What should I get while I'm in Japan ???

[wilsonw111]

 

Hello guys,
     I'm gonna be in Tokyo for 1 week in Feb.  I would like your comments of what some rare things I can find over in Tokyo???

    Anyone living in Tokyo currently perhaps know any good places and directions to pick up some NEC consoles / games for cheap

hope you guys can help me out....   O:) O:) O:) O:)

[SuperDeadite]

Tatsujin can help you better, but Akihabara is still the place to go for rare PC-E games in Tokyo.  Try Trader 2, Super Potato, Mandarake, and
a few others.  Prices here are cheaper then ebay, but still not really "cheap."  Akiba is really more about the selection then the prices.  Sure
you can get lucky and find great deals at times, but probably not much in only a weeks time.  Best thing to do is make a list of stuff you really want, and stick to it.  Most first time visitors make the mistake of buying stuff simply because its there.  Plan ahead and it will be a great trip

[MurderDate]

natto

[spenoza]

If you like anime stuff stop in Nakano (just a couple stops away from Shinjuki on the Chuo-Soubu sen) at the main Mandarake office.

In fact, it was because of Mandarake's abortive efforts to enter the US manga market in 98-99 that I got my first DVD player for free. I was in Japan and their US office had to send it to my parents in the US.

[Tatsujin]

natto

indeed!

yeah..as deadite said. akiba and nakano (mandarake broadway) is your only place to go. you will find a lot of stuff, altough it wouldn't be such cheap to get the better/rar one. but there is also a lot of cheap common stuff. when do you will be on place?

[elnino]

Be sure to check out Retro Friends, there was a 10% waribiki for students when I was visiting last November, and just being a gaijin got me the discount, too^^

Btw stay away from natto, it's probably the worst thing about Japan, it smells like horse shit.

[wilsonw111]

thanks for your replies guys.   Hopefully I will find my way to those places.. I will forward the name of the places you guys mentioned. and good that I have a Local Japanese guy who works with me to bring me around.   

Do you guys think I can find this for a cheap price there ??

see pic

[Tatsujin]

if there is one on sell, it will cost you around 8'000~10'000yen (loose). i've rarely seen some of them boxed recently, mostly they come in loose condition.

[termis]

Check out "Hard Off" Store (No, that's really the name), which sell 2nd hand stuff, and you can find some INCREDIBLE game deals, especially in their "junk" bins -- games/things that you can't return, but work perfectly 95% of the time.

[nodtveidt]

Try to get the only known copy of PC Cocoron.

Okay...nevermind.

[wilsonw111]

Try to get the only known copy of PC Cocoron.

Okay...nevermind.

PC Cocoron what that in japanese never even heard of it ??

sorry, pls educate me, I'm gonna try to get AS MUCH AS I CAN while I'm in Tokyo
 

[TR0N]

Snag some copys of,Sylphia i know been dieing for a copy of that for the pce 

[Tatsujin]

Check out "Hard Off" Store (No, that's really the name), which sell 2nd hand stuff, and you can find some INCREDIBLE game deals, especially in their "junk" bins -- games/things that you can't return, but work perfectly 95% of the time.

yeah, hard off is or better said was always a good adress, although they reduced their junk offerings a lot, recently. it seems they try to raise their image by selling only good quality in good shape 2nd hand stuff. PCE games are more or less unfindable nowadays.
the other thing is, that you won't find any hardoff's in the center of TYO. you have to go a little bit to the country side (machida, yokohama etc. ) to find 'em. and still their're not easy findable.

here a bunch of stuff i digged in one of my local hard off's last weekend:


paid about $45 for the whole bunch.

[Tatsujin]

Try to get the only known copy of PC Cocoron.

Okay...nevermind.

PC Cocoron what that in japanese never even heard of it ??

sorry, pls educate me, I'm gonna try to get AS MUCH AS I CAN while I'm in Tokyo
 

here some rare and almost only good pix of that unreleased and probably most hunted game on the system:

http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Suzuran/9038/pce_nfs22.html

[MissaFX]