बाबू वीडियो गेम्स) is located in the beautiful and chilled-out city of Pune, India. Pune is a sprawling city in the western state of Maharashtra, known for its rich history, vibrant culture, and beautiful architecture. It is also a hub of education and technology, making it a popular destination for students and professionals.
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00:00 Returning to Babu's Video Games
00:54 Babu's shop: A viewer's comment
02:38 Meeting Babu's customers
03:49 Why stuck in the 80s?
06:05 Babu's workshop collection
10:18 Babu's childhood home collection
11:12 Video games made in India
11:22 Hanuman: The Boy Warrior
11:32 Desi Adda: Games of India
11:42 Don 2: The Game
11:52 RA.One: The Game
12:08 Babu's console treasures
13:27 Upstairs retro collection
14:41 Babu's success - Shri Hanuman!
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But its a booming and glourishinh business in japan.
This man is an absolute legend!! Brought back so much nostalgia its almost impossible not to cry. Also saw my Sega 16 bit console which was one of my fav consoles growing up. Thank you Babu! You’re a living legend mate!
love the game shop
That sega nomad is in bad shape. Its valued anywhere from 150-450 depending on condition and he just has it all dirty like its junk same with the dreamcast karaoke its worth over 100 usd
Completest would want ra one and it fetches as much as new games
Babu is so down to earth! He should have mentioned how we helped people in our community! I am one of those children who always hanged out in Babu's place and help him in their store. My parents were not able to afford school for me. Babu was so kind to help me finish my study by paying for some of my school fees in exchange of assisting him. Now, I am an engineer working in Canada! It would have not been possible if not for Babu's help. He helps but never really mention it. He is pure of heart! If you can, visit Babu and meet this amazing person!
Someone needs to help him set up online store so the world can buy from this legend
You just want cheap games lol
@@TheMysteryDriver 😂😂😂
I would buy so many games from him
@@TheMysteryDriverto be fair who doesn’t?
I don't care even if they charge a few more for any online purchase, This is such a good idea to gain more attraction for Babu's shop all over india
Thanks for making BABU famous, i really hope his business go through the roof after this.❤
Seems like he already has really good business, he mentioned it in the video and that he often works from morning until 12 or 1 am at times.
Glad to hear it too, he seems like a really cool guy.
he is already famous bro from so many years
Nazi swastika. Think you missed that on his door. I wouldn't want to catch ecoli from his games.
@@PantheonOfAnthionuncultured swine maybe do your homework lil bro
I'm sure the mold has gone through the roof already 😂 impressive collection but looks like half of it is damaged, broken and moldy beyond repair
Sold my ps4 and got a brand new ps5 from Babu last month. He was the only person who would cut me a deal. Absolute legend for all gamers 🎉
Hi.. I am looking to call Babu to check if he would have Games for Nintendo Switch. None are available online in India.. FortNight isn't name of the game. Can I please get help with Babus number or the leads where I can get it
@@anuja_Ajbro never got reply
What Babu said is really true. When we were young, we had no financial worries or any career worries. I remember i spent so many countless hours in my local gaming parlor playing ps2 games. Wrestling games were really fun playing with strangers and friends alike. Now that we have grown up and found ourselves on different career paths and have responsibilities, sometimes at night i recall my childhood memories and it really makes me sad for a moment. But that's life, you have to move on. But gaming has always been by my side till now. Still a hardcore gamer even in my late years.
Hey bro your story is same as mine i still playing games and will play till my last breath
@@niteshrai2223 Same bro. Still playing games on my ps4, even after all these years.
PC Gamer from Pune here. Unfortunately I’m not sure what I get in Babus shop which has console games!
how old are you?
