News

> 13th Aug 2023 
• NOTICE: We will be closed Monday 14th August & Tuesday 15th August : read
 
> 29th Jan 2023 
• NOTICE: We will be closed from Tuesday 31st January - Tuesday 7th February : read
 
> 10th Nov 2022 
• Tasty rare Super Famicom game nbew arrivals! : read
• Our new Games Galaxy Megastore is now open! : read
• VideoGameImports website finally back up & running again! : read
 
> 29th Jun 2022 
• Rare Super Famicom game new arrivals! : read
 
> 20th Dec 2021 
• VERY Rare Super Famicom game new arrivals! : read
• NOTICE: We are closed until Thursday 23rd + Christmas Opening Dates : read
 
> 16th Aug 2021 
• NOTICE: We are now closed until Wednesday 18th : read
 
> 20th Nov 2020 
• ALL website PS5 ordrs have been fullfilled + state of play going into Christmas. : read
 
> 14th Nov 2020 
• Limited quantity of PlayStation 5 consoles and accessories available : read
 
> 28th Aug 2020 
• NOTICE: We will be closed on Friday 28th & Monday 31st : read
 
> 17th Jul 2020 
• NOTICE: We will be closed on Monday 20th : read
 
> 30th Apr 2019 
• Closed Until 8th May 2019 : read
 
> 4th Apr 2019 
• One of our Games Galaxy Super Famicom glass cabinets...3 : read
• One of our Games Galaxy Super Famicom glass cabinets...2 : read
• One of our Games Galaxy Super Famicom glass cabinets...1 : read
• Our Games Galaxy Japanese Mega Drive glass cabinet...3 : read
• Our Games Galaxy Japanese Mega Drive glass cabinet...2 : read
• Our Games Galaxy Japanese Mega Drive glass cabinet...1 : read
• Notice: we will be closed from Monday April 8th - Monday 15th : read
 
> 27th Feb 2019 
• New arrivals: Neo Geo CD games! : read
 
> 8th Dec 2018 
• Fortnite Skull Trooper with Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle + Cuddle Team Leader with S : read
 
> 20th Aug 2018 
• PAL Sega Dreamcast games new arrivals! : read
• SNK Neo Geo CD games just arrived! : read
 
> 13th Jul 2018 
• New video of our Games Galaxy store! : read
 
> 10th Apr 2018 
• NOTICE: We will be closed today! : read
 
> 6th Dec 2017 
• Our Games Galaxy game store is 1 year old! : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Neo Geo CD games : read
 
> 14th Sep 2017 
• Awesome & rare retro games: New Arrivals Thursday: Sega Saturn! : read
 
> 30th Aug 2017 
• Awesome & rare retro games: New Arrivals Wednesday: Sega Saturn! : read
 
> 11th Aug 2017 
• Awesome & rare retro games: New Arrivals Friday: Neo Geo CD! : read
 
> 9th Aug 2017 
• Awesome & rare retro games: New Arrivals Wednesday! : read
 
> 3rd Jul 2017 
• Another NEW Super Famicom game for 2017: Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero : read
 
> 14th May 2017 
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Sega Saturn games (top Japanese title : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Sega Saturn games (Japanese New) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Sega Saturn games (Japanese) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: PlayStation 2 games (UK Pal) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: PlayStation 2 games (a few more Japan : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: PlayStation 2 games (more Japanese) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: PlayStation 2 games (Japanese) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: NEC PC Engine games : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Neo Geo AES games : read
• Really new Master System games... : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Master System games : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: MegaDrive games (more Japanese) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: MegaDrive games (Japanese) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: MegaDrive games (Japanese classic arc : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Dreamcast games (Pall/UK) : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: Dreamcast games (Japanese & NG:Dev.Tea : read
 
> 21st Apr 2017 
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: 17 Japanese Game Boy Games (selling a : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: 20 Japanese Game Boy Games (selling a : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: 17 Japanese Game Boy Games (selling a : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: 50 Japanese Game Boy Games! : read
• Things we'll be putting up for sale soon: 21 Sega My Cards : read
 
> 10th Apr 2017 
• Brand new Super Famicom release Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter in stock now! : read
 
