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[baphomet]

Shit, there could be 10's of thousands worth in games and cabs in there.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Once you're done taking inventory, get the cabs refurbished somehow. This might mean selling and shipping them to some folks if you can't get it done on-site or something. Awesome grab, man! I hope the internal circuitry still works after sitting around for so long...

 

[aggro crag]

Try to sell what you can. Not sure what you can get for the cabinets. But for the game boards themselves, maybe you could use this site as a reference. http://tops-game.jp/index_down_maker.htm

Also, if that's actually a Street Fighter EX2 Plus cabinet, I'd love to buy the game board from you.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Clean it up and open it as a retro arcade? There would probably be a pretty penny in it.

 

[Zukuu]

Damn. Straight outta a movie.

Open a RETRO ARCADE CABINET.

 

[ExitPlanetDust]

Subbing this. I want to see where it goes.

Congrats on the find, Keisuke.

 

[CorySchmitz]

Can I visit pls?

 

[ramuh]

yakuza thugs riding these

carrying swords.
edit: and 80s style cassette player boomboxes.

When you post this comment it made me think of a crazy Yakuza game idea (don't know if has been done before in the Yakuza games yet) of main character using his bike as a mount and his sword as his lance and charging the enemy yakuzas.

 

[Jomjom]

Get the Kacho to go there?

 

[Quote]

I wonder how much shipping would be to get one of those to the US. Id totally be interested in a Candy Cab and if it was Tetris even better

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

yakuza thugs riding these

carrying swords.
edit: and 80s style cassette player boomboxes.

I wanna watch it happen. Yakuza thugs bustin' up an out of business game center just because. Hopefully one of them walks in like a grade A badass, with a sword over his shoulder, chewing on something.

 

[Cess007]

Get the Kacho to go there?

My first thought too. You gotta call the Kacho man

 

[golem]

More pics!

 

[mattiewheels]

So... yeah, I own a Game center now. Any advice on what to do with it?
http://imgur.com/a/yqxip

If you open it back up, let Fuji TV know, maybe GCCX will visit.

 

[keisuke999]

Get the Kacho to go there?

Once I take inventory, I'll send them a message. Turns out they take submissions for retro arcades

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

 

[SnakeEyes]

Once I take inventory, I'll send them a message. Turns out they take submissions for retro arcades

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

DOOOOOOOOO IIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!

 

[Garcia]

So what's the plan!? Bring it back to its former glory?

 

[akira28]

I wanna watch it happen. Yakuza thugs bustin' up an out of business game center just because. Hopefully one of them walks in like a grade A badass, with a sword over his shoulder, chewing on something.

And this all happens before the hero gets introduced.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Well, considering it cost me like $400 to ship four boxes of stuff when I moved back to the US from Japan, I'd say shipping would be insane for any of these.

Probably have to go via sea (could take months).

 

[Antoids]

i wish you all the best if you plan on re-opening it, but if you're going to sell cabinets, i know some dudes in arizona who collect cabinets to run a big ol arcade cabinet convention once a year who would probably be interested that i could put you in touch with

 

[PopeReal]

So awesome. I couldn't imagine getting that much gaming stuff at one time.

 

[Jomjom]

Once I take inventory, I'll send them a message. Turns out they take submissions for retro arcades

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

With that backstory he'll be there for sure!

 

[Solid Samus]

Once I take inventory, I'll send them a message. Turns out they take submissions for retro arcades

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

hahahahahaha, yes! I'm subbing this so hard right now

 

[coolasj19]

1. Take Inventory
2. Re-Open
3. Name It GAF
4. Give GAF Members A Discount
5. ???
6. Sell The Movie Rights To Sony
7. Profit

 

[kiri]

I'm in Tokyo. This building is a few minutes walk from Chiba Station

I am living in Tokyo too. I have this Sunday free if you'd like a hand sorting through it all

 

[tbm24]

I'll pay money for one of those candy cabs. If it happens to have Super Turbo on it I'll pay extra. 100% serious if you're looking to sell some stuff.

