Nintendo Quest documentary

[mitsuman]

Anyone else watch this? I just started it on Crackle. I'll give a review if I make it all the way through.

[Otaking]

It was f*ckin awful.

I found the main guy a complete dweeb.
I want a documentary about BitHead1000 tracking down every PC Engine shooter or Chris Bucci's mission to review every TG-16 game, just bascially likeable characters instead of that Nintendo Quest ass wipe.

[BigusSchmuck]

It's a collectard's wet dream minus what he actually paid for his games. Seriously, bad. I had more fun watching paint dry.

[mitsuman]

Yeah, I'm not really digging this.  He just paid $4k for a game...


Just turned it off and decided to watch the new episode of Game Sack instead.

Does anyone have a link to Chris Buccis channel? I used to be subscribed, but apparently got rid of it at some point.

[Otaking]

Chris Bucci's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/spida1a

[mitsuman]

Thanks!

[Otaking]

I may remember this wrong but I'd remembered before you pay to download Nintendo Quest.
But for anyone interested I've just seen someone's uploaded it to youtube.
As said I don't recommend watching it though.

[mitsuman]

People paid to watch that?

[sirhcman]

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19787.0

[Medic_wheat]

So basically in the end. He completed a video game library in under a year.

And he wanted the games to have a story behind them.



And he threw X amount of money at it to achieve this goal.



I don't know. Something about completing an entire system library in under a year (when the prices for the games are possibly st their highest) in resell world just seems cheap. Meaningless. The story he was after was his own.


If I am not mistaken wasn't this documentary kickstarted or something to where the people backing this documentary basically paid for his buying the games? 

For me. The journey to slowly discovering games. Finding hem here and there over the course of years has been the most enjoyable. Not just throwing wads of money to complete a collection as quickly as possible.

Sure this person made it a challenge. However what's the point?  Meh to it all I guess.

[sirhcman]

If I am not mistaken wasn't this documentary kickstarted or something to where the people backing this documentary basically paid for his buying the games? 

Yes you are correct

[bartre]

I wanted to watch it to make fun of the whole idea, but....

it's just so bad.
like, there's really nothing redeeming about this thing.
I stopped after 20 minutes.

[Groover]

I watched this a while back. I was disappointed that he left out how much was paid for games. I didn't understand him setting the harsh time frame he put on himself. I mean some people spend years if not decades collecting all these games. This guy was already a collector. His love for Darth Maul left me suspect of his taste level. Also I don't understand this completionist mind set in game collecting. I generally just buy games I want to play. I mean there was a lot of crap out there.

[seieienbu]

At one point in the documentary, the main character went on a rant about how he was glad his father was dead after complaining that his father disliked his video games and music.  At that point, I couldn't enjoy the film at all anymore.  If that was what he meant and is to be taken at face value, then it was either a documentary about a sociopath.  If that wasn't the case?  Then the editor left in exactly enough of a non sequitur to misrepresent someone into something terrible. 

Either way, I couldn't enjoy the film afterward.

[Johnpv]

Yeah the part about the father was really weird and felt completely out of place. I watched it last year when I was home sick from work for a few days.  The level of collectard in the movie is too damn high.  I'll never get people who need to own every copy of some rare game they come across.

[Psycho Punch]

I need to watch NintendoAge: the movie ASAP! From what you guys are saying this movie could run in a double feature alongside Dawn of the Dead

I mean look at this shit:

At one point in the documentary, the main character went on a rant about how he was glad his father was dead after complaining that his father disliked his video games and music.

This has to be the a "The Room" of consumerism. So much lack of self awareness
In any other situation I would have said that it's an in-your-nose parody of collectardism, but, you know, NintendoAge.

[xcrement5x]

I may remember this wrong but I'd remembered before you pay to download Nintendo Quest.
But for anyone interested I've just seen someone's uploaded it to youtube.
As said I don't recommend watching it though.

Thanks for the link, I may get drunk one night and watch this trainwreck.

[Flare65]

Yeah the part about the father was really weird and felt completely out of place.

What exactly happen with the Father?  He mentioned there was a loud bang and his dad was on the floor.  Did he commit suicide?

I'd be very curious as to what kind of day job this guy had.  He goes on an 11 day road trip to the mid west and then he has to run back up to Canada because he cant miss work, only to run back down again?