> 31st Jan 2017 
• 1000 Japanese retro games & items just arrived! : read
 
> 23rd Dec 2016 
• Merry Christmas! We are now closed until December 28th : read
 
> 8th Sep 2016 
• Battle Garegga Rev.2016 and Dangun Feveron announced for PS4!! : read
 
> 14th Aug 2016 
• Notice: We will be closed on Monday, August 15th : read
 
> 21st Mar 2016 
• NOTICE: We will be closed from March 23rd to April 1st : read
 
> 20th Jan 2016 
• Notice: we will be closed tomorrow (Thursday). Orders will be dispatched as usu : read
 
> 18th Jan 2016 
• Darius Burst Chronicle Saviours (Darius Burst CS) in stock now, including the Li : read
 
> 22nd Dec 2015 
• Christmas & New Year Opening Times : read
 
> 22nd Sep 2015 
• New Dreamcast Shooter/Shmup The Ghost Blade in stock now, lower price! : read
 
> 19th Aug 2015 
• NEW ARRIVAL: Complete Japanese Sega Saturn Shooter / Shmup Collection! - BRAND N : read
 
> 21st Jul 2015 
• White Sega Saturn System (HST-0014/HST-3220) + Complete Japanese Shooter / Shmup : read
 
> 1st Apr 2015 
• Optimus Prime featuring Original PlayStation Transformers Model Figure + T-Shirt : read
 
> 19th Jan 2015 
• Tasty list of Retro Games due in from Japan soon... : read
 
> 15th Dec 2014 
• NOTICE: We will be closed from December 20th to January 12th. : read
 
> 2nd Dec 2014 
• New shooter Sakura Flamingo Archives. for Xbox 360 in stock now! : read
 
> 29th Oct 2014 
• NOTICE: We will be closed tomorrow (Oct. 30th) & Friday : read
 
> 5th Jun 2014 
• Lots of Classic Mean Machines Sega Magazines listed... : read
 
> 3rd Jun 2014 
• HUGE list of new arrivals from Japan : read
 
> 29th May 2014 
• Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst in stock now! Normal & Limited Editions : read
 
> 23rd Apr 2014 
• Ge-Sen Love Plus Pengo (Arcade Love / Gesen Love Plus Pengo + CombatZeal) -New X : read
 
> 27th Feb 2014 
• NEO XYX Collectors Edition EXCLUSIVE PACK almost ready to ship! : read
 
> 18th Feb 2014 
• Neo XYX Regular & Limited Editions in stock now! : read
 
> 6th Feb 2014 
• Redux: Dark Matters Steelcase Limited Edition + 4 CD Complete Soundtrack Box Set : read
 
> 24th Jan 2014 
• Finally... Redux is here! : read
 
> 21st Jan 2014 
• New Dreamcast shooter Redux: Dark Matters shipping next week!!! Read on for new : read
 
> 18th Dec 2013 
• Christmas/New Year Opening and Last Posting Dates : read
 
> 5th Dec 2013 
• Redux and Neo XYX delayed until January. : read
• NOTICE: We will not open until 1pm today : read
 
> 15th Oct 2013 
• Information on the new Dreamcast shooters: Redux and Neo XYX : read
 
> 23rd Sep 2013 
• NOTICE: When ordering, please enter all your details as if you are a new custome : read
 
> 31st May 2013 
• Monday arrival for Dodonpachi Saidaioujou : read
 
> 29th Apr 2013 
• The Krakens have now arrived... sort of.... : read
 
> 26th Apr 2013 
• Sturmwind in stock now... sort of.... : read
• Dodonpachi Saidaioujou Super Limited Edition - Possible Cuts : read
 
> 23rd Apr 2013 
• Redux delayed... Regular Version added to Preorders : read
 
> 18th Apr 2013 
• Sturmwind now up for preorder! : read
 
> 17th Apr 2013 
• Sturmwind... no news and now suddenly released April 24th? : read
 
> 9th Apr 2013 
• Preoders for new Dreamcast Shooter The Ghost Blade opening soon! : read
 
> 4th Apr 2013 
• Cave Shooting Collection + 10-Disc Soundtrack CD HAS SHIPPED TO ALL CUSTOMERS : read
 
> 22nd Mar 2013 
• NEW LOWER PREORDER PRICE FOR Cave Shooting Collection Box Set! : read
• Special Offer on Cave games Ketsui and DeathSmiles IIX: Only £29.99 each inc VAT : read
 
