Thanks to a reissue of a Japanese 2018 Plug & Play TV Game I’m finally playing the PS2 Train Simulator, ‘Densha de Go! Final’…fourteen years after this game first came out.
ADDENDUMS: (CLICK ‘SHOW MORE’ below – Go on, do it, do it – I dare you).
Initially I wondered whether the hardware in this could power a ‘PS2 Classic’. However it’s been pointed out that it’s most likely running a custom version of the PC port of this game. Also it’s probably no longer the most polygon-capable plug & play console now that Sega’s Astro City Mini is out. That one can play Virtua Fighter. So forget I said anything. It was all a misunderstanding.
LINKS:
Here’s Densha de Go! Plug & Play on Amazon Japan
FULL TEARDOWN HERE – Showing all the chips :
(Thanks for the link Robert)
EXTRA INFO :
I) The recess in the top of the controller is to hold a train driver’s pocket watch (mimicking a real Japanese train).
II) The percentage shown when the train departs indicates how full the train is. (Thanks to Hale for that one)
III) Here’s the GameFAQs translation of the manual
IV) Everyone (and their mother) is well aware of the Google Translate app. Suggesting it as a way to translate things has now become almost as redundant as suggesting Google Search for searching. I use the Google Translate App regularly – but whilst it can be very useful, it doesn’t work too well with stylised text (as often used in games) – especially when that text is shown briefly and on the move…like in a game. However there’s a very useful English language translation of the manual linked above.
V) Buying from Amazon Japan. You need to set up an Amazon.jp account – change the language at the top of the page so you can follow the process through. Mine cost a total of 18,782 yen (including all the taxes and postage costs) When I pre-ordered, the item itself was 13,455 yen. All in, I paid about £130 total. There were no extra costs to pay after ordering – it’s all up front.
00:00 Start
02:45 The controller
04:00 Power on
06:00 The game explained
11:10 Pros & Cons
14:08 Extras
15:42 Surprisingly decent 3D
16:57 Inside the case (SEE VID DESCRIPTION FOR MORE)
17:50 The Music CD
18:42 Wrap up
NOTE – The video description is the only place where extra information can be attached to a video after it has been uploaded. Youtube turned off annotations years ago. It’s always worth looking at a video description for updates and extra info. Video descriptions aren’t accessible on YouTube TV Apps – but are included whenever an interface allows comments.
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Vivek Rathod
09.06.2022Can we use for PC
Fernando Orozco
09.06.2022Who is Hilda Ogden?
Fernando Orozco
09.06.2022If you master this game do you get a job offer from Tokyo Metro?
OleBennyBoy
09.06.2022the power on intro fucks
ShowingU
09.06.2022Hi could you please advise what plug type (volt and amp) would i need to power the unit in the UK, as I don't have a usb on my tv as quite a few people appear to powering the unit from!
「ルナ」
09.06.202218:35 song link?
Fred Seaborne
09.06.20223:23 "Throttle" 😀
Mac P
09.06.2022remember playing this game when I was a teenager, fucking great 😀 this device is expensive tho ;/
Crossdouble
09.06.2022I dislike simulators where you have to go on a mission or do something, I rather want to randomly drive around wether it's on an autobahn with a car, on rail with a train or by sea on a ship and visit the places with the vessel.
McGinty Media
09.06.2022And don't forget the band, "The Advantage" for those classic videogame songs! Excellent album full of rocking classic game music. Go check it out!
Matt Man Productions
04.06.2022Not to bad graphics tbh.
Thompson Evergreen
04.06.2022WHAT
Hendry De-Lux
04.06.202212:12 ……..Homer?
Dad Rail
04.06.2022Excellent Video, Im gonna have to get me one of those
Mackle
04.06.202218:25 I thought back to Dogg's turismo 3 by Snoop Dogg, that song cracked me up as a kid that they got SNOOP DOGG to do a promo song for GT3 a-spec
Branflakes4547
04.06.2022Very glad they included a hayche-dee-em-eye owtput on the device
Branflakes4547
04.06.2022We absolutely NEED a version of this for Euro Truck Simulator 2. I would pay top dollar. Great video. Never would have heard of this game if it weren't for this video.
Branflakes4547
04.06.2022MAT: I think you're turning Japanese I think you're turning Japanese I really think so…
Scott Borders
04.06.2022Anybody notice the tag in the 1st train in the intro for the game was "k41ju" kaiju or monster?
Kevin Dalton
04.06.2022I saw this in an arcade while I was in Japan to this day couldn't accept it as anything more than a joke. It just seemed to me like they were trying to gamify something as mundane as turning the page in a book. Gotta ask, though. If you play as an attendant, do you push people into the train? 😅
Casual heretic knight
29.05.2022Man i remember playing this on my psp when i was a kid, i was really felt like a train conductor back then.
