Holiday Retro Game Hunting in Akihabara
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2018
- With some time off from school and work for the holidays, I head down to Akihabara to snatch up some Famicom games and enjoy the Christmas vibes. #Akihabara #Tokyo #RetroGaming
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I love how retro games are very clean and not cluttered.
I hope everyone is having an awesome holiday! Next year is sure to bring a lot of great things to this channel, so your continued support is always greatly appreciated. Thanks for watching!
happy holidays! thanks for these trips
@@jd-py5nm My pleasure. :)
Nice profile pic you got there dude
You must be a hardcore weeaboo or just ignorant like those ppl who post nazi flag and think they are cool with it.
@@majackdilla6874 you speaking to me or kidshoryuken?
KidShoryuken Thank you. Just subscribed...Happy New Year KidShoryuken!
You're a smart shopper. If I was in those stores, it would be a much different story.
Trust me, when I first got here it was a whole different story. I had more expendable income then though.
Brings me right back. Loved walking around there and do shopping. Sugoy!
Your game hunting videos are always so nice Jim.
They makes me want to go back to Japan, and all the store you went I did too because since my first trip to Tokyo your videos were my retro gaming reference for where to go in Akiba.
So thank you, you have been a great help and great source of intertainment for me since the past years !
Merry Christmas :)
I'm very happy I could keep you entertained and informed. Here's hoping I can keep it up.
Merry Christmas to you too!
2:08 That 6 foot Mazinger Z / Tranzor Z looks awesome! When I was a kid Tranzor Z was my all time favorite cartoon! Thanks for sharing this video!
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Awwsome video! Definitely my favorite part of Tokyo!
Classic carts and some soft Sonic jazz
🙌
Pacland, I loved that in the arcades about 30 yrs ago.
I remember when the SNES had just been released and I was walking around some shops with my parents, clocked the SNES display, as soon as we got back from holiday I went straight to my local game shop and exchanged my Megadrive with about 20 games for the SNES with Super Mario.
I was well happy😎😎
I almost never comment, but just want to say thank you for making these vids. I really enjoy them. Cheers to 2019!
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying my videos. I've got plenty more planned for 2019.
Thanks for sharing, have s good one☮️🤘😎
I might visit Tokyo (and hopefully other places in Japan) next year, so seeing these sort of videos really give me a good sense of what to expect and maybe where to go. I see that a lot of good shops are really tucked away there. Let's see how it goes with the language barrier and all :)
That dungeons staircase was like a Mario world, brick and the tile.
I loved the Gundam Wing music blaring as you walked up to the Carl's Jr.
That's something that's kind of understated about Akiba, there's always great music coming from the various shops.
Can't wait to go back to Tokyo in February, some of the places that you went to I can recognize Akihabara is such a wonderful place!
Yeah, it's a great place to just unwind and check out some cool shops, have a beer or two and play some games.
Thank you Jim. Always in the mod to see what you do best for us. 8^)
Anthony..
Very kool to see these stores.
A welcome return to game hunting, and I you picked a good one with Ninja Jajamaru kun. It’s an addicting arcade game with pretty awesome music.
It is indeed. I love that whole series.
Hey Jim,
Wishing you and your love ones a Merry Christmas bro. Thank you for what you offer to all of us in the community my good man. 8^)
Anthony..
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too, Anthony.
I love it! I can’t wait to go to Japan again!
this is sick af 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you!
I lived in Japan many years ago and it's crazy how prices have risen. I was fortunate enough to have this huge thrift store in the countryside where I lived with so many retro games and when I felt like Tokyoing it was only a 2 hours train ride away so I would often go on weekends. I miss Japan so much. Nice video man!
What a nice video. I like the look of Tokyo in the winter time. Happy holidays Jim!
Thank you! Happy holidays to you as well.
💥 thanks 🙏 for the video!
Another great video super editing love the music nice work ☺ more like this please happy holidays 🎄 ♥ 🇯🇵
Plenty more on the way. Happy holidays to you too.
I want to go here so badly. Too bad I'm too damn dirt poor!
Godlike music selection on this video. Happy holidays to ya retro buddy! Tokyo looks so sublime during Christmas time. My ultimate bucket list goal is to see a New Year's at Tokyo in person. I don't have the funds to make it happen this year but I'm hoping for the best next time.
