HIDDEN GEMS: A New Series?

Allow me to rant and proclaim love...
I adore classic cartridge games. Even in this day and age, when their graphics have fallen out dramatically compared to their modern disc-based cousins. I'm sure this has been noticed once or twice, but it could be passed off as mere adoration for certain franchises (such as Banjo-Kazooie and Legend of Zelda), but the fact of the matter is, I draw way more joy from owning and playing cartridge based games than I ever have from playing disc based games. At least, in the long-term.

That being said, I have taken to collecting games, at least in the Nintendo series. I own a NES (dismantled for my own personal benefit), SNES (originally my wife's, I have owned one but it is long gone now) and N64 (two actually, and I would own three if someone hadn't lost my original #frownyface). These consoles, relics of a beautiful past, would mean little though, without the cartridges that go in them. Or...on top of them...sometimes.

Anyway, I've found myself in a bountiful era where people in the Golden Triangle area of Mississippi, particularly the city of Columbus, either don't feel the same about cartridges (one man's trash) or are desperate for money (capitalizing on others' misfortunes), either way, the Replay's in Columbus has made a pretty buck off of me with their assortment of cartridges. Everything from old games I never had the pleasure of playing, to games from my childhood that I've lost access to and have been dying to play again!

So what's with the title?
Simple really, I post videos on youtube, occasionally, you can see that here. So...why not tie my blog into my youtube, for good. Do it right. So, look forward to, sometime in August, the start of a "Hidden Gems" series of videos on my youtube channel, along with a series of blogs divulging similar ideas in words! These will be Let's Plays where I emulate and enjoy the classic games I've picked up at said store.

I suppose that, since we're here, I can drop a few names of games I've picked up so far:
NES:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Super Mario/Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
ChessMaster
Castlevania 2
Metal Gear
Gauntlet

SNES:
The Jungle Book
Super Mario Kart
Batman Forever


N64:
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
StarFox 64
Star Wars Shadows of the Empire

And a few more, we'll drop them in later when I'm at home and can actually look at them!