Lester Knight wrote:
force her to sit down and play the games!

If there were a Phoenix Wright or Animal Crossing type game for VB, I wouldn’t even have to force her.

Well, I found 6 in a box labeled “Boy clothes”. I can’t trust my wife’s labeling. I’ll have to search every single box to find the other 5.

segagamer99 wrote:
Hey everyone,

I’ve found some cheap VB games on Amazon Japan, but unfortunately, proxy services are somewhat pricey.

What do you guys usually use for buying stuff from Japanese websites? what’s the fastest, cheapest and best proxy services? Thanks.

After some searching, I found the below site:
http://www.fromjapan.co.jp

I did some calculations on their site and it would still cost about an extra $20 over the sell + shipping price on Amazon Japan for the cheaper games, due to the international shipping costs and their 200 yen and 5% commission charges on total item cost and total shipping cost.

Lester Knight wrote:
I don’t want to be the person that suggests that a collector shouldn’t collect, but have you considered a Flashboy+? For $100 USD (includes shipping) you would be able to enjoy everything you lost, and gain experiences from homebrew, demos, hacks, translations, etc.

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=flashcarts&v=fb

Yeah, I do want to get a Flashboy+ eventually so I can play homebrew and the unreleased games. However, I will have to wait at least a few months before I can afford it, especially since I just got the Wii U for Christmas. Do you know if we still have to provide a donor cart when purchasing a Flashboy+?

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
I would use a Yahoo Auctions Japan proxy service as a middleman to do all of the buying. I know that some sellers on there don’t give the option to ship items internationally, but if you use a proxy service, you should never have to worry about that – someone correct me if I’m wrong. I’ve never bought directly on Yahoo Auctions Japan, so I don’t know how easy that would be.

Thanks Benjamin,

I did see Space Squash listed, but you’re right, he won’t do international shipping. I guess I would have to use a third party, at least for that one.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if it’s possible to buy directly from Yahoo Japan auctions with a US credit card and have it shipped to a US address? Or should I try Buyee or another site as a middleman? My Japanese is probably at an intermediate level, as I took classes for 3 years and lived there for a year, but I think I could probably get by if going directly through Yahoo Japan is an option.

Space Squash looks interesting. Other than Ebay or Yahoo Japan where else do you guys go to get your games? Most of mine were bought at used game or recycle stores, but that was years ago.

segagamer99 wrote:
I’m afraid I can’t really help you, but at least you have Red Alarm. 🙂

I know, right. It’s a good one. I still haven’t beat it. I think I kept dying on the third or fourth level last time I tried.

Hopefully I can find the rest in the garage, even though I thought I had all my video games in one box inside the house. Apparently I didn’t.

Yeah, I’ve got the following:

US
Red Alarm
Golf
Mario Tennis
Wario Land

JPN
Red Alarm
Vertical Force
Panic Bomber
Golf
Baseball
V Tetris
Galactic Pinball
Teleroboxer