Post your retro hauls from Japan

[Anonymous No.5189203]

[Anonymous No.5189208]

Overall I was fairly disappointed in the selection / my hunting. Didn't bring a ton home, but a few fun finds.

Main sources:

- Book Off
- Hard Off
- Mandarake

What I was really looking for were hardware console colors that didn't come to the USA. White Sega Saturn, Spice Gamecube, controller colors, etc.

Wasn't a ton of selection. Was hoping to find big bins full of common controllers. Wasn't much of that.

[Anonymous No.5189209]

>>5189203
I bought this Club Nintendo exclusive Wii controller from Japan and it fucking sucks. Mushy D-pad and shoulder buttons, ghost input signals on the D-pad, low quality looking and feeling parts on the inside - just objectively shit. I'm glad I have a couple of the SNES Classic controllers because those are much better and this might be the worst thing I've ever spent money on.

[Anonymous No.5189226]

the LTTP was 800¥ which I thought was pretty cheap. Skipped Mario Collection (All-Stars) for like 1800.

[Anonymous No.5189361]

>>5189203
Loose ALttP cart is worth 500 yen max if both stickers are in near perfect condition. Clu Clu Land is 100 yen. Yellow Saturn pad maybe 500 yen. DC mouse in good condition is about 1000 yen. Boxed Wii SFC controller, 2000 yen. Overall mediocre haul t.b.q.h.

>>5189208
You were looking in the wrong places.

[Anonymous No.5189445]

>>5189361

Yeah I know it was a mediocre haul but I needed to bring something home with me.

Bought the only two cheap JDM controller colors I saw. LttP was fine at $800 yen for a good game souvenir. Chu Chu Land was cheap and I mostly liked the orange cart.

Tips for other places?

Hard-Off junk section was fun / "ok" but other stores like that would be especially good to know about for next time.

[Anonymous No.5189448]

- "$"
- "chu chu" - "clu clu"

[Anonymous No.5189461]

Not super recent but I got all of this.

[Anonymous No.5189470]

[Anonymous No.5189480]

I have a feeling there are some filthy resellers in this thread.

[Anonymous No.5189484]

>>5189208
You won't find much because there's guys who scour every retro shop every day taking the best stock to sell to stupid gaijin on ebay.

[Anonymous No.5189508]

I found it weird that there were hundreds of perfectly boxed Famicom / Super Famicom games there for not unreasonable prices. MUCH less than the equivalent would be in the states, and better condition.

And there were certainly SOME consoles/controllers. More than the average USA goodwill.

But there could have been more "untested" boxes. There's seemingly demand for it.


I saw hundreds of extremely niche guitar shops, vintage american menswear shops, computer parts shops.... where are the smallish vintage gaming shops?

[Anonymous No.5189513]

>>5189508
>where are the smallish vintage gaming shops?
As if we'd tell you where our gold was buried.

[Anonymous No.5189515]

I don't want the GOLD, I just want the supply of "ebay-ish prices but without intercontinental shipping".

Hard Off prices were ok / fine but they just didn't have enough stock of common stuff.

[Anonymous No.5189516]

>>5189513

P.S. post your finds / collection

[Anonymous No.5189521]

Got Akumajo Dracula X for $18 bucks recently. Thought it was a steal, decided to get it, found out it's worth quite a bit more than I thought. Glad I grabbed it while I did.

Ended up buying paying $40 for a whole stack of fighting games too (Darkstalkers, DOA, Virtua Fighter 1&2, Fighting Vipers, etc.)

[Anonymous No.5189524]

>>5189515
I'll give you a small hint as a favor to a fellow anon: when I said earlier that you were looking in the wrong places, I didn't just mean you weren't looking in the right stores.

[Anonymous No.5189525]

Does that mean neighborhood or outside of Tokyo or what?

[Dillweed No.5189529]

Where do I start?

[Anonymous No.5189530]

>>5189203
>from Japan
>mega supa cringe haul

[Anonymous No.5189545]

>>5189530

more a "hit up a couple retro junk shops during a short trip and that's what they had" haul

[Anonymous No.5189714]

>>5189203
>buying toys in the land of the rising sun while you could just order them at home in this day and age
It's like you guys just want something to brag about.

[Anonymous No.5189794]

>>5189714
Are you retarded or just a >>>/v/tard?

[Anonymous No.5189821]

>>5189530
>more a "spent all my leftover backpacker money on bargain bin shit at super potato" haul
FTFY

>>5189714
>it's like millennials are narcissistic
Mind blown!!1!1 すみません me profusely aporogize and bow many time because buy can coke in rocal convenience store instead of order from onrine book store me just thursday.

