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The Collector's Quest — 308 episodes

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CQ 292 - Do the classic RAREST R10s still matter?

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CQ 291 - What's Going on with Resident Evil Games?

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CQ 290 - Should you go to Japan to buy cheap video games?

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CQ 289 - Weird NES stuff for the REAL ONES

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CQ 288 - Set Collecting is (Not) Dead

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CQ 287 - We're Going to Collect Video Games in 2026

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CQAD - Christmas Bonus "Episode"

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CQ 286 - Psychology Ruining the Hobby

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CQ 285 - The 57 BEST gifts for HARDCORE gamers that DON'T SUCK

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CQ 284 - Are giant flops worth collecting?

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CQ 283 - Okay, the Sega Genesis Halloween games

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CQ 282 - Collecting The SNES Halloween Set

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CQ 281 - Do you collect too many different things?

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CQ 280 - Video Games Fell Off

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CQ 279 - We Regret Everything

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CQ 278 - Top 10 Collectible Games of 2045

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CQ 277 - Video Games From Another Angle

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CQ 276 - Someone Has to Collect the PC Games

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CQ 275 - Preorder This Episode

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CQ 274 - Nintendo Launched Another Console? (NOT CLICKBAIT)

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CQ 273 - Everything's Going to Zero

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CQ 272 - iam8bit situation is crazy

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CQ 271 - Is your "CIB" good enough?

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CQ 270 - It's time to fix your collection: Spring Cleaning

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CQ 269 - Ten Turbografx/PC-Engine Games We'd Start Collecting

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CQ 268 - 20 Reasons Modern Collecting Sucks (and like 2 it's the best)

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CQ 267 - Does Xbox 360 Have Anything Collectible?

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CQ 266 - IMPOSSIBLE Collector Dilemmas

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CQ 265 - The $200 modern game situation is crazy

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CQ 264 - Collecting the 1980s (as old Nintendo tapes)

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CQ 263 - A 2024 Market Recap for your Holiday Car Trip

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CQ 263 - 2024 recap (Old upload, broke on Spotify)

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CQ 262 - What are "Indie" games and are they worth collecting?

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CQ 261 - The Worst Gift Ideas 2024

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CQ 260 - CQ Before Dark

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CQ 259 - Historic Halloween Firsts

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CQ 258 - The Official Set of NES Halloween Games

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CQ 257 - Stephen King's Games (of the books you didn't read)

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CQ 256 - Are games without skill ceilings eternally collectible?

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CQ 255 - Reacting to Recent Ridiculous Sales

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CQ 254 - The Greatest Greatest Hits

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CQ 253 - So You Want to Collect Nintendo 64

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CQ 252 - sharks

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CQ 251 - Video Games NOBODY Collects

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CQ 250 - The most CONTROVERSIAL cartridge tier list

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CQ 249 - Every Pokemon Game.

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CQ 248 - Easy Inserts You're Missing

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CQ 247 - Collecting Boxes Tier List

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CQ 246 - The Worst Insert: Temporary Tattoos

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CQ 245 - Games Are Affordable When You Don't Buy Nonsense

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CQ 244 - Are Game Conventions Even Worth It?

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CQ 243 - The Best Non-Game VG Collectibles

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CQ 242 - Collecting Controversy

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CQ 241 - Modern Games You'll NEVER Regret Owning

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CQ 240 - Old Men Complain About Collecting Rereleases, Reissues, and Rehashes

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CQ 239 - Rating "THE RAREST" Collectible Games

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CQ 238 - The Goals, Trends, and Prices of 2023

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CQ 237 - Collecting the EARLY History of Platformers

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CQ 236 - A Conversation for New Game Collectors

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CQ 235 - Gifts you can ACTUALLY ask Santa for

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CQ 234 - How Many NES Variants Can One Man Know?

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CQ 233 - The MOST Iconic Halloween Game on Each Console

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CQ 232 - A Very, Very 90s Halloween Episode

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CQ 231 - We'd Start our PS2 Collections with WHAT?

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CQ 230 - Collecting Very "Adult" Games

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CQ 229 - Stop Buying Things You Don't Need

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CQ 228 - Western Licenses without Western Releases

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CQ 227 - Why YOU, a normal person, might want to collect sports games

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

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CQ 225 - The MOST Underrated and Overrated Collectible Games

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

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

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CQ 222 - Psychological Effects That Affect Collectors

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

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CQ 220 - Games You Simply Can't Collect

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

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CQ 219X - So You Want To Collect Neo Geo

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CQ218 - When Are We Done Collecting?

