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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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02:31:22

CQ 227 - Why YOU, a normal person, might want to...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/07/24

A basketball fan and a guy who doesn't watch sports cover four reasons you might collect perhaps the least collectible genre of video games.

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01:56:56

CQ 226 - It's Maybe A Good Time To Buy Games

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/07/09

Or as good as it might realistically get. Near term economic uncertainty aside, we're discussing some current and future factors that might have us looking back on today and saying "I wish I bought that before it blew up". Tools, charts, and ease of access to detailed information are unusually poor but there are numerous startups trying to improve this. The days of CIB Nintendo games costing 1.5x what cartridges do, let alone near mint copies, are NEVER coming back so it might be time to plan

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03:16:47

CQ 225 - The MOST Underrated and Overrated...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/06/25

Collecting is a weird hobby where the top things are often the top things just because they're the top things. We talk about, and disagree, on what some of the top things should and shouldn't be.

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01:57:42

CQ 224 - 3D Glasses: The Metaverse of the 80s/90s

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/06/12

We're talking about going straight into the matrix in the most classic fashion: with crappy little paper 3D glasses. We're talking about the most interesting games (and virtually every game) that includes pack-in 3D glasses.

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01:55:07

CQ 223 - 10 Sega Saturn Games We'd Start Our...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/05/28

We're talking about the first 10-ish Saturn games we'd collect at any budget because of all consoles maybe the US Saturn library isn't the best one to be poking around random cheaper games looking for gems.

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01:59:19

CQ 222 - Psychological Effects That Affect Collectors

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/05/19

We discuss the state of the video-screen laden amusement ride industry for 20 minutes, then go on to discuss a few psychological concepts that entrap us collectors like the sunk cost fallacy and endowment effect.

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02:43:50

CQ 221 - Disney Games (You've Probably Never Heard Of)

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/04/30

We're going deep into one of Johnny's niches: weird, weird Disney stuff. From various first appearances to inexplicable high quality Japanese exclusives to strangely rad computer games where Mickey has a gun.

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02:14:13

CQ 220 - Games You Simply Can't Collect

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/04/17

We're talking about digital games, mainframe games, lost games, and all manner of video games that we can't own that make our collections incomplete.

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02:13:29

CQ 219 - 10 Sega Genesis Games We'd Start Our...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/04/03

Hey, this one is a real episode! We're talking about the first 10 games we'd each start our Sega Genesis collection with, and what version of each. You'll never guess how many times Altered Beast on our lists!

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02:15:48

CQ 219X - So You Want To Collect Neo Geo

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/04/01

Learn what we know about Neo Geo. (This is the April Fools joke).

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01:53:51

CQ218 - When Are We Done Collecting?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/03/26

We're talking about the Sisyphusian cycle of finding new sets, new interests, new consoles and never being done with acquisitions. Is there ever a point where we are done and happy rather than burnt out?

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02:52:22

CQ 216 - How Many of Our Games Will the Future Even...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/03/11

We look back at the 30s, 40s, and 50s and only the absolute apex of pop culture media is well known by the average person. Within our lifetime, the vast majority of the dozens (or hundreds) of games we all thinks of as unyielding classics will discarded to the unremembered realm of obsolete media. We're taking a look through the lens of the not-too-distant future to see what might realistically be remembered if only around 1 game a year is known by the average player.

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00:48:39

CQ 217 - SideQuest Johnny AMA - Caution Not A Regular...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/03/08

Johnny does an Ask Me Anything session with members of the CQ Discord.This is not a standard episode, it is not collector focused, it is just me telling personal stories that have very little to do with gaming and answering questions about why, how, and what I collect.

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03:09:49

CQ 215 - So You Want To Collect Gamecube

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/02/20

We dive into Gamecube and the world of $1,000 Mickey Mouse sports games, impossible to find Pokemon games, and one of Nintendo's most vibrant lineups.

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03:01:57

CQ 214 - Collecting the Most Influential Games Ever

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/02/05

We're talking about collecting some of the most important and influential games of all time (that are possible to own, sorry The Sumerian Game fans). We only have 14 games, so get ready to write in with outrage that we didn't include Final Fantasy VII or Bloons Tower Defense 6!

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00:14:50

Collector's Edition 2: Funko Pop Primer in...

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/01/31

A primer to give the ground work on how to collect Funko Pops. Listen to the Dialogue Alley Podcast where we go into detail about Harry Potter Funko Pop collecting. https://www.dialoguealley.com/podcast

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02:15:07

CQ 213 - Collecting Mail Order Exclusives

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/01/23

We're talking about games and merch you could only acquire via the antiquated, arcane, annoying process of sending away for it by mail, you know like the way your grandma used to order things from magazines.

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02:24:36

CQ 212 - What Was Cool to Collect in the Mid 2000s?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2023/01/09

We're looking back at how and what COOL GUYS collected 15-20 years ago when we both started collecting. Before anyone cared about Hagane, Left Bros, and the yet-to-be-found sticker sealed Mario, everyone simply knew that unlicensed NES porn games would forever be the most desirable collectible games forever. A lot has changed.

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03:07:32

CQ 211 - What Happened and What Did We Collect in 2022?

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/12/24

We're looking at how we did in 2022. Did we achieve goals? Did we fail with bad purchases? Did we FOMO? What happened in the market? If you don't care how we're personally doing as collectors this probably isn't the episode for you!

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03:21:49

CQ 210 - So you want to collect... Nintendo Wii

The Collector"s Quest ·

2022/12/10

Wii wish you a Merry Christmas with a marathon length episode about perhaps the most popular, least collectible Nintendo console. Does it perhaps have more depth than you originally thought?? Or is it basically the small pile of games people care about and 1000 games no one does.

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