as i''ve written before, watching Johnny's videos is like sitting and talking about games, movies and anime with an old friend, even though i've never met the person
agreed, I love the videos but at the same time they're bittersweet since I don't know any of the gamers or fans of these hobbies anymore. It was a long time ago and I carry on the same way I did but man does it feel eons away to have a game of halo online or hit the local comic shop with the "CREW". I have two young amazing kids to share these hobbies with now but its still not quite the same.
@@4w3rdp72y if only we could do a "happy console gamer con" and all get together to relive all our memories for the day. We could dress as our old 2000 era selves, play some local halo matches, fire up a Dreamcast like its 9/9/99 all over again and of course finish with a Lord of the Rings marathon ala 2003. At the end of the con we can all cry on each others shoulders and lament the idea of going back to our present day lives haha (no offense to our present day loved ones/family of course, don't want my gaming/toy displays to get chucked out the window)
@Daniel G agreed. Apple with their iPhones and Netflix encouraging streaming rather than posting discs is what really kicked off what the current era is like.
Damn it 😲 I feel so old now , for I remember clearly what were like in the early 2000s . In fact the first two or three years of thousands felt so late 90s
This is what i appreciate about you Johnny, your stories about what gaming was like in the past (whether it be bwfore i was born, the 90's, or earlier, or later, i will always love hearing your stories of what gaming was like back then)
Nostalgia is a drug I swear...makes you so happy then makes you sad. We just don't know how important some moments are in life when we're living in them.
2000-2001 were some of the most magical years of my life. We lived in a small town outside of a major Canadian city at the time and I did long-distance learning over the computer. I remember how AOL instant messenger was installed on it. I've never had the internet before, but I never really had "small town" interests. I was fascinated by anime, doom metal, post-punk music and video games. I created an AIM account and it opened up a huge world for me and I made such amazing friendships, I remember all of my friends online would coordinate their Phantasy Star Online runs due to being in different time zones and the sleepless nights playing on an n64 on the crt while chatting with my friends about Gundam Wing and that yes, Final Fantasy 2, 3 & 5 were being officially released on the playstation soon. It's the same reason why I love going to conventions, you can talk to other people so easily and strike up a friendship on a shared interest. It took me a long time to reckon with the fact that those years had passed.
For all the young’uns out there, that was one high end tv that weighed a sold 120lbs. Homeboy dropped a good chunk of change for it and you better believe it was well worth it!
No good sir a 36" wega would have been around 200 lbs at least 150 lbs. 120 would be for the 27-29" sony's I know this because I picked up a 27" Trinitron last month. And Jason I think it would have been 2.5k in Canadian pesos.
Johnny really(REALLY) doesn't like to promote his channel. you'll never see the old "hit the like and sub button if you like this video" from him. He's a true old fashion youtuber and unfortunately youtube's algorithm doesn't recognize his channel as one of the big retro gaming channels(like the completionist or MetalJesusRocks) due to relatively low views on his videos, so you won't get a recommendation to watch his video. For example, I've been watching the AVGN channel since 2012 but only in like 2016 I got a recommendation on youtube for HCG. I love Johnny's humble approach, but I would love to see his channel bloom because he is by far the best retro gamer youtuber out there.
This is so cool to watch Johnny. Your 2001 life is the life I'm living right now at 24. I have my first apartment which isn't the best but like you said, it's MY apartment. I'll make sure to take pictures so I can look back in 20 years and remember these times like you 😎👍
The day FFX came out, I'd stayed up until 5am the night previous watching our first cut of Lord of the Rings for the theatre we worked for. I got to watch it 2 days before everyone else, which was unheard of at that time. I stayed up until 8:30am, went and picked up FFX and played it until 10pm that night when I finally crashed.
@@boscotheman82 Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox release, Final Fantasy X, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid 2, Jak & Daxter, Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Phantasy Star Online, Dark Cloud, Halo, Onimusha, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shadow Hearts, Soul Reaver 2, Zone of the Enders, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Shenmue II, Max Payne... yeah, I could go on; 2001 is in my top three years in video games. The other two being 1998 and 1999.
