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    Default My trip to Akihabara (video and pics inside!)

    I took some video of all the Akihabara arcades I went to. Check it out here!

    I went to Japan last weekend, and in addition to the normal sightseeing things, I also had to visit the gaming mecca of the world....



    After wandering around with my friend for awhile, we finally stumbled upon what we'd been looking for all day:



    It helped that they were blaring the music from Metroid out into the street as we walked by

    Most of you already know about Super Potato, but if you don't, you just need to know it's hands down the best retro gaming store in the world, in both size (3 floors!) and quantity of games.




    Plus, it's got a famicom throne.



    The first floor is nothing but 8 and 16 bit games.


    The second floor has newer games, but nothing beyond PS1 that I could see.


    The third floor is a retro arcade. And Solid Snake.


    See the rest of the Super Potato pictures (and other pics of Japan) here!
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    Good lord, that's a lot of Kunio games. O_o
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    My word, I can't wait to go to Japan.

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    Dude, I so hope I get to see this when I head there for Tokyo Game Show in October... *nerdgasms*

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    I want to go to japan so bad and have for so long! I thought it was going to be possible here soon but now I am not so sure.... finances suck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RetroYoungen View Post
    Dude, I so hope I get to see this when I head there for Tokyo Game Show in October... *nerdgasms*
    Man, if you're coming look me up -- the show is literally 5 minutes walk from my office...

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    I dont think I'd know what to do with myself if I went there.
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    I still haven't gone, but threads like this remind me that I need to visit Japan before my time here is up. I need to go with one of my friends though due to their proclivity for dating a certain type of woman. As the joke goes "We'd leave a mark there. Or at least a stain"

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