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Yokohama Joypolis
Location: 神奈川県横浜市中区新山下１丁目１４番１８号, Japan
Opened: 1994-07-20[1]
Closed: 2001-02-28[2]

Yokohama Joypolis (横浜ジョイポリス), later Joypolis H. Factory Yokohama (ジョイポリスH.FACTORY横浜), was the first Joypolis indoor theme park opened by Sega. Alongside the earlier Osaka ATC Galbo, the park was one of the original two locations opened under the Amusement Theme Park concept in 1994,[3] becoming the company's flagship amusement facility during the mid 1990s. It has since been closed permanently and demolished.

Story

The "B.U.R.P." escalator device created by "Dr. Chrono", used as the centrepiece theme story aspect in Yokohama Joypolis

Yokohama Joypolis was themed around a conceptual story involving a fictional professor, "Dr. Chrono", and his creation, the "B.U.R.P." (Basic Universal Reflector Prism),[4] a device which, in its physical form, involved the escalators linking the floors of the centre together.[5] "Dr Chrono" was first used for Osaka ATC Galbo and would go on to feature in the other two Galbo locations.

  • 日本語
  • English
天才発明家"Ｄr.クロノ"。 横浜　新山下に秘密の研究所を持つ彼の目的は、「"時"の破壊」。 日常という「時の流れ」に支配され、いつもと同じ「空間」で変化のない毎日を過ごすことに何の疑問も抱かずに生きる人々にとてつもない衝撃を与えるために、彼は研究を重ねてきた。そして、ついに『時空間位相変調装置（ＢＵＲＰ）』が出来上がった。『ＢＵＲＰ』を稼働させれば、「時」を歪ませ、「空間」にひずみをつくり、人々を「時の流れ」から解放させることができる。ところが、この事態を時空間管理局（タイム・ポリス）がキャッチし、彼の実験を妨げようとする。"Ｄr．クロノ"は、『ＢＵＲＰ』を守るために、研究所をアミューズメントテーマパーク 『ジョイポリス』としてカモフラージュした。彼の研究成果は７種類の時空間を体験できるアトラクションにより体験できる。[7]
Genius Inventor "Dr. Chrono" Yokohama "Destruction of 'Time' "--that's the aim of Dr. Chrono who has a secret laboratory in Shin-Yamashita. He's been struggling through one experiment after another, just to give an astonishing impact to those who, ruled by the "current of time", will never question the way they spend days in the same old "space". At last, he has succeeded in inventing the "*Phase Modulator of Time and Space* (BURP)". "BURP" allows both "time" and "space" to be warped, so that people can be set free from the "current of time". As luck would have it, however, the Time Police catch-on to news of his discovery and try to stop him from continuing his experiments. To protect "BURP", "Dr. Chrono" disguises his laboratory by turning it into an amusement park "JOYPOLIS". You can try the fruits of his research in our attractions that allow you to encounter seven different dimensions of time and space.[6]

History

Main article: Yokohama Joypolis/History.

Attractions

Original attractions

Later attractions

Videos

Gallery

  • Yokohama Joypolis exterior, circa July 1994

  • Yokohama Joypolis 1994.jpg

  • Gift shop

  • Medal games

  • "B.U.R.P."

  • VR-1

  • Yokohama VR1.jpg
  • Yokohama VR1 2.jpg
  • Yokohama VR1 3.jpg
  • Yokohama VR1 4.jpg

  • AS-1

  • Rail Chase: The Ride

  • Yokohama RailChase 2.jpg

  • Exterior circa December 1994

  • Yokohama Xmas 94 Interior.jpg
  • Yokohama Xmas 94 Interior 2.jpg

  • Virtua Fighter Eternal Battle event, February 1995

  • Yokohama Virtua Fighter Eternal Battle 2 02.jpg

  • Sega Rally Time Attack Festival event, circa mid 1995

  • Photo of Skate GSJ meet held circa June 1995

  • Joypolis H. Factory Yokohama circa early 2000s

  • JoypolisHFactoryYokohama Inside.jpg

  • Ghost Hunters II entrance

  • Ghost Hunters II exterior circa February 2001

  • Mad Bazooka exterior circa February 2001

  • MadBazooka Yokohama 2.jpg

Magazine articles

Main article: Yokohama Joypolis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • 1994 promotional booklet for the Amusement Theme Park concept featuring Yokohama Joypolis

  • Late 1996 leaflet

  • Yokohama Joypolis JP Booklet 96 2.jpg

  • 2000 leaflet

  • Joypolis H Factory JP Booklet 00 2.jpg

External links

References

  1. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 31
  2. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/yokohama/home.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-06 01:27)
  3. ↑ File:Amusement Theme Park JP Booklet.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue21/misc/joypolis.html
  5. ↑ Sega Magazine, "1997-03 (1997-03)" (JP; 1997-02-13), page 19
  6. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega_e/atp/yokohama/story.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-02-16 13:04)
  7. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/yokohama/story.html (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-24 10:53)


Joypolis venues
Current
Tokyo Joypolis (1996) | Shanghai Joypolis (2016)
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) | Qingdao Joypolis (2015-2023) | Joypolis VR Shibuya (2018-2020)
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