Arcades

Sega successor opens new arcade with a regional craft beer bar inside it

Multiple regional brewers and amazing taiyaki will keep you from getting too thirsty or hungry while you’re at Japan’s newest arcade.

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We visit one of the last rooftop amusement parks in Japan and feel like we stepped back in time

Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation. 

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Wear samurai armor while playing video games? That’s an option at this Japanese inn【Video】

Hokkaido ryokan lets you suit up in lamellar to play Dance Dance Revolution and Out Run.

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We beat two crane games at a Japanese arcade and take home two lucky bags

Check out our UFO Catcher haul!

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Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco

Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.

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Japanese arcade lets you win Kobe beef and “Japan’s number-one beef stew”【Taste test】

Three of the most prized wagyu varieties are waiting inside this crane game.

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Cloud Catcher is a real Japanese crane game with real prizes that you play through your phone

Prizes of both the anime and edible varieties can be yours even if you can’t make it to the arcade.

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A visit to the best UFO catcher arcade in the universe!

A maze of around 450 weird and wonderful claw machines filled with amazing treasures. 

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Japanese arcade has special UFO catcher/crane games that guarantee you’ll win【Photos】

Victory is within your grasp!

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Arcade game coin slot capsule toys bring coin-op style to your home or office【Photos】

A clever way to preserve a fading part of video game design.

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Sega’s old arcade right outside Akihabara Station is closing, taking takeout cafe stand with it

Another summer, another closure announcement for a landmark Tokyo arcade.

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Sega’s old arcades are making money again as new owners announce 3.175-billion yen profit

Game centers are back in the black after a 2-billion-yen-plus loss just a year earlier.

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Sega name to be removed from all of its arcade branches in Japan as part of rebranding

Sayonara, Sega.

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”We came home.” Sega makes arcade comeback with new game center in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district

Dry your tears, Sega fans. They’ve missed us too.

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Japanese video game arcade entrance takes visitors on an adventure from the front door【Video】

Like clearing levels in a game before you get to the main boss. 

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Sega closes landmark Tokyo arcade, massive crowds gather, manager vows comeback【Pics, video】

Chapter of video game history comes to a close, but staff are still hoping for a new beginning.

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Sega closing iconic Tokyo arcade that’s been in business for almost 30 years

Sega Ikebukuro GiGO has been a landmark since the ‘90s’ golden era of Japanese arcades.

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Landmark Akihabara arcade Adores is the latest Tokyo game center to go out of business

Only a few days remain for the crane game specialist.

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Downtown Tokyo losing another arcade with closure of Shinjuku Taito Station

Chain managed by Space Invaders publisher pulls plug on game center.

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Shinjuku arcade breaks Guinness World Record for having the most crane games

If you want it, this arcade’s probably got it.

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