Arcades, or “game centers” as the Japanese call them, are alive and kicking in Japan as I noticed in my whirlwind visits to Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka last week.

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Over the decades, gaming arcades in Japan have faced a series of challenges. Typically, they've been in the realm of technology — namely high-tech video game consoles that first promised arcade ...

Japan's arcade culture is thriving, with a variety of arcades bustling with locals enjoying after-school fun, date nights, and hardcore gaming. Gēsen are a must-visit in Japan, offering floors of ...

Arcades or “Game Centers” as their known in Japan are a curious topic. Beyond Space Invaders and Street Fighter you have medal machines, card games like Square Enix’s Lord of Vermillion, and ...

In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were ...

In North America, gamers are now generally divided into two distinct generations: those that grew up in the midst of the vibrant video arcade culture of the '70s and '80s, and those born since. In ...

Japan, often considered the last country with a passion for the arcade experience, is starting to lose interest in coin operated entertainment. Two of the biggest arcade chains in the region have ...

There are 9,500 arcades in the country with more than 445,000 game machines made by Japanese companies like Namco and Capcom, says Masumi Akagi, publisher of Japan's Game Publisher magazine.