where to find older system imports

[Soviet Conscript]

so recently i acquired a modded psx and as a collector of games (mostly rpg's) i set out looking for a few imports i would like. unfortunitly i'm haveing some trouble. now i don't know anyone in japan that could simply pick it up and mail it to me so what would be my best route?

for any domestic game (USA) i usually use ebay and i can find at least one copy pretty much every time. i considered useing the japanese version of ebay but i can't read japanese so i gave up on that. most import gameing sites only sell current gen games and if there is any older games there usually "out of stock/out of print". the buy/sell forums are nice but thats hit or miss sometimes. just wondering whats the best way if there is a better one.

[Mayhem]

Usually lots of Japanese PS1 games at PlayAsia and LikSang for starters.

[Soviet Conscript]

yhea i checked those places. thats where i saw alot of "out of stock/out of print" things

I have a hard enough time finding english psx games now that EB/gamestop doesn't sell them so much anymore so i primarily use ebay or the buy/sell forum here. just wondering if there was some source ppl were getting imports from that i possibly was not privy to.

[segarocks30]

When all else fails....GO TO EBAY!!!!

[Arasoi]

http://www.videogameimports.com/

Quite a few very rare Japanese import items on this site. A lot of X68000 games, SNES, Genesis, etc. They ship internationally too.

[anagrama]

Man, the PSX is an "older system"? When I saw the thread title, I thought it would be about SG1000 or Cassettevision games or something

[poloplayr]

Man, the PSX is an "older system"? When I saw the thread title, I thought it would be about SG1000 or Cassettevision games or something

My thoughts exactly....

How about www.japangamestock.com ?

[Soviet Conscript]

techniclly, yhea the psx is an "older" system now. acually though i would like to know if there was a good place to get really old import stuff for other really old systems even if just for future refrence. but the only system i have capable of playing imports right now is a psx.

thanks for the links though guys, even though i didn't find exactlly what i was looking for those sites will come in handy later.

[SolidZach]

http://www.videogameimports.com/

Quite a few very rare Japanese import items on this site. A lot of X68000 games, SNES, Genesis, etc. They ship internationally too.

Funny thing about this website, some ass on the neo-geo forums was trying to sell this link to people a few days ago.

[SolidZach]

http://www.videogameimports.com/

Quite a few very rare Japanese import items on this site. A lot of X68000 games, SNES, Genesis, etc. They ship internationally too.

Funny thing about this website, some ass on the neo-geo foru ms was trying to sell this link to people a few days ago.

[Fighter17]

The guys at the Neo-Geo fourms and the Shmup forums is where I get just about all my imports!

[Tron 2.0]

http://www.mailorderjapan.com

Keep in mind you have to e-mail them if they have it or not.

[Arasoi]

Although Im pretty sure the poster meant Japanese import games, Ill extend it out here and ask this:

Does anyone know some good Euro game shops with older stuff? Especially MSX/MSX2 titles?

[Ed Oscuro]

When all else fails....GO TO EBAY!!!!

Ugh...about that... :/

[Arasoi]

This is about the ONLY time of year that Ebay actually has things being sold for what they're actually worth.

Forget about the more obscure Japanese items on Ebay. Get a middleman service, and get on Yahoo Japan. Sure, there are fees. But you're better off.

[Soviet Conscript]

yhea. i'm likeing this www.mailorderjapan.com there are fees of course but this looks like the best method for finding alot of this stuff. thanks for the help guys.

[GaijinPunch]

Ebay is always there, but I've found UGTZ and forums like this one to be better. I only have NTSC-J games, and update my for sale list every few months (although I'm running a bit low these days). My list is in the FS forums of my site, if you're interested (follow the sig).