OC Retro Game store in Akihabara, Tokyo

[Anonymous No.1087085]

OC Dumping photos and video :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlnlwBWidCM&feature=share&list=PLdaXVfzRs0dMv3i8-GX1dL_qlX3Ikj9wS

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[Anonymous No.1087115]

I'll post more tomorrow if anyone is interested.

[Anonymous No.1087120]

>>1087092

Isn't this only like $.10 American?

[Anonymous No.1087126]

I wonder how much those untouched controllers/n64 consoles are in Japan.

[Anonymous No.1087136]

I love when Arino goes to retro game stores, I don't know why. The cheap prices maybe, or how they all seem unique, or how they're simply a treasure trove. I'm planning on visiting next year; I wonder how much I'll spend on retro games.

>>1087120

Around that. One yen fluctuates around .8-1.2 cents.

>>1087126

They're probably worth about as much as the consoles are. At least that's been my experience trying to find a Super Famicom controller.

[Anonymous No.1087185]

>a million horse racing and baseball games

What the hell Japan?

[Anonymous No.1087192]

>>1087185
Niggas really like their baseball polo

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[Anonymous No.1088253]

Didnt think these shops liked you taking pictures? Admittedly, I am certain I heard that from 4chan so it could easily be complete bullshit.

[Anonymous No.1088257]

>>1087126
>I wonder how much those untouched controllers/n64 consoles are in Japan.

Here is a higher res pic showing the price of N64 controllers to be 2200 yen, which is about 22 dollars. As for the N64 console, I don't know but the prices are usually reasonable, and also the used ones are in very very good condition. Japanese people usually keep things in good condition, and it is very common to keep the boxes too as many people will see their old electronics on when they are upgrading. Sorry about the delay.

[Anonymous No.1088264]

>>1088253
>Didnt think these shops liked you taking pictures?

Depends on the store and the size of the camera. Better using a phone or a smaller camera and also better going to a smaller store. Larger stores usually don't like it.

The rest of the vid is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlnlwBWidCM&feature=share&list=PLdaXVfzRs0dMv3i8-GX1dL_qlX3Ikj9wS

[Anonymous No.1088280]

Oh shit, I think I recognize this place. There's a multi-story Sofmap to the left of it, right?

[Anonymous No.1088281]

>>1088257
To hell with the controllers, I want dat qt3.14 Nip girl. HNNNNNGGGG

[Anonymous No.1088301]

>>1088281
Another pic for you, kept on bumping into her in the shop.

>>1088280
If you are interested in seeing where it is you can find it on google street view. the location is:
東京都千代田区 外神田4-4-2 光和電気ビル
I tried to post a link to it on google maps but 4chan think it is spam. You can find it on thesuperlosers.com blog though.

[Anonymous No.1088305]

>>1087115
proceed.

[Anonymous No.1088321]

>>1087115

I'm afraid that is all for today, my wife has just made lunch! also, most the pics come from the video, I have a lot more video content from other places in Akihabara to post, but I have yet to edit it, so I will most more when I finish editing another video :P Still you can find more at that blog or in the video. All the best!

[Anonymous No.1088330]

>>1088257
:333333333

[Anonymous No.1088335]

Hehe, I bought my copy of jap Landstalker in that shop when I was there in june! It's on the big, "main street" (cant remember the name) in Akihabara right?

[Anonymous No.1088343]

>>1088335

Chuo Dori, that's the name.

[Anonymous No.1088383]

Holy shit. I walked right by that place on vacation and never stopped to check it out because I was too busy spazzing out looking for a place to buy my Wizard Driver. I feel bad now.

[Anonymous No.1088451]

MFW when I was in that axact store and I had NO money to spare. :(

[Anonymous No.1088457]

>>1088451
Makes me a little nostalgic. Here's my pics from my vacation, back in August 2012

[Anonymous No.1088458]

>>1088457
Again I had no money left and THEN I find this place.

[Anonymous No.1088460]

>>1088458
I swear everyone and their mother were having some sort of Anniversary. Got alot of unique items thanks to that. :)

[Anonymous No.1088465]

>>1088460
Lookit dese Famicom gaymes. LOOK AT THEM!
(Captcha= sissymen apportioning)

[Anonymous No.1088468]

>>1088465
A few box sets.

