Yeah, the names are all wrong! CyberGrafx, PC Energy… what sorcery is this! There was even a booth selling brand-new PC-Engines, SuperGrafx’, Duos… WAIT! Something ain’t right in this picture!? This is the kind of pointless but mind-blowing stuff I want to see at events like this, thank you Mr. The screen is hooked up to a WiiU and a girl was playing emulated Ordyne on a separate screen while the gameplay was also shown on the small Vewlix. Not the same booth, but while we’re at it… this guy modified a small gashapon Vewlix with a real LCD screen. Absolutely gorgeous work!Ĭheck out the video tour through this little arcade: He left a space so one could put an iPhone 4 or 5 inside to simulate a real screen! The original Starblade cabinet uses a a plastic overlay to distort the screen and simulate a 3D-effect, and he even thought of that and put a small plastic pane inside. The models for Starblade, Groove Coaster (and Darius Burst, not pictured) are a work of genius. It’s just that I would love to create an entire arcade with dozens of little cabs! \( ゚∇゚)/ I wish he would somehow publish the templates, but I see how he wants to make money with his work. Respect, and just a shame I didn’t have more cash to spend. Very high detail and cheap price, also beautifully engineered. There were around 100 different companies/people selling and exhibiting all sorts of cool retro game-related stuff: Remix soundtracks CDs that you cannot buy anywhere else, self-engineered papercraft kits of arcade cabinets, superplay DVDs/CDs, some games, hand-made merchandise for Famicom/PC-Engine/SFC/MD, bead art, keychains for MSX & X68000, homebrew releases for systems such as PC-Engine and PC-8801, figures & model kits, as well as lots and lots of doujinshi game-related manga.Īrcade cabinet papercraft kits for sale. It is such a sanctuary that Game Legends is, or so I would learn after I marched through the magic doors of retro gaming bliss. In a time when Akihabara and Nakano are almost completely taken over by newer trends such as AKB48 and anime cosplay, the hardcore gamer of today could experience a delightful celebration of the obscurest among the obscure, among a crowd to whom the rarest of the rare is basic knowledge. One large room, dozens of sellers and an ocean of classic gaming connoisseurs created an unmatched ‘atmosphere of hardcore’.Īnd it was beautiful. Today I went to Game Legend #22, THE video game event for true elite game collectors and enthusiasts in Tokyo.
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