Abandoned - Sega World Sydney

[@SinceSpacies]

I can also confirm (as a former Sega staff member) that originally Sega were to kick off a TV show but later opted to scrap the production of the show in favour of Sega World instead.

[@SirLaptop]

Never thought they were going to make a TV show. It would have been interesting to see such a thing... but Sega World was a better concept. - SL

[@F4Y33D]

We need the sonic and sally statue back well as the Japan sonic stature

[@Angie2343]

We have three cartoons already, and I am making a reboot of the third.

[@wayneturner8575]

I worked at Sega World Sydney as a ride operator. Great co-workers. Had some fun at that place. Though it hard a very dark side: The management was extremely bad.

[@TyrellWilliams-qb2od]

What rides were there? The guy in this video didnt describe those rides very well, and its hard to hear what he's trying to say.

[@AMJB100000000]

Wonderland and sega in Sydney were so good it just sucks that we don’t having anything like that anymore

[@EmeraldZion]

I'm currently watching this video from Darling Quarter here in Sydney and literally looking at the location Sega World was. Pretty surreal as a Sega fan and someone who will only know the park as a brief morbid piece of Aussie history.

[@mi3rebus]

This was a paradise to me when i was a child. I had the opportunity to visit sega world 5 times . I can still remember most of the rides.. nostalgia

[@Jazon2901]

Remember the m&m shop next door?

[@MitchellBPYao]

Feels like a dream

[@Angie2343]

They should restart the concept and make it outdoors.

[@breamods1337]

downstairs was an icecream cone shop, they sold REDSKIN flavoured icecream and it was the best thing I have ever tasted in my life and I'm forever looking for another hit

[@katej23]

I remember that, and the arnotts store that had the big tiny teddy machine on display

[@myeverythingworld8123]

I'm sure someone read your comment and made it

[@Andres33AU]

​@@katej23I can still smell those freshly made Tiny Teddies! I was devo when I found out the shop was closed down, lol.

[@TuRK001982]

Went to SegaWorld a couple of times you are right it was very expensive. You didn't mention in the video but they used to host a huge under18s nightclub called Crush on Fri or Saturdays it was huge, it got packed n so popular that over 18s used to rock up constantly. I remember Nick Skitz launched one of his Cd's there and wild FM used to broadcast live from Crush.

[@acropals]

Omg I was telling my husband about crush as we were comparing Sega world stories. We went to a foam party there, was wild. Way too many over 18s pretty scary, but such a sick environment to have a kids nightclub 😂 something that would never happen today!

[@smithy2170]

Sega world remains one of my fondest memories. Those years were peak times.

[@TheCheat_1337]

Nice video, I had the opportunity to visit Sega World back in the day, probably very close to just before it closed (2000), because I remember the games being free. I really wanted to play Metal Slug but it kept getting hogged. I was a big Sega fan back in the day, I had a Mega Drive and watched all the Sonic cartoons and I think I really wanted to try out a chili dog at Sega World because it was Sonic's favorite food (kinda insidious to have all the popular cartoon/game characters of the 80s and 90s be fans of fast food though), but I don't think they had them - missed opportunity. I also remember quite a few other places around the area, like this space themed restaurant called Xerts where you ordered off of a screen.

[@poorpremenstrualdarling]

Dude! You are what barely 18 and created this? Your parents must be proud! Boy have I got some stories... I am so old I can remember when there were rides along the south eastern side of darling harbour, before Sega world and before it was developed into restaurants. And yes I went to Sega World, in fact my Aunty crawled into the bin and stole stamps so we could get in for free! Oh and I have photos too! Also just for a little cherry on top... The last time I was at Sega World I saw Hanson (the band). Yep.

[@evclark]

Marni Newman The image at 12:20 shows the amusement rides on the south eastern side. Seems like forever ago!

[@condekirk4271]

I just got to the end of this video and I am absolutely blown away that you were only 17 when you made this video... Your videos are incredible for someone your age, and you appreciate nostalgia with a wiseness well beyond your years! My dad took me to Sega World when I was 8 or 9. We lived in Newcastle and he never liked video games so I'm extremely thankful he took me. I have some old memories of the place and it's crazy to think of how much of a ghost it is within the memories of a select few people. I dearly wish it was still around in some form.

