Birth of the Japanese Game Center from They Create Worlds

They Create Worlds

Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum

Birth of the Japanese Game Center

1 hour 31 minutes Posted Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 am.

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Podcast Episode 008 - Birth of the Japanese Game Center

We cover

the beginning of the Japanese game center. How games had to change for Japan

due to space limitations. You did not see many horizontal table games. With

these changes you saw the evolution of Bagatelle to Pachinko. There is the

dissolution of the pachinko parlors starting with the cessation of production

in 1937, and the closing of the parlors in 1938. After WWII pachinko started to

come back as a gambling device to get basic needs. With the rebuilding of Japan

games were not viewed as something adults would do, and were targeted at

children. We continue on with Juke Boxes

and Taito getting them from military bases to restoring them for Japanese

use. We go over some of the differences

between the Japanese and American arcade industries. We cover how arcades start

to spread across Japan. Starting as add-ons to malls, then add-ons to bowling

allies that allowed arcades to penetrate the entire culture. We cover the first

big video game in japan Breakout! Then we get Space Invaders which becomes a

massive hit in Japan!

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Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -

Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode