NOW Is The Time To Collect Handheld Consoles | Don't Sleep On Handheld Gaming
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- NOW Is The Time To Collect Handheld Consoles | Don't Sleep On Handheld Gaming
On today's episode of Gaming Off The Grid, we discuss our thoughts on collecting hand held consoles. We think NOW is the time to start collecting for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. The ship has already sailed for the PlayStation Vita. Don't miss the boat this time.
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Crazy timing!! Just picked up a midnight purple 3ds in box with Pokémon x for $50 on the way to work an hour ago lol
That is an awesome get!
That's a crazy bargain 👍
I recently bought a Black 3DS with 4 games including New Super Mario Bros for $80 CAD from a seller on Facebook marketplace. It was missing the stylus, AR Cards and original box for the handheld and games but I still think it was a great deal all things considered.
One awesome thing that’s missed about the Vita- a lot of great classic PS1 titles on the PS Store for like $5-10. My Vita has become my PS1 machine for the most part
I've been meaning to buy a whole bunch of PSP games on the PS Vita store but I'm having a hard time deciding which ones I want given I can only but so many game before my proprietary micro SD card fills up.
ps1 isn’t meant for small screens
I work overnights so I've always been into handhelds! I picked up pretty much everything I wanted for Vita about 5 years ago when they were cheap.
You're right about DS-3DS. Those games are starting to jump up in price! If you see a copy of the DS game Wizard of Oz Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, grab it! It's a legit JRPG with an Oz theme.
Crushed it at Garage sales for DS finds and Wii U this summer.
Right you are about kids moving out and unloading their old games. So many parents were just selling it off for nothing. So good
Great advice guys. I’ve been collecting for all handhelds for a few years now so I’m way ahead of the curve. Love handheld gaming just as much as I do home console gaming. Something about it just being so easy to play almost anywhere is fantastic. I love hearing you guys talk about handheld games and dipping your toes into it. They really dearest more love and respect. Awesome video as always guys!
I recently discovered this channel, (like around a month ago) and right now this is one of my favorite channels. these kind of videos have been very helpful for collecting and also just entertaining in general. keep it up guys!
Of course! The DS line specifically its very important to own, because you can't really emulate the experience in any other device.
It needs the stylus, it needs the two screens, it needs the multiplayer, and it definitely needs that 3D slider!
it's possible on laptops but def doesn't feel the same
I wasn't into handhelds, because I am old and was stuck with tiger handhelds, but collected the ds variants for the kids a couple of years ago. I can't believe how valuable they already are. My boys each have a wedge 2ds and I'm storing the boxes. I was able to be picky and have pokemon black, sun and moon CIB from a garage sale.
Absolutely! I started picking up handhelds four years ago and have 186 units thus far and counting - including 20 Vitas of various colors of both console types. I love em, I can't stop - I'm sick.
You Guys should do an episode of your arcade memories as a kid in the 90’s.
Huh 🤔? These are kids. They were baby’s
@@specialformula14 thank you for the information
The best way to enjoy a handheld is by travelling. I loved my DS when I was travelling long distance for work years ago. But during the pandemic I couldn’t last more than a few minutes. But yup, I’ve been collecting it for a while now. Tip for anyone looking; Zelda games are still criminally cheap and are bound to boom in a few years
Great episode guys. I love my Handhelds and even have a custom Display tower for them. I made it out of an old DVD storage tower. Lynx, Nomad, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, GBA, GBA SP, PSP, 3DS, and Vita. I love them all.
Just a little "pro-tip" on the PSP, which applies to both games and movies... grab a component video cord. If you have a television that supports that hookup, you can play your PSP on your television. Actual PSP games are windowed, but any downloaded PS1 titles and UMD movies get blown up to full screen, and the latter look as good as a DVD does.
Great tip. To add onto that, some of the HDMI and VGA convertor boxes for the PSP's component out will also stretch PSP games to full screen.