> 28th Jan 2013 
• Final release date confirmed for the Xbox 360 shooter Ginga Force : read
 
> 20th Dec 2012 
• Last order times for Christmas delivery (UK customers) : read
 
> 30th Nov 2012 
• Redux: new Dreamcast shooter now up for preorder, coming soon! : read
 
> 28th Oct 2012 
• NOTICE: We will be closed on Monday : read
 
> 12th Oct 2012 
• Neo XYX: New Dreamcast shooter due 2013! Exclusive version... : read
 
> 27th Jun 2012 
• Gunlord (Regular) & Pink Bullets have now shipped to all customers : read
 
> 18th Jun 2012 
• Gunlord now up for preorder, EXCLUSIVE version available! : read
 
> 6th Jun 2012 
• Redux: Dark Matters. a new shooter coming for Dreamcast! : read
 
> 24th May 2012 
• Mushihimesama HD: all orders have now shipped! : read
• Mushihimesama HD in stock today! Please read... : read
 
> 22nd May 2012 
• Gunlord coming soon to Dreamcast! Neo Geo AES version to follow. : read
 
> 22nd Mar 2012 
• We have just changed webhosts, website working now : read
 
> 23rd Feb 2012 
• Under Defeat HD has now shipped to all customers! : read
 
> 2nd Feb 2012 
• PS Vita Wi-Fi consoles now £269.99, Last Few Remaining! : read
 
> 1st Feb 2012 
• PS Vita Wi-Fi consoles now £269.99, Last Few Remaining! : read
 
> 22nd Dec 2011 
• Some last-minute gift ideas for Shooter fans : read
 
> 21st Dec 2011 
• All UK PS Vita orders have now been dispatched! : read
 
> 20th Dec 2011 
• Pre-Christmas PS Vita consoles now sold out. Cheaper post-Christmas systems... : read
 
> 19th Dec 2011 
• Last few PS Vita units remaining for pre-Christmas delivery! : read
 
> 3rd Dec 2011 
• Thinking about buying a Japanese PS Vita but have questions? Read on... : read
 
> 28th Nov 2011 
• 361 Japanese MegaDrive titles just arrived from Japan! : read
 
> 22nd Nov 2011 
• Sturmwind and Gun Lord Exclusive Limited Editions... : read
 
> 21st Oct 2011 
• Big Collection of Japanese Games Bought - Contact Us For Special Prices : read
 
> 19th Sep 2011 
• A little information on the PlayStation Vita / PS Vita : read
 
> 26th Jul 2011 
• Amazing Thunder Force V Ship Model In Stock Now... : read
 
> 15th Jul 2011 
• Lovely Ikaruga Ship Model In Stock Now! : read
• Weekly Famitsu with 40-page SEGA special & awesome cover in stock! : read
• Shooting Gameside Vol. 2 Magazine/Book Finally In Stock! : read
 
> 21st Jun 2011 
• Limited restocks of Metal Slug Complete + Beautiful Poster : read
 
> 15th Jun 2011 
• Beautiful R-Type Ship Model In Stock Now, would make an awesome present... : read
 
> 13th Jun 2011 
• Gorgeous Japanese Artwork Books Restocked! : read
 
> 8th Jun 2011 
• SPECIAL OFFER on Weekly Famitsu Magazine : read
 
> 27th May 2011 
• (THURSDAY) Akai Katana Shin Batch A has now been dispatched... : read
 
> 12th May 2011 
• NOTICE: We will be closed from May 16th - June 2nd; Sale Starts 17:30 BST 13th : read
 
> 4th May 2011 
• Preorders for Akai Katana Shin BATCH A ending soon... : read
 
> 8th Apr 2011 
• Eschatos and Bullet Soul has now shipped to all customers! : read
 
> 5th Apr 2011 
• Important information about Eschatos and Bullet Soul : read
 
> 11th Mar 2011 
• Lovely Shooting Gameside Vol. 1 Magazine/Book In Stock Now! : read
 
> 23rd Feb 2011 
• Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets has now shipped to customers; Akai Katana Coming : read
 
> 3rd Feb 2011 
• DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu BLACK LABEL has now shipped to all customers! : read
 