@@Silvergun_Raven It just depends on what you grew up on. A lot of these games/franchises are forgettable when you are talking in the grand scheme of history. I mean Tony Hawk 3? Come on. Max Payne? Good game, but iconic? No. The only iconic games from this list, in my opinion would be Halo, GTA 3, Smash Bros but I dont think its more iconic than the original and maybe FF10 but I dont think its iconic. You could come up with a list like this for most years and say it was one of the greatest ever. Just depends on your preference.
@@mw5885you have to look at it more context-wise. The whole final fantasy franchise was something like the upcoming GTA 6 is nowadays for people. When u hear the name final fantasy today, there is not this much of euphoria, cause of all the bs we got the last ten years. 10 following up 6, 7, 8, and 9 was something way different! These were 4 bangers in a row! A similiar situation we have with tony hawk 3. The first 2 ones were something like pokemon red & blue at that time. Everyone played it, because skating and nu-metal were THE sh!t at that time on MTV. Even though the euphoria had its peak with tony hawk 2, the announcement of 3 was still a big thing.
Lovely to see this period, I miss a time when not everything was just a click away on the internet. Yeah it's convenient, but I've always felt like we've lost something
It's CRAZY how our childhood and friends growing up video gaming are mirrored except I live in Florida, a half a world away from Vancouver, but just cool to think that kids are the same no matter where they grow up! I had an apartment JUST like that, it was THE HUB for my friends and I, good times!
I was 11 in 2001 and it was such a golden era of gaming. I remember being absolutely sucked into FFX on PS2 and Tony Hawks pro skater 3 on GameCube. The nostalgia hits so hard with this video.
Thanks for sharing 😊 your memories to us . I also love reminiscing the good old days , it is so fascinating how the early 2000s felt so late 90s . It s terrible to be getting older 😭😞for I have so many vivid memories from those years .
1995-2005 were the last years I got blown away. my age at this time was 10-to 20. 36 now. Sadly 2003 onwards is when the 'WOAH' feeling in gaming started to phase out for me. :(
As a 42 year old, I’m totally with you here. It’s interesting to think about how fellow gamers in their 20s just won’t have any nostalgic pull to photographs and memories like these. But, they’ll have their own.
I love these nostalgic videos! I am 43 years old and I am remembering with you all those great memories playing games and hanging up with friends for hours!
Loved every second of this throwback man. So many memories. FFX had just come out but I was still using my PS2 to play old PS1 games that I hadn't been able to afford like Chrono Cross, FF8, and RE3! Happiness and health to you and your family.
Man this makes me so nostalgic! It really brings me back to hanging out at my friends places, and of my own first apartment from around the same time. Thanks so much for sharing this great trip down memory lane!
This video is SO nostalgic for me because my studio room was so similar! I had the same TV with my PS2, DC, GC on an switcher and I also had a Cowboy Bebop (and hack SIGN) wall scroll. Along with a nice collection of DVDs and CDs. Thankfully in Paris we had a Chinatown of sorts where they would sell all the bootleg HK anime boxes so you could get the whole series for 30-40$. My neighbors also bitched about my speakers... I ended putting them on phonebooks and it solved the problem. Man the feels!!
1:40 - PS2, Dreamcast, and CUBE in the living room. With a RE3 store cutout and Cowboy bebop poster. What an early 2000s guy apartment. all u needed back in those days.. 1. CRT TV 2. Consoles 3. PC with 56k, DSL, Cable internet 4. VCR with fansub anime tapes from friends 5. waking up everyday, fresh air, some $$ in your pocket, youth. Man I sure miss those days...
Johnny, you are one of the only people who talks about gaming that isn't cynical and negative most of the time. Please never change! Your videos feel like going back in time to when my friends and I could just dedicate our time to gaming while working shitty jobs before and while in college. I graduated high school in 01 and this just makes me smile so much
I had that exact same table you had back then and still have. Always gave me nostalgia when I watch your videos and you are sitting behind that table on the ground.
I always enjoy when you regale us with stories of your gaming past. It's like hearing a good friend tell stories over drinks. Looking at those photos makes me nostalgic for when I started gaming as the Gamecube was my first game console and playing Star Wars The Clone Wars and Wind Waker on it.
already getting vibes from your "Old Lost Videos Found" video with Rob, from back in that day! What a great nostalgia kick, and a happy new year to you mate!
