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Hi, we're still in Tokyo,
today we're visiting the Ahikabara district
and we're about to show you a true mecca for all the retro gaming fans.
Let's look for some Pegasus games!
Alright, here we go.
The shop is three stories high, this is the ground floor.
Floor to ceiling, this place is stuffed with retro gaming paraphernalia.
First thing we bump into is the consoles.
Limited editions, not-limited editions, ordinary editions
pricey, not-so-pricey...
This is Super Famicon for example,
known in Europe as SNES, Super Nintendo
for 2700 yen, so about 27 dollars?
This looks like it's probably some hot ***.
No idea what it actually is, some sort of robot I think.
Here we have assorted Kirby gadgets,
sadly, nobody gives a damn about Kirby in Poland.
I made some videos about games from that franchise, back in the day
and the audience ratings were at the all-time low, so...
But he's so cute though, I don't get it.
Ah yes, the Sega console memorial park.
Sega Mega Drive for 5000 yen,
Dreamcast for 5000 as well,
and the figurines, very pretty - 2000 yen for Luigi
1200 for Link, from Wind Waker
Of course, the problem with all the machines here
is that they would only support Japanese-issued video games.
This is an interesting curiosity,
a Panasonic video game console
Most people are not aware Panasonic tried to make it happen, once
ignorance is a bliss
Whole shelving unit dedicated to Famicom games,
and this one, and this one as well.
Some of them still factory-wrapped, in a box,
some of them come as they are, cartridge only.
Famicom was known as NES in Poland,
but most Polish people will be much more familiar with the name of it's fake version - the Pegasus.
Here, a whole bunch of games for the dearly missed Dreamcast,
last one of the Sega consoles.
And here the SNES, Super Famicom stuff.
For example Chrono Trigger, 700 yen for cartridge only
1500 for the boxed version.
This stuff is, by the way, ridiculously expensive in Europe
costs a couple hundred dollars, whenever it winds up on e-Bay or elsewhere
all those Japanes RPG issues were quite rare in Europe to begin with,
and they've managed to maintain high market value through all those years.
A little speaker here, sounds bloody awful,
we can tell because it's on.
Do not buy this one.
Over here a whole lot of Mega Drive games,
over there Saturn games.
And in this corner stuff that's more, uh, unusual
namely WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color.
And here a collection of games for Neo Geo CD,
a console that's been way expensive since, like, forever,
and in Europe, again, it still is.
A collection of Super Mario stuffed toys,
various levels of geekiness, I mean...
If you're an entry level geek, the Mario one will be more than enough
But if you're more hardcore than that
you've got to pick something less obvious.
The Mario flower pot -
maybe not as trival, but still a bit obvious.
Enter the Mario novelty items:
the Yoshi handbag for example
calculators, mugs, you name it.
This is Virtual Boy, a very bizzare and not a very succesful Nintendo machine
You stick your face in, and the image you get is 3D
but sweet Lord, does it make you go a bit mental after about 10 seconds
Over here we have the Super Mar-U-o game,
costs 4000 dollars this one, must be worth it.
I'm sure it's a magnificent thing, probably why it's so pricey.
Don't know what this is, apparently a Playstation 2 accessory,
... a samurai sword.
On the next floor there's even more games and consoles
but also something that was missing on the lower floor - the soundtracks.
A whole bunch of different video game soundtracks.
An obligatory section in every nerdy shop. The nerdy t-shirts section.
For example one like this, with Phoenix Wright.
...and of course, the one and only Captain Tsubasa is here with us.
Later generations of consoles, so PSX, Playstation 2, Nintendo 64.
This one comes with Hideo Kojima autograph,
Scratch that, says here it's not for sale.
But hey, you can buy a towel instead
if you fancy drying your body with Phoenix Wright's face...
or Street Fighter's Chun-Li.
Playstation 2, some true classics over here.
Siren 2, a fabulous game.
And the gameboys!
You might have noticed we didn't see any handhelds earlier on.
Game Boy Advance stuff,
...and the view that should be familiar to every oldschool gamer -
the classic gameboy cartridges.
Those are for MSX possibly?
Ah yes, it says so, certainly MSX.
I don't know the first thing about this console, to be honest
Except for maybe the fact that the first Metal Gear ran on MSX, I think
Yay, something we haven't seen before either.
Video game manuals, I know a thing or two about those.
You've got booklets here, and illustration books at the very bottom.
King Kong 2!!!
Some of you might recognize this melody
it's Pokemon, first generation.
What I like most about this place
is that you can come here and just browse,
for hours on end.
The obvious stuff is there, obviously, and mostly on your eye-level.
But no matter where you look, there's awesomeness hidden,
lying around, hanging from the ceiling,
or stuck behind something.
There's hours worth of fun here.
I mean, I don't really get to feel like I'm truly participating
because there's absolutely no point for me to buy most of this stuff.
It'll either be in Japanese, or run on Japanese hardware exclusively.
But still, just looking around is worth it.
If you happen to be in the neighbourhood.
Woah, this is where the unpopular kids come to hang out
...the Xbox section.
This is the original version of the legendary 'Russian eggs',
as we used to know them in Poland.
Those were actually fakes,
the real thing was called Game & Watch, and was made by Nintendo in the '80s.
Easy little games, portable player.
In fact it's what directly preceeded the Game Boy.
And here we have assorted rubbish that you can't place anywhere else.
Video game soundtracks, Playstation handguns
for 500 yen, so a bargain.
Taiko No Tatsujin drum, 500 yen as well.
A nondescript black box - better not open this one.
Cards of some sort?
No, it's actually an audio cassette.
Solid Snake with his gun missing.
And on the third floor there's a snack section
and they're curious things as well, belonging to the previous generation
Well, maybe not our parent's generation
but the parent's of young Japanese kids today.
Retro sweets from the '90s.
That thing is super cool, I'll show you guys later.
This stuff's legendary as well,
every Japanese person our age knows them.
They're like corn flour sticks, with different flavours...
At the very top there's also a section with arcade games
retro arcade games to be precise.
Oh hello there, this is Kumamon.
A Japanese mascot that's been haunting us here since day one.
Apart from the classic arcade machines you've got those
funny looking tables, a popular thing in gaming bars here.
You put your glass on top, so you can play WHILE you drink.
Cool gimmick.
A contemporary face of a fruit machine
that's been game-ified even more thanks to all those video game refferences.
This one here is a Resident Evil V themed one-armed bandit.
You look like a proper Las Vegas pensioner.
Turns out it's not *just* a one-armed bandit.
At least we can watch some Evangelion, right?
Yup
Oh. Did I win something?
Jesus Christ, what is going on.
I really don't know how can people play that,
such a redundant exercise.
So this is what the retro gaming mecca looks like
one of the most famous vintage game shops around.
Totally worth coming over and getting touchy-feely with this stuff,
because it has either never made it to Europe, or made it in a different version,
or did make it, but is super rare.
Right, let's eat this thing.
The magical mystery candy.
It looks like a cross between candy floss and glass wool
and feels like so many tiny explosions in your mouth.