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The Collector"s Quest

Listen to the Collector"s Quest Podcast! Your resource for topics on game collecting, information, news, sets, variants, etc. If you collect retro games, or any video games, give us a listen!

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02:39:55

CQ 189 - The History (and present) of Collector's...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/03/01

We're looking back at some of the earliest games we could find that were called special editions, collector's editions, or limited editions to see when games stopped being media to deliver joy and started being junk to put on shelves. The earliest collector's edition is actually an ill researched and hard to define thing, so we're focusing on the older stuff in this episode!

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02:16:25

CQ 188 - The Worst Parts of Collecting Games

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/02/13

Game collecting is rough. We're all quitting! Not really, but we're spending the episode talking about some of the challenges or just bad aspects of the hobby, like I don't know, how it can take over your entire life, your finances, and all your space.

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02:27:48

CQ 187 - The Surprising Collectability of... the Wii U?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/01/30

Does anyone remember the Wii U? People are out there spending $1000s for certain Wii U games. Some games have doubled in price since late 2021. SINCE LATE 2021. Since no one has talked about it in 4 years, we're talking about some of the rare and obscure collectible stuff on Wii U.

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02:34:40

CQ 186 - Physical Games in the Upcoming Post-Physical...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/01/16

What will game companies to try to sell us to put on shelves once console physical media truly dies? Download codes with tchotchkes, some weird NFT thing, nothing at all? We're also talking about how companies like Konami are fleecing collectors in other collectibles with $1000 MSRP trading cards and wondering about super "high end" modern games and if we'll ever see them.

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02:59:30

CQ 185 - 2021: The Craziest Year in Game Collecting

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/01/03

We're looking back at the year where many games doubled in price... again, continuing trends from 2020, best, worst, and shameful buys, best and worst trends, and probably more because this show is very long.

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00:00:43

Nightmare On My Shelf

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/12/14

Nightmare On My Shelf by Johnny & Tyler

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02:04:52

CQ 184 - Obscure Games That Came with Presents!

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/12/12

For the holiday season, we're talking about a bunch of games that came with pack-in toys, books, and novelties, the collectibility of these types of games on N64, and if there's a modern day equivalent to game collecting knick knacker in chief: Working Designs.

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02:05:53

CQ 183 - Anything Interesting in that Wata Pop Report?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/12/03

As a Hanukkah gift to the people desperate for any scrap of info from Wata games, they dropped the report of at least what sealed NES games they've graded. We're going through it to find any surprises and talking about split reactions to the pop report. Somehow, there are simultaneously tons of sealed NES games that will crash the market yet everything is also so rare it's all going to the Bitcoin moon.

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02:17:01

CQ 182 - Collecting 10/10 Games for $10 Each

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/11/26

For this year's Black Friday blowout we're focused on some interesting, popular, and historic complete in box games you can get for ten whole bucks! If you're only focused on the trendiest games, the best stuff may seem unaffordable so we're talking about some good, ultra-affordable stuff anyone can add to their collection.

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01:30:56

CQ 181 - Are the "Holy Grails" Even Worth It?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/11/15

We're talking about what the GRAILS are. Do people still overuse the term. Is it worth even saving up for them? Why don't we have the discipline to get them?

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02:47:17

CQ 180 - Collecting the History of Survival Horror

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/10/31

Happy Halloween! We're talking about collecting the history of survival horror from pre-Resident Evil obscure computer games, to the game that changed the genre forever in the 2000s, to RE1 itself!

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01:52:39

CQ 179 - So You Want to Collect Halloween Games #4

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/10/18

Number 7 is so spooky you might pass out!! It's our annual Halloween game collecting episode, with some of our most obscure and interesting picks yet. Have you been waiting for the first episode where we talk about a Dragon 32/64 game? Because this is it!

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02:21:30

CQ 178 - Documenting Compulsive Collectors with...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/10/05

We're talking with director and Sega collector Edward Payson about his upcoming film Rarity: Retro Game Collecting in The Modern Era! We're also picking 3 games we'd keep if we had to start our collections over, talking some Atari porn games, and mooooore.

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01:53:14

CQ 177 - Games Based on the Best Cartoon Ever Made

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/09/19

It's Batman day! We're talking games based on Batman: The Animated Series aka The Adventures of Batman and Robin. A bunch of games with a same name that are different games, some have unappreciated collectability, and a couple games with rad music.

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02:32:58

CQ 176 - Finding Value in What the Market Doesn't Value

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/09/06

We're talking about collecting the cheap stuff. There are different collecting categories and different ways of thinking you can use to find interesting games to collect that aren't some NES black box hangtab that costs $100s now. Find your own niche and avoid the crowds!

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02:12:40

CQ 175 - Talking Karl Jobst's SCAM ALERT (also are...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/08/29

We're mostly talking about the Karl Jobst video on market manipulation and alleged fraud in the graded games market. If you haven't watched that video, go Google him and watch that first.

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03:02:13

Episode 174 - So you want to collect Turbografx-16

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/08/16

3 hours of collecting Hu Cards, pumping Soldier Blade, and dunking on Disney's Talespin: CQ attempts to find collecting nuance in a console where most people struggle to put together a library of less than 100 games.

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01:41:11

Episode 173 - You've completed "The Set". What now?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/08/01

So you finished the NES set (or... the licensed US cart only NES set minus SE). What can you do now in the hobby? We're talking things you can buy to better your set or things you can do to enjoy your collection without spending money once you've reached one of your goals!

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02:35:53

Episode 172 - Who's Buying Million Dollar Mario 64s?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/07/18

As very requested, we're discussing recent insane auction prices for graded games, who might've bought them and with what motivation, and talk high end market trends and how it might affect the real world game collecting market.

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00:01:03

Update: CQ is going back to an explicit rating

The Collector"s Quest ·

2021/07/18

Hi friends, quick update that the show is going back to an explicit rating and not bleeping swears. Not that CQ had the most kid-friendly language even bleeped, but this does make editing easier, is in line with other popular shows, will help the show come out on time.

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