Coolest Famicom fan sites

[jinshu]

Hi, what are the coolest Famicom blogs and sites, post them here:

http://famicomblog.blogspot.be/


http://iheartyuna.wordpress.com/


http://www.illusionware.it/index.htm

[Shumi Nagaremono]

Famicomworld.com , surely.

[M-Tee]

Building a link list of rad Famicom-related websites?

I dig Famicase.

www.famicase.com NSFW.

My favorite from this year's entries:

[senseiman]

Hey, thats my blog up there!!  Thanks!! 

[fcgamer]

Hey, thats my blog up there!!  Thanks!! 

Yeah, your blog is tops in my book.   

And now time to pimp my own page:

http://fcgamer.wordpress.com/

[senseiman]

Hey, thats my blog up there!!  Thanks!! 

Yeah, your blog is tops in my book.   

And now time to pimp my own page:

http://fcgamer.wordpress.com/

And yours in mine too! 

[zmaster18]

I friggin love the blog. I would check it everyday and always love seeing what amazing deals you find in Japan. I also love your review of A & C Games in Toronto!

Another blog you guys might like is Before Mario. The blog features articles about all of Nintendo's pre-Famicom products, including toys, cards, games, puzzles, and more!

[Shumi Nagaremono]

While we're pimping blogs...

www.hobbydrifter.wordpress.com 

Not just Famicom stuff, but a bunch of stuff I pick up in Japan. 

[senseiman]

zmaster - thanks!!  And I totally agree, Before Mario is an amazing blog.

Shumi Nagaremono - just had a look at your blog, that is good stuff.  I had a laugh reading your post about Fukuoka Famicom fun, I think I`ve been to those Hard Offs and Eco Mall (the ones out in the suburbs east of town?).  I also know the exact Book Off you are complaining about that had the ridiculously high prices, in fact I did a post about it on my blog about 3 years ago: http://famicomblog.blogspot.jp/2011/12/book-off-price-gouging-happens-in.html

[Shumi Nagaremono]

  I also know the exact Book Off you are complaining about that had the ridiculously high prices, in fact I did a post about it on my blog about 3 years ago: http://famicomblog.blogspot.jp/2011/12/book-off-price-gouging-happens-in.html

While the Hakata Book-Off does has some really overpriced FC games, it can't compare to the new Book-Off Super Bazaar in Tenjin.  This one is in the Daiei Building, right by where the giant Mandarake used to be.  It's only been there for a year or so.  In August, that same copy of Devil World was still there, btw. 

Absurdly expensive Famicommons aside, it's a pretty awesome place.  Great selection of manga, a HUGE toy/hobby section (with only a *few* items priced in the "what the hell are you thinking?" category.   

   

[senseiman]

Oh that is cool.  I left Fukuoka over two years ago so I didn't know there was a new Book Off that had opened in Tenjin.  Too bad about the prices. And I am glad to know that copy of Devil World is still there, I actually stopped by that Book Off when I was in Fukuoka on business a few months back and saw it still there.  I think it will be there for all time.

Also I like that you also collect Japanese movie programs, I also have a collection of those on the go, which I actually got started at that same Hakata Book Off. 

[Shumi Nagaremono]

Oh that is cool.  I left Fukuoka over two years ago so I didn't know there was a new Book Off that had opened in Tenjin.  Too bad about the prices. And I am glad to know that copy of Devil World is still there, I actually stopped by that Book Off when I was in Fukuoka on business a few months back and saw it still there.  I think it will be there for all time.

Also I like that you also collect Japanese movie programs, I also have a collection of those on the go, which I actually got started at that same Hakata Book Off. 

That Book-Off in Hakata has started selling the programs at "collectible" prices that are even crazier than their Famicom selection.  There are "blind packs" of maybe a dozen programs with two "desirable" ones visible for around 2,000 yen.  Also, for some reason, Evangelion 3.0 programs for 3,000 yen each.  Still plenty of 100 yen programs, though. 

Did you ever visit the two floor Hard-Off/Off-House in Nishijin?  It's been closed for maybe five years now, but it used to be my go-to place for older hardware/software. 

 

[senseiman]

Oh man, that sucks about the prices for programs.  I mainly focus on older programs from the 70s and 80s, though I've recently been buying more chirashi these days as I've gotten most of the programs for film (which Book Offs don't usually have). 

I dont remember the Hard Off in Nishijin, though I might have been there when it was around and might have just missed it (I lived in Fukuouka from 2008 to 2012, but in Higashi Ku on the other side of town from Nishijin).  I used to hit the Hard Offs in the suburbs east of town sometimes (like this one here http://famicomblog.blogspot.jp/2010/11/fukuoka-famicom-shops-ii-decline-and.html ), and there was one Eco Mall near Hakozaki but it usually didn`t have much older gaming stuff. 

[Shumi Nagaremono]

I lived in and around Fukuoka from 2006-2011 and then again in 2013/2014.  Going back is always bittersweet.  Most of the smaller places (and even several of the big ones) are gone.  And it's so rare to find *great* deals at the remaining places.

Where are you located now?

[senseiman]

Yeah, a ton of the shops I used to go to closed during the time I was there.  The worst loss was the Omocha Souko in Kaizuka which had some of the best deals around.  I`M in Nagoya now, which has some decent shops in Osu, but the prices are way higher than they were at the shops I used to go to in Fukuoka.