Chris Corbin's love of retro video games came from a cousin he lost as a child. His older cousin was a gamer with a few systems, and died at 15 when Corbin was 11.

"He left a big imprint on my life," Corbin said. "I really liked what he had and kind of always wanted it for my own. So when I had my own money, that's kind of where I put my money toward. I [started] collecting my own."

Now Corbin, who lives in Regina, is a full-on retro video game collector with about 3,000 physical games. He's part…