[Anonymous No.1088470]

>>1088468
FUCK YEAH! FIGHTING STREET!

[Anonymous No.1088471]

>>1088460
Oh man, thanks for reminding me that I need to visit Japan just to bring back a couple thousand dollars worth of games.

[Anonymous No.1088472]

Went in there to have a look the last time I was in Akiba, but the store was pretty underwhelming tbh, way too cramped too. Super Potato is just a little walk away and has much better selection. I guess it could be worth the time if you have a list of stuff to get and want to crosscheck prices.

[Anonymous No.1088473]

>>1088470
Here are their rare games case. Look at those price tags!

[Anonymous No.1088474]

>>1088468
>>1088470
>condition grading
This makes me happy.

[Anonymous No.1088476]

>>1088473
Heres the section I about kicked myself for not having money. As a massive Sonic fan (the non-autistic type), I about broke m budget upon seeing these.
;_;

[Anonymous No.1088479]

>>1088476
Some glorious Famicom art...

[Anonymous No.1088482]

>>1088479
...followed by some glorious Super Famicom art!

[Anonymous No.1088484]

>>1088482
Scratch that. They Famicom art. My bad.
Anyway, this store is winding to a close! Heres some actual Super Famicom games!

[Anonymous No.1088489]

>>1088484
Heres some Gayhme Boi Ahdvancu!

[Anonymous No.1088491]

>>1088489
>Gayhme Boi Ahdvancu
:/

[Anonymous No.1088494]

>>1088489
And with this awesome SF player, we go on to another store that houses retro games, along with a very special surprise hiding on the 2nd floor! Join me...

[Anonymous No.1088495]

>>1088489
geemubooi adobansu :)

[Anonymous No.1088498]

A lot of awesome stuff right there!

Too bad I can't read moon, so I wouldn't buy most of those. But there's a few games where that doesn't matter, like Kirby's Adventure for example

[Anonymous No.1088501]

>>1088494
Very cool. I wonder if that can be bought online and also if it is region free.

[Anonymous No.1088502]

>>1088494
I forgot to take a picture of the overall store, but it was more loaded then the other one! And best of all...

[Anonymous No.1088504]

>>1088502
...they ACTUALLY allow pictures! Huzzah!

[Anonymous No.1088507]

>>1088504
I about bought some of these. I ended up buying Final Fantasy 4-6, Chrono Trigger, and Dragon Quest 5-6 for the Super Famicom. They will go proudly on my shelf!

[Anonymous No.1088510]

>>1088504
>please do not shoot staff

[Anonymous No.1088513]

>>1088502
>FF Tough not visible
Please tell me you have pics of this store's rare game case, I want to look for it and see their price for it.

[Anonymous No.1088514]

>>1088507
A stack of Famicoms!

[Anonymous No.1088516]

>>1088514
>>1088513
Just for you, I'll skip to the rare games case. But be aware these were taken in August 2012.

[Anonymous No.1088518]

>>1088507
>handwritten description cards
>which bands are in this beatmania game
>describing the color dungeon in LADX
<3 u Japan

[Anonymous No.1088519]

>>1088516
They are not rare per sae, but they were the ones behind a case.

[Anonymous No.1088523]

>>1088519
A better angle.

[Anonymous No.1088526]

>>1088523
And the last shot of the case.

[Anonymous No.1088528]

>>1088526
Some classic art!

[Anonymous No.1088530]

>>1088528
This is my first time seeing a Neo Geo Cartridge. Jesus Fuck Christ, these are massive!

[Anonymous No.1088538]

>>1088530
Alright! A Mega CD!

[Anonymous No.1088541]

>>1088538
The SF section. Got DQ 5-6, FF 4-6 and Chrono Trigger!

[Anonymous No.1088543]

>>1088541
And now the best part. I go upstairs (because nearly every shop has an upstairs and downstairs) and at first I see some some Touhou wigs. Big whoop.
But then I turn to my right and I see...

[Anonymous No.1088551]

>>1088543
...a perfect English speaking man from Georgia dressed as Miku. His name was Frank. God I love you Japan.
I'm out.

[Anonymous No.1088569]

>>1088472

This. Super Potato is great.

[Anonymous No.1088575]

>>1088569

Plus they have this in the store. How could you not love them?