Thank you! Happy holidays to you too!
New Year in Tokyo is awesome, so many parties you won't know where to begin.
Thank you for nice Akihabara tour!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching!
hey dude retro hunting is awesome
Great video, makes me want to go back to Japan so bad! Sure, it's easy to buy the games online but there's nothing like seeing all those game shops in person!
I agree, I definitely prefer to visit the shops and make a day of it.
8:00 this is the aesthetic I’m looking for.
duuuuude it's been so long since i visited Akiba, was fun to get a look at it!
Might be time for a return trip then?
Glad you enjoyed the video. :)
I was there last month and they were promoting pokemon lets go eevee and pikachu outside of the sofmap. I also did some game hunting there for some friends inside there.
Nice cozy video, akiba always good vibes
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Eeeeeeee my fav videos man. I always say “it’s like I’m there”. Living vicariously through ya lol
No snow ❄️!? How often does it snow? I’m a Saskatchewan boy so it’s what we get 80% of the damn year lol
It usually only snows in Tokyo maybe a couple of times a year, usually in January or February. Earlier this year was the most we've gotten in five years.
Great video :) merry christmas from Sweden! Cheers!
Thank you! Merry Christmas from Japan. :)
My best Christmas ever was in 2016 for Christmas, lookin' at retro game stuff(that was crazy priced), in Akiba.
Yeah, got to stay away from those glass cases. Only heart ache dwells within.
I wouldn't mind seeing a virtual boy 2. Instead of cardboard "accessories". Great vid. Love how clean and organized Japan is. Appeals with the OCD in me. Happy holidays everyone.
Yes indeed, everything clean, everything organized, the perfect environment for a game collector.
I love Akibahara! I want to go to Japan so badly! :p
Merry Christmas!
Great video. I have no idea where Akihabara is (my fault) but I will investigate. I feel like flying to Japan just for all the retro gaming. Wow
Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, also known as Electric Town. :)
I visited Tokyo for just over a week last month and my favourite shops for cheap deals was definitely Suruguya. People recommended Mandrake but I didn’t find the deals to be as good as Suruguya. I got a boxed Donkey Kong 64 for the equivalent of $4/5 in excellent condition from Suruguya and some other games.
Cool man, I'll be there in a couple days doing the same thing. I'm just hoping to get maybe 2 or 3 high end games CIB, but it's always nice to search around and buy 1 or 2 "experiments" too. Also going to Game Center Mikado in Takadanobaba
Best of luck and happy hunting! I hope you enjoy your stay here.
the stock these stores have is amazing :-O wow nice grabs :-D
Yeah, it makes me wonder where all these games are coming from and if they'll ever run out.
Love that new intro ;)
I figured you would.
Merry Christmas Jim,have a good one lad 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!
@15:25 is that from Streets of Rage? I jus got chills of nostalgia from that bro! LoL GREAT game music!
Gotta love Japan. One day I want to live there.
I recommend looking up whether or not your country has a language exchange program with Japan as a possible career move, if you're serious about wanting to live in Japan.
really miss japan..really wish i can stay there foreverv
Hell yeah all that Zelda music 🔥
Can never go wrong with Zelda.
Always fun to watch these videos. It's a shame so many places have wised up to how much retro games can go for over the last 10 years and adjusted their prices accordingly. Even Book Off is getting better at it. That place used to be amazing for not having a clue how much their games are worth. =p
Yeah, all things must come to an end I guess. I need to get out to the countryside Hard Offs where prices are still mostly good.
what a cool video! even besides seeing the insides of the various retro game shops in Japan, just seeing the city outside and all the signs and things was pretty great! obligatory 'would love to visit there someday' comment too, hehe. Some cool famicom pickups though! started collecting for it myself this year (lucked into an NES copy of pinball that had one of the infamous fami-to-nes converters nintendo made so I rigged it up so I could use it on fami carts and ordered a few off of ebay!) and might try to expand the collection next year, even if I don't make it to Japan. :P
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I love collecting for the Famicom, so many classics I remember but a ton of Japan only games too, the perfect combo.
@@MadPanicGaming totally! started my collection with Dragonbuster 1 and 2 (the first one mainly cus I liked the gold cart it came on, but part 2 is a top-down dungeon crawler it's pretty fun!) and goonies 2's Japanese release (found a copy for roughly what the US version went for so I figured what the hell, and went for it.) hoping to add to the collection next year we'll see how it goes!!
