Japan

These photographs were taken by Colin Williamson around fall 1999 using a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera, which he purchased after arriving in Japan in order to deliver photos for his reports to IGN. These photographs include pictures of various arcades and game stores, primarily from Osaka as well as Tokyo.

This gallery also includes pictures from Tokyo Game Show 1999 Autumn (see "Tokyo Game Show 1999 Autumn photographs" for additional photos).

These photograph were taken during for an interview with Hideo Kojima for IGN about Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, written by Colin Williamson.

These photographs were taken during an October 2001 press visit at Square about Final Fantasy X in advance of the game's North American release. Colin Williamson believes his interview with series composer Nobuo Uematsu was conducted for Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, but we could not associate it with a specific article.

According to Williamson, this visit took place at Square's offices at Arco Tower in the Meguro neighborhood of Tokyo.

These photos were taken at a public reveal for the game Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? (aka Sakura Taisen 3) at Tokyo Joypolis on October 1, 2000. The event also ppears to have included demos for other Sega Dreamcast games, such as Power Smash.

These photos were taken outside a Toys "R" Us location in Kōrien, Osaka, where Colin Williamson purchased a PlayStation 2 when the system launched on March 4, 2000. Because Williamson arrived so early the night before, he was given a redemption ticket (ticket.jpg) and allowed to return later to redeem a console, which went on sale the following morning (ps2rush.jpg)

"Demo disk of PlayStation 2 games including Armored Core 3: Silent Line by FromSoftware. PAPX 90507"

"PlayStation 5 promotional disc for several games, including Demon's Souls by FromSoftware. Sony, 2021."

Extra Manual for King's Field and a preview of King's Field II by FromSoftware for PlayStation, from PlayStation Magazine.