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$10 Video Game Treasure Hunt

RetroRalph·video·9m 38s·analyzed·Apr 9, 2019
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TL;DR

RetroRalph hosts $10 retro game hunt challenge, invites audience vote on best deal.

Summary

RetroRalph hosts a $10 retro game treasure hunt challenge where friends visit a local disc replay store and purchase a Nintendo or Genesis game for $10 or less. Four games are selected: Blaster Master ($7.99), NBA Jam ($5), Dragon Warrior ($9.99), and Super Mario Bros. 2 ($9.99). Viewers are invited to vote on which game represents the best deal, with the winner receiving a Super Mario 30th Anniversary Modern Amiibo trophy.

Key Claims

  • Super Mario Bros. 2 was extremely difficult to find when it was first released, with people lining up outside toy stores in New York City before opening.

    high confidence · RetroRalph describing his personal memory of Super Mario Bros. 2's scarcity at launch

  • Super Mario Bros. 2 was originally developed as Doki Doki Panic before being reskinned as a Mario game.

    high confidence · Discussed by participants during game reveal segment

  • Wart (the final boss from Super Mario Bros. 2) was reused as a hidden character in Link's Awakening.

    medium confidence · RetroRalph participant states this claim during discussion, though there is uncertainty indicated in the conversation

  • Dragon Warrior 4 is the speaker's favorite Dragon Warrior game and they replay it every couple of years.

    high confidence · Eric discussing his Dragon Warrior pick during reveal segment

  • NBA Jam was widely played by the host's social circle in the 1990s.

    high confidence · Brian explaining his NBA Jam selection

Notable Quotes

  • “I'm just more excited about spending someone else's money.”

    RetroRalph@ 1:27 — Host's humorous motivation for the treasure hunt challenge format

  • “That Mario is as good as mine. Oh, yeah. The winner right here, buddy.”

    Participant (Brian or similar)@ 2:29 — Competitive spirit during shopping phase of challenge

  • “I think this thing had some massive maps on it, and it is very, very difficult.”

    John Hey@ 3:30 — John's pitch for Blaster Master's value proposition

  • “Super Mario 2, when it came out, was so hard to find. New York City, early in the morning. Before the toy stores open, they're lined up outside.”

    RetroRalph@ 6:16 — Personal anecdote highlighting Super Mario Bros. 2's cultural scarcity and significance at launch

  • “I remember opening this up, and it was just the highlight of my life.”

    RetroRalph@ 7:25 — Emotional resonance of Super Mario Bros. 2 as a nostalgic artifact

  • “They definitely took a chance making that Mario 2. It was originally started a different game... but changing it to Mario was so radically different from the first one that they really didn't take a chance with it.”

    Participant@ 7:56 — Discussion of Super Mario Bros. 2's unique design philosophy and risk-taking

Entities

RetroRalphpersonJon HeypersonBrianpersonEricpersonDisc ReplaycompanyBlaster MastergameNBA JamgameDragon WarriorgameSuper Mario Bros. 2gameDoki Doki PanicgameDragon Warrior 4game

Signals

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    community_signal: RetroRalph leverages audience voting mechanism to drive engagement and community participation in content, asking viewers to comment with preferences and help determine winner.

    high · Explicit call to action: 'I want you guys to go into the comments section and vote on your favorite' and 'Only one gets the championship and we're counting on you to help us decide'

