The Famicom disk system, and how to fix `em

Apologies for the lengthy delay, I have been busy getting my mini web shop up and running - it's now LIVE!

The Famicom Disk System is a funny piece of hardware, the toy like appearance of a Famicon (Japanese NES) stacked on one of these maroon plastic slabs is pushed further into fisher price aesthetic thanks to the Bright yellow plastic disks used for the games. You almost expect them to play a tinkly nursery rhyme instead of booting up Metroid!

NOOOooooo!!, the local BOOK OFF has decided to ship out ALL their retro gear to another unknown shop.. Now my closest digging spot is about 6 stations further out, so my lunchtime stalking missions are over!

The staff said its all been shipped off to "maybe Yokohama or somewhere"....

More defunct Japanese media! : LaserDisc!

So, as this blog may not always be about retro gaming, I guess now is a good time to tell you how I got an instant collection of old school Japanese animation laserdiscs at some pretty amazing prices.

Every retro game warehouse and Kanteidan in Japan - Mapped!

Heres my full country wide Google map of every single used game warehouse and Kanteidan in the country!

TV game! CD sell! Digging closer to central Tokyo.

With this mission, I decided to try the 3 closest retro digging spots to central Tokyo I could find, heading out an hour from The Tokyo Sky Tree landmark..What would we find today??

Out in the sticks : where the big shops are!

If you`re a fan of the Japanese video game TV show ”Game Center CX”, you may have seen the episode where Arino visits a huge used goods warehouse outside of Tokyo, known as "Chiba Kanteidan".

What you may not know is that Kanteidan is a chain of stores located countrywide and Chiba is a very large area. Chiba alone has over 10 of these warehouses!

Where the good stuff`s at! Yahoo auctions, Book Off and Hard off

When I started re-buying my old gaming faves of yesteryear I began to realise that going out and wasting train fare wasnt always the best idea, especially as the year draws to a close and starts getting chilly.