Club Sega
From Sega Retro
Club Sega (クラブセガ) is a chain of game centres and entertainment venues in Japan (and formerly Taiwan) created by Sega.
Alongside Sega Arena, the chain was was started in early 1997, beginning with Club Sega Tenmonkan and Club Sega Kashiwa.[1] Though characterised by their distinct red, black and white décor, Club Segas initially did not follow any fixed concepts;[2] centers could be opened in differing environments, with their features engineered to suit the surroundings and intended customer base. For example, Club Sega Shibuya was an inner-city game center targeted at young adults, featuring a Studio Sega purikura area and futuristic media theming,[3] whereas Club Sega Chatan operated as an entertainment center within a larger family resort, containing Mid-size attractions such as Power Sled.[2]
The chain appears to have later mostly consisted of inner-city venues, with a number of the older Hi-Tech Land Sega locations, including the longstanding former Hi-Tech Sega Shintoku, rebranded to use the name. A fictional Sotenbori location modelled on Club Sega Dotonbori has notably appeared in Yakuza 2, continuing to make appearances in Yakuza 5 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon even after the original Dotonbori branch closed.
Like Sega World, Club Sega is slowly being phased out in favour of a generic (if similar) "Sega" branding.
Contents
Venues
Open
- Club Sega Canal City (Mid-November 2001)
Closed
- Club Sega Advance Mall Matsusaka (2003-03-18)
- Club Sega Akihabara (2000-11-23)
- Club Sega Akihabara Shinkan (2010-02-18)
- Club Sega Aomori (xxxx)
- Club Sega Asahikawa (2007-07-13)
- Club Sega Chatan (1998-07-07)
- Club Sega Dotonbori (200x)
- Club Sega Fujiidera (2006-12-28)
- Club Sega Hakata (xxxx)
- Club Sega Hakodate (2005-03-05)
- Club Sega Hamamatsu (xxxx)
- Club Sega Higashi Umeda (200x)
- Club Sega Himeji OS (xxxx)
- Club Sega Inage O2 Park (2007-11-14)
- Club Sega Jiyugaoka (20xx)
- Club Sega Kanayama (xxx)
- Club Sega Kashiwa (1997-02)
- Club Sega Kasugai (xxxx)
- Club Sega Kawagoe (xxxx)
- Club Sega Kouhoku (2007-07)
- Club Sega Makuhari (2002-06-17)
- Club Sega Matsuyama (19xx)
- Club Sega Morioka (1997-11)
- Club Sega Motoyawata (xxxx)
- Club Sega Nabari (2007-07-20)
- Club Sega Nagoya Fusimi (2006-06-24)
- Club Sega Narimasu (xxxx)
- Club Sega Ogura (xxxx)
- Club Sega Osaki (1999-02)
- Club Sega Sagamiono (xxxx)
- Club Sega Sapporo (19xx)
- Club Sega Sendai (2002-12-20)
- Club Sega Shibuya (1999-02-02)
- Club Sega Shikou (200x)
- Club Sega Shindo (2008-03-22)
- Club Sega Shinjuku Nishiguchi (2004-12-15)
- Club Sega Shinsugita (2004-09-29)
- Club Sega Susukino (19xx)
- Club Sega Tachikawa (19xx)
- Club Sega Takaida (2004-06-18)
- Club Sega Tenmonkan (1997-01)
- Club Sega Tokorozawa (xxxx)
- Club Sega Tsunashima (2002-12-20)
- Club Sega Yokohama (1997-07-18)
- Club Sega Yunokawa (2006-07-01)