Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[neorichieb1971]

A few bits I picked up recently.

[KennyMan666]

Today I got double deliveries! (okay technically triple but the third was just cleaning fluid for my shaver)

[cj iwakura]

I adore GrimGrimoire, but I don't feel a need to get it again unlike La Pucelle(the new content). It's a wonderful game, tons of extra content.

[KennyMan666]

I haven't played the original, so it's a whole new experience for me! I did burn a PS2 disc of it back in the day since I had the means to play copied games (and that was how I first played Odin Sphere), but ended up never actually playing it. OnceMore is supposed to have some new stuff, at least.

[caincan]

Banpresto nintendo vignette game&watch, Tokimeki memorial, Makaimura, Gakken Antarctica, Scoop (erotic arty punk 80s)

[cj iwakura]

Banpresto nintendo vignette game&watch, Tokimeki memorial, Makaimura, Gakken Antarctica, Scoop (erotic arty punk 80s)

Which version of TM is that? I have the Saturn LE, and not even it had swag like that(but it does have really gorgeous packaging and a RAM cart).

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

Ooooooh those are wonderful!

[drauch]

Dude wtf, how'd I miss this post!

I love all of those. Have the same Raiders of Atlantis poster myself, albeit sadly sitting in storage atm. That 2019 one is especially rad. Love that the usual Snake Plisken was replaced with the helmeted dude and the saber-wielding monkey. I would beg of you to sell that to me but I already have infinite posters not hung, neglected and distraught /

[Stormwatch]

To my great annoyance, some dark stains have appeared out of nowhere on my old Dell monitor. Like the plastic is degrading or something. No idea if it can be fixed, and I don't know a good technician who can find it. So for now I decided to do a little upgrade and got this.



Samsung UR55, aka UR550, aka LU28R550UQLMZD. Or whatever. Anyway, this is pretty great: 28", 4K, IPS, HDR, Freesync. Only the stand kinda sucks, no pivot to play tate games, so I plan to get a VESA stand later. Sadly, quality monitors are stupid expensive here in Brazil, this one sells for a very stupid $400 (versus $250 in the US). But I got it for a somewhat less stupid $345 as it was a floor model.

[caincan]

cj iwakura , the tokimeki is just about goodies stuff, there are yes numerous games (even in gameboy color).
ChurchOfSolipsism & drauch. yes some posters produce some effects, like some depth 3D. and it's so badasss stylished.
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another japan save. Wolveriiiines among other cool stuffs.

[caincan]

We are the mutants, excellent analysis 80s blog. and the PC msdos area 1987-1994 is just a rare insight review (that sounds so weird ! Pc invaded the world from this period and there are so few books about it !!), from ages where Amiga/Atari collapsed. and 2 arcade books.. (but Supercade 2 is a mess imo)

[SuperDeadite]

MSX Gaming LED Cartridge. Best to see it in action:
https://youtu.be/guxnrAaqPW8

[caincan]

wake up the topic !

japan small fever...
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[Udderdude]

I don't even know what half that stuff is .. lol.

[drauch]

Crazy Thunder Road, Hands of Steel -- HAKKAIDER!

What are those magazines with Bunta and Sasori? Can't make it out.

[caincan]

it's all about diving, DIVE IN ! explore, search, go beyond your doubts. japan is all about inception & differents aspects & sub-cultures.

goodness , weirdness, sukeban, rokudenashi, ganryu, yakuzas, gangs, rock, trash, bikers, truckers, psychics, experimental, drugs, oyabuns, decadence, lost youthness... : these tiny & movies memories books share the best of the B movies, but with style, sharpness, colours, schemes, stance, attitude. just imagine what Kitano & Tarantino likes, can't really film to public, but would want revive.. ("Crazy thunder road" is THE movie for kitano)

excellent ideas of these depraved movies there and sometimes with good cliches/pictures: and ~75% are really r.a.r.e, many never air again
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums ... um.php?f=1

for some underground cliches,
https://twitter.com/gurogege

for the rest, many gaming arcades sensations of players in the books, kewl toys, or what about stories of 50.000 porn kansai automat machines ? etccc

[drauch]

Honestly, you'd be surprised. They show all sorts of crazy stuff in theaters in the states. Even Alamo drafthouse has some crazy stuff, but sadly not in my neck of the woods. There's a huge resurgence with physical media and films I never thought would come out again after VHS, now only to be scanned in 4K. Tons of 'cult' Polish stuff, Hong Kong stuff -- hell, Jeans Blue No Future was announced yesterday on bluray. Stuff like Calamity of Snakes and Red Spell Spells Red. If you would have told me these would get anything past laserdisc I'd scoff a couple of years ago. Even fuckin' Devil Fetus getting a screening like next week by AGFA lol. The lord giveth, truly.

[caincan]

Yes and happily, subculture can be found elsewhere if you dig, but if there were one choice, sure for Japan imo. they can mix kansai with rusty automat food machines.. with lost arcade machines there ! meanwhile a highly distinguished domina will burn you & your soul to ashes.. but first, because i'm an arcade junkie.. and so many countries dont have nowadays the arcade feeling & style !

weird good stuff ? no problemo,
Philippines/Filipino ? Khavn de la cruz !!! https://www.youtube.com/@filmless/videos
what about Spain ? Quinqui !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU4O37OT9Y4
(they used to say about spain in the 80s : you see continuously : a building, an arcade, a wasteland...)

the day some local cinema can show off : "Gogal" from Gok kim (2008), there the world can end !

