eight one said:
You just missed some of the finer points of Central Osaka.
Apparently.......
eight one said:
ahhh "that" sign.. ive seen that many a time from ebisubashi... went looking for the arcade myself one time they used to have lots of neogeo lands back in the late 90's.. i remember going to one at higashi osaka near my house on friday nights after work to challenge about the time 97 and lb1 were out.. that was fun.
Yes indeed, THAT sign. Those pics were a nice little diversion after a lengthy lunch at Ryugutei.
Just how many NGL's used to exist though? I only knew of the Esaka one, and one or two in Aichi. I know another one closed down summer last year I think, which someone posted photos of for having been there. Having weekly '97 competition is quite something to envy you for though.
Mike: The inside is good and bad. It is never the same twice. When I first stopped by last Oct./Nov., they had 40+ MVS games, lots of 50" cabinets, the t-shirts on sale w/the free poster; the whole works. It was really Neo Geo Land. Since then, never more than about 15~20 MVS titles, more "other stuff", always shifting cabinets around, nothing for sale now, they had fewer 50" ones during my last visit and so forth.
I would have taken inside photos too although as I once said, that "no photography" sign combined with the staff's constant evil-eyeing of me made me think otherwise about doing so. By the way, nice pic of Sofmap
Their Neo section is not quite so large anymore.
edit: So as a few of us have been around there, has anyone ever been inside the SNK building? Do they even allow it? I never made it there during business hours hence why all my NGL & SNK building photos are against the night sky.