How much does Super Potato sells the AV Famicom
How much does Super Potato sells the AV Famicom
They were sold out when I was there.Originally Posted by MarioMania
MarioMania, is English not your native language?
Oh, here's a real gem. Only in Japan does Pit Fighter sell for more than Gunstar Heroes.
I can't remember, but it was expensive, as were all the games.
Atari 2600 commons were selling for $50 a pop there too! I should have taken some pictures of those...
Last edited by boatofcar; 09-17-2008 at 05:16 AM.
crap, sorry about the bad grammer man..I have to proof read before I post
I was in Japan last August and I found Akihabara very expencive with the retro games. In DenDen Town in Osaka there are more used/retro game shops than in Akiba and sell for less too. PC-E Duo RX's for 2000Yen with controller and cables. 600Yen for Super Mario Famicom games. and I can go on. Also more limited Edition stuff
And why did you take the Giza-subway line. A true Otaku takes the Yamanote-Line :P
There are cheaper shops out there, but Super Potato has them all beat for atmosphere. I bought most of the games I bought in Japan from Hard Off Book Off, which is a used books/electronics/games shop.
We stopped in Ginza so I could check out the five-story Apple store. We took the Yamanote line home. And a true otaku is about the last thing in the world I want to be
Last edited by boatofcar; 09-17-2008 at 05:14 AM.
OK, I'm so going there in the future. I loved the video--what song did you have playing over it? Sort of YMCK-esque, yet not quite them.
I would have begged and begged you to pick me up a Sega Mark III system! I need to fulfill my long-standing obsession of wanting to play Woody Pop on real hardware with the paddle controller. I've got the game, and I finally have the paddle controller (my fiancée was recently back in Japan for about 6 weeks and her Otaku friend found it for her and she sent it to me!). The game works beautifully in an American SMS (it's a card), but the controller is not compatible. I asked her to ask her friend about the system, but she never heard back from him. I'm still holding out for a possible Christmas surprise.
I'm not too much into the scene anymore (or more accurately, at the moment), but I think that my being in that place, standing upon that hallowed ground, would have energized and excited me like nobody's business.
Sounds like a great trip! Where and what did you eat?
"As you traitors roast in your own juices, I will be safely ensconced three miles below the earth's surface, listening to my wax-cylinder player and enjoying a delicious phosphate!"
I think my favorate is the pcitures of kung fu (i spose technically they're Spartan X) look reall carefully at them, whoever played it reaaaaaaalllly loves that game. (and probably used an emulator)
Maybe I should have made the text bigger in the video--you can see it if you squint
I didn't eat anything really cool, because food in general was really expensive, and honestly not that much different than what I can get in Korea. Of course, I had sushi, but aside from that we just ate at home a lot (I stayed with my friend and his wife) and fast food.
A TRUE otaku knows Akihabara is on the Hibya line, not the Ginza. Nearest Ginza station is Suehirocho.
Of course, the real otakus drive Evo VIIs covered in anime graphics and filled with plushies. Check out the UDX garage sometime if you're ever there and you'll see.
They were sold out when I was there, too. I got mine from a different store in Akiba. Anyway, I was in Japan last spring with two of my friends and my Japanese teacher. We stopped by Akiba, and we went to some of the awesome electronics stores, like Super Potato. I flew back to Columbus via Detroit, and when we had to go through security, they searched my bag (the AV Fami and the FDS probably made them suspicious...). My friends just laughed after it was over, but I was scared. What if they thought my FDS was a bomb or something?
Lurking since '05
oh and in case anybody cared, game prices are infinitely better if you buy them on yahoo japan. How much did potato want for rockman 2? something like 3000. I got it off yahoo for 100 yen. go me.
You mean you can get better deals on auction sites than you can in stores? I can't believe it!
All my Japan game finds are here.
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