Mikado – One Million Power

Taito’s Darius, Mikado, and Arcade Preservation

08/08/2024

An image with a photo of me holding up the Darius 1 vinyl release, with a space background. Pictured around me are the sign for Mikado arcade in Tokyo's Takadanobaba, alongside sprites of the Silverhawk ship from Darius 1 confronting boss Fatty Glutton.

Darius is a deep game…

Ikeda Minorock x Gichi Otsuka

07/29/2024

Minoru Ikeda, owner and operator of Mikado arcades in the Tokyo area, and author Gichi Otsuka sitting together at a table, drinking, and discussing arcade game history while looking at old magazines.

“Darius, without a doubt, represents the ultimate form of arcade games as machines, continuing from the ‘70s and ‘80s.” – Ikeda Minorock, Mikado arcade owner and operator

Game Center Chronicles Part 6

08/06/2023

He wants it to be a place where people can always come back to in order to get away from their troubles.

Game Center Chronicles Part 5

07/30/2023

…and opening this new location was Ikeda’s way of defiantly shouting out that small arcades weren’t going to just die.

Game Center Chronicles Part 4

07/23/2023

He also began holding many more fighting game tournaments, drawing players in with favorites such as Gundam EX Revue, Fatal Fury 2, and Samurai Shodown 2. And he streamed them all.