For the ones who live in japan - Saturn and stores question

Warp_Rattler · Post by **Warp_Rattler** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:22 am

I just got back from a trip to the nearby Hard Off, where there was a stack of probably 8-10 (2 or 3 white) Saturns in the junk section, along with a few Dreamcasts. My trip to various Akihabara game stores about two weeks ago also had both Saturns and Dreamcasts for sale in various places.

I wouldn't worry too much about either of the consoles getting too terribly rare or expensive, and any seller claiming that this is the case should probably be avoided.

Although both the Saturn and the Dreamcast can be made to play imports pretty easily, so it's not like you're really up a creek should the sale of used Japanese versions of the consoles ever be halted.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:28 am

Yeah, this is complete nonsense. The seller is a crook.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:33 am

Ask him to prove it.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:40 pm

the sega saturn: fun toy for kids, or a MENACE TO SOCIETY?

ave · Post by **ave** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:47 pm

Japanese shop keepers did not care about the "NO RESALE!"-marks on games either, did they?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:38 pm

You can make a fortress and hide in it w/ all the Saturns sold at retro game shops. I try to sell Saturns for $70 shipped whenever I get them cheap enough. Would probably have to do it SAL to make it worth it most of the time though. That's $30 for the unit, $40 for shipping. People wipe their asses w/ Saturns here. That's how many there are.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:25 am

One nice, almost brand new Derby Stallion for sale £1000

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:29 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:One nice, almost brand new Derby Stallion for sale £1000

Adding a zero?

Warp_Rattler · Post by **Warp_Rattler** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:04 am

GaijinPunch wrote:People wipe their asses w/ Saturns here. That's how many there are.

You're not kidding; people on various message boards back in the west were always spunking their knickers over the white Saturns, while I could probably afford to send a container of them back home if I had 100 yen for every one I've seen. It's really tempting to try and bring one back with me, especially if they're just a few hundred yen at Hard Off. I've already got a US version with a 4-in-1 back home, so even if the thing doesn't work I could just swap the guts and have a nice white shell.

The thing that keeps me from jumping all over one of the less-filthy ones is the very real dilemma of how I'd get it home.

Didn't stop me from grabbing a Dreamcast Agetec stick yesterday for 500 yen, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere.