47th Amusement Machine Show – Games

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The Amusement Machine Show in Chiba City is held annually by Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association (JAMMA). It draws enthusiastic crowds from Japan and overseas, and some of the latest amusement machines can be seen prior to their launch into the global market. JAMMA strives to promote Japan’s amusement industry and the healthy development of the Asian market through the AMS show which is expected to gain importance in the years ahead.

Here are photos from the 47th Amusement Machine Show which took place between September 17th-19th 2009:

Evangelion

Hayate no Gotoku

SEGA Air Hockey

K-ON!

King of Fighters

Shining Force Cross

Dining table game

TANK! TANK! TANK!

SEGA Tetris

Game ranking

The people who attended the show were asked which game they liked the most and accordning to the results the most popular game (of the big games) was SEGA’s giant tetris game, closely followed by the Dining Table game by Taito. Only 4 votes separated those two! Third place went to Shining Force Cross (SEGA), and forth to TANK! TANK! TANK! (Namco).

Here are a few videos of some of the games:

SEGA’s next generation air hockey game.

SEGA’s giant tetris game

TANK! TANK! TANK!

Dining table game

The last one has to be the weirdest new game. It’s basically a dining simulator but I don’t really get what you’re supposed to do. The guy in the video is just hitting the table and then flipping it over. I guess it can be a good way to relieve your anger after school or work. I like how the guy checks his watch in the end, like “what a waste of time this was” lol.