Great Work
![Great Work](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/500beccfe4b016a023c2f314/1579713149970-QU3B66YR0DJK94VUTD9P/20200122+-+Fantasy+Zone..Egret+II+-+Cabinet+in+blue+light+inJapanese+arcade+-+Sega-AM1+-+1985+-+Taito+Hey+-+Akihabara+-+Resized.jpeg)
1985. Beds under desks for months. Ravaged eyes, forgotten families. Sega-AM1 are ready: World, meet Fantasy Zone.
Epic. The Citizen Kane of cute-em-ups. I mean, has any later feat of videogame storytelling surpassed the emotional crush of Opa-Opa the walking spaceship discovering that the evil leader of planet Menon in the space year 1422 is in fact its father?
[This post contains plot spoilers for Fantasy Zone.]
Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people