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Japan Game JunkJGJ episode 107Visited on October 26, 2024, this is a visit to the Hard Off store in Sodegaura, Chiba. Surprising NEC game system prices and don't forget that you shouldn't pay much for many used Virtual Boy games!
2024-10-3004 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 106A visit on October 26, 2024 to the newest Surugaya store in Japan, being the one in Ichihara, Chiba! The new employees just give you stuff at cheap prices! Many detailed figures especially of the characters with the figures you find appealing!
2024-10-3011 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 105Hey, it is a visit to Ichihara and its Hard Off store on October 26, 2024 and it has game stuff! Also you can get something to shove into miniature musicians!
2024-10-2905 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 104A Hard Off in Aikawa, Kanagawa that still has New Store Smell was visited on October 20, 2024, less than a month after opening. It had a weird Taiwanese fake Famicom fashioned into a combination light gun/N64 controller that I should have bought. I did buy a sealed animation game that was too kid-friendly for my taste!
2024-10-2206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 103Another Hard Off in Kanagawa, this one being the Tsukimino store in Yamato city very close to Zama. You can get skee-ball and crane game machines and air hockey and slot machines and even things that fit in your house!
2024-10-2205 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 102This is a short report from Kanda Shoten in Nagareyama, Chiba, as visited on October 14, 2024. You know, the one on Route 6 near Tokyo! It is a great place for gambling and pornography!
2024-10-1605 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 101On October 11, 2024, the Hard Off in Moka city of Tochigi was visited. It had a number of retro game systems in varying levels of operation at prices lower than would be expected!
2024-10-1608 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 100wowSurprising finds at the Hard Off in Ushiku, Ibaraki, visited on October 6, 2024! I found the most common rare game at a price never seen and think I will go back and get it so for now please don't go buy it first pretty please?
2024-10-0809 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 99Unfortunately not as good as it was previously, this is the Momotaro Kingdom visited in Soka, Saitama on September 29, 2024. Maybe you like a huge amount of junk Switch games? I found two games that cost 10-20 times more than how much I found them previously at a different Surugaya-related store in the very same prefecture!
2024-10-0204 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 98It is the Soka Nishi branch of Hard Off and Off House in Saitama, Japan, as visited on September 29, 2024. Formerly and currently containing WonderSwan stuff, although nothing was purchased this day! Maybe the first and last time to see the most interesting optional controller for an obscure system, though!
2024-10-0206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 97On September 29, 2024, the Furuhon Ichiba store in Soka, Saitama was visited! It is almost Tokyo! It is also almost a good store! It was formerly a better store! Maybe it can interest you with its foldable smartphones?
2024-10-0103 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 96So very much was found of note at the Hard Off in Kuki, Saitama on September 23, 2024! Memorabilia, games, and junk for days. I think I talked about this one in the past but it is worth a visit whenever you are in the area!
2024-09-2505 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 95On September 15, 2024 a Hard Off was visited in Honjo, Saitama, and it is a glorious place. It was here a few years ago where I found my joyous PC Engine CD unit for a super cheap price! Nothing so treasured found this day, but maybe you like Game Boys!
2024-09-2507 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 94Inside the Don Quixote store in Honjo city of Saitama is a Surugaya shop, and it is a great place if you like to find games that are a bit more expensive than other Surugaya stores! Luckily a bit of junk also to balance that out.
2024-09-2506 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 93Inside the Isesaki Supermall in Gunma prefecture, this is the Hard Off visited September 15, 2024! It has a wonderful Wondermega and junk galore!
2024-09-2503 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 92Garakuta? Same to you, buddy! This is a September 22, 2024 visit to the original Garakuta kenteidan store in Oyama, Tochigi! Little game related stuff but it has tons of machines to play and I talk about my one in a million prize winner!
2024-09-2405 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 91Visited on September 22, 2024, this is the Hanagaki branch of the Hard Off store in Oyama, Tochigi! It has lots of accessories for all of you prosumer gamers! And a mushroom shaped mushroom and mushroom soup holder!
