MY VIDEO GAME OBSESSION - Happy Console Gamer
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- Johnny talks about his crazy obsession with video games and how it got so out of control!
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Time for an intervention! I volunteer to take your game collection to help you get through this awful addiction.
I, too, care about you, Johnny.... I will share this burden. It won't be easy, but we're in this together. The sacrifices I'll make for you... I do it gladly.
@@midgetsparkle I got this bro.... I got this.
We shall be 'the fellowship of the games'
I volunteer as tribute. ✌🏾
I also volunteer myself to take your game collection but only to help you out Bro lol
Playing older games is almost like time travel. While playing them you can almost escape to the past in your mind to simpler times.
Zelda and FF do that for me. I can beat ocarina of time a million times and ill never get over it
Such an amazing video.
It's like a travel in time for me.
I was in the same situation here in Italy back in 1993
Almost no one knows what a Neo Geo was.
And now after all this years I'm able to share my passion
Grazie
It's not bragging at all and even if it is who cares, I find it very Inspiring and heartfelt the stories you have behind the things you have.
Agreed 💯💯
I learned not too long ago that it's pointless to hang onto games I'll never play again, so once a year I'll comb thru my collection and pluck out all the games I never wanna play again and sell em.
As long as it doesn't harm you or anyone else, why not indulge your passion. It's great to have something that sparks joy in your daily life. Nice collection & even better, it was a collection built over time, not just that i must own everything type of approach, it was the titles which fueled the fire of your enthusiasm for the system & it's many titles.
Let's just take a second or two to appreciate Johnny's dedication to today's video by taking the time to remove all of those games from the shelve and then having to put them back up. Plus, not knocking them over. Kudos.
Hi Johnny ! I'm 4 years older than you, and I can relate to parts of your story ! I also had a friend named Rob. He bought a TurboGrafx-16 and Legendary Axe, (1989 Game of the Year ) ! We played the hell out of that game ! Not long after that, I purchased a TurboGrafx-16 myself, and to this day, it's still my favorite old school system ! I own other systems too, and treasure everything that I have ! Last but not least, I remember Rob and I playing at his house on his 8-bit Nintendo, and his dad asks us, "Why are we wasting our time playing video games" ? I said to him, " It's better than doing drugs " ! He agreed, and walked away ! LOL ! You're the best Johnny ! Take care !
This is definitely not an obsession, it’s a passion! 😎👍🏽
Johnny I adored this episode. Your passion is a great reminder of how awesome video games, anime, and that sense of discovery can be. I’ve never even seen a PC Engine in real life but your enthusiasm is infectious. Looking forward to hearing more about it on the show this year!!
My man, I work as a clinical psychologist and see people with addictions on a daily basis, and in my opinion you are certainly not one of them. You embrace your hobby/passion AND you have a wonderful family and social life. Wonderful. Power to you my friend ✌🏻
I agree. I come here mostly for his cheerful vibes 🎉
Yes, I have a bad steam game collection. My account is 19 years old & at this point, I have 2,214 games lol.
Summer sales make my Steam collection grow but rarely do I play any sale games
Because of my small apartment, I had to make the hard decision to get rid of a lot of my games. There is one game I'm obsessed with, though. It's Final Fantasy 6. I got it for pretty much every system (including Japanese ones), got the guides, and other collectibles for that game!
Ff 6 is my fav rpg of all time
My favorite videogame ever is FF6 or FF3 as we knew in 90s in Snes
It's really nice hearing your stories Johnny I really enjoy hearing everything you say every Sunday morning and it's really nice of you to share your memories with us I respect the video game nerd with passion for collecting😊
My video game obsession if you call it that I'm mostly obsessed with trying to play different styles of RPGs. I like to broaden my horizons from time to time😊
I'm so happy for you Johnny. Glad you're able to share a passion of yours with like-minded people. At 22, I know alot of people my age (not speaking for everyone) are only playing the games nowadays and don't take a moment to appreciate the past and history of great games. I definitely want to appreciate the games of my youth and the past since alot of them still hold up and are timeless. Im intrigued by the artistic vision behind them as well, and I'm very passionate about them. So I'm very glad you made this video and your channel to share that passion. Keep doing what you're doing. I wish I could meet more people like yourself.