[Anonymous No.1088576]

>>1088516
>>1088519
>>1088523
>>1088526
Thanks! They don't (didn't) have it. :(

>>1088538
Sweet mercy, look at those prices for brand new MIB HW. No wonder they only list used vintage for international sale on ebay, and basically all my CIB Japanese retro stuff is used.

In my collector heyday I would have been tempted, but these days, no way.

[Anonymous No.1088583]

>>1088504
>please do not shoot staff

[Anonymous No.1088601]

>>1088479
Man, those Mother games always go for a much higher price, even in Japan.

[Anonymous No.1088640]

>>1088473
>2012-08-17 15.32.55.jpg
>>1088516
>2012-08-25 17.05.33.jpg
>>1088523
>2012-08-25 17.05.53.jpg
Interesting!

looks like over 8 days they sold (or moved):
>sealed Clock Tower 2 @???
>sealed Lunar EB @5800 yen
>used CIB TMNT Return of the Shredder @6200 yen
>loose Tengen Gauntlet IV @???

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>>1088504
>>1088510
>>1088583
We need some of those signs installed here in the US. :(

[Anonymous No.1088650]

>>1087185
The Madden of Japan.

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>>1087185
>>1088650
Except baseball is goooooood tiiiiiimes.

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>>1088458
6 dollars for a Chrono trigger or Secret of Mana cart and Japan has expensive items in general. I wish we had this scenario for games. I don't like the Cart Art they use but I love their Box Art compared to ours.

[Anonymous No.1088820]

>>1088470

Fuck that Fighting Street!

>Not wanting that sweet ass 電車 driving simulator

[Anonymous No.1088826]

>>1087185
You forgot mahjong and pachinko.

Every japanese console has at least one of those game.

[Anonymous No.1088832]

>>1088473
Shit, I'd love to have a japanese copy of Oddworld. Are both PSX releases this expensive?

[Anonymous No.1088839]

>>1087185
You forgot mahjong and pachinko.

Every japanese console has at least one of those games.

[Anonymous No.1088840]

>>1087120
Like $0.12, so yeah

[Anonymous No.1089603]

>Dem pics
>Dem prices
I no longer want to take a shopping vacation to Akihabara. I'll just import.

[Anonymous No.1089614]

>>1087185
Baseball is huge in japan

[Anonymous No.1089643]

Damn op you make me want to go to japan and load up a cases of retro games to bring back home

[Anonymous No.1089650]

The retro game store around here is kinda depressing. It's in a rough part of town, it's dusty (DUST FUCKING EVERYWHERE) and dimly lit. The guys who run it aren't exactly friendly either. They mostly just ignore you and watch very unfunny comedy videos on YT with lots of swearing. They don't carry any bad stuff, hell, they even have some import stuff, but the atmosphere is very uninviting. Living in hillbilly land sucks most of the time.

[Anonymous No.1089661]

>>1089603
you're too fat to take the subway anyway dude, better just stay on your computer forever.

[Anonymous No.1089886]

>>1089661
lol okbro.
I'm just seeing pretty much parallel prices to what I have here in my market, and higher than online prices - especially in bulk. The "rare" cases are pretty interesting, as some games that are rare there are obviously not rare here like Abe's Oddysee for example. I also noticed that one of my Genesis games sold for big ass money in Japan under it's Japanese name as a North America Import"

It might still be worth visiting if you brought a bunch of exactly the right US games for trade, but all things considered I'd probably just take my wife and kid to Disney Sea instead.

[Anonymous No.1089914]

>>1089886
>take my wife and kid to Disney Sea instead
wow, you ARE fat.

[Anonymous No.1089995]

>>1089914
Yes only fat people get married and have kids. Your deductive skills are incredible.

[Anonymous No.1090029]

>>1089995

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>>1089995
nothing says gaijin more than tokyo disney. enjoy you cab ride to narita fatboy.

[Anonymous No.1090076]

>>1088569
I actually don't like the two Super Potatoes in Akiba. It's like they know everyone goes to Akiba to buy stuff so they overprice their shit. I prefer the one in Ikebukuro and the ones in Osaka if you're in Osaka. I particularly don't like that Super Potato. I remember something about those prices that pissed me off.

