Difference between revisions of "Niigata Joypolis"
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| − | '''Niigata Joypolis''' (新潟ジョイポリス) was | + | '''Niigata Joypolis''' (新潟ジョイポリス) was a [[Joypolis]] amusement theme park opened by Sega. The second of the Joypolis venues to be opened by Sega{{ref|http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/data.html}}, it proved to perform poorly, and by April 1998 had its operations outsourced to foreign company Magic City Co. Ltd. as part of a restructuring. |
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| + | Under the new ownership, the park was renamed to "Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis", adopting different décor and electronic card payments for its attractions in the process. It closed permanently sometime in 2000 due to low visitor numbers. | ||
==Major attractions== | ==Major attractions== | ||
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*''[[Psychaban]]'' | *''[[Psychaban]]'' | ||
| + | ==Gallery== | ||
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| + | Niigata Joypolis Outside.jpg|Exterior circa late 1997 | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Inside.jpg|Interior | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis IMAX.jpg|IMAX Ride Film | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Aliens.jpg|Alien Panic | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis QZar.jpg|Q-Zar | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis AS1.jpg|AS-1 | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis VR1.jpg|VR-1 | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis GhostHunters.jpg|Ghost Hunters | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis MadBazooka.jpg|Mad Bazooka | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Psychadern.jpg|Psychadern | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Shop1.jpg|Shop exterior | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Shop2.jpg|Shop interior | ||
| + | Niigata MagicCity Joypolis Inside.jpg|Magic City era interior | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ==Promotional material== | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Leaflet.jpg|Leaflet front | ||
| + | Niigata Joypolis Flyer.jpg|Flyer front | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 00:31, 20 February 2021
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| Niigata Joypolis |
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| Location: 新潟県新潟市八千代２丁目５番７号 新潟交通万代シティ, Japan |
| Opened: 1995-12-09[1] |
| Closed: 2000 |
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Niigata Joypolis (新潟ジョイポリス) was a Joypolis amusement theme park opened by Sega. The second of the Joypolis venues to be opened by Sega[1], it proved to perform poorly, and by April 1998 had its operations outsourced to foreign company Magic City Co. Ltd. as part of a restructuring.
Under the new ownership, the park was renamed to "Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis", adopting different décor and electronic card payments for its attractions in the process. It closed permanently sometime in 2000 due to low visitor numbers.
Major attractions
- IMAX Ride Film
- Alien Panic
- Crazy Travel
- Q-ZAR
- AS-1
- VR-1
- Ghost Hunters
- Mad Bazooka
- Grandish no Yakata
- Hijiri Sasuperio Jogakuin
- Psychaban
Gallery
Exterior circa late 1997
Interior
IMAX Ride Film
Alien Panic
Q-Zar
AS-1
VR-1
Ghost Hunters
Mad Bazooka
Psychadern
Shop exterior
Shop interior
Magic City era interior
Promotional material
Leaflet front
Flyer front
References
| Joypolis venues |
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| Current |
| Tokyo Joypolis (1996) | Shanghai Joypolis (2014) | Qingdao Joypolis (2015) |
| Former |
| Shinjuku Joypolis (1996-2000) | Niigata Joypolis (1995-2001) | Yokohama Joypolis (1994-2001) | Fukuoka Joypolis (1996-2001) | Kyoto Joypolis (1997-2002) | Umeda Joypolis (1998-2018) | Okayama Joypolis (1998-2018) | Joypolis VR Shibuya (2018-2020) |