[Medic_wheat]

Yeah the part about the father was really weird and felt completely out of place.

What exactly happen with the Father?  He mentioned there was a loud bang and his dad was on the floor.  Did he commit suicide?

I'd be very curious as to what kind of day job this guy had.  He goes on an 11 day road trip to the mid west and then he has to run back up to Canada because he cant miss work, only to run back down again?

CDL. Oil Filed?

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I remember when I first heard about the concept for the movie and thought it sounded really cool.

What I expected: A couple guys with a camera driving around to flea markets/thrift and game shops across the country trying to find each and every NES cart.  Kind of like a story of discovery or an adventure like those Game Chasers and NES Pursuit type stuff...

Reality: None of this.  It was more of a backstory on what I'd mostly consider a pretty uninteresting spoiled and otherwise unlikable dude.  The way they "found" all the NES games (mostly in LOTS) seemed pretty fake or planned out. 

meh..

[mitsuman]

I remember when I first heard about the concept for the movie and thought it sounded really cool.

What I expected: A couple guys with a camera driving around to flea markets/thrift and game shops across the country trying to find each and every NES cart.  Kind of like a story of discovery or an adventure like those Game Chasers and NES Pursuit type stuff...

Reality: None of this.  It was more of a backstory on what I'd mostly consider a pretty uninteresting spoiled and otherwise unlikable dude.  The way they "found" all the NES games (mostly in LOTS) seemed pretty fake or planned out. 

meh..

Yeah, I definitely got a scripted vibe from it.

[Flare65]

The way they "found" all the NES games (mostly in LOTS) seemed pretty fake or planned out. 
meh..

Totally agree.

[glazball]

Yea fuck that "documentary."  I actually paid $20 for the DVD at Classic Game Fest last year (or year before, I can't remember) and met the main douchebag and the director.

Having been on a "Nintendo quest" of my own for 20+ years, it was frustrating to watch.  Mainly it was his sense of entitlement, that everyone should sell their games "for the cause, bro."  Fuck him.

The part about his dad, etc is completely unnecessary and stupid.

The fact that he never actually PLAYS A SINGLE GAME (that I can remember) is telling.

The final scene of the movie implies that next year (with a sly look into the camera) that another console's library will be hunted down.

Fuck him.

[Psycho Punch]

The fact that he never actually PLAYS A SINGLE GAME (that I can remember) is telling.

Games... actually play them? *stares at shelf full of VGA graded cartridges* AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

They should do Turbografx-16 for the sequel. I can guarantee PCEFX's server will crash with so much rage.

[seieienbu]

Having been on a "Nintendo quest" of my own for 20+ years, it was frustrating to watch.  Mainly it was his sense of entitlement, that everyone should sell their games "for the cause, bro."  Fuck him.

Oh man, I forgot about that.  That "for the cause" bullshit was infuriating.  Like, this very much isn't something that anyone else can do.  You can't just say "Gotta catch 'em all!" and then magically get reasonable prices on super rare stuff. 

The main character seemed unlikable and the events as transpired seemed either fictitious or at least only a small part of the overall story.  Yeah, perhaps the guy Did get a complete collection; it wasn't due to his bargaining savvy, charisma, or likability.  He was just a jerk who had a camera with him.  Then he happened to meet a guy who I guess really wanted to trade rare NES games for some money and a chance to be in a movie showing off how great his collection was and thus he was able to trade fame and some money for games that he otherwise couldn't have purchased or wouldn't have found.

And only vaguely tangentially related, but Bonk on Nintendo seems the most pointless thing in the world to me.  A friend of mine was trying to get a boxed copy a couple of years ago and I told him that he was an idiot and could buy a Turbo and the game for less than he would spend on the inferior NES port.  They spoke about the game an awful lot toward the end of the documentary and I just don't see why anyone would want the blasted thing.

[NoSexGex]

People paid to watch that?

LOL

In Edmonton Alberta when i'm located, it was a big deal when it got released. Someone rented an entire movie theatre and had a screening night and everything. Tried to sell tickets for it, and vendors/local stores setup booths inside of the event.
BUT MY GO DID IT SUCK

We were warned before hand so we did drugs, but it still was unbearable. We left so early we couldn't even drive and had to crash at my buddies house.

