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I used a forwarding service called Tenso (http://www.tenso.com/en/). They give you a Japanese address (which is the same for every order you make) to use when checking out, and when the address gets the order, they ship it out to you EMS. Of course there's a service and shipping fee, but you're free to order anything online in Japan. I've been using them for about two years, and they haven't failed me yet.
The second game I ordered from Japan came in 2 days ago.
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Akumajou Densetsu... hell yeah! It's a damn shame Nintendo had such stupid policies in North America, because I tell ya, the VRC6 is something else. Absolutely phenomenal sound; puts the simplistic PSG-only soundtrack of Castlevania III to shame.
It was quite pricey, though. This loose copy of Akumajou Densetsu cost me about $40 shipped. I've never spent that much money on a single loose game. I don't care, though, I'm enjoying this game a lot.
thanks jfly, that really helps alot. I've never used a forwarding service to order from amazon japan so i'm glad to hear that one is reliable. how much did you pay for your slim ps2? I just looked on there and the black slims are about $174.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFLY
Intel 2500k
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ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE
Starting work on a computer for a MAME cabinet....want to build it now and get the cabinet when I move. Would have waited on almost all accounts, however Microcenter had some great deals on processors and motherboards so I saved like $60 over newegg that I just had to do it. I have the SSD I want to use, PSU and Windows 7 on the way from Newegg as the PSU was much much cheaper..
I bought a few gba games today for prices too cheap to pass up and a rpg for wii called fragile dreams.
gba games, cart only:
summon night $2.50
demi kids: dark version $1
demi kids: light version $1
dave mirra freestyle bmx 3 $1
megaman battle network 3: white $1.25
megaman battle network 5: team protoman $2.00
wii:
fragile dreams $20 (complete)
i'm really not impressed with the megaman battle network games so far, but for under $5 I can't complain. i'm not too sure what to think of fragile dreams yet, seems like a decent action rpg but i've only played a few minutes of it.
Luna Video Games:
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Chocobo Racing (PSX) - $29.99 + tax
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (NES) - $7.99 + tax
Also got 3 bucks off on my purchase 'cause the dude who works there is really cool.
eBay:
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Final Fantasy VIII & IX (PSX) - $27.52 shipped
When I got home from the game store, these had arrived in the mail. Really good condition, and totally complete (FFVIII has the manual and the mini strategy guide, and FFIX has the manual and the PlayOnline advertisement). Never played FFIX at all so I'm excited about that one.
Goodwill:
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Winback: Covert Operations (PS2) - $3.99
Predator (DVD) - $3.99
Janet Jackson, Control (CD) - $2.99
Prince & The Revolution, Purple Rain (CD) - $2.99
Stopped by Goodwill a little later. Some good stuff for great prices!
Ian?Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry coeurl
Yup! You've been to Luna before, then? Ian's a cool guy, and he really knows his stuff. Whenever I go by I end up spending waaay too much time just talking to him about games or whatever.
Never met him. I live in Sacramento. But he shows up on a lot of Pat the NES Punk videos.
I've seen Ian around way more than the owner recently. Both are great guys. How do you like the new Newport location Jerry? Bigger. Even though there's way more traffic on Newport, I haven't had trouble finding parking yet.
Isn't that overkill for a MAME cabinet?Quote:
Originally Posted by David J.
Oh man, Conquest of the Crystal Palace, I have not played that in ages. I used to play that and Clash at Demonhead for hours all the time.
I think a friend of mine still has both of those. All my NES games + my NES were stolen so I got nothing left of those. :(
I like the Newport location a lot! The new layout is great! I love being able to see what's in stock, it's so much better than the Voltaire store in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by InternalPrimate
I think you came in when I was there talking to Ian one day, although I didn't know it was you until after you'd left the store. It was a few months back, and I think you were picking up a console for repair or something. Anyway, after you left Ian was like, "oh yeah, that's the other guy from Sega-16 who comes in here."
I don't really know the owner (Trig I think is his name?) very well, but I know he's a big Saturn fan so he's cool by me.
How does he know you're both from Sega-16? Do you have business cards or something?
Just like Amazon in the U.S., the prices increase/decrease day to day. It got down to about $28 cheaper than what you got listed. It wasn't that great of a discount, now that I think of it, but it's better than paying $300 for a new system off of Ebay. With the added cost of the fowarding service it was just under $200.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hidden_Darkness