Transcript

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0:00
Hey Retrospecters, welcome to another episode of Ralph's Retrospect. Today we're going to make it rain up in here. That was a mistake. Actually I think it's raining outside right now. Anyways, today I'm challenging my friends to a $10 treasure hunt challenge. What's a $10 treasure hunt challenge you ask? I'll catch you up when I explain it to the guys. No, I'm going to need your help, the audience, for this episode as well. With that, let's get with the guys and let's get this party started. Let's do this. all right so here's the deal for the ten dollar treasure hunt i'm going to send each of you guys into one disc replay and i'm going to give you ten dollars a piece the price tag of the game has to be a nintendo or genesis game has to say ten dollars or less so if it's 9.99 i'll pay for the tax but the price tag has to be $10 or less okay yeah and then what we're gonna do is we're gonna hold off and we're gonna reveal it after we're done and then I want you to tell me why you pick that game I want you to try and sell it because here's the thing we're gonna let the audience pick which game they think got the best deal for ten bucks and whoever they decide on you guys get no pressure so whoever the guys think that did the best is gonna to get this. It's a Super Mario 30th Anniversary Modern Amiibo as a trophy. It's worth about $10 to me to sell. So you guys get to spend my money and you get one of my treasures. I'm just more excited about spending someone else's money. Well, there you go. You're a heck of a guy, Chris. I am a heck of a guy. Okay, so with that, we're going to go ahead and leave and let's get this thing going. Let's do it. Let's roll. Okay, so apparently Since I cheated on the Star Fox one, I'm gonna get to participate. So here you go. Here's your $10. Here's your $10. Wait, I need my $10. Oh, you need your $10? Get out of here! Alright, so who wants to go in first? Who wants to go in first? Me! Alright, John, you going first? Bye! Try and get it in the bag. Hey, try and get the game in a bag so we can't see what it is. Definitely. Alright, here we go.
2:13
Okay so John out Brian going in Bam That Mario is as good as mine. Oh, yeah. The winner right here, buddy. You can't buy a Batman movie in all games. All right. Okay. All right, so for a fourth option, I'm going to go in. I'm gonna go with the one cheater okay so now that I got my game let's go back and see what we got okay so we're back from the disc replay alright John you went first let's go see what you got blaster master Master, yes. I have a personal connection with this game. That's kind of why I bought this one. But I really think that it's a good world traveler, especially for early on with the Nintendo and stuff, capabilities, graphics-wise. I think this thing had some massive maps on it, and it is very, very difficult. Yeah. There's a frog in the beginning. Yes. A mutant frog. All right. Like Kermit. So yours was $7.99? Yes. Okay, so there you go. So it's not quite $10, but it doesn't need to be. It should have been a million. A million dollars. All right, so if you like Blast Master, then you might be getting some votes. All right, so the next one was Brian. Brian, what did you get? I did get a Genesis game. Oh, my gosh.
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4:04
I don't know you anymore. I think you'll like it, though, John. Uh-oh. Is it Blast Master? I'm out. Boom shakalaka. Oh, my gosh. Oh, dang. How much was it? Five bucks. Came in well under budget. Nice. That was his jam back then. No pun intended. No. Didn't. So what made you pick NBA Jam? Oh, NBA Jam, it's a personal favorite of mine, and pretty much everybody I know back in the day played it. We all played it a lot. Oh, yeah. So I definitely felt like it was a good choice. Sure. Awesome. Nice. Okay, so we've got Blaster Master and we've got NBA Jam. Eric what does he do Okay see I decided to pick one of my personal favorites from when I was a kid and that was Dragon Warrior Dragon Warrior So Dragon Warrior to me this was the and I got it for $9.99.
4:56
This was the first game I ever played that was like a role-playing game that really got me sucked in as a kid. And, you know, after that I followed all the Dragon Warrior games. Dragon Warrior 4 is still my favorite. One of the best. Yeah, I'll actually play through Dragon Warrior 4 every couple of years. I kind of go through it again and again. But, you know, anyway, but Dragon Warrior 1 was the one that kind of started it all, and I like the bad guys. I like walking around. I like the Dragon Master at the end that you fight. It was really cool and just had me sucked in. So if you're a sucker for role-playing games, then you definitely want to vote for Dragon Warrior, baby. Okay, well, awesome. So we've got Blaster Master, NBA Jam, Dragon Warrior, and I went in just to be able to get a fourth option going. I'm sure we all know what you picked up. Yeah, you guys all saw all the games. Mario Brothers 2. No, Super Mario Brothers 2. Ah!
5:49
All you guys got a chance to go in and see it, and then it's like, oh, there it is. I knew it. Well, it was right next to this one. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, I almost got it. I almost got that one too. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so $9.99. That's a great price for this game. Super Mario 2, like you guys said, has a really nice story for me because it's kind of what really is one of the most memorable Christmases I've ever had was when we got this, because I don't know if any of you guys were alive at the time, Super Mario 2, when it came out, was so hard to find.
6:22
New York City, early in the morning. Before the toy stores open, they're lined up outside. I'm in line, too, because the director of 2020 said, Stossel, I hate to ask, but you've got to help me get my kid a copy of Super Mario Brothers 2.
6:42
This man came all the way from Indiana to get one. He came 1,000 miles just for this game? Yes. I've done seven stores a day for three weeks now. I cannot find it. It was impossible. Oh, my gosh. And, you know, it was one of those things where my grandparents had, you know, we'd go to my grandparents' house every Christmas Eve. We'd open up some gifts, and it got to be where we opened up all the gifts, and I didn get Super Mario 2 and I was like oh it like your Red Rider BB gun It was the Red Rider BB gun I think there another present there under the tree That exactly what happened That exactly what happened Dang it I actually was laying down because I had a headache but someone came in and said hey, there's another present under the tree. And I was like, really? Headache of disappointment. Yeah, headache of disappointment. No, but I remember opening this up, and it was just the highlight of my life. I mean, it was like, oh my gosh, this is so great. I've got Doki Doki. I think Super Mario 3 is a much better game, but Super Mario 2 holds that spot in my heart for being what it is. Yeah, man, I think it was really artistic. I really liked all the levels and the colors. It was a little bit of a change-up, but I really think it stands out in the series. They definitely took a chance making that Mario 2. I know it was originally started a different game. Doki Doki Panic. Doki Doki Panic, but changing it to Mario was so radically different from the first one that they really didn't take a chance with it. And I think it paid off. I think people enjoyed it. You know, Mario, Luigi, Toter, Princess, they all had different abilities in the game. Everyone kind of had their favorite character they would play as. And the bad guys were different. It wasn't just the same old same. Yeah, absolutely. It's actually interesting that some of the bad guys made it over from Mario 2 into subsequent games later on. I'm kind of surprised. To my knowledge, Wart was never reused in a game. He was. He was reused in a game. He was inside Link's Awakening. He was a hidden character. But still, I really wish they would utilize Ward in more things. All right, so here we go. So we've got Super Mario 2. We've got Blaster Master. We've got NBA Jam. And we've got Dragon Warrior. Four completely separate different types of games. So now it's up to you guys. I want you guys to go into the comments section and vote on your favorite. We're going to go through and tally it up. And whoever wins is going to get that Mario amiibo. Dragon Warrior. Go ahead. Throw your vote away.
9:00
Alright, so let's finish this up. So those are the games that I need your guys' help with. Super Mario 2, Blaster Master, NBA Jam, and Dragon Warrior. Only one gets the championship and we're counting on you to help us decide. I can't wait to see which one wins and I really appreciate the participation. So if you liked the video, give us a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel, and if you want to be notified for more of Retro Ralph, hit the bell for notifications. And we'll see you guys on the next Ralph's Retrospect. See ya.
9:30
Bye.