PHILIPPE
29.05.2022The soundtrack has no business being this good
unknown
29.05.2022Dead game
Saturn Argentavis
29.05.2022This seriously needs an English translation
Terry's Collection
29.05.2022Is that really Jean Alexander @2:25?
Terry's Collection
29.05.2022A very cute looking game. Thanks for sharing.
Tohatsu 5hp outboard motor gaming
29.05.2022I like how everybody is roasting the British railway system in this comment section.
Millennial Falkor
29.05.2022Almost a year later, and I have finally ordered a Densha De Go Plug & Play! Now I just need to wait for it to arrive from Japan. Thank you, Techmoan, for bringing it to my attention! 😀
Yesterday's Rose
29.05.2022I don't know if I commented, but this video inspired me to get into Train Sim World 2, and that has by far been the most chill game I've played this year. I love every single route they have published. Some of the British routes are gloriously miserable. (Try the Tees Valley Line DLC. Haul freight at basically at walking pace. In constant rain. Through some miserable industrial landscapes. [chef's kiss])
Kieren Moore
29.05.2022Nice PS5 flex, lol
Absurd Bird
28.05.2022Can't thank you enough for taking the time to add real closed captions to your videos, it really means a lot to people like me with hearing difficulties, and not many creators do it and auto-generated are very hit-and-miss. So thank you!
Luke
28.05.2022Interestingly, the controller that this uses is basically a copy of the Type 2 controller for the PS2, which sells for around 70 GBP used in Japan, so this thing is a pretty good deal all things considered. Unless you want to play the other Densha De Go! games on PS1/PS2 and get it working on PC for other stuff. Of course you can't use this thing on a standard def CRT either which is unfortunate! I'd recommend getting a controller with a PS2 because there's lots of Densha De Go games you can play, at least 6 including the PS1 titles and now there's a new controller for the Switch out that is well liked.
Q
28.05.2022If you enjoy this , check Train sim World
zip zip
28.05.2022that looks like the most boring video game ever made
Nachoz Man
28.05.2022I absolutely love the menu design in this lol
Anders Ask
28.05.2022As I get older these games appeals me more and more. Idk why. Maybe when time comes I'll see the magic in feeding ducks in the park:)
Daniel M
28.05.2022It's certainly ARM based, probably a lower end MediaTek or Rockchip SoC considering the application, and it wouldn't be running any sort of emulator, the only capable PS2 emulator with an MIPS to ARM dynarec being AetherSX2, which I don't think was around at the time, it's either a native port of a PS2 game to ARM (with some flavor of Linux being the OS), or a brand new game entirely.
Seydaschu
28.05.2022Multi-track drifting!
…
Oh wait, that's from a parody.
Michael Brown
28.05.2022Train sim for wii?
My Mii better be driving xD
Michael Brown
28.05.2022A wild Hilda Ogden appears
Michael Brown
24.05.2022Someone get on a translation port to pc
Michael Brown
24.05.2022How old are you anyway
Randy Lahey
24.05.2022This guys noble AF…..should be Sir tech moan if anyone cares about my opinion smh
TravisTravis222
24.05.2022Use Google lens. It even works for minecraft china.
fattomandeibu
24.05.20223D isn't that expensive nowadays, yes, it'd double the price of most plug and plays, but considering the premium I imagine this type of system fetches, it wouldn't be a massive impact. Even as a consumer, you've been able to get PCIe graphics cards that are basically PS2 at 1080p quality graphics card for around £35 since about 2015. Of course, due to the chip shortage, they're more like £50 at the moment, but yeah.
A really great device, looks like hours of fun. Surprised there aren't more like it.
XLeeHS
24.05.2022the only relation i have with Britain and steam trains is thomas the tank engine 😭
Александр Креп
24.05.2022класс
Retro Rick
24.05.2022I bought 2 of these, based on your review for my nephew and I, to be used at his birthday at the beginning of this july. I am a senior. and thought the second one, would be fun to give train driving lessons in my high rise, to the seniors, and their grandchildren, if they were interested. Unfortunately, upon inspecting the items, I realize, if you use kids gloves with this, it will last forever. But, anyone applying even moderately heavy force on especially the brake lever, is gonna snap it. It is not a thing to be passed around to a crowd, where it might run into a ham fisted person, who applies a little too much force. It would have been an excellent item, if the levers were made out of metal, or a plastic not of the brittle cheap kind, this is.
Lieffian
24.05.2022Sim games such as flight sims or train sims are zen games
Coroa Entertainment
24.05.2022Sheldon would love this game. 🙂