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

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

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CQ 215 - So You Want To Collect Gamecube

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CQ 214 - Collecting the Most Influential Games Ever

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Collector's Edition 2: Funko Pop Primer in Conjunction with The Dialogue Alley Podcast

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CQ 213 - Collecting Mail Order Exclusives

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

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

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

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CQ 209 - 10 SNES Games We'd Start Our Collections With

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CQ 208 - CQ Holiday Gift Guide 2022

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CQ 207 - Retro Game Collecting is Dead

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CQ 206 - So You Want To Collect Halloween Games #5 Current Gen Games

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CQ 205 - Too Many Horror Movie Games from the '70s to '90s

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CQ 204 - Price History is BS

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CQ 203 - Collecting Games From Dead Genres

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CQ 202 - Collecting 6 Rare Dinosaur Games That're Totally Cretaceous!

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CQ 201 - Reconsidering the List of 677 NES Games

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CQ 200 - The History of Our Collecting Goals

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CQ 199 - We're Making Less-Bad Collecting Lists

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CQ 198 - 10 NES Games We'd Start Our Collections With

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CQ 197 - Enjoying Collecting Games More

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CQ 196 - Ranking The 8 Most Collectible Consoles

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CQ 195 - Is "THE BUBBLE" Bursting? Time to Buy??

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CQ 194 - So You Want To Collect Sega CD

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CQ 193 - What Are The Full Set Killers?

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CQ 192? - So... Does Anyone Want To Collect R-Zone?

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CQ 191 - Collecting Games Because You Can't Emulate Them

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CQ 190 - Twenty Types of Game Collectors

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

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CQ 188 - The Worst Parts of Collecting Games

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

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CQ 186 - Physical Games in the Upcoming Post-Physical Media World

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CQ 185 - 2021: The Craziest Year in Game Collecting

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Nightmare On My Shelf

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CQ 184 - Obscure Games That Came with Presents!

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CQ 183 - Anything Interesting in that Wata Pop Report?

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

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

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CQ 180 - Collecting the History of Survival Horror

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

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CQ 178 - Documenting Compulsive Collectors with Director Edward Payson

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CQ 177 - Games Based on the Best Cartoon Ever Made

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

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CQ 175 - Talking Karl Jobst's SCAM ALERT (also are pop reports an answer?)

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Episode 174 - So you want to collect Turbografx-16

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

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

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Update: CQ is going back to an explicit rating

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Episode 171 - Collecting the History of Mario Games

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Episode 170 - E3 and Summer Announcements for Game Collectors

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Episode 169 - Collecting Light Gun Games (and some you can't collect)

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Episode 168 - Six RPGs that Might Be Worth Collecting Right Now

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Episode 167 - The Market is Euphoric, Should You Sell Out?

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Episode 166 - How Many Collectible Video Games Beat Inflation?

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Episode 165 - What happens if all our physical Playstation games become coasters?

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Episode 164 - NES Games Based on R-rated Movies

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Episode 163 - The CQ Cut: Collecting DC Comics Games

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Episode 162 - Collector's Questions #1

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Episode 161 - Rare and Collectible Zelda Games

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Episode 160 - Early Video Game Pack-ins

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Episode 159 - Collectible Video Games with Trading Cards

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Episode 158 - What is the Most Expensive, Most Common Nintendo Game?

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Episode 157 - NES vs. Famicom Prices

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Episode 156 - Game Collecting in 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

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Episode 155 - Five Golden Things

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Episode 154 - Don't Collect Video Game Food... but if you do...

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Episode 153 - The $1000 Modern Game Draft

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Episode 152 - So You Want to Collect Castlevania Games

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Episode 151 - So You Want to Collect Halloween Games 3 (Thirteen Spooky & Obscure Collectible Game)

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Episode 150 - Talking about Video Game Condition

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Episode 149 - Flush With Plush (and Fractional Share Investing)

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Episode 148 - The "Bubble", The Next Big Console, Johnny Complains about Grades, and More!

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Episode 147 - So You Want to Collect for the Super Nintendo

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Episode 146 - How Game Collectors Can Collect Information

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Episode 145 - The Best & Worst Feelings in Game Collecting

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Episode 144 - What's The Deal With Collecting Sets?

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Episode 143 - Everyone is at Home Buying More Video Games!

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Episode 142 - Organic Collectibility vs. Manufactured Collectibility

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Episode 141 - All Your Video Game Lists Are Bad

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Side Quest 3 - Collecting and Finishing the PS1 Set

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Episode 140 - Coronavirus Impact on the Video Game Market

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SideQuest 2 - Social Strategies

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SideQuest 1 - The Wide World Of Aftermarket Games

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Episode 139 - Two For One: Collectible Double Packs

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Episode 138 - The Death Effect

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Episode 137 - Will Johnny Sell His Collection for $1,000,000, the Future of the Market, and More!

