Japanese Retro Video Game Arcades | A Walk in Shinsekai (Osaka)

The retro atmosphere of Shinsekai makes it one of the most interesting areas of Osaka and Japan. I walked through Shinsekai's shopping streets with its traditional Japanese 'shogi' chess and 'Go' game parlor and its old-school video games arcades.
(This is an unnarrated POV video with ambient sound.)
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[@rasenganalbania5763]

So sad to watch all those arcades empty. People used to gather and play together forming friendship instead of now where everything is online and you cant rly bond with anyone. Arcade games will always be remembered.

[@alexx9433]

Keep in mind this is during the corona virus pandemic, hopefully these places will be packed out after all this.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

@@alexx9433 these places don't get packed anymore, even before the pandemic. Apart from a couple of arcades in Akihabara, the "retro arcades" are just old and rather depressing/seedy places. They are the real thing - old machines played by old people in low-rent parts of the city. Not cool retro joints for hipsters

[@Milkiy-Hazard]

I think it's easy to become blind to everyday things, even if it's totally amazing things like arcades here and there..

[@NeroRedfield]

As said in the movie Pixels: We used to meet in arcades - it's called social contact.

[@pixelnazgul]

Sad to see all these chariots being pulled by arabic horses no more.......

[@carlitoshoued7400]

Space Harrier, Phoenix, Bomber Man, I'm in heaven.

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

Japan knows its awesome retro arcades! I need to go back ASAP. Cheers and happy Friday!

[@coso5749]

Ohh that's a beautiful place

[@isaiahben-yahweh3245]

I miss playing virtual-on. If I could I'd buy four machines, link them and have my homie come through to play VS. I can't believe that had a Darius Twin box, those are classic

[@poeypoey1857]

Awesome videos!

[@JapanExperiences]

Thanks!

[@Cyclopz0rs]

4:44 quick glimpse of rival schools and warzard promo posters. thank you for this video, love seeing lesser known arcades

[@JapanExperiences]

Thanks 🙏

[@tom11zz884]

Amazing you have these awesome arcades, and they are practically empty. Need to sell those machines to America. Americans will buy them

[@dalmozaraaz4363]

Thanks for the tour!

[@JapanExperiences]

My pleasure : )

[@user-ng7uw4xj6w]

Thanks for the tour! I wish i was living in Japan..

[@JapanExperiences]

Thanks for watching!

[@clarisend7658]

Man when I saw street fighter turbo x I was sooo stoked amazing arcade

[@Cyclopz0rs]

1:17 bogoshipda from stairway to heaven kdrama playing in the bg

[@deepdiver9355]

the last room with all the shmups is amazing

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

paradise!

[@MPascolin]

That Egret 2 Sega panel with spinners ❤❤

[@DiegoERivero]

I need to go to Japan

[@stevethefishdotnet]

Very cool. I used to live in Hyogo Prefecture and would frequent Osaka, but I only learned of Shinsekai about 7 years ago. I'd really like to go there.

[@JapanExperiences]

Its a fun place but it took a bit of a hit due to COVID.

[@stevethefishdotnet]

@@JapanExperiences Yeah, everything has, unfortunately. There was a big, beautiful Yuraku pachinko building a block away from where I live, and it had a sign that slowly phased through the spectrum of the rainbow. It's now just an empty building. I don't even care at all about pachinko, but I'm sad that it was closed down. I don't even want to go to Tokyo, even though I'm just an hour or so north from there by shinkansen. I don't want to be sad to see beloved places gone, nor do I want to be bothered with the whole mask thing in crowded places.

[@FDestroy3r]

Thank you for this video, it burn in my chest just watching, I really hope that the whole arcade sector does survive the actual crisis in Japan, Arcade are long extinct were I live, and I'd love to go back to Japan to play there again. PS :were you there on the morning for it to be so quiet and with almost no-one inside?

[@JapanExperiences]

Thank you! I hope the arcades survive too.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

my friend these arcades are usually quiet and have only a handful of older people inside, as you see in the video. The days of crowded arcades with young people are long gone. Sorry but that is the slightly depressing truth!

[@thekoke171]

deberias hacer una segunda parte.

[@Cyclopz0rs]

2:06 beautiful street fighter ex 2 poster :') all those astro citys aahh

[@16-bitpower38]

6:26 the game i LOVED as a teenager in 1991!!! and STILL do!!! :D actually this is the RAINBOW EDITION board they are running, very surprisingly. that's where the inspiration for marvel vs. capcom came from. by far, rainbow was the most fun

[@JapanExperiences]

The sign in Japanese read: "The Legendary Rainbow" edition.