22 myself and i totally agree!
Most older games are sold in secondhand market though, making the inflated price doesn't worth it imo. I grew up playing SEGA Genesis, NES, Playstation 1, and arcade games. I'm old now and my reaction time is slow, I prefer modern action adventure games nowadays (Autosave and save anywhere are features I'm grateful for). I don't have the money to buy many games at once, so I carefully choose which games I would buy and finish.
I’m 28 and just got into retro gaming around the age of 25 now I mostly play 8-bit games
Your passion is truly inspiring, and you're so right about there being so many worse "addictions" out there.
I have that same problem man. I just don't stop buying😅
I love your enthusiasm and passion for gaming.
Great call on the cover art book. I've been enjoying that over the past few weeks. The PC-Engine was a special system that really captured the innovation and imagination of late-80s Japan, and it remains vastly underappreciated to this day. Thanks for keeping the passion alive.
Just finished this episode while making some breakfast and I've gotta say, this has got to be one of my favorites from you. I've always been a little embarrassed by my love for video games really, until I found your channel, and so much has changed this year ever since I discovered your show. No one ever criticizes someone with a large library of books, why can't a library of games be of similar value/prestige?
Looking back, there is a rich history of games I've missed out on, and I now have this sort of false nostalgia for systems I never grew up with, like the Genesis, Dreamcast, GameCube, and Turbografx. Discovering these games now in 2023 has been so rewarding. I never valued collecting physical before this year (again thanks to your channel) and my little shelf of games is steadily growing and seeing it every day makes me so happy. And again like you said, there IS a bit of your identity wrapped up in there -- so many core memories, music, experiences tied to each one of your favorite games, and just doing a quick boot up of the game or thumbing through the manual is enough to take you to another place. It is its own form of therapy, and I respect you for what you do and talk about because it really brought all this to ligit for me. 2023 has been a great year for me because of it.
These days a video game collection would sell faster than a collection of books (except for maybe comics).
Oh hey... I spotted an easter egg! If you look REAL close, you can see Johnny, right between those two skyscrapers of PCE games! And yes, I have taken collecting too far lol. Most notably, is my recent obsession with collecting for Switch. I may have to do a response vid to this!
It really is thanks to you that I'm aware of the PC Engine at all, so I'm very grateful for your passion and for your collection, Johnny. Sharing your stories and experiences with these games keeps them alive, discoverable, and sheds light on the artists behind each of them. Long live your PC Engine collection! And I am really looking forward to every one of those upcoming episodes about individual titles, buddy.
Im always tickled to see you doing anyrhing about the PC Engine 😊 I've probably told you rhis before, but you wete the first gaming channel I followed because you were the only person on YT talking about my favorite console of all time. When we met in person, I was fangirling so hard in the inside but truing to keep composed on the outside 😅😅 Hopefully we can meet again some day! And olease more PC Engine videos 🙏❤
My obsession is exactly the same; everything TurboGrafx! Love this episode. I've been watching for years and this is my favorite episode.
Man you’re a living museum. Actual museums can exist thanks to individuals like you. Huge respect!
5:47 This is something that I can never explain to a lot of people when we talk about gaming from the late 80s and 90s. We always called the NES the "regular Nintendo". People look at me now like I'm insane when I say it today, but I'm glad I'm not the only one haha.
Mee too man it's a regular Nintendo always!!! Plain n simple!! Glad you pointed that out. That makes 3 of us.
As someone who grew up in the 80s/90s, I get you. No need to justify what you love. And I know the feeling of discovering, enjoying, nay, devouring these items in that time period! I totally understand.
Over the last couple years, it's been Falcom games. Johnny got me into Ys and Super Derek got me into trails. Now I have nearly a bookshelf full of games and merch. I can't get enough. But at the end of the day just like Johnny, it's because I love this series.