[@Jazon2901]

Great video. I was born in 1986 in Tasmania and got a megadrive for my 5th birthday in 1991, growing up with a megadrive. I got to visit Segaworld when my family relocated to Nsw when I was 10 or 11, while it wasn't the most amazing theme park. To a kid that has spent hundreds of hours on a Sega it really was a great experience. Thanks again for all your hard work on this video. It's great

[@mattcheshire2002ify]

You’ve just reminded me about this project. I’ve still got a segaworld branded hard hat from that job. I remember being shocked that the guys designing the signs and branding had no idea about the video games. I had to bring my megadrive to work to show them what sonic looked like. It was a bit crazy 😝

[@TDM69]

The old Crush U18s Dance partys used to go off,. good old memories. Used to love Sega World.

[@SCP-117]

There was a common trend happening in the late 90's and early 2000's with theme parks and arcades across the country being reduced to nothing but memories.

[@raymondcook7334]

I was one of the lucky ones that got to got to SEGA world when I was about 10. I loved it so much, even my Mum had fun.

[@ravia1988]

Me too! My mum used to take my sisters and I almost every school holidays.

[@doctorhino8736]

I can tell a ton of work went into this. Good job

[@yukko_parra]

as an arcade fan (currently), always is facinating to see the history of arcades in my home city. i did not know this place existed until today.

[@RoboP]

With me myself at the age I am(35), I'm old enough to remember the SEGA World building and also to at least one time get to experience the inside of it. It was a nicely set up place honestly, the arcade machines were awesome far more then the rides(to me at least) Only got to visit it that one time though and I want to say I visited it in around the year 2000 or so.

[@MitchellBPYao]

I do remember it

[@TechGamesAU]

My father was a carpenter working on the Sega World Sydney Project. He would be happy to talk with you about it’s construction.

[@wayneturner8575]

The stories I could tell about working at this place egs: Rides not working properly,yet still opened. Rides failing safety checks,and still being opened. Rides being closed for days,only because they wanted to cut staffing levels,but claimed the ride was broken. Sega World management were extremely dodgy.

[@Angie2343]

Now that Super Nintendo World is a thing, SEGA should rebirth the concept.

[@holiday197]

I remember visiting Sega World in the late 90s and going on the Indy 500 (I don't remember going on the other rides) and playing around with some of the other exhibitions. From memory, the place was almost like a ghost town but I remember enjoying it because I was more free to run around without the crowds. A great and clearly well researched video. Thanks for sharing.

[@bedstuy11]

love this, if you go further back - there use to be huge tennis/basketball courts where Sega World was which was amazing back in the day on weekends. if you find any photos or videos i will be very surprised, so hard to track anything about darling Harbour around this time

[@apb1441]

I remember going here in my teenage years, was awesome Great memories, thanks for bringing them back up

[@tracytron7162]

#SaveSonic #SaveSally!!

[@SirLaptop]

I've heard about that statue for a while. Once considered buying the statues, but I can't afford the restoration. - SL

[@tracytron7162]

They're not even for sale : ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXSVi4OeaLtkZrM

[@TrevimohPlus]

Sally will never be saved.

[@sirchryslerofthephaeton]

@@SirLaptop There's this one Sonic Statue in the Japan Mountains no one knows where it came from.

[@lordlax1266]

SirChryslerOfThePhaeton Ik it has been a year since you posted this comment but it came from another sega world in 2003 the owner has since passed away from okuda sega world

[@elizabethcampbell9241]

A resounding success for the Sydney of Sydney

[@TarasMusicChannel]

Thank you for the nostalgia! I loved that place as a kid!

[@Skybar23]

does anyone remember the Crush under 18 dance parties that were at sega world?...I attended some of them in 2000...fun times for us high school kids

[@neimodianproductions1717]

Great overview! Always wanted to go there as a kid...

