RolandSubject: House of the Dead 4, Arcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Year: 2005, Location: Yokohama, Developer: Sega-AM1

Breaking the Mould

RolandSubject: House of the Dead 4, Arcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Year: 2005, Location: Yokohama, Developer: Sega-AM1
Breaking the Mould
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 *Another* House of the Dead?! Yes, but in this one you shoot *zombies* with *guns*.

Decades of refinement and subtle improvements have brought us the spectacular House of the Dead— I don't know. What? Like 6 or something? In this latest version, you shoot zombies with guns. Ingenious.

To be fair, at least in 2005’s HOTD4 can buy two credits and play with an uzi in each hand.

Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people

RolandArcade: Adores Shimokitazawa, Year: 2005, Subject: Arcade Exterior, Subject: Arcade Interior, Developer: Sega-AM1, Location: Shimokitazawa, Subject: House of the Dead 4Comment

Videogame Vérité

Arcade pilgrims to Japan expect Disneyland: a grand culmination of a ceremonial journey. But while the Magic Kingdom gates are marked by fronds of palm, the line between Arcade and notArcade is so fine it disappears.

RolandArcade: Adores Shimokitazawa, Year: 2005, Subject: Arcade Exterior, Subject: Arcade Interior, Developer: Sega-AM1, Location: Shimokitazawa, Subject: House of the Dead 4Comment
Videogame Vérité
RolandArcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Subject: Rhythm Tengoku, Location: Yokohama, Year: 2007, Developer: Sega, Developer: NintendoComment

What’s Rhythm Tengoku?

Rhythm Tengoku: a bit odd. Assumed the arcade machine spawned the 2006 GBA cart but that’s backwards. Nintendo developed for GBA first, then Sega recoded for arcade in 2007.

RolandArcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Subject: Rhythm Tengoku, Location: Yokohama, Year: 2007, Developer: Sega, Developer: NintendoComment
What’s Rhythm Tengoku?