Canned Dogs

Video game bars like 8bit cafe and 16shots where you can have a drink while playing old console games have been popping up in Tokyo recently (mainly in the Shinjuku area), but for some reason there hasn’t been any of them opening in Akihabara yet despite Akiba being a central hub for video games stuff.

Game Bar A-button will be the first game bar to start in Akihabara opening on the 10th of July, and the bar currently offers a selection of 53 consoles, ranging from the newest consoles like the Wii, PS3, and the 360, to the really old like the SG-1000, Cassette Vision and the Nintendo Color TV Game 15. They even have the Dreamcast HKT-01 for some reason. All these consoles are always ready and are playable upon request on the 42 inch LCD or one of the smaller LCD screens, and if you don’t like retro games on LCD, there’s a 21 inch CRT TV that can be used.

And in Akiba fashion, the owner apparently does not only want to be focusing on console games, but also wants to try to introduce doujin games, doujinshi, eroge, anime and manga to people in the bar.

Also, the owner of the bar is also the owner of the site Shinsei Multi Oukoku, so some people might already know him. I’ve probably been sporadically visiting his site since… 1999 or 2000.

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