Roppongi GiGO
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| Roppongi GiGO |
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| Location: 東京都港区六本木七丁目14番4号 アイビス共同ビル5階, Japan |
| Opened: 1992-09-18[1] |
| Closed: 1998 |
Roppongi GiGO (六本木GiGO) is a former Japanese game centre jointly developed by Sega and Ibis, which owned the hotel it was situated in.[1]
The venue is thought to have been the first GiGO and one of Sega's largest up to that point in time, with its September 1992 opening representing one of the company's first steps in establishing large scale entertainment centres. Its high profile status at the time gave it coverage in numerous gaming magazines, as well as a number of promotional segments filmed for Mega Drive Perfect Video '92~'93.
Each of its four floors were devoted to different machines and themes - the first floor generally featured video games, including deluxe Virtua Racing and R360 units, the second housed prize redemption machines, the third featured medal games, and the fourth contained a casino area and karaoke rooms. Customers had to be at least 18 years of age to enter, and 20 to access the fourth floor's casino area.[1]
Roppongi GiGO is thought to have lost Sega's involvement sometime after the late 1990s, becoming known as Roppongi Vortex thereafter and later closing permanently at the end of 2013.[2]
Branding
| Name | Branding | Date |
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| Roppongi GiGO (六本木GiGO) | GiGO | 1992-09-18[1] |
| Closed | 1998 | |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Roppongi GiGO/Magazine articles.
Gallery
Footage from Bad Influence! report on Japan
Later "Vortex" façade in 2007
References
| GiGO venues in Japan |
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| Akihabara | Gifu | Hiroshima | Ikebukuro | Roppongi | Shibuya | Shinsaibashi | Tenjin |