Saturday, October 11, 2025

Namco (Sapporo, Japan)

While I did search for arcades during my vacation in Japan, most of what I came across were locations dedicated to skill (or luck) games, like UFO catchers, and gacha machines. I had primarily wanted to see what a Japanese arcade is like, someplace dedicated to classic and modern video games, but I couldn't find anything like that. This Namco business in the Sapporo Factory shopping center is largely gachas and skill games, however, it does have some actual Namco and Nintendo video games. I saw Time Crisis 4, Luigi Mansion Arcade, linked Mario Karts, and Tatsu no Tatsujin (Taiko: Drum Master). There is also a Pong game, though it isn't a video game, it is something with physical parts more akin to air hockey. I don't have photos of everything as I was trying to avoid taking pics of people. Plus, sometimes I just forgot to take photos of things, in part because I did play a few games here and at a place that didn't allow photography, and I never won anything.





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