2024-09-2406 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 90A quick look at the Hard Off Kazo Higashi store in Saitama as visited on September 16, 2024. It is perhaps a wonderful place if you want to buy a console that may or may not halfway work!
2024-09-1905 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 89On September 15 of 2024, the fun Guruguru Daiteikoku kanteidan shop in Isesaki of Gunma prefecture was visited and commercial exchanges were made! Get some 3DO adult materials or overpriced Amiibo figures, whichever floats your boat!
2024-09-1811 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 88At the Niiza, Saitama Hard Off visited on September 9, 2024, a true treasure was found for me and YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT YESSSSSSS MY LIFE IS BETTER NOW
2024-09-1204 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 87In the hinterland of Tokyo metro prefecture is Higashikurume city, and on September 9, 2024, I visited its Hard Off store! Not only did it have a pristine cooking game for Super Famicom, it had the glorious Oh, Hajiki!
2024-09-1206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 86A wonderful little gem of a Hard Off, this one in Satte, Saitama was visited on August 31, 2024. You need some private vehicular transportation to get there but you will be rewarded by so much pro wrestling stuff in addition to beautiful MSX glory!
2024-09-1209 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 85Visited on August 25, 2024, it's the Momotaro Kingdom shop in Iruma, Saitama! Or maybe it is across the border in Tokorozawa... In any case, do not be confused by the entrance to the store, because instead of games and innocent animation stuff, you might be end up shopping for guns and pornography!
2024-09-1107 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 84Always twirling, twirling, twirling towards gaming deals, this is the Guruguru Daiteitoku store in Iruma, Saitama! On August 25, 2024, they had 1000 yen tickets to maybe win a PS5! It is a fun place.
2024-09-1105 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 83The first of a few shops visited in Iruma city of Saitama on August 25, 2024, this is the Fujisawa branch of Hard Off. It had not the SG but the Sega SC computer! Wow! And also a fat Mew DS! So much goodness I felt a little tingle!
2024-09-1104 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 82The Nagatsuda branch of Hard off in Yokohama, Kanagawa has GAMES! Or I assume it does as it did on August 25, 2024! 'Tis a fine store.
2024-09-1007 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 81In the Ichigao section of Yokohama, Kanagawa, is a Hard Off store! Yes, really! I know it is HARD to believe but I'm not OFF my rocker! It has MSX goodness!
2024-09-1004 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 80Visited on August 24, 2024, this is the Hard Off store in Tomisato, Chiba! It is right next to a highway exit so you can grab some stuff right before dropping off your rental car as you head into Narita! It had a novel way to get you to pay through the teeth for a Gamecube!
2024-09-1006 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 79My second visit to the Hard Off in Togane, Chiba was on August 23, 2024, and it was less crowded than on opening day! You will find nice tunes if you were born in the first half of the 80s! I already snagged a cheap fun little 'zilla before you could though!
2024-09-0411 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 78A visit to Chiba's Boso peninsula on August 23, 2024 led me to the Togane Kanteidan where you can get a PS Vita for an inexpensive price! And zombie Steve!
2024-09-0404 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 77In Sagamihara city of Kanagawa prefecture is the Higashi Hashimoto branch of Hard Off. If you don't have any friends, you can buy your own robot friend there, at least if you get there fast as it was there on August 18, 2024! And Flicky.
2024-08-2806 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 76The Isehara Hard Off branch in Kanagawa prefecture on August 18, 2024 offered FREE TINY CANS OF DRINKS!!!!! It also has a spherical friend.
2024-08-2805 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 75Another Tokyo Hard Off, this one being the Akiruno city branch visited on August 14, 2024! I BOUGHT A MAGIC EIGHT BALLLLLLLLLL
2024-08-2404 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 74It is a unique Hard Off in Hamura, Tokyo, as visited on August 14, 2024! Half the store has construction equipment and junk! It is near a US military base! I regret not buying an adapter that would allow me to utilize the third most common format of Hudson-produced game cards!
2024-08-2405 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 73On August 12, 2024, I again visited a WonderGoo branch that very few tourists would see, being the one in Shimotsuke, Tochigi prefecture. It's just so out there! Still, I got a nice controller for a bad console so go get one too if you want to drive into the country hinterland of Tochigi.
2024-08-2205 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 72The newest Hard Off in Japan, located in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, as visited on August 11, 2024! It was clean and nice. Nichibutsu!
2024-08-2112 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 71An elegy is in order for the Surugaya in Yokohama. Visited on August 11, 2024, for the first time there were no treasures to uncover. Now crowded with foreign tourists, the prices have increased and locals only enjoy the appliances and cheap large items not fitting in the baggage of an international flight.
2024-08-2109 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 70The second Mandai Shoten visited in one day, this one is the store in Iwatsuki ward of Saitama city! While the game sales area has shrunk, it still is worth a peek for interesting items. Go grab a Neo Geo Pocket Color or something.
2024-08-0306 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 69niceHellooooo and hear as I talk about Mandai Shoten in Kawagoe city, Saitama prefecture, as visited on July 26, 2024. The 2nd floor stuff recently moved to the first floor! I got some cheap junk game discs! Serial Experiments Lain was so expensive!
2024-08-0206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 68A store visited on its day of grand opening of July 26, 2024, this is Momotaro Kingdom in the Hashimoto area of Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture! It's kind of nice and has a few interesting items and I got a free drink!
2024-08-0208 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 67A true must-visit store, as visited on July 21, 2024! This is the Hard Off located in Kimitsu, Chiba, and it is the most south-easterly Hard Off in Japan. It is noteworthy to have some very rare systems available, sometimes unseen anywhere else in the country, and this visit surely lives up to the expectation. Plus I get a second copy of F1 Circus on the PC Engine!!!!!!!!!
2024-07-3115 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 66On July 6, 2024, I visited the Hard Off store at the Across Plaza in Yamanashi city in Yamanashi prefecture and it is worth a visit! The long regretted lack of a Sanyo 3DO purchase aside, I always find stuff to enjoy. Including a TV Boy! Yes!
2024-07-3105 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 65Joy be upon us as I visit the recently-opened first Surugaya store in Yamanashi prefecture! In the capital of Kofu, there are pricy rarities and cheap game soundtracks. And pricy game soundtracks. Maybe not the best Surugaya but you're hours away from any other so might as well go in!
2024-07-2713 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 64Not Nintendo 64 but episode 64 as I talk about one of my favorite Hard Off stores, being the Satoyoshi store in Kofu, Yamanashi, as visited on July 6, 2024. A must-visit if looking for MSX or Laserdisc stuff, and maybe you can get some action in an elevator.
2024-07-2710 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 63A visit to a Hard Off on a hill, with the Futaba store located in Kai, Yamanashi. On July 6, 2024 I unfortunately left empty handed, but it may be a worthwhile visit for fun with Harry Potter or tiny PC CD-ROMs.
2024-07-2709 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 62There is no one true mecca of game stores in Japan for collectors looking to buy, and even if there was one it would certainly not be in Akihabara! However, there are a few must-visit stores, and this is one of them. Here I describe the original and best Mandai Shoten store in Kai city (very close to the border of Kofu city), Yamanashi. It may be a long drive from Tokyo or Nagoya but it may be worth it if you take time to visit other shops in the area especially!
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2024-07-1909 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 61What a day as a new region of the country is breached, as after Kanto and Tohoku, this is the first episode describing a visit to a store in Chubu! Even if the store was not great! This is the Book Off store in Iwasa Hirose in Yamanashi visited on July 6!
2024-07-1805 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 60On July 1 of 2024 I visited a store to which you have not been before! Unless you live in the area or are a driver trying to visit the far reaches of used gaming in rural Japan! It's the Ibaraki Kanteidan store in Kamisu, Ibaraki! Get yourself an instant Famicom collection or a bottle of liquor if that is your thing!
2024-07-1806 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 59A Hard Off visited on July 1 of 2024, this one gets some good stuff as it's the only one to be found in almost an hour in any direction! It is the store in Kamisu, Ibaraki! This is the best character ever made, Kamisu-Koko-kun:
https://www.city.kamisu.ibaraki.jp/kanko_sports/coco/index.html
2024-07-1709 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 58Way back when on June 30, 2024, I visited the Oizumi Gakuen branch of Hard Off store in Nerima ward of Tokyo! It had a number of games at 2000 yen that were good buys! It had untested junk consoles! It had a huge Pikachu!
2024-07-1609 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 57A store that happily hasn't changed much since being bought out by a different chain, this is the Koriyama, Fukushima branch of U☆Pura visited on June 24, 2024. I wonder how a beautiful 3DO console can be sold for just over half the price as a little screen performing the same function as a smartphone.
2024-07-0910 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 56Not the best Hard Off store was visited on June 24, 2024 as the Shimo Kameda branch in Koriyama, Fukushima is described. MIDI is appreciated.
2024-07-0905 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 69niceVisited on July 26, 2024, this is Mandai Shoten warehouse style used shop in Kawagoe city, Saitama Prefecture! It was recently remodeled with the game stuff moved from the second floor to the first floor but that likely does not matter to you! Serial Experiments Lain was there and very expensive!
2024-07-0206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 55The second Surugaya related store visited in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture on June 24, 2024. This Book Market had video games and video game accessories. You are allowed to take these home after providing currency through cash, barcode payment, or credit card.
2024-07-0208 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 68Back to Momotaro Kingdom, this is the store in Hashimoto of Sagamihara city in Kanagawa prefecture, visited on July 26, 2024, the date that it had its grand opening! There were some deals and some rarities and I could get a free drink!
2024-07-0108 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 54This episode marks the first visit into the Tohoku region, being the Surugaya store in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture! This visit on June 24, 2024 followed a pleasant meal in Iwaki city.
2024-06-2714 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 53This episode describes visiting the newest Hard Off store in Japan at time of publishing, the Kami Yokota branch in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, as visited on June 17, 2024. It is so clean and nice.
2024-06-2605 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 52The first episode with a repeated visit to a previously featured store! What has changed between the first visit and June 17, 2024? Hope many new boxed copies of Virtual Boy games remain? The only way to find out is to press play!
2024-06-2508 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 51The second episode from a Hard Off in Sagamihara in Kanagawa, this time the Shimokuzawa store visited on June 10, 2024
2024-06-2112 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 50wowMonumental timing as episode 50 marks the completion of a region; adding the Hard Off store in Yabe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa. This store was visited on June 10, 2024. Now all prefectures of the Kanto region have been represented. Not so much treasure in this store unless you want slightly inappropriate underage girl fan service media from the mid 1990s.
2024-06-2109 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 49One of the better stores in Akihabara, this is the original Surugaya store in the area visiting on June 3, 2024. You are actually MORE likely to find software for the Apple Pippin than to run into Scotty Pippen! Plus more games with naked women and the best MSX ever.
2024-06-2110 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 48A true must-visit store in Akihabara in Tokyo, this is BEEP as visited on June 3, 2024. Computer parts from the 70s, lots of 8-bit wonder, arcade boards, and naked girls.
2024-06-1912 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 47Happy episode 47, and I'm happy to share the Mandarake store in Akihabara as visited on June 3, 2024. Well worth a visit and some unique finds. Just don't make the long climb of the stairs.
2024-06-1412 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 46What the unwashed gaming masses consider a mecca of retro game shopping, this time I'll describe a visit to Super Potato in Akihabara taken on June 3, 2024. Indeed worth going, but don't get dazzled into opening your wallet so quickly.
As mentioned in the recording, two videos linked related to this episode:
General description and warning about Super Potato and advice on smart game buying in Akihabara:
https://youtu.be/tv2rENMvLwU
Live unboxing and play of a product bought this day:
https://youtube.com/live/GH1MzTftiEc?feature=share
2024-06-1314 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 45It's Akihabara time! The first in a few episodes going over some spots for retro gaming in the world's gaming mecca. This is TRADER in my first visit since the remodeling, visited on June 3, 2024,
2024-06-1109 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 44A visit to Hard Off in Sakado, Saitama on June 2, 2024 for 30 percent money back on everything! Lots of good stuff including good junk. I got a computer.
