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− | In Japan, '''Sega World''' (セガワールド) | + | In Japan, '''Sega World''' (セガワールド) was a chain of game centers created by [[Sega]]. |
− | Sega | + | The [[Sega World]] name originated in Japan, originally used for a small number of family-oriented venues in [[wikipedia:Ito Yokado|Ito Yokado]] department stores during 1989, including [[Sega World Ito Yokado Obihiro]] and [[Sega World Ito Yokado Toyohashi]]. It then returned in 1990 for [[Sega World Tokyo Roof]] and further centers aimed at families like [[Club Sega Inage O2 Park|O2 Park Sega World]], successfully creating a template that would be borrowed and retooled for the expansion of Sega's amusement venues into other countries over the course of the decade. |
− | Sega | + | Usage of the name in Japan by time of the mid 1990s was usually for large out of town buildings commissioned by Sega, characterised by their bright décor. By this time, hundreds of Sega Worlds are thought to have been opened, making it the predominant chain of amusement venues created by the company in their home country. However, a proportion of these later closed during a company-wide restructure during the early 2000s. Eventually, new venues stopped opening altogether throughout Japan by 2004. |
+ | After a logo redesign in the early 2000s, Sega began experimenting with the established Sega World formula, opening more centers in indoor retail locations. Towards the start of the 2010s, the name fell out of use in favour of general "Sega" game centers, fulfilling much the same purpose. Many of the remaining Sega Worlds have since been rebranded accordingly. | ||
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+ | In January of 2022, Genda GiGO announced it had acquired all of Sega's remaining arcade company shares. All Sega Worlds were renamed under the GiGO brand accordingly, this in turn established the fate of Sega World as a chain and no more venues remain. | ||
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==Venues== | ==Venues== | ||
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*[[Sega World Higashi Yamatoshi Station]] | *[[Sega World Higashi Yamatoshi Station]] | ||
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*[[Sega World Musashi-mura ichi]] | *[[Sega World Musashi-mura ichi]] | ||
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==Former venues== | ==Former venues== | ||
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Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Kakogawa]] 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71 (セガワールド 加古川 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71) | Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Kakogawa]] 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71 (セガワールド 加古川 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71) | ||
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Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Minami Machida]] 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4 (セガワールド 南町田 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4) | Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Minami Machida]] 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4 (セガワールド 南町田 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4) | ||
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Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Yokote]] 秋田県横手市駅南2-88 (セガワールド 横手 秋田県横手市駅南2-88) | Notavailable.svg|[[Sega World Yokote]] 秋田県横手市駅南2-88 (セガワールド 横手 秋田県横手市駅南2-88) | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Venues in Japan| ]] | [[Category:Venues in Japan| ]] |
Latest revision as of 15:57, 18 September 2023
In Japan, Sega World (セガワールド) was a chain of game centers created by Sega.
The Sega World name originated in Japan, originally used for a small number of family-oriented venues in Ito Yokado department stores during 1989, including Sega World Ito Yokado Obihiro and Sega World Ito Yokado Toyohashi. It then returned in 1990 for Sega World Tokyo Roof and further centers aimed at families like O2 Park Sega World, successfully creating a template that would be borrowed and retooled for the expansion of Sega's amusement venues into other countries over the course of the decade.
Usage of the name in Japan by time of the mid 1990s was usually for large out of town buildings commissioned by Sega, characterised by their bright décor. By this time, hundreds of Sega Worlds are thought to have been opened, making it the predominant chain of amusement venues created by the company in their home country. However, a proportion of these later closed during a company-wide restructure during the early 2000s. Eventually, new venues stopped opening altogether throughout Japan by 2004.
After a logo redesign in the early 2000s, Sega began experimenting with the established Sega World formula, opening more centers in indoor retail locations. Towards the start of the 2010s, the name fell out of use in favour of general "Sega" game centers, fulfilling much the same purpose. Many of the remaining Sega Worlds have since been rebranded accordingly.
In January of 2022, Genda GiGO announced it had acquired all of Sega's remaining arcade company shares. All Sega Worlds were renamed under the GiGO brand accordingly, this in turn established the fate of Sega World as a chain and no more venues remain.
Branding
Venues
Open
- Sega World Oasis Park (Summer 1999)
Closed
- Age's Kumamoto (1990-07-28)
- O2 Park Sega World (1990-04-26)
- Orient Park Sega World (199x)
- Sega World 21 (xxxx)
- Sega World Abiko (2000-10-27(?))