It’s weird finding myself saying “I don’t get to play v games much these days” to people, especially younger gen peeps. When you think about it the vast majority of our gen never had that interaction with older people. The stuff didn’t exist for them. Now we are the very first gen, for the rest of time, to have experienced it, and there will be no generation ever after us to experience it. Of course, from the beginning of time a child had less responsibility than adults, which meant more play, BUT, the major addition of this entire medium reaching that of a global culture, is unique to us. It’s good to hear we share together because it’s tough not having many elders who can help us understand our existence.
I'm glad Babu is a hoarder. He kept everything and it's such a joy to see all these games from childhood
the only time being a hoarder is a good thing. everything is valueble. normally they hoard nothing but trash.
I live in a small town called Nagpur growing up in the 90s. The companies like Sony and Xbox had not penetrated the market deeply enough to reach small towns like mine. Small gaming shops like babu’s were the ones that made big title games accessible to kids from towns like ours as an adult, now, I feel so thankful that these shops and their owners cater to children and their interests back in those days, making our childhood way, more fun at a very little cost and creating a brigade of gamers that can handover the torch of gaming to the next generationthank you Baabu and many other gamer uncles across India for making gaming possible for the 90s, Indian kids.
Nagpur isn't that small of a town, bro. I did my engineering from Nagpur, my entire PS2 and Sega DC journey is associated with Nagpur and I was a regular at Bhao's arcade in Sadar Bazar, Cement road from 2004 to 2008.
I love Nagpur! The juiciest oranges and spiciest food. Especially Tari Poha 😋
Nagpur ain't a small town, is the 13 th biggest city in India....
The JP shop/ Mario fun(Dharampeth) was quite good.
bro wtf are you even talking about nagpur ain't a small town also there were cs lan and ps1 to ps2 shops like at every small corner of the colony.
Video games? Karl Rock? India? Sign me up!! 😍🥰😍
Let's go!
Bs
I like those old retro stores from different parts of the world.
You'll love this video then! Do watch my first tour of his workshop too czcams.com/video/h-TVnNMkr4c/video.html.
Thanks for these videos Karl, I’m a massive video game enthusiast and seeing somewhere on the other side of the world where the industry probably isn’t as big a territory for video game companies, seeing someone like Babu and his huge collection is super interesting.
Thanks! I think so too. His shop is one of a kind. Visit sometime 🙏
Pretty Amazing
@@KarlRockplease do more video game content. It's incredibly interesting to see. Peace from Canada. ❤
Babu is an amazing human being! I am happy to have played in games with him when I was just a young boy! Growing up in their store was definitely worth it! I miss Babu and I am glad he is doing well even his papa. I migrated in Canada already, but growing up with Babu and their store is a story I will forever treasure to myself and my children! Thank you for having this video! I can't believe it got suggested to me in CZcams!
I went to Babu’s after watching your first video, and as he said, the nostalgia hits you instantly!
His store is literally frozen in time!!
The old consoles, old cartridges, trading card collections!! It is insane! 🙌🏻
Sad the mold has not been frozen in time, looks like it is growing and is a bigger part of his collection than the games themselves
I love this guy... and remember him from your past videos carl. It really is amazing to see people like this still thriving and doing well. Especially nowadays where small business /small retail shops are virtually non existent. I truly hope for this man's continued success.
Independent game stores are getting rarer and rarer so this is nice to see.
Tats true
What a lovely story. Babu is like a character straight out of a movie. He's a businessman, yet he has probably brought joy and wonderful memories to countless people, especially children. The world needs more people like Babu.
Every now and again I find a Gem on youtube, it could be from a creator I've never seen before or one I regularly visit. It's awesome to see you back home and back to your old self Karl! I love coming across videos where it shows someone exactly where they should be in the world and this is the best. What a man, we had a stall like this as a child in the back of a local market but unfortunately the owner passed but she was a lovely woman.
Babu embodies all the major qualities of India, Jugad, Ingenuity, compassionate, passionate and Love.
All of those especially juugad is horrible pandering and lawbreaking, I’d never want to go there.
@@ironhell813 You Don't go, it's best for humanity and India, I would rather not mix the genepool with a gene's from LeftLiberalDumbArss.
