If there is a place where anyone on this planet retrogamer should go at least once in your life, is the Super Potato in Akihabara in Japan This shop which has five floors, each dedicated to video games and arcades.
If you got your mouth watering, you can see more photos in the gallery of Danny Choo 
A dream without a doubt ...
The latest trailer of the project 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience .
For me as a gamer, the arcades are one of the greatest symbols of gaming. A few years ago, long before consoles appear in our homes, in the arcades was that we could actually try a game with excellent quality. Who does not remember his first game of Street Fighter or his first lap in a circuit Sega Rally?!
In Portugal the arcade, or "gaming machines" as they were known, no longer exist. You can also find a games room or another, but not as many as existed in the 80 or 90. And although this is a global phenomenon, Japan keeps alive the tradition of arcades. New games are released every year, some of them converted to consoles, but many do not even get to see the light of day outside the land of the rising sun.
These gentlemen are producing a documentary about Japanese arcades and after seeing the trailer just wish they end as soon as possible!
100 YEN: The Japanese Arcade Experience from Brad Crawford on Vimeo .
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