Im so glad to see yall covering handhelds finally
This whole pandemic really accelerated the time frame for the Vita and the 3DS they almost quadrupled in price
One thing I think you forgot to mention about hand held is counterfeit/ reproduction carts is a huge problem and can be hard to spot .. that activity is what I think keeps that market depressed not everyone is an expert
This is a problem for most handheld devices. The Switch is probably one that will be hard to hack. It is possible but with constant updates, it's going to be a hassle to do so.
You're so right! DS carts are the worst. You can't open them to inspect the contents without destroying the shell. :(
I've actually researched the subject quite a bit, starting with GBA carts. In the case of DS cards, you can only check the circuitry on the back and compare the production numbers. The last bootleg card I had made loud noises when my DS was closed.
I really wish I don't buy these counterfeit by mistake when I find a DS game on sale. It would suck knowing that I basically got ripped off buying a fake when I could've just emulated those games myself at no cost.
As someone who was a kid in the 2000s and early-2010s, I can confirm that we all used to just throw away DS cases lol. Wish I could go back and stop myself. Kept my PSP and 3DS cases, though. Didn't make the same mistake twice.
Personally I think the PSP ship is sailing right now at this second. A number of games I paid a couple bucks for maybe 10 years ago are going for well over 100-150, others in the 50ish range. I have a few psp-1000 units and a single silver psp-2000 unit, most with cfw since that was my jam back in the mid 00s. Wish I had more batteries for em.
Also very glad I copped a Vita 1001 with a few games and accessories about 5 years ago for 100 from a mini flea market my friend's sister set up at her bar, nice little venue that does metal shows n whatnot. Considering they're like 275+ now just for the system...
But yeah, the second hand "wild" finds have literally almost dried up. I built 85% of my collection on stuff from garage/tag/yard sales or flea market finds for nothing. That ain't the case now. Everyone getting pegged by the market these days.
Only thing saving the PSP right now is that most of the catalog is still available digitally on the PS3 store. When Sony finally kills that things will go nutz.
Yes I still have my original Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Sega Game Gear, Psp, Gameboy Advanse SP also Nintendo 2DS. Finally Nintendo 2DS 2XL! Keep on collecting and keep on gaming!
Not a big handheld guy either but the 3DS has some great games! I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't do the 3d for long either!
I’m really glad you guys talked about this - back in 2019, I started collecting and fixing broken ds consoles back in early 2019 (self taught because I wanted to make a ds neon macro from broken ds lites) and now my collection has grown by a lot!!! Im not kidding, it’s insane!! I also cover pocket emulation devices as well on my channel. my knowledge on how to fix has grown, just in time too, I got in right before it all got crazy. I now mod all Gameboys, Gameboy advance(s), game gears (although not my favorite) and a few newer handhelds like the 3ds and dsi xls / tootles!
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IMHO there's one very good reason to collect 3DS.....and this assumes you actually 'like' the 3D effect......you can't emulate the 1:1 experience of the 3D effect/dual-screen on any other device.
The most games on the handheld gaming device are the Nintendo Switch.
I was 11 when the ds came out so weird seeing it be retro now
Everyone needs to jump on the Vita NOW
Best show on RUclips for games and good vibes. Killin it.
Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoy. Cheers!
If you have a model 2000 or 3000 PSP you can get a component cable for it to play games on TV and I will sometimes watch the UMD movies on my Sony Trinitron CRT.
I used my 2000 with composite on my in-dash dvd player in my car instead of the ps2 I originally had hooked up. Yeah, I'm that old. Did use the component on my LCD tv at the time too.
Hardcore Vita collector here! That console is sooo much fun to collect for. Prices are starting to get crazy so grab what u want now. It's just gonna keep getting worse. Limited Run is basically done with Vita games, the last place to actually pick up new Vita games is Playasia. They are publishing the last few Vita titles.
Awesome as always guys and glad to see you talk about handhelds as you generally do not cover them as often. It is a great time for those you mentioned and agree with your points. I was lucky enough to collect Vita prior as I always loved it and managed to get everything I wanted at great price prior to the rise. Keep it up and thanks for the advice as always.