I was in the 7th grade in 2002, my dad and I looked for the PS2 in almost all places in Pune and Bombay and it was out of stock. One friend suggest 'babu video games' so my dad and I took my driver and had to look for a long time since this was inside a lane tucked in. I came across the adress but there was no 'babu video game' instead 'puran general stores' which smelled of kerosene and there was an old uncle packing jaggery in a newspaper. There was no way this was the place I was gonna find the PS2 which even the Sony showrooms didn't have. There weren't many cds and game posters etc in your face in the shop at that time. There was a dude with long hair dressed in white shirt white pant in the shop. I went upto him and asked him 'wheres babu video games' he said 'yahi hain' which literally translates to 'its right here'. I looked at him for 30 seconds and asked him, I'm looking for babu video games that sells play station. He told me ' this is babu video games, what are u looking for?' I went to get my dad and told my dad that this was babu video games. My dad looked at me and the store for a min. In the end I ended up buying a PS2 for 13k INR and he gave me smack down here comes the pain and a controller free. Also while babu was explaining how to connect the PS and the functions a woman in her maxy came from the nearby slum and yelled 'babu do ande de' which means 'babu give me two eggs', I looked at my dad and he was shocked too. 🤣🤣🤣
Second story is my friends from school in 10th took home a PS2 from babu using another friends name who was a regular as guarantee. They took 6 controllers and a few games for the weekend. They never bothered to return it for more than a week. One morning after the school assembly we see babu dressed in white shirt white pant in our school, he was later in the principals office for a while. It was really hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣
Pretty much got a entire gaming museum would love to see it all cleaned up and displayed it would be one of the biggest in the world.
Me too! It would be incredible
Super excited for this! I’ve been a Nintendo gamer since 2003 (when I was five years old) and really like the retro consoles he showcased in your last video! Pumped
Awesome to hear Bro!
WOW! Babu bhai is a literally living n walking Wikipedia of entire Gaming evolution! ❤
Whenever he retires, India should make a museum of the entire collection and give him his monetary due to his Heirs, that is like collections right from the scratch of the entire Gaming evolution ❤❤❤
Babu should have a museum in Pune that would be great for gaming lovers
He surely is a legend and a pioneer of spreading charm of games in the Indian society and making them accessible to regular people.....Thanks Babu.
This is not a shop, but it's a TIME MACHINE that takes everyone in their childhood!!!
What a guy! Can safely say his collection greatly surpasses anything I saw growing up in Belfast Northern Ireland, I wouldn't have been out of his place!
OLD IS GOLD! love Babu and love this channel, top stuff! absolutely love hearing stories of gaming throughout the world!
You never fail to have the best India content Karl ❤
Inspiring us to visit again soon 🙏
Babu might not even be aware how much a game enthusiast will give to have some of the games in collection! His collection is worth millions!
Could be few collectibles but i dont its worth that much.
@@shanuyadav7273 it's worth a lot for a collector
He’s East Indian, you can bet your ass he’s knows and will charge a fortune.
@@ironhell813 I know he knows his stuff and thats a colossal collection he got there and it means a lot to him as he is emotionally attached to it. But am talking about the market some of those gaming consoles could be rare find in India but they are mass produced products.
@@ironhell813Pune is on the west side of India are you dumb?
This was so so beautiful to watch. Part 1 of this really brought tears to my eyes, and I had the same feeling watching this too, because I used to have similar experiences visiting such amazing shops back when I was a kid in Karachi, Pakistan. An old place called Rainbow centre, it was the den for gaming back in the day. And you know there were always such enthusiastic souls there. I wish that these shops thrive and keep on getting the love they deserve. Thank you so much Karl ji for documenting this.
Babu is awesome! He is the epitome of a person who loves what he does! I hope he does well for many years to come!
