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Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2023 - Tweet
Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Arcades • Bandai • Bandai Namco • bars • crane games • drinks • game centers • Kabukicho • Namco • Namco Tokyo • Pacman • parfaits • shinjuku • sweets • video games)
Japanese arcade lets you win Kobe beef and “Japan’s number-one beef stew”【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2023
Three of the most prized wagyu varieties are waiting inside this crane game.
- Japan
- (Arcades • beef • beef stew • COK • cool • crane games • food • game centers • Kobe beef • SNJO • taste test • UFO catcher • Wagyu • weird)
Cloud Catcher is a real Japanese crane game with real prizes that you play through your phone
- SoraNews24
Nov 19, 2022
Prizes of both the anime and edible varieties can be yours even if you can’t make it to the arcade.
- Internet, Japan
- (apps • Arcades • crane games • game centers • SNJO • UFO catcher)
A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!
- Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2022
A maze of around 450 weird and wonderful claw machines filled with amazing treasures.
- Japan
- (amusement arcades • Arcades • claw machine • COK • crane games • game centers • game centres • Japan travel • Saitama • SNJO • travel • UFO catchers)
Japanese arcade has special UFO catcher/crane games that guarantee you’ll win【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2022
Victory is within your grasp!
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • claw game • COK • cool • crane game • game centers • Namco • SNO • UFO catchers)
Arcade game coin slot capsule toys bring coin-op style to your home or office【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2022
A clever way to preserve a fading part of video game design.
- Japan
- (Arcades • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • Tama Kyu • video games)
Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it
- Casey Baseel
Aug 12, 2022
Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.
Sega’s old arcades are making money again as new owners announce 3.175-billion yen profit
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2022
Game centers are back in the black after a 2-billion-yen-plus loss just a year earlier.
- Japan
- (Arcades • Genda • Genda GiGO • Sega • video games)
Sega name to be removed from all of its arcade branches in Japan as part of rebranding
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2022
Sayonara, Sega.
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • game centers • Genda • GiDO • Sega • video games)
”We came home.” Sega makes arcade comeback with new game center in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2021
Dry your tears, Sega fans. They’ve missed us too.
- Japan
- (#KuToo • Arcades • COK • game centers • Ikebukuro • Sega • Sega Ikebukuro GiGO • video games)
Japanese video game arcade entrance takes visitors on an adventure from the front door【Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 5, 2021
Like clearing levels in a game before you get to the main boss.
- Japan
- (Arcades • game centers • gaming arcades • Saitama • twitter • video game arcades • video games • videos • viral videos • warehouse arcade)
Sega closes landmark Tokyo arcade, massive crowds gather, manager vows comeback【Pics, video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2021
Chapter of video game history comes to a close, but staff are still hoping for a new beginning.
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • game centers • Ikebukuro • Sega • Sega Ikebukuro GiGO • Tokyo • video games)
Sega closing iconic Tokyo arcade that’s been in business for almost 30 years
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2021
Sega Ikebukuro GiGO has been a landmark since the ‘90s’ golden era of Japanese arcades.
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • game centers • Ikebukuro • Sega • Tokyo • video games)
Landmark Akihabara arcade Adores is the latest Tokyo game center to go out of business
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2021
Only a few days remain for the crane game specialist.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • Arcades • closing • crane game • crane games • game centers • UFO catchers • video games)
Downtown Tokyo losing another arcade with closure of Shinjuku Taito Station
- Casey Baseel
Feb 22, 2021
Chain managed by Space Invaders publisher pulls plug on game center.
- Japan
- (Arcades • game centers • shinjuku • Taito • Taito Station • Tokyo • video games)
Shinjuku arcade breaks Guinness World Record for having the most crane games
- Shannon
Jan 15, 2021
If you want it, this arcade’s probably got it.
- Japan
- (Arcades • crane games • Guinness World Record • Kabukicho • Sega • shinjuku • Tokyo • UFO catcher • UFO catchers • world record)
Sega leaves arcade management like retiring idol singer, confuses, upsets Japanese Internet users
- Casey Baseel
Jan 2, 2021
But in some fans’ eyes, this was the only way to go.
- Japan
- (Arcades • funny • idol singers • Idols • Sega • video games • weird)
Tokyo losing another iconic video game arcade as Ikebukuro landmark is closing for good
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2020
If you want to tip your hat to Silk Hat, now’s the time.
- Japan
- (Arcades • closing • game centers • Ikebukuro • Silk Hat • Sunshine 60 • video game arcades • video games)
Sega leaves arcade operation business, sells off management of all its 193 Japanese game centers
- Casey Baseel
Nov 5, 2020
As the company celebrates its 60th anniversary, it says goodbye to one of its cornerstones.
- Japan
- (Arcades • game centers • Sega • Sega Entertainment • video games)
You can now rent Sega’s iconic Building 2 Akihabara arcade space, but it’ll cost you…A LOT
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2020
Even hanging some of those cool posters on the outside will cost you a small fortune.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Arcades • crazy • Sega • Sega Akihabara Building 2 • video games)
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