Got the Hyrule Shield 3ds before the pandemic at GameStop. Showed my wife the prices a few days ago. Insane how expensive the collector variants are currently.
That's insane. $500-$600. Glad I bought it for $150. I knew back then that it's going to be a hefty price later on.
This is so true I found three cib copies of Drill Dozer and Klonoa 1+2 on the Gameboy advance.A cib rule of rose for only a hundred bucks.Panzer saga and earthbound complete for 3 hundred. You truly have to be ahead of the curve.its insane but so exciting since from childhood through adulthood gaming and fun of the medium is timeless! 👏🏽I bought a vita at launch and have every game I want but I am happy vita and Wii u are getting a second ❤️life.
I being buying alot of 3ds games recently, love my 3ds , still need to get a few that I like.
I bought a Series X with the money made from selling my Vita 1000. This will help you put things into perspective to how the value of the Vita has shot up.
This video is right on point. I own a number of handhelds that are collecting dust right now. Maybe I'll clean them up and unload them. I think I have a 1st gen vita, an original 2DS, and a GBA SP. I have lots of "AAA" handheld titles too. I also love my Wii U, just for the record. Love your channel and awesome content as usual.
The reason why pawn shops and similar places don't usually have game cases, manuals and their paperwork is because they occupy space that could be used for home appliances and articles that they consider more important. Besides, pawn shop workers tend to think they are worthless. But they aren't! If they knew how much the cases and their included material influence the price of any given game, they wouldn't throw them to the thrash can and would happily treat them just as well as the actual games.
It isn't just pawn shops I remember GameStop got rid of all the cases for the Xbox 360 and PS3 games when they were clearing out their inventory and we're just selling the games in a plastic sleeve with the cover around it. In some cases I did ask for the case itself and they did have it but other times it was just a plastic sleeve and that was it which sucks when I want to actually put the game on my shelf has the game just themselves just stick out amongst my row of perfectly aligned game cases.
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I've been thinking of grabbing a GBA SP or GBA micro, and a PS Vita. I kinda regret getting rid of my Vita. I had a white vita and paid only $110.00 for it at a pawn shop and this was around the time they were going for $200 brand new. It wasn't any I wanted on the system at the time so traded it for a 3DS XL
So glad I have both a White OLED psvita and a US Aqua Slim model.
@retroholic couldn’t agree more with him, yesterday I picked up a DSi for $30 at a thrift store, looking forward to owning a copy of chrono trigger, along many other classics. I had the 3DS and after deployment sold it, should have kept it oh well lol.
You should collect handheld gaming. I've been collecting sega game gear games
I’m still a huge handheld gamer. I moved to PC 5-6 years ago but I’ve grown up with psp and mostly game boy and DS so for me there will always be sentimental value to them. Plus there’s nothing like chillin on my couch or going to the toilet with my portable gaming system. I own all the major handhelds from the DS on.
I love handheld gaming consoles. The last time I buyed a brand new handheld gaming console was the Pikachu Nintendo 3DSXL before it was discontinued and I love it. Cool video. ^_^
I got head of the game years ago for getting a Silver CIB PSP 3000 from Japan and the Gundam Edition White PSVita CIB from there as well, even getting the 3DS SNES edition and now they go for ALOT of money for these handhelds compared to my Pokemon Gameboy Color, Original Gameboy and Sega Game Gear, they're still a bit cheap and the games are there for getting loose copies on the cheap.
Have you guys ever gone to a pawn shop and found their prices a little bit too high? The pawnshops around here (central Florida) used to check the prices of items out of the internet based on Gamestop & eBay (and I guess they were going for the highest sold or highest bidder price) best example I can give you was a Mario Kart (can't remember which, but I think it was for the 3DS) they were selling it at Gamestop price. Used, NOT new in box or anything like that. We all know the Gamestop horror stories.
Definitely. Honestly at least half, probably more, in our area price high. We find the best luck at "franchise" type of pawns. But even those vary from store to store. EZ Pawn is a good spot for us. Best of luck out there hunting. Cheers!