The graphics and resolution is so much superior now, but there was something pure and joyous about playing these cassette-based 8 bit games that. It's great to see the old gaming culture being kept alive.
Yeah
Wow Karl.....what a fantastic place full of childhood nostalgia. And to top it all off BABU seems like a great guy. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧
Obsessed with how he watches the Nomad cartridge being loaded incorrectly at 8:05 and quickly fixes it. A true collector
as if that piece of junk covered in shit actually works 😂
@@drueckglueck9918 don't be a jerk
Gaming is universal and it’s beautiful thanks for making brilliant content , its videos like this that make me love CZcams so much ❤
Oh I remember playing God of War 3 and Mortal Kombat in his store with my friends back in 2010 and 2011. I have also bought so many video game cassette chips from Babu back in 2004 and 2005. He still dresses the same way as he used to dress back in the days. His shop looks exactly the same as well . No matter if you are a kid or an adult, he will never discard your queries or opinions.
Those were the golden days!!
I want to know how he managed to import all of this stuff and have the knowledge about the existence of these limited editions long before the internet became wide spread in India in the eighties. Just shows how passion and interest can take you anywhere.
he probably traveled to different countries and includiing USA and then discovered it! also word of mouth from friends, family, social groups
They have there own circle. He earns greatly from jailbreaking consoles. We got PS3 jailbroken from him. He charged 1500 and handed us a big.... list of games and asked us to choose any 10 and he will load them for free. My friend was in tears because month earlier he had bought nfs shift for 2500.
Just to buy jailbreaking hardware, these business people went to Malaysia even. Many bought from him new and asked him to jailbreak.
Very good man. He is only married to his passion.
This is the coolest video I've seen this year! Going through his childhood home was the best part. I used to have dreams of exploring rustic old homes and finding treasure troves of old games!
Babu has a fantastic shop, brings back so many memories, I would love to have a rummage around in there. Thank you Karl and Babu..
As an game developer and gamer I really like to see person’s like babu who’s been in this Industry for so long and doing goods I recently interviewed a retro game shop owner on my youtube channel he is such a generous guy ❤️
Great story. Thanks for showcasing this. Always fascinating to see how the game culture formed in nations where game manufacturers/publishers never had priorities in.
Thanks Karl for this lovely video . This made me remember playing Mario in video game -Bangalore store in 90s when I was in school . Still a gamer and nostalgia!!!
Karl, Always enjoy your one on one with people. Excellent video, all the very Best to Babu and his family. Thank you and all the Best to you and yours from U.S.A.
Babu is a legend, thank you for keeping retro gaming alive
Babu needs to hire someone and go thru all his inventory. He has some gold in there. He should sell all the doubles of games he has.
Gold=mold 🤣
This is like watching vintage car collection, good old days makes you emotional, babu brother all the love from Delhi ❤
i love Babu's insane game and watch collection !!!, what a Humble guy, He should have his own youtube channel showing in detail his collection. great video Karl.
Karl!!! I watch your videos occasionally. Tone honest, I usually ignore videos that deal with scammers or otherwise focus on negative things or outcomes. I would love to see more videos like this from you. You are in the enviable position of being able to show us some of the beautiful gems hidden beneath the surface India. Let's see more like this from you, my friend.
When I go to India, this will be a place on the bucket list to visit. Wow!
I own a Sega Nomad it was the "Steam Deck" of its time. Completely amazing.
Great video. We all need a Babu. His collection is out of this world BTW, especially those old Game&Watches.
Finally baby getting all the love that he deserves
We were college students with no money so playing playstation was only possible coz of babu bhai
Hi Karl, we don’t do games but do love your other videos. After subscribing we went to the beginning and worked our way to the present. Love them, so very interesting and informative. Safe travels!
Thank you for watching 🙏
Loved to see this old school legend from India. Thank you for sharing!
Great tour !!!! I hope Babu's sales go through the roof after this video : )
If We had access to such a store in my childhood. That, would've been one of the best memories❤
Makes me feel good that people still treasure these games . Classic 👍
I loved this! Thank you for changing my perception of India and Indian culture.