- Sega World Activa (19xx)
- Sega World Ageo (199x)
- Sega World Akita (19xx)
- Sega World Algo (xxxx)
- Sega World Alpark (199x)
- Sega World Anjo (xxxx)
- Sega World Aoi (19xx)
- Sega World Aomori (19xx)
- Sega World Apollo (200x)
- Sega World Aqua Walk Ogaki (xxxx)
- Sega World Arca Kit (2002-03-29)
- Sega World Ariake Plaza (1990-08-11)
- Sega World Ario Sapporo (xxxx)
- Sega World Arukas (19xx)
- Sega World Asahi (2003-07-19)
- Sega World Asahikawa (19xx)
- Sega World ATC Galbo (1998)
- Sega World Atsugi Tamuramachi (19xx)
- Sega World Baleine (1993-12-28)
- Sega World Bayside Plaza (xxxx)
- Sega World Bisai (2002-09-13)
- Sega World Chikaoka (1998-10)
- Sega World Chiryu (19xx)
- Sega World Chitose (199x)
- Sega World Cocoe Amagasaki (2009-10-20)
- Sega World Cospal (1991-09-20)
- Sega World Dream Factory (2006-11-18)
- Sega World Edamatsu (19xx)
- Sega World Eden (19xx)
- Sega World Fair (xxxx)
- Sega World Festa (2002-08-13)
- Sega World Festival Gate (1997-07-18)
- Sega World Frespo Higashi Osaka (xxxx)
- Sega World Fuchu (2003-04-24)
- Sega World Fuji (20xx)
- Sega World Fuji Grand (xxxx)
- Sega World Fujieda Ekinan (20xx)
- Sega World Fujieda Station South (19xx)
- Sega World Fujiwaradai (2004-10-29)
- Sega World Fukuda (xxxx)
- Sega World Fukushima (19xx)
- Sega World Fukuyama (19xx)
- Sega World Funabori (19xx)
- Sega World Furukawa (1999-04-23)
- Sega World Fuse (19xx)
- Sega World Fushiko (199x)
- Sega World Fuso (19xx)
- Sega World Fussa (19xx)
- Sega World Garden Futou (19xx)
- Sega World Gold On (19xx)
- Sega World Green City (19xx)
- Sega World Hachinohe R45 (19xx)
- Sega World Hachioji (199x)
- Sega World Hakata (xxxx)
- Sega World Hakkeijima Carnival House (1993-05-08)
- Sega World Hakodate (xxxx)
- Sega World Hakusan (xxxx)
- Sega World Hamano (xxxx)
- Sega World Hanakita (2003-04)
- Sega World Hanamaki (19xx)
- Sega World Hanna Sports Garden (xxxx)
- Sega World Hanno (199x)
- Sega World Hidaka Plaza (19xx)
- Sega World Higashihiroshima (19xx)
- Sega World Higashiyamato (19xx)
- Sega World Highway Park (xxxx)
- Sega World Hikarigaoka (19xx)
- Sega World Himi (199x)
- Sega World Hirakata (19xx)
- Sega World Hirakata Park (19xx)
- Sega World Hisai (2004-10-15)
- Sega World Hita (20xx)
- Sega World Hitachi (1995-08-31)
- Sega World Hiwada (19xx)
- Sega World Holiday Square (199x)
- Sega World Honjo (xxxx)
- Sega World Honoku ASTY (1992-08-21)
- Sega World Hoshigaura (19xx)
- Sega World Ichinoseki (19xx)
- Sega World Iizuka (xxxx)
- Sega World Ikuwa (1993-12-11)
- Sega World Imabari (xxxx)
- Sega World Imafuku (xxxx)
- Sega World Imaichi (xxxx)
- Sega World Imakatata (19xx)
- Sega World Imure (19xx)
- Sega World Iruma (19xx)
- Sega World Isehara (19xx)
- Sega World Isesaki (19xx)
- Sega World Ishinomaki (2003-12-18)
- Sega World Itazuke (xxxx)
- Sega World Ito Yokado Obihiro (1989-02-25)
- Sega World Ito Yokado Toyohashi (1989-10-13)
- Sega World Ivic Terashima (19xx)
- Sega World Iwade (19xx)
- Sega World Iwakishi (19xx)
- Sega World Iyo Mishima (19xx)
