In 2018, with the usual absence of interest in the spacebar, Konami released GI-WorldClassic – “The start of a new history of horse racing medal games”.

Pokemon was a multi-green Game Boy time-waste from the playground. You caught ‘em all, some of your friends did, then you grew up. In Tokyo, your kidhood just kept playing.

Arcade hardware is an aid to escapism. Just travelling to the arcade makes a ceremony of leaving your life behind – better than just tuning out your bedsit scraps and empties. Climb into a cabinet, climb into a game.

One square of commercial algae and fungus, just creeping over the concrete landscape.

This is a fascinating mechanical implementation of Atari’s 1972 classic, Pong.

Shibuya Sega: a down-and-out dive for the can’t-grow-ups.

Yoyogi's mainstreet game centre, a hot night and nearly closing.

Don’t be scared by a Japanese text explosion – here’s how to get through it.

This game will stop at nothing to give you your money’s worth.

Who’s this cheeky chappy peeking out of the Kitchen Pocket hole?