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Club SEGA (クラブセガ kurabu sega), currently known as GiGo and formerly known as SEGA HI-TECH LAND , is a gaming arcade chain featured in the Like a Dragon series.

History[]

Club SEGA is based on the real-life series of Club SEGA arcades across Japan. Accordingly, they have a different style in Yakuza 0 compared to other games to reflect their appearance in the 1980s, and use the previous name for the chain, SEGA HI-TECH LAND. Beginning in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the Club SEGA locations were re-branded to GiGO, reflecting their real-life re-branding in 2022. Outside of Club SEGA/GiGO, there are also some non-branded arcade locations, such as Sasaki Arcade and Anaconda Arcade.

The games available for play in Club SEGA in each Yakuza title differ from one game to the next and usually reflect the time period in which a particular game is set. The in-game version of Club SEGA features some original titles such as Boxcelios, but the arcades also feature emulated versions of real-life arcade titles ranging from Fantasy Zone, OutRun and Space Harrier to modern titles such as Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Taiko no Tatsujin and Puyo Puyo. Each Club SEGA also features UFO Catcher machines based on the real-life claw game, and many of the prizes that can be won are nods to other SEGA properties. Club SEGA also frequently features DartsLive machines, based on the real-life darts machines manufactured by SEGA, and can be played solo or against certain NPCs.

While playing the games at Club SEGA is purely optional, some substories revolve around playing specific titles and achieving certain milestones within the games in order to complete them. Also, getting 100% completion usually requires that certain scores are met on all arcade games. Some games also give Completion Points for achieving said scores.

Minigames[]

The following is a list of games that are playable, aside from the almost universal presence of UFO Catcher and frequent presence of DartsLive. Games without release years were created specifically for the Yakuza series and are not real-life arcade titles.

Substories[]

Yakuza 0[]

Yakuza Kiwami[]

Yakuza Kiwami 2[]

Trivia[]

  • Seen as the spiritual predecessor to the Yakuza series, the Shenmue game series also featured arcades with playable SEGA titles.
    • Yu Suzuki, creator of Shenmue, also created many of the arcade games featured in Club SEGA.
  • In addition to Club SEGA, more recent Yakuza games feature more emulated games playable via the Master System.
  • In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, during a flashback scene in Cafe Alps, Club SEGA can be seen from across the street, even though the scene takes place around 1977, when Club SEGA was still known as SEGA HI-TECH LAND.

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