DUDE - this makes me sad I missed out on this but at the same time makes me kinda of want to get into it? I feel a sense of nostalgia even though I didn't ever play these. It's the art style and even the games themselves just look so cool. I never had a TurboGrafx-16 but my god, it looks like my thing. Just something I never had and never thought to even look into. I need to go down a rabbit hole on the internet now and do some research! That's the best part of this hobby - always discovering something new. Great video!!!
I don't have many retro games because I just can't afford to collect new & retro at the same time.
Some time last year I did notice I had a significant amount of PS4 games compared to other systems, and as of right now I have 489 of them. I guess that's my crazy collection.
I'm really looking forward to you talking about some of those PC Engine games Johnny. Love that machine.
So cool that collection you have going there, all the personal value involved and all that.
I too grew up with the TG16 and then TGCD. I love it to this day and is probably why I first became interested in Japan and eventually moved here and started working in the video game industry. So happy to hear you are a fellow fan.
I started alphabetizing my collection again recently to add a lot of new stuff and was like jeez i gotta slow down and only get stuff i really want vs mildly interesting
I started my PC Engine collection a couple years ago, i am absolutely in love with your collection. I never knew about the console in the 90s, what a gem!
I only knew about how great the TG games were after I bought the Turbo Duo in the middle 90’s at a local toys “R” Us when the system was $50 off plus a free game of my choice to pick. I played the hell out of Ys Books I & II. I watched the opening so many times thinking this is so awesome.
@@MikePSN09 Thats awesome. I want the experience of Ys Book 1 and 2
@@MasterRoshi8974 I have a huge Ys collection
@@MikePSN09 Are they as good as everybody says? I feel like I am missing in a great franchise.
@@MasterRoshi8974 each one is different in its own way. Everyone has their favorite game from this series. A lot of people have been playing them since the PlayStation 4 came out but if you have a turbo dual or a turbo graphic mini, they should be on there or at least one of them. Ys V is like a short Zelda game but I enjoyed playing it.
I am just a few years younger than you. I have the exact same level of nostalgia for the Sega Saturn. I wasn't lucky enough to get this stuff for Christmas, but my very first paycheck of my very first job bought me a $99 Saturn from Wal-Mart and it blew me away. I was scopping up used titles from Funcoland for practically nothing, and by the time the last 4 US titles were realesed in 1998, I had the whole library.
I enjoy spending every Sunday with the Happy Console Gamer family. I love hearing youbtalk. Your passion makes me happy. Thank you for sharing the experiences with us, Johnny.
I am 46 years old, and people our age got to live through the birth and maturation of video games as an art.
It’s like when we were kids and would see what early primitive movies were like, we got to live that primitive beginning for video games.
What a blessing!
One of the many reasons I watch this channel is to listen to somebody who shares my lifelong passion for videogames - and even manages to surpass it (by quite a bit, probably, which is saying something). I'm glad you've found your community, and managed to spin your passion into a career. I've been fortunate enough to manage something similar, working in tabletop games development as a 3D artist / product designer for many years - yes, I'm genuinely excited to wake up every morning and go to work! I've been obsessively into collecting, painting, and (especially) sculpting miniatures since I was very young. I've moved internationally a few times, which always leads me to end up selling everything I've managed to collect and starting anew. Oh well - I've come to find that I personally find the process of research, creation, and/or engagement in "the hunt" to acquire something to be more satisfactory than actually possessing an object of interest. ;)
So many of these videos evoke my own memories of the late 80s and early 90s. This one, too: I had one friend with the console... but I knew more about it because I had every magazine. I appreciate your effort to keep these eras alive.
I understand your passion so much! Video games have always been part of my life too. I used to collect on many consoles, but since the past few years I focus on my Nintendo Switch. To be honest, it's becoming my favorite console of all time with it's huge library of games. You get old school classics, collections, remastered as well as newer stuff.
Thanks to you, I discovered so many classics such as Grandia, Ys, Chrono Cross and so much more! It's always a pleasure to hear your personnal stories🙂
The amount of incredible pixel art that came out and with the pc engine is truly amazing.
Great video Johnny. I had a similar experience when I was younger being obsessed with video games, arcade games in particular. Growing up in Langley, going to Willow Video and the Binos arcade was what me and my friends would do to pass the time back in the day.