It randomly dawned on me how happy I am that I'm still listening to your stories while looking at this exact same backdrop over 10 years later lol. Feels like I've seen these shelfs more than the ones in my own house.
This makes me yearn for my childhood and teens when I had my own gaming room and would lost entire school holidays just gaming hard, eating snacks, and sitting in the sun. The nostalgia! Thanks, Johnny
It's very cool to see what it all used to look like! I'm super jealous that my wife or I never really documented what our childhood collections looked like! Thank you for sharing!
Seeing stuff like this reminds me of my own childhood nostalgia. I had a PS1 and a PS2, my sister had an N64 and a GameCube, and we all would still watch VHS movies sometimes too.
When you said you've always played on the floor it reminded me that you also sit on the floor for your videos, which is kinda funny trying to imagine that.
Man, I wished I had some pictures of my old room as well back in 2001. That PS2 was my jam but I was still working on Lunar that I just found in my senior year. Tons of media. I had a bookshelf and half my dresser with media (VHS, Tapes, CDs, Game Carts, etc.). Great video. Thanks for the throwback!
It's always nice to see these videos. Time sure flies when you have fun playing games. Back In those days I only had an NES console. I had a lot of fun with it though.
Thank you for sharing with us your stories! Your channel is one of the best on RUclips, your content is sincere and unpretentious. And i can relate to your gaming/‘90s/anime stories even if we live in different hemispheres! I recommend you to my gaming friends new and old ✨ Also i am playing Ys VIII now, thanks to your recommendation!
I was born in 1990, and your stories are completely different from the reality of my country. Games were (and still are) extremely expensive. The only way was piracy, and that was completely different from an "all original set", like yours. Nowadays, I have a good "gamer room", with legit copies for my PS3, PS5, and Xbox Series X, and I have an LG C1. I can appreciate it way more when I relive the past like this. Thank you for that Johnny. Nice video... Beautiful memories.
I really appreciate videos like this and it's why I enjoy channels like yours and MyRetroLife. It's cool to see these windows into the past. I'm very regretful that I don't really have any photos or videos from my time growing up/in college - it's all lost. I still have the memories, but those fade a little more every day. Anyway, this was a great video Johnny! Happy New Year!
It's so much fun to look back and see what was popular in our past. I love gaming in general but I will say retro gaming is some of my favorite. Fun video thanks 👍
That was considered a REALLY good sony 36 inch TV back then. $3000+ Back in the day where wire management was almost impossible to do. $25-$35 CD's $40 DVD's $80 Games even the worst bad ones Internet so painfully slow that nobody wanted to bother with it. Videogame downloads didn't exist. Online shopping was dogshit and people were terrified to use their creditcard online.
40 dollars for a 2 or 3 episode DVD of Bebop? Whoa... I paid that a couple years ago and got the entire series on BluRay in a steelbook case. Sometimes nostalgia comes with yearning for the ways of old, sometimes it comes with appreciation for certain advancements. Back then I was always recording cassettes of music from the radio and VHS tapes from Toonami and always pestered my dad to bring home more blank tapes... Good times!
I have a Sony Trinitron 36 inch TV myself. Until I bought an arcade cabinet, that was the heaviest thing I had ever moved. Over 30 pounds, and the worst part was that under the TV, there was no good way to grip it, as it had a recessed checkerboard design, so it would dig until your fingers as you tried to lift that behemoth. My wife said that if we ever sell the house, the TV stays with it.
I love your videos and how passionate you are about everything you talk about. They make me feel less conscious being 24 (about to be 25) and still loving anime and certain kinds of games when you are around twice my age and still just as into it if not more than you were when you were my age. So thank you johnny happy 2022!
Loved the Sony Vega TV. I had one myself back in the day, and it was fabulous. Unfortunately, I had to get rid of it during a move due to lack of truck space, which I really regret.
What a great time that was, I certainly miss those days! It's fun seeing your old setup and thinking about what my setup was like then too. Of course I've still got my CRT and all my old stuff from back then, I wouldn't sell it for the world.
