Terrible news that @tacotaskforce informed me Sega Gigo 1 is closing end of August. The website informs me the land contract was up for renewal and they decided to not. Same story as Warehouse Kawasaki 5 years ago. This is Gigo with the retro floor with Police 911, Outrun 1/2, Sega Rally, Prop Cycle, House of the Dead 1-2-3-4, Virtual On, VOOT, Golgo Sniper, Pac Man with absolutely fucked horizontal only joy-nub. A lot of things I’ll never play again. Just like last year gotta get out to Akiba twice in August to play games. God last time I’m ever gonna play Police 911-2! If that’s broken I’ll probably collapse in tears on the spot. Or that weird armadillo game with @contentdeleted ! Screwed up Sega Rally with @Persona ! Maybe a 3rd SB Encounter there that I am forgetting? Or a 4th?
Fake Edit: the completely fucked Typing Of the Dead machine from the Kabukicho Square arcade that @boojiboy7 loves to remember.
I was sad Natsuge closed the first time in 2019. I was eccstatic when they reopened through Mikado in a previous Takadanobaba’s Arcade location. They are like the one place to play pinball in Kanto. Or would have been by July 31st. They always had a lot of unique cabs you just don’t and haven’t seen. They keep 1pm to 10pm hours so my chance to seem it before the end of the month is much lower. They say the machines will be distributed between Mikado’s two locations. Damn shame either way. I got to play the baseball pinball machine my family had growing up and hearing those beautiful Goltilieb Pings (maybe the best sounds on Earth) made me cry.
Outside of FAR CHIBA I think the last 3 Real Arcades in Kanto are HEY, Mikado Baba/Ike, and Amusement Center and the last one might be all UFO Catchers now. Damned to see the end. Lucky to see it at all.
In GOD’S JEANS I played Video Games.