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Episode 136 - A Shameful Review of 2019

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Episide 135 - How to Shop for a Video Game Collector

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Episode 134 - Pawn Stars, the Sonic Movie, and 6 Movie Games

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Episode 133 - NintendoAge Shutdown and 6 Games with Pack-in Surprises

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Episode 132 - PRGE 2019 & What Is "Collectible"?

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Episode 131 - Spooky Collectible Halloween Imports

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Episode 130 - So You Want To Collect Halloween Games #2

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Episode 129 - So You Want to Collect for the Sega Dreamcast

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Episide 128 - Game Collecting Trivia Show

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Episode 127 - A Game Heist, Censorship, and Talking to Deniz from Wata Games

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Episode 126 - Should You Collect First Prints or First Editions?

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Episode 125 - WTF Sonic 1? Why is CQ Always Wrong About First Prints? And other Q&A!

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Episode 124 - Xmas in July ("Collectible" Holiday Games)

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Episode 123 - Bad Games All Collectors Buy... mainly just to post on IG

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Episode 122 - Games Collectors Overpaid For (That Are Cheaper Now)

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Episode 121 - Where Does Game Collecting Go Now?

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Episode 120 - What is the State of Game Collecting Today?

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Episode 119 - So You Want to Collect for the Magnavox Odyssey 2

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Episode 118 - Same Name, Different Game

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Episode 117 - Collector's Quiz

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Episode 116 - Where Did the Undiscovered NWC Come From and Other Listener Questions

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Episode 115 - Does it Count? (for the "complete set")

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Episode 114 - So You Want to Collect for the Sega Saturn

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Episode 113 - Interview with Wata Games President Deniz Kahn

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Episode 112 - 9 Game Variants You Should Look Out For

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Episode 111 - Collectors Talking About the $100,000 Super Mario Bros.

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Episode 110 - How do we Organize Our Game Collections?

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Episode 109 - New Year, New Goals

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Episode 108 - Twelve Christmas Collectibles... to Ring in the New Year

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Episode 00: Pre Podcast Recording on Trade Etiquette

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Episode 107 - The Nightmare Before Ship-mas

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Collector's Edition #1 - Harry Potter Book Collecting interview with AllThePrettyBooks

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Episode 106 - So You Want to Collect for the NES

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Episode 105 - Opening a New Store, Running Arcades, & Retro City Fest 2019 with Steve Torres

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Episode 104 - Is the PlayStation Classic Really That Bad?

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Episode 103 - Tricks & Treats: Games to Play this Halloween and Some to Avoid

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Episode 102 - So You Want To Collect Halloween Games #1

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Episode 101 - Too Many Minis?

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Episode 100 - The $1000 Retro Game Draft

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Episode 99 - The Biggest Wastes of Money in Game Collecting

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Episode 98 - Homie Hook-ups, Back Door Deals, and More...

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Episode 97 - So You Want to Collect for the Original Xbox

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Episode 96 - Is It Better To Collect The Most Expensive Games First?

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Episode 95 - So You Want to Collect for the Sega Genesis

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Episode 94 - Our Top Pet Peeves With Collecting Video Games

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MicroCast 9 - Did The Video Game Collectors Market Crash?

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Episode 93 - Did Johnny Buy a $100 Reproduction of Mega Man X!?

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Episode 92 - Moving Past "Retro" and "Modern" With Special Guest Excitebyte Games

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Episode 91 - Johnny and Tyler Lay the Smackdown on Wrestling Games

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Episode 90 - Dead Digital Games. Limited print game publishers and the Wii Shop shutdown.

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Episode 89 - Collecting The Full Set of 3DO Games with Industry Veteran Stephan Reese

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Episode 88 - What We Talk About Before We Record (Limited Run Games, Dragon Warrior, and More).mp3

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Episode 87 - Tips to Protect Your Collection, and Things to Never Do.

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Episode 86 - Licensed Food Games? Dominos, McDonalds, 7-Up M&Ms???

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Episode 85 - Is The Nintendo Switch Killing the Collectiblity of the Wii-U

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Episode 84 - Special Edition Consoles...They Suck

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MicroCast 8 - How To Save Money On Modern Games

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Episode 83 - Aftermarket Reproductions (The legal kind)

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Episode 82 - Building a Retro Gaming Convention: Retro City Festival 2018

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Episode 81 - Video Game Collectors 2017 Recap

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Episode 80 - Mario Games

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Episode 79 - Holiday Price Spike and Dip

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Episode 78 - Halloween Games That Came With Cool Pack In Items

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Episode 77 - Scooby Doo Console Game Retrospective

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Episode 76 - Family Friendly Halloween Games

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Episode 75 - Most and Least Expensive System to Collect For

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Episode 74 - Words and Phrases That Shouldn't Make Games More Expensive

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Microcast 7 - Another New Host, Tyler Joins The Fray

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Microcast 6 - Being An Opportunistic Buyer, Thoughts on VGA, and Games That Were Destroyed

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Microcast 5 - Collecting Tips for the Nintendo DS

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Episode 73 - Collecting Tips (Fixed)

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Episode 72 - Gaming Vs Collecting

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Episode 71 - Collecting For Modern Sytems and Completing Sets

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MicroCast 4 - What Does Rare Mean?

