Retro game shops in Japan

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:02 pm

Hi everybody,

I'm planning a trip to good old Japan in a short while and was hoping to visit a number of those game shops famous for massive stock piles of retro gaming goodies. Including shumps of course.
I was hoping to get some advice of what the better places are and where they might be found.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

Many thanks!

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:37 pm

I'm a fan of the Mandarake chain of stores, particularly the one in Nakano, Tokyo. They cover all the major systems, have a lot of games coming in all the time (as well as miscellany items like books and old superplay tapes), plus good prices.

Akihabara is the obvious choice for retro games and it's pretty easy to find them once you hit that main road. Super Potato is probably the most famous and has loads of stuff but they have the worst prices. Trader and Liberty are decent if Mandarake doesn't have what you're looking for.

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:45 pm

Yeah, just walk around Electric town in Akihabara and check even the smallest shops if they look remotely video games-ish. You'll find plenty of great places.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:18 pm

ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Yeah, just walk around Electric town in Akihabara and check even the smallest shops if they look remotely video games-ish. You'll find plenty of great places.

just dont go too far back in to the shops thats where they hide the scat porn ( in my exprience it was that way )

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:15 pm

Nakano Mandarake seconded. Awesome (if you can find it.)

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:44 am

Thanks for the advice guys!
I intend to do a lot of hunting around in and outside of Tokyo.
Hope to find some rarities that have been on my whishlist for too long.

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:09 am

yeah part of the fun is the exploration.

outside of tokyo gets even more fun, jus go down the backstreets and venture in. If you go outside of tk you will find the prices a lot of the time are reasonable. Around TK i've had a lot of luck at the Chameleon club chain - some incredible bargains to be had