2024-06-0406 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 43In Koshigaya, Saiyama is a recently cut in half sized A-too Book Market. Some wacky things and some good deals and some sad feelings about how it used to be better.
2024-06-0310 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 42Another fun trip to another Surugaya store, this one in Narashino city in Chiba, albeit in a neighborhood more famous to foreigners by its station name than the city itself. Listen to learn a hint for parking for free!
2024-05-2816 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 41This time I'll describe finds in the 4th best Surugaya store, the one in Konosu, Saitama as visited on May 19th, 2024! You can get the most expensive PC Engine ever and then go downstairs for a hot and fresh pepperoni pie!
2024-05-1907 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 40Another day, another Hard Off; this describes s visit to the store in Kitamoto, Saitama on May 19, 2024. I hope you like old game-centered computers.
2024-05-1915 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 39Learn about Japanese immigration and emigration as I explain a bit about the town of Oizumi in Gunma. The Hard Off as visited on May 13, 2024 had many interesting rarities also. Come for the LaserActive LD-ROM games, stay for the grilled meats and Brazilian pizza!
2024-05-1517 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 38This is the best retro gaming store in the world, period, combining selection, rarity, and price. Describing the Book Off in Ashikaga, Tochigi, as visited on May 13, 2024. Go there as soon as you can. And grab a pizza too.
2024-05-1515 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 37Kind of a regular old Hard Off trip visit description this time, being the one in Sodegaura, Chiba, on May 12, 2024. Not the best place for rare retro games but a great place if you're looking to collect every computer Apple ever made.
2024-05-1405 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 36The second store visited in Kisarazu, Chiba on May 12, 2024, this is a favors Hard Off store. Huge with lots of stock and a take off said to find, it has one of the most surprising deals I've seen although it's more useful these days as a toddler's nap area than a game accessory.
2024-05-1313 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 35The first store visited in a drive through Kisarazu, Chiba, this is a Momotaro Kingdom store manager by the Surugaya chain. Some super cheap stuff and super expensive stuff, but in the end I was happy to take advantage of the store's wide array of 100 yen junk games, CDs, and Blu-ray/DVDs
2024-05-1217 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 34Formerly a great store that feel on hard times but now is seeing a resurgence, I describe visiting a WonderGoo store in Mobara, Chiba on May 12, 2024. Also I share information on the best donuts in the world.
2024-05-1208 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 33The final of the 3 Fuji Shoten stores visited on May 6, 2024 in Ibaraki prefecture, this one in Ishioka city. I finally fulfill a dream I've sought for years, I describe the most programmable pad ever, and do people still like those Funko Pop things?
2024-05-0910 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 32The second Fuji Shoten store visited on May 6, 2024, this visit delivered on some manual-less eye-less animation gameness. Spawn is cheap, a creepy cell phone call, and Domino's Pizza.
2024-05-0810 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 31On this May 6, 2024 visit to Fuji Shoten in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, I buy further access to the deepest dungeon and a Danganronpa bag. For only 1500 yen you can also apparently buy a free game on the PS5.
2024-05-0709 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 30Currently an Enterking store yet on next remodeling to be a Surugaya, some information on a visit on May 5, 2024 to the branch in Nishi Arai, Adachi ward, Tokyo. The new in box Virtual Boy stock continues! Plus go upstairs for some SMAP and Tolstoy!
2024-05-0607 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 29One of the best stores for game searchers in Japan, as visited on May 5, 2024, this is the very nice Surugaya branch in Omiya ward of Saitama city. My only reason not to recommend that you go there right now is that you might buy good stuff before I can the next time I go.
2024-05-0609 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 28A wonderful store with amazing surprises... in store... Visiting the Surugaya branch in Utsunomiya, Tochigi on May 4th, 2024, I discount a cache of new in box historical artifacts that hopefully will help ruin the day of a few greedy online game sellers
2024-05-0418 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 27Have a guru guru time as Guru Guru Daiteikoku in Yuki city of Ibaraki was visited on May 4, 2024. Be amazed at the high prices Neo Geo CD game! Be astonished at the risk of a Switch gamble! Be aware of your surroundings every time you cross a street!
