Oishinbo Nintendo Famicom CIB
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Oishinbo on Famicom, complete in box, 1989 Nintendo release. This is the Japan-exclusive video game adaptation of Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki's long-running food manga, which ran in Big Comic Spirits from 1983 through 2014 and became one of the defining works of the entire gekiga-adjacent food genre. The cartridge and packaging carry the full Oishinbo visual identity, original character art, and that unmistakable late-Famicom box construction.
By 1989 the Famicom was in the back half of its domestic dominance. Dragon Quest III had moved in 1988. The console had already proven it could carry narrative-heavy, non-action titles, and publishers were willing to bet on licensed properties with cult followings rather than pure mass-market appeal. Oishinbo fit that slot precisely. The manga's protagonist Shiro Yamaoka is essentially a reluctant gourmet journalist, and the game follows the manga's structure loosely, built around culinary challenges rather than combat. It never received a North American NES localization, full stop. That makes every complete-in-box copy that surfaces outside Japan a piece that traveled, whether through a collector import, a Japanese expat, or a direct-order shop from the pre-internet mail-order era. The U.S. market simply never saw this title on retail shelves.
A cooking sim based on a manga about restaurant critics, complete in box from the Famicom's final golden year.
This copy is complete in box, meaning the cartridge, box, and interior materials are all present. The box shows age wear consistent with a 1989 production, which is expected on any CIB Famicom title approaching 37 years old. The cartridge label is the primary thing to inspect closely here: Famicom labels from this period fade on the edges first, and the color registration on the sea bream illustration is the detail that tells you the most about storage history. Run a finger along the cartridge edge connector to confirm the pins are clean. Check the box corner tabs where delamination typically starts on Famicom boxes of this vintage.
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A cooking sim based on a manga about restaurant critics, complete in box from the Famicom's final golden year.
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This is part of Nintendo's 80s run, the era that built the shop's back wall. Nintendo shipped cartridges, plush, promotional oddities, and packaging that most buyers threw out on the way to the game. What survived, mostly by accident, ends up here. Every piece is cleaned, photographed, and listed one at a time. Nothing on the archive shelf is a duplicate.
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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.
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This oishinbo nintendo famicom cib originates from the 80s era[01], represents Nintendo[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.
INSPECTED IN STORE / 707 E FREMONT, LAS VEGAS
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- Nintendo
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- 80s
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