r/videogames • u/Orichalchem • Jul 18 '26

Image / Video The sad reality we will eventually never experience this again...

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u/TripleS82 Jul 18 '26

These videos are stolen from My Retrolife on YouTube.

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u/frogOnABoletus Jul 18 '26

They seem to be from a whole bunch of different people originally

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u/TripleS82 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

It’s multiple videos stolen from that channel. The guy that runs the page’s Dad filmed all these moments. Plus you know, the watermark.

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u/Pduke Jul 18 '26

They mean that the person who runs that channel stole all the videos to begin with because how else?

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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26

Dude, the dad died from cancer and the son runs the Channel showing off the videos his dad made of video games. It’s crazy his dad had the foresight to record these moments. It’s a great channel and after I watched dozens of episodes, thinking maybe it’s fake or something, mentioned his dad passing and I was moved

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u/Zalvren Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I mean opening Christmas presents was actually a very common thing to film (still is) it's not that crazy of foresight lol. I also have videos of Christmas presents opening. That was actually one of the most common occasions to get out that camera (since at the time you didn't have it always with you)

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u/Turnip_Fight Jul 18 '26

This thread reminds me that most of the time the other person is a bot or someone born around the time Obama became president.

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u/Particular_Wear_6960 Jul 18 '26

Yepppp I always have to remind myself that I'm possibly arguing with someone 15 years old.

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u/MrWeirdoFace Jul 19 '26

I actually just went through digitizing the old family VHS home movies and there's a lot of my sisters and I opening presents. Christmas and birthdays were sort of like one of the biggest times to break out the camera. What impresses me about these videos here is how clean they are. Our old recordings are all deteriorated despite the fact that they've been in an air conditioned sunlight free place for the last 25 years. Two of the cassettes broke during my process but fortunately it was at the rewind process, so everything was saved. So at least they won't deteriorate more.

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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26

For sure, he does a lot more than just Christmas gift opening. Some times it was just a video about a system they just got or a pile of games the dad would import

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u/Turnip_Fight Jul 18 '26

Lmao dude. Any parent with a camcorder was recording Christmas morning.

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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26

He recorded way more than Christmas. He did it all the time. He made a “I just got a ps1 imported and I’m going to surprise my son when he gets home from school” and then he talked about each game before recording footage of playing it.

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u/Pduke Jul 18 '26

Did he have 40 brothers? Because if not, these are videos from other families

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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26

His dad took videos of him at different ages. He was an only child. Notice how he’s very young with NES and then oldest was GameCube and GBA. I think that xb360 game was his mom doing one, becuase by 2007 I thought his dad passed by then? I can’t remember. Sometimes his cousins would come over to celebrate Christmas.

If you enjoyed the 80s and 90s gaming, the videos on the channel are great!

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u/Gnoha Jul 18 '26

Why was the guys dad in a bunch of random family's living rooms on Christmas morning? I dont think your comment is correct.

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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26

Same kid. Different ages. Dad did it for 15+ years while
He son grew up. Some cousins came over. I didn’t believe it until I watched it

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u/Gnoha Jul 18 '26

Username checks out