/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4674832
Rondo of blood and a Pc Engine. Always liked it's design over the turbo graphix

a piece of japanese ass in a love hotel after a thic burger and a powerade.

we talking retro gaming? probably some saturn games like snatcher or biohazard. you can get both at a love hotel too tho..

All the original Famicom Pulse cartridge titles. Though I could just grab them off ebay.

I'd probably just go around buying a bunch of porn doujins instead.

It isn't the early 90s. The PS2, Wii and Switch all have arcade perfect ports of Samurai Spirits or you can use MAME. Why pay over three grand for a Neo Geo game?

>>4674858
You go to a country that serves raw horse with raw eggs and you get a hamburger.

>>4674872
yeah and france serves raw beef with raw egg and i still order the fucking hamburger because two separate food dishes can exist in a single country..

>>4674832


I am actually going to Japan in 2 weeks.


will probably get a couple of PC Engine games that's it.


the retro prices are fucked beyond repair at the moment.

>>4674892
stay at a love hotel my dude. get your nut off for like, 30 bucks with a milkshake on the side.

>>4674832
a virtua fighter 3 pcb.

>>4674860
Are those the Famicom equivalent to the black box games?

A wife who loves hentai and Monster Hunter. Bonus points if she’s a idol.

>>4674904
Sorry

My English

Not good

What

Is love hotel

>>4674914

Yes.

https://famicomworld.com/workshop/articles/pulse-line-cartridges/

>>4674872
I really want to try horse. I hate that it’s so taboo in the US. Fucking little princess girls whose daddies buy them ponies.

>>4674860
>The PS2, Wii and Switch all have arcade perfect ports
Wrong

>>4674932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgX_r-x-XE&t=35s

a normal hotel, except the lights are dim, theres marvin gaye on repeat, food and alcohol is delivered to your room and theres a little handy pamphlet on the bedside table with the names and numbers of every single japanese escort in a 25 mile radius of the hotel, on speed-dial, douched up and ready to go.

>>4674832
I'd just hit the flea markets and second hand shops and pick up whatever was insanely cheap. Like the last 20 times.

>>4674892
Only for potatoes like you who shop at super potato.

besides some rare vidya collectibles, i would probably have to buy some pokemon cards.

>>4674953
Yeah, I wouldn't feel dirty all all doing that..

>>4674960
Where can I finde some nice second market shops in Tokyo / Kyoto
I just left Osaka and I got Biohazard and Biohazard 4 for the Gamecube for 500 yen each

>>4674960


I am staying 10 days for the wedding of my sister-in-law.


I don't plan on spending my days roaming the countryside checking every single Book Off or Hard Off...

>>4674872
Yes

>>4674932
some hotels are explicitly for love making

other hotels also have a "stay price" and "rest price".

I've been to Japan a few times

I basically did all my weeb-shopping in Radio Kaikan and one of the Sofmaps, but that was for gunpla and fiddly Gashapon shit. The oldskool stall parts of Akihabara do have some old game shit in there for cheap. I meant to go back and pick up a 1st gen DS for 5 bucks but forgot about it. Looked like it only needed a battery. NESiCA kind of ruined the arcade scene since basically all of the arcades just use those for anything that isn't Dissidia/rhythm or whatever weird bullshit is hot right now, so if you've seen one arcade, you know what basically 80% of the lineup is in any arcade in the country, even the smoke filled mom&pop ones in other areas.

What I saw at the various TRADER stores seemed half-reasonable, half bullshit. Used SFC minis for under retail, but GBAMicros for 120 or more. They had stuff going back to at least the MD/SFC but I didn't look at the prices. Wii stuff is obviously dirt cheap because everyone and their mother bought one. Picked up a like-new Classic Controller Pro for like 10 bucks.

Weirdest thing I saw was the 2nd hand figure market. You can rent out like a 2x2 box and fill it with all your shit you want to sell, and I imagine the store takes a cut. Lot of that now.

Too busy sightseeing everywhere else.

>>4674872
You probably wouldn't want a Japanese hamburger anyways, Japanese takes on western food turn out awful. Ever had Japanese pizza? Complete and utter trash.

>>4674832
I'd buy cheap console DESU. I can pirate most stuff that I want and flashcarts are easy enough to use. I'm more worried about the hardware then the games.

