This film is a love letter to video game collectors, no matter how they collect. It not only pays homage to the O. G. Collectors, but all those that came after, or are starting out. Anyone with nostalgia for Video Games will find enjoyment in this. The director featured Video Game enthusiasts from all aspects of Video Games, from the very first consoles all the way through the original Nintendo, Sega, Sony PlayStation & Microsoft Xbox eras.
It shines a light on different types of Video Game collecting, whether they collect loose cartridges, artwork, Complete in box Video games and even the burgeoning scene of Original Factory-sealed, graded game Collectors and the exciting market that has followed.
The theatre was buzzing, even those like my wife & daughter that have little involvement with video game collecting, found the film very informative & entertaining.
The production is top-notch & the sets are all shot in the locations of these avid collectors, with intruiging backstories of their own.
Rarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era
2021
Documentary
Rarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era
2021
Documentary
Plot summary
Interviews with casual retro game collectors to collectors with the most expensive retro game collections in the world
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
June 22, 2023 at 03:23 PM
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Epic & inspiring
Like stepping into a retro game store, but with a high class air
This documentary will make u feel like you went back in time to the 80s to 90s, or u took a trip to a retro arcade.
Seeing video games as a collector's game is on a whole different level.
Starts fun, has a weird WATA ad in the middle, ends pretty good
Look, I have no issues with collectors. I have a (modest) video game collection myself.
I do think the time spent on sealed games and the hype on their importance was a bit of a waste.
BTW, I am far from jealous of sealed games. I've owned them and simply opened them because I think these things are meant to be played (but this is just my opinion).
The assumption (and insistence) that anyone that has issues with WATA (and their practices) and the overhype on sealed games is simply "being jealous" was certainly overplayed in the doco. I think they could have balanced the opinions by addressing the fact that this hobby was available to all, but due to people buying up huge swathes of copies, it has pretty much cut people from the hobby. Once again, not my jealousy as I'm good with what I have, but I know many others that are now locked out. It's just a shame is all. Most hobbies end up as rich people time wasters, so I guess it was inevitable.
There are some interesting things here (rare consoles and one-offs) and some good personalities, just skip the ad in the middle and it's far more enjoyable.