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What's The Most Expensive Game We Saw In Akihabara?
Believe it or not, it's not that copy of The Simpsons: Virtual Bart with the giant 62,790 yen price tag. That particular Sega Genesis (read: Mega Drive) game is a mere $600 and change in U.S. dollars; it's the Japanese copy of Maximum Carnage, at right, another batch of licensed Acclaim schlock that was going for an astounding 98,000 yen at Akihabara's retro gaming den Super Potato. No, that's not a misplaced decimal point, Super Potato is asking just shy of $950 USD for the 16-bit game, outpricing new copies of Space Invaders and Waterworld for the Virtual Boy. More »
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Comment by Mikey G: Wow, I wonder if my copy of Maximum Carnage is worth that much as well. 7 Responses | Other threads
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nerd in paradise
Flynn's Akihabara Adventure: Part One
Today marked the day I had been looking forward to since I found out I was going to Tokyo, a trip to the nerd mecca, Akihabara. Accompanied by some friends and the ever stalwart friend of Kotaku, Witzbold, we navigated the massive Tokyo subway system and arrived safely in Akihabara after long journey that seemed to never end. More » -
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Akiba's Super Potato All Tarted Up
I haven't been to Akihabara's Super Potato in something like 8 months. No, need to! The legendary game store chain is based out of Osaka, and there's one near my house. I can walk to Super Potato. More »
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Comment by BIGmog: @jeffx: Which is odd considering you can't smoke outside in Akihabara. more » | Other threads
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Comment by Mr. Fluffykins: @aakurtz Chris Kohler runs the Game|Life blog at Wired. His writing is good, but I agree with you that he... more » | Other threads
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