Hideki Kamiya's Video Games (in-house arcade)

[Some-Mist]

figured you guys would be pretty pumped to see a video IGN did on Hideki Kamiya's (resident evil 2, bayonetta, devil may cry, viewtiful joe, okami) game room (PCB library and cabs/monitors) seeing as he's into a very similar hobby as a lot of us

it's a heavy influence that he uses/used in game development.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEIyN5Lubsc

[EmperorIng]

Fun video. Loved that the first game showcased was The Ninja Warriors (and final was Darius). Mad respect for the three-tv setup. Also surprising to hear him voice his distaste for horror, and call RE2 more of an action game than a horror game (when comparing the two RE games side-by-side, you can definitely see it).

It's worth nothing how much inspiration he feels he gets from the golden-age of arcade games (80s). Good taste.

[cicada88]

thanks for this....nice collection

[Some-Mist]

I actually wonder how many shmups he has and what his total pcb count is. he cites gradius as a huge influence growing up... and he has twinbee playing on one of his blast citys in the back ground.

can't tell what one of the other cabs is in the far back (at 1:53), and I know it isn't... but it almost looks like a pony

[soprano1]

Thanks for posting this, now i feel like playing a credit of Fantasy Zone in mame.

[CIT]

I loved his story about when he was playing Gradius as kid and searched the entire house for a ¥50 coin, just to cycle to the game center, die at the Moai stage again, and then go home again. Can definitely relate to that from my own childhood.

[Skykid]

This was great. I'm not crazy about his games (Resi 2 has all my love) but I am crazy about his old-school collecting habits and influences. Awesome watch, best thing I've seen IGN produce in the entirety of their shameful existence.

[cools]

I actually wonder how many shmups he has and what his total pcb count is. he cites gradius as a huge influence growing up... and he has twinbee playing on one of his blast citys in the back ground.

can't tell what one of the other cabs is in the far back (at 1:53), and I know it isn't... but it almost looks like a pony

It's an SNK Candy 25.

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/SNK_Candy_25

[Some-Mist]

that's definitely it. haha

seems like a pretty cool looking/smaller sized cab. are they kind of uncommon?

[cools]

Exceptionally rare.

[nasty_wolverine]

kamiya->respect++;

[nosorrow]

Good stuff

Thanks for sharing!

[shmuppyLove]

Cool bit for sure

What's the game at 10m30s?

[Some-Mist]

that's the wonderful 101 (directed by kamiya) on the Wii U. it's basically an action/hack-n-slash game in which you use a stylus to make different weapons to counter different enemies. it sort of looks like pikman because you're controlling a crazy amount of characters at once, but they all act as 1 character.

it's actually a lot of fun once you learn how the system works (which for me was about halfway through the game unfortunately haha)

[yojo!]

Somehow, I don't feel as disturbed as I used to looking at my PCB collection after watching this video.

[evil_ash_xero]

I always pictured his set up being way bigger and more fancy. He still has one of those little Japanese homes.

I was expecting something more like "Cribs".

[BIL]

Loved this guy ever since DMC1 and other fine work, even moreso after this vid. Enviable pad.