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Cave Shooting History Book - $120.00
These sell for ridiculous sums on eBay, and I am by far the cheapest source to get a copy. This book details the history of their shmup/STG releases starting with Donpachi (1995) and ending with their latest release Akai Katana (2010). Also featured are interviews, art renderings as well as coverage of the infamous "matsuri" events. This book is new, in full color, the language is Japanese and it's 225 pages in length.
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Ibara Official Art / Comic Book - $45.00
The official Ibara Art / Comic book published by Cave. 128 full-color pages of character and vehicle designs as well as a comic telling the stories behind the characters from Ibara. Product is new and in mint condition. Fools on eBay are buying/selling this for between $52.00 and $95.00.
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Deathsmiles Art Book - $70.00
126 pages of character art, manga, level designs, concept drawing and more. Sold once at a Cave matsuri event and never seen again.
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Deathsmiles Keychain - How - $12.00
Official Item from CAVE.
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Cave CD-ROM + DVD - Vol.1 $55.00
A sealed disc set. The CD-ROM contains screensavers, wallpaper, icon sets, sound effects, voice files and more from Cave. This set includes a 71 minute region-2 DVD of "promotional videos". I finally got a chance to look at the DVD, and it's really interesting. Among the promotional videos for most every recent arcade game and all of the X360 games, you'll also get a tour of the CAVE office (it's messy!) as well as a few of the matsuri videos that always go out before an event. MARVEL at the sight of the arcade version of DFK 1.51. Be AMAZED at the workspace of IKD. GASP at the ipad game Asada plays during meetings! I've yet to dive into exactly whats on the CD-ROM, but the DVD contents alone make this a must-buy for die hard CAVE fan.
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Progear no Arashi Soundtrack and Data CD Set - $55.00
New / sealed 2-disc set containing a music CD and a data CD with art files.
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Alltynex Second Soundtrack - $25.00
29 tracks from both Alltynex and Alltynex Second.
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Ibara Soundtrack CD (Used) - $40.00
Soundtrack CD to the game Ibara. Tracks 1-16 are the original versions of music from the game. Tracks 17-19 are arranged versions and track 20 is a vocal collection.
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Mushihimesama Official Soundtrack Set - $70.00
Includes a 17 track CD, 23-page art book, a cellphone strap, and a Keychain.
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Shooting Gameside Magazines - $25.00
Japanese Publication about the STG / shmup genre.
These magazines are IN JAPANESE and is in NEW condition.
Thread containing pics can be found here: Shmups Thread w/ Pics!
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Issue #1 Issue #2 Issue #3 Issue #4 Issue #0 Issue #5
Arcade Gamers Magazine Vol. 1 - $25.00
Details old arcade games from 1978 to 1986. About 70% color pages with details about cabinets, release dates, and the original retail prices as well as current values for PCBs. This is just volume one, with more volumes forthcoming.
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Arcade Gamers Vol. 2 - $25.00
This issue details old arcade games from 1987 to 1995 encompassing all genres. STGs include R-Type, 1943, Mr. Heli, Tatsujin, Sky Soldiers, Area 88, Xexex, Macross, Twinbee, and many, many more. Seems to be a lot of games released during this era featuring topless Japanese girls as well.. About 70% color pages with details about cabinets, release dates, and the current "average" price you can expect to pay for a used PCB. 178 pages.
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Old Gamers Magazine Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 - $17.00
Retro gaming on all systems - Famicom, PC Engine, Mega Drive, Super Famicom, Etc.. Game reviews detail ROM size, original release date, ROM size, as well as buttons used in the game and many screen shots. Again, about 70% color pages. Many volumes have already followed this one. The success of this first issue will determine if I will sell the others. 178 pages
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Old Gamers Vol. 1 Order Button:
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1942 - 25th Anniversary Soundtrack CD - $25.00
1942 25th anniversary 25-track CD featuring music from damn near every game made (yes, the supergrafx one as well as i-mode and xbox 360)
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Gradius Anime 3 OVA Set - $100.00
3 VHS tape set of the Gradius anime series released in 1988 and 1989. These tapes are in pristine condition and almost impossible to find.
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GABA Chocolates - $5.00
A favorite snack of a close friend of mine who is an astonishing shmup player. Who knows, it may have something to do with these chocolates which he swears by. GABA is an amino acid responsible for an anti-anxiety and calming effect on the brain. It is also recommended for high synapse functionality and twitch-muscle control. All of these are important for us gamers who play high-intensity games such as danmaku shmups. Each package contains 280mg of GABA held within 45g of small round milk-chocolates. Try out a bag today. More about GABA can be found on Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GABA
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Vitamin-infused Eyedrops - $8.00
Last but certainly not least, we get to the product that I swear by. Often times we gamers practice our craft in less-than-optimal conditions - be it the smokey Tokyo arcades, or late nights in front of our 29" 'tated CRTs. As a result of this our eyes sometimes can't keep up with what our minds will them to do. These eyedrops have saved me on countless occasions. Infused with 4 different vitamins/compounds (vitamin E, B6, K, and sodium as a moisturizer) I dare not venture out to my local game center without a vial in my backpack. Safe for contact lenses as well, these drops will keep your optic nerves firing on all cylinders and have your cones and rods swimming in vitamin-water ecstasy.
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