[Anonymous No.1090079]

I don't see much Saturn stuff except for those used consoles. I remember having a small collection of import Capcom games which I regret selling. Dem spine cards, man.

[Anonymous No.1090126]

>>1090029
>>1090060
I'm sorry that I'm not particularly excited by $40 Famicoms, $20 loose GBC games, and fucking thousand dollar boxed model 1 Mega CDs. It's neat, I'd probably shop there if it was in the Asian neighborhood in my city but I wouldn't waste vacation days even for the ten cent bin.

[Anonymous No.1090221]

>buying import RPGs just to put in your shelf and never play

This shouldn't bother me as much as it should. If you can't understand japanese then don't waste your cash on a game you can't even understand and will probably never play.

[Anonymous No.1090248]

>>1090126
>I wouldn't waste vacation days even for the ten cent bin.
Wisdom.

However, the activity of shopping can be an enjoyable form of sight-seeing too, if that's all you're interested in.

>>1090221
>This shouldn't bother me as much as it should.
divide by zero error

[Anonymous No.1090813]

>>1090221
Box art is pretty, Instruction manual is pretty, and they were cheap.

[Anonymous No.1090826]

>>1088458
>Symphonia with no case
>2500 yen

Fuckers

[Anonymous No.1090827]

>>1090221
So... Is it okay if I buy games and play them because I speak Japanese moderately well?

Just finished Star Ocean this week, only needing to dive into an English guide twice for specific puzzle solutions.

Starting on Dragon Quest 5 next. Do you approve, o' anon?

[Anonymous No.1090836]

>>1090826
That's Phantasia. Apparently, you can't read.

[Anonymous No.1090839]

>Chrono Trigger for ¥680
>lel

Also, OP, for real, could you buy a Famicom for me and ship it unregistered SAL?

[Anonymous No.1090841]

>>1088473
oh shit, it's LSD!

[Anonymous No.1090842]

>>1090841
Still as expensive as ever. Is it rare, or something?

[Anonymous No.1090846]

>>1088501
It's not even that rare or expensive

There are a lot of variations of the supaboy

[Anonymous No.1090848]

>>1088551
...wat

[Anonymous No.1090851]

>>1090842
rare as shit, and trust me, that price isn't expensive. Try to look on ebay

[Anonymous No.1090861]

>>1090836

For some reason I always confuse Secret of with Tales of games.
Still too much for an unboxed game.

[Anonymous No.1090860]

Sweet baby jesus, those low low prices. All those CIB games. This thread hurts my heart. I know it's Akihabara but damn.

Time to learn moon

[Anonymous No.1090892]

What are some good retro stores in Nagasaki?

[Anonymous No.1090897]

>>1090827
I think the other anon has pointless criteria for why anyone should limit themselves from buying whatever they want. But you don't even fit those criteria, so I don't know why you're bothering with him.

[Anonymous No.1090898]

>>1088257
Its N..Nakamura!

[Anonymous No.1090904]

>>1090892
Are you there now or are you planning a trip?

[Anonymous No.1090919]

>>1090904

My girlfriend's friend is teaching over there and I'm going to ask her to middleman man a Famicom + some games for me.

[Anonymous No.1090996]

>>1090919
Well then my dumbass response about not going there doesn't work. =(

[Anonymous No.1091009]

>>1090897
>pointless criteria

I guess if thinking that buying a game you can't play or understand is pointless than sure. Games are meant to be played, not some stupid trophy to display on your shelf never to be touched.

[Anonymous No.1091224]

>>1087113

dat boob

[Anonymous No.1091283]

>>1087113
>>1088257
She appears to be my kinda girl. I'd move to Japan and promptly marry her.

[Anonymous No.1091375]

>Selection is HUGE
>Store is nice looking
>Everything is clean and packaged

Yup, that definitely isn't a murrican retro store.

The 4 in my area alone have coats of dust so thick on their consoles they all look grey, I'm not even kidding. The worse part? They still charge top dollar for this shit even though they aren't even trying to 'keep it up'. They just stack them ontop of each other in a corner. The N64s even have spider webs on them.

[Anonymous No.1091457]

>>1088504
>please do not shoot staff

[Anonymous No.1091541]

>>1090126

I'm sure nobody in the thread actually wants to go to Japan solely for cheap games.