THE world movie vault underground forum if there were only one to remain : https://rockshockpop.com/forum

[neorichieb1971]

I went to the London Gaming Market yesterday and picked up a Castlevania Chronicle JP sealed for £40. It was perfect in every way. I owned this before but never sealed and it goes down as my buy of the day.

I also bought Exerion and Super Star Force on Famicom complete in box.

[cj iwakura]

Are those vinyls or LDs? Either way, jelly.


I think I saw that Supercade book at a bookstore in Edinburgh, along with a gorgeous book called Region Locked, but it was a bit pricey.



I picked up some stuff from the UK, mostly some books, but there aren't many(any?) retro game stores to be found there...

[cj iwakura]

I probably won't even be able to play it in the US, but with a cover like this, who cares?

[caincan]

only LD there, i dont mention about LP... (not yet.. )
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Covers are important matter too ! double thing, you can watch movies & watch the covers in walls
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other row near the end for kewl & obscure stuff from JP...

Makaimura ghosts n goblins, Bomber X, Electronic games handheld Bandai, Tomy, Dechonpa, Popy base cyborg 009, Fanzine about Arcade gaming feelings oldies, Cave goodies, 3D famicom glasses, k7 tapes à la flipsiders,Pc engine gt in bad shape + tv tuner, 2 other video walkman sony 8mm, weirdness Akb48/Ske48 idols







Vaio insanity, so magic.. or satanic




One of the ultimate hype, would have been to watch imported laserdiscs back in time to watch, Otaku no video , in best domestic format, not vhs or bootleg

[cj iwakura]

As gorgeous as those Otaku LDs are, isn't AnimEigo's recent remaster really good looking?

[drauch]

I probably won't even be able to play it in the US, but with a cover like this, who cares?

Ah damn, yeah, that's gonna be region locked as Shout Factory holds the rights in the US. But yeah, great cover for great movies!

[cj iwakura]

I probably won't even be able to play it in the US, but with a cover like this, who cares?

Ah damn, yeah, that's gonna be region locked as Shout Factory holds the rights in the US. But yeah, great cover for great movies!

Yeah, I tried it on EVERY BR player I have, and nada. I was told I can rip it from a BR reader, but I don't have one yet... ah well, one day.


Here's some other less important things I got in the UK:


A very, VERY old copy of "the most racist opera ever written", but I love the music.
(I think it's literally from the late 19th century, but I'm not sure, though my friend says G&S were literally alive when this was printed.)

Linked for huge:
https://i.imgur.com/lEYgG81.jpg
(Reissue of Discovery, aka the Interstella 5555 OST : )

https://i.imgur.com/rNZazCc.jpg
(The Art of KOF and The Guide to JRPGs, pricey and worth it)

https://i.imgur.com/NSWPuUM.jpg
(dirt cheap, and I love Okja)

https://i.imgur.com/9INkhtT.jpg
Been after Monty Python Fluxx for a while, I think it's OOP...

https://i.imgur.com/w8Xc03r.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rzHpwTB.jpg

Some PA books I got for cheap in Scotland(and with a discount), a V:TM sourcebook, and an FF7 poster book(sadly missing original art from the OG...).

[caincan]

Cobra space, goldorak/grendizer, minky momo gigi dechonpa, base getter robo, xbomber starfleet, satellaview, takara, cave ibara, ...



LD oav/ova wicked city & a rarely known movie , Barrow gang bc (even if it was co-produced by a u.s.a. company in japan, among too many thing.. thanks to the slavery of the japan (and so many other countries !) since WW II...)

[gradiusscrub69]

I was dying to get my hands on one of these

[cj iwakura]

Just now noticed, what's that magazine with Meiko Kaiji on the cover?

[caincan]

Hotwax, 8 issues about soundtracks & memories of 70's underground subculture B-movies so stylished !!, sometimes a cd was included

Nikkatsu New Action / Carol (vol.1), Meiko Kaji (vol 2), Kinji Fukasaku / Bunta Sugawara (Vol.3), Sadao Nakajima / Monsieur (vol.4), Akira Kobayashi (vol.5), Nikkatsu Roman Porno / Boogi Woogie / Lone Wolf Cub (vol.6), Sogo Ishii / Carmen Maki (vol.7), Norifumi Suzuki (last vol.)

https://kumagumi.com/hotwax-magazine/
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another japan row of ikebana

X-or, bioman, captain future, midi soundcard for PC98 (for the tiny computer 10"), ninjas boardgame, minky momo, Xbomber starfleet, electronic handheld, another handheld games mook, a japanese gamerooms mook



sweet, vannin' in arcade lifestyle !! why people forgot or never did this ? this was such a classic in childhood in france in local funfairs,




john carpenter fake vhs tape with lobby cards, exclusive japan

[PC Engine Fan X!]

In the USA, it was cheaper to stock an empty 18 wheeler truck trailer with the latest arcade game cabs to take quarters at the local fairs, carnivals, etc. back in the early 1980s when arcade gaming was popular with the general public. Of course, it helped to have a gasoline driven A/C generator nearby to power everything up.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~