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Birth of the Japanese Game Center
TCW
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!
Bagatelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPnMcMsttaI
Pachinko Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAg_BjYOwwo
Breakout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok
Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTNnpLMVY8
New episodes on the
1st and 15th of every month!
TCW
Email: [email protected]
Twitter:
@tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -
Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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By Alex Smith, and Jeffrey Daum
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TCW
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!
Bagatelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPnMcMsttaI
Pachinko Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAg_BjYOwwo
Breakout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok
Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTNnpLMVY8
New episodes on the
1st and 15th of every month!
TCW
Email: [email protected]
Twitter:
@tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -
Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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