{"id":3169,"date":"2026-05-20T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:12:07","slug":"a-trip-to-mandai-in-takasaki-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/a-trip-to-mandai-in-takasaki-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A trip to Mandai in Takasaki, May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is the building with Gunma Leisure Land game center and Mandai Shoten in Takasaki. We went down to Takasaki last Saturday. Mandai doesn’t open until 10, so I spent some time at the game center where I played some shmups like Senjin Aleste, which I wrote about in an earlier post<\/a>. Then later I checked out Mandai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plenty of Macross model kits, old and new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Nautilus double set from Nadia. I have the regular submarine Nautilus, but not the nu-Nautilus starship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flag of Zeon was hanging overhead. Nice touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several of these kits are pictured in the last post I made about going to Mandai. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The high prices of Saturn games (and all retro games in general) is sad. I really need to sell a bunch of games now hat Ulan is getting braces. It’ll be a tough decision to make which ones I want to keep. I really can’t play any retro games anymore since my new TV has no S-Video inputs. I’d have to see if I have the regular composite inputs, but it looks like ass on a high-def TV. Rats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s a new Neo Geo console coming out that features HDMI output. Neat stuff, but I won’t be buying one. I also found a boxed Sakura Taisen Dreamcast. I bought mine when I first lived in Japan, in December 2000, IIRC. Unfortunately, the plastic has yellowed and the pretty pink color has been ruined. Rats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the building with Gunma Leisure Land game center and Mandai Shoten in Takasaki. We went down to Takasaki last Saturday. Mandai doesn’t open until 10, so I spent some time at the game center where I played some shmups like Senjin Aleste, which I wrote about in an earlier post. Then later I … <\/p>\n

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