[Dillweed No.5190235]

>>5189821
Pity (you)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyedNfCsQ_U

[Anonymous No.5191634]

I wanted to bring home like 5 spice gamecubes

[Anonymous No.5191638]

I lived in Japan for five years up until a few months ago. The best place to get something I knew that I wanted was Amazon Japan. If you don't have an address you can still use convenience store delivery, or, failing that, general delivery at the nearest post office.

Book Off has some gems but it's really hit or miss. I only buy stuff for Saturn, Dreamcast and 360 so I don't have too much in the way of selection. For PS1/2 obviously you're going to find much more and it's going to be much easier. For the real boomers out there looking for SFC and older, you're on your own at this point, the market for those consoles is essentially scorched earth at this point.

[Anonymous No.5191639]

>>5189529
Love the SG-1000 collection. Makes me want to play some Exerion right now.

[Anonymous No.5191671]

>>5189203
awaiting 4 famicarts including Bonks Adventure, and Wacky Races.

oh and a spare copy of Time Zone.

also had a dogbone controller from Japan in standby

[Anonymous No.5191772]

>>5191638
It's always amusing to hear stories about people who live in Japan but can never find anything cheaper than youtube tourists. I don't know whether they're LARPing or just retarded. I recently picked up a CIB SFC and FC for ¥1K each. And that wasn't some fluke. I have about a dozen others I paid roughly the same for. And a dozen loose I paid half that or less for.

[Anonymous No.5191791]

>>5191772
Congratulations. Now how about the games for it?

[Anonymous No.5191831]

>>5191772
Wow, you found a console that sold millions for cheap. Fucking David Dickinson over here.

[Anonymous No.5192082]

>>5191791
They'd mostly be useless to you unless they're imports

>>5191831
I found a lot of consoles and other stuff for cheap. The point is that cheap stuff is pretty easy to find despite all the claims that it isn't. I'm sorry that fact upsets you so much.

[Anonymous No.5192501]

>>5190235
He's right though, namefag.

[Anonymous No.5192763]

>>5192082
I'm pretty sure the discussion at hand was about games, not consoles. Any moron can find a Famicom for cheap. If you want any games for it though, and particularly the ones that aren't a dime a dozen, you're dealing with a very different market indeed.

[Anonymous No.5192895]

Went last year and this last week, here's my haul from 2017

[Anonymous No.5192896]

>>5192895
And my haul from November 2018.

[Anonymous No.5192939]

>>5192896

Nice. Where did you cop?

[Anonymous No.5192942]

>>5192939
Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo, the BookOffs and HardOffs in the Osaka and Nagoya suburbs are way more plentiful than Tokyo, for obvious reasons. Finding vintage soundtracks was a goldmine outside of Tokyo proper.

[Anonymous No.5192950]

>>5192895
fuck you, i would suck your dick to get those twinsticks you son of a bitch

[Anonymous No.5192972]

>>5192950
Also cost ¥1,000, less than $10.

[Anonymous No.5192973]

>>5192895
What's it like to be rich?

[Anonymous No.5192984]

>>5192950
You'd suck his dick without getting the twin sticks too. Hard to tell what the distinction you're trying to make is.

[Anonymous No.5193021]

>>5192895
>>5192896
I like the first haul best, but good to see that you mix CIB and loose games.

And what's the SMW double CD? The soundtrack? A CD drama?

[Anonymous No.5193090]

>>5192984
that i want those twinsticks, i didnt think it was that tough to differentiate

[Anonymous No.5193150]

>>5193021
The first disc contains fusion jazz arrangements by Soichi Noriki, and the second contains the original SNES tracks.

[Anonymous No.5193168]

>>5192895
nice, what are the two msx games behind space manbow?

want to go to japan so badly but unfortunately i'm a kid with not enough money and no excuse to go
if i were to ever go within the next 5 years it would be with my parents and it would be to my family in osaka
keeping track of all the arcades in the area just in case
but just because i've never been there doesn't mean i don't import a shitload of stuff

[Anonymous No.5193185]

>>5193168
>nice, what are the two msx games behind space manbow?
Iga Ninpou-Cho 1 and 2, two simple, arcadey ninja action games by Casio.