Just watched and enjoyed and the Nice catchy tunes
Glad you enjoyed it. As for the tunes, just search YT for remixes of your favorite game ost and enjoy what you find.
Glad you enjoyed it. As for the tunes, just search YT for remixes of your favorite game ost and enjoy what you find.
Happy Holidays!
Thank you! Happy holidays to you too!
7:37 Ah, Gundam Wing!
Every time I hear you intro it remind me on gravity falls main theme 8bit chiptune by mynewsoundtrack of few years back, the first seconds match exactly (atleast in my mind) and its great :D
You playing the beast theme from X-men Apocalypse dope.
Yep, such a great tune, that bass line is awesome.
Happy Holidays Jim!!
Happy holidays to you too!
Merry Xmas form the UK.....
And to you, sir. Merry Xmas.
I bought a Sega Dreamcast from Osaka. One of my best purchases
That's cool man. I miss being in Japan, loved my time there more than Italy/Germany. Awesome video.
Thank you! Are you prior military by any chance?
@@MadPanicGaming yes
@@andrewbrooks2001 Cool beans, me too. I was actually also stationed in Germany before coming to Japan. That was a very long time ago.
@@MadPanicGaming Europe, I spend most of my time in Pisa, Vicenza, and in Grafenwoehr.
@@MadPanicGaming asked to go to Korea since I would not re enlist for Japan......they sent me to Kentucky
@12:30, adventure island in back was 680, one in front was 980.
Hello Jim!!,everybody here :D
Always good to see you, everybody.
Hit or Miss I guess they never Miss HUH?
dude this makes me want to go to japan so bad lol
There was a Sqoon for like $5. It goes for close to $100 in the states. Those are the type of games that I would pick up.
Wish to be at Japan... Really have to plan my Japan trip asap~
Now-day can only use hoyoyo Japan proxy~
Merry Christmas Kid !
Thank you! Merry Christmas.
Love Japan wish I could go there
I recommend starting a travel fund and making a solid plan a year or two in advance, that makes it a lot easier.
Merry Christmas dude!
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!
Man miss seeing these types videos. When back when also people used to do these types of videos.
You're in luck then, I'll definitely be making plenty more.
@@MadPanicGaming thanks dude we need more dudes like you
Emulate those games
i always like how the famicom carts are all different colors for each game i kinda wish the NA carts were like that to.
just from what iv seen of the beep sign it looks liek they have those old computer systems like MSX and PC-98 wish is different
Yeah, they mostly have retro PCs. They do have console games as well, but not as much as the other places.
yeah it's mostly PC98, PC88, X68000 etc., it's a great niche shop! They also have a whole lot of doujin goods centered around that, like actual new games for those systems, manga, electronics etc., check their twitter if you want to see whats up. It's one of the few shops with the real oldschool akiba feel. Just last week they got a new famicom release, that's the spirit!
Recently looking at my collection, all my disc based and pc engine hu card games i wont buy without original cases, but all my carts are loose. It got me thinking how I would slowly like to start rebuying my old cart games as CIB. Do you ever find yourself doing that?
Merry Christmas Jim. Hope your holidays are filled with happiness and hope. And course retro games! ^^
Hmm, I typically won't buy something boxed if I already have it loose, unless I sell the loose cart anyway.
Merry Christmas to you too!
Merry Christmas brother
Than you! Merry Christmas to you too!
My dream is to visit this place.
Akihabara is more of an experience. You will mostly be walking in... and then walking out. Unless you must "collect" every CIB JP versions of games... you are better off on eBay, and your local spots back home.
Don't forget to grab the unlimited train/metro/subway passes for easy access.
Like the Haruomi Hosono x Namco CM insert.
The entire neighborhood is like one big advert for every game and anime you could ever want to watch or play.
New subscriber👏 great content!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@MadPanicGaming You're welcome!👍keep posting the goods
I find akiba to be expensive. If you’re looking for bargains check out book off stores (not the one in akiba though as they are expensive too).
Managed to buy a few handheld consoles for about 1000¥
Surugaya had good prices when they first opened in Akiba. Seems to have gotten more on par with the rest of the area now.
