RolandSubject: Naomi Universal, Developer: Sega, Arcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Location: Yokohama, Year: 1999

Mature Audiences

RolandSubject: Naomi Universal, Developer: Sega, Arcade: Sega Yokohama Chukagai, Location: Yokohama, Year: 1999
Mature Audiences
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So you’re a Naomi Universal cabinet in 1999 and you’re running all the coolest stuff: Crazy Taxi, The Typing of the Dead…

Your CRT hangs out your back in a cooldude slouch. Your legs tuck round like Johnny Five. Describe yourself in one word: RADICAL.

Suddenly you can see yourself and you’re yellowgreyed with nicked lines and blotches.

20 years sunk into videogames! What are you going to do with your life?

Just carry on, I guess!

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

RolandYear: 1999, Subject: Crazy Taxi, Arcade: Taito Hey, Location: Akihabara, Subject: Naomi Universal, Developer: Sega-AM3Comment

Crazy Taxi

Despite my obsession with the arcades, I’m not really good at any of the games. However, the custard-yellow Naomi Universal cabinet that houses Sega’s 1999 Crazy Taxi is one I always find friendly.

RolandYear: 1999, Subject: Crazy Taxi, Arcade: Taito Hey, Location: Akihabara, Subject: Naomi Universal, Developer: Sega-AM3Comment
Crazy Taxi