I was like 10-11 back then and still remember hoarding every cent I came across and doing every small job I could find just to go to buy 1 anime VHS maybe every 2 or 3 months. Still have some of them, they just get me in the feels.
I remember back in 2001 getting my Gamecube and going to Sam Goody, Spencer Gifts or Suncoast to get games or Anime. I distinctly remember getting an Evangelion 01 figure at Suncoast. I remember when being into anime meant you had to choose between sub or dub vhs tapes, I always went for sub lol. Good memories. Love the Orange Road shirt Johnny!
Oh man, what a treat to get to see your old set up and place. A Sony Wega 32 inch mega TV was the first big thing I bought myself when I started living on my own. I still have that TV. It’s in my current games room with all my old consoles hooked to it because that’s still how they look best to me. I adore that TV. Also, oh god was anime an expensive hobby. You only got a few episodes n a VHS, but man, when a new VHS came out it was SO exciting.
I have the exact same TV base and all. Its crazy heavy so I never want to have to move it again. Seems to lived well to this date with very few issues. Hope it stays that way.
Johnny's videos is like sitting and talking about games, movies and stil he sits behind te same table nou when he had in his apartment if i am not mistaken .
The good Ol Days.... Theres another channel called MY Retrolife. This guys dad captured all his 90s gamming moments that truly are a blast from the past. 'Watch it Buddy!'
This is what happens when you don’t do drugs. I had so many great games and consoles but I sold them all for drugs in my early 20s so I have none of them. Don’t do drugs kids
as i''ve written before, watching Johnny's videos is like sitting and talking about games, movies and anime with an old friend, even though i've never met the person
agreed, I love the videos but at the same time they're bittersweet since I don't know any of the gamers or fans of these hobbies anymore. It was a long time ago and I carry on the same way I did but man does it feel eons away to have a game of halo online or hit the local comic shop with the "CREW". I have two young amazing kids to share these hobbies with now but its still not quite the same.
@@4w3rdp72y if only we could do a "happy console gamer con" and all get together to relive all our memories for the day. We could dress as our old 2000 era selves, play some local halo matches, fire up a Dreamcast like its 9/9/99 all over again and of course finish with a Lord of the Rings marathon ala 2003. At the end of the con we can all cry on each others shoulders and lament the idea of going back to our present day lives haha (no offense to our present day loved ones/family of course, don't want my gaming/toy displays to get chucked out the window)
Agreed
Crazy how the early 2000s feels like a different era now, so much has changed technology wise. Love the throw back and seeing what you had.
Sorry, but the early 2000s WAS a different era. It's 2 decades ago.
@@gamewithgreg thanks for making me feel old 😂
yeah everything was better in 2000!
@Daniel G agreed. Apple with their iPhones and Netflix encouraging streaming rather than posting discs is what really kicked off what the current era is like.
Damn it 😲 I feel so old now , for I remember clearly what were like in the early 2000s . In fact the first two or three years of thousands felt so late 90s
This is what i appreciate about you Johnny, your stories about what gaming was like in the past (whether it be bwfore i was born, the 90's, or earlier, or later, i will always love hearing your stories of what gaming was like back then)
Nice pfp
@@NegitoroIsBestShip Thanks, she's Hatsune Miku, I love her music :)
Nostalgia is a drug I swear...makes you so happy then makes you sad. We just don't know how important some moments are in life when we're living in them.
Why can’t we know they’re the good old days when we’re living them?
2000-2001 were some of the most magical years of my life. We lived in a small town outside of a major Canadian city at the time and I did long-distance learning over the computer. I remember how AOL instant messenger was installed on it. I've never had the internet before, but I never really had "small town" interests. I was fascinated by anime, doom metal, post-punk music and video games. I created an AIM account and it opened up a huge world for me and I made such amazing friendships, I remember all of my friends online would coordinate their Phantasy Star Online runs due to being in different time zones and the sleepless nights playing on an n64 on the crt while chatting with my friends about Gundam Wing and that yes, Final Fantasy 2, 3 & 5 were being officially released on the playstation soon.
It's the same reason why I love going to conventions, you can talk to other people so easily and strike up a friendship on a shared interest. It took me a long time to reckon with the fact that those years had passed.