2024-05-0408 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 26The best podcast ever recorded under pain of bronchitis! This time, sharing the fun goodness of Otachu in Ryugasaki city, Ibaraki prefecture, visited on May 3, 2024. Thank you for listening and please invent a way to clear up bronchitis without swallowing 100 pills over the course of the week.
2024-05-0308 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 25Just a couple of things that can be found at Geo, a media store and movie rental shop with branches throughout Japan. This one was in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, visited on April 29, 2024. Also, I'm dearly sick and choked up.
2024-04-3003 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 24A not so wonderful Hard Off/Off House location in Misato, Saitama. Most of my visits result in no purchases and this visit on April 26, 2024 is no exception. However if you are desperate for a huge boxed light gun or an unopened sexy Saturn game, you are in luck! Also, eat pizza!
2024-04-2910 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 23It's another Papi! This one, visited on April 22, 2024, had a Game Boy-less Tamagotchi box, cheap Amiibo, and a printer for your PlayStation 2! Also the old man was less old!
2024-04-2807 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 22A visit on April 21, 2024 to the Guru Guru kanteidan-style store in Machida, Tokyo. It lost the machine I loved the first time I went, but you can still do Switch gambling and get Chesterfield.
2024-04-2706 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 21On April 21, 2024, I visited the Surugaya store in Machida, Tokyo, and I do not work at the English school next to it so if you would please stop staring at me like you think I do
2024-04-2605 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 20From an April 21, 2024 visit, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, it's Zest! Or is it Surugaya? Anyway get cheap old Neo Geo cartridges or expensive new Neo Geo cartridges or aPC-FX fake I should have bought and now regret skipping!
2024-04-2506 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 19If you are a foreigner visiting various used game stores in Japan, you probably have already visited Hard Off in the ECOTown center in Hachioji, Tokyo. On April 21, 2024, I braved the parking structure to share with you the hobby computers to be had and the white people you can see.
2024-04-2418 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 18A fine Surugaya store in Kashiwa, Chiba has lots of pricey 3DO nudity. And at least on April 20, 2024, it had the oddest game soundtrack ever put on sale in the junk section.
2024-04-2310 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 17A wonderful store in Matsudo, Chiba, this branch of Momotaro Okoku truly respects Xbox as well as the human excretion processes.
2024-04-2206 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 16After visiting the Hard Off Ichikawa Ono branch in Chiba prefecture on April 20, 2024, I describe androgynous mermaids, regrettable old sales, and 3000 yen paper sleeves.
2024-04-2210 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 15Yet another Hard Off in Koshigaya city of Saitama. This time it's the Koshigaya Minami branch visited on April 15, 2024. Not much rarity to share but I was kind enough to supply you with a 10 second long good bye.
2024-04-1905 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 14A description of the fun to be had in a traditional Famicom store in Japan which is endangered. This one is Papi, in Soka city of Saitama, visited on April 15, 2024. It's an experience every game collector should experience at least once so please just go while you still can.
2024-04-1805 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 13Visiting the Chiba Kanteidan branch in Yachiyo city on April 14, 2024, I could find a 100 yen section I found to be very interesting. Also I buy a game involving high school girl corpses, and I explain honking a horn on a hill.
2024-04-1710 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 12A short check in with the Hard Off / Off House combo store in Yachiyo city of Chiba prefecture on April 14, 2024. Not much to mention other than a rare boxed console variant I'd never seen for sale.
2024-04-1705 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 11A report from a wonderful store in Chiba. It's the Momotaro Okoku (Peach Boy Kingdom) in Narashino, Chiba. Always good finds despite some dubious pricing, and all the good stuff is on the 2nd floor so you can ignore the card game dorks on the first floor!
2024-04-1609 minJapan Game JunkJGJ episode 10The rarest retro game find ever is the most expensive thing ever sold at Hard Off. This is the report of a visit on April 14, 2024 at the store in Kamagaya, Chiba.
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