Because of the video, I'm seriously considering visiting Babu's video game store. I come from Germany. Babu is an absolute legend and a person to look up to. Thank you for the well made and nostalgic video.
Amazing video and amazing person Babu! Really enjoy these insights to other cultures. I find it hard to understand why things aren't kept in better condition though 😢 these kids might not have the console issues if they kept things cleaner
another great stream I'm nearly all the way through your whole collection, Karl I love them all the food playlist was great as I make curries from scratch my friend showed me how she's Indian, and thank you and your lovely wife for doing this CZcams channel
Thanks so much. I appreciate it! I'll make some more food videos for ya!
@@KarlRock Thanks Karl and maybe you doing the cooking :)
babu out here living his best life. what a hard working radiant man glowing with happiness. thankyou for sharing this karl. brought back amazing memories of my childhood in the 90's and it was so so awesome to see the indian games too i was taken back by all the indian games.. really really cool. thankyou again :)
Wow! this is amazing. What a nostalgic experience it would be for those who grew up buying games from his shop and still see it going strong! More power to him.
I'll definitely be visiting babu's shop whenever I'll go to Pune
kuthla ahes bhava tu
बुलढाणा
I wish we still had small electronic stores like this where I live in America. God bless you Babu. Keep on gaming.
Open one yourself and look forward to around 10 customers a year if you are lucky
@@drueckglueck9918thats some really sour thinking. I live in Northern Michigan and our retro game store called GT games literally put our gamestop down the street out of business less than a year ago. Its fucking packed with customers constantly. You just live in a shitty area
@@MidniteMeatBus since you live in USA, then you live in a shit country. Good luck my poor friend, sound like you live in a very poor area
@@MidniteMeatBusthat’s a pretty cool achievement
this man seems like such a legitimately great person. glad he's able to keep in business!
Love this, I'm watching this on of course CZcams but in West Texas. By the time posting this the video came out about two weeks ago. Congratulations for having your shop open for 40 years+.
Great video! Love his collection and enthusiasm. BTW @9:15, that battery was for a rumble feature, not saving. :) Most Game Boy cartridges with a save feature used smaller soldered in batteries within the cartridge instead. Pokemon Pinball was the one that I remember most fondly using the rumble feature.
Thank you!! Finally a true gamer spotted.
Man i love video games.❤
I love tech, games and the old school. Thank you so much for this. I'm currently visiting my parents India and was looking forward to seeing my nearly 40 year old MSX PC and 20 year Sony camera and found out it was all thrown out.
I would LOVE to have something like this in my neighborhood. Hard to find nowadays almost anywhere and kinda grew up with the store era of shopping for PC's and games. So can't thank you enough 🙏
Damn its a gold mine filled with nostalgia! I wanna take my psp to him and get it fixed. Thanks for making this video and bringing him to the light. Had no idea something cool like this existed.
can't we make this guy rich? he deserves it
Why? He’s a very, very bad man “waves finger back and forth”☝️
😂😂😂😂
can you make me ? just saying !
He is already rich!!! His collection worth millions already.
🤣@@ironhell813
Is there somewhere we can donate to Babu's shop? I'd love to be able to support him for continued future success!
Hey Chris! Don't worry, Babu is happy. Just watching the video is enough. Thanks mate.
That is awesome karl!!!!! Thanks for posting video game stuff . This guy is a legend he has lots of legendary games worth a lot here in U.S.A.
Absolutely nostalgia heaven. Absolutely loved it. Never change keep that child like spirit alive and share with others just like you. Incredible
I swear this is PewDiePie's older brother
Very interesting video Karl! Babu is awesome! But i have one question, is there any particular reason why most of the games and consoles are so dirty?
Im a retro game collector myself, from Denmark. But its very rare to see games in such poor condition where i am from, so that made me wonder.