[@SirLaptop]

Wasn't even alive when that place was open. Wasn't born until a couple weeks after the place shut. - SL

[@bitroast]

it wasn't worth it..

[@WILDSTYLEVOLATILE]

The things id do to relive going there again as a kid, extremely exciting and satisfyingly great experiences had

[@TheRamblemanWhoSings]

if sega world was still around I think kids and adults would still enjoy it

[@benrogers162]

I remember wagging school to go there one day, way back when.... ☺️👌

[@peterellis4166]

You got the price issue right, it was always way too expensive for me and my friends to visit, $30 was a lot of money back in those days! Sega was just never big enough draw to me, the only character I knew from the Sega franchises was Sonic, and big deal he was a blue creature that ran fast and picked up rings.

[@wayneturner8575]

💯 I worked there,and among others we pointed out that it was way too expensive to begin with.We warned management this won't work,and they didn't listen.

[@misssummersalt]

Bloody awesome video mate! Subscribed and gearing up for a binge-session of your other stuff. 😘

[@smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823]

Hopefully one day sega would open another theme park because nintendo just opend one but unfortunately they're chances are slim

[@Angie2343]

Never say never, man.

[@mdv_83]

I loved this place so much....even crush dance parties lpl

[@shaunhickey6526]

I went there multiple times as a kid and absolutely loved it. Favourite was the indi 500. Everytime you won a race you could stay on as the champion. Ended up on there for over an hour was a hell of alot of fun.

[@hitchipa]

Really good video dude. I grew up in the age of master system and mega drive and I was your age when Sega World opened. I never went sadly because by that stage I'd become a big sony and PC fanboy, you know the age where nothing from childhood is cool anymore, so regrettably I never went to Sega World. I do have several amazing memories of wonderland though. Really happy to see someone doing videos like this. I also love wondering about the history of old buildings, specially pubs like on the victoria rd side of the Anzac bridge, near the factory. What was it like in the factories hayday when it would have been packed every afternoon. Anyway good job, it's great seeing that curiosity about stuff I took for granted.

[@h4xm_]

this is as great as bright sun film's Abandoned Series! I Think you should continue!

[@SirLaptop]

Never imagined this would be compared to Bright Sun's movies. Thank you. - SL

[@Weezeler]

I find it sad that thair gone The idea of a sega theme park sounds fun I wish I could go back in time to 1999 and 2017 just to see those theme parks

[@techstuff7414]

I was a huge Sega fan as a kid. I used to draw pictures of Sonic and post them to Sega Ozisoft. When Sega World opened in Sydney my parents took us on an interstate holiday to go and see it (which for us was a big thing since we weren't exactly rich). To be honest I was pretty disappointed. I remember walking in the entrance and thinking "where's all the Sega stuff?" It was just a generic theme park which happened to use the Sega name and branding. I was expecting something like a Sonic ride, but no, they were just normal rides. Making you pay to play arcade machines after already paying a very high entrance fee was just rubbing salt in the wound too.

[@CowboyJimRob]

Outstanding video man. As a kid I visited sega world 2 or 3 times and this video has been a great nostalgia flashback. My favourite attraction was the nickelodeon play area, the mazes and slides, ball pits and just generally running a muck in this place where adults could not enter was some seriously fun times. I remember coming across random kids in gangs having a beef or blocking off access and controlling areas. It was like a free for all in there bro. Its such a shame you never got to experience it. One thing you may have no idea about but I feel was connected to my Sega World experience was the little “tiny teddie” shop/factory, they would make freshly baked tiny teddie biscuits in the shop and you could watch them come off the conveyor belt and you would recieve a free cup of the little biscuits. This store was not part of the Sega World but it was on the ground floor left side as you walk in. Thanks for the video

[@sounddiaryess]

that is where my dad got our Atro City Cabinets for dirty cheap still enjoy them to this day :)

[@gavinwilson3707]

What?