The funny/sad part was the guy who organized the screening lost a bunch of money doing it. He bought a couple hundred DVD's and desperately tried to sell after the movie. He had them for $40CAN originally, but near the end he was only asking $20 plus delivery lol. You could just feel the sweat drippin off his posts.

I watched this a while back. I was disappointed that he left out how much was paid for games.

Lots of people were, they were probably just embarrassed how much $$ spent. Their Facebook page comments for awhile were just people bashing the fact that they kept this hidden.

At one point in the documentary, the main character went on a rant about how he was glad his father was dead after complaining that his father disliked his video games and music.  At that point, I couldn't enjoy the film at all anymore.  If that was what he meant and is to be taken at face value, then it was either a documentary about a sociopath.  If that wasn't the case?  Then the editor left in exactly enough of a non sequitur to misrepresent someone into something terrible. 

Either way, I couldn't enjoy the film afterward.

Wow, how out of place. I'm glad I left before I got to see that. I just left after they failed, right when that dudes dog died.
So not only did they fail doing a scripted "adventure" finding every NES game, but his dog died too.

[CrackTiger]

One of the worst things about this piece of crap is that it was originally was funded by a kickstarter to pay the clown to "hunt" for a complete set with other peoples' money and then they had the balls to do another kickstarter to get people to fund the dvd.

[Medic_wheat]

Just checked. The kickstarter page and raised $16,814 112% funded. This one was completed on  June 2013. 

Minus what ever kickstarter kept for its share that's still a lot of money. Probably.



Oddly the kickstarter for the DVD/film raised $40,286 competed on Feb 2015.

So wait. They raised nearly $17,000 to buy the guy his collection and film.


Then nearly two years later they do a second kickstarter which raised more the double the $16,000 to produce the film.  That was already filmed? 

Wait what?

[mitsuman]

One of the worst things about this piece of crap is that it was originally was funded by a kickstarter to pay the clown to "hunt" for a complete set with other peoples' money and then they had the balls to do another kickstarter to get people to fund the dvd.

That's probably why they didn't list the prices of the games as they picked them up. They didn't want the kickstarter backers to keep track of how much was being spent.

[seieienbu]

I guess the moral of this "film" is to not trust a sociopath to not try to swindle all of your money?

[BigusSchmuck]

If I were one of those backers, I would have demanded my money back. That's an absurd amount of money to watch someone collect these games and hear him bitch about how his daddy raped him like a good boy. Well maybe not raped, but you get the idea.

[Psycho Punch]

Seriously, where's the timestamp for the dad stuff? I didn't make past the first 15 minutes and I'm not in a hurry to try again

[glazball]

Sorry Punch, you'll have to watch it all the way through yourself to see!  lol

The director (the big guy who pops in to narrate) is making another movie I believe about retro game box art - which does sound kind of interesting I admit.  If it already has a finalized name, it escapes me.  The movie may even be out already.  He seems like a decent enough guy, so maybe that documentary won't suck as much.

[sirhcman]

Seriously, where's the timestamp for the dad stuff? I didn't make past the first 15 minutes and I'm not in a hurry to try again

It has been a long time since I saw this but I believe its in the first half of the film, before they even get any games

[sirhcman]

The director (the big guy who pops in to narrate) is making another movie I believe about retro game box art - which does sound kind of interesting I admit.  If it already has a finalized name, it escapes me.  The movie may even be out already.  He seems like a decent enough guy, so maybe that documentary won't suck as much.

The director is also doing a mini-documentary for the Henshin Engine game

[crazydean]

From what I've heard about this film, it's difficult to see who the audience is supposed to be. It's obviously not gamers. Even collectors want to hear an interesting history or acquisition story with an item. A collector would also be very interested in final sale prices. Everyone wants to hear about a great deal!

[seieienbu]

If I were one of those backers, I would have demanded my money back. That's an absurd amount of money to watch someone collect these games and hear him bitch about how his daddy raped him like a good boy. Well maybe not raped, but you get the idea.

Though irrelevant and completely outside the scope of the film, I wouldn't mind the guy saying that he was glad that his father was dead had that been the case.  It may have been but that's not what the film says.  The film would have me believe that his father liked sports but didn't like nintendo or the music the main character liked so said main character was glad his father was dead. 

