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| Angry_Radish:
Great photo's! Thats one of the things I didn't get to do when I was over there, though I made it into a couple pachinko parlors, I really should have checked out the arcades.. Cool! :cheers: |
| jlfreund:
BTW, the shots I posted were all from one giant arcade in Asakusa, one of the historical touristy districts in Tokyo (highly recommended). I stayed at the Tokyo Dome hotel, and (warning: two different meanings of the word 'arcade' in this sentence) there were two coin "arcades" in the outdoor store "arcades" surrounding the hotel, as well as a couple more just up and down the street. Jason |
| Xiaou2:
By looking at the pics, I dont see that place as being very busy. One thing you have to remember is that a place like Japan has a very high density of people all in a small area. Much of the living areas are probably super high-rise structures... and Tons of them all over the place. In USA, even some of the most dense cities do not compare to the population densities found in Asian places. Because of this, they do have huge advantages. They always will have some sort of people traffic... even on the slowest of days. I recently visited Taipei, and it was very similar. Many shops could open late, and or even only be open for half the day... and still do well. All because there was just so many people in a small crowded area. In Usa, Ive heard of some arcades still doing very well. And all of these, were in super high density / traffic places (such as NYC) This to me does not say Anything about the Quality of games, which is pretty dismal and uninspiring IMOP. (and many others too, because if it were not the case, popularity would still be high in low density areas) |
| Level42:
I love those kids cabs !!! Would be nice for my 5 year old son :D Well I went to Funspot at Weir's beach last year and that is one HUGE arcade/museum. Most classic videogames under one roof in the world. Weirs Beach is a very touristic place since it's on a beautiful lake with a beautiful Indian name I forgot[Edit, i think it was Winipasaukee or something like that ?)....so i guess the tourists are their traffic. When we were there, season was just over and we were there on a thursday and friday and there were only a handful of people. jlfreund, thanks for sharing this, great fun. Did you happen to see a Samba De Amigo cab there ? If so, please take some good pictures of it and measure everything so I can build my own ;) |
| Disturbed013:
Thank you for some great pics! I would love to visit Japan too. (Currently planning for S. Africa & Europe, so it will have to wait a while) It is very interesting to see how arcades have evolved there as opposed to here in US. I don't know for sure that they have died out or evolved or have been resurrected, but having been in GameWorks in Tempe, it it definitely not the same as my childhood in the 80's. It is VERY nice however, to enjoy a frosty adult beverage while gaming though.... I just wanted to point out what to me seemed like a huge difference from every classic arcade that I recall: I have never seen an arcade with so much lighting! Is that just an effect from your camera (flash?) or did the place really have blazing fluorescent lights as it appears in the photos? |
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