A couple of months ago, a small video game shop/café called SuperMotaro -- yes, that's a reference to Mortal Kombat's Motaro -- opened on Hantverkargatan 90 in Stockholm. I've visited it a handful of times, and feel I need to tell people about this lovely little place (I know Giant Bomb has a fair amount of Swedish members).

SuperMotaro deal primarily with Japanese video games from past generations. They have a nice assortment of games -- including Japan-only releases -- spanning most consoles and, as I understand, take import requests. They also sell coffee, snacks and the like. But I rarely go there for their console games (though I did buy a copy of The Adventures of Alundra there not long ago) or their coffee. When I pop in, it's usually for one reason: to play their arcade games.

In the back of the shop, eight cabinets stand. On these you can, using 100 yen coins bought at the counter (one for 5kr, five for 20kr -- cheaper than at the currency exchange office!), play games like Metal Slug 2, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Tekken Tag Tournament, Battle Garegga, Espgaluda II and Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Black Label. They have more PCBs than cabs and the selection is therefore in a constant state of flux, but I've never failed to find something worth spending a couple of credits on.