Pointless


As a retro video game fan I was let down by this. Didnt offer any insight into the retro game collecting scene or the people collecting retro games. Ok, we got a bit info on his dad an how evil he was for not playing games with his son. The "movie makers" are more or less just following this guy around attempting to get a cheap NES collection. Comes off as a bit of a scam actually, hustling cheap copies away from people and stores who want to be in the movie. Lame. And the guy giving away a copy of Stadium Events for a little fame... painful to watch.
No info on the total budget or how much he payed for the games - why not? A secret apparently.

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I agree. When I first heard of the film, it looked like a good idea. But now that I have whatched it, i can confirm that this is just another Game Chaser ripoff, only half the entertainment value, and not any originality at all. And why didn't he tell us what he paid for the games?

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8/10

I wish they make a 1.2 (or 2.0) edit of this movie with better graphics & narration (excluding the douche director talking)

I'm a NES collector, and this movie is just for us. And I HATE aswell that they didn't show the prices or budget. Making the movie totally lame.

I still give it an 8/10 mostly for the idea and the effort...

PD. Kudos to the production team. I'm open to be contacted.

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Considering you are a collector, I'd like to know your thoughts on the guy who gave up the two copies of Stadium Games. As the OP said, watching that was painful.

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This movie was kinda depressing. Not fun or exciting as it should have been.
What gets under my skin the most is the guy had money. Look at his place, look at his Star Wars collection and gaming stuff. Some of the stuff in his house cost thousands of dollars. Yet he goes on Kickstarter to have people give him money to buy himself yet more stuff he wants and probably doesn't deserve.
It's depressing.

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I also wanted to know the budget because were they also including travel in the overall budget or was that just for games? A more interesting twist that could have been that only the top 20 rare games that they had chosen could be purchased through private sellers, while the other 650 had to be purchased through stores, as he got a bunch from private sellers who seemed to have endless resources too, I mean just look at the basements for Stadium Events or the guy who never really sold from his personal collection, they have a few arcade consoles or thousands of games, which even when they were first released weren't really cheap. Hell Jay was able to apparently and comfortably travel around the country, NOT WORKING, and spend thousands of dollars on nearly 700 NES games. I like that their heart was in the right place with this documentary, but it left a lot to be desired.

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