For all the young’uns out there, that was one high end tv that weighed a sold 120lbs. Homeboy dropped a good chunk of change for it and you better believe it was well worth it!
It was probably over $1K, from what I remember.
No good sir a 36" wega would have been around 200 lbs at least 150 lbs. 120 would be for the 27-29" sony's I know this because I picked up a 27" Trinitron last month. And Jason I think it would have been 2.5k in Canadian pesos.
There’s no channel like Johnny’s ... happy New Years to you and your family big guy!
Dude, I was 23 in 2001 and we shared a lot of the same interests and seeing your game room was like walking down memory lane. Thanks for sharing!!!
Rob looks like he's about to try and sell me a stolen tape player he stole from a car. I miss the 90's.
...so he could buy Megaman X6 that just came out !
@@XyNoST WE'LL STOP DR WAHWEE
Dreamcast gave me the best gaming memories of my life, such a revelation back then.
How Johnny doesn’t have 1 million subscribers baffles me
Johnny really(REALLY) doesn't like to promote his channel. you'll never see the old "hit the like and sub button if you like this video" from him. He's a true old fashion youtuber and unfortunately youtube's algorithm doesn't recognize his channel as one of the big retro gaming channels(like the completionist or MetalJesusRocks) due to relatively low views on his videos, so you won't get a recommendation to watch his video. For example, I've been watching the AVGN channel since 2012 but only in like 2016 I got a recommendation on youtube for HCG. I love Johnny's humble approach, but I would love to see his channel bloom because he is by far the best retro gamer youtuber out there.
This is so cool to watch Johnny. Your 2001 life is the life I'm living right now at 24. I have my first apartment which isn't the best but like you said, it's MY apartment. I'll make sure to take pictures so I can look back in 20 years and remember these times like you 😎👍
I was born in 2000 so I love all of this early 00s nostalgia. Reminds me a lot of the media I grew up with. Thanks for the video :)
The day FFX came out, I'd stayed up until 5am the night previous watching our first cut of Lord of the Rings for the theatre we worked for. I got to watch it 2 days before everyone else, which was unheard of at that time. I stayed up until 8:30am, went and picked up FFX and played it until 10pm that night when I finally crashed.
The Fellowship of the Ring in no way feels 20 years old, the Philosophers Stone as well. I feel 2001 was the best year for both games and film.
Shitting my pants playing silent hill 2
2001 was one of the most iconic years in video games history
@@boscotheman82 Yup
@@boscotheman82 Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox release, Final Fantasy X, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid 2, Jak & Daxter, Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Phantasy Star Online, Dark Cloud, Halo, Onimusha, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shadow Hearts, Soul Reaver 2, Zone of the Enders, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Shenmue II, Max Payne... yeah, I could go on; 2001 is in my top three years in video games. The other two being 1998 and 1999.
@@Silvergun_Raven It just depends on what you grew up on. A lot of these games/franchises are forgettable when you are talking in the grand scheme of history. I mean Tony Hawk 3? Come on. Max Payne? Good game, but iconic? No. The only iconic games from this list, in my opinion would be Halo, GTA 3, Smash Bros but I dont think its more iconic than the original and maybe FF10 but I dont think its iconic. You could come up with a list like this for most years and say it was one of the greatest ever. Just depends on your preference.
@@mw5885you have to look at it more context-wise. The whole final fantasy franchise was something like the upcoming GTA 6 is nowadays for people. When u hear the name final fantasy today, there is not this much of euphoria, cause of all the bs we got the last ten years. 10 following up 6, 7, 8, and 9 was something way different! These were 4 bangers in a row! A similiar situation we have with tony hawk 3. The first 2 ones were something like pokemon red & blue at that time. Everyone played it, because skating and nu-metal were THE sh!t at that time on MTV. Even though the euphoria had its peak with tony hawk 2, the announcement of 3 was still a big thing.
lol your "crappy" old apartment is like 10x better than what I am renting now.
This video is an absolute gem of a time capsule. Thanks for taking us back 🤘🏻
I wish I would have taken more pictures and videos back then. Such amazing memories, only in my head now
You deserve a crap-ton more likes on this video. Thank you for sharing your experiences, your opinions, and your memories with us.