[@fugazigamer1426]

enjoyed this...moved to Sydney from the UK in 2008 and lived close to darling harbour to date... such a lot of change

[@Asylum89]

Used to live in Sydney around 2000-2005 around when I was in highschool and thought it was such a cool place at Darling Harbour in that area. Never went to Sega world but always thought the building was awesome and wanted to go inside. I remember playing in the water area out front though, going to the Arnotts shop and getting free tiny teddies and all the other things they had there focused on kids (lolly shops, toy shop, peddle boats etc). When going back to Sydney a few years ago it was a bit sad to see the change, the new playground looks fun for kids and the building I'm sure serves it purpose, but it looks like pretty much any other CBD/cafe area now, without the charm and fun it used to have.

[@Restless_Vibes27]

i went to Sega World for my 8th birthday im 33 now, the city and Harbour now is deeply depressing compared to how it was in my childhood

[@bullpillman1993]

Hoping you re-record the audio for this video. Music is too intrusive in some places.

[@Dread-I-Productions]

The Music??? Daaaamn aint no one gonna tell him to stop fucking about with the mic stand???

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@Dread-I-Productions Yeah I can definitely hear it.

[@thetwistedsamurai]

He also really sounds like he needs a lozenge.

[@vondoom3]

Plus you can barely understand homeboy 🤣

[@lollandster]

Maybe correct ZIGA to SEGA also

[@Nitrisbot]

Awesome video... I was lucky enough to go back in 1998. The VR gave me a headache but I still had a blast there.

[@rickrick5350]

I've been to gameworks back in 2012 when I was a second grader, love that place. I had no idea it was Sega created!

[@Andres33AU]

I really enjoyed this video! I went there in 1998 and I had a great time, but I remember thinking it was quite expensive at the time (parents paid of course, lol) and now that you mention it, there was no ride about Sonic or other Sega mascots, but I still had a lot of fun. It's a shame it didn't last very long, and similarly how Wonderland closed down as well. I'm from Melbourne, and Wonderland and Sega World were my two favourite things in Sydney when I was a kid. I'm going to dig up family photos of those places. If there's some without family members on it, I guess we could use them for historical purposes, haha.

[@r3tr0nic]

Nice video, hit many of the history points on SWS. Really sad how timing was, and things that happened, including the mess over Darling Harbour zoning . I've collected many photos, audio and video over the years and was happy to see a handful of images I have yet to come across ^_^. The best I have in my collection is great footage of Sonic and Sally mascots in action. I hope more media continues to show up, it just is a shame the technology of cameras was not great back then! Thanks for this and sharing mate! On a side note (from a former Sega staff member) a bit of a fun fact: The girl who performed in the Sally mascot costume was accidentally seen whilst changing into the costume (walked in on) and it was said it would ruin your image of Sally if you seen the girl.

[@georgeschannel9411]

How I miss this place and the times when Sega were true innovators.

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

I remember seeing this building when I first came to Sydney. It was demolished a few months later. Would've been cool to actually go inside. Darling Harbour looks so different now.

[@MitchellBPYao]

at least rode on a row boat on the lake and ate McDonald's where darling square is now

[@mickeydee3595]

Man the memories of Intensity!

[@thehumbleone1983]

Great videoI have great memories of going to Sega world park in Sydney thanks mate

[@Iggy30874]

This video is amazing! You deserve Thousands of subs!

[@LargeGSX1400]

Yeah, the price was ridiculous. My brothers and I wanted to go but with 4 kids and 2 adults, it was way outside our price range. We walked past and looked around but that was as close as I ever got to Sega world Sydney.

[@jarnine9803]

Got to go there on the holidays, had a lot of fun there because we grow playing mostly on Sega consoles.

[@SaraAB87]

They clearly spent A LOT of money on this park initially. If it was me I would have still charged the entrance fee (which really isn't that bad for the time period considering what was there) but I would have made everything included with admission including the arcade games that they charged for. As you mentioned charging an entrance fee and charging again for the arcade games ultimately killed the place. As much as we all love Sega and its VR attractions, most of these attractions are the one and done type of thing for the majority, unless you are seriously a super fan, you can only do the VR-1 or the AS-1 so many times, and it becomes boring, this makes for a lack of repeat visitors which most theme parks thrive on, there is nothing to make the customer come back. You are also correct about Rail Chase, I live in the USA and I have NEVER seen a Rail Chase arcade game and I have seen a lot of games in my time. If it was me instead of having 3+ VR attractions I would replace those with traditional amusement rides themed to Sega properties but I would keep 1 of the 3+ VR rides. I also would have included a Go-Kart track themed to Sonic. The Mad Bazooka is really cool and I would keep that. Theme the coaster towards something other... than something the vast majority of people have not heard of or seen. I also would have sold season passes to get people in the door more often, if there were more amusement rides people would come, just like a real amusement park.

