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Akihabara GiGO (Sega game center)

A game center (ゲームセンター gēmusentā?) (sometimes shortened to ゲーセン, gēsen for "ga-cen", the contraction of game center) is a hall, or a multipart hall (like the famous Sega Joypolis amusement parks) dedicated to arcade video games. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... arcade, see Arcade. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 125 KB) Amusement center exemple. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 125 KB) Amusement center exemple. ... Akihabara in 2007 Akihabara ), also known as Akihabara Electric Town ), is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. ... Joypolis is an amusement themepark first opened on July 20, 1994 in Yokohama, Japan with arcade games and amusement rides based upon SEGA IP. It has since been opened also in Tokyo and Osaka. ... arcade, see Arcade. ...


In the '80s and '90s, the most famous game centers were the Sega game centers (including the later, famous, GiGO) and the lesser Namco amusement centers. Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ...

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Contests are often organized in game centers, with promotional prizes to get, including licensed plush toys (Last Bronx), key holders, lighters or keshis. With the quick development of network battle modes (due to built-in Internet functions integrated to cabinets) during the late '90s, early '00s inter-game centers contests are even possible in Japan and Hong Kong (Battle Gear 3). Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~ (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-), is a 1996 realistic 3DCG street figthing game developed by Segas R&D Dept. ... Image:Whitedragonaute. ... Battle Gear 3 (バトル・ギア3) is a November 2002 arcade online racing game released by Taito and based on real Japanese locations such as Hakone and touge races onboard tuned sportscars licensed by famous Japanese makers including Honda, Toyota and Mazda. ...


The personnel of Japanese game centers is known for its professionalism, e.g. an employee cleans the cabinet board with a wet lingette, as soon as a customer left it, in order to prevent microbes spreading from a player to another.


Major game center operators

Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Namco Ltd ) is a amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. ... Taito may mean: Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Atlus ) is a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... Banpresto Co. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Unitsa (Уница) is a village in Karelia, Russia on a bank of Unitskaya guba (Unitskaya gulf) of Onego lake. ... Matahari is a supermarket/department store chain in Indonesia. ...

Game center appearance in media

Tokyo Eyes is a 1998 French-Japanese thriller/romance film, starring Shinji Takeda and Hinano Yoshikawa, directed by French film/documentary maker Jean-Pierre Limosin. ...

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