Lovely to see this period, I miss a time when not everything was just a click away on the internet. Yeah it's convenient, but I've always felt like we've lost something
We definitely have lost many things, I love the internet and fast things but that era had so much magic omg
Thanks for making this video, Johnny! WHAT a nostalgia trip!!! :)
It's CRAZY how our childhood and friends growing up video gaming are mirrored except I live in Florida, a half a world away from Vancouver, but just cool to think that kids are the same no matter where they grow up! I had an apartment JUST like that, it was THE HUB for my friends and I, good times!
I was 11 in 2001 and it was such a golden era of gaming. I remember being absolutely sucked into FFX on PS2 and Tony Hawks pro skater 3 on GameCube. The nostalgia hits so hard with this video.
Pure gold.
Pure nostalgia.
Awesome share 👏
Man, the simpler times 👌🏼
Thank you for taking us back.
Thanks for sharing 😊 your memories to us . I also love reminiscing the good old days , it is so fascinating how the early 2000s felt so late 90s . It s terrible to be getting older 😭😞for I have so many vivid memories from those years .
Good times. I’m also thankful I had a “crappy apartment with lots of video games” season of life. Tons of memories.
1995-2005 were the last years I got blown away. my age at this time was 10-to 20. 36 now. Sadly 2003 onwards is when the 'WOAH' feeling in gaming started to phase out for me. :(
Your house looked like the coolest place in the neighborhood. I wish I could go back in time to 2001. So many great gaming memories.
As a 42 year old, I’m totally with you here. It’s interesting to think about how fellow gamers in their 20s just won’t have any nostalgic pull to photographs and memories like these. But, they’ll have their own.
Yes we do, what are you on?
I love these nostalgic videos! I am 43 years old and I am remembering with you all those great memories playing games and hanging up with friends for hours!
Loved every second of this throwback man. So many memories. FFX had just come out but I was still using my PS2 to play old PS1 games that I hadn't been able to afford like Chrono Cross, FF8, and RE3! Happiness and health to you and your family.
How much things have changed in 20 years, amazing. Time flies, and technology with it.
Man this makes me so nostalgic! It really brings me back to hanging out at my friends places, and of my own first apartment from around the same time. Thanks so much for sharing this great trip down memory lane!
What a great lookback Johnny. Love the detail you go into in each pic.
I think I'll always do a double take whenever Johnny says, "and my friend Satan". Gets me everytime!
This video is SO nostalgic for me because my studio room was so similar!
I had the same TV with my PS2, DC, GC on an switcher and I also had a Cowboy Bebop (and hack SIGN) wall scroll. Along with a nice collection of DVDs and CDs.
Thankfully in Paris we had a Chinatown of sorts where they would sell all the bootleg HK anime boxes so you could get the whole series for 30-40$.
My neighbors also bitched about my speakers... I ended putting them on phonebooks and it solved the problem.
Man the feels!!
1:40 - PS2, Dreamcast, and CUBE in the living room. With a RE3 store cutout and Cowboy bebop poster. What an early 2000s guy apartment.
all u needed back in those days..
1. CRT TV
2. Consoles
3. PC with 56k, DSL, Cable internet
4. VCR with fansub anime tapes from friends
5. waking up everyday, fresh air, some $$ in your pocket, youth.
Man I sure miss those days...
Made me nostalgic for my old room. A bed a desk and a TV - it was hideous in hindsight but I had some great times playing some great games in there!
Great video. Love to see the old footage. Classic.
Johnny, you are one of the only people who talks about gaming that isn't cynical and negative most of the time. Please never change! Your videos feel like going back in time to when my friends and I could just dedicate our time to gaming while working shitty jobs before and while in college. I graduated high school in 01 and this just makes me smile so much
I had that exact same table you had back then and still have. Always gave me nostalgia when I watch your videos and you are sitting behind that table on the ground.
need more of such throwbacks
Johnny, this is so cool! Thank you so much for sharing your past!!!
The old S-video, wow that takes me back. Parents had a Toshiba I snagged when they upgraded.
This video is priceless!! It make me go down in time back to my old room!! Nice!! Thanks!