[@SirLaptop]

The arcade games in later years were put on freeplay as part of the entrance fee, which was lowered around 1999-early 2000. But, arcades were already on the way out at that point, and the damage had already been done. Sega World had a reputation for being fairly expensive. All of the attractions that opened with the park in '97 were copied and pasted from Joypolis Yokohama where Sega had a large arcade presence, without any consideration as to whether they would work down in Australia. The VR attractions were actually pretty good from what I've heard, but they along with Mad Bazooka got removed shortly before the park closed to build an ice rink. The park would haven't survived for much longer if the ice rink was completed, anyway. Sega World did sell season passes, well they were actually called 'annual passes' because most theme parks in Australia have year round operation. The management tried very hard to keep the place alive, but it was not to be. - SL

[@SaraAB87]

Yeah, I can see why it failed. Another thing is you have to have enough entertainment for families to stay there for the whole day, if they pay the high entrance fee they expect to get a full day of entertainment out of it, just like at a regular theme park. This place sounds like it had about 3-4 hours of entertainment per visit if that. If there is a regular theme park nearby it also would be hard to top that, as people will just go there.

[@SirLaptop]

Sydney has Luna Park which isn't all that big nor impressive. I mean we do have the last standing wooden Wild Mouse coaster but that is it. Sydney also used to have Wonderland, a much larger proper theme park which used to be run by the same company who operated Kings Island, Carowinds and Kings Dominion a long, long time ago, but the park closed in 2004 and the land sold for housing. - SL

[@kowalskidiazdegeras9190]

18:45 Jeez! The Sonic Runners loading theme! What a good chunk of memories!

[@jasondoe3078]

what the problem was that the entry was too damn expensive and I couldn't find my way around when I was a kid. Only hung out at the token games area and all rides need to be paid for in addition to the entry fee (needed to buy a card). All tokens were also $1 each, so basically you pay about $30 to get in and pay extra to enjoy the stuff inside it. It was beyond budget when I was a kid, costs an arm and a leg..... If only they made entry fee cheaper, then there will be more attendance. Which over time will pay off because most parents wont pay that kind of money all in a single days out especially if you have more than one children. I actually cheered when that place went broke and demolished because of it's greedy fees. Now I as an adult I felt quite sad.

[@gabriel2114]

Great video mate, brought back some childhood memories of nagging my dad to take me to sega world. Completely underwhelming. Thanks for the video.

[@druscanam]

Very impressed with your research. I remember going to the park as a kid/teen. You where right, too expensive or they should of put all the arcade games on free play to make the price worth while. I was a big fan of Sega and owned both megadrive with the 32X and mega CD as well as a Saturn but Sega world never really captured the magic. Sure it was fun new and exciting but not the place you'd keep going back to. Wonderland however in its heyday was something else that place was epic

[@cobainfat]

WOW! good work mate! such a good video. hope you keep up the good work, you'll be a big player some day

[@pavementpounder7502]

Visited on a trip to Sydney with family in 2000. I remember the lines were so long, like an hour long wait for some, that we only got to go on a couple of rides. Remember Aqua Nova, and a VR roller coaster. Kind of sad what happened to it but inevitable really.

[@JeffGavinMusic]

Wait this just made me tear up! When I visited Sydney as a kid I wanted to go here more than anything!

[@alanwright8218]

2019,and now Timezone is going strong and a new one has opened near my place

[@Blackbladetitan]

I went there only once, it was the only time my parents let us go. I loved it, it was amazing and i wish i could go again.