My gameboy color solidified my love of gaming as a kid. Keep up the good videos guys! Love listening to u both talk about games
DS is definitely great to collect for right now!! I'm amazed you guys can find decent Vita deals, that's awesome, definitely grab those while you can!
Great episode guys
I have an unopened Metroid 3DS system I was checking out on eBay last night.. $1500 lol
I got my 3DS, Vita and PSP Go and dock this year
I legit used to game off the grid with my 3ds about 10 years ago. Just the wilderness and Mario. (:
I used to play a lot of mario kart 7 on my 3ds ;)
@@BlehEdits you may beat me at 8 but you cant touch me with my cyber slick tires in 7.
I am sitting on two 2ds(the doorstoppers as you called them). Think they both need new screens. Need to get on it and fix them.
I love collecting handhelds the only one I am missing is original Gameboy and Gameboy color , my favourite is psp go and vita.
I got my vita for £35 the only thing is that if had broken L trigger I replaced the flex cable and changed the shell to a white one and it's like new
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Best way to get a vita is EBay from Japan, the Japanese Vita will play North American games
And most of the time they come CIB and in excellent condition. Got a Sapphire Blue PS Vita 1000 from Japan, near mint. 3 vitas and 61 physical games as of now
And they had such great colors in Japan!
If you happen to find a 3DS xl or standard 3DS I wouldn’t sleep on those either if they’re cheap. You can make it a 2ds just by never pushing the slider up.
Are the 3-D S xl still overpriced last time I checked they were going for like 4 500 bucks
Dude the 3DS XL i love it ! When you learn to play with it youll never want to go back to 2DS. I find it very intriguing how they made it possible ! It improves the quality of the image by alot and it feels like ur inside the game ! My parents tested my 3ds and they said the 3D mode had better visual and realism than 2d
Its crazy how youtubers tell you to do something way before prices make large jumps. And they typically don't shutup about needing to buy until after its made at least one jump
@@ZumbeeYTB They aren't reseller but boy they sure do sell games when the price jumps up enough. Creating an artificial demand spike is their bread and butter
Boy you said it. This past year I bought a New 3DS XL and a PS Vita 1000 model. Both jailbroken of course. I've been playing them way more than my home consoles. It's just so easy and convenient to turn them on whenever while I am in the middle of something else and bust through a few levels then close it and return to what I'm doing. Next up, a Switch and a Steam Deck.
I was very fortunate to have gotten a PlayStation portable at my local value village for a measly $14.99 CAD in its original box with all the cables, manuals and a memory card. The only thing missing was the battery which wasn't a big deal since I ended up ordering a two pack off of Amazon which wasn't all that expensive. Unfortunately for me I picked it up right after the PSP store was shut down for good so the only way I can play any digital PSP games would be to purchase it on a PlayStation Vita or PS3 and then transfer it to the system which is a bit of a hassle but at least I still have a means of getting some of the PSP games that I've never played before.
The 3D is nice to have as an option.
Nice man, I have the Metallica UMD too lml
Picked up a Mario 25th anniversary DSi XL at a pawn shop for $40 today. Great timing on this video.
Loving the Halloween set guys!
I just pick up a psp and a game gear they both are my favorite console
I have a small handheld collection of games. Mainly 3ds, I have multiples of all my favorite handhelds though and hack them
Around me, that ship sailed two years ago. I specialize in collecting modern handheld stuff, and DS, 3DS PSP and vita consoles and software are already nuts. I just paid $250 for a 2DSXL loose, no box. My local game store has a Zelda new 3DS XL, they want $400.
I regret not being able to get a new 3DS XL just because that is the definitive 3DS model in my opinion in terms of what you can do. At launch it was $239.99CAD + tax and decided to wait to see if the price would drop significantly like it did with the Nintendo DS which went down well under $100 around the time it was being discontinued. I did however get lucky and and got myself a new 2DS XL for about $129.99 CAD plus tax about 3 years ago so it's not like I'm completely out of luck.