I always enjoy when you regale us with stories of your gaming past. It's like hearing a good friend tell stories over drinks. Looking at those photos makes me nostalgic for when I started gaming as the Gamecube was my first game console and playing Star Wars The Clone Wars and Wind Waker on it.
Great vid. I wish I kept more pics of my old places and game set ups.
already getting vibes from your "Old Lost Videos Found" video with Rob, from back in that day! What a great nostalgia kick, and a happy new year to you mate!
Thanks for the nostalgia trip as always Johnny, keep up the good work
It randomly dawned on me how happy I am that I'm still listening to your stories while looking at this exact same backdrop over 10 years later lol. Feels like I've seen these shelfs more than the ones in my own house.
This makes me yearn for my childhood and teens when I had my own gaming room and would lost entire school holidays just gaming hard, eating snacks, and sitting in the sun. The nostalgia! Thanks, Johnny
Love these kinds of videos. I enjoyed taking this trip down Nostalgia Avenue with you.
The fact this was TWENTY years ago hurts me, lol! But this was a good era for gaming and I miss it!
You are very lucky and blessed to transition from the classics to what we have now.
Love this. 80’s, 90s and early 2000’s was a magical time for video games. Perhaps we will be as nostalgic about the 2020’s??
2001 was an extraordinary year for gaming… feels like forever ago now. Thanks for the trip down memory lane (brought back so many great memories)!
I love your nostalgia videos. Wish you a FANTASTIC! 2022 😄
So awesome that you have enjoyed gaming and collecting for this long. Great video!
It's very cool to see what it all used to look like! I'm super jealous that my wife or I never really documented what our childhood collections looked like! Thank you for sharing!
This is great stuff. Awesome that you kept it all too.
Great video, thanks for sharing it, the nostalgia is incredible.
Seeing stuff like this reminds me of my own childhood nostalgia. I had a PS1 and a PS2, my sister had an N64 and a GameCube, and we all would still watch VHS movies sometimes too.
When you said you've always played on the floor it reminded me that you also sit on the floor for your videos, which is kinda funny trying to imagine that.
Makes me wish I took pictures of my old houses I grew up in and my gaming setups.
I love this episode! Thanks for sharing Johnny!
Man, I wished I had some pictures of my old room as well back in 2001. That PS2 was my jam but I was still working on Lunar that I just found in my senior year. Tons of media. I had a bookshelf and half my dresser with media (VHS, Tapes, CDs, Game Carts, etc.). Great video. Thanks for the throwback!
love seeing all those old clips!
It's always nice to see these videos. Time sure flies when you have fun playing games. Back In those days I only had an NES console. I had a lot of fun with it though.
Love to see stuff like this on the channel, brings back a lot of personal memories aswell. Happy new year to you and your family!
Thank you for sharing with us your stories! Your channel is one of the best on RUclips, your content is sincere and unpretentious. And i can relate to your gaming/‘90s/anime stories even if we live in different hemispheres! I recommend you to my gaming friends new and old ✨
Also i am playing Ys VIII now, thanks to your recommendation!
I was born in 1990, and your stories are completely different from the reality of my country.
Games were (and still are) extremely expensive. The only way was piracy, and that was completely different from an "all original set", like yours.
Nowadays, I have a good "gamer room", with legit copies for my PS3, PS5, and Xbox Series X, and I have an LG C1.
I can appreciate it way more when I relive the past like this.
Thank you for that Johnny. Nice video... Beautiful memories.
Holy man, that's a trip down memory lane.
Had the same exact TV , i was so proud of it too back then lol
I really appreciate videos like this and it's why I enjoy channels like yours and MyRetroLife. It's cool to see these windows into the past. I'm very regretful that I don't really have any photos or videos from my time growing up/in college - it's all lost. I still have the memories, but those fade a little more every day. Anyway, this was a great video Johnny! Happy New Year!
It's so much fun to look back and see what was popular in our past. I love gaming in general but I will say retro gaming is some of my favorite. Fun video thanks 👍
That was considered a REALLY good sony 36 inch TV back then. $3000+
Back in the day where wire management was almost impossible to do.
$25-$35 CD's
$40 DVD's
$80 Games even the worst bad ones
Internet so painfully slow that nobody wanted to bother with it.