[@guygoodwin]

I remember playing mad bazooka . Great memories as a kid

[@ewha2456]

"So without much further ado" - such a perfect way of saying this in "aussie".

[@Squato]

Ah Sega World. A place I always loved looking at whenever I went to this part of Sydney, but never had the chance to go into because of the cost. I can tell you that even when the Olympics had been on, and there was a lot of things happening in Darling Harbour for the games, this failed to gain any real interest from people. Best memory I have from the place was the offended look by an old gentlemen behind the counter when I said that I couldn't pay the fee. I might be wrong, but when I asked why they didn't just charge for the rides I was informed that they cost a lot of money and something about not wanting to create long lines of people inside the place with the huge crowds unable to access the games/rides. The lack of people there made that logic ring hollow to me.

[@ununpentiummoscovium9871]

An interesting video. Was always meaning to go there but I never got around to it before it closed. However, I did go to the auction and I still have the auction catalogue as well as some of the items that I purchased. Some of the interesting items that I still have are, the large Sega World Banner that was hung at the entrance, several digital video players (Doremi V1) which were used to display videos of the rides and games as internal advertising, entertainment and ride information on the various video screens, the actual laserdiscs from the Aqua Nova ride (I won some of the hardware as they decided to auction off the ride separately as it was passed-in as a complete item), various Sega World laserdiscs which played video on the spherical 3D looking screen near the ceiling, Mad Bazooka display screens, circuit boards and some misc. IT stuff, like CDROMs with original artwork drawings, advertising source material, etc that should have probably been destroyed rather than be auctioned off. It was a sad sight to see the place being dissected and picked apart at the end. The same thing happened to Fox Studio's Backlot theme park, and I went to that auction too

[@TheSuper200]

You should post images of all these online!

[@bluffgawd]

sega world - LETS JUST DROP THE E! SGA

[@meltonthegamer]

Excellent video and nice to see Panzer Dragoon make an appearance. It's a shame SEGA fell far, but their legacy lives on 👾

[@nikhiljagarajan8713]

I have been to Sega world in Dubai before it got shutdown. Some of my greatest memories.

[@d00mch1ld]

I have actually been to this theme park. Memories still strong.

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

I went twice. It was bloody great. Expensive though.

[@balung]

The 2000 Sydney Olympics destroyed Australia.

[@danmann861]

I had the pleasure of going as a kid. I loved it! Just a shame it never really took off

[@MitchellBPYao]

I sometimes laugh whenever they want to go here but remember riding the boats on the lake

[@tahiyya4926]

Darling harbour in the 90s and 2000s looked more fun than compared to now

[@troyisfilming]

Nice job on the research, wish I could have visited SEGA World at least once.

[@LordAKiraAndou]

went twice and loved it

[@davidarturojaimes691]

I guess the closing and demolishing of SegaWorld was a hard kick for the fans of Sega...

[@retrobob3802]

Great video - well (deeply) researched too.

[@joshfish2]

I was just a tad too young to have been able to go to the theme park at the time, but even for someone who's not that keen on theme parks, this place looked fun, unique and not too extreme for most people. Wish it could've opened just a little bit longer, so I could've at least walked around it :( for as long as I remember otherwise though, I only remember it in its abandoned state, and the only sega themed thing I ever got to see there, was the sign (that got taken off soon after closure ofc) and a few arcade machines playing sega games. Otherwise, it was just the domed entrance that was open, and some weird anamatronic animal things that you could ride on, everything else on the inside was closed, so likely I remember it only on the outside from the last few months it was open in late 2000 and onwards. I also remember its last days, when the domed foyer was all that was left in the demolition site, and saw the youtube video of it getting torn down soon after like 2008ish? :(

[@MikeRox83]

PS2 didn't destroy the Dreamcast, it didn't get chance as Sega pulled the plug barely 2 months after the PS2 launched. Fascinating to watch this though. I always wanted to go to the London one.

[@jimbotheassclown]

Sega killed it's Self first with almost zero marketing . Second with no copy protection for the console lol you could just burn a copy of a rented game and never have to buy one . Third they released the dreamcast and saturn to close to each other it kinda pissed off their customers.