No legitimate grievance was mentioned but he was glad his father was dead.  It was a bad movie.

[ChuChu Flamingo]

Whenever I think of the typical Nintendoage drone, I think of this guy from the movie.

[esadajr]

The director (the big guy who pops in to narrate) is making another movie I believe about retro game box art - which does sound kind of interesting I admit.  If it already has a finalized name, it escapes me.  The movie may even be out already.  He seems like a decent enough guy, so maybe that documentary won't suck as much.

The director is also doing a mini-documentary for the Henshin Engine game

Saru, is that true?

[NecroPhile]

Saru, is that true?

From the kickstarter stretch goal: "$28,000 -  We will make a 30-minute mini-documentary, "The Making of Henshin Engine" which will be made in cooperation with Rob McCallum of Pyre Productions, The creator of Nintendo Quest, Power of Grayskull, Box Art and more!"

[esadajr]

Saru, is that true?

From the kickstarter stretch goal: "$28,000 -  We will make a 30-minute mini-documentary, "The Making of Henshin Engine" which will be made in cooperation with Rob McCallum of Pyre Productions, The creator of Nintendo Quest, Power of Grayskull, Box Art and more!"

Me not reading the "fine print". Whatever, HE is a total different thing, I'm sure everything will turn out great.

[Gredler]

for the cause... for the cause... wtf

I was so curious about the dad thing I had it on until I heard them mention something about dads, and I got the time stamp.

45:00 in.

They should not have included that in the film, so weird.

How does this guy have such an blessed life, and speak of it so negatively. Crazy to me.

[NecroPhile]

Soooooo.....did his dad die of embarrassment? 

[Gredler]

Soooooo.....did his dad die of embarrassment? 

Danm dude, bringing it back... No holds barred!

I turned the video off after the dad thing, that was the extent of my curiosity.

[Dicer]

Fuck this whole embarrassing thing, that's all I got to say about it.

[xcrement5x]

Soooooo.....did his dad die of embarrassment? 

Lol, comment of 2017.  Maybe you will bring Nulltard out of the woodwork with that one. 

[Medic_wheat]

So I watched the part about the father with spliced parts of his mother being interviewed "and having a very different perspective of the relationship between father and son and her role".

Before I forget. They end the segment about his childhood and fathers death with a fade out to a NES game quote "what a horrible night to have a curse" from Castlevania II. Could that have been more poorly executed?  Completely tasteless.

People here defend the person who made the documentary sighting that the next one might be better.

Firstly the tone presentation and editing of this documentary is under direct contril of the director. So that right there tells me his work is piss poor and future works would be a wast of my time.

Secondly the subject of this documentary is a personal friend fk the director/documentary filmed for 30 plus years as self reported during some of his narritive segments.

Now to the account of the death and relationship he had with his father.

-his father was described as: a tyrant, not understanding or being interedted in the things he was personally interested in (despite admiral that the father tried to understand and be a part of it). That he felt relief after his death "as though a weight was lifted from my shoulders (ohh shit I better spin this quick) our shoulders my mother and I." 

Comments like this leads one to believe that it wasn't purely lack of father son bonding between the sons interest. This sounds more indicative of abuse phsyical, emotional, sexual. So there seems to be more to the story. If not then the guy has some serious personality disorder as his reaction and interpretation is skewed.

This leads the viewer to draw the conclusion that the guy questing for video games as

Entitled
Unsympathetic (despite attempt to humanize and draw sympathy from the viewers with this story)
Horrid social relationships

Among other negative views.

Which brings me back to this being a reflection of the director/documentary and editor.

The narritive flow was off, little to no framing of the movie, and lack of focaul point. The media graphics used throughout were amateurish. I have seen YouTube channels with better editing and graphic design then this. Such as game sack, classic game room, and such.

[seieienbu]

If they told half the story, then the director was totally at fault with throwing a misleading lie into an otherwise mediocre-to-lousy movie.  If that was the whole story?  Then the main character is an sociopath asshole and probably shouldn't have a movie about how he likes to collect toys from his childhood.  That's super creepy.

So, either bad director or bad main character.  One or the other has to be true.

[Mighty]

I really enjoyed watching this movie. I like collecting and rare games so this was my type of film.

[mitsuman]

I really enjoyed watching this movie. I like collecting and rare games so this was my type of film.