Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya Omiya
Between work and my streaming schedule, I haven’t been able to blog as often as I would like, but at the same time that has given me a chance to visit more places… Continue reading
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Retro Game Store Reviews: Guruguru Hachioji and Guruguru Yamato
I couldn’t decide if I wanted to write about just one of these stores or do both, but seeing as they are rare in the Kanto area it would be quite some time… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Numazu and Fuji Otachu
I plan on writing about more Book Offs, Hard Offs, and Surugaya’s in the future, but I think it’s important to feature some lesser known, regional shops as well from time to time… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hard Off Tachikawa Nishisuna
About a year ago I was well into my mission to visit every Hard Off and Book Off I could find in the Kanto area in my search for retro games. I’ve talked… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hard Off Koza Shibuya
I have a lot of killer stores in my backlog of articles to write but sometimes it’s nice to talk about the rare unsuspecting gems that you’d never come across in your daily… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Zest Totsuka
I found the Zest Totsuka store completely by accident. On a previous retro road trip to some Book Offs and Hard Offs way out in western Kanagawa, I drove past this. Noticing the… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Super Potato Nagoya
I actually wrote an article about this Super Potato when it first opened up in Nagoya about 10 years ago. I wasn’t as much of a gamer back then as I am now,… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Nagoya Surugaya
The Osu Kannon area in Nagoya is a gold mine of gaming, trading cards, anime goods, and more. You can find whatever you’re looking for in an area much smaller than that of… Continue reading
The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: 2024 in Review – Nintendo
I’ve been wanting to write an article about this topic for a while now. Ever since retro gaming got big in western countries and prices got out of control, I’ve liked to compare… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hamamatsu Kanteidan
Not to be confused with the Hamakita Kanteidan, the Hamamatsu Kanteidan is another store in the Shizuoka Kanteidan group which has a variety of used goods that include clothes, movies, books, and of… Continue reading