Space Channel 5 event in Shibuya photographs, November 28, 1999

Collection

Identifier: WILLIAMSON.03

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes roughly 700 digital photographs taken by game journalist Colin Williamson in Japan from 1999–2005. The subjects include include trade shows, interviews with developers, and general photographs from game stores and arcades around Japan. Many of the early digital photographs in this collection were taken at low resolution; their appearance in our digital archive reflects their original resolution and quality.

From the Collection:

Additionally, this collection includes a set of film photographs that Williamson took during a press visit in 1997.

Dates

Creation: November 28, 1999

Full Extent

20 Digital Photographs

Language of Materials

Japanese

Additional Description

Abstract

According to Colin Williamson, this promotional event for Space Channel 5 was held on November 28, 1999 at Tokyo's Shibuya Station. Various Japanese celebrities played the first level of the game on a large screen on the front of the QFRONT office building at Shibuya Crossing. Williamson covered this event for IGN.