I think the 2 DS XL is going to be one of the most expensive hand held consoles in the future due to it being one of the last handheld's being released and I feel like a lot of people didn't buy them because most people who wanted one already had a 3 ds or the flat 2ds.
Imo the best New 3ds looking handheld is the Fire Emblem Fates edition. And it very expensive to buy these days. I was lucky enough to get it for $200
I was going all-in on the PS Vita, but then the Switch came, and that for me is the handheld option. That being said, I completely agree with the vast majority of your assessment on handheld gaming. Cheers
Psp had a cable that would allow it display on tv on the later models. So it was way ahead of its time. I got 5 psp games thrifting cib and one was castlevania dracula x and metal slug anthology to name a few so I am a hand held collector
THe handjeld that I'm collecting for right now is the Game Gear. I have a Game Gea5r that is IPS LCD and USB-C Lithium battery power modded and I am loving it. Games are still cheap. The local game store has some for as low as $2
Game Gear is a great handheld! We have a small collection for it but enjoy it very much! 🍻
I agree, the time is now for ds and psp. But like you guys said, I think the vita ship started leaving the port 2 years ago. Now it’s working up to full speed. I’m SOO thankful I got the bulk of my vita collection a few years ago because it’s very uncommon for me to find any now. I love handheld gaming!
Been trying to find a New 3DSXL to compliment my handheld collection.
Currently own a New 2DSXL, a 3DS, a 3DSXL, as well as PSP and Vita.
There’s so much that can be done in the home brew scene on all of these, and they really are fun to collect games for.
I freaking love the DS. Been playing Dawn of sorrow on it, love it. Hope they bring the DS games to switch like they did with the GBA Castlevanias.
If they brought the gba for Castlevania on all systems, they probably bring the DS Castlevania to all systems as well. Kinomi has already done many other collections in the past prior to gba Castlevania.
@@tr1bes true, they'd probably bring them to Xbox, PlayStation and PC as well.
I LOVE dedicated handhelds!!
THANKFULLY, I pretty much got ALL of the games I could possible want for the SONY PSP/SONY PS VITA/NINTENDO 3DS!
I've always enjoyed watching your content guys! Keep up the good work 👌
3DS consoles here in NZ are still expensive. Cheapest 2DS console is $90 and they sell fast.
I have a sealed "Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior" UMD I bought for $6 on ebay. Also a five or six disc set of Family Guy UMDs, the first two seasons that I had given to me for free. My PSP won't read UMDs anymore, if you guys want either I'd be happy to send them to you
I still have my original DS so I can play my Game Boy Advance games. And the PlayStation Vita library is divided to I don't know what percentage like some PSP and Vita games are on PlayStation consoles like the Patapon series got ported to the PlayStation 4 and some Vita games like Persona 4 Golden is on PC. So if I want to play Persona 4 Golden or any games I have on my Steam library portability I might invest in Steam's handheld device down the line
Another awesome video!
Would be cool if you guys could talk about the NEO-GEO in a future episode!
Awesome video guys!
I got some nice DS games a few years ago. Man! those were cheap!. I got the three Castlevania games , chrono trigger, the world ends with you, etc. I now started buying the 3DS games for cheap as well, I agree these are going te get expensive in a few years.
for me it seems like collecting is being the caretaker these consoles because there's still a lot of fun to be had even after a console expires is still custom firmware to show and no expired ID now if we can get custom servers with custom firmware that would be even better one can dream
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I don't think handhelds are really that big of a deal because of how easy it is to mod and add games. Unless you want to play all original, the games are useless but the hardware is great. The time is way past on the vita and ds for quality games. If you want the hardware, shop for Japanese stores. The conditions are typically really good and priced way down compared to the markup in the US.
Love these videos they help me alot
I picked up a 3ds and a bunch of games at a garage sale a few years ago and one game in the bundle was more than I paid. And I'm not even a handheld gamer.
Thats awesome man! Its great finding deals like that! Cheers!
I mean like I would like to get a handheld.