- Sega World Izumi (2002-12-10)
- Sega World Izumi Bypass (1999-05-22)
- Sega World Izumo (19xx)
- Sega World Joetsu (19xx)
- Sega World Kadena (xxxx)
- Sega World Kadoma (19xx)
- Sega World Kagohara (19xx)
- Sega World Kagoshima (19xx)
- Sega World Kaita (19xx)
- Sega World Kaizuka (xxxx)
- Sega World Kameyama (19xx)
- Sega World Kamiotai Mozo Wonder City (2009-04-21)
- Sega World Kamiyokota (19xx)
- Sega World Kanabori (19xx)
- Sega World Kanazawa (2002-12-21)
- Sega World Kani (19xx)
- Sega World Kanoya (19xx)
- Sega World Kasai (20xx)
- Sega World Kashihara (xxxx)
- Sega World Kashiwa 1042 (xxxx)
- Sega World Kasugai (19xx)
- Sega World Kasukabe (19xx)
- Sega World Kasumigaura (19xx)
- Sega World Kawabe (19xx)
- Sega World Kawaguchi (19xx)
- Sega World Kiryu (1994-12)
- Sega World Kishiwada (xxxx)
- Sega World Kitami (xxxx)
- Sega World Kitamoto (19xx)
- Sega World Kitayamagata (1999-04-16)
- Sega World Kobuchi (xxxx)
- Sega World Kofu Chuuou (19xx)
- Sega World Kokubu (2004-09-17)
- Sega World Komyoike (2004-04-15)
- Sega World Koriyama (19xx)
- Sega World Kosai (xxxx)
- Sega World Koyama (19xx)
- Sega World Kronos (19xx)
- Sega World Kumanan (xxxx)
- Sega World Kumiyama (xxxx)
- Sega World Kurashiki (199x)
- Sega World Kurihashi (xxxx)
- Sega World Kuroiwa (19xx)
- Sega World Kurosaki (19xx)
- Sega World Kusatsu (2008-11-14)
- Sega World Kushiro Chou (xxxx)
- Sega World Kuwana (2004-07-16)
- Sega World Maebashi (19xx)
- Sega World Maiya (19xx)
- Sega World Marugame (2002-07-11)
- Sega World Matsubara (2003-06-02)
- Sega World Matsue (xxxx)
- Sega World Matsusaka (19xx)
- Sega World MEGA (19xx)
- Sega World Midorigaoka (19xx)
- Sega World Miki (19xx)
- Sega World Minami Sendai (1998-11-07)
- Sega World Minamisuna (19xx)
- Sega World Mirai Nagasaki Cocowalk (2008-10-01)
- Sega World Miyakonojo (xxxx)
- Sega World Miyazaki (xxxx)
- Sega World Mizusawa (19xx)
- Sega World Mominokimura (xxxx)
- Sega World Musashi Murayama (xxxx)
- Sega World Nagaoka (19xx)
- Sega World Nagasawa (20xx)
- Sega World Nagoya Bay City (2004-10-29)
- Sega World Naka (1999)
- Sega World Nakahara (xxxx)
- Sega World Nakano (19xx)
- Sega World Nakatsu (xxxx)
- Sega World Nakoso (19xx)
- Sega World Nangoku (19xx)
- Sega World Nanyo (xxxx)
- Sega World Nara (19xx)
- Sega World Narimasu (19xx)
- Sega World Narita (19xx)
- Sega World Natsumi (1993-12-03)
- Sega World Nihonmatsu (19xx)
- Sega World Niigata Kurosaki (199x)
- Sega World Niiza (19xx)
- Sega World Nishitsuruma (19xx)
- Sega World Nobeoka (xxxx)
- Sega World Noda (1995)
- Sega World Numata (xxxx)
- Sega World Nuts Berry (xxxx)
- Sega World Ocean Plaza (xxxx)
- Sega World Odawara (xxxx)
- Sega World Ofuna Sonic Island (19xx)
- Sega World Oi (19xx)
- Sega World Okazaki (xxxx)
- Sega World Omachi (2002)
- Sega World Omagari (199x)
- Sega World Ome (19xx)
- Sega World Omori (19xx)
- Sega World Omura (xxxx)
- Sega World Ota (19xx)
- Sega World Oto (2004-04-28)
- Sega World Otofuke (xxxx)
- Sega World Papas (199x)