Videogame downloads didn't exist.
Online shopping was dogshit and people were terrified to use their creditcard online.
Yes!!!! I love your blasts from the past Videos. Love you man and I wish you and the family the best new year.
So cool to see. I love seeing stuff like this, it's nostalgic for me to think about my gaming area. Thanks for sharing
40 dollars for a 2 or 3 episode DVD of Bebop? Whoa... I paid that a couple years ago and got the entire series on BluRay in a steelbook case. Sometimes nostalgia comes with yearning for the ways of old, sometimes it comes with appreciation for certain advancements. Back then I was always recording cassettes of music from the radio and VHS tapes from Toonami and always pestered my dad to bring home more blank tapes... Good times!
Man, watching this episode really brings me back. So great!
I have a Sony Trinitron 36 inch TV myself. Until I bought an arcade cabinet, that was the heaviest thing I had ever moved. Over 30 pounds, and the worst part was that under the TV, there was no good way to grip it, as it had a recessed checkerboard design, so it would dig until your fingers as you tried to lift that behemoth. My wife said that if we ever sell the house, the TV stays with it.
It'd be a great extra if the buyer's into old games lol
I love your videos and how passionate you are about everything you talk about. They make me feel less conscious being 24 (about to be 25) and still loving anime and certain kinds of games when you are around twice my age and still just as into it if not more than you were when you were my age. So thank you johnny happy 2022!
I had my first apartment in 2000, and it kinda reminds me of this. The big tv, still watching things on VHS, interior decoration on a budget.
I really love these story time type of videos
Great video! Man, that is really nostalgic. I picked up the same exact TV and stand for retro gaming just a month ago! Pure awesomeness.
Loved the Sony Vega TV. I had one myself back in the day, and it was fabulous. Unfortunately, I had to get rid of it during a move due to lack of truck space, which I really regret.
What a great time that was, I certainly miss those days! It's fun seeing your old setup and thinking about what my setup was like then too. Of course I've still got my CRT and all my old stuff from back then, I wouldn't sell it for the world.
CRTs for life!
Quite the nostalgia trip
I was like 10-11 back then and still remember hoarding every cent I came across and doing every small job I could find just to go to buy 1 anime VHS maybe every 2 or 3 months. Still have some of them, they just get me in the feels.
Damm, ps1-ps2 era!! most epic moment for gaming. That ffX startegy guide is gold!
Holy shit this bought back some memories of the old days, great times though.
Very neat video ! Thank you to those sharing their stories in the comments section , so very cool . Adds to the special nostalgia of the video 🙏🎁❤️
I remember back in 2001 getting my Gamecube and going to Sam Goody, Spencer Gifts or Suncoast to get games or Anime. I distinctly remember getting an Evangelion 01 figure at Suncoast. I remember when being into anime meant you had to choose between sub or dub vhs tapes, I always went for sub lol. Good memories. Love the Orange Road shirt Johnny!
goodie got it !
Oh man, what a treat to get to see your old set up and place. A Sony Wega 32 inch mega TV was the first big thing I bought myself when I started living on my own. I still have that TV. It’s in my current games room with all my old consoles hooked to it because that’s still how they look best to me. I adore that TV.
Also, oh god was anime an expensive hobby. You only got a few episodes n a VHS, but man, when a new VHS came out it was SO exciting.
I have the exact same TV base and all. Its crazy heavy so I never want to have to move it again. Seems to lived well to this date with very few issues. Hope it stays that way.
@@acidforblood Oh god yes Sony Wegas are heavy as all hell. Moving it around was always a pain, but I am glad I kept it.
It's so hard to describe the feel of that era but if you lived it, you can look back and just know it was something truly special.
Johnny's videos is like sitting and talking about games, movies and stil he sits behind te same table nou when he had in his apartment if i am not mistaken .
Good eye!
The good Ol Days....
Theres another channel called
MY Retrolife.
This guys dad captured all his 90s gamming moments that truly are a blast from the past.
'Watch it Buddy!'
This is what happens when you don’t do drugs. I had so many great games and consoles but I sold them all for drugs in my early 20s so I have none of them. Don’t do drugs kids
Your game room from that time looked awesome.