> 19th Jan 2011 
• New Shooters For Dreamcast and Xbox 360 Coming... : read
 
> 24th Dec 2010 
• Amended Christmas & New Year Opening Times : read
 
> 21st Dec 2010 
• Fast Striker Exclusive Editions and Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Black Label Up For Pr : read
 
> 10th Dec 2010 
• Awesome New Shooter FAST STRIKER For Dreamcast Coming Soon! : read
 
> 7th Dec 2010 
• Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets Preorder opening soon... : read
 
> 26th Nov 2010 
• DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu has shipped to all customers! : read
• Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Arriving Today! : read
 
> 25th Nov 2010 
• Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Looking Good For Friday / Provisional 12:00 Friday Order : read
 
> 24th Nov 2010 
• DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu Ver 1.5 Arrival Date and Price Increases & Decreases... : read
 
> 18th Nov 2010 
• Huge list of other games coming in at the same time as Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu : read
• Xbox 360 Slim System (4GB) + Kinect Systems Arriving With Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu : read
 
> 5th Nov 2010 
• Beautiful R-Type Ship Model In Stock Now, nice Christmas present... : read
 
> 17th Sep 2010 
• Alternative telephone number: +44 (0)1429 263640 : read
 
> 16th Aug 2010 
• DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu Ver 1.5, Pink Sweets & Muchi Muchi Pork Coming to 360! : read
 
> 22nd Jun 2010 
• Cheaper Japanese Xbox 360 system package with Death Smiles Platinum Collection i : read
 
> 19th May 2010 
• Beautiful Sega Saturn and Mega Drive Zippo lighters in stock now! : read
 
> 5th May 2010 
• Incredible Multi Format Custom Joysticks Coming Soon! : read
 
> 25th Apr 2010 
• All Ketsui Orders Shipping Monday; Cheaper Japanese Xbox 360 Systems Available : read
 
> 23rd Apr 2010 
• Volcano Has Burned Our Ketsui : read
 
> 5th Mar 2010 
• Death Smiles 2 preorder information. : read
 
> 24th Feb 2010 
• URGENT: If you ordered Espgaluda II by PHONE after Feb. 22nd... : read
• Possible slight delay for Espgaluda II orders... : read
 
> 15th Feb 2010 
• Espgaluda II normal version is REGION FREE! Limited Edition is region locked. : read
 
> 8th Feb 2010 
• April 24th for Ketsui on 360! : read
 
> 30th Nov 2009 
• Feb. 25th for Espgaluda II Black Label on 360! : read
 
> 26th Nov 2009 
• Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 Normal + Ltd. Ed. + Sticks IN STOCK NOW! : read
 
> 18th Nov 2009 
• New Dreamcast Game Rush Rush Rally Racing IN STOCK NOW : read
 
> 2nd Nov 2009 
• Great New Dreamcast game coming VERY soon! : read
 
> 8th Oct 2009 
• New stocks of beautiful limited edition games / toys / CDs / books / T-shirts : read
 
> 29th Sep 2009 
• NO REGION CODING for Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5! : read
 
> 17th Aug 2009 
• Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 Up For Preorder; Pencilled-in Date For Espgaluda II : read
 
> 8th Jul 2009 
• FC Twin *Japan Version* (Plays Famicom + All regions of SNES) in stock now : read
 
> 3rd Jul 2009 
• DUX Regular Version in stock now! : read
 
> 2nd Jul 2009 
• Finally, DUX Limited Edition In Stock! Please read... : read
• Official Taito King Fossil Darius Gaiden T-Shirt : read
 
> 29th Apr 2009 
• Asian (Japanese) Xbox 360 Systems In Stock Now! : read
 
> 21st Apr 2009 
• Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 announced for Xbox 360! : read
 
> 30th Mar 2009 
• Shooting Game Historica 3 SP Available for Preorder Now! : read
 
> 25th Mar 2009 
• Ninja Blade Limited Edition In Stock Now for Xbox 360 (All Regions) : read
 
> 22nd Dec 2008 
• Christmas & New Year Opening Times & Posting Information : read
 
> 16th Dec 2008 
• Nintendo DSi Systems Back In Stock : read
 
> 7th Nov 2008 
• Beautiful Capcom Design Works Book and Psikyo VisualWorks Poster Book Back In St : read
 
> 5th Nov 2008 
• Shooting Game Historica 2 SP (Mini Model Spaceships) In Stock! : read
 
> 4th Nov 2008 
• Thunder Force VI (Thunderforce 6) in stock now, and shipping to all orders! : read
 
> 3rd Nov 2008 
• Official Super Mario Galaxy Plush Doll (Super Mario Plush Doll) In Stock! : read
 
> 24th Oct 2008 
• Ketsui in stock for DS now! : read
 
> 10th Jul 2008 
• Thunder Force VI due in October! : read
 
> 6th May 2008 
• Space Fantasy Zone in stock for PC Engine CD! : read
 
> 29th Nov 2007 
• List of Japanese items arriving before Christmas... : read
 
> 21st Nov 2007 
• Last Hope Limited Edition In Stock Now For Neo Geo CD! : read
 
> 29th May 2007 
• NEW LOW PRICE FOR Japanese 20GB PS3 : read
 
> 16th Feb 2007 
• PS3 package deals with Virtua Fighter 5 now available! : read
 
> 6th Feb 2007 
• Last Hope In Stock Now for Dreamcast! : read
 
> 22nd Dec 2006 
• 90 minutes until last order deadline... get your Wii Component Cables... : read
 
> 18th Dec 2006 
• Japanese Nintendo Wii Systems Back In Stock! : read
 
> 9th Nov 2006 
• Japanese Nintendo Wii Available For Preorder Now! : read
 
> 27th Jul 2006 
• Dozens of MegaDrive games REDUCED! : read
 
> 29th Jun 2005 
• Fantastic Capcom Fan Books Back In stock! : read
 
> 24th May 2005 
• NEW CUSTOMERS: How To Use Our Website : read
 
> 16th Jan 2004 
• F.A.Q. "Do we actually have these games in stock?" : read
 
> 22nd Aug 2003 
• Retro Action/Shooter Buying Tip. : read
 
> 12th Mar 2003 
• Switch, Solo & Electron cards now accepted online! : read
 
> 23rd Aug 2002 
• Counterfeit GBA games filtering through to the West : read
 
> 19th Aug 2002 
 
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT COPIES OF SAPPHIRE ON PC ENGINE ARCADE CD!!!!!!
Yes, unfortunately it's true; there are counterfeit copies of the very rare and expensive shooter GINGA FUKEI DENSETSU SAPPHIRE. We received 2pcs of the game today as a part-exchange from a regular customer (who I am sure does not know that they are not original). Upon opening the box, something just didn't look quite right. However, they were fully factory sealed with the little tear off strip, they had the spine card, which even had the little slant on the back as with all PC Engine spines. We haven't opened them but they appear to even have a registration card inside. Luckily, we had a used copy of the game in stock and could make a comparison, and it was only then that we could see that it was obviously a counterfeit game, albeit done extremely professionally! Points to look for include:

The orange colour (see the Arcade CD logos at the front, side and back) is a brighter shade in the counterfeit version. The original is slightly darker and is extremely lightly 'dotted' with with very tiny white dots. They are barely visible to the eye, but they are there. Looks like the counterfeiters were unable to replicate this.

The artwork on the front, of the girl, appears very slightly out of focus.

The most noticeable part is on the back cover, where there are pictures of the 2 Arcade cards. The counterfeit version is much more fuzzy looking, and the picture of the planet is unclear. With the picture of the the Arcade Card Duo, on the original version, you can see a very thin white outline around the part of the card with the artwork on it. On the counterfeit version, there is no white outline.

I would recomment everybody considering buying a new or even used copy of this game, to be extremely careful. Even if you are buying from people or business held in high esteem, they may be unwittingly selling you a counterfeit copy.

UPDATE: Some of these differences are extremely hard to spot unless you physically have the game in front of you. A photo will probably not be good enough and a scan may only show up the differences if it's high resolution. We have since been told there are a number of other differences, and while we can't verify them ourselves right now, here are a couple:

The top part of the 'Sapphire' logo (the largest word in Japanese on the fornt cover) is a pale yellow colour in the original version, but orange in the counterfeit copy.

With a sealed copy of the game, the tear-off strip is at the very bottom with the original copy. With a counterfeit copy, it's much higher up and cuts through the Japanese 'Sapphire' word.