You No Longer Need $8K to Enjoy Delisoba Deluxe

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You No Longer Need $8K to Enjoy Delisoba Deluxe

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You used to need a second mortgage to play Delisoba Deluxe—now you just need a Saturday afternoon and a Saturn emulator.

This 1996 Japanese game show spin-off—where you pedal a soba bike through Tokyo while dodging traffic, construction cones, and a giant gorilla throwing bananas—was so rare it sold for $8K. Why? Because it was never sold in stores. Only given out to lucky audience members on Tokyo Friend Park. Think of it as the Pac-Man of obscure game show merch… if Pac-Man had a side quest involving noodles and primate sabotage.

Enter ExxistanceDC, the unsung hero of retro preservation. They just dropped a full English patch that translates menus, redraws the title screen, and even fixes the track editor’s text. No more guessing what “選択” means when you’re trying to tweak a banana-throwing checkpoint.

This isn’t just translation—it’s rescue work. A cult oddity, trapped behind language and scarcity, now lives again in living rooms (and emulators) worldwide. You don’t need $8K to experience the chaos. Just a controller, some caffeine, and the unshakable belief that yes, a gorilla did once try to end your soba delivery career.

Now go. Deliver those noodles. The monkey’s waiting. 🍜🐒