If my 2019 Best Nine taught me anything, it’s that you guys want to see candy cabs and Sega signs. Well, suck it up because today starts a mini-series on Vegas-aiming gambling games.

They missed this rooftop scrap of the Art Deco Club Sega brand when they mauled/modernised the signage of Sega Jiyugaoka.

Our playground future was Sega-Nintendo all the way. But then Sega seemed to switch off. And anyway, we got jobs.

This blast-from-the-past arcade sign embodies my slogan, “Arcades in Tokyo; Tokyo in arcades”.

When I saw this, I thought it was a relic of the ancients.

Every DrumMania regular has their own sticks. Not everyone is foot-tapping the doorstep when the arcade opens.