MM Land has this kind of peripheral vision tester game where you whack light-up buttons on a board right in your face.

Bright lights in Tokyo simmer in the humidity and diffuse gently through the sultry air. In this way, competing multicolours and flashing bulbs seem somehow peaceful. They say “Come on in… chill out… GAME.”

Sometimes the games just bury you. Virtual collectibles and smartphone moneysuckers hounding you back to the arcade.

Do you want to play with a fake vacuum cleaner? No worries.

The alleys are black and muggy with old incandescent lights steaming away the summer. Insects chirp quietly.

There’s one game genre you can always depend on in Tokyo.

The classics of last century look set to live forever in Japan’s arcades.

There’s something about seeing a total classic from your childhood just sitting there.

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