Golden Center Game Corner
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Golden Center Game Corner |
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Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Google maps: 35.449824,139.630817 |
Opened: 1968-05-11[1][2] |
Closed: 19xx |
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The Golden Center Game Corner, was a 1500m² arcade, opened by Sega Enterprises on 11 May, 1968 on the seventh floor of the Sakuragicho Golden Center (桜木町ゴールデンセンター), currently Sakuragicho Pio City[3] (桜木町ぴおシティ), a shopping center located in the city of Yokohama in Japan[1][2].
Opened on the same day of Sakuragicho Golden Center's inauguration, the arcade contained more than 140 games and several other amusement pieces manufactured both by Sega Enterprises and the major US firms that the company represented in Japan at the time (Rock-Ola, Williams, Bally, Midway, Chicago Coin, etc).
The seven million dollar building also housed two wedding halls and five types of foreign restaurants.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Golden Center Game Corner/Magazine articles.
Photo gallery
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Billboard, "July 6, 1968" (US; 1968-07-06), page 44
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cash Box, "July 6, 1968" (US; 1968-07-06), page 45
- ↑ http://www.piocity.com/pio.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-24 02:50)