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This arcade isn’t retro – just old. Bet their Mr Driller’s been cycling attract mode since 1999.

That Driller Astro’s set with 2P stick-n-threes. But what’s going on with this cab up front? Like a 1980s EPOS terminal.

Mahjong.

Clear the tiles.

Who would bother selecting Chinese domino things with a joystick? Loads of people, actually. But still you could get a dedicated button set for the Astro City.

Not sure why you’d go for this today, over the touchscreen, free-to-play, artificial-currency, smartcard-profile-save, online versions that grow out of damp walls now.

Maybe for Pretty Chance? A little chance of pretty? Back when the psychology of stoking addiction was at the level of “sexy picture under dominoes must clear dominoes”.

Still kind of want one.

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