Arcade games

Colin Williamson took these photographs of Akihabara neighborhood of Tokyo throughout 2000 and early 2001. The photos primarily show the streets of Akihabara, as well as arcades, game stores, and the exteriors of office buildings.

These photographs were taken at Amusement Machine Show 2000, an annual trade show run by the Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association from 1962–2011.

Colin Williamson is an American journalist who has primarily lived in Japan since 1999, covering the Japanese game industry for English-language publications. From 1997–2005, Williamson photographed the events and press visits that he attended, as well as taking general photos of gaming culture in Japan. Williamson kept a collection of his digital photos, organized by event; these photographs were used by various magazines and websites where Williamson contributed, primarily IGN.

These photos were taken at the short-lived Kyoto location of Sega's Joypolis arcade chain, which closed in August 2002. Williamson also digitized his Joypolis ticket and the cover of a Joypolis Guide Book.

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 photographs were mainly taken around, but not at, Tokyo Game Show 2000 Spring, showing various TGS-related promotions around Tokyo.

These photos from the Tokyo location of Sega's arcade chain Joypolis include photos of the indoor ride Halfpipe Canyon (later renamed Halfpipe Tokyo) and a rare photograph of the only known installation of Bike Athlon, a bicycle racing game by Sega, which was dismantled in 2007.