Yeah, they're starting to follow the trend.
Yeah, they're starting to follow the trend.
I will be there in 3 weeks. So I hope to score some cool games
Thanks for showing price tags clearly. It helps me with my budgeting.
Good luck! Don't hesitate to drop me a line if you need some tips.
Hey, great video, cool if you could put up these locations (Google maps) in the description. Thanks. Much appreciated
nice
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing Jim. Tokyo looks awesome at this time of the year. So are you going to have KFC from Christmas dinner? Is that still even a thing in Japan lol. Anyways I hope you have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Yeah, that's still a thing. KFC has a lot of special menu items that run at Christmas time, they're awesome. I love their chicken pot pies. :)
Yeah, that's still a thing. KFC has a lot of special menu items that run at Christmas time, they're awesome. I love their chicken pot pies. :)
Can anyone help with the tracks at 1:50 and 7:56?? Great video btw Japan looks so perfect
Can you find American releases for retro games in Tokyo at all? Curious if the prices would be lower than in the US.
13:52 song??? Feel like I'm watching Bladerunner.
It's called Sink Whole Dream by The 129ers, it's free to download in the CZcams creator studio.
DONT. GO. TO. AKIBA. TO. BUY.
go to hard-off or book-off OUTSIDE akihabara area.
Grab a train to Yokohama and you’ll find stuff way cheaper.
But if you’re looking for a rare game and need it immediately, you’ll find it in akiba.
Where did you find the remixes (A Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.) that you played in the background?
I just look around CZcams for remixes I like and if there's a link provided to download (there usually is) I snap it up. Or, failing that, there's always file converters.
Planning a trip over there eventually any tips on lodging and food and stuff?
just came back from tokyo too!
btw where can i get retro consoles that can play those cartridges at Akiba?
damn, prices are so much better online (including shipping) Thanks for looking tho
Really? Where are you buying from?
Mostly on ebay now, im finding Yahoo auctions expensive. Check out the famicom loose cart bundle 'buyitnow' listings :)
Akihabara isn't just as magical as it used to be anymore. Now I sound like a bitter old woman. That's where many of us are heading unfortunately. lol
🇫🇷🕹🎮culte un rêve pour moi 🇫🇷🕹🎮
Si vous y parvenez, ce n'est pas un rêve.
Great Video Jim can you stop by at that new Neo Geo Land pop up store in Akiba and make a video ?
I definitely can!
*He better not go to Carl's Jr in Japan...* "... and it's Carl's Jr." Nooooo! Haha, JK. I like Carl's Jr. too.
Haha, yeah I've seen a few comments like that. I think some people are missing the fact that I've been living here for over 8 years now and eat Japanese food pretty much day in and day out, so a trip to Carl's Jr. is sort of a rare treat for me.
@@MadPanicGaming How do you like Mos Burger?
@@shinfeels I think I've only had Mos Burger like once or twice, it was OK. Carl's Jr is really the only fast food burger I like, don't really care for McDonald's, Burger King, etc.
@@MadPanicGaming Jack in the Box's Sour Dough Jack combo and two tacos are my guilty pleasure. On rainy days, a BBQ chicken sandwich from Carl's Jr hits the spot.
@@shinfeels Mos burger is really dissapointing, it's priced slightly higher than Wendy's and Burger King, almost as high as Carl's, yet the burgers are very tiny. As for taste, it tastes very artificial and oily, and half their burgers are katsu or tariyaki, someting you kind of want a break from when you go for a burger. The smell of their hot dogs and Mos burger sauce is the worst.
I might be a bit extra biased against them since they gave me food poisoning twice, but Japanese people cut them too much slack just for being the "Japanese brand".
I love the music around 11:00...at first i was like...thats really familiar...hey! thats spring yard zone from sonic! .... can you give me a link to it?
Here you go. Enjoy. czcams.com/video/Qf3N5o-hd7Q/video.html
@@MadPanicGaming Thanks! been to akihabara and to super potato so many times over the past couple of years...my kids never understood why.... i miss the 90s so bad... (im 37)
Happy New Year everyone 🎉✨🎊🥂
Man also whats that ost you used for your video because it aounds so chill
I'll need to add the titles to the description I guess, but I looked up lots of different OST remixes on YT, they usually have links to download them.