Mikado Arcade Shinjuku

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:44 pm

Here are some pics of the Mikado arcade in Shinjuku, for those of you who haven't been there or were unable to find some pics online.

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:57 pm

Really cool pics! Love the shabby basement

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:06 pm

great pics as always Ken

are you back in japan for a while ?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:21 pm

Thanks for posting these pics! Never saw a Sega Swing in the wild. Not to mention the huge darius cabs.

I love these hole-in-the-wall style japanese arcades over the formal game centers.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:01 am

sven666 wrote:great pics as always Ken are you back in japan for a while ?

No man I just went for vacation in october, but somehow just didn't post any pics of this amazing place.

msm · Post by **msm** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:19 am

nice pics

just wondered if you could let me know where abouts this arcade is? stayed in shinjuku for 11 days on holiday last year and only found one arcade with DFK and another with no shooters, shame we missed out on this place.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:06 am

Four coctail-style cabinets side by side get's the blood flowing.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:31 pm

OMFG Gradius 1, 2, 3, 4 and Salamander in ONE FUCKING LINE!
Heaven.

These huge Darius cabinets look awesome, too.

Thanks very much, Ken!

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:57 pm

msm wrote:nice pics

just wondered if you could let me know where abouts this arcade is?

Well a lot of people probably assume that it's near Club SEGA in Shinjuku, but it's actually on the other side of the station. On the end of the long street that goes towards the Epson logo, you have a McDonalds on the corner on the right side of the street. Walk past there and you will see the Mikado arcade also on a corner, across the big hotel.

msm · Post by **msm** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:11 pm

thanks Ken, will definitely try and find it if/when we go again

maxlords · Post by **maxlords** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:22 pm

Wow....a 3 screen Darius.... *DROOOOOL*

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:32 pm

What is the game on the second pic ?

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:37 pm

Looks pretty awesome. :O

D · Post by D » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:13 pm

Stan wrote:What is the game on the second pic ?

bump and thanks, awesome pics of awesome cabs and games.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:09 pm

It's a really nice place, I stayed in Shinjuku in November and whenever I had time free in the evening I'd pop down. Club SEGA was closer, but I wasn't a fan.

I popped into a lot of arcades and Mikado was probably the one I liked the most. I only wish they had something by Cave in there I’d played before so I didn’t look so incompetent... Got the Death Smiles and DFK 1cc's there, but that's hardly an amazing achievement. :)

CFO · Post by **CFO** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:27 am

I just got back from Japan at the end of December and this was my favorite arcade in Shinjuku, hands down. The highlights of this place for me was watching a guy absolutely destroy both loops of gradius, the head-to-head ST cabs (they were at HEY too, but whatever), and a cute chick with glasses do surprisingly well on Ketsui.

The only downside(upside?) is going through kabuki-cho, I got harassed by middle age hookers half the time walking to the place.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:36 am

Stan wrote:What is the game on the second pic ?

thunderzone

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:00 pm

i hear this place is the mecca of street fighter 2 players

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:19 am

http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=article&id=1619

Magic Knight · Post by **Magic Knight** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:49 am

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:36 am

GaijinPunch wrote:http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=article&id=1619

Great! If you want to add the pics I took feel free to use them.

ryz · Post by **ryz** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:04 pm

great pictures from a damn nice arcade! hope to see this arcade this year myself.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:24 pm

Ken wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=article&id=1619
Great! If you want to add the pics I took feel free to use them.

Just might do that!

D · Post by D » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:05 pm

Hey gp, 7777 posts! Pretty epic
You can't reply, or else you'll lose this magic number

Van_Artic · Post by **Van_Artic** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:01 pm

needs more threads like this one, i really enjoy looking pics of jap arcades, when they're so full of games
it makes me wish i could go in there and play

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:26 pm

Whoa, both big Darius cabs, and a line of Gradius games to boot (I also see Salamander, perhaps Salamander 2 was next to it), now that's an arcade I could live at.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:04 am

And halve your lifespan after developing lung cancer? Sure...

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:51 am

I'd still die a happy man.

Now if I lived next door to it, and made trips there everyday, might live longer. Now if I would ever have these games in my home, there'd be no smoking by them or in my house (as it is now).

UnscathedFlyingObject · Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:17 am

Ganelon wrote:And halve your lifespan after developing lung cancer? Sure...

If your genes are strong, smoking won't keep you from having a long life. My grandpa was 95yo when he died and it wasn't because he smoke like a factory.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:24 am

Some are better than others. MIkado Shinjuku wasn't that bad to be honest. Shibuya Kaikan: bad... the air is stale as well. Smells like a piece of rotten ass.

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