Collecting in South Korea

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I have a friend who is spending some time in South Korea. Anyone know of any good places to look for old-school, specifically NES games? Primarily in the Pusan area, but any leads would be helpful. Thanks.

JY

[Jorpho]

My understanding is that Japanese electronics were actually barred from Korea until 2002, and thus you should not expect to find anything of the sort.

Perhaps you'd care to invest in a Gamepark instead?

[anagrama]

My understanding is that Japanese electronics were actually barred from Korea until 2002, and thus you should not expect to find anything of the sort.



That's not quite true - Japanese companies weren;t allowed to operate in Japan, but they just licensed the technology to Korean companies instead - Samsung released all the Sega systems there, while Hyundai (I think) sold Nintendo systems. I know I've seen Korean NES & SNES games in the past.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I got an e-mail from him this morning and he was telling me that he had found some Korean releases of NES games and some US ones as well.

JY

[Mr. Smashy]

That's not quite true - Japanese companies weren;t allowed to operate in Japan

That must have been a tough situation.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Here are pics of the Korean version of Hogan's Alley.

JY

[lkermel]

Same case for the Turbografx-16, called Vistar in Korea (thanks NFG for finding this gem).

[CosmicMonkey]

You want to be getting your hands on Samsung Saturns, Vic-A Neo Geos, Vistar PC Engines and any Super A'can games you can find.

[Jorpho]

That's not quite true - Japanese companies weren;t allowed to operate in Japan, but they just licensed the technology to Korean companies instead - Samsung released all the Sega systems there, while Hyundai (I think) sold Nintendo systems. I know I've seen Korean NES & SNES games in the past.

Ah. Kudos for the clarification. (I gather nationalistic pride did little to quell the popularity of such consoles?)