[Anonymous No.5193283]

>>5192896
I wanna play Fray
I think I'm going to get the PC Engine version

[Anonymous No.5194001]

>>5189203
I always hear people say to buy the JP version of games if the NA versions are too expensive. I don't really understand buying the JP versions of games if you don't understand japanese.
I haven't been there, but I'm planning to go sometime after I graduate. I only really plan to buy consoles, as, per my personal theory, you can and always will be able to pirate software, but you will never be able to pirate hardware.

[Anonymous No.5194023]

>>5192895
>>5192896
How did you fit all that in your bag?

[Anonymous No.5194034]

>>5194023
Airline allows two checked luggage bags up to 50 pounds each, you just bring one big luggage case, and one smaller one you stack inside the bigger one, then spread your clothes between bags on the return trip to cushion thw stuff you get.

[Anonymous No.5194048]

>>5189208
Mandarake was disappointing and a little hard to browse imo. They have a lot of really niche stuff but you really have to know exactly what you're looking for.

Book-Off was cool although not really for retro stuff. I did get shorthanded on a DS copy of Pokémon White, which later turned out not to work. Oh well.

[Anonymous No.5194070]

>>5194001
>I always hear people say to buy the JP version of games if the NA versions are too expensive. I don't really understand buying the JP versions of games if you don't understand japanese.
Naturally, that only goes for games which are not very text heavy.
A prime example is Super Metroid. I believe the Japanese version even has an option to change the language to English.

[Anonymous No.5194074]

>>5194001
The implication is that you should just learn japanese lol.

[Anonymous No.5195335]

>>5193090
Pretty clear you want all three sticks faggot

[Anonymous No.5195371]

>>5194023
I'll ship airmail I give no fucks

[Anonymous No.5196117]

>>5195371
That's what i was thinking would be better. I mean have you seen what baggage handlers do to your luggage?

[Anonymous No.5196412]

I always get sick when I see EOP scavengers like you here in Japan.

[Anonymous No.5196489]

>>5189209
This would have been cool, but now it's worthless because that is effectively the same as the SNES mini controller now.
Same connector etc.

[Anonymous No.5197116]

>>5196412
>t. fat gaijin who stares daggers at any foreigners who dare pollute his jap paradise

[Anonymous No.5197153]

>>5192895
>those SNES boxes

Very nice

[Anonymous No.5197186]

>>5194001

I'm on the same page, was really looking for hardware but an 800Y LttP was hard to turn down as a pure souvenir / shelf piece

[Anonymous No.5197313]

>>5196412
>I see EOP scavengers
>here in Japan
If you hang out in the same places they do then you're no better than them douche-chan.

[Anonymous No.5197392]

>>5197153
Thanks, last one I really want is Super Metroid but I aint paying over ¥5000 for a super-common game, even if it is in high demand with filthy gaijin. Everything else there was around ¥980 (under $10), and Donkey Kong 1 and 2 were closer to ¥500(less than $5).

[Anonymous No.5197396]

>>5194048
Yeah the Akihabara Mandarake sucks for browsing anything, especially games. Almost everything is behind glass or in a big fat protective plastic case like the games. Sometimes you can find something cool on the discount shelves that isnt in the cases but has already been priced (I got a G.I. Joe-style 1/6th Devilman for about $22), but thats not very common. The various Mandarake stores in Nakano Broadway are usually less crowded and allow you to actually pick up merchandise and inspect it.

[Anonymous No.5197795]

>>5192895
>SMW Ape guide
scanbro never forget

[Anonymous No.5197843]

my other parcel came this week. wouldn't have bought so much but got a good price from a one seller. very low auctions with little to no action.

[Anonymous No.5198019]

got 50 famicom games on yahoo auctions (15€) + a non-tested famicom (4€)

[Anonymous No.5198021]

>>5198019
also got these for 20€.
Waiting for a 10kg package full of saturn game, shipped by sea so i'll have to wait ~2 months. Cant wait to play ssf2t on it.

[Anonymous No.5198045]

>>5198021
Princess Maker 2 is such a great game

[Anonymous No.5198167]

>>5197843
Yeah I picked up a mint copy of Einhander for £15. The Japanese version is even in English.

[Anonymous No.5198237]

I've heard that japs fucking hate westerners buying up their retro stuff as they've got a retro eco-system where what retro stuff japs buy normally ends up in another shop after use but westerners go over and buy up loads of stuff and take it out of japan, raising once cheap prices.