>>4674945
Basashi is awesome.
>>4675267
Dude MOS Burger is one of the best hamburger chains on the planet. You are right their pizza is terrible. First Kitchen is mediocre (humorously abbreviated as ファキン sounds like fucking) but their French fry flavors are good especially the burnt butter soy sauce flavor. The funniest thing was the Taco Bell opening in Shibuya a few years back. It was the first time I saw a line down the block for Taco Bell; well one that wasn’t a bunch of drunks and stoners at 4am

>>4675361
>Dude MOS Burger is one of the best hamburger chains on the planet.

their fries are good. I just can't say I'm a fan of Japanese beef. I don't like how the fat basically makes up the meat. It's almost like a veggie burger or something.

>>4674932
Nice hotels for people who don't have much privacy at home

I was there a couple months ago, the prices on everything were ridiculous. I ended up just taking some photos in the game shops and going on my merry way.
Also I felt bad for the employees who have to listen to a blaring cacaphony of game demos and music running simultaneously all day long, it's like the store owners deliberately want to create David Lynch style audio dysphoria. No wonder they all kill themselves.
Lastly, the French were almost always very rude in the small aisles, they would never move to let others pass by them. This happened many times, not sure what's up with them. Inb4 "you're fat," I'm a skellington.

Just hardware really.
Couple a gameboys
a saturn vcd card and 3d pad
fds ram adapter
pc engine
maybe an av famicom

>>4675000
Die weeb.

>>4675267
The one McDonald's I hit gave me a Big Mac the closest I've ever gotten one to how they look like in the pictures, and the fries were fresh. It was about half a buck cheaper than the combo meals are here. Had a Salisbury steak at Royal Host that wasn't bad either. Didn't have "Japanese" pizza but we stumbled upon some hole-in-the-wall brick oven wood-fired pizza place in Osaka that made a damn good Margherita pizza

>>4674832
It depends on if I were targeting building out my existing /vr/ console libraries or getting new hardware.

>existing consoles
Loading up on Saturn, DC, and PCE games.

>new hardware
Some combination of the following with rough order of priority:
>Wonderswan Swancrystal
>Saturn Virtual On stick
>PCE Coregrafx for a SSS3 build
>Neo Geo CDZ/AES
>Model 2 Saturn to act as backup to my Model 1
>NTSC-J Dreamcast

If you have the suitcase space, buying bulky and expensive-to-ship stuff when in Japan is an absolute must since it will let you dodge shipping fees. That's how I snagged my boxed Model 1 Saturn for half the going price for a comparable machine on eBay.

>>4675039
The TRADER shops in Akiba were decent a couple years ago for where it is, but you're not going to get any super deals in Tokyo unless if you go out of your way to the less touristy areas.

>>4675114
If you don't have the time to bargain hunt and have a stable address available at your disposal for the full 10 days, you could try ordering stuff off of Amazon JP. The prices seem low enough assuming you can decipher the item descriptions that it would be worth the convenience factor even if you don't get any super fantastic deals.

>>4674832
To be totally honest I would be more excited to get cigarettes from a vending machine than getting /vr/ stuff related on Japan. And cigs are cheaper too, of course. Hell, any anime-like experience would be very exciting.

>>4675550
You need a national ID now I think, as the machine asks you to flash it some kind of smart card. Same for the liquor ones too now. That said, you can walk in to basically any store and buy the same shit. They're all numbered too, so you can just say "Number X please" and they'll get it for you. They don't even ask you your age; the touchscreen just asks you to confirm you're of age.

That said, they're cracking down hard on smoking outside nowadays. Most towns limit it to some storefronts (like 7-11) and little sort-of walled off areas. Indoor smoking is still mostly cool though, oddly enough.

Protos...

>>4675267
>i've never been to japan
Cool story. And if you don't like Japanese style pizza you can always just get some western style pizza. Which is excellent and easy to find.

>>4675367
>i've never been to japan
Cool story. Mos is fine and the meat is nothing like what you describe.

>>4675556
Damn, I need an ID to buy cigs on Japan? And they are have a lot of rules about it now? Times are really changing.

>>4675571
It is too make sure only the dumbest people keep smoking.

>>4675571
Like I said, not if you go into a store and buy it from the counter. Just tell them the number.

>>4675556
I lived there 5 years on an off and I never needed an ID to buy tobacco or alcohol. You only need a TASPO (portmanteau of Tobacco Passport) to buy cigarettes and beer from vending machines. Otherwise you can go into any regular store. If you do get IDed though you can show your passport or another form of ID that says you are 20 or older. Again I’m a white guy and I was never IDed they always touched the ID check button for me.