 

[Amagon]

I envy your life at this point right now. I'll brb, going to cry in my sleep.

 

[SwiftDeath]

There is an album on imgur entitled "Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center"

My life is now complete

 

[Cess007]

Natsume should take this approach for the next spinoff of Harvest Moon. You inherit an Arcade/GameCenter and it's up to you to turn it back to his former glory buying new cabinets, taking care of them and repairing when they broke from use

 

[keisuke999]

There is an album on imgur entitled "Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center"

My life is now complete

I'm not very clever with titles.

But, this totally sounds like a Manga, title doesn't it?

彼女のばーちゃんのゲームセンター

 

[maomaoIYP]

Those are definitely 90s styled arcade cabinets.

No value in Japan, probably. I think only the Americans have an extreme fascination with retro arcade games and equipment.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Sell me a cab.

Spoiler

i wish

 

[plasmawave]

You've got to invite Arino to your game center one day for CX.

 

[keisuke999]

Those are definitely 90s styled arcade cabinets.

No value in Japan, probably. I think only the Americans have an extreme fascination with retro arcade games and equipment.

Yup. Aside from Game Center CX and few choice places, retro arcade stuff is only big outside Japan.

 

[mattiewheels]

Once I take inventory, I'll send them a message. Turns out they take submissions for retro arcades

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/gamecenter/index.html

If the place has any old mechanical games they'll eat that up. And I think they film GCCX in Tokyo, so you're probably right next door.

 

[tauroxd]

There is an album on imgur entitled "Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center"

My life is now complete

I lol'd don't know why, but I sure lol'd

OP, you sure are living the dream. If I were you I would still be in awe for this. I know it probably won't be easy and profitable right away, but it would be cool if you re-open it.

 

[Jarod McChicken]

My Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center Can't Be This Cute

 

[Mellahan]

My Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center Can't Be This Cute

There it is. We have our movie title.

 

[StoopKid]

My Girlfriend's Grandma's Game Center Can't Be This Cute

Sogood.gif

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I would kill to have this stuff!!

 

[Discomurf]

Whoa. Start a Kickstarter to import everything and open a true retro Japanese Game Center in the States?

 

[keuja]

You're living the dream man. It's like the start of a Manga.

 

[Cody_D165]

Going to go there soon to take a full inventory.

So far, I know it has:

Raiden V, Metal Slug X, Street Fighter Alpha (Zero) 2, Pocket Fighters, UFO Attack, Sega Tetris

hot damn

lock yourself in there and throw away the key because you don't even need other video games anymore

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

There are probably a few companies which will buy them to refurbish and then resell them. Dunno if that is the best avenue but it is one of them.

 

[Liha]

You live a dream!

 

[Zeuanimals]

This is what you do.

 

[Jachaos]

This is amazing.

There's a place in Quebec City that's running an arcade and they don't want anything cosmetic done to it. If it works, they want it as is - they love the wear and tear on the cabinets. They might be interested I guess. Well, first step is figuring out the situation. Inventory and such. Looking forward to an update !

Edit : ^that's a huge ass picture, quote it so we can expand it if need be

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

That sounds awesome. Reading all these replies makes me sad that arcades are dead in the US. I always wanted to make enough money to open a retro arcade/drink bar.

 

[PreyingShark]

When you go over to take inventory, bring a camera to film things. And preferably bring some other people to both make things go faster and add some entertainment. No matter what you do, that footage should help tremendously. If you intend to try selling things overseas and some of the stuff still works then having proof that it works helps, for example.

 

[keisuke999]

When you go over to take inventory, bring a camera to film things. And preferably bring some other people to both make things go faster and add some entertainment. No matter what you do, that footage should help tremendously. If you intend to try selling things overseas and some of the stuff still works then having proof that it works helps, for example.

Yeah, another user suggested I could turn this into an interesting Web series.

Maybe I should call Area 5