[Anonymous No.5198305]

>>5198237
you heard right. Some japs on /int/ were really pissed when I told them about the cheap games I bought on yahoo auctions, stating that it was meant for japanese people only etc... To be faire they are 100% right and I'd be pissed to if I were them. But I'm not. And I need all dem japanes historical artifacts, sowwy

[Anonymous No.5198315]

>>5198237
Can you blame them? Popful Mail (JP version) is now $80 because of fat gaijins

[Anonymous No.5198321]

>>5189461
>Masters Tour vhs
underrated

[Anonymous No.5198346]

>>5198019
>>5198021
what is yahoo auctions

[Anonymous No.5199059]

>>5198237
>>5198305
Granted, there's a bunch of Japanese sellers on eBay that seem to be predominately selling to people outside of Japan. I've gotten most of my NTSC-J games from them.

[Anonymous No.5199721]

>>5198346
Basically an ebay/craigslist for japan.

[Anonymous No.5199829]

>>5198237
I don't know how true this is anymore considering eBay is increasingly flooded with Japanese sellers selling old Japanese games to gaijin for a living.

[Anonymous No.5200143]

>>5198237
>i hurrd shit and believed it

[Anonymous No.5201505]

>>5198237
Let us legally resell then faggots

[Anonymous No.5202091]

>>5192896
whats the red moon and green tree at the bottom?

[Anonymous No.5202170]

When I moved to Japan I had a period of collecting stuff, but then I realized it's all just pointless plastic and that disc images on an external HDD are enough. I guess if you can only visit Japan one time or once in few years, you might feel a need to hoard while you can.

I was also terribly disappointed by how horribly mainstream tourist-oriented Akihabara is. I suspect it'll only get worse as Tokyo 2020 draws closer.

>>5202091
>green tree at the bottom
聖剣伝説2, as the big letters say.

[Anonymous No.5202372]

>>5202091
Red moon is the Castlevania Chronicles soundtrack, also includes the MIDI arrangements from the Sharp x68000 version. The green tree is the Secret of Mana soundtrack, same art as the SNES and Super Famicom covers for the game.

[Anonymous No.5202380]

>>5202170
>I suspect it'll only get worse as Tokyo 2020 draws closer.
I'm trying to visit friends in Japan as much as I can before 2020, I don't want to be anywhere near Japan during the Olympics, they're already tearing down and shuttering historic Showa districts and back streets because the government thinks they're unsightly to foreigners, the irony being they have more charm, character and direct connection to Japanese culture than whatever concrete block they'll put in their place.

[Anonymous No.5202427]

>>5202380
Very unfortunate. I'm also concerned about cartoon pornography.

[Anonymous No.5202804]

Fucking loved Japan from my recent trip, non-VR related. Want to go back ASAP.

[Anonymous No.5202808]

>>5189209
>Mushy D-pad and shoulder buttons
Yep, it's a SFC controller.

[Anonymous No.5202845]

>>5196489
so you're lamenting that a cool thing is now more widespread and available.

[Anonymous No.5202846]

>>5202808

I hated the SNES/SF Controller thing too. Its still hard to understand how people now claim they love it. The D-Pad is a design catastrophe. The shoulder buttons are unresponsive. And they break in no time. And the whole thing gives me blisters on both middle fingers after playing a few hours.

[Anonymous No.5202850]

do you shitters even replace your rubbers?

[Anonymous No.5202915]

>>5202850
No need. I've never had to use even one in my life.

[Anonymous No.5203246]

>>5202915
Shocker FAG

[Anonymous No.5203402]

>>5202804
You fucking weeaboos are the worst.

[Anonymous No.5203403]

>>5203402
YoU dOn't KnOw WhAt ThAt WoRd MeAnS.

[Anonymous No.5203450]

>>5203403
You fucking 日本かぶれs are the worst.

[Anonymous No.5203684]

Japans own population is rapidly dwindling. Why not import a few obese nintendo lovin 'mericans? They are fun for the whole family.

[Anonymous No.5203775]

>>5198237

There are plenty of Japanese sellers willing to sell to the gaijin though. They offer better service and a lot better packaging when the slobs in this country.

[Anonymous No.5203876]

>>5192895
>Rastan saga
fly as fuck
>>5192896
everything on that table
I wish I was rich....

[Anonymous No.5204514]

got these in the mail but damn it took 3 fucking weeks.

the copy if Time Zone is a spare one.

[Anonymous No.5204582]

addicted to that Hard Off theme song

[Anonymous No.5204670]

>>5204582

lol, me too

[Anonymous No.5204682]

>>5204582

lol, me too

https://youtu.be/fRlg4OKLk68