“I know Tokyo arcades are dying out, but are they easy to find?” I was asked this question recently by an author researching a Street Fighter book. Dying out?! Maybe – but there’s a long way to go.

TOKYO -- It's been a terribly hot month here in Tokyo, and to fight the heat arcades are finding interesting ways to spread the cool air on the oftentimes cramped -- and sweaty -- game floors. I ...

TOKYO--A number of new arcade game titles have been revealed at the Amusement Machine Show (AMShow), a commercial trade show centered for arcade operators and distributors. Sammy The biggest news at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This article is more than 10 years old. I am very much an arcade ...

The arcade climate in Japan is also suffering greatly. Tokyo is a ridiculously populous and dense city, so it can support many dedicated arcades and machines in corners of other locales, but many of ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While Japan has lots of excellent arcades, Tokyo is home to the country’s best. If you are visiting the city and like video games, these are the ...

Japanese news outlet Nikkei reported earlier this week that Bandai Namco is set to open a new arcade in Ikebukuro, Tokyo purely focused on video gaming – the first one to do so in 13 years. If you’ve ...

LOS ANGELES–The arcade isn't so much a dying breed as a breed that's dead, stuffed, mounted, and collecting dust in the attic. The Electronic Entertainment Expo is a show dedicated to nearly ...

Arcades may have all but died out in the west, but in Japan they remain big business. I write a website about arcades in Tokyo, and sometimes forget it’s not normal to live in an arcade daydream. I‘m ...

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In the United States, the once-proud pastime of hanging out at a seedy arcade has largely fallen into the dustbin of history (despite a somewhat recent comeback). But there is a land where the arcade ...