Thanks Johnny. You passion and positivity always puts me in a good mood.
I love your passion and enthusiasm for the PC Engine. I too have this burning desire and passion for all of Video Games and am only limited by financial hardships. Either way, I'm still pursuing my passion and love to share this feeling with people such as yourself.
Heartwarming video John. What incredible memories you shared. Original Xbox is my passion. Going for a complete NTSC set.
Dude, I've watch all of your videos at least 3 times haha, I love that you are a genuine and transparent person and the way you share your passion in video games and collectibles. One of my top favorite channels for sure!
I love this man it makes me think back on my happy gaming childhood! Atari started my love of games and once I started playing I knew I was hung on home video gaming!! Thanks man for sharing more of your wonderful passion John you're awesome!!
Your videos are always so comfortable, informative, and highly entertaining to watch. However, this video sparked some form of motivation for me. I wish to one day be as dedicated and loving to my passion for all my life and yet be so humble as to teach others of your hobbies. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and never change Johnny!
I'm 32 years old and prior to finding your channel, I had no familiarity with the TurboGraphX or PC Engine or half of the things you showcase on your New Games Stuff episodes. What I love about your channel is that it educates people like me, and you do it with such passion and positivity. Keep up the good work!
Video games have been my passion since I was 4. Your channel has been such a joy to watch for years now. I have learned about so many games I missed over the years. Game on!
19:23 "...some Tifa collections!"
I feel like this was directed toward me. My mother is not proud.
Beautiful collection John! I personally collect for ps1 to ps5 and it all started with a purchase of dragon quest 8. I bought it in 2016 and while I always was a hard-core gamer, it was like something clicked in my head got hooked and scoping out all the playstation retro catalogue. I would say my ps4 collection could easily rival that in number, but my God those titles for the PC engine must be so obscure now and it's wonderful gathering you have.
I relate to this. I've got a problem with collecting japanese PS1/PS1 games. Its grown over the years into my largest game collection. But how your PC Engine collection connects to all these youthful memories, passion for anime style art and certain game genres. PS1 means so much to me. It was the system that made me realize just how much I love video games. It was also the system that cemented my love of RPG's. And exposed me to many various genres. While also being an era of gaming where game developers would just run with crazy game concepts and unabashedly flex creativity sometimes for better or worse. And in some weird way I feel like its a way to honor its legacy and impact on me as a gamer.
I have a fairly large video game collection that's well over 1000 games. I don't collect by consoles but rather collect games based on franchises or genres that I really enjoy to play. In fact a lot of franchises that I got interested in were from watching this channel (franchises like Ys and Dragon Quest).
Those 2 seconds of Dragon Spirit immediately turned on nostalgia mode for me. Man did I play a lot of that game and I still love it today (guess my icon is an obvious tell huh?). Anyway, I miss gaming mags (and booklets) so much. It's why I ended up going digital this gen. Sure, apps and stuff but it's just not the same. Personally, my CD/vinyl and perfume collections are 100x what my gaming stuff is but I do get a kick out of seeing those big gaming rooms. I wish I had so much more time to invest in gaming!
Appreciate you sharing. I really enjoy all of your content. Keep it up!
I've never played or even seen a PC Engine in person but this was one of my favorite videos of yours. I think anyone who has a passion for anything can relate to this video. It's awesome seeing your excitement as you talk about your collection. You're the best, Johnny!
I understand 100% . Being born in 83, I can relate to what your saying. I wouldn't say I intentionally collected the games I have (NES, Sega, ps1, etc) but I bought them to play and have a good time. I have fond memories of them and looking at them from time to time really takes me back to what I consider simpler times.
I’ve say it before & I’ll say it again.
Love the videos, they cheer me up & my love & passion for video games gets more hyped every time I watch you talk about them.
Thanks for all
I have a huge Dragon's Crown collection obsession. Got the original game and remaster on PS3 and 4, along with almost every dragons crown statue relased. Several sorcereress figures, two different statues of the Amazon, and the elf.
Your passion is always so inspiring. Just watching one of your videos makes me excited about video games and anime every single time. Thank you so much!
