Tag Archive: games

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: Halfway through 2025 – Nintendo

With 2025 halfway over, it seemed like a good time to revisit my article about the state of Retro gaming in Japan. A lot can change in a year, so 6 months seemed… Continue reading

Retro Game Store Reviews: The Hamura area

Hamura is a city in western Tokyo prefecture (not the city most people think Tokyo is), and it’s pretty much as far as you can go west in the prefecture before hitting the… 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

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: 2024 in Review – Other Systems

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