[Anonymous No.1091703]

>>1088235

Are those Dreamcasts? In a retro store? That shop owner should have a chat with the mods who obviously have the only real definition of what is retro

[Anonymous No.1091730]

god damnit my heart is broken from all of this jelly ;_;

[Anonymous No.1092195]

>>1091375

You should learn the ancient art of haggle then my goy.
You go into the store and start arguing with the owner.

If he doesn't sell those to you for the price YOU want to pay, you tell him the truth, that nobody is going to buy those old hunk of plastic and that you're doing him a favour.
Go at it for like 15-20 minutes, he could get exhausted and give you the desired price while hating your guts.

Remember that when you deal with private shops and not shitty chains like gamestop and the like, they set the price and therefore they may be inclined to lower it to get rid of it.

[Anonymous No.1092251]

>>1090126
>>1090076
>>1090076
>>1091541


I think it depends on the stores and the game sin particular, sure, its still better than the "ruined" market we have here, but even there if you go to stores, dont really expect to see SFC and Megadrive games under 30 dollars.......

For that however, there's the japanese flea markets, when you can find for dirt cheap if you dont mind the shape of the used games.

[Anonymous No.1092328]

How hilarious. I was in that exact same shop last week. It was really cool. It reminded me how many games that Japan never localized, most of them anime games. Bought myself one of the Super Boy's (the portable SNES device). Although, I remember there being a much better retro game shop across the street called Super Potato. I can post pics if anyone wants them?

Note: They're not very good...

[Anonymous No.1092341]

>>1092251
>japanese flea markets
Now you're speaking my language. Are they im Akihabara? Or more rural areas? Are they like flea markets here or more like asian neighborhood street markets? Where can I find out this kind of stuff?

[Anonymous No.1092390]

>>1092341
I always end up just finding my own answers... I wish this board was as good as it was six months ago.

[Anonymous No.1092403]

Well this was my daily kick in the ass, back to studying kanji.

[Anonymous No.1092427]

>>1092403
Hiragana first, Guy. You can actually sit down with a book and a mostly hiragana game and play from day 1 - or maybe day 2 depending on how hard a time you have getting accustomed to the characters.

[Anonymous No.1092451]

>>1092427
Did you learn that way?

[Anonymous No.1092459]

>>1092427

Not without learning grammar first, you're not. You'll have no idea where a word ends and a particle begins without at least taking a glance at a grammar book. Not to mention you'll have to learn katakana which is arguably harder than hiragana and at least some vocab, or else you'll be transcribing for 2 minutes every text box.

[Anonymous No.1092468]

>>1092451
of course he didn't he probably doesn't even know japanese
4chan is a place where almost no one that claims to know what they are talking about actually know what they are talking about

[Anonymous No.1092479]

>>1088504
...is it against the law otherwise?

[Anonymous No.1092506]

>>1092459
>You'll be transcribing for 2 minutes every text box
Some people learn best by doing. Actually understanding just one menu screen can be much more rewarding than completing a workbook activity.

[Anonymous No.1092520]

>>1092479
No but they have the right to take you out, the store is theirs anyway they can do what they want. It's not just Japan either

[Anonymous No.1092530]

>>1092506

I'm not saying that's a bad thing at all, just that there's no way you'd be able to do it with just the knowledge of hiragana. There's no point if you can't at least identify some words and the grammar structure.

[Anonymous No.1092563]

>>1092530
If you get down the hiragana then you can look up the vocabulary and slowly pick up the grammar.

[Anonymous No.1092574]

>>1092563

You don't actually know Japanese do you?

[Anonymous No.1092601]

>>1092195
they're also more likely to kick you out and ban you for being an asshole to more-than-likely struggling store owners

[Anonymous No.1092616]

>>1092574
I can do what I'm suggesting other people do, but I'm certainly far from literate. It's enough to play most retro Japanese games though.

[Anonymous No.1092872]

>>1092195
clearly b8

[Anonymous No.1093640]

>>1088832
>Shit, I'd love to have a japanese copy of Oddworld. Are both PSX releases this expensive?

I'm guessing the reason all the games in that case were so expensive is because they're still sealed. Unsealed I would be cheaper, I'd imagine. But, hell, for sealed games, that's really, well I don't want to say cheap, but really a great deal.