I love my 2DS XL. I bought it from Walmart when they were discontinuing it for $100. It's pretty easy to mod and I put a 256G memory card in it. I play 3ds, ds, gba, gbc, nes, snes, and sega. It's my go-to system now. PSP is also great when modded. I play PSP and ps1 on it. am looking forward to the steam deck next.
You tried a Vita yet?
I have a modded 2DSXL, and a modded Vita.
You really don’t need anything else after that 😃
Great vid! I'm definitely going to try to finish my DS collection asap now :) and still loving the beer reviews!
PSP ISOs run very well on a jailbroken PS3
I have a day one vita that I got from gamestop 1 week early as a preorder bonus. So I got an early adopters bundle for the vita with little deviants..plus mine has the oled screen and the AT&T SIM card still in it. Plus I did watch a movie on pap I watched van wilder on psp umd
I agree with pretty much everything you guys said (not ass kissing), I personally think that because of its modding capabilities and low file size ROM-wise, the PSP is one of the most underrated handhelds of all time!!
The PSP is also my favorite. It's power and level of graphics is right in the sweet spot for my tastes. Like a Playstation 1.5 and so much of the library is available cheap digitally.
New 3DS XL are also very nice if you can find one cheap.
Big fan of Ds, and gameboy advance SP unbeliveably good handheld system. And you can play all the old carts with a back light.
For hand helds you could have a entire collection in couple of shoe boxes, if the games are loose. The PSP not so much.
If they are boxed, shelves.
Im selling all my games.. Just not the handheld system.. Gonna mod them and still have the games.. Making a pretty penny
Playing a lot on a handheld. From the gameboy all the way through the psvita. Also because of my work the handheld was the way to play some games. A tip, if you come across a playstationtv for a nice price than buy it. It Lets you play vita games on the tv.
I’d also agree with getting onboard with ds stuff. I recently sold Pokémon black 2 just for the cart for $100 and I got that game in a bundle for next to nothing so pretty much anything Pokémon for the ds or 3ds especially CIB if u can find cheap then pick them up for sure
Great advice, definitely the time to be picking this stuff up right now 👍
Have you got your hands on Atari Lynx? Was made way before it's time.
I have held one, and played one. Born in ‘86 but it was late ‘90s when it happened. But to answer your question we don’t have one in the collection yet unfortunately. Cheers!
That's why I have my phone and I'm getting the steam dick and I have a switch but obviously it's a light so I can't jailbreak he'll do anything it says buy games when it comes and I've got a couple games and I've got a free games are on disc what I mean on whatever on a cartridge is it still fascinating that Nintendo still uses cartridges even that it's just the fact that they still is space obviously as much bigger than a Nintendo DS but it's still fascinated to see that from a floppy disk to a cartridge to a smaller cartridge to SD card to a CD to a DVD to a Blu-ray data has never changed I've got a bigger but it's still able to compile it down to a much smaller size to fit on something classic that I can't wait in like 20 years and I look back in tendo switch and black wow the fact that I just imagine trainers learn we still using cartridges for Nintendo lovely told me that I was going to be amazing thinking well like these is company is serious like they really don't want to leave there are always behind which I admire them for that like look at PlayStation they haven't changed I have changed the pizza place to control up but they haven't changed the way kind of is it still reminds me of the super Nintendo entertainment system controller with grips and I love it obviously there they've changed you designed to make it more less Nintendo Wii but I still have that Nintendo sparking tendo shine and that's what gives me great relief to think that even that them two did got a separate ways so and he has never are giving up on design will beside the boomerang controller but that's not the point when is Sony's always look out for a little ones black internal with Sony's little brother what sister
Funny thing is I've picked up some games when they were inexpensive. Mostly original DS stuff like the 3 DS Castlevania games. However I don't own a system. I figured two things would happen and I was wrong on both. 1. The price of the systems would stay cheap (the only exception is the Vita) 2. This was when clone consoles were new and rumors of everything under the sun at affordable prices were on the horizon. So I thought someone would make something that would let you play DS or PSP games on your tv. Like how you can play GBA games on a retron 5 on your tv. But now I realize that's not going to happen and I need to grab stuff now.