RARE VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES AT THIS SMALL JAPANESE THRIFT STORE

In this video, I'm going to another amazing Japanese thrift store which has a wide selection of rare vintage video games. This Hard Off is located about 5 minutes on foot from Kichijoji station and offers high quality Japanese items despite it's small size.
I first took a look at the front window where they had game boy colors, vintage games, a rare Biohazard game and a Pikachu Nintendo 64 console. Then, I went to the junk section where they have a lot of controllers.
After that, there was a large row with video games like playstation, sega saturn, Super Famicom and many others.
On the right, there were shelves displaying game boy games.
This Japanese thrift store might be small, but it has amazing quality products coming with boxes which can be pretty rare.
If you want to find some vintage video games, controllers, consoles or electronics - this store is definitely worth it.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Console / rare game boy game
02:14 - 2nd hand games
04:51 - Junk boxes
06:46 - Random snes games
09:27 - Nintendo 64 / Super Famicom
13:39 - Rare game - Sonic Blast man
14:04 - PS1 games / others
18:06 - Game boy / Famicom games
20:25 - Vintage consoles - Mega Drive
22:31 - End

[@lexistoyloft2641]

Cool stuff in that store! Love retro gaming shops

[@TheLegitRednek777]

Great video, would love to take an empty carry on to Japan just to bring it back full of games, love the art on the cases and boxes especially when they are cheap and look good

[@MattFinds]

You should definitely do that if you come someday :)

[@romank.5261]

One of the greatest shops I've ever seen. But good quality of the box doesn't guarantee that CD/DVD is also OK, correct?

[@MattFinds]

It was a very very clean shop. Usually it does, as if they have the box - it might means the console hasn't been used or barely used :)

[@hyonslayer]

Keep it up! Love watching these stuff

[@MattFinds]

Cheers man! :)

[@jrlangdon89]

I have alien trilogy on PlayStation still

[@MattFinds]

Nice man :) I have been looking for this game for a long time. I found some at the chain store "Hard Off" but the game was expensive.
The sega saturn one was around $80 and the ps1 one was about $60.

[@mistamonyet1441]

Another banga! Can't wait to visit Japan myself with my gf. Hope they are open otherwise we will have to cancel our flight :3

[@MattFinds]

Thanks a bunch man! They are supposed to open the borders around June/July. When are you planning to come?

[@mistamonyet1441]

@@MattFinds I hope ur right, Im aiming for september this year :)

[@poggies]

@@mistamonyet1441did you go?

[@mistamonyet1441]

@@poggies no, rip

[@unknownlight1486]

Greetings from itabashi Tokyo I do hunt for games since I do own an online store for all Japanese products but retro games are kinda the speciality so I’m im love with ur channel good luck

[@MattFinds]

Thanks a lot for the support man :)
That's pretty cool, I'd love to have an online store. Where do you hunt for retro games in Tokyo?

[@unknownlight1486]

@@MattFinds amazing stuff always matt
I hunt everywhere I live in itabashi so it will take me around 30 mins to akihabara so mostly around that line between itabashi to akihabara
Do u have a discord by any chance ?

[@MattFinds]

@Unknown Light Sounds good man! Unfortunately, I don't have a discord group.

[@PV-uk5uk]

Greetings from Brazil, Matt.
First, thanks for your amazing game hunting videos!
And second, what stores do you suggest to someone that will visit Japan and whats to do a game hunt?
I know Super Potato but its maybe the most expensive one.
Keep up with the good work, thank you bro!!

[@MattFinds]

Thank you very much for the kind words man :)
If you want to buy games at a reasonable price, I would suggest going to Nakano Broadway (it's a huge building with 4 floors), Hard Off (they have stores scattered in Tokyo) and Book off (they sometimes have great selection of video games).

[@PV-uk5uk]

@@MattFinds great! Thanks for the tips, Matt 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@ericng5707]

The stores in Akihabara and Nakano such as Super Potato have curated, cleaned, tested games and consoles so they are convenient if you only have a few days in Tokyo. Unfortunately, they are in the tourist areas so of course the prices are high and you also compete with both other tourists and local Japanese for the same items. As for hardoffs, the ones that are close to train stations may not be so good in terms of price and stock because tourists can find them easily as well and pick them clean, so you should find hardoffs that are out in the suburbs if you have the time.

[@My_Storeroom]

👍

[@MattFinds]

Cheers :)

[@younesh.1861]

At 8:18 are those DS's working?

[@MattFinds]

Yes, they are working :)

[@ruwannanayakkara8403]

Are all these in Japanese, or can we change the language in game ?

[@MattFinds]

Most of the games are in Japanese and a few in English. It really depends on the game, but some of them you can change the language to English except the older consoles like gameboy and ps1.

[@CulichorHimself]

isn't cheap tho

[@MattFinds]

No, it isn't. That's why I said it at the beginning of the video :)