This is the kind of content that's kept me watching all these years! Your relentless enthusiasm for your passion always motivates me!
Always a joy to hear you reminisce about your past & hobbies Johnny, great ep as always!
I absolutely love this episode Johnny. This was my time as well, late 80s into the 90s... the Genesis, Turbo graphx, the mystic of the Japanese versions of this stuff, the awe of experiencing Ys and other CD games when tech like that did not exist at that time. Such a time capsule to certain time periods. This episode also reminds me of earlier nostalgic episodes you have done about some of the inspirations of why you started this great channel to begin with. Thanks for all these years of nostalgic fun man. Many years to come.
WHAT AN AMAZING EPISODE OF THE PAST OF GAMING. YOUR CHANNEL WILL LIVE THE TEST OF TIME, YOUR A GAMING HISTORIAN JOHHNY,YOUR COLLECTION SHOULD BE IN A VIDEO GAME MUSEUM.
jey johnny, I like this kind of videos were you show how videogames helped you grow as a person, and seeing a part of history even though I did not know any of this games, is amazing. Love your enthusiasm.
I have a video game obsession too 😳 more than 1000 PC Games and a few 100 Games for the PS1 to PS5, XBox to XBox One and Gamecube to Switch Oled (every console), also a lot of handhelds and hundreds of games. I especially collect collectors editions, figures and guide books. Video game related things are everywhere in my flat 🤣🤣🤟
I'm really into getting video game art books now. I'd love to see you make a whole video dedicated to your collection of those and maybe a list of which ones are the best or must owns!
thanks for sharing your experiences johnny. looking forward to the videos you have planned
I love hearing your stories. Thank you for sharing
Gosh the orchestrated music is amazing on some of these games man, just hearing it must have been an experience back then. So glad your parents got you the TurboGrafx-16 / PC-Engine and thank you for sharing your enthusiasm man.
I really love your stories so much.❤
I like how John is starting to look more like David Lynch with his hairstyle. :)
I love your videos about this era of gaming that's just a little before my time, I always discover a game, series, or developer that I have to find a way to experience :)
Been a sub since the early days. Your passion is so genuine and beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
I personally don’t enjoy having more games than I can play. For anything I am interested in but know I won’t be able to play, I watch on CZcams or live out vicariously through channels like yours
Hah, that's me with TTRPG books. As long as you're having fun man, that's all that matters. Love your channel
I played Ys 8 and Origins because of your channel, then i went back and emulated Ys 1 and it blew my mind, one of my favorite gaming accomplishments from the last couple years was completing that game
I went digital a few years ago because I got tired of amassing physical games. I can't let myself get rid of my old games, but I did stop buying new ones.
Going fully digital is stupid as hell. That is all.
Going digital was smart as fuck. I've got a huge gaming library with me wherever I take my laptop, and I'm no longer losing space to games. I love it.
@@michaeloffgrid And you actually don't own anything and are at the mercy of whether a storefront wants you to still have access to anything. You also can't sell any of them on a secondary market. It's a waste of money. Good on you though
@@damonke79 I'm not worried about it. And I don't want to sell any of my games anyway. Like I said before, I'm not getting rid of any of my old games.
@@michaeloffgrid Yeah but you basically don't own anything you've bought for a few years. It's like renting instead of owning a house. You basically decided to rent instead of own. Horrible decision. There's no value in it....and you have no control. You can't play if the server goes down. Some games become unplayable if they decide to pull it from a storefront because of licensing issues. It's a horrible horrible decision to ever go fully digital. If you don't have access to good internet, you can't play.
I can go on and on and on about why physical is almost always the way to go. If there's no physical copy? Then I buy digital but only at a huge discount. But most of the time, I won't even buy a game that doesn't have a physical release. This isn't mentioning how the value of old games have doubled over the last three years and when the next consoles get announced without disc drives...ALL physical games will get a boost in value. Even PS4 and PS5 games will be worth more.
Really appreciate this video Johnny, definitely brought back memories for me when I bought a pc engine off a friend from school back in 1990-91… 😊
Thank you for sharing your memories and passion!