[@MikeRox83]

@@jimbotheassclown 32X just before the Saturn didn't help either. But I think the biggest problem Sega had with the Dreamcast was the Arcade market completely collapsing at the same time giving them a massive cash flow crisis. The dreamcast actually didn't still too badly in the time frame it was on the market and there were some potential system sellers on the very near horizon that would have launched had Sega not pulled the plug.

[@psychedashell]

Went there once with a school excursion in 1997. Spent most of the morning waiting in line for rides, blew most of my spending money on a stupidly expensive lunch - stupidly expensive for an 11 year old - won a collection of toys with the last of my spending money by making one really unlikely throw in the ticket games and spent the rest of the day waiting in line for one of the rides. Stage show didn't happen that day for some reason or other and I never saw the mascot costumes at all. I still wanted to go back but it shut before I got my part time job. Still have the rides pass which hasn't aged too well and the toy collection is still in the box but I never got any merchandise with Sega World Sydney on it.

[@khfan4life365]

I can see this in its own location in Universal. I mean, yeah, Sega World is its own park, but this would work in Universal and people would love it.

[@metalgear292]

I remember playing Ghost Hunters and trying to beat the boss before the ride got back around to the beginning, so we could go round again for the next level.

[@greywolf6162]

I used to have a game works near my house. It was located at Ontario mills mall with the Dave and busters. I went there once in 2012.

[@jankjason]

I always saw it but I never got to enter it. I think my brother did go there but my parent's couldn't really afford such things.

[@shadowhuntagaming]

Going here was one of my favourite memories as a kid. I am always going on about it, but no one really knows what it is...

[@mrpyrostorm3165]

Growing up in country Australia I only got to go to SEGA world once when visiting my uncle in Sydney. I remember the commercial they were playing at the time with the tag line "get out of the house" kind of funny considering at that stage we were playing a Mega Drive in the house. Sadly it was underwhelming, as a huge sonic fan I expected to see him everywhere but he was only in promo material. I wanted games. And I will never forget how ripped off my uncle felt when paying for the tickets to get in.

[@MrMadmazz]

19:33 . Being in my mid 30's i remember when Timeszone's flagship on the gold coast had rides and was called Grundy's. I remeber my mum worked there and seaworld near the end before Timezone changed most of it. I still remember mum talking about banning scammers that would use 2cent coins instead of the token system they had. Maybe do a video on Grundy's if you can get good info on it.

[@ExtremeTourname]

Nice documentary

[@СтивенВасилевский]

I remember this park. We used to wait outside and collect the wrist bands from people that have just come out of the venue and get a free ride 🤣🤣😂😂

[@tomoyaokazakiremiejordan756]

afaik Sega World still lives, not just in our hearts, but in JAPAN

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

I went once or twice as a kid to Sega World. The 3d effects back then were pretty good, or I'm just remembering with nostalgia goggles on. During the 3d space flight game I accidentally slapped the dudes head in front of me because I wanted to shake hands with the 3d character they looked like they were right in front of my face.

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

I wonder what ever happened to a lot of the carnivals that happened around Sydney. For the life of me I can't remember the names of them. There use to be some really great mobile carnivals in the 90s

[@retrocar7761]

I heard one of the Sonic status from Sega world recently turned up in a junk yard.

[@SirLaptop]

Yes, I've been aware of that for well over a week now. I once considered going out and getting the statue, but I can't afford the cost of buying and restoring it, which is a huge ask financially. - SL

[@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254]

Retro Car Yeah, but another statue was left alone in Japan’s mountains

[@retrocar7761]

Alexander Hale Yeah I heard about that one, it was bought by someone from a Sega World in Japan and has been sitting in the mountains for about 15 years, unfortunately the statue is showing signs of decay, such as Sonic missing his nose.

[@oliverbendallcharles]

It also had to do with the fact that it didn’t evolve enough for people who had been once or twice before to go again. The Elvira roller coaster was cool!

[@kylepeck4491]

I always wanted to visit Sega World