Project: Arcade Vibes [Part 1: Japan Feb 2020]

A photolog of the arcades I have visited. This is the first batch, from my first Japan trip. Enjoy! Images are free to use for personal projects – for commercial projects please contact me directly.

  • Was the Astro Mini 2020? I’m not sure – it’s here anyway.
  • The hole in the Osaka arcade between Shinsekai and Den-Den Town that I can’t remember the name of with a small curated selection of good ass games.
  • ARE YOU RIGHT ARE YOU READY?
  • Buriki One the Mikado GOAT
  • Shinin’ [two tone] queen at HEY
  • The first good single-player fighting game? DaDanDarn
  • Warning! Violet Hugefish approaching rapidly!
  • Asian Dynamite – The Saints Row 3 of Dynamite Deka
  • Arika Attack level: HARD
  • It’s Batm- oh, no, it’s Night Striker
  • See? Night Striker.
  • Ethereal Toaplan Ghost
  • Virtua Fighter 2 – Remember to choose Ranking mode.
  • Virtual On, stuffed in a Viewlix cab? Very Taito HEY hours.
  • Hokuto and Nanto go bouncy bouncy at Mikado.
  • Mikado Ikebukuro – the second mecca.
  • PLAY CAMELTRY ITS SO GOOD
  • The …de GO series making Taito a low key Codemasters for 90s arcades
  • Pull the thing and turn the thing, that’s how you drive a train
  • Dirt Dash, full cab, part time massage chair.
  • Dirt and Dash
  • The god of golf, Neo Turf Masters
  • Puyo Puyo ne~
  • The wisened ones playing Final Showdown at Mikado Tadakanobaba
  • I am a Super Volleyball evangelist.
  • F-Zero AX at Mikado
  • Momo-chan desu~~~~ Project Justice my beloved
  • Amusement Vision, I miss you.
  • Type for your life at Mikado
  • The Odaiba Showa era arcade, with bonus crying Chun
  • Shenmue 3’s greatest contribution to the Japan lore was introducing us to Smartball. Worryingly addictive.
  • Tanks and Tuners, together at last.
  • For a non-gambling country there sure is a lot of gambling
  • Unfortunately, shortly after this, Sega Building 1 got FUC’d.
  • The Ikebukuro Sega. Picturesque.
  • Shinjuku Sega, ft. Ziddy
  • Namba Sega, the sign of all time
  • Shinkjuku Playland/Leisureland/fighting-games-upstairs-land
  • Bubble Popple. Smashle Hammle.
  • The Fallen Angels at the now fallen TRY Tower.
  • Mikado’s Nesica cab Cross Tagged too hard
  • Plasma Sword 1cc, is it?
  • Whip girl doing me a solid.
  • Osakan Street Fighter
  • Shmup Skills Test, the Warioware of Shmups, get it on Steam!
  • Uno rurua… no stack!
  • Lupin the blurring (my face out of the image)
  • Sailor Moon Belt Scrolling, pretty in pink.
  • The great 3D war fought in very close quarters in Osaka.
  • Valkyrie, the arcade Zelda attempt, mostly successful
  • A machine designed only to kill you: the Balance Try.
  • Chuck balls at a screen to play a clumsier version of Point Blank.
  • B I G T E T
  • Bishi Bashi, but Construction
  • Space Invaders, but lightguns
  • Super Mario Brothers, but gambling
  • It said Wii, but it means worthless medals.
  • Ghetto Martial Masters setup, as it should be.
  • Pokken never truly got its flowers.
  • It’s that thing where it takes your picture to distract you mid race! Fun times.
  • Bishi Bashi, but Edo
  • Heat? Winding. Cars? Japanese. Cost? Zero (In a Round 1 Spocha section)
  • Golgo 13, japanese James Bond, sniper of badniks (and women)
  • ACAB applies to AB Cop. I don’t make the rules.
  • Super Hang-On. Outride A Crisis to be the best Sprinter.
  • Woooooah! It’s Wiiild! ok, lets calm down, Sega Building 3 with the deep cuts
  • The top of the TRY Tower holds Fists Of North Stars.

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