Belt
A bunch of Capcom roms and a championship belt in the Battle Arena, Club Sega, Shinjuku.
(Inadvertent self portrait)
Roland
Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people
A bunch of Capcom roms and a championship belt in the Battle Arena, Club Sega, Shinjuku.
(Inadvertent self portrait)
Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people
Get in the bustle. Tokyo street.
Code of Joker was a Trading Card Game from Sega – purveyor of some longstanding and well-loved TCGs. But what's that sign on the top? It says "free to play". Are they giving out free starter decks?! Yes!
The 2D fighter: as a genre, perfect. Almost nothing pushes the edges of the concept: everything’s definitely a fighter or definitely not.
In times gone by, when Sega made consoles, it felt like there was a clear path from arcade to home release. Back then, Gunslinger Stratos would have been ported to Saturn or Dreamcast and come with dedicated controllers.
Easter eggshaped image from the loserdrop stairwell that squeezes you between the prize machines and a Chinese into a Fight Club-style fighting-game fight club.