- Sega World Papillon Plaza (19xx)
- Sega World Paradise Garden (19xx)
- Sega World Parthenos (19xx)
- Sega World Pau Kashiwa (2003-04-22)
- Sega World Rinkuu (1994-09)
- Sega World Rokujizo (19xx)
- Sega World Ryugasaki (2007-08-11)
- Sega World Sano (xxxx)
- Sega World Sanuma (19xx)
- Sega World Satozuka (xxxx)
- Sega World Satozuka (19xx)
- Sega World Satte (19xx)
- Sega World Sayama (19xx)
- Sega World Sea Mall Shimonoseki (xxxx)
- Sega World Seagaia (1993-07)
- Sega World Sega Omoshiro Yuugi Goten Kisogawa (xxxx)
- Sega World Sendai Yaotome (xxxx)
- Sega World Settsu Wings (19xx)
- Sega World Shibata (19xx)
- Sega World Shibukawa (19xx)
- Sega World Shigenobu (xxxx)
- Sega World Shikahama (19xx)
- Sega World Shimo Kamiya (19xx)
- Sega World Shimodate (19xx)
- Sega World Shin Mikuni (19xx)
- Sega World Shindo (19xx)
- Sega World Shinsei (199x)
- Sega World Shirakawa (1998-11-26)
- Sega World Shizuoka (xxxx-xx-xx)
- Sega World Shizuoka Toyota Chou (19xx)
- Sega World Shounan (199x)
- Sega World Shouwa (19xx)
- Sega World Shussui (xxxx)
- Sega World Skip Town (xxxx)
- Sega World Soka (19xx)
- Sega World Soma (1993-12-28)
- Sega World Sonic Town Seki (2003-11-21)
- Sega World South West (19xx)
- Sega World Suehiro (19xx)
- Sega World Sun To Moon (19xx)
- Sega World Sunspa Omura (2003-11-30)
- Sega World Suzuran (19xx)
- Sega World Tajimi (2002-10-11)
- Sega World Takahagi (1994-12)
- Sega World Takamatsu (xxxx)
- Sega World Takasaki (19xx)
- Sega World Takashiro (xxxx)
- Sega World Takatsuki (1994-03-30)
- Sega World Takayama (19xx)
- Sega World Takefu (19xx)
- Sega World Takizawa (19xx)
- Sega World Tarumi (xxxx)
- Sega World Tatebayashi (xxxx)
- Sega World Tempozan (199x)
- Sega World Tendo (19xx)
- Sega World Tobe (19xx)
- Sega World Tochigi (19xx)
- Sega World Togitsu (19xx)
- Sega World Tokyo Roof (1990-09-14)
- Sega World Tomakomai (199x)
- Sega World Tomei (19xx)
- Sega World Tomioka (1995)
- Sega World Tottori (xxxx)
- Sega World Toyama (xxxx)
- Sega World Toyama Chuuou (2002-08-06)
- Sega World Toyoake (19xx)
- Sega World Toyohashi (19xx)
- Sega World Toyoshina (xxxx)
- Sega World Toyota (19xx)
- Sega World Tressa Yokohama (2008-03-27)
- Sega World Tsukashin (19xx)
- Sega World Ueda (xxxx)
- Sega World Ujina (2003-04-24)
- Sega World Utsukushigaoka (1993-05-18)
- Sega World Utsunomiya (2001-04-29)
- Sega World Wako (xxxx)
- Sega World Yaita (19xx)
- Sega World Yamanakako (1993-07-14)
- Sega World Yojirogahama (19xx)
- Sega World Yokkaichi Galbo (2001-08-04)
- Sega World Yonago (19xx)
- Sega World Yonezawa (xxxx)
- Sega World Yonezawa Comic & Internet Cafe (xxxx)
- Sega World Yoshikawa (19xx)
- Sega World Yume Town Chofu (xxxx)
- Sega World Zama (19xx)
- Sega World Zoon (19xx)
Former venues
Sega World Kakogawa 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71 (セガワールド 加古川 兵庫県加古川市尾上町今福71)
Sega World Minami Machida 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4 (セガワールド 南町田 東京都町田市鶴間 667-4)
Sega World Yokote 秋田県横手市駅南2-88 (セガワールド 横手 秋田県横手市駅南2-88)