>>4675556
The crack down is mostly in Tokyo and high pedestrian traffic areas near major train stations, so any where outside that you’re fine. When I lived in a company dorm in the countryside you could smoke anywhere but ironically there were plenty of signs that said 立ち小便禁止 (peeing is prohibited). Then again there were also signs that said “watch your head because of falling pisgeon shit” so they worry about some things that may be strange to foreigners. But what’s the point because you can smoke in almost any cafe, bar, karaoke box, arcade, pachinko parlor or restaurant and if you can’t smoke directly in the main room many places have a special smoking area; though some restaurants have a no smoking policy during peak hours when many students or families would visit the place. The smoking rooms at Narita were like heaven for someone like me who had to wait 2 hours for a flight and then take a 15 hour flight back to the east coast.

>>4675449
American McDonalds doesn’t even hold a flame to the quality that you get at the Japanese ones. Like you said I’ve always had fresh (as fresh as McDonalds could be) burgers and fries there, even in rural areas. The only reason to go to McDonalds there is for either the teriyaki burger or the seasonal Tsukimi burger, even though I prefer First Kitchen’s egg burger. Then again you can’t even compare a good solid Sasebo burger to any of the chains stuff, sometimes they’re even better than stuff I’ve gotten at burger restaurants in the US.

>>4675641
>You only need a TASPO (portmanteau of Tobacco Passport)
Ah. I guessed an ID because I can't read moon for shit. My bad

>>4675659
Don’t apologize it’s all good man. You should defiantly check out they have some good Japanese only brands (Peace and Seven Star are probably my favorites, just stay away from Echo and Golden Bat) and they usually run 450-500 yen a pack. And make sure to pick up a few cartons on the way out at the Duty Free shop. Last time I think I got 3 cartons of Seven Star 7mg menthol for about 60 bucks. So if you go to a convenience store you can just buy them as 99% of the time they won’t ID you because you’re not Japanese unless you look like a little kid.

>>4675558
I just find this funny.

"Hello, I like to buy one proto please."

>>4675668
It is neat to see that a store had so many for sale at once. My impression is that in Japan it wasn't unheard of for shops to receive prototypes for demonstration purposes and the like. I know a few prototypes even had the release date information for the final game coded in, and "Needs to be Returned" is common to see written on Japanese prototype cartridges.

I wish someone who grew up in Japan during the 80s/90s could chime in with how common it was to encounter early versions of games on display prior to release. I don't get the feeling that this practice was common in the US, but then again I wasn't born until the late 80s.

Japanese video games, from Japan, are a wonderful thing. Japan is a true treasure trove.

It's crazy how common it is to find even very old games in NEW condition and both new and used condition games alike are really affordable. By comparison, classic games released in the US have super inflated values.

>>4674832
More Cassettevision games.

>>4677201
I've read that in Japan people have a sort "library" way of playing retro games. Essentially most people buy a game, complete it, and then resell it essentially returning it. I have heard also that importers have sort of ruined this system though I'm not sure how true that is.

Japan is dead.

>>4674872
man I would NEVER eat a horse

One of those Saturn controllers for the PS2 to use in pretty much everything, some Hori stuff and probably some 5th gen hardware related to the PS1 and the Saturn.

>>4674860
Also this, I would try to hunt down some porn doujins then have anons beg me for scans of them.

>>4674832
>Anyway, what would you love to buy if you were on a trip to Japan?
Who said anything about "if"? for me it was "when" I was on a trip to Japan.

>>4677758
>Also this, I would try to hunt down some porn doujins then have anons beg me for scans of them.
I remember teasing /h in a similar manner because I had a physical copy of the Smash Bros. doujinshi Double Princesses back before it was scanned and when everybody desperately wanted it... like 10 years ago or so. How time fucking flies.

Went to my local Manga Souko, there was no games I wanted and the things I did want were over priced. Do these niggas expect me to buy a famicom for 6000 yen? It still has stains on it.

>>4678171
>famicom for 6000 yen

That's about the going rate. Buy it and clean it up with some retrobrite.

>>4678174
I rather go to Hard Off and buy a 100 yen one. The PSX I found there for 2000 yen still works. I might as well go to Online auctions for games considering where I live in Japan.

>>4674832
I'd probably look around for a decent MSX or a dreamcast Karaoke module, but What I'd really want to stock up on are the little things. Cheap, but bulky stuff that if I bought it through a middleman service or auction forwarder, the per item fees would be more than the cost of the items. Doujins, keychains, trading cards, cheap vinyl records and the like.

Japanese butt sluts

https://hentaitokyo.com

>>4674953
I doubt many of them are Japanese. Flips and chinks more like. A Japanese escort will cost you a lot more than 30 bucks.

>>4674832
a wife

fuck video games

I actually just landed last night

I have a JP PS2 at home, what PS1 games should I pick up?
Probably grabbing Slap Happy Rhythm Busters at least

OP here, glad the thread got so many replies.
Im in Tsumago right now and I'll be hitting Tokyo tomorrow. I just want some MVS cartridges that dont cost a fortune.
I bought pic related in Osaka
r8

>>4674832
i'd play a lot of rhythm games and get laughed at by nips because i'm not very good at them

>$3.5k neo cart
what the hell

>>4681736
Samurai Spirits Zero Special for Neo Geo AES
I think it was new, i.e. not used, hence the price tag

>>4681726
cool blog post m8

>>4681726
>¥2900 SFC
wew lad. Where's the box and bag full of games/accessories?

Are you the Teacher that shipped games to anons a while back?

>>4674864
why not?

how are the gpu prices in japan?

Went to super potato when i was there. Was a let down

>>4674832
>>4674832

Samurai spirits zero special, but certainly not for 360000 yen. Thats nutso.

>>4677806
What's the Panasonic computer at the back?

>>4682820
It's an A1 MK2. I can tell from some of the pixels and from knowing how to read.

Last time I went I got both the original release of FFVII and VII International, both complete. Hardly rare or even hugely impressive, but they were personal grails at the time. Going back in December, only things I definitely know I want are Parasite Eve 2 and the Final Data book for it, really I just plan on hunting around and seeing what takes my fancy.

>>4682749
The one in Ikebukuro is kinda cool, but for pure selection and prices I found that Mandarake and Book-Off were better than both it and the Akiba branch.

>>4683184
Cool. Shame you don't know how to be less of a dickhead, but thanks.

>>4677201
Seriously. I bought Wild Trax off amazon last month to make a star fox 2 repro. Japanese seller states that all carts come bare by themselves. $10 cool. I get the thing and it comes in the box, with manual, original advertising inserts, everything in the original plastic sleeves near mint. Now I feel guilty and don't want to mod the cartridge. Fucking japs!

>>4677201
I'm wondering how long it'll stay like this with so many fucking faggots importing games from japan.

>>4674832
nip consoles, a handful of nip games, but mostly just waifu figs, models, and porn

>>4679276
Also the Jap ones are pretty strict on who the deal with, especially foreigners.

>>4683319
How does being able to read text on a picture make someone a dickhead?

>>4674858
Actual sex is not the norm, you can get any call girl to rub up against you but they mostly aren't going to fuck a foreigner, so make sure to feel that out before you buy, that said, their uniform is how lovely they are

>>4678285
>cheap vinyl records
I'd love to go to Japan to go crate digging for obscure JP fusion jazz.

>>4675558
so this is how they end up in ebay

>>4674832
A x68000 grey keyboard and mouse.

>>4674832
A women

>>4684175
>call girls
I went to Tokyo once and got laid in Shibuya. Go to Club Atom if you aren't ugly. There are love hotels all over that area.

Rather than buy anything, I'd go spend a night at an open-air hot spring in the snow. Maybe go far north and and find a qt Ainu waifu.
But more realistically I'd just visit a boobland.

>>4687326
If you like snowsports, and particularly powder/off-piste then Hokkaido is possibly the best place in the world to go, it's getting quite the reputation, and places like Niseko are getting almost ludicrously expensive to visit
I was there almost ten years ago and it was kinda under the international radar, and there weren't many foreigners, at least compared to how it was in January, it's ridiculous now, pretty much just a place for rich tourists
I cannot overstate how excellent a hot spring surrounded by snow is tho, especially after a hard day, not just beautiful, but peaceful, relaxing, and energising too
The ski bums that go there tell me that their minds and bodies do better in Japan than anywhere else because of the hot springs
Anyway, go fucking visit, I intend to go to Hokkaido every few years for the rest of my life

>>4681726

sick

>>4687451
>hot spring surrounded by snow
I can not overstate how excellent that is either. Fortunately it's just a few hours drive for me. Totally /vr/ related, have you tried those feet eating fish?

>>4674832
A wife.

>>4674832
I live here at the moment.

>>4677518
Do you eat cows? Pigs? They are just as sentient, just as smart (if not smarter). You are a fucking hypocrite if the idea of eating horse turns you off, but not a cow.

>>4688192
Cows are really stupid. Kind of like people who sperg out because some kid on the internet doesn't want to eat a pony. Pigs are pretty smart and nice if you don't let them wallow in filth but bacon.

>>4674832
A hooker

>>4684442
This. I’d love to have the vaporwave source material

I've been there once already.
Got a lot of stuff. Mostly famicom and game boy games.
I got a Sharp Twin Fami and a game boy light.
And of course some doujins and some hentai.