Comments on: Konichiwa from Japan! http://www.binarycreativity.com/2007/01/07/konichiwa-from-japan/ Matt Gilgenbach's blog on game development and creativity through this nascent medium of self expression. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mauricio seki http://www.binarycreativity.com/2007/01/07/konichiwa-from-japan/#comment-13351 Mauricio seki Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:53:23 +0000 http://www.binarycreativity.com/2007/01/07/konichiwa-from-japan/#comment-13351 ola, would like that you it informed the address to me of the store that found in nagoya, very I am interested in knowing of a place that has the best games arcade. I am thankful for the attention ola, would like that you it informed the address to me of the store that found in nagoya, very I am interested in knowing of a place that has the best games arcade.
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]]> By: Jason Adams http://www.binarycreativity.com/2007/01/07/konichiwa-from-japan/#comment-73 Jason Adams Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:46:19 +0000 http://www.binarycreativity.com/2007/01/07/konichiwa-from-japan/#comment-73 Greetings from Japan as well. I really dig the arcade scene here. I admit, when I was touring Honshu for two weeks, I could not find a decent arcade. I thought the four-story Namco arcade in downtown Kyoto was pretty neat, but nowhere near as cool as it should have been. Luckily for me, I found the perfect spot to play arcade games. It's an amusement park area that has older, quirkier games that you play for free! OK, it's not "free", but you get more than your money's worth. Basically, they charge you 70 yen per 10 minutes to be in the place. It has all kinds of sports (bowling, tennis, ping-pong, batting cages, etc.) and arcade games. Each game is free to play, so you can just keeping hitting continue to go on. I got my fill of Time Crisis 3 without spending $15, so that was a plus. I ended up staying there for four hours and only paid 1700 yen. The stranger games I got a hold of was a biking game, kart game, Gundam-esque game, typing game, and dating game. The biking game required you to pedal fast and steer the bike. The kart game had a tiny kart you sat in and it moved according to how you moved or hit a wall. The Gundam-esque game was really great; think of Custom Robo meets Mech Warrior in N64 graphics. The typing games including Typing of the Dead and a speed test for kids. The dating game I think it self-explanatory. Just keep looking and I'm sure you'll find a gem like I did. Actually, it was my birthday party and a group of my Japanese friends took me there. So just ask some Japanese people and I'm sure they can help you out. I did find a pretty cool arcade near the Nagoya area. If you are ever around there, I can give you (hopefully) some direction as to where it is located. Other than that, I'm in Hokkaido right now, so can't help you much if you are on the main island. Greetings from Japan as well. I really dig the arcade scene here. I admit, when I was touring Honshu for two weeks, I could not find a decent arcade. I thought the four-story Namco arcade in downtown Kyoto was pretty neat, but nowhere near as cool as it should have been.

Luckily for me, I found the perfect spot to play arcade games. It’s an amusement park area that has older, quirkier games that you play for free! OK, it’s not “free”, but you get more than your money’s worth. Basically, they charge you 70 yen per 10 minutes to be in the place. It has all kinds of sports (bowling, tennis, ping-pong, batting cages, etc.) and arcade games. Each game is free to play, so you can just keeping hitting continue to go on. I got my fill of Time Crisis 3 without spending $15, so that was a plus. I ended up staying there for four hours and only paid 1700 yen.

The stranger games I got a hold of was a biking game, kart game, Gundam-esque game, typing game, and dating game. The biking game required you to pedal fast and steer the bike. The kart game had a tiny kart you sat in and it moved according to how you moved or hit a wall. The Gundam-esque game was really great; think of Custom Robo meets Mech Warrior in N64 graphics. The typing games including Typing of the Dead and a speed test for kids. The dating game I think it self-explanatory.

Just keep looking and I’m sure you’ll find a gem like I did. Actually, it was my birthday party and a group of my Japanese friends took me there. So just ask some Japanese people and I’m sure they can help you out.

I did find a pretty cool arcade near the Nagoya area. If you are ever around there, I can give you (hopefully) some direction as to where it is located. Other than that, I’m in Hokkaido right now, so can’t help you much if you are on the main island.

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