If anyone could answer, it would be much appreciated :)
Men sometimes there are so much work that you can’t afford to get time and as you can see babu is like one man doing most of the things in his shop or you can say in his workspace i think he didn’t like to get some workers to help him out and he has a big Library to pile so yeah sometimes it’s hard
Many reasons but primarily India is a hot and humid country with seasonal rains so there is a lot of surface dust compared to temperate Europe. Things will literally get covered in dust in a couple of days if you don't clean regularly. Houses are also built to be airy with wide open windows unlike double glazed windows in Europe so dust can easily accumulate inside homes.
Also, I think his main business is to repair and sell new consoles so he probably can't give as much attention. It will be really cool if some of these consoles can be repaired and put in a retro museum on some tourist trail in Mumbai.
@@desilove007 I see, makes sense!
Hey Allan, it wasn’t about collecting for him, but giving locals access to the games. So everything is well worn from renting and people enjoying. He’s just small operation, so probably never had time to collate everything properly.
@@KarlRock Ah okay. Thanks for the response and keep up the good work! :)
Thank you for making this video and introducing the whole world to Babu
What an Epic Collection!! Incredible!
Please Karl, more nostalgia video game stuff!
Karl: Have you played God of War?
Babu: Yes I have.
I don't think Babu needs to answer that question Karl haha! The man is a gamer since his childhood and has a huge collection of games and consoles :D
Babu its the best! I'm Brazilian and all the interactions I've had while traveling with people from India have been extremely positive: Simple, friendly, helpful and very honest people
By far this is the most beautiful video made by you, salute to Babu bhai for his passion and many more thanks to you for bringing it to us.
No offence but everything is just caked in filth, does he find his stock by raking through the local rubbish tip and bins???
Come for the games, leave with diphtheria!
I used to refurbish games and consoles for a living for a while. Sometimes I got stuff that was absolutely disgusting (and made it like new again). But almost everything he showed was at that level or worse. I don't even understand how it got that bad unless he's digging up landfills.
And I can only imagine the countless of issues those devices are going to have because of decades of neglect.
Hahah don’t come at all, stay at home, you won’t be missed
India is damp. Lack of care also cause this. India is florida times 10
Trust me bro he is a very rude person
How?
I was just watching your video about Babu last night and thanks you made another one, Babu👍🏼
I own a lot of retro stuff and i happy that mr.babu is doing great by keeping the Indian retro scene alive. I would visit him someday.
I own a Nes Samurai With Complete Box Console and Warranty Card which is one of the rarest to be found in india.
Absolutely love this videos of yours Karl, retro game scene in the South Asian continent. Babu is truly a legend. Would be interesting if you did a video on Indian games.
Man, I just want to go to Babu's store and house and organize and categorize everything as neatly as i can, he has such an amazing gaming collection, i bet it's worth a lot of Money because many of the games are classics, and limited editions, and there is always a market for rare collections.
loved the old gaming music and loved the fluency of my people of pune ! Jai Maharashtra !
Lpved the first video. Excited for part 2 ❤❤
god this brings back good old days memories!...thanks for this video!
This is wholesome thank you for this!!!!!!
Just amaaazing !!! great video.
You cover the smallest niche even, remaining intact with your main theme i.e travelling.
Its so exceptional❤
Thanks for interviewing Babu in detail. He certainly needed acknowledgement. Because of him, lot of us in Pune had awesome options to enjoy playing video games 👍🙂❤️
Probably the best video in your channel.
Love these episodes bro, hope to see more in the future
It's so cool to see these games and consoles that looked like they went through hell and back, beat up, scratched, yellowed,caked with dirt, cracked but still work great and are being enjoyed. Collectors are so concerned with condition, but these guys just want to play some great games with history. I wish there were more stores like Babu's, he's is an honest hard working man.
what a wonderful man who brings joy to so many people. Wonderful story and a wonderful life.