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Video: Joystiq vs. Akihabara
The Tokyo Game Show is now in full swing, but we've actually been in Tokyo for a few days. On our first day in town, we stopped by the Akihabara district, a definite must-see for any gaming fans passing through Tokyo. We stopped by the Gundam Cafe, retro game store Super Potato (again) and, after a quick Pepper Lunch, Yodobashi, seller of electronics, games, and lots of great toys.
There will be spud: Our tour of retro game shop Super Potato
Inside Tokyo's electronics district, Akihabara, you'll find Super Potato. In short, Super Potato is a retro gamer's paradise, especially for those with fond memories of Japanese titles. The multi-level store is packed with nearly every older title and system under the sun. Famicom, Super Famicom, Mega Drive, Sega Saturn -- you name it, and it's there. I made it my mission to find Super Potato and, within its walls, a copy of Vampire Savior, the third game in the Darkstalkers series that never came out in North America. Spoiler alert: I found it, along with a whole lot more. Now I just wish I had remembered to look for Dungeons & Dragons Collection. There's always next year, right?
Tokyo Hackerspace gives you the insider's guide to Akihabara in a twenty-three part video tour
Remember when we took you on a sweeping video tour of China's gadget markets? Tokyo Hackerspace has done the same for Japan, with a video guide to that electronics mecca called Akihabara -- complete with Google Maps coordinates. Join them as they test out servo-filled creatures at the RT Robot Shop, dig through Akizuki Denshi for chips, and hit up Super Potato (an Engadget favorite) for stacks of retro game consoles and rows upon rows of classic cartridges and discs. Find one video sample after the break, and twenty-two other fantastic destinations at our source link. [Thanks, Dan]
Japanese game store devises winning formula for keychains
Game|Life's Chris Kohler found these keychains while browsing in a Super Potato store in Akihabara. The store makes them onsite out of-- guess-- old games and keyrings. They'll take any game you want made dangly, drill a hole in it, and keyring get. Seen here: Doshin the Giant for the 64DD, Rockman 5, and some unidentified Famicom Disk System disks.We'd totally buy one. And If there's a market for extremely impractical keyrings like this, that kill classic games in their creation, then we just totally got an idea for a craft. (Hint: it's this idea.)