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Episode 70 - SNES Classic Announced

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MicroCast 3 - Is The Video Game Bubble Bursting

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MicroCast 2 - Should You Already Be Collecting For The Nintendo Switch

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MicroCast 1 - What is a MicroCast and What System Had the Best Game Boxes

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Episode 69 - What Pirate Games Arrr Worth Collecting?

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Episode 68 - Is It a Good Time To Collect For the Wii-U

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Episode 67 - Is The N64 Garbage?

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Episode 66 - NES Classic Discontinued, Collecting Slowing Down?

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Episode 65 - Pornography in Video Games

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Episode 64 - 8 Reasons Your Games Aren't Worth What You Think

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Episode 63 - Interview with JayBaam and Helping Brooklynn

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Episode 62 - Initial Nintendo Switch and Zelda and Breath of the Wild Review

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Episode 61 -7 Things That Suck About Retro Gaming

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Episode 60 - Kat and I Katch Up - SoCal Retro Gaming Expo Run Down

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Episode 59 - Resident Evil 7VR & Modded NES Classics

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Episode 58 - Nico from Super MadNes

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Episode 57 - We React to the Nintendo Switch

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Episode 56 - SoCal Retro Gaming Expo with @Damn.It.Steve

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Episode 55 - 2016 Year In Review

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Episode 54 - How To Be Successful on Instagram with @Sabotage64

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Episode 53 - The 12 Games of Christmas

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Episode 52 - The SNES Mini?

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Episode 51 - 1 Year of Colletor's Quest

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Episode 50 - Talking Cosplay with Hollita_Cos

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Episode 49 - Horror / Halloween Movies That Became Games

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Episode 48 - Top 5 Spooky Games

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Episode 47 - Our Top 5 PS3 Games and Some Ranting

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Episode 46 - Interview with Lord_Sega_

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Episode 45 - Magazine Collecting, Nintendo Shutting People Down, eBay Jerks, and Crossy Road

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Episode 44 - Conventions Part 2

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Episode 43 - What Game Would You Make A Sequel For? We Share Ours.

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Episode 42 - NES Sequels and the Categories They Fall In

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Episode 41 - Nintendo Game Boy with Kida467

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Episode 40 - Interview Retro_Gaming or StopXWhispering

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Episode 39 - NES Mini, Is It Bad For Collectors?

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Episode 38 - Multiplayer Games

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Episode 37 - How I Got My Super Nintendo Part 2

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Episode 36 - How I Got My Super Nintendo Part 1

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Episode 35 - Interview Wiggy From Rose Colored Gaming

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Episode 34 - Collecting On A Budget And Collecting For The 3DS- Guest The3DSCollector

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Episode 33 - CQ News & PS1 and Saturn Price Spikes

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Episode 32 - Interview NintendoTwizer & Wii Collecting

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Episode 31 - Disney Games & Collecting

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Episode 30 - Captain America Games

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Episode 29 - The Nintendo NX, The New Zelda And What Will Happen To The WiiU?

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Episode 28 - Playstation Vita & More

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Episode 27 - The Most Expensive NES Games And Where To Find Value

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Episode 26 - The Sega Master System

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Episode 25 -NES Top 5

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Episode 24 -Motivation

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Episode 23 - Who Hates Bubble Mailers? We Do!

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Episode 22 - Kat & Johnny Chat With Sixteen_Bit

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Episode 21 - Kat & Johnny Take A Sick Day

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Episode 20 - Interview Dain Anderson Founder Of Nintendo Age

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Episode 19 - Repros, Home Brew, and Pirates

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Episode 18 - How to Deal with Collection Envy and Other Questions.

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Episode 17 - SPORTSBALL!!! and Rare Sports Game

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Episode 16 - TheyCallMeSolo Interview

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Episode 15 -Game Spotlight Comix Zone & Faxanadu

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Episode 14 -SoCal Retro Gaming Expo - Interview With SuperVideoGameBros

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Episode 13 -Game Boy's And Which To Smuggle

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Episode 12 - Happy New Year

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Episode 11 - Collecting Star Wars Games

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Episode 10 - TheVGDB Nick Morgan Interview

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Episode 4 (9) - Final Fantasy 7 And Kickle Cubicle

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Episode 3 (8) - Retro Gaming Holiday Memories

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Episode 3 (7) - Conventions

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Episode 2 (6) -Speed Racer Mountain Bike Rally Combo Cart For Super Nintendo

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Episode 1 (5) - A New Host - Katselvania

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