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While the arcade still exists, the arcade is now only 1 floor and is much smaller, the other half is a Casino. There are far fewer cabinets are in operation and a portion of the arcade is home to a small cafe called ShakeXpress. The arcade has greater emphasis on Fruit and Slot machines these days. Around 2005 Leisure Exchange attempted to move this operation to a smaller premises but were unable to due to fears of criminal activity. | While the arcade still exists, the arcade is now only 1 floor and is much smaller, the other half is a Casino. There are far fewer cabinets are in operation and a portion of the arcade is home to a small cafe called ShakeXpress. The arcade has greater emphasis on Fruit and Slot machines these days. Around 2005 Leisure Exchange attempted to move this operation to a smaller premises but were unable to due to fears of criminal activity. | ||
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| + | Sega World used to have many Sega games avaliable to play and also had [[R-360]] and [[AS-1]] simulators. When the arcade reduced in size, A section called "Sega Casino" was added n featuring slot and Fruit machines for adults. Today most of the slots and fruits are at the back of the arcade. The rest are with the games and Claw Machines. The sega games have been reduced though, The Sega games are [[OutRun 2 SP]], [[House of the Dead 4]], [[Daytona USA]], a [[Sega UFO Catcher]], [[Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice]] and [[Transformers: Human Alliance]]. | ||
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| Sega World Bournemouth |
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| Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| Google maps: 50.718393,-1.874131 |
| Opened: 1993-07-24 |
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The Sega World (Family Centre) at 45-47 Westover Road, Bournemouth, United Kingdom was an indoor Sega World video arcade which opened in July 1993. It was the first dedicated Sega-branded arcade to open in Europe and is thought to have been the largest of its type for its time.
Unlike SegaWorld London which would become the the Sega World showpiece in the UK, the Bournemouth arcade was merely a place to play arcade games and browse a Sega-branded store (or visit the Burger King next door) or play some Bowling. however Sega used this location to demonstrate and test-run many of its new arcade machines.
By 1994, The Bowling Alley was taken out and the Sega Shop closed in 1995. The Reception was taken out in 1997 and Following the opening of the London branch, this Sega World eventually became known as a Sega Park around 1998. On the 31st of March 2000, Sega sold the arcade to Leisure Exchange, and the Burger King closed down in 2001. The arcade was renamed "Leisure Exchange and Quasar Elite" in 2006 and added a Quasar laser tag centre at the back of the arcade which remained until around 2012. in 2010, the name changed to "Amusements", then in 2012 "Prize Central" and in 2013, "Fun Central", which is what the arcade currently operates as.
While the arcade still exists, the arcade is now only 1 floor and is much smaller, the other half is a Casino. There are far fewer cabinets are in operation and a portion of the arcade is home to a small cafe called ShakeXpress. The arcade has greater emphasis on Fruit and Slot machines these days. Around 2005 Leisure Exchange attempted to move this operation to a smaller premises but were unable to due to fears of criminal activity.
Games
Sega World used to have many Sega games avaliable to play and also had R-360 and AS-1 simulators. When the arcade reduced in size, A section called "Sega Casino" was added n featuring slot and Fruit machines for adults. Today most of the slots and fruits are at the back of the arcade. The rest are with the games and Claw Machines. The sega games have been reduced though, The Sega games are OutRun 2 SP, House of the Dead 4, Daytona USA, a Sega UFO Catcher, Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice and Transformers: Human Alliance.