Amazing collection and passion! Loved the little white box, especially the shmups on it
Looking forward to more retrospectives from you!
Hey Johnny love your channel and the topics you cover. I am close to your age myself so I totally get where you are coming from. They simply don't make things like that anymore.
The PC Engine was such an ingenious piece of hardware. It feels like a combiner transformers. You attach the CD unit here, multiplayer adapter there and Bang! Now you have one killer looking console!
Watching you while waiting for my burger. Perfect this vid while waiting
@@kurisu3000breakfast burgers exist. Also, it's not morning everywhere.
Wonderful video Johnny, you really articulate well how we gamers feel about these games. They were so magical at the time and having them today lets us experience that magic again even if just a little bit.
Great video! On my end i may have gone a bit far i have about 450 switch games in my collection but i love it! Keep up the great work! Cheers from Montreal!
when you love something, no justification is needed! thank you for sharing not just an awesome collection, but your loving memories from this era in gaming
Listening to this at work, you threw me off with the guildford mall seing as I live in Guildford UK.
Bitmap books are awesome, I have the master system but reeeeally want the gameboy one.
Looking forward to some future PC Engine vids 😀
I chuckle slightly thinking about 5 minutes after this video when you're putting these away and I wonder if that passion fades ever so slightly. Love the channel as always!
Awesome video John! I just started collecting for the TurboGrafx a year ago because of you and I’m going for a full U.S. collection and I’m up to 60! Lol Love the PC Engine as well!
Loved this! Thanks for posting.
Wow…this is so great…keep it up man…I highly concur🤩
My wife and I are both artists in the game industry but the amount of art books we have collected is amazing and a problem at the same time, love your positivity man, very inspiring!
I really enjoy hearing your passionate talk about your hobby. Keep up with your hobby.
I agree with you about the PCE Engine/Turbo Grafx-16. Me and one other friend really got excited for this console back in the day thanks to shows like Video Power, magazines like Gamepro, and even commercial I would catch on tv for the TurboGrafx. We would eventually put our money together and buy one, trading it back and forth every weekend. It is a beast of a system just for its library alone. We both felt it never got the recognition it deserved. Hell I found your channel years ago looking for videos to watch about it on CZcams one day. It was that system that brought me here and why I became a fan of your channel lol. If you’re going to start making more dedicated episodes specifically for the system and it’s games this has me beyond excited!
I collect Dragon Quest merchandise 😂 I have so much, and sadly, i don't have the room to display most of it, so a lot of it is in storage. Someday I'll be able to spread out with it all, but it is not this day.
Dragon Quest/Warrior I was the first rpg I ever played, and my soft spot for it has only gotten larger as the years go by. The power of nostalgia 😊
Love your passion, Jhonny! If it weren't for you I wouldn't have even have about the PC engine!
Hey John, I love hearing you talk about your passion for video games. Although I never owned a TurboGrafx-16, it holds a special place in my memories too. Im 42 and actually live out in the fraser valley and i used to go to Guilford mall with my cousin who lived out there in the early 90s too.
My memories of first seeing TurboGrafx-16 were from when my parents took me to the PNE either late 80's or early 90's and seeing a big advertisement for it there....I was blown away and know exatly what you meant by it being cutting edge for the time. We were a Sega Master system house and this was amazing to me. But like you said, no internet and I didnt know anyone that owned one, but I remember playing the demo system they always had in radioshack stores in the mall local to me and loving Keith Courage game they mostly had in it.
We went on eventually to get a SNES as our next video game system....having more than one system didnt even seem like a possibility to me back then, but I still rember always having fond memories of that system that I never actually owned and only played ocationally.
Makes me think I really should track down a mini Turbo system that came out a couple years ago I believe.
Thanks for refreshing my memory but also sharing yours.
Thank you for this amazing video!
Lovely greetings from Berlin ❤
This is a cool video, genuine transparent and honest. Good job man.
How are you watching a 20 minute video in 11 minutes
I’m somewhat obsessed and always loved video games . Sad part is at 48 years old I don’t have many adults in my circle that love video games to talk about the games oh well. We have you happy console gamer. 👍