17/08/2026
World Game Circus in Japan.
It was 1.5 hours on the train from the center of the city (Each way), but wow, it was worth it in the end!
They have some crazy rare games: Crankin' DJ 2, Sabin Sound Star, EZ2AC, Chrono Circle, IIDX Red (and old mixes), Keyboard Mania and a bunch of other stuff. I'll upload a full video at some point.
They have 4 mini locations, all across the street from each other. The building is really unassuming, no signs, nothing. You kinda have to know it's here.
Most of the machines have livestreaming, and while it's almost feels like a museum, the machines are generally well maintained for pro players. It's not a typical museum to get foot traffic in the door, stuff actually works good! I guess it makes sense as they have monthly rankings for many machines too.
They can switch out mixes too on many machines. Most of the machines have the back doors removed, so they can switch the games out pretty easily. I know I've seen some really old mixes running here, especially on the DDR
Weirdly, DDR cabs in Japan really suck (Like 95% of them! haha!), which was really surprising to me. WGC has the only one I've seen (so far) that has countersunk screws and it's sensitive enough to play really hard stuff.... I've visited around 30 arcades so far, once you get to 18, you start getting misses unless you step hard. It kinda sucks. I didn't expect that at all. This is way better though
They have Pump Phoenix 2 in an LX too. The pads aren't the best condition, but I guess not many people play Pump here.
Full video coming soon. These pictures don't really do it justice.
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