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The Game Chasers

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  • #2
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Without a doubt one of my favourite 'YouTube series'. Been following those lads closely since day 1. Always an entertaining watch and often very funny. Dodongo is absolutely wild!


  • #3
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Without a doubt one of my favourite 'YouTube series'. Been following those lads closely since day 1. Always an entertaining watch and often very funny. Dodongo is absolutely wild!

    Dondongo is hillarious :D

    The 'Alriiiight!" guy is brilliant too, & also the other guy shouting "Woooo welcome to Game Chasers woooo!" :pac::pac:

    Great show though, no bullsh1t just hunting games & getting bargains


  • #4
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Would be interesting to see a similar show based on Adverts.ie....

    laptop-thief.jpg


  • #5
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Never heard of this, but just watched the first two eps and it's good craic. Amazing the amount of classic games stores in the states, I didn't realize they were so many.


  • #6
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Watched the latest episode and it's very entertaining alright. Proof of why the hunt 'IRL' is so much more thrilling than scouring ebay!

    That said, I'm not really convinced it's anything other than a slightly geekier Bargain Hunt, but hey we'll let them away with it ;) At least they know what a NES-001 is


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  • #7
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Never heard of this, but just watched the first two eps and it's good craic. Amazing the amount of classic games stores in the states, I didn't realize they were so many.

    You'd never heard of it?? Ah man its very good...it really gets good about midway into the first season
    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Watched the latest episode and it's very entertaining alright. Proof of why the hunt 'IRL' is so much more thrilling than scouring ebay!

    Indeed, & they address this very question in one of the Episodes. Someone asked them why they don't just buy online instead of wasting fuel/energy driving around buying them manually. The thrill of the hunt is the answer they gave :)


  • #8
    ghostchant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    I'm definitely an advocate of the 'thrill of the hunt', I might be the only person knocking around this forum who's still never used eBay :)


  • #9
    Roar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    watched all the episodes recently enough. It's very professionally made, and the two guys are quite funny. The Flintstones incident in episode 8 was great!

    Ever since I got the RetrowareTV app I've been watching retro gaming videos in bed at night before going to bed, the missus thinks I'm cracked.


  • #10
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Finally got around to watching this. Love it, thanks for posting it up, im up to episode 9 now. They made me go to two car boot sales this weekend...


  • #11
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    keithgeo wrote: »
    Finally got around to watching this. Love it, thanks for posting it up, im up to episode 9 now. They made me go to two car boot sales this weekend...

    Brilliant isn't it. Really puts you in the mood to buy though


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  • #12
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Brilliant isn't it. Really puts you in the mood to buy though

    Yeh its really good, makes you realise how bad we have it over here! everywhere they go there are retro games.


  • #13
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Why does Billy always look like he's been crying?
    Also its also amazing how stingy they are, imagine their offers on adverts.ie to some of those crazy overpriced adverts "I'll give ya a buck a piece"


  • #14
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    CathalDublin wrote: »
    Why does Billy always look like he's been crying?

    i was thinking that too, weird.


  • #15
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    keithgeo wrote: »
    Yeh its really good, makes you realise how bad we have it over here! everywhere they go there are retro games.

    It's brilliant, but for the above reason, I find it very hard to watch!


  • #16
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I watched it earlier, still cant believe he got a tekken cab up and running for 110 dollars.


  • #17
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I watched it earlier, still cant believe he got a tekken cab up and running for 110 dollars.

    Ya the prices in general seem to be fairly disgusting compared to what we pay over here for stuff..


  • #18
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I watched it earlier, still cant believe he got a tekken cab up and running for 110 dollars.

    My Tekken 3 cab cost me €100...it was en route to a skip from an arcade in town so I gave it a new home


  • #19
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    EnterNow wrote: »
    My Tekken 3 cab cost me €100...it was en route to a skip from an arcade in town so I gave it a new home

    Nice! how can people throw these things out!


  • #20
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    keithgeo wrote: »
    Nice! how can people throw these things out!

    One mans treasure is another mans unwanted junk. There's no accounting for taste :D


  • #21
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    EnterNow wrote: »
    One mans treasure is another mans unwanted junk. There's no accounting for taste :D

    I have junk that's needs shifting, it's mostly hairy cat blankets though. Trade?


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  • #22
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    I've not watched a single episode of these :eek:
    Do I need to watch them in order or can I start at the new eps and work backwards?


  • #23
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Steve SI wrote: »
    I've not watched a single episode of these :eek:
    Do I need to watch them in order or can I start at the new eps and work backwards?

    Best to watch them from the start.


  • #24
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Anyone fancy making an Irish version?! :pac:


  • #25
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone fancy making an Irish version?! :pac:

    Well I've got the camera and sound gear for another little while and a crew on standby :)
    Imagine how boring it would be filming the various markets around Dublin and Ireland in general. "Oh look, some PS2 games, wow".

    We could always fake it like they do on "American Pickers" :)


  • #26
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone fancy making an Irish version?! :pac:

    It'd be three minutes long, and it'd be on Adverts even quicker.


  • #27
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    I've not watched a single episode of these :eek:
    Do I need to watch them in order or can I start at the new eps and work backwards?

    Watch them from the start, some of the gags are somewhat long running {ie the alright guy} etc. They're addictive, & really make me wanna buy things when i watch them.

    The Irish version would be balls, the retro scene here is so hit & miss....& with prices fluctuating daily one days bargain would be another days rip off :rolleyes:


  • #28
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    EnterNow wrote: »
    with prices fluctuating daily one days bargain would be another days rip off :rolleyes:

    RAGE-ing when that happens........


  • #29
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,488 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    I now know why I was so crap at gaming...

    I needed to wear my cap at a jaunty angle

    How does this look? - should improve my shump score no end

    5520087216_9e23140651_s.jpg

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #30
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    I now know why I was so crap at gaming...

    I needed to wear my cap at a jaunty angle

    How does this look? - should improve my shump score no end

    5520087216_9e23140651_s.jpg

    Ciderman?


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  • #31
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Ciderman?

    Nah, too much hipsterism to be Cidey....Johnny?


  • #32
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Watched the first 2 episodes of this last night, and then went on to watch another 12 :eek:
    Very addictive little show.


  • #33
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Watched the first 2 episodes of this last night, and then went on to watch another 12 :eek:
    Very addictive little show.

    Told ya'll


  • #34
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    EnterNow wrote: »
    the retro scene here is so hit & miss....& with prices fluctuating daily one days bargain would be another days rip off :rolleyes:

    Thats just how Game Chasin' Go.. :pac:


  • #35
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    The thing is, we have the people here on A&R who could really pull off an Irish version of this show. We have the skill set, the equipment and certainly a few people with some personality and quirks (you know, weirdos :) ) that would make it at least interesting to watch.
    We just dont have any shops or markets worth a damn :(


  • #36
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    The thing is, we have the people here on A&R who could really pull off an Irish version of this show. We have the skill set, the equipment and certainly a few people with some personality and quirks (you know, weirdos :) ) that would make it at least interesting to watch.
    We just dont have any shops or markets worth a damn :(

    But the accent, the godawful Irish accent just doesn't translate well onto camera :( We could get the pyongster to overdub our voices with cool professional sounding English accents :D


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  • #37
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    EnterNow wrote: »
    But the accent, the godawful Irish accent just doesn't translate well onto camera :( We could get the pyongster to overdub our voices with cool professional sounding English accents :D

    I could dig back to my childhood in America and use that accent :D
    I was in Boston so its not that hill-billy inbred pig rapist accent like a lot of the folk on Game Chasers, but its something :eek:

    Edit:
    And just on the Irish accent. It may not translate very well to film but as someone who's travelled a bit for work and pleasure I think it's probably the most loved accent there is abroad. Also, I'm sure a lot of people here who travel around will agree it certainly helps with the foreign ladies :D
    Of course I'm not counting Cork or Limerick accents here, you guys suck!! :eek: :D
    I'm joking of course:cool:


  • #38
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    No one ever notices that I'm Irish when I'm abroad. Even when I was younger, people who didn't know me well thought I was English.
    Dunno why I said sound, fair and all that other stuff. I could be the voice. And I think we should call it The Super Pal Friends Show


  • #39
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    I was in Boston so its not that hill-billy inbred pig rapist accent like a lot of the folk on Game Chasers, but its something :eek:

    Did you hear your man in the flea market, "I pass a lot of gas." He was basically saying all he does for the day is fart & sell stuff :D

    Amateur Irish acents on film just makes me cringe, turn on Fair City if you wanna ee what its like :o


  • #40
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    No one ever notices that I'm Irish when I'm abroad. Even when I was younger, people who didn't know me well thought I was English.
    Dunno why I said sound, fair and all that other stuff. I could be the voice. And I think we should call it The Super Pal Friends Show

    Then you are under utilising your natural Irish powers.
    When I was a single man in a foreign bar or night club I would sometimes pump my Irishness all the way up to 11 :)


  • #41
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Did you hear your man in the flea market, "I pass a lot of gas." He was basically saying all he does for the day is fart & sell stuff :D

    Amateur Irish acents on film just makes me cringe, turn on Fair City if you wanna ee what its like :o

    No!! NEVER!!! EVER!!


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  • #42
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    No!! NEVER!!! EVER!!

    As Retr0 would say, the truth hurts :D


  • #43
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Then you are under utilising your natural Irish powers.
    When I was a single man in a foreign bar or night club I would sometimes pump my Irishness all the way up to 11 :)

    I got by without it, just about.


  • #44
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    I was wondering what all the
    "I could have just downloaded the rom, maybe I was scammed"
    lines were about in the current episode...but twigged its obviously in reference to the bell-ends going on about the
    Cheetamen 2 'scam' which Billy & Jay were attcked over, not to mention James Rolfe & Mike Matei


  • #45
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    EnterNow wrote: »
    I was wondering what all the "I could have just downloaded the rom, maybe I was scammed" lines were about in the current episode...but twigged its obviously in reference to the bell-ends going on about the Cheetamen 2 'scam' which Billy & Jay were attcked over, not to mention James Rolfe & Mike Matei

    Spoilers, Yo!


  • #46
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Spoilers, Yo!

    Sheet man, je'zus, I like tod'aly forgot yo :o


  • #47
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Sheet man, je'zus, I like tod'aly forgot yo :o


    breakingbadyx.jpg


  • #48
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Ok, well I've now watched them all.
    Really like the show and I just wish they had more funds to grab a bit more of that retro goodness that appears to be all around them.
    Man, we really have nothing in Ireland with regards to retro games :(
    The RAGE looks even crappier in my eyes after watching all these episodes.

    I also grabbed the free Retroware TV iOS app to get the latest episodes and check out the other shows. App unfortunately isnt fantastic.

    Link:
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/retrowaretv/id492170716?mt=8


  • #49
    [Deleted User]
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    I heart this thread. Such a cool & fun show. It must be nice living in a country where there's enough of a population to actually sustain a retro collecting hobby/habit without buying everything off of fleabay...


  • #50
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    That '$1 a cart' stuff makes me sick :(


  • #51
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Christ on a bike Cheetahmen 2 looks brutal but expensive.
    http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Cheetahmen-II-Nintendo-NES-/101656133


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