Tourists play at arcade video game machines inside the Super Potato video game store in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Renewed interest in vintage Japanese video games is drawing buyers to the country's online markets and retro gaming shops. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
Nothing sells like nostalgia.
Renewed interest in vintage Japanese videogames is drawing buyers to the country’s online markets and retro gaming shops. While enthusiasts have collected old titles for years, even casual gamers are now snapping up cartridges and CDs, as well as gaming machines that they haven’t played since childhood.
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