Arcade Shopping in Japan pics (and TGS babes)

Akihabara · Jan 31, 2006

There is an update on my site with pics of Arcade Shopping in Akihabara (and TGS babes etc.) Please follow the link on the main page, as I don't have a direct link. Check link on top of page, or go to pics-special pics-arcade shopping etc. www.nozomi.nl

zapatistab · Jan 31, 2006

Nice arcade pics. I wish I could walk into a store and get Jap sticks and buttons. Those Red and Black buttons would look sweet on my HRAP2. And there cheap.

Attending a Japanese Baseball game would be fun. I hear the fans are constantly cheering and pounding on drums.

El Capitan · Jan 31, 2006

Where the hell is that place???!!!! I got my AES fix from the regular shops - I have to go to that place on my next trip to Tokyo!!!!

Akihabara · Jan 31, 2006

El Capitan said:
Where the hell is that place???!!!! I got my AES fix from the regular shops - I have to go to that place on my next trip to Tokyo!!!!

There are 3 shops in the pics

Mak Japan
TRY
Gfront

All located in Akihabara, Tokyo

zapatistab · Jan 31, 2006

I stumbled across this website. It's not open yet, but when it does I hope they ship internationally.

http://www.akihabarashop.com/

Loopz · Jan 31, 2006

Akihabara said:
There is an update on my site with pics of Arcade Shopping in Akihabara (and TGS babes etc.) Please follow the link on the main page, as I don't have a direct link. Check link on top of page, or go to pics-special pics-arcade shopping etc. www.nozomi.nl

Those pics are like my mind's eye if I'd died and gone to heaven. Holy shit.

aria · Jan 31, 2006

Wow, the arcade version of Super Potato.

Dr. Jigglin · Jan 31, 2006

Heaven looks nice doesn't it?

GregN · Jan 31, 2006

Japan truly is the gamer geeks paradise.

RGP · Jan 31, 2006

All of those are easy to find:

Try (near Super potato):

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/809903/01038.jpg

G-font's building is so big its hard to miss on the just off main street in Akihabara:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-8/809903/g-front.jpg

Moose · Jan 31, 2006

/better than a blowjob

Would love to treat myself someday.
Not with a BJ, but the store.

StealthLurker · Jan 31, 2006

I would be constantly broke if I lived in japan.

So..... beautiful..... :oh_no:

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AlphaONE · Jan 31, 2006

NICE!

Cavalry · Jan 31, 2006

What did you end up buying? I'm almost glad i've never been to that place or I would be in huge debt.

Tron · Feb 1, 2006

Akihabara said:
There is an update on my site with pics of Arcade Shopping in Akihabara (and TGS babes etc.) Please follow the link on the main page, as I don't have a direct link. Check link on top of page, or go to pics-special pics-arcade shopping etc. www.nozomi.nl

Nice to bad i can't aford a trip there

Then i could realy clean up on my, PCE collecting.

Btw still trying to find a copy of, Rayxanber III :annoyed:

taitai · Feb 1, 2006

Holy fucking crap

my sex shattered when it hit the floor.

brightangel · Feb 1, 2006

...is all I can say.

Hopefully this isn't a stupid question: how on earth do you know what MVS cart you're buying when everything's in Japanese? Do you go there with the translations / screenshot and ask the store attendant which cart is which game?

I can just imagine an unhelpful sales rep saying something like "whatever we got is in the back. You go and look yourself."

vincewy · Feb 1, 2006

brightangel said:
...is all I can say.

Hopefully this isn't a stupid question: how on earth do you know what MVS cart you're buying when everything's in Japanese? Do you go there with the translations / screenshot and ask the store attendant which cart is which game?

I can just imagine an unhelpful sales rep saying something like "whatever we got is in the back. You go and look yourself."

Actually after some game hunting in Yahoo Japan, you'll start to recognize some names in Japanese (KOF, Metal Slug), it's not that hard, really.

Blue Steel · Feb 1, 2006

brightangel said:
...is all I can say.

Hopefully this isn't a stupid question: how on earth do you know what MVS cart you're buying when everything's in Japanese? Do you go there with the translations / screenshot and ask the store attendant which cart is which game?

I can just imagine an unhelpful sales rep saying something like "whatever we got is in the back. You go and look yourself."

Not to be a dick, but did you ever think maybe after living in Japan for a while he has some knowledge of the Japanese language?

@Akihabara, what exactly do you do there anyways? Just curious, seems as though you've been there for quite some time.

brightangel · Feb 1, 2006

SnairDogg said:
Not to be a dick, but did you ever think maybe after living in Japan for a while he has some knowledge of the Japanese language?

Heh heh heh, yeah I'm sure he would, but I kind of meant it in a more general way, such as "how would one know what to look for if one took a trip to Japan and went into a shop like that".

Vincewy has a point, though. I suppose a completely non-japanese speaker would print out the names and start comparing them with the labels.

Darren870 · Feb 1, 2006

I can just imagine an unhelpful sales rep saying something like "whatever we got is in the back. You go and look yourself."

Its more like we dont speak english. Everytime I go and try to buy something I talk to them thinking they have some slight clue of what im saying. Though they never do.

I've been in all the stores there but never went in this one. At the time I had no use going into that store but I'll have to go in there next year. I think Id need someone that could read japanese though, otherwise I really wouldn't know what I am buying unless I could see a picture.

El Capitan · Feb 1, 2006

For anyone who does go - use the Jigen label project at hardMVS.com and print the labels of the games you want!

I'm sure for example that we all know the kanji for SamSho, but the others are hard!

Darren870 · Feb 1, 2006

Apperently they have 2 english staff members there. So I guess it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Sucks I wont be going till next summer though

. I know my brother wont go there if I ask him to when he goes this summer. Shame really :mad_2:

To bad they dont do online orders or phone orders or something. If i could get something together and then just have my brother pick it up that would be gold!..

Do you know if they do anything like that?

Dash no Chris · Feb 1, 2006

If I'm not mistaken...

Akihabara said:

Mak Japan...

Akihabara said:

...and Try -- correct?

Websites:
Mak Japan (my fave pcb shop) -- and their weekly .pdf update page (just click the link above the little PDF logo to see the update).
G-Front -- and their weekly update page.
Try -- and their stocklist.

Here's a couple old threads (one and two) that touched on the topic of pcb shops in Akihabara.

taitai said:
Holy fucking crap -- my sex shattered when it hit the floor.

See why I carry on about these places when I come back to 'Vegas every January?

--Chris

Akihabara · Feb 1, 2006

That's right Chris.

You can also just tell the store employee which games you are looking for, because almost every game can be found anyway.

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