[@darwindumanacal2945]

Vs. Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter 2, Virtua Cop 2 Police 911, Ms. Pac-Man. Suggoi

[@herusudrajat5037]

This paradise for lover retro arcade game

[@josemaikelcarp1763]

I love arcades!

[@BEAVISKORNHOLIO69]

good old street fighter 2 I love that game

[@4g63t8]

Monte50 in Osaka is my favorite

[@applesauce9982]

lol Fedor and Big Nog 3:32 legends!

[@theanimatronicscollectoran4193]

In the Netherlands we have a cafe called Ton Ton Club and they all have Japanese arcade cabinets.

[@JapanExperiences]

Cool!

[@AnimatedAndrew]

The first and fourth ones interest me (especially the 4th) because not only do they have games I grew up playing but also ones I’ve heard of but never seen a machine for in person like Beast Busters 2 and Cobra: The Arcade. The second and third ones seem to have a weird vibe to them, though. Aside from the fact that one of em has a vending machine out in front with… “wands” and mushrooms in them, they seem like these “hole in the wall” places where no more than one person is playing there, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone in charge looking over the machines. I guess that’s just because I’ve only been to American arcades and never been to Japan before. Might stop by the 1st or 4th arcade if I get a chance!

[@JapanExperiences]

The first and last are the better arcades but all the places are in close walking distance so it’s fun to see them all. Also some great restaurants in the area.

[@mr.k3221]

Nice old man playing on an astro city

[@JapanExperiences]

Sometimes there are a lot of seniors in these arcades 😃

[@jacksuwanpradit6992]

Ahhh, the age where you couldn't rage quit…

[@DarkPitTheFallenAngel]

Why is every game in the same cabinet?

[@Nickdoyle56]

I'm thinking of visiting Japan at some time in the future. Are there any retro video arcade game centers left in Japan and if so what are their locations? I ask this question because I've been hearing about COVID and how it's destroying the arcade and video gaming industry as well as other stuff. Also I would like to know as an American whether or not I'll be welcomed to those remaining game centers if I ever visit Japan at some point. I'm a big old school arcade gaming fan, and not those crappy new so-called video arcade games made mainly by Raw Thrills. The 80s, 90s, and early 2000s were the best in arcade gaming in my opinion. Do any of them have a Virtual On arcade game?

[@JapanExperiences]

Yes, the ones I went to in this video are still open and foreigners are welcome.

[@Nickdoyle56]

Thanks! Can you please give me a list of retro arcade game centers in Japan that are still alive and well? I ask this because I heard quite a few closed down and had been destroyed because of COVID among other things. I'm thinking of visiting Japan for my birthday which is on April. I'm a big retro video arcade gaming fan and I've been like that all my life as I was born in '88. I love the oldies but goldies of arcade games such as Mortal Kombat, and MKII, Virtual On, and its sequel Oratorio Tangram, and I love Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns. The arcades in Japan surely can't be entirely dead yet like it largely is in the US and many other countries. I admire Japanese people and culture, and would love to learn more about them. I have many books about Japan and I'm striving to get the latest ones. Thanks so much. I'm thrilled that arcades in Japan are still holding out well in spite of all that's happened.

[@DarkArynLand]

Heaven exists.

[@user-ik2xg3nm1n]

일본이 다시 한번 최고의 전성기를 맞았으면 좋겠다 80,90년대의 일본 게임과 애니메이션은 최고였고 지금도 최고다!

[@matthewperez9962]

Matthew Lawrence Perez please

[@AC-LING666]

Imagine growing up and playing Arcades in a country where Killer instinct 1 and 2 . Mortal 1 to Umk3 doesnt exist thats shitty 😕 .

[@grimmerjxcts2206]

This is so japanese the point i turned into sushi while watching this

[@mr.k3221]

Nes Mario bros on arcades?

[@JapanExperiences]

Yep : )

[@gitaarianto9791]

Suzuran game

[@gitaarianto9791]

Gitaarianto

[@franklinromero1863]

hey... who are you? are you JAPANESE?

[@JapanExperiences]

I'm not Japanese but I have been living in Japan for quite some time. Check out the 'ABOUT' page of my channel.

[@franklinromero1863]

@@JapanExperiences yes, I read it after i made my comment.