Nintendo Quest (2015)

Nintendo Quest: Directed by Robert McCallum. With Jay Bartlett, Robert McCallum, Thor Aackerlund, Barry Hitchings. An adventure-filled documentary on Nintendo that follows two gaming enthusiasts, as they hit the open road in hopes of buying all the 678 official retail-licensed Nintendo games in 30 days with no online purchases.

“I suppose Iu0026#39;m of a similar age to the protagonist in this movie and his friends, and Iu0026#39;ve got to say that even after all these years, seeing those grey NES cartridges getting stacked, sorted, and lined up gives me tingles. I canu0026#39;t help it! I still have my own personal collection from childhood stored away (all seven games I collected between birthdays and Christmases).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movieu0026#39;s a fun little romp, filled with neat tidbits about classic NES games and a cool look at some independent game stores across Canada and the US.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne omission that seemed strange to me was that the filmmakers largely left out any details regarding money, both in terms of Jayu0026#39;s overall budget and how much he ended up paying for the majority of the games. Ostensibly, this was to keep the story focused on u0026quot;the pursuit,u0026quot; but without key details, I found myself beginning to lose interest since it was never quite clear what was at stake.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut it was all worth it for the segment with Todd Rogers. In particular, the scene where he points out to Jay all the games he cheated on… er I mean, has the high score on. Hilarious!”