A NeoGAF poster's girlfriend's grandmother bought an abandoned building in Chiba, Japan, not knowing what classic retro gaming treasures lay inside.
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It has not yet been confirmed whether or not NeoGAFfer keisuke999 is going to put a ring on it, but one hopes that this person's relationship with their current girlfriend remains an amicable one through whatever ends, considering the girl's grandmother has just given the soon-to-be internet hero no less than 55 classic arcade cabinets to do with as he pleases.
The old lady was uninterested in these useless devices, as old ladies are usually wont to be. And what do you know - all machines (mostly Aero Cities style upright cabinets, but also game boards featuring classic games such as Donkey Kong, Metal Slug X, Super Puzzle Fighters 2 X, Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition, Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Zero 2), Tetris) have already been sold in one mass order. Just look at these babies in the image galleries keisuke999 posted!
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I can't imagine that someone who dates people whose grandmothers buy several-story buildings is too strapped for cash, but all the same, that's a nice little sum those machines must have brought up.
The kicker? Lovely granny told keisuke999 he could keep the money. I guess grandmothers really are the same everywhere! I remember my dear old Italian grandmother who mockingly used to call my NES her grandson's "St. Anthony